In the
latest update to
Minecraft - Pocket Edition, we are finally given the chance to fiddle with the crafting menu. This handy option lets us turn natural resources like wood and cobblestone into invaluable man-made tools like shovels and doors.
In this beginners' guide to Survival mode, we'll walk you through the first day of
Minecraft - Pocket Edition, and show you how to make tools and torches; harvest hardy materials like stone; and build a safe haven from roaming zombies.
Step 1 - Get wood
The first material we need to find is wood. Walk up to a tree (it doesn't matter if it's a brown oak or a white birch) and tap and hold on its trunk to punch. Hold long enough and the tree will shatter, giving you a block of wood. Do this to every block of wood, on two or three trees.
Step 2 - Make a crafting table
Enter the 'crafting' menu (hit the ellipsis button on your inventory, then tap 'craft') and turn all of your wood into wooden planks. Do this by choosing planks, then tapping the material list on the right.
Now, make a crafting table. You need one bit of wood to make four planks, and four planks to make a crafting table.
Step 3 - Place your crafting table
Place down your crafting table. To do this, select it from your inventory, then aim your cursor at a blank space on the ground, and tap the space. Now, tap the crafting table to open it up.
This will open a menu identical in function to the craft menu, but it allows you to build bigger and more useful objects.
Step 4 - Craft your first toolkit
Turn some (but not all) of your wooden planks into sticks, in either the crafting menu or at your crafting table.
Use the sticks and planks to craft a wooden pickaxe, and then you can use any leftover sticks to make wooden swords, axes, and shovels.
The pickaxe requires three planks and two sticks; the shovel needs one plank and two sticks; the sword needs two planks and one stick; and the axe needs three planks and two sticks.
Step 5 - Mine for cobblestone
Use your new wooden pickaxe to start mining cobblestone (the basic grey blocks you find at the foot of any mountain).
This will break your wooden tool really quickly, but you'll have enough stone to build the next set of tools.
If you're running low on sticks or planks, harvest more wood from trees. If you crafted a wooden axe in the previous step, the process will be a lot quicker.
Step 6 - Upgrade to stone tools
Go back to your crafting table and use your sticks and cobblestone to make a cobblestone pickaxe. You can also use your leftover resources to make axes, swords, and shovels.
The pickaxe requires three stones and two sticks; the shovel needs one stone and two sticks; the sword needs two stones and one stick; and the axe needs three stones and two sticks.
Now, smash up your crafting table (tap and hold it) to put it in your inventory.
Step 7 - Get some coal
Now, we want to find some coal ore. This stuff is everywhere, but look for it near large amounts of cobblestone. Smash away at it with your cobblestone pickaxe to produce coal.
Step 8 - Make torches
Use the crafting menu to turn coal and sticks into torches. These light up dark areas (which will be handy when the sun sets) and will help scare off zombies.
Step 9 - Build a house
Harvest a lot more cobblestone (you might want to craft a new pickaxe if the first one shatters), and use the stones to build a rudimentary house.
Use the glass blocks in your inventory to build some windows*, and pop down your crafting table. Also, put your torches on the walls - inside and out.
If you have four wooden planks left over, use your crafting table to make a door, and pop it in a doorway. This will let you leave your house in the morning without needing a pickaxe and some brute force.
*Update: In a more recent update to Minecraft: Pocket Edition
, you no longer have glass in your inventory by default. Instead, you'll need sand and a furnace to make windows. Find out more in our smelting guide.Step 10 - Begin your adventure
Congratulations! You now you have a base of operations, somewhere safe to go to when the zombies come out at night, and the knowledge to build new tools.
What you do next is entirely up to you. You can build quarries underground; make the other objects in the crafting menu; and use bricks, cobblestone, and glass to build magnificent structures.
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Well, in my opinion I would first create a house made out of dirt, then go find wood and make a crafting table. Then wait inside your house intell daytime and inprove my house as much as you want. And then make a mine so deep that it is one block above bedrock and thats where I found most of my coal.
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Hey! Mines won't create it? hun? two planks and 2 sticks. right
your sure there not some special way to arrange them.
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Thanks so much.. This helped alot, cuz I didn't have a clue to what I was doing. THANK YOU SO MUCH~(:
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Ice Dragon | 03:34 - 27 July 2012
i cant find coal and i dug for ages
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asdf@gmail.com | 02:09 - 27 July 2012
this is pretty good
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harold | 02:38 - 26 July 2012
Is it for demo version. If yes then how? I dont see an update to get it.
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Wow | 20:29 - 20 July 2012
when I die I loose all my tools help me please
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awesomeguy22 | 17:07 - 13 July 2012
yeh it really helped me get started on my iphone. very usefull
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Mdmcndjf | 03:38 - 8 July 2012
Is it possible to do all this in one day?
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Minerboy89 | 04:51 - 4 July 2012
Awesome great beginners guide i know how to make things now lol, but i have made a cobblestone sword and the zombies still kill me.. Help!!!!
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