Tutorials

The list below contains tutorials describing various factors and mechanics of Minecraft.

Introductory[edit | edit source]

These tutorials are designed to help newcomers to Minecraft get a basic understanding of the game.

• Menu screen
• Game terms
• Playing with a controller

Newcomer survival[edit | edit source]

• The first day/beginner's guide
• Your first 10 minutes
• The second day
• The third day
• Hunger management
• Survival mode progression
• Things to do
• Things not to do
• Simple tips and tricks
• Best biomes to play

Shelters[edit | edit source]

• Best biomes for homes
• Best building materials
• Building and construction
• Navigation
• Shelters
• Shelter types

General[edit | edit source]

Getting to know the game better. These are for when the player is comfortably established.

Enchanting and smelting[edit | edit source]

These tutorials provide information on how the furnaces and the enchantment system work.

•  Enchanting mechanics
•  Anvil mechanics
•  Automatic smelting
•  Manual smelting

Challenges[edit | edit source]

Non-standard survival[edit | edit source]

Challenge maps[edit | edit source]

Construction[edit | edit source]

Block breaking[edit | edit source]

These tutorials provide information on how to break blocks automatically, usually by an explosion.

• Blast chamber
• Igniting TNT underwater
• Wither cage

Farming[edit | edit source]

These tutorials provide information on crop and mob farming. In most cases, the player has a choice among a variety of farming methods and designs. While a huge automatic farm may be useful where large supplies of something are needed, it's important to remember that a small, simple farm can easily provide enough resources for an early-game player, or casual use in general.

Items[edit | edit source]

Mobs[edit | edit source]

Mechanisms[edit | edit source]

These tutorials provide information on redstone mechanisms.

Basic redstone[edit | edit source]

• Redstone tutorials: Roundup of all redstone-related tutorials (some are also linked below)
• Redstone dust: The core material that enables most redstone devices, being crafted into many of them and also placed to carry signals.
• Redstone mechanics: The basic game mechanics for redstone power and signals.
• Redstone components: The blocks that are used in and with redstone contraptions.
• Redstone circuits: Lists various types of reusable circuits that can be used to manipulate signals, with sub-pages giving examples of the various types.
• Redstone tips: Hints and advice for building your redstone devices.

Various devices[edit | edit source]

• Automatic respawn anchor recharger: Recharges respawn anchors so they can be used again.
• Combination locks: Locks that only open with the right combination entered.
• Command blocks and functions: Making many contraptions using command blocks.
• Crafter: Automated crafting systems.
• Flying machines: Slime block contraptions that can fly.
• Hopper: Hoppers are key for item handling and sorting.
• Item sorting: Sorts items.
• Item transportation: Moves items.
• Mechanisms: Lists an assortment of complete devices using redstone.
• Observer stabilizer: Keeps observer-based contraptions from continously firing.
• Randomizers: Generates random outputs.
• Redstone music: Creating music with note blocks and redstone circuits.
• Rube Goldberg machine: Complexity and spectacle!
• Shulker box storage: A storage system that relies on shulker boxes.

Detectors[edit | edit source]

• Block update detector: Sends a signal if a block state changes.
• Comparator update detector: Sends a signal if a compator detects a change in a block.
• Daylight detector: Sends a signal if the light changes.

Minecarts[edit | edit source]

• Minecarts: Large railway systems can benefit from redstone at the terminals.
• Storage minecarts: Loading and unloading chests and hopper minecarts.
  • Digital: Digital method of loading and unloading chests and hopper minecarts.

Traps[edit | edit source]

• Snow golems
• TNT cannons
• Trapdoor uses
• Traps and Trap design

Pistons[edit | edit source]

• Piston uses
• Piston circuits
• Quasi-connectivity
• Zero-ticking
• Instant repeaters

Tripwire[edit | edit source]

• Tripwire techniques

Advanced redstone[edit | edit source]

• Advanced redstone circuits
• Arithmetic logic
• Calculator
• Command stats
• Hourly clock
• Morse code
• Printing
• Redstone computers
• Redstone telegraph

Multiplayer[edit | edit source]

These tutorials provide technical information on servers and tips for multiplayer.

• Playing on servers
• Multiplayer survival
• Spawn jails for multiplayer
• Griefing prevention
• Hiding chests
• PvP
• PvP bases
• Joining a LAN world with alternate accounts

Server setup[edit | edit source]

• Setting up a server
• Setting up a LAN world
• Server startup script
• FreeBSD startup script
• OpenBSD startup script
• Ubuntu startup script
• Hamachi connection LAN
• Setting up a Minecraft Forge server
• Setting up a Spigot server
• Ramdisk enabled server
• Server maintenance
• Hosting providers

Technical[edit | edit source]

These tutorials provide information on technical matters, such as mods and snapshots.

• Moving structures using structure blocks from world to world
• Update suppression
• Improving frame rate
• Minecraft help FAQ
• Programs and editors
• Running the data generator
• Update Java to latest version
• See Minecraft's code
• Downgrading
• Creating Forge mods

Maps[edit | edit source]

• Custom maps
• Map downloads
• Command NBT tags
• Falling blocks
• Updating old terrain

Resource packs[edit | edit source]

• Creating a resource pack
• Loading a resource pack
• Models
• Sound directory

Data packs[edit | edit source]

This tutorial is exclusive to Java Edition. 

• Creating a data pack
• Installing a data pack
• Custom world generation
• Adding a new dimension
• Custom structures
• Adding custom trims
• Adding custom paintings
• Adding custom enchantments
• Repairing a world corrupted by a data pack

Creating Minecraft media[edit | edit source]

• Videos
• Livestreaming
• Hide Server IP

Game installation[edit | edit source]

• Installing a snapshot
• Installing Minecraft Preview and beta versions
• Obtaining a crash report
• Installing Forge mods
• Custom Minecraft directory
• Playing and saving Minecraft on a thumb drive
• Playing and saving Minecraft on a thumb drive with the old launcher
• Recover corrupted saved world data
• Run Minecraft through Google Drive
• Save game data to Dropbox (world data only)
• Saving data Dropbox guide
• Create a Mac OS X startup daemon
• Minecraft on Chrome OS

Legacy tutorials[edit | edit source]

The following tutorials are obsolete and intended for older versions of Minecraft. They are kept here for historical purposes.

• Custom texture packs — texture packs are no longer used, resource packs use new file structure
• How to get a crash report (Outdated) — no longer works with the current launcher
• Water tram - Boat mechanics have been overhauled
• Repeater reboot system — a glitch that existed in Beta only
• Update LWJGL (Legacy) — current launcher automatically updates libraries
• Custom lake — these methods are no longer needed since water is more obliging
• Water ladder — no longer works as given, water behavior has changed a lot since Beta
• Installing mods - Modloader — ModLoader is no longer supported by its creator
• Far Lands — Only existed before Beta 1.8
• Instant wire — a glitch that existed in Beta
• Update Minecraft — updating and downgrading Minecraft is automatic in the new launcher
• Minecart booster — Minecart boosters were fixed shortly after the introduction of powered rails.
• Survival with no enabled data packs - Blocks no longer drop items when data packs are disabled with the Village & Pillage update. Furthermore, as of 1.16, this is no longer possible as data packs are now validated before the world is created, and some tags are necessary for the data packs to be valid.
• Door-based iron golem farming - Villages are no longer based around doors with the Village & Pillage update.
• Legacy village mechanics - Villages are no longer based around doors with the Village & Pillage update.
• Village chaining - Villages are no longer based around doors with the Village & Pillage update.
• Potion farming - This method of potion farming was patched in version 1.17.30 as a result of being too overpowered. Witch farms can still give potions however.
• End of light mob farms - Patched on 22w12a
• Obtaining discontinued features - Information on how to obtain features that could only be collected in older versions but can be updated into future versions.

Navigation[edit | edit source]

v t e Tutorials
Introductory Basics Menu screen Game terms Playing with a controller Newcomer survival The first day/beginner's guide Your first ten minutes The second day The third day Hunger management Survival mode progression Things to do Things not to do Simple tips and tricks Shelters Best biomes for homes Best building materials Building and construction Navigation Shelters Shelter types
General General Achievement guide Advancement guide Minecraft Nether The End Adventure Husbandry Adventuring Best enchantments guide Breaking a fall Breaking bedrock Chunk loader Combat Complete main adventure Creating a village Dual wielding End survival Exploring caverns Gathering resources on peaceful difficulty Getting food quickly Getting max gear Headless pistons Hitboxes Horses Indestructible end crystals Light suppression Managing slimes in superflat mode Mapping Measuring distance Minecraft in education Mining Ancient Debris Diamonds Fossils Nether hub Nether portals Nether survival Organization Pillar jumping Phantom-proofing Spawn-proofing Summoning jockeys Things to do when bored The Void Thunderstorm survival Time-saving tips Transportation methods Units of measure Village mechanics Trading X-ray glitches Zombie siege defense Enchanting and smelting Enchanting mechanics Anvil mechanics Automatic smelting Manual smelting
Challenges General Acquiring a conduit Archaeology Curing a zombie villager Conquering a mountain Defeating a bastion remnant Defeating an End city Defeating a monster room Defeating a monument Defeating a Nether fortress Defeating a pillager outpost Defeating a stronghold Defeating temples Defeating trial chambers Defeating a woodland mansion Defeating a village raid Defeating the Ender dragon Defeating the Wither If it escapes Exploring an ancient city Getting to the worldborder Locating a stronghold Obtaining every music disc Obtaining every block Non-standard survival Adventure survival Custom maps Flat survival Half hearted hardcore Hardcore mode Surviving in a single area indefinitely Infinite desert survival Island survival Manhunt Mob switch Nomadic experience Skyblock survival Skywars survival Speedrunning Starting in the Nether Superflat survival Ultra hardcore survival The World Starts With One Challenge maps Beating a challenge map Creating a challenge map
Constructions Constructions Adding beauty to constructions Airlock Architectural terms Building a cruise ship Building a metropolis Building a rollercoaster Building micro shelters Building safe homes Building water features Chunk ban Color palette Creating shapes Defense Elevators Endless circling pool Furniture Glazed terracotta patterns Hiking trail Making nice floors Pixel art Ranches Roof types Curved roofs Roof construction guidelines Roof decorations Secret door Settlement guide Underwater home Walls and buttresses Water gate Water-powered boat transportation Blockbreaking Blast chamber Igniting TNT underwater Wither cage
Farming Blocks and items Amethyst Armor Azalea Bamboo Basalt Bedrock Blaze rod Bone meal Cactus Chorus fruit Tutorials/Clay and Mud farming Cobblestone Cocoa bean Copper Crops (Beetroot, Carrot, Potato, Wheat) Dirt Dragon's breath Dripstone Egg Experience Fern Fish Flower Froglight Glow berries Glow ink sac Glow lichen Goat horn Gold Hanging roots Honey Ice Iron Kelp Lava Meat Moss block Mushroom Music disc Nautilus shell Nether growth Nether vine Nether wart Obsidian Powder snow Pumpkin, Melon Rooted dirt Sculk Scute Seagrass Sea pickle Snow Soul soil Sugar cane Sweet berries Tree Trident Vine Villager trading hall Wither rose Wool Duplication Mobs Mob farming Mob grinding Monster spawner traps Allay Animals Axolotl Bee Blaze Cat Cave spider Chicken Creeper Drowned Ender dragon Enderman Frog Glow squid Goat Guardian Hoglin Iron golem Magma cube Phantom Piglin bartering farm Raid Shulker Slime Squid Turtle Villager Wandering trader Warden Witch Wither Wither skeleton Zombie Zombie villager Zombified piglin
Mechanisms Various devices Redstone dust mechanics components circuits tips Automatic respawn anchor recharger Combination locks Command block Crafter Flying machines Hopper Item sorting Item transportation Mechanisms Observer stabilizer Randomizers Redstone music Rube Goldberg machine Shulker box storage Detectors Block update detector Comparator update detector Daylight detector Minecarts Train station Minecarts Storage Storage system Traps Snow golems TNT cannons Trapdoor uses Trap design Traps Pistons Piston uses Piston circuits Quasi-connectivity Zero-ticking Instant repeaters Tripwire Tripwire techniques Advanced redstone Advanced redstone circuits Arithmetic logic Calculator Command stats Hourly clock Morse code Printer Redstone computers Redstone telegraph
Servers General Playing on servers Multiplayer Survival Spawn jail Griefing prevention Hiding chests PvP Bases Joining a LAN world with alternate accounts Server setup Setting up a server Setting up a LAN server Server startup script FreeBSD OpenBSD Ubuntu Setting up a Hamachi server Setting up a Minecraft Forge server Setting up a Spigot server Ramdisk enabled server Server maintenance Hosting providers
Technical Technical Adding custom enchantments Moving structures using structure blocks from world to world Update suppression Improving frame rate Minecraft help FAQ Programs and editors Running the data generator Update Java See Minecraft's code Downgrading Creating Forge mods Maps Custom maps Map downloads Command NBT tags Falling blocks Updating old terrain using MCEdit Resource packs Creating a resource pack Loading a resource pack Models Sound directory Data packs Creating a data pack Installing a data pack Custom world generation Adding a new dimension Custom structures Adding custom trims Adding custom paintings Repairing a world corrupted by a data pack Creating Minecraft media Creating videos Livestreaming Hide Server IP Game installation Installing snapshots Installing Minecraft Preview and beta versions How to get a crash report Installing Forge mods Custom Minecraft directory Playing and saving Minecraft on a thumb drive Playing and saving Minecraft on a thumb drive with the old launcher Recover corrupted saved world data Run Minecraft through Google Drive Save game data to Dropbox (world data only) Saved data Dropbox guide Create a Mac OS X startup daemon Minecraft on Chrome OS
Outdated Outdated Custom texture packs Door-based iron golem farming End of light mob farms Far Lands How to get a crash report Installing mods Man-made lake Minecart booster Potion farming Repeater reboot system Survival with no enabled data packs Update LWJGL Update Minecraft Village mechanics Village chaining Water ladder Water tram