Welcome To The Ultimate Survival Guide To Minecraft!

Here, you will learn how to survive your first night!(and many more!)

On the homepage(here), you will find update notes and lists of very important things, such as mobs and some hard-to-craft items. Across all the pages, you will be able to come back here by using the top buttons(specifically the one that says 'Home')! Hop to it, Minecrafter!

1.10 Update Notes!

Features: + Added Polar Bear + Added Husk and Stray + An auto-jump option + Structure blocks for custom maps + Underground fossils made from bone blocks + Added Magma Block + Added Nether Wart Block and Red Nether Bricks * Improvements to some commands * Some huge mushrooms can be even larger * A rare chance to find lonely trees in plains * Find abandoned mineshafts filled with gold in mesa biomes * Villages generate better paths between the buildings * More variations of villages, based on the biomes they are built in * Endermen have been spotted in the Nether * Many bug fixes - Removed Herobrine

1.9 Update Notes!

Features: * Added shields * Attacking now has a “cool-down” delay, making it more important to time your attacks * You can now hold items in both hands (default quick key to swap items is ‘F’) * Swords have a special sweep attack * Axes have a special crushing blow attack * Added the elytra * New mob: Shulker * Expanded The End * Added Chorus plants * New Purpur blocks * New End Rod block * Added dragon head block * Ender Dragon can be resummoned * Added beetroot and beetroot soup (from MC:PE) * Added grass path block * Added igloos * Armor protection values have been lowered * Added tipped arrows * Added spectral arrows * Added Frost Walker enchantment and frosted ice block * Added a whole bunch of new sound effects * Added sound effect subtitles * Brewing Stand now requires Blaze Powder to activate * Added skeleton riders * We believe we’ve fixed MC-10 and a whole bunch of other issues - Removed Herobrine

The List 'O Monsters!

Zombie: Spawns:Night; Burns:During Daytime; Potion Effects:None; Hostile:Yes; Varients:Husk And Chicken Jockey Husk:Spawns:Night in hot/dry areas Potion Effects:Hunger; Chicken Jockey:Spawns:Night, Random Chance Potion Effects:None
Skeleton: Spawns:Night; Burns:During Daytime; Potion Effects:None; Hostile:Yes; Varients:Stray, Jockey, And Skeletal Horseman Stray:Spawns:Night in cold areas Potion Effects:Slowness; SpiderJockey Spawns:Night, Is A Skeleton Riding A Spider Potion Effects:None; Skeletal Horseman Spawns:When Horse Is Hit By Lightning, Spawns 4 Potion Effects:None
Creeper: Spawns:Night; Burns:In Lava; Potion Effects:None; Hostile:Yes; Varients:None
Spider: Spawns:Night; Burns:In Lava; Potion Effects:None; Hostile:Yes; Varients:Spider Jockey And Cave Spider SpiderJockey:Spawns:Night, Is A Skeleton Riding A Spider Potion Effects:None; Spawns:In Mineshafts From Spawners Potion Effects:Poison
Enderman: Spawns:Night; Burns:In Lava; Potion Effects:None; Hostile:Yes, if you attack or look into eyes; Varients:None
Guardian: Spawns:Ocean Monuments; Burns:In Lava; Potion Effects:None; Hostile:Yes; Varients:None
SilverFish: Spawns:Strongholds; Burns:In Lava; Potion Effects:None; Hostile:Yes; Varients:None
Slime: Spawns:Swamps And When Y=39 Or Less; Burns:In Lava; Potion Effects:None; Hostile:Yes; Varients:None
EnderMite: Spawns:Rare Chance Of Spawning When You Or Enderman Teleports Using Ender Pearl; Burns:In Lava; Potion Effects:None; Hostile:Yes; Varients:None
Witch: Spawns:Night And In Witch Huts; Burns:In Lava; Potion Effects:Harmful Potions; Hostile:Yes; Varients:None
Blaze: Spawns:NetherFortresses From Spawner; Burns:No; Potion Effects:None; Hostile:Yes; Varients:None
MagmaCube: Spawns:Nether; Burns:No; Potion Effects:None; Hostile:Yes; Varients:None
Pigman: Spawns:Nether; Burns:No; Potion Effects:None; Hostile:Yes; Varients:Chicken Jockey:Spawns:Nether, Random Chance Potion Effects:None
WitherSkeleton: Spawns:NetherFortress; Burns:No; Potion Effects:None; Hostile:Yes; Varients:None
Ghast: Spawns:Nether; Burns:No; Potion Effects:None; Hostile:Yes; Varients:None
Shulker: Spawns:End Cities; Burns:In Lava; Potion Effects:Levitation; Hostile:Yes; Varients:None

Friendly Mobs!

Cow: Drops:Raw Beef And Leather Varients:Mooshroom
Sheep: Drops:Raw Mutton And Wool
Pig: Drops:Raw Porkchop
Chicken: Drops:Raw Chicken and Feathers
Horse: Drops:Leather Varients:Donkey, Mule, Skeletal
Rabbit: Drops:Rabbit Pelt, Rarely Rabbit Foot
Bat: Drops:Nothing
Squid: Drops:Inksack
Villager: Drops:Nothing
Polar Bear: Drops:Fish
Ocelot: Drops:Nothing
Wolf: Drops:Nothing

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