CONTENTS WORLDSFAVORITE CAME CHOOSE YOUR COMFORT ZONE WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE MINECRAFTWORLD SAFB MNING ANDCRAFTING O KNOW YOUR NEGHBORS 2 A HOSTILE MOBS H YOURFRSTDAY IN THE MINECRAFTWORLD 16 THE FIRST NIGHT S ADVENTURES 18 DAY Two MPROVING YOUR SHELTER 2 PREPARE TO EXPLORE SETTLING IN 24 BuL YOUR OWN CREATIONS 26 MINECRAFT PROJECT CRAFT A SWORD LEARNING MORE o CLOSSARY INDEX 32
WORLD S FAVORITE GAME The first version of Minecraft was released in 2009 by its creator the Swedish game designer and programmer Markus Persson Throughout its development its popularity exploded Today it s one of the best selling video games of all time With 100 million registered players it is a true global phenomenon Minecraft takes place in a world made of building blocks It is a sandbox game which means players choose their own adventure It can be played alone or with a group online In Minecraft there are no rules to say what a player can and can t do Users are free to wander the wide open world gathering resources and using those resources to build shelters monuments and more ELKE Follow Internet safety rules and get permission from your parents before joining any online group You want to stay safe in the world of Minecraft just as you do in the real
THE MINECRAFT WORLD Minecraft takes place in a virtual world where the sun rises and sets and where snow and rain fall You must build shelter and find food as you explore forests mountains oceans mines villages dungeons and many other locations Nights are dangerous because monsters appear Every Minecraft game starts in the You can stick to the relative safety Overworld It has so many types of environments that you may spend of the Overworld the main world of most of the game there Minecraft or you can venture into the lava filled Nether and do battle with monsters There s also the end which is a dimension in outer space The End is where you can fight the legendary Ender Dragon which is the closest Minecraft comes to having a final boss The more you do the more experience points you earn Experience points are small glowing orbs that allow you to move to a higher level and to do even more NoTCH Markus Persson also known as Notch shown on the left is the creator of Minecraft He began developing the game in 2009 At first he worked alone Eventually early versions of the game became so popular that he was able to quit his other jobs as a game developer and programmer to focus completely on his own creation He started a company he called Mojang and hired other employees to help with the workload At first Notch s plan was to sell enough copies of Minecraft to finance future projects However the game was hugely successful and Mojang was bought by Microsoft in 2014 for 2 5 billion It goes to show that if you believe in your own abilities sometimes it pays off beyond your wildest dreams TM All Screenshots Minecraft 2009 2016 Mojang Notch
