278      carts (mine)
TNT minecarts, 187-189                      minecarts with chests (storage minecarts),
       trains, minecarts as, 188                   187
        underground rails, 188                     mining and, 81
      cats, 127                                    Nether survival checklist, The, 235
      caves, 222                                   opening, 54
       cave spiders, 88-89                         sizes of, 54
       doors, importance of, 85                    trapped chests, 163
       lighting, 64                               chickens, 127
       mining                                      arrows, crafting, 97
         creating caves, 69                        fences, 126
         existing caves, 69                       children in villages, 218, 221
       shelter, building, 34                      chopping down trees, 26
      chairs, building, 141                       circuits
      character skins, 251                          AND gates, 182-183
       changing, 252, 255                           NOR gates, 182
       skin editor websites                         NOT gates (inverters), 180
         Minecraftskins, 253                        OR gates, 181
         Novaskin, 254                              repeater loops, 184
         Skincraft, 253                           cliffs
         superhero skins, 262                       Nether, The, 238
       Steve, 252                                   shelter, building, 34
      charcoal                                    clocks, crafting, 144, 229
       crafting, 37                               closing doors, 36
       furnaces, fueling, 40                      clothing, dyeing wool, 130
      chat window (HUD), 50                       coal
      cheats, 15                                    charcoal, crafting, 37
       Allow Cheats setting (Create New World       furnaces, fueling, 40
       screen), 14
                                                  cobblestone, 60
       seeding, 19
                                                    furnace, crafting, 38-39
       spawning, 42
                                                    huts, building, 64
       turning on, 67
                                                    Nether survival checklist, The, 234
      chests
                                                    powered blocks, 166
       Bonus Chests setting (Create New World
                                                  cobwebs as netting, 145
       screen), 15
                                                  cocoa beans, 104-105
       Chest icon (Creative mode inventory), 68
                                                  color
       crafting, 54-55
                                                   armor, crafting, 100
       Ender chests, 55, 232, 235
                                                   dyeing and, 130
                                                                            crafting   279
combat. See also defenses                  zombies, 84-85
 armor                                     zombie pigmen, 91-92
   crafting, 98-100                       combining items and enchantments with an
   critical hits, 94                        anvil, 209
   damage absorption, 99                  Command Block, 267
 arrows and bows                          compare mode (comparators), 170
    arrow slits, 157                      compasses
    crafting, 96                           Compass icon (Creative mode inventory),
    End survival checklist, The, 243       68
    fighting, 98                           crafting, 61, 227
    Nether survival checklist, The, 235   construction. See building
    skeletons, 88, 96                     controls
    target practice, 98                    A key, 25
 combat category (Creative mode            directional keys, 25
 inventory), 68
                                           D key, 25
 critical hits, 94
                                           E key, 27
 creepers, 89-90, 102
                                           Esc key, 25
 critical hits, 94
                                            FN key (Mac OSX), 20
 enchantments, 204-205
                                            left-handed options, 21
 Ender Dragon, 246-249
                                            list of controls, 19-20
 Endermen, 91
                                            Q key, 29
 hostile mobs, 84
                                            Shift key
 iron golems, 93-94
                                               pausing on ladders, 74
 Peaceful mode, resting via, 57
                                               sneaking around hazards, 81
 skeletons, 87-89                           S key, 25
 slimes, 90-91                              W key, 25, 56
 snow golems, 92-93                       cooking, 61
 spiders, 86-87                           cows, 127
    cave spiders, 88-89                   crafting. See also brewing; building;
    spider jockeys, 89                        growing
 sprinting and, 95                          anvils, 207
 swords                                     armor
    blocking attacks, 95                     color, 100
    crafting, 32, 95                         leather, 99
    damage, dealing, 95                      recipes, 99-100
    End survival checklist, The, 243         requirements, 98-99
    fighting with, 56                      arrows and bows, 96
    Nether survival checklist, The, 234    axes, 32
280      crafting
       books, 200                            foodstuffs, 67
       bottles, 212                          materials, 68
       bowls, 124                            miscellaneous, 67
       bows and arrows, 96                   moving items to Survival mode inventory, 68
       chests, 54-55                         redstone, 67
                                             tools, 68
       clocks, 229
                                             transportation, 67
       compasses, 61, 227
                                           search bar, 68
       Crafting grid (inventory), 27
                                           underwater, building, 147
       crafting tables, 29-30, 35
                                         creepers, 56
       furnaces, 38-39
                                           defending against, 102
       heat sources, 37-38
                                           fighting, 89-90
       light sources, 37-41
                                           gunpowder and, 90
       Minecraft: Xbox 360 edition, 31
                                           swimming and, 90
       multicrafting, 36
                                         critical hits (combat), 94
       pickaxes, 32
                                         crop farming, 103
       planks, 29
                                           automated farms, 113
       shortcuts, 35
                                              crop selection, 116
       shovels, 33
                                              harvesting, 115
       swords, 32, 95
                                              piston harvesters, 117-118
       tools                                  sticky piston harvesters, 119
          durability, 53                      sugar cane, 122
          handles, 30-31                      water harvesters, 119-122
       torches, 39-41                      bones and, 110
       wool, 42, 43                        carrots, 105
      Create New World screen              choosing crops, 103-106
       Allow Cheats setting, 14            cocoa beans, 104-105
       Bonus Chest setting, 15             establishing farms
       Generate Structures setting, 14        block to crop ratios, 107
       World Type setting, 14                 bone meal, 110
      Creative mode, 17                       difficult terrain, 106
       compass icon, 68                       fences, 109, 112
       inventory, 66                          growth cycles, 110
         brewing, 68                          harvesting, 112
         building blocks, 67                  lighting, 110
         Chest icon, 68                       location, 106-107
         combat, 68                           planting, 108
         decoration blocks, 67                raised beds, 111-112
                                                               debug screen (HUD)   281
   saving crops, 111                         Forge mods, 259-260
   water, 107-108, 112                       installing, 259-260
 fences, 104, 109, 112                       jar files, 261
 growth cycles, 110                          Legendary Beasts website, 263
 harvesting, 110-112, 115                    More Explosives website, 262
 lighting and, 104, 110                      More Mobs website, 264
 melons, 105                                 multiple mods, using, 258
                                             permanent effects of, 259
 Minecraft updates and, 107
                                             REI’s MiniMap website, 263
 piston farms, 113
                                             removing, 260
  crop selection, 116
                                             restoring games, 259
  harvesting, 115
                                             superheroes website, 262
  piston harvesters, 117-118
                                             Too Many Items website, 261
  sticky piston harvesters, 119
                                             zip files, 261
  sugar cane, 122
                                           resource packs, 251, 255
  water harvesters, 119-122
                                             Dokucraft, 256-257
 potatos, 105
                                             downloading and pop-ups, 258
  pumpkins, 105
                                             Faithful 32, 257
  raised beds, 104, 111-112
                                             functionality, 256
  saving crops, 111                          installing, 256-257
  seeds, 103, 108                            Ovo2s Rustif, 257
  self-suficiency, 104                       pixels per texture, 257
  sneaking and, 111                        skins, 251
  soil, 104                                   changing, 255
  sugar cane, 104-106                         Minecraftskins website, 253
    automated farms, 122                      Novaskin website, 254
    piston farms, 122                         Skincraft website, 253
  tending farms, 104                          Steve, 252
  underground farms, 104, 123                 superheroes, 262
  wheat, 103, 106, 110-112
crosshairs (bows and arrows), targeting   D
   with, 98
                                          D key, 25
current (vertical), 178-180
                                          damage
customizing Minecraft
                                           absorbing, 99
 Minecraft launchers, 11
                                           dealing, swords, 95
 mods, 251
                                          dandelions, dyeing with, 130
   defining, 258
                                          Dante’s influence on Minecraft, 242
   finding, 265
                                          debug screen (HUD), 50-51
282      decoration blocks
      decoration blocks, 67               difficulty levels, 57
      defenses. See also combat           dining tables, building, 142
       arrow slits, 157                   directional keys, 25
       barricades, 239                    discarding inventory items, 29
       caves, 85                          ditches, building, 153-155
       creeper attacks, 102               Dokucraft resource pack, 256-257
       detection systems                  donkeys, 127
         detector rails, 163-164, 189      HUD changes while riding, 50
         pressure plates, 156              jumping with, 132
         tripwires, 163                    packing, 133
       ditches, 153-154                    riding, 130-132
       doors, importance of, 85            taming, 130-132
       emergency shelters, 38             doors
       enchantments, 205-206               airlocks, building, 36
       Ender Dragon, defeating, 246-249    as output devices, 172
       perimeters, 153-157                 automatic doors, building, 173-176
       pits, 155-157                       caves, 85
       pressure plates, 156                installing, 37
       spiders, 86                         iron doors, 36, 235
       towers, 155                         opening/closing, 36
       trapdoors, 172                      sliding doors, building, 177-179
       tunnels, 85                         trapdoors, 172
       walls, 86, 157                      tunnels, 85
      defensive mobs                       underwater, building, 150
       iron golems, 93-94                 down, digging straight down, 73
       snow golems, 92-93                 downloading
      demo version                         Minecraft, 10-11
       time span, 7                        resource packs and pop-ups, 258
       troubleshooting, 8                 dungeons, 225-226
      desert temples, 223-224             durability
      destroying and reusing carts, 188    diamond, 52
      detection systems                    gold, 51
       detector rails, 163-164, 189        HUD, viewing stats in, 50
       pressure plates, 156                iron, 52
        tripwires, 163                     stone, 52
      diamonds, 52