An Idiot’s Guide to Minecraft: XBOX 360 Edition
April 2013 Edition
Magazine By: Alymuhammad Gilani
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Dedication Page
I would like to dedicate my book to my Mom and Dad who let me
buy this awesome game. Also I would like to dedicate this book to
Notch, from Mojang who developed this awesome game. Also I
feel my brother should be included in this page too since he played
with me a lot.
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Redstone & Transportation
Rails (also known as Minecart Tracks) are
non-solid blocks that provide a path along
which minecarts can travel. Broken sections of
rails are commonly found in abandoned mine
shafts. Rails are crafted from sticks and iron
ingots.
The Powered Rail is a block that is used to stop
or increase momentum of moving minecarts.
Powered Rails are operated by Redstone
currents, whether this comes from a Redstone
Torch, a Lever, a Button, another circuit or a
Detector Rail.
A Detector rail when any kind of Minecart is
on top of the Detector Rail, it will generate a
redstone signal. The signal will be transmitted
to blocks that are adjacent to the detector
(including Powered Rail) and redstone placed
under the rail, like pressure plates.
Ladders are wooden blocks used for climbing
walls either vertically or horizontally. They can
only be placed on the sides of other blocks.
Minecarts are rideable entities placed on rails
that can be used to carry items, mobs, and the
Player. They are used as a form of transportation
to cover long distances, since they are much
faster than walking.
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Minecarts with Furnace (also called
Furnace Minecarts or Powered Minecarts)
are a special type of minecart which
accepts coal or charcoal as fuel for
powered movement and can be used to
push other minecarts, thus functioning as
an engine.
Minecarts with Chests (also called Chest
Minecarts or Storage Minecarts) function
like a minecart while being able to store
and transport goods.
A boat is an item and vehicle entity.
Boats float and move easily on water, and
can be ridden, so they allow fast
transportation in Ocean Biomes or any
large area of water; however they are
quite fragile and easily destroyed by
running aground.
A Door is a block obtainable through
crafting and found in NPC Villages and
Strongholds. Doors come in two varieties:
wooden doors made from planks, and iron
doors made from iron ingots. Doors are
hinged at a corner and have two states:
rotated clockwise and rotated counterclockwise.
An Iron Door is only able to be toggled by a
switching mechanism. Iron doors can take
quite a bit of time to destroy, even with a
pickaxe. To destroy them more quickly,
simply break the block beneath the door.
A Dispenser is a special redstone-powered
block. When right-clicked, a menu allows
you to place items inside it. Each time the
block receives power from a redstone circuit,
a random item from its inventory drops out.
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A Note Block is a block that plays a single
note when struck by the player or powered
by redstone. An indefinite number of note
blocks can be connected this way to form
music.
Pistons are blocks capable of pushing most
blocks, depending on the direction they are
facing.
Sticky Pistons are similar to the Piston; the
difference is that it can pull blocks as well
as push them.
TNT (trinitrotoluene) is a highly destructive
block that, once activated, creates an
explosion. TNT is usually recommended as a
quick and efficient method for destroying
large portions of undesirable blocks or
structures.
A lever is a type of switch. Levers, like the
button, pressure plate, and redstone torch, can be
connected with redstone wire to be operated far
away from the target block. Levers can be placed
on any opaque block. Levers can be placed on
walls, floors, and ceilings.
A button is a switch. Like levers, pressure
plates, and tripwire hooks, it sends a redstone
signal to adjacent blocks when pressed.
However, a button can only be activated by
being pressed and will only stay pressed for a
short duration. Also, you can make a wooden
button too.
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A Pressure Plate is a type of switch that can
be placed onto a surface of a block. If
connected by wire to an object (or placed
adjacent to a block that can be powered), they
will provide power to that object or block
when stepped on by either a player or a mob.
There is also a wooden one available also.
A redstone torch is special block in Minecraft
that interacts with Redstone. It has several
functions in redstone circuitry, but the primary
purpose is to act as a power source.
A Redstone Repeater is a special block that
interacts with Redstone. It has three main
functions: acting as a repeater, a diode, and a
delayer. Most likely, the reason they are
called 'Redstone Repeaters' is for their
primary use of repeating signals, since
Redstone only travels up to 15 blocks
without a signal booster.
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Tools, Weapons, and Armor
Fishing Rods are tools that are used for obtaining
fish. This can be very useful, as fish are an
unlimited resource.
The bow is a ranged weapon that shoots arrows.
The bow allows the player to kill mobs and other
players from a greater distance than melee weapons
like the sword.
Arrows provide ammunition for bows and
dispensers, and can either be crafted or found as a
common drop from skeletons.
Flint and steel is a tool used to place fire. It
may be crafted or traded for with villagers.
The Fire Charge is an item which can be used
as fireball ammunition for Dispensers, or as an
inefficient substitute for Flint and Steel. When
fired it acts exactly like a blaze's fireball. It can
be useful if you're stuck in the Nether without
any iron ingots or Flint and Steel.
Clocks (sometimes called watches), are
items that display the current in-game time
by displaying the sun and the moon's
position relative to the horizon.
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Shears are a tool used to obtain wool from
sheep, collect Red Mushrooms from
Mooshrooms, get string from cobwebs,
destroy wool blocks more efficiently, harvest
placeable leaf, vine, fern, dead bush, or tall
grass blocks, and safely remove tripwire.
Compasses were added in the Seecret Friday
Update 9 on September 10, 2010. The
compass needle points towards the player's
original spawn point, whether in your
inventory screen, in chests, lying on the floor,
or while holding it in your hand.
The Map is an item used to view explored
terrain. While a map is being held in the
player’s hand, it will gradually be drawn
as the player explores the world. When the
item is later selected, the player can see
the area explored so far. In the Xbox 360
Edition, The Player spawns with a map in
their inventory upon creating a new world.
This picture shows all the armor pieces that are in the Xbox 360
Edition. Every item is craftable except the middle one, can be
only obtained in chests (like in villages and strongholds), or by
villager trading which is not in the Xbox 360 Edition as of yet.
The items can be crafted from Leather (Brown), Gold (Gold),
Iron (White), and Diamond (Turquoise). The crafting recipes of
the armor are shown below corresponding with the crafting
grid.
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Cap
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Leggings
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Chestplate
Boots
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Swords are craftable weapons used to
damage mobs or other players, or to
block attacks. Swords can also destroy
certain blocks more quickly than any
other tool (such as cobwebs). Attacking a
boat or a minecart with a sword will
destroy it faster but will not decrease the
sword's durability.
Shovels are auxiliary tools used to ease
the process of collecting dirt, sand,
gravel, clay and snow. Shovels are only
necessary to collect snowballs from
snow; all other blocks for which shovels
are useful can be successfully harvested
by hand.
Pickaxes are one of the most commonly
used tools in the game, being required to
mine all ores and many other types of
blocks. Different qualities of pickaxe are
required to successfully harvest certain
ores and blocks. For example, while
stone can be mined with any pickaxe,
gold ore must be mined with an iron
pickaxe or better, or else the player will
harvest no ore. Different pickaxes also
mine many materials at different speeds.
Axes are tools used to ease the process
of collecting woods, wood planks,
chests and bookshelves, but are not
required to gather them. They can also
be used on mobs and player as a
weapon, but do half a heart less damage
than swords of the same material.
Hoes are tools used to till dirt and
grass blocks into farmland blocks, the
first step in farming wheat, melons,
pumpkins, carrots and potatoes. They
are an indispensable tool for farming.
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References
Contributors to the Minecraft Wiki. 2013.
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Minecraft_Wiki
People who uploaded the amazing pics which can be seen here.
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About the Author
Alymuhammad Gilani is currently 12 years old. He also
currently studies at Stone Scholastic Academy. Alymuhammad
Gilani currently lives in Chicago with his parents and a brother
who also goes to Stone Scholastic Academy.
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