Key Goals: Establish a safe shelter, secure reliable food sources, and gather essential resources to gear up for exploration and combat.
Prioritize the Essentials: On your first day, collect at least one stack of wood logs. Craft basic wooden tools, then quickly upgrade to stone tools from surface-level stone deposits. Immediately gather enough wool from sheep for a bed. Sleeping not only skips the dangerous night but also sets your respawn point.
Shelter First Night: A simple dirt or wood hut is sufficient for your first night—don’t focus on aesthetics yet. Add a door, some torches (crafted from coal or charcoal), and your bed to survive nightly mob spawns.
Food Security: Hunt passive mobs like cows, pigs, and chickens early for meat and leather. When possible, plant seeds to start a wheat farm or breed animals for a sustainable food source. Cooking meat in a furnace yields more hunger and saturation benefits.
Basic Tools & Upgrades: Once you have stone tools, quickly gather coal and iron from shallow caves. Iron tools, a shield, and basic iron armor can vastly improve your survivability. A shield is particularly crucial—it can block skeleton arrows and prevent fatal creeper blasts.
