prakaa: Once my new credit card validates this is my first purchase..
Any hints for a n00b?
Navagon: Start out on peaceful. You want to limit the number of problems you have to contend with.
Remember that you have to hold down the mouse button to hack away at things.
You need wood first. But only build one wood pickaxe. That will be enough to chop away at enough stone to get you a stone pickaxe (which actually isn't all that bad, really).
Caves are your best source of rarer block types. Take a lot of mud with you to build mud staircases and dam annoying rivers.
Build a compass as soon as you can. It will tell you where your spawn point is.
Keep in mind that some blocks fall down. Mining the block directly above you can be fatal. Same goes for mining the block at your feet.
Equally, you want to be aware of other potentially problematic adjacent blocks. So sometimes it's wise to clear adjacent blocks before going after the one you want. Generally you've got a better chance of grabbing a block as it falls if it is at head height when you're mining it.
If you're mining a block you want (particularly obsidian), make sure there are no lava pits or chasms behind it for it to fly off into. Again, mud is good for this. You can use mud to dam lava too.
Start a new game several times first. Get one you like the look of. Personally I like mountainous ones as I can carve my towers into them and clifftop mud shacks make good initial lookout points on less peaceful modes.
If you block the entry point to rivers you kill them entirely. This might not be desirable in some circumstances.
Visit the
wiki.
Arteveld: "RIP THEM ALL DOWN!";)
I plant mine a bit further away, so i can see more from above, and have a fair view when on ground.
I kinda like the creepers way to silently BLOW ME TO PIECES.. But hey, that's me.;)
I want a mapping tool [craftable]! Those x-ray thingies are lacking.
Navagon: Yeah, maybe the trees have to go. Which is a shame as the area is quite pretty at the moment (see attached).
Well some people are managing to import objects into the game. Such as that scale Enterprise model. So some kind of official editor surely should be possible.
Hmm ok sorry navagon, I didn't follow all your advice.
I started on normal, and I built a cave not far from the spawn point. I'm generally low on everything but rock, and maybe wood, gotta fix that
Can't find redstone, and at one point, accidentally mined into lava (funny thing is you can put a rock in a block of lava and that fixes the problem)
Also building an outer house, made of dirt, because it'll be far too big to make out of wood (maybe not stone....)
Arteveld: Reminds me of [see attached] ;P
Zeewolf: The Legendary Lost City of the Soviets?
Anyway, I disagree with Navagon's hint about starting in peaceful-mode. I loved my first time in Minecraft, and the zombies were the reason I started building stuff in the first place.
Hmm ok I didn't start in peaceful either
Looked up the wiki and what do you know, you can farm too...
This game is a much better version of Stranded 2....