Minecraft is a beloved game that, first and foremost, appeals to players because of its simplicity. At its core, it has two main aspects: mining, and crafting (shockingly enough). It’s straightforward enough that anyone can pick it up, while having enough features to keep players absorbed in the game for hours and hours. Its possibilities are e🌃ndless, meaning you can do anything from try and survive, build your own farm, explore the world, or even create incredible structures—like the entire country of Denmark.
For new players, of course, there is a process of trial and error. As there’s not really a tutorial phase, you’ll learn as you go along, hitting trees for wood, punching the ground for ores until you’ve got what you need to mine, craft, and survive. Minecraft is, of course, versatile enough that there’s no wrong way to play the game, but there are many things you can do to make your experie🍸nce easier and more fun. And, of course, there are things you🐻 shouldn’t miss in the game!
Minecraft doesn’t take itself seriously, and this article isn’t meant to be a list of things you must or mustn’t do, but rather, some guidelines (especially for players who are new to the game or who haven’t picked it up in a while) and hidden tricks. There’s so much to do, you’re sure to find things you didn’t know or better ways to play as you keep playing. Here are 25 things Minecraft players do wrong!
25 Nꦏot Trying Mods Or Texture Packs
Minecraft has seemingly endless possibilities, and yet, if you play it for a while, you might start feeling like you’ve done everything interesting there is to do. You’ve built things, beaten monsters, crafted intricate objects, mined rare ores, been to the Nether, vanquished the Ender Dragon… and you might start to be bored with the game. It’d be a mistake not to try some mods or texture packs to see what else the game has to offer! From Pokꦍémon to magic to impossibly powerful weapons, you’ll be🐓 sure to find a mod you’ll like.
24 ꦫ Playing Your First Game In Creative Mod༺e
Creative mode is great if you want to build amazing constructions like these—building a replica of Westeros or Adamantis, the 60 million block city, would not ♕have been possible in Survival mode. For your firﷺst game, however, when you’re just learning how the game works and what you can do with it, you should definitely play in Survival mode! That way, you’ll get a feeling of what the game is like. Afterward, experiment with all the modes you’d like!
23 ✅ Always Playing In The Same Mode
Talking about experimenting with different modes, it’d be a mistake to stick to just Survival mode, too! Are you a pro at Survival a♚lready? Try Hardcore mode for a challenge! Or go play God in creative mode. Adventure mode gives you so many different possibilities.
You should definitely try out a few adventure maps.
One of the best things in Minecraft is being able to switch modes, guarant𒁏eeing you a completely differ♚ent experience. Whether your favorite is Creative or Spectator, you should definitely try all of them at least once.
22 ꧒ Not Looking At Endeꦕrmen Through A Pumpkin
Even for an e꧃xperienced player, Endermen are a challenge. Inspired by the famous internet creepy-pasta about Slenderman, these spooky monsters will begin chasing and attacking you if you so much as glance in their direction. There’s an easy trick that will allow you to escape them, however.
Simply put a pumpkin over your head when you look at them, and they’ll leave you alone.
Playing with a pumpkin i෴sn’t very practical, so we wouldn’t recommend wearing it at all times, but it’s definitely something you should have in your inventory.
21 Believing In He𝓡robrine
Herobrine is Minecraft’s very own creepypasta. According to🥃 the stories, he’s supposed to be Notch’s deceased brother, a sort of virtual ghost haunting the game. He looks like the default character skin, but with white eyes, and is meant to either chase the player, saying menacing things, or attack him. And, of course, he’s not real. There are plenty of screenshots of Herobrine out there, as someoneꦇ made a mod, but it’d be a mistake to believe he’s actually a part of the game!
20 🌳 Not Fishing Under The Rain ♚
Fish are a great way to fill up your hunger bar if y𓆏ou can catch enough. If you’re not fishing in the rain, then you definitely should be! You’ll catch way more fish like that. In a game where hunger can seriously hurt you if you don’t pay attention, finding out the optimal ways to catch food is important. The next time you see rain in your game, grab your fishing pole and head out to the nearest lake! You’ll catch plenty of fish and save yourself some time, too.
19 Using A T🔜ool For Something Other Than It Was Intended
Sure, it’s fun to use tools for random purposes. And sure, sometimes you don’t feel like switching from an axe to a pickaxe to mine the iron ore in front of you. But you really shouldn’t use t♒ools for something other than their original purpose.
Your diamond sword will get used much faster if you use it to cut down a tree than if you use it in combat!
Minecraft tools already get used fast, and the ones made from rare ores are painfully long to craft. So, just like 🦩in real life, you should take care of your tools.
18 ♛ Going For The Baby Animals
Leave that piglet alone, you monster! No, but seriously, there is no point in attacking and taking out the baby ღanimals in 🃏the game.
The developers made sure they didn’t drop anything to discourage players from doing that.
Unless you’re feeling particularly cruel and want to take out your frustration on pixelated baby animals, going for a baby animal in Minecraft will not be very useful. Besides, if you’re farming ☂your animals, you want those babies to grow up into healthy cows, horses, pigs, or chickens.
17 Not Car🌸rying A Bed With You If You’re Traveling Far Away
What do you do when you’re traveling far from your base and you find an interesting cave? You could either go down into the cave, but risk getting lost, or losing all your health points and respaಌwning far away from all your stuff or give up and go home.
To make things easier, carry a bed with you so you can create a new spawn point!
You’ll be able to go on longer, more rewarding adventures. Of course, there’s still the matter of finding your ⭕original base afteཧrward, but at least you won’t lose your stuff.
16 Not▨ Putting You♎r Mobs Upside Down
Why? Because it’s fun! And, all in all, Minecraft is a game that just doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’d be a mistake not to experiment with some of the sillier things you can do in-game, like turning your mobs upside down! Give your mob a nametag and name❀ it “Dinnerbone.” And there you go, your creepers, skeletons, zombies, endermen, and more are now upside down, for your amusement! It works with animals, too, so have fun with it.