Part 3: More than Just Building—Creating

There’s much more to Minecraft than mining and crafting. Minecraft is a sandbox game, which means you’ll set your own goals and invent your own methods to achieve them. You might have a goal to live as a nomad, exploring and never staying in one place for too long, or you might decide to build a city, or you might set out to explore every feature Minecraft has to offer.

No matter your goal, you’ll need to build some sort of structure along the way. As a nomad, you might encounter places you’d previously explored. It’s fun to see your finished structures dotting the landscape, hinting at a previous civilization. If you choose to build a city, you’ll be working on multiple structures, and you’ll need a lot ...

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