Mojang’s ever-popular open-world sandbox adventure Minecraft is one of the most iconic and popular games of the last decade, dating back to its release in 2011. It’s a game that brings people of all ages and walks of life together within a world of blocks that’s extremely in-depth but works with surprising simplicity.
If you’re looking for a helpful guide to begin your survival journey, you’ve come to the right place. Guides for crafting, enchanting, exploration, building, and redstone, as well as information on the hostile and passive mobs that inhabit the three dimensions of Minecraft can all be found on this page. As the game continues to expand and change, more information will be added, so make sure to check back regularly.
Updated July 10, 2022, by Gabrielle Huston: Minecraft has managed to remain a beloved part of gaming culture through constant updates and improvements to the game. That means that we at TheGamer are always writing away, trying to keep up with the new content! We’ve updated this complete walkthrough to make sure you’re not missing anything.
Basic Game Settings And Features
These guides cover the boring stuff, the basics behind-the-scenes. However, you may find yourself in need of this boring stuff when you want to report a bug or play with friends online, so we’ve made sure you have all the information.
- How To Change Skins Every Major Update Tips To Improve PC Performance Most Useful Console Commands And How To Use Them
Errors & Bugs
- Common Errors And Snapshot Guide Commons Bugs And How To Fix Them How To See The Debug Screen And What It’s Useful For
Multiplayer
- A Step By Step Guide To Making The Perfect Minecraft Server Everything You Need To Know About Multiplayer The Best Multiplayer Servers How To Cancel Your Realms Plus Subscription
Before Jumping In
Starting a new Minecraft file can be intimidating; you’re faced with a lot of options you don’t understand! These guides should help fill in some of the gaps so that you can make an informed decision. However, don’t forget that the best knowledge comes from experience, and it’s totally okay to just start playing and work it out one piece at a time.
Choosing A Game Mode
- How Many Game Modes Can You Play & Other Things You Need To Know Things You Didn’t Know About Survival Mode Things You Didn’t Know About Adventure Mode Everything You Need To Know About Spectator Mode Everything You Need To Know About Hardcore Mode
Your First Day
- Early Game Tips For Starting A New World Things Beginners Should Do First When Starting Minecraft Tips For Beginners Looking To Survive Early On Essential Things Everyone Should Build First Everything You Need To Know About The Daylight Cycle Items Newcomers Should Be Building ASAP
Crafting Guides
It’s in the name: Minecraft. You’ll use the various items you acquire to build new tools for yourself and expand your home base (if you choose to have one). These articles detail the basics, as well as how to make specific items that you might need on your adventures.
- Everything You Need To Know About Smelting Best Items To Use As Fuel In A Furnace
Tools
- How To Make A Map How To Make Fireworks How To Make A Fishing Rod How To Make A Lantern How To Make A Compass How To Make A Recovery Compass How To Make A Spyglass How To Make A Clock How To Make A Stonecutter How To Make Paper How To Make Paper & Other Useful Recipes For Animals How To Make A Lead How To Find A Saddle
Home Essentials
- How To Make A Bed How To Make A Grindstone How To Make A Blast Furnace How To Make Candles How To Make Concrete How To Carve Pumpkins Every Way To Get Wool And All The Dyes You Can Make Everything You Need To Know About The Lightning Rod Everything You Need To Know About Paintings A Complete Guide To Beacons How To Use Note Blocks
Mining Guides
It’s in the name: Minecraft. You’ll need to delve beneath the surface and into vast networks of caves in order to obtain the resources you want, so we’ll help you get there.
How To Make Paper & Other Useful Recipes
How To Make A Lead How To Find A Saddle
Tips & Tricks For Traversing Caves Caves And Cliffs Ore Distribution Guide How To Find Every Ore Easily Mining Tips To Know In Order To Find Diamonds And More
Particular Resources
- How To Get Copper And How To Use It How To Get Emeralds How To Get Gold How To Build An Iron Farm Tips For Finding Diamond Quickly How To Mine And Make Your Own Obsidian Everything You Need To Know About Amethyst Everything You Need To Know About Deepslate Blocks
Farming & Building Guides
A common joke among Minecraft fans is to say there are only two types of players: builders and explorers. Well, the builders should be happy to read these detailed guides which will help you to develop a unique home base and keep your character well-fed.
- Everything You Need To Know About Growing Crops Examples Of Crazy Things You Can Build Survival-Friendly Builds To Try Tips For Safely Building In Survival Mode Quick Tips To Improve Your Builds How To Build Perfect Circle Structures
Particular Structures
- Tips For Building An Underwater House Tips For Building A Two-Story House Tips For Building Farms, Ranches, And Livestock Area
Particular Crops
- How To Grow Cocoa Beans How To Make An Easy Bonemeal Farm Everything You Need To Know To Grow Mushrooms How To Get Honey And What It Does Every Way To Get Potatoes And How To Plant Them
Exploration, Combat, & XP Guides
The more you explore, the more Minecraft rewards you with new mobs, biomes, and items. You’ll need to be able to survive on your own, defeat any unruly creatures that come your way, and know what’s rare so you can bring it home with you. Needless to say, this is a huge part of Minecraft’s gameplay, so we have tons of comprehensive guides to keep you on track.
Tips For Safely Building In Survival Mode
Tips To Never Get Lost Bits Of Minecraft Lore You Never Knew Guide To Using Treasure Maps All The Rarest Blocks & Where To Find Them Every Type Of Wood Plank And Where To Get Them
Survival Tips
- Everything You Need To Know About Managing Hunger Every Food Item’s Hunger And Saturation Values How To Stop Water From Freezing How To Teleport Best Ways To Reduce Fall Damage
XP
- The Best Ways To Level Up Fast Best Farms For XP How To Make An XP Farm With A Spider Spawner How To Build An Enderman Farm And Get XP Fast
Biomes
- Every Biome, Ranked Rarest Biomes The Best Biomes In Survival Mode (& The Worst) The Most Dangerous Overworld Biomes Specific Biomes Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do In The Snowy Biomes Everything You Need To Know About Coral Reefs Everything You Need To Know About The Mushroom Fields Biome
Structures
- All Overworld Dungeons, Ranked Best Randomly Generated Structures & How To Find Them Everything You Need To Know About Jungle Pyramids How To Find A Lush Cave How To Find An Ancient City How To Find And Open The Ancient City’s Secret Redstone Door How To Take Down An Ocean Monument How To Take Down A Woodland Mansion Guide To Conquering An Abandoned Mineshaft Finding And Conquering A Stronghold
Fighting
- Tips To Succeed In Combat And Archery Guide To Tool And Armor Durability Every Arrow Type And How To Get It Every Armor Set And How To Get Them
Special Items
- The Best Rare Items Plants How To Get A Dripleaf Best Things You Can Do With Kelp Everything You Need To Know About Glow Berries Everything You Need To Know About Spore Blossoms Everything You Need To Know About Azaleas Blocks Everything You Need To Know About Terracotta Everything You Need To Know About Dripstone What Is Podzol? How To Get Powdered Snow From Mobs Everything You Need To Know About Gunpowder How To Collect Goat Horns How To Get A Creeper Head Pro Tips For Finding Heart Of The Sea (& How To Use It) How To Get A Music Disc And What It Does
Redstone Guides
Redstone can feel pretty daunting for beginner- or even intermediate-level players. Thankfully, we’re here to help. These guides cover how Redstone in minecraft works and how you can use it to power all sorts of helpful machines around your home base.
Every Food Item’s Hunger And Saturation Values
How To Make An XP Farm With A Spider Spawner How To Build An Enderman Farm And Get XP Fast
Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do In The Snowy Biomes Everything You Need To Know About Coral Reefs Everything You Need To Know About The Mushroom Fields Biome
How To Find And Open The Ancient City’s Secret Redstone Door
How To Get A Dripleaf Best Things You Can Do With Kelp Everything You Need To Know About Glow Berries Everything You Need To Know About Spore Blossoms Everything You Need To Know About Azaleas
Everything You Need To Know About Terracotta Everything You Need To Know About Dripstone What Is Podzol? How To Get Powdered Snow
Everything You Need To Know About Gunpowder How To Collect Goat Horns How To Get A Creeper Head
The Ultimate Redstone Guide How To Use Sculk Sensors To Make Wireless Redstone Simple Automatic Farms That Every Good Home Needs Simple Redstone Machines To Make Your Life Easier
Specific Builds
- How To Build A Fully Automated Cooked Chicken Farm How To Build A Chicken Egg Farm How To Build A Functioning Well How To Build A Functioning Grandfather Clock For Your Home How To Make A Flying Machine With Slime Blocks Around-The-House Conveniences How To Make A Water Elevator How To Make A Piston Door How To Make A Super Smelter How To Make An Auto-Sorter Resource Farms How To Make An Automatic Sugarcane Farm How To Make An Automatic Melon And Pumpkin Farm How To Make A Snow Farm How To Make A Wool Farm How To Build A Creeper Farm To Get Gunpowder
Enchanting & Potion-Brewing Guides
You won’t be able to get very far without some reliable enchantments and potions at your side. These guides cover everything you’ll need to know in order to take on even the deadliest foes.
How To Build A Chicken Egg Farm
How To Make A Water Elevator How To Make A Piston Door How To Make A Super Smelter How To Make An Auto-Sorter
How To Make An Automatic Sugarcane Farm How To Make An Automatic Melon And Pumpkin Farm How To Make A Snow Farm How To Make A Wool Farm How To Build A Creeper Farm To Get Gunpowder
Enchanting
- How To Enchant Tools And Armor How To Read Enchantment Table Language Tips For Mending The Best Enchantments The Worst Enchantments Where To Get Enchanted Books And How To Use Them Tools The Best Tool Enchantments, Ranked EveryPickaxe Enchantment, Ranked Every Sword Enchantment, Ranked Every Bow Enchantment, Ranked Best Axe Enchantments, Ranked Particular Enchantments Everything You Didn’t Know About The Curse Of Vanishing What Is Soul Speed And How Do I Get It?
Potion-Brewing Guides
- All You Need To Know About Making Potions Must-Have Potions Every Status Effect And What It Does
Mob Guides
You won’t be alone in your Minecraft journey. The world is filled with passive and hostile mobs. Many passive mobs have unique features that can help you greatly during your adventures and travels. If you aspire to tame every animal in the game or would like to know more about pandas and polar bears, or even those terrifying zombies, check out these guides.
The Best Tool Enchantments, Ranked EveryPickaxe Enchantment, Ranked Every Sword Enchantment, Ranked Every Bow Enchantment, Ranked Best Axe Enchantments, Ranked
Everything You Didn’t Know About The Curse Of Vanishing What Is Soul Speed And How Do I Get It?
All Animals, Ranked Rarest Mobs In The Game Every Mob And What They Drop Strongest Enemy Mobs
Taming & Breeding Animals
- How To Tame Every Animal You Can Tips And Tricks For Taming Wild Animals Every Breedable Mob, Ranked Particular Animals How To Tame & Breed Foxes How To Tame & Breed Horses Guide To Horse Stats And Abilities How To Tame & Breed Parrots How To Tame & Breed Frogs To Get Froglights Everything You Need To Know About Frogs How To Build A Bee Farm To Get Honeycomb Everything You Need To Know About Bees How To Get The Rare Blue Axolotl In Minecraft Everything You Need To Know About Axolotls Other Mob Farms How To Make An AFK Fishing Farm How To Make A Slime Farm Everything You Need To Know About Slimes How To Build A Drowned Farm
Passive Mobs
- Where To Find Pandas Everything You Need To Know About The Allay How To Use The Allay To Collect Items Things You Didn’t Know About Polar Bears All You Need To Know About Llamas Everything You Need To Know About Turtles Everything You Need To Know About Glow Squids Everything You Need To Know About Goats Things You Need To Know About Wolves
Hostile Mobs
- How To Defeat The Wither Things You Didn’t Know About Zombies Things You Didn’t Know About Endermen Things You Didn’t Know About Creepers Everything You Need To Know About The Warden A Guide To Warden Mechanics Everything You Need To Know About Jockeys Everything You Need To Know About Phantoms Everything You Need To Know About Evokers
Villagers And Illagers Guides
The more unique mobs of Minecraft are Villagers, as well as their counterparts, Illagers. They both bring in some important gameplay features, from raiding to trading. We have a neat guide on the best villagers to trade with, as well as some information about the patrolling Iron Golem and the mysterious Bad Omen status effect gained from Illager outposts.
Tips And Tricks For Taming Wild Animals
How To Tame & Breed Foxes How To Tame & Breed Horses Guide To Horse Stats And Abilities How To Tame & Breed Parrots How To Tame & Breed Frogs To Get Froglights Everything You Need To Know About Frogs How To Build A Bee Farm To Get Honeycomb Everything You Need To Know About Bees How To Get The Rare Blue Axolotl In Minecraft Everything You Need To Know About Axolotls
Guide To Horse Stats And Abilities
Everything You Need To Know About Frogs
Everything You Need To Know About Bees
Everything You Need To Know About Axolotls
How To Make An AFK Fishing Farm How To Make A Slime Farm Everything You Need To Know About Slimes How To Build A Drowned Farm
Everything You Need To Know About Slimes
How To Use The Allay To Collect Items
A Guide To Warden Mechanics
Things You Didn’t Know About Villagers Things To Know About The Iron Golem Every Villager Workstation And How They Work How To Make A Village And Populate It How To Get A Bell And What It Does
Trading
- Complete Guide To Trading With Villagers Best Villagers To Trade With Everything You Need To Know About The Wandering Trader
Raids, Bad Omens, & Zombie Villagers
- Everything You Need To Know About Raids Things You Need To Know About Bad Omens How To Cure A Zombie Villager
Nether Guides
The Nether is a difficult and dangerous dimension to traverse. And yet, if you aspire to complete the game, paying a visit to the underworld is a necessity. With the 1.16 Nether update, there are tons of new mobs, items, materials, and features to be discovered, and so we have a wide range of guides to help you survive the realm of lava and brimstone.
Entering The Nether
- How To Make A Nether Portal Things To Know Before Entering The Nether Things You Must Do Once You Enter The Nether
Surviving The Nether
- Ways To Get Food In The Nether A Guide To Every Nether Biome How To Use A Respawn Anchor
Nether Resources And Items
- Everything You Need To Know About Netherite How To Get Netherite Tools Things You Can Build With Netherite How To Efficiently Mine For Netherite Everything You Need To Know About Soul Sand Everything You Need To Know About Lodestone What Is Crying Obsidian? How To Get Blaze Rods And Their Uses
Nether Mobs And Dungeons
- Things You Didn’t Know About Hoglins Things You Didn’t Know About Striders Things You Didn’t Know About Piglins Everything You Need To Know About Piglin Brutes How To Ride A Strider In The Nether How To Barter With Piglins In Minecraft How To Make A Wither Skeleton Farm How To Conquer A Bastion Remnant How To Conquer A Nether Fortress
End Guides
The End is the second dimension of the game. Mysterious and very difficult to traverse, it holds some of the best loot in the game, locked within rare and peculiar-looking End Cities. First, however, you need to get through the Ender Dragon. For guides on End Cities and the Dragon herself, this is the right place.
How To Get Netherite Tools Things You Can Build With Netherite How To Efficiently Mine For Netherite
Everything You Need To Know About Piglin Brutes
How To Find End Cities How To Conquer An End City What Is An End Rod? How To Make Your Own End Crystal
Enemies
- How To Defeat The Ender Dragon Things You Didn’t Know About The Ender Dragon (& Her Egg) Everything You Need To Know About Elytras Everything You Need To Know About Shulkers
Shaders, Textures, And Mod Guides
In case you’re looking to up your vanilla Minecraft experience with some mods or cosmetic changes like texture packs and shaders, we have a few great recommendations, even for those with low-end PCs.
How To Conquer An End City
Things You Didn’t Know About The Ender Dragon (& Her Egg)
Shaders And Texture Packs
- How To Install Texture Packs How To Install Shaders Everything You Need To Know About The OptiFine Mod Best Shaders, Ranked Best And Worst Texture Packs Best Texture Packs For Bedrock Edition Best Texture Packs For Java Edition Small Mods To Improve Visual Content
Mods, Plugins, And Datapacks
- Everything You Need To Know About Mods Best Mods Must-Try Mods, Ranked By Popularity Best Mods For New Mobs Best Mods For Improving The End Best Mods For Halloween Best Mods For Star Trek Fans Best Mods For Pokemon Fans Guides For Particular Mods Everything You Need To Know About The Life In The Woods Renaissance Mod Everything You Need To Know About The Surgery Mod Everything You Need To Know About The Fossils And Archaeology Mod Revival Best Data Packs
Skins, Capes, And Custom Maps
- Best Custom Skins Best Capes, Ranked Best Adventure Maps On The Marketplace Best Minecraft Worlds
NEXT: Minecraft: Features We Still Need In Future Updates (& Features We Don’t)
Everything You Need To Know About The OptiFine Mod
Best Texture Packs For Bedrock Edition Best Texture Packs For Java Edition
Must-Try Mods, Ranked By Popularity Best Mods For New Mobs Best Mods For Improving The End Best Mods For Halloween Best Mods For Star Trek Fans Best Mods For Pokemon Fans
Everything You Need To Know About The Life In The Woods Renaissance Mod Everything You Need To Know About The Surgery Mod Everything You Need To Know About The Fossils And Archaeology Mod Revival
