The Ultimate Player’s Guide to Minecraft XBOX Edition
Minecraft: These worlds are YOURS!
Minecraft is WAY more than a game: it’s an alternate universe of creation, exhilaration, survival, adventure, passion! Don’t enter that universe alone. Take an experienced guide who’ll help you constantly as you learn the secrets of Minecraft on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One!
Stephen O’Brien has been obsessing over Minecraft since its earliest betas. He’s seen it all! Now, he’ll take you deep inside craft and mine, cave and menagerie, farm and village. He’ll reveal combat traps and tricks you need to know… teach you enchantments of unimaginable power… help you survive where few dare to go… help you OWN the infinite worlds of Minecraft! Based on the international best-seller of the same name, this book is ideal for Minecrafters of all ages.
Quick-start guide for first-night survival to get started NOW
Customize your experience: monstrous, peaceful, and more
Harvest resources, craft tools and shelters—let there be light
Grab your pickaxe: mine iron, gold, diamonds, and redstone
Escape (or defeat!) 14 types of hostile mobs
Get friendly mobs on your side and build automated farms
Brew potions to cure ills, gain superpowers, and throw at enemies
Transform your shelter into a palace (or a secret underwater base)
Create customized worlds with unique seeds
Learn the secrets of redstone devices, and build incredible rail systems
Play safely through The Nether and The End
Play with up to eight of your friends on Xbox Live, or run in splitscreen mode
Stephen O’Brien is an Australian-born writer and entrepreneur now residing in Sydney after too many years in Silicon Valley. He has written more than 30 books, including several best-sellers. O’Brien founded Typefi, the world’s leading automated publishing system, and in his spare time invented a new type of espresso machine called mypressi. He’s a perpetual innovator who remains astounded at the unparalleled creativity Minecraft can engender.
Minecraft is much more than just a game: it's a world of creation, exhilaration, survival, and adventure. It's a world where you can design incredible buildings, plant fully automated farms, battle zombies, save villages, dig deep into the terrafirma, and transform the world. With this comprehensive, easy to read guide by your side you'll discover the full, incredible extent of the Minecraft universe and become a Minecraft master!
The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft: Xbox Edition a guide that can take the reader all the way from first night survival through to hosting their own Minecraft server; a guide to crafting, building, mining, and farming; a guide that also explains how to install and use the most popular mods, texture packs, and third-party programs such as WorldBuilder; a guide that goes beyond the reference nature of the Minecraft wiki; and, a guide written in a lightly-humorous and deeply knowledgeable way that will appeal to readers across multiple age groups.
