The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft - PlayStation Edition: Covers Both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 Versions

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The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft - PlayStation 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 PlayStation!

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 to 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 PlayStation, 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.

This book was not created by and is not endorsed by Notch Development AB Corporation/Mojang Synergies AB Corporation, or Sony Computer Entertainment.

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Introduction 1

What’s In This Book 1

How to Use This Book 3

    Crafting Recipes 3

Starting a New Game 6

    More Options 11

    Single-Player Game Modes 13

Hosting and Controlling Multiplayer Games 15

Understanding World Seeds 19

Controls 19

The Bottom Line 21

Surviving and Thriving 23

Heading for the Trees 25

Using Your Inventory 26

Building a Crafting Table 28

    Let’s Build Some Tools 30

    Creating a Shelter 31

    The Furnace Is Your Friend 35

    Let There Be Light 36

    Slumbering with Lumber 38

The Bottom Line 41

Introducing the HUD 43

Avoiding Getting Lost 46

Improving Your Tools 47

Chests: Safely Stashing Your Stuff 49

Avoiding Monsters 51

Hunger Management 53

Your Mission: Food, Resources, and Reconnaissance 54

    Food on the Run 56

    Finding a Building Site 58

A Resourceful Guide to the Creative Mode Inventory 61

The Bottom Line 63

Dig Deep, My Friend 65

The Mining Layer Cake Guide 67

Lava Lakes and Other Pitfalls 69

Descending to Layer 11 70

    The 2×1 Ladder Descent 71

    The Straight Staircase 73

    The Spiral Staircase 74

Layouts for Fast, Efficient Mining 75

Staying Safe While You Mine 78

The Bottom Line 79

Introducing the Menagerie 81

    Zombies 82

    Spiders 83

    Skeletons 85

    Cave Spiders 86

    Spider Jockeys 87

    Creepers 88

    Slimes 89

    Endermen 90

    Zombie Pigmen 90

Defensive Mobs 91

    Snow Golems 91

    Iron Golems 92

Weapons and Armor 93

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