The Art of the Craft - A Guide to Minecraft

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Issue Date 6 / 4/2022

Editor’s Note Hey Minecrafters!

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This magazine was carefully crafted by Brian and Danny, passionate players of an awesome game! With our knowledge of Minecraft, we hope that we can blow your mind! Whether it’s how to find diamonds, what foods you should eat, or some fun trivia, we’ve got you covered. The Art of the Craft is packed with useful information and fun games!

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P.S. We’re mainly focusing on Java edition, but most Info should apply to Bedrock as well! all images are original unless otherwise specified.

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Before it becomes da want to collect enough could jump into the river kill some animals, or if y enough, pillage a village

Create a wooden pickaxe, dig down to stone, and collect 3 cobblestone for a pickaxe. With your new pickaxe, collect 10-20 more cobblestone for more tools and a furnace.

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It’s getting dark, and mobs are starting to spawn. You could either kill sheep for a bed, find one in a village, or try to survive the night.

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awesome seeds -6917452072365621501 (1.18) Ever want to start off with full iron gear? Well with this seed, now you can! The first village of two (north of spawn) has 3 blacksmiths, altogether giving you not only full iron armor, but also some iron tools and food to get you started!

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This seed spawns you next to a taiga village and woodland mansion! If you’re up to the challenge to defeat the illagers and defend the villagers, go for it!

If you’re a speedrunner, the lava pools (1.18.2) might come in handy.

-8855702801489964397 (1.18) If you’ve ever wanted to experience the Caves part of the Caves & Cliffs update, this seed is perfect for you.

Whether it’s for a cute axolotl friend, the lush greenery, an amythest geode, diamonds, or the sneakily hidden spawner, this cave has you covered! Have fun exploring!

Cave entrance coords: -700 70 -300

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finding ores can’t find the ore you want?

Have you ever gone mining, and had trouble finding that resource you need? Whether it be basic iron, or even ancient debris in the depths of a different dimension, finding those valuables can be tough sometimes. In this guide, we’ll be highlighting the best y-levels* and strategies for each ore. *Y-levels are the Y coordinate of your position (X, Y, Z)

special exceptions Some ores have special strategies or locations to find them, in addition to normal mining. These ores include:

Copper ore - dripstone caves One of two ores that generates MORE in a specific biome.

gold ore - badlands/mesa One of two ores that generates MORE in a specific biome.

ancient debris - tnt mining* F3+G for chunk borders, then explode TNT along a border.

ancient debris - bed explosions* Mine in a straight line in the middle of a chunk, and every 8-10 blocks, mine 5 blocks on both sides and explode beds. *do not mine for ancient debris in basalt deltas all textures by mojang studios

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y-level overviews best: y95

best: y48

best: y15

Y-16 OR 32+ mesa

best: y-1

best: y-59

best: y236

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y10 to y114

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1 .8 pvp guide featuring pvp pros jack m. & Jeffrey Z. Information provided courtesy of Jack M. and Jeffrey Z.

have you heard of pvp?

PVP (Player vs Player combat) is the interaction between two players fighting. Version 1.9+ completely revamped combat, and many players still favor 1.8 (1.8.9) combat. In the past few years, the PVP community has attracted many new members.

A variety of gamemodes exist in both versions of PVP.

SUMO

Sumo has a simple objective. You spawn on a circular platform, and are aiming to knock your enemy off with your fist (no one takes damage). Try to W-tap to deal more knockback. One of the more “cheater infested” gamemodes.

boxing

The boxing gamemode, Jack’s favorite, is also quite simple. In this gamemode, hits matter. First to 100 hits wins. Weapons don’t matter, as you take no damage.

W-tapping once again is a good strategy towards winning.

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pot (potion) pvp In this gamemode, players take damage upon hits. You start with 28 splash instant health potions that heal up to 4 hearts at a time. Players are given 12 pearls that have a 12 second cooldown, for when they need to escape. The first to use all of their pots usually loses. In order to heal a full 4 hearts, look diagonally down in front of you and splash while running.

“My motivation comes from getting better, winning, and it makes playing Bedwars and Skywars possible.” - Jeffrey Z.

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Minemen Club [minemen.club] Liked by many for its gamemodes; is fairly popular Hypixel [hypixel.net] Better for beginners; good to learn “Hypixel” knockback Lunar Network [lunar.serv.nu] Higher knockback; higher skill cap; “corrupt” staff 11

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guest interviews lakshya a.

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Q: How long have you been playing Minecraft for?

A: Up until now, I have been playing Minecraft for about 3 years.

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A: Like 6 years or something, but I don’t play it much anymore except with my friends.

Q: Do you usally play in Singleplayer or Multiplayer?

A: I usually play multiplayer.

Occasionally I play singleplayer in my survival world.

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A: Multiplayer generally because I mainly play it with friends in Hypixel or in an SMP

Q: What’s your favorite style of playing?

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building; if multiplayer,

minigames on Hypixel.

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Q: How often do you play the game?

A: I used to play almost every day during summer. I don’t play as much anymore.

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A: Maybe I play it 2-4 times a month. During summers I play up to 5 times a week.

trivia time !

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Answers: 1) False, you only need a stone pickaxe; 2) 24; 3) pig; 4) 4; 5) 128; 6) Redstone Update; 7) 6; 8) 95; 9) 21w03a

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enchantment guide so... what are enchants?

Different enchantments applied to your equipment can be helpful, whether it protects you or makes mining faster and more efficient. Enchantment tables allow you to enchant your items, or you could use an anvil to combine enchanted books.

Unbreaking (1-3) and Mending can be applied to all equipment.

Guide: Ideal Ok Bad

= Incompatible w/ each other

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Protection (1-4): Reduces general damage Projectile Prot. (1-4): Reduces projectile dmg.

Fire Protection (1-4): Reduces fire damage Blast Prot. (1-4): Reduces explosion damage Thorns (1-3): Damages attacker when hurt

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Respiration (1-3): Breathe longer underwater Aqua Affinity (1): Mine underwater faster

boots only

Feather Falling (1-4): Take less fall damage Soul Speed (1-3): Travel faster on soul blocks Depth Strider (1-3): Swim faster in water Frost Walker (1-2): Create ice paths on water all images by mojang studios

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sword

Sharpness (1-5): Increases general damage Smite (1-5): Reduces undead mob damage Bane of Arthropods (1-5): Incr. arthropod dmg.

Sweeping Edge (1-3): Deadlier sweep attacks Looting (1-3): Increases loot/item drops Fire Aspect (1-2): Puts enemy on fire upon hit Knockback (1-2): Pushes enemies further away

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Efficiency (1-5): Mine blocks faster Fortune (1-3): Increases block drops Silk Touch (1): Drops original block form

axe only Identical sword damage increase enchants All tool enchants (listed above)

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Piercing (1-4): Shoots through shields & mobs Multishot (1): Shoot 3 projectiles at once Quick Charge (1-3): Reload at faster speeds

Fishing rod

Lure (1-3): Decreases fishing wait times Luck of the Sea (1-3): Fish better/lucky loot all images by mojang studios

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Trident Impaling (1-5): Damages aquatic mobs more Channeling (1); Loyalty (1-3): Strikes lightning when thrown; Trident returns after thrown Riptide (1-3): Propels player when wet

bow Power (1-5): Increases projectile damage Punch (1-2): Pushes enemies further away Flame (1): Puts enemies on fire (arrow) Infinity (1): One arrow becomes infinite *Infinity and Mending are incompatible*

miscellaneous

Unbreaking (1-3) and Mending combinable in an anvil only*

*Efficiency applicable on shears Note: Curses of Vanishing and Binding not included in this guide

Helpful resources

Minecraft Enchantments Wiki: tinyurl.com/EnchantsWiki More information on specific enchantments!

Enchantment Combining Guide: tinyurl.com/EnchantOrder Calculations on the most level-efficient way to combine! all images by mojang studios

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don ’t be bored ! start a collection Whether it’s all blocks, every mob, music discs, or every color of cats, try to collect as many as you can!

You could even make a museum to display your awesome collection!

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Advancements 1.18.2 has 95 advancements, with some easier than others. Perhaps it’s time to go for the more difficult ones, such as adventuring for all 50 overworld biomes, or even having all effects at once!

beat the ender dragon Maybe you’ve built a base. Maybe you’ve gotten good gear. What else can you do? You could go to the end and beat the ender dragon, unlocking an entire new polygon

dimension for you to explore!

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glitches galore

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Breaking bedrock

Whether it’s to make a hole into the void or to get onto the nether roof, bedrock can be broken for many different uses.

Some do it to have a hole into the never-ending void, while others create farms on the nether roof.

Tutorial: tinyurl.com/BedrockBreaking

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Item Duplication

For years, the community has discovered duplication glitches, mot of which get patched.

As of version 1.18.2, many iconic dupes still exist, such as gravity blocks (sand, gravel, concrete powder, dragon eggs, anvils), tripwire hooks, and carpets/rails.

Security exploits

The last thing you would want when you’re playing Minecraft is to get a virus on your computer!

Exploits such as these have occurred in the past; most notably, the Log4Shell exploit in late 2021 (now patched), when a simple message in the chat could install malware.

Security Fix: redsto.ne/java

Panda security

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