Minecraft Construction For Dummies, Portable Edition

Chapter 4

Exploring Different Types of Builds

In This Chapter

Doing your building prep work

Constructing (and decorating) various buildings

Creating cites

Excavating underground

In Minecraft, you can build any kind of structure you want — if you can imagine it, you can build it. And if you want, you can pack all those buildings into a small area and create a city. What’s more, you can link those city buildings together with the help of underground passageways — some of them secret, some of them known to all.

So, if you’re at all interested in erecting a building, creating a city, digging a tunnel, finding out how to mine, or making a secret passageway and room, you’re in the right place! If you choose to read this entire chapter, you’ll be able to do all these things.

Planning Buildings

We weren’t kidding when we said you can build pretty much anything you can think of. Castles and basic houses are popular, but you can even build an igloo or a bunker.

Before you get started, you ...