How to Survive Your First Day in Minecraft (Xbox)

Create a new world., Once you spawn, look around., Start cutting down some trees., Press x and open your crafting bar., Craft some sticks ., Open your crafting table and craft at least a wooden sword, ax and pickaxe. , Dig a 3x3 hole(3 blocks deep)...

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Create a new world.

    Come up with a name for your world , you can name it something like "(your name)'s world ".
  2. Step 2: Once you spawn

    A lucky spawn is an area filled with trees, underground mines, and animals.

    An unlucky spawn is an island surrounded by water , if you do spawn in one of these then don't panic just look for a forest. , You're going to need at least 8 blocks of wood to make tools and a crafting table. , Craft wooden planks and make a crafting table.

    You're going to need it a lot , so don't loose it or leave it there. , You will need sticks to make some tools. ,, You will come across stone.

    Mine it with your pickaxe.

    You need to get 8 blocks of cobblestone to craft a furnace.

    You can also use cobblestone to craft better tools. , In order to craft torches, you will need to find coal.

    If you don't have coal, you can smelt wood in a furnace to get charcoal.

    You also need at least one stick.

    Place torches as you mine to light up the area and prevent monsters from spawning. ,
  3. Step 3: look around.

  4. Step 4: Start cutting down some trees.

  5. Step 5: Press x and open your crafting bar.

  6. Step 6: Craft some sticks .

  7. Step 7: Open your crafting table and craft at least a wooden sword

  8. Step 8: ax and pickaxe.

  9. Step 9: Dig a 3x3 hole(3 blocks deep)

  10. Step 10: get in it

  11. Step 11: and start digging.

  12. Step 12: Craft torches.

  13. Step 13: If it is still daytime

  14. Step 14: kill some sheep to get wool (or shear them if you have a pair of shears; you need three blocks of wool and three wooden planks to make a bed) get food by killing pigs

  15. Step 15: chickens

  16. Step 16: or zombies (zombies drop rotten flesh

  17. Step 17: which you can eat

  18. Step 18: but it may make you sick

  19. Step 19: so only use this as a last resort) and maybe renovate your shelter.

Detailed Guide

Come up with a name for your world , you can name it something like "(your name)'s world ".

A lucky spawn is an area filled with trees, underground mines, and animals.

An unlucky spawn is an island surrounded by water , if you do spawn in one of these then don't panic just look for a forest. , You're going to need at least 8 blocks of wood to make tools and a crafting table. , Craft wooden planks and make a crafting table.

You're going to need it a lot , so don't loose it or leave it there. , You will need sticks to make some tools. ,, You will come across stone.

Mine it with your pickaxe.

You need to get 8 blocks of cobblestone to craft a furnace.

You can also use cobblestone to craft better tools. , In order to craft torches, you will need to find coal.

If you don't have coal, you can smelt wood in a furnace to get charcoal.

You also need at least one stick.

Place torches as you mine to light up the area and prevent monsters from spawning. ,

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