minecraft guide xbox edition by adam Burchard (uplifting book club books txt) 📖

planks, and wooden stairs are flammable.  If you build these next to an open lava source, they may catch on fire, causing a lot of headache.  Of note, though—lava will not ignite anything below it—just above it and to the sides.

 

61.  The embers and fireballs that come out of lava are purely decorative.  They will not be the cause of any fires.

 

62.  If lava flows horizontally into water, cobblestone is created.  But if water flows horizontally into lava, nothing happens.

 

63.  If vertically falling water touches still lava on any side obsidian is created, even if the water would not run into the lava’s square.

 

64.  Lava which is flowing will destroy the following in its path: wheat, flowers, mushrooms, levers, both types of torches, redstone wire, and rails. Lava doesn't flow over pressure plates, fences, or even wood or wool blocks.  Sugar cane holds back lava, but will disappear if the sugar cane’s water source is destroyed by the lava.

 

65.  Using a redstone wire, a one-block lava flow can be redirected by supplying power to the spring block, which will cause it to reset the flow towards the now-nearest terrain depression. It cannot, however, be reversed.

 

66.  Lava can be easily duplicated in the following manner.  A 2x1 depression is mined out of dirt, and a bucket of lava is poured against the back “wall” of the depression.  Once the lava begins to glow, it can be scooped back into the bucket.  After a few frames, the lava will reappear in the depression while also being in the bucket.  Both are source blocks that can be placed and collected.  While occasionally this method just destroys the source block, the majority of times it duplicates it.

 

67.  Minecarts will favor South or East motion at a four way intersection because they favor “starting” at the North or West edge.  This helps you predict minecart travel and plan your minecart network effectively.

 

68.  Be careful when exiting a minecart.  If there is only one block of headroom above you, you will take damage exiting the minecart.

 

69.  A minecart can actually jump from a higher rail in elevation to a lower rail.  However, the rider will take damage when it lands on the new rail line.

 

70.  If you place water in the corners of a doorway, you can make a water door, which looks cool and has some effect on keeping out mobs (although if they see you, they will follow you through a water door).

 

71.  Pigs can be ridden while in Minecarts, although a saddle is needed. This gives you a self-propelling minecart.

 

72.  You can’t place most blocks atop a chest and still be able to access it.  However, you can place stairs on top of a chest and still access it.  The back of the stone stairs looks identical to cobblestone.  By placing stairs on top of chests, you can stack chests flush against a wall.

 

73.  Always place your door while standing outside of your house.  That way the mobs cant get onto your doorstep.

 

74.  The easiest way to make a water elevator is, at the top of your tower, make a C formation of blocks extending out the side of the tower (the gap created by the C formation should be one block in size).  Then simply pour water in that gap.

 

75.  You can attach signs to each other whether or not there is a wall or ground present.  However, every sign connected in this way will be destroyed if you destroy the original sign.

 

76.  You can get four dyed wool for the price of one by dying the sheep before you shear/knock the wool off.

 

77.  You can navigate a cave without getting lost by placing torches on only one side.

 

78.  You can walk 50% faster over shallow water (one block deep) by looking down and continuously clicking on the ground below you while holding a bucket.

 

79.  If you want to fireproof your wooden structures, build them out of stacked wooden slabs instead of wood.  Unlike wood, stacked wooden slabs are fireproof.

 

80.  If you need to get underneath a bridge or other block that extends out, you can use water as a scaffold.  Simply pour a bucket out the side and jump in the water.  You will be able to navigate below the block and return to the top of the block.

 

81.  You can use paintings to conceal a passageway by placing the painting over the passageway.  You will be able to pass through the painting, but other people won’t know the passage way is even there.

 

82.  Water and lava behave differently.  If you destroy the source block of water, all of the water is gone.   However, if you destroy the source block of lava, much of the lava remains.

 

83.  When exploring caves, always be sure to have torches.  They are essential.

 

84.  Wooden chests and crafting tables will not burn even though they may appear to catch fire. 

 

85.  In peaceful mode, fire hurts you at the same rate you gain health, so fire alone can't kill you. 

 

86.  Fire can be used to kill mobs without them becoming hostile to you

 

87.  Punching or hitting the side of a burning block will extinguish the fire block “attached” on that side. Hitting fire with a tool does not use up any uses for the tool.  Placing water, sand or gravel will also extinguish fire.

 

88.  In this version of minecraft, there are only two kinds of music discs in the world--CAT and 13 (more will be added in the updates).

 

89.  While gems and iron are more likely to be found in caves because of more surface area, they are also more likely to be split by the caves, yielding less ore. 

 

90.  In some vein formations, ores connect diagonally. It is therefore wise to mine around the ore to see if more can be found. 

 

91.  The underside of the crafting table has the same texture as wooden planks, which means that they can be secretly placed in ceilings of wooden houses. 

 

92.  You can put a pumpkin over your head by placing the pumpkin in the inventory box where you would normally place your helmet.  Fun in multiplayer, but it somewhat restricts your visibility. 

 

93.  Slabs are non-solid to redstone.   As a result, you can hide redstone wiring in a slab covered channel while still being able to connect to the wire on the sides of the slab. 

 

94.  You can fish in any body of water (even man-made).  If the water has open air above it, the chance to catch a raw fish is 1/300 every tick (1/20 of a second).  If you fish inside, the chance to catch a raw fish is 1/500.  On average, you can catch a raw fish every 15 seconds when fishing outside, and one every 25 seconds while inside.

 

95.  Coal can be found at most elevations, but appears together in much greater quantities below sea level.

 

96.  It is much more efficient to turn wood into charcoal and then use the charcoal for smelting than it is to smelt entirely with wood.  Two saplings can be burned to produce one charcoal, avoiding the need to use any wood for smelting.

 

97.  Like pork, raw fish can be placed in a furnace to produce cooked fish, which provides more health when eaten.

 

98.  For the most productive fishing, cast into the water with a large wall at your back - when fish are reeled in, they can fly out of the water and over your head, possibly going back into the water, especially if you are fishing from a boat.

 

99.  Slime balls exist in this version of the game, but there is no use for them until the Xbox 360 version gets updated to the equivalent of Beta version 1.73 of the PC version, which will be occurring in the near future.  So you probably want to hang on to them for now.

 

100.  Try not to spend all your time playing Minecraft. Enjoy life!

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Publication Date: 09-24-2014

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