Minecraft Construction For Dummies, Portable Edition

Chapter 8

Farming

In This Chapter

Building your own farm

Planting crops

Breeding animals

Minecraft must have a green thumb, because it makes farming — both crop farming and animal farming — an easy undertaking. This chapter shows you just how easy.

Preparing the Land for Your Farm

Not only is farming easy, but it also provides an abundant amount of food — from plants as well as animals. But you can't just dive in and start planting seeds and herding animals. Nope. Just like in the real world, the first thing you have to do is prepare the land. In Minecraft, that means you need three things: a hoe, fence blocks, and land.

To make a hoe, follow these steps:

1. Gather 2 wooden planks and 2 sticks.

   You make sticks by placing 2 wooden planks into the crafting table, filling the middle column’s bottom 2 boxes.

2. Open the crafting table.
3. Place the wooden planks in the top middle and top right boxes; place the sticks in the center box and the box below it.
4. Take the hoe in exchange for the planks and sticks.

To build a wooden fence, follow these steps:

1. Gather 6 sticks.
2. Place the sticks in ...