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Minecraft Recipes For Dummies, Portable Edition

by Jesse Stay, Thomas Stay

October 2014

Intermediate to advanced

224 pages

3h 33m

English

For Dummies

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Introduction
About This BookFoolish AssumptionsIcons Used in This BookConventions Used in This BookWhere to Go from Here
Chapter 1: Getting Started with Recipes
Devising a Game PlanUsing the InventoryManipulating the InventorySetting Up for Your First NightHarvesting trees with your fistsCreating wooden planksBuilding the crafting tableStoring items in a chestErecting a shelter and doorGetting through the night on a bedShape Crafting versus Shapeless CraftingCrafting ToolsStarting with a stickLighting the way with a torchMining stone and ore with a pickaxeSmelting with the furnaceDigging dirt with a shovelChopping trees with the axTilling ground with a hoe
Chapter 2: Defending Yourself
Creating a SwordStringing Your BowCrafting an ArrowProtecting Yourself with ArmorLeatherDonning your helmetPounding your chestplatePutting on leggingsWalking in bootsArmor Stand
Chapter 3: Advancing By Way of Farming and Mining
Harvesting and Farming Food ItemsCrafting seeds from melonsCrafting blocks to store melonsFarming pumpkin seedsFeeding your sugar toothMaking bread, cake, and cookiesMaking pumpkin pieBrewing mushroom stewMaking wheat and hay balesMaking the golden carrotCrafting golden applesRetrieving the enchanted golden appleMaking beetroot soupCooking rabbit stewSmelting FoodBuilding UtensilsBuilding a fishing rodCreating a bucketBuilding bowlsCrafting shearsBuilding fencesMaking a fence gateBuilding cobblestone wallsBuilding a nether brick fenceTaking the leadMining OreSmelting Ore into IngotSmelting an iron ingotMaking gold ingotsBurning charcoalCrafting Blocks of MineralsCrafting coal blocksMaking diamond blocks and emerald blocksProducing gold blocks and nuggetsCrafting lapis lazuli blocksMaking redstone blocksProducing iron blocksNether Quartz
Chapter 4: Advancing through Engineering
Discovering FireCrafting and lighting TNTCreating fire with flint and steelBuilding a fire chargeCreating TransportationDangling a carrot on a stickRowing your boatWorking on the railroadConstructing a powered railBuilding a detector railActivating the activator railRiding the minecartBuilding storage minecartsMaking a minecart with a furnaceCrafting a minecart with hopperExploding your way through a minecart with TNTEngineering with RedstonePressing the buttonCrafting pressure platesUpgrading to weighted pressure platesConstructing trapdoorsSecuring the proximity with a tripwire hookProtecting your inventory with a trapped chestTurning on items with a leverDropping inventory through the dispenserBuilding a dropperPicking up items with a hopperPushing items remotely with a pistonConstructing a sticky pistonDetecting light with a daylight sensorPowering the lights with a redstone torchLighting the way with a redstone lampExtending power with a redstone repeaterDetermining logic with a redstone comparatorSounding the alarm with a note blockDesigning fireworks with a firework starLaunching the firework rocketSpawning items using the nether reactor core
Chapter 5: Expanding Your House
Climbing with LaddersMessaging with SignsBannersDecorating with FlowerpotsUtilizing PaperEnchanting with BooksWriting Stories with a Book and QuillBuilding a BookshelfNavigating with an Empty MapOrienting with a CompassTelling the Time with a ClockHanging PaintingsStoring with an Item FrameSignaling with a BeaconCrafting on an AnvilSharing with an Ender ChestSeeing through the Eye of EnderUsing GlassDealing with Glass PanesCarving a Jack-o’-LanternLighting the Way with GlowstoneLetting It SnowWeaving White WoolBuilding Iron BarsPlaying a Jukebox
Chapter 6: Crafting with Decorative Blocks
Placing SlabsClimbing StairsStoring More Clay in Your Inventory with Clay BlockCooking BricksBuilding with Stone BricksProtecting Yourself with Nether BricksSiding with SandstoneDecorating with QuartzNavigating with Moss StoneGrowing with Coarse DirtProtecting Yourself from Flames with DioriteMining GraniteDecorating with AndesiteBuilding from Ocean Monuments with PrismarineMining prismarine shards and prismarine crystalsCreating prismarineCrafting prismarine bricksMaking dark prismarineLighting up the sea with sea lanternsWorking with Sponges
Chapter 7: Creating and Applying Dyes
Creating the 16 DyesStarting with bonemealGoing gloomy (or industrial) with light gray dyeGetting gloomier with gray dyeMixing up black with ink sacsPopping out rose redPrettying with pinkMaking dandelion yellow dyeCrafting orange dyeMaking cactus green dyeMixing lime dyeMining blue lapis lazuliMaking light blue dyeAquafying things with cyanPreparing purple dyeColoring with magentaFinding brown dyeApplying Dye to ItemsDyeing wool and sheepCrafting and dyeing carpetsChanging the color of wolf collarsMaking stained glass with dyed glass panesStained clayDyed leather armor
Chapter 8: Enchantment and Brewing Recipes
Building an Enchantment TablePicking an Enchantment, Any EnchantmentMaking Brewing ToolsMaking glass bottlesBrewing in cauldronsMaking a brewing standCrafting Brewing IngredientsMaking blaze powderMaking magma creamMaking the eye of enderBrewing fermented spider eyeHealing with glistening melonUnderstanding BrewingMaking positive potionsConcocting negative potionsBrewing advanced potionsMaking the potion of invisibility
Chapter 9: Ten Essential Minecraft Ingredients
Building the Basics with WoodWielding Sticks to Advance in the GameAdding Texture with WoolFeeding Yourself and Animals with WheatBuilding the Basics with CobblestoneShooting Items with GunpowderBuilding Solid Tools with Iron IngotEnchanting with Gold IngotThinking Logically with RedstoneDiscovering Diamonds

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Overview

A quick, handy reference on Minecraft recipes

Want to find resources, make a shelter, craft tools, armor, and weapons, and protect yourself from monsters with Minecraft recipes? You've come to the right place! In a handy, portable edition that's packed with step-by-step instructions, Minecraft Recipes For Dummies makes it easy to look up the required items and figure out which blocks you need to gather to create each item. You'll get recipes for weapons, armor, transportation, mechanism, food, dye, wool, and brewing, as well as information on enchanting, repairing, gathering, farming, efficiency, and more.

Minecraft is more than just a game: it's an obsession. It has gone from an obscure game with a cult-like following to a mainstream phenomenon. Minecraft consists of players using an avatar to create or destroy various types of blocks, form fantastic structures, create artwork, and much more, all in a three-dimensional environment and across various multiplayer servers in multiple game modes. With this fun and friendly guide, you'll get quick and easy access to Minecraft recipes to enhance your game and get even more out of this popular, addictive game.

Shows you which blocks you'll need to gather to create shelter, tools, armor, weapons, and more

Makes it easier for both beginner and advanced Minecraft players to make the most of the game

Playing the game teaches users basic programming skills and engineering concepts

The author's sons—both avid Minecraft players and bloggers—contributed to the writing of this book

Minecraft Recipes For Dummies is the portable guide that goes where you go as you create a world you'll never want to leave.

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