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Entering Minecraft

In This Chapter

▶ Registering your account

▶ Buying and downloading Minecraft

▶ Starting your first game

▶ Recognizing the basic controls

n the sandbox-survival game of Minecraft, you build struc-

tures, fight monsters, collect items, mine minerals, and

work toward your own goals. This 3-D, grid-based game fea-

tures naturally generated landscapes and challenges.

In Survival mode, you must manage your resources and

acquire increasingly useful items to advance through the

game. In Creative mode, you can build or design whatever

structure, setup, or invention you want in your personal uni-

verse. However, most of the information you need is found in

Survival mode. This chapter explains how to obtain Minecraft,

start on a Survival world, and familiarize yourself with the

basic game controls.

Registering a Minecraft Account

To jump into the action, you first have to register a Minecraft

account. Then you can play in Demo mode or upgrade to a

Premium account, which you need for the full version. Follow

these steps to register an account:

1. Go to http://minecraft.net.

The Minecraft home page opens.

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▶ Registering your account ▶ Buying and downloading Minecraft ▶ Recognizing the basic controls D I MA ▶ Starting your first game TE In This Chapter RI AL Entering Minecraft GH TE n the sandbox-survival game of Minecraft, you build structures, fight monsters, collect items, mine minerals, and work toward your own goals. This 3-D, grid-based game features naturally generated landscapes and challenges.
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6 Minecraft For Dummies, Portable Edition 2. Click the Register link in the upper-right corner of the page. The Register New Mojang Account page appears. 3. Fill out all the information requested in the text boxes, specify your date of birth, and answer the security questions. 4. Click the Register button to finish. 5. Check the e-mail account you entered for a verification message from Minecraft. 6. Click the link provided in the e-mail to complete your registration.
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Chapter 1: Entering Minecraft 7 Figure 1-1: Buying the game 4. Follow the necessary steps to complete your purchase. 5. Return to the Minecraft home page. On the right side of the screen, the large Buy Now button should now be labeled Download Now. Click this button to open the Download page. 6. If you’re using Windows, click the download and save the file anywhere on your computer. To view instructions for other operating systems, click the Show All Platforms button. 7.
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8 Minecraft For Dummies, Portable Edition Logging in and operating the main menu The launcher opens the news screen, which displays game updates and links. Enter your username and password in the lower-right corner and click Log In to continue to the main menu, as shown in Figure 1-2. Figure 1-2: Main menu This list describes what you can do after you click the buttons on the main menu: ✓ SinglePlayer: Start or continue a basic game.
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Chapter 1: Entering Minecraft 9 Starting your first game in SinglePlayer mode To start your first game in SinglePlayer mode, follow these steps: 1. Click the Singleplayer button to view a list of all your worlds. If you’re just starting out in Minecraft, this list should be empty. 2. Click the Create New World button to start a new game. The world-creation page appears, as shown in Figure 1-3. Figure 1-3: Creating a new world 3.
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10 Minecraft For Dummies, Portable Edition When you finish creating your world, the game automatically starts by generating the world and placing your avatar (character) in it. Understanding basic controls The world of Minecraft, shown in Figure 1-4, is made of cubic blocks, materials such as dirt or stone that you can break down and rebuild into houses or craft into useful items. A block made of a material such as sand is referred to as a sand block.
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Chapter 1: Entering Minecraft 11 To survive, you have to know how to move around, attack enemies, and manipulate the blocks that comprise the world. Table 1-1 lists the default key assignments for each control. If you reassign any major keys, you may cause confusion later in the game. Table 1-1 Default Controls in Minecraft Action Control What Happens When You Use It Pause Esc The game pauses (only in SinglePlayer mode), and the Game menu opens.
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12 Minecraft For Dummies, Portable Edition Table 1-1 (continued) Action Control What Happens When You Use It Sneak Left Shift Your character moves slower, but cannot walk off edges (useful for avoiding falling hazards). Inventory E Your avatar’s inventory is shown, as described in Chapter 2, and any open menus except the Pause menu are closed. Chat T The Chat menu opens. Type a message, and then press Enter to talk to friends in multiplayer worlds or implement cheat commands.
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Chapter 1: Entering Minecraft 13 Walk around and explore the world. After you get the hang of using the controls and you’re prepared to immerse yourself in the fun and challenge of the real game, it’s time to figure out how to survive. Chapter 2 gives you the lowdown on surviving your first night.
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14 Minecraft For Dummies, Portable Edition ✓ Experience: The green Experience bar fills up when you collect experience orbs. These orbs appear naturally whenever you defeat monsters, smelt items in a furnace, breed animals, or mine any ore except iron or gold. When the bar is full, a number appears or increases over it, indicating your experience level. You can spend levels with anvils (detailed in the bonus chapter, available for download at www.dummies.