All About Minecraft
by Tim Xu (6G)
Minecraft is a game made up of plenty of blocks, creatures and virtual players. You can build houses, explore the world and try to beat the Ender Dragon, the final boss in the whole survival mode. But first, you need to know about the game.
How to play?
Minecraft doesn’t have any goals, so you can choose what mode to play by yourself. There are three main modes of the game: Creative, Survival and Multiplayer. All of the modes are popular and easy to start. I’ll talk about them one by one.
Modes
Creative Mode
At first, the Creative Mode allows you to build whatever you want with unlimited resources. You can build houses, roads and so much more. You also have the ability to fly and break blocks easily.
It is a friendly mode to people who are such noobs at it because you cannot possibly lose. If you are good at Minecraft, you can still play this mode because it allows you to build in an even nicer way. Personally, I have played this mode since I was a K3 student. I built the whole MTR map of HK, but I wasn’t satisfied. I built it one more time last year for good measure.
Survival Mode
Secondly, you can mine to find diamonds, beat monsters at night and kill all the bosses in the game in Survival mode. Same as the Creative Mode, you can build your farm and your house with wood and stone that you have collected.
Beating the game is allowed as well. First, you need to get some wood and go mining. Next, find a lava pool and a normal pool to build a door that can send you to the nether with your bucket or diamond pickaxe. After that, find some ender and some yellow monster that can fly to get the stuff you need to go to the ender. Finally, kill the Ender Dragon to beat the game.
Multiplayer Mode
Many people play with one another in this mode, as the name suggests. There are lots of servers that you can join to play online. Some people also developed games in the mode, like Roblox.
Bedwar is one of the very popular games in Minecraft. To win the game, you need to protect your bed to make sure other players don’t break your bed. Secondly, you need to collect iron to make your way to another player’s base or collect diamonds and gold. If you have enough diamonds, you can upgrade your sword, arrow or ax (a tool that helps you to break another’s bed). If you are ready to attack, go to your enemy’s bed and break it. After that, the player cannot respawn if they die. Go and kill them to win the game!
History
Minecraft was created by Markus Persson (Notch) in 2009 in Sweden. He developed the game until 2011. Jens Bergensten (Jeb) took the job of the lead designer. The full version of the game (1.0 - Adventure Update) was released in the same year. So, you can say Minecraft is over a decade old. The major update was in 2012, named as 1.4 Pretty Scary update. The update brought the Wither and Zombie Villagers.
In 2014 Markus Persson sold his company, Mojang, and Minecraft to Microsoft for $2.5 billion dollars. At that time, many people were worried that Microsoft would ruin the game. They wanted its own creator to continue to make and update Minecraft.
Updates
The biggest update came in 2013. It introduced 11 new biomes. More and more animals and plants were added. Players can explore so many buildings and forests after it. I think this is the coolest and greatest update in the whole Minecraft history because I can explore tons of new features.
The 1.9 update (Combat update) came in early 2016. It added The End so players can continue to beat and explore the game. After killing the dragon, the player can go into a door to go to another world. Same as other biomes, it has its own creatures and buildings. The player can go to a giant boat to find a wing that helps you fly.
The 1.20 update (The Trails and Tales Update) in 2023 is the latest update at the time I am writing this. It included bamboo, cherry wood and so much more. Camels were updated too. Players can go onto their backs and ride them. Unlike horses, two players can sit on one camel simultaneously.
How to get Minecraft?
Minecraft is a really fun game, wouldn’t you agree? I bet you must want to play it immediately. But how to get it?
Classic
Classic Minecraft is a choice that is free. You can search “Minecraft classic” on Google. Then, you can have a very old edition of the game to play. It doesn’t have a Multiplayer Mode and a lot of creatures. However, if you are not home and you want to play Minecraft, it is the best mode.
Phone or iPad
You can use the App Store or Play Store to download it on your phone or your iPad. Search “Minecraft” and just install it. Minecraft isn’t free so you need to pay some money to install it. Remember, ask your parents first if you want to use their money to play or they will be angry.
Computer
Go to the Minecraft website (https://www.minecraft.net/) to install it on your computer! Click “download” and log in your Minecraft account. See the big green “Buy Minecraft” button? Click on it to buy Minecraft for $26.95 USD!
Of course, Minecraft is a popular game so you can get it on Xbox, Playstation, 3DS and so much more.
Tips for how to play MinecrafT
You need to know how to mine quickly to upgrade your stuff. Diamond is an important thing that helps you play Minecraft. For 1.20, you can mine diamond and redstone easily if Y is above -50. When you go upper and upper, you get fewer and fewer of it. -15 is a nice mining area for gold and lapis. They help you to upgrade and craft clocks.
These are the best mining spots for the others:
coal: 40 to 80
iron: 10 to 30
copper: 40 to 60
emerald: 50 to 150
Conclusions
Minecraft is a wonderful game around the whole world. You can build your pirate palace and fly around it. You can kill your enemy one by one to win everyone. And you can explore the whole world!