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Minecraft is the ultimate sandbox experience and has been since its launch in 2011. You can do whatever you want in the game, whether it’s downloading quality-of-life mods to make the experience better or staying in creative mode the entire time to build masterpieces. That being said, sometimes things don’t go quite as planned.
While you have complete freedom in Minecraft, there are some embarrassing things that almost every player has done at least once. These moments often leave us feeling less than pro, but there’s nothing wrong with admitting you made a mistake. These are some things that all players have done in Minecraft at some point. You are not alone.
10 Die By Falling From A High Place
Climbing up a massive mountain or building a tall tower is something all of us have done. It’s just a part of Minecraft, really. The thing is, it doesn’t always go as planned. Sometimes, you build a ten block tall tower to work on the third floor of your base, but you forget to crouch and fall from a high place, losing everything.
Well, it was bound to happen eventually. All you can do is laugh and hope you have a respawn point nearby, so you can retrieve all your stuff.
9 Dig Straight Down
There are many useful tips on how to find diamonds in Minecraft and digging straight down is certainly not one of them. Sure, it’s the fastest way to hit bedrock, but it’s also the riskiest because you simply don’t know what is lying directly below you. You can end up falling into a huge cave system full of dangerous mobs or, even worse, straight into lava.
Sometimes, we just don’t have the patience to build a proper mineshaft and that’s completely fine, but there are often consequences for taking shortcuts.
8 Use The Wrong Pickaxe
When first starting up Minecraft, did you try to mine an iron one vein with a wooden pickaxe and get frustrated once you realized no iron ore came out? It’s probably one of the saddest moments in the game, but at least it was just iron. You’ll find plenty of iron ore veins in the future.
This moment is especially brutal if you tried to mine diamond with a stone pickaxe. You get so excited to finally get a diamond, and you get nothing. That has to be one of the biggest gut punches in Minecraft. So, make sure you always have the right pickaxe for the job.
7 Mess Up A Build
The first project you undertake in Minecraft is often the one you remember the most for all the wrong reasons. It almost never goes well, and you just stare at it with a look on your face that screams “I can’t believe I just spent three hours of my life building this monstrosity.”
Whether it was all one block longer than it needed to be to the left or a horrible mishmash of different blocks, not every build is going to be perfect. There’s nothing you can do but have a chuckle about it.
6 Look At An Enderman
Endermen are some of the most unsettling mobs in Minecraft. They’re tall, lanky and just plain creepy. Despite residing in the End, these guys like to make their way to the Overworld, so they can scare players half to death.
The first time you saw an Enderman, you probably looked them straight in the eye and got attacked. Depending on how early into your journey this happened, they may have even killed you. Never look an Enderman in the eye, unless you have a pumpkin on your head. It’s unconventional, but it works.
5 Forget To Carry A Bed
Carrying a spare bed around is always a great idea. If you’re traveling from one place to another and know it will take multiple days to reach your destination, just bring a bed with you and enough materials to create a small hut.
Many of us have forgotten to bring a bed on a long journey, forcing us to sit and wait until dusk turns to dawn each day. It’s a complete waste of time, so bring a bed to make your journey a much more enjoyable experience.
4 Hit A Villager
The villagers in Minecraft have a certain charm about them. It must be the noises they make, the jobs they work or the structures they live in. Whatever the case may be, there are many things you need to know about villagers with one of those things being to leave them alone.
We’ve all accidentally hit a villager instead of trading with them at least once, and it’s incredibly frustrating because doing so not only makes the villager jack up his prices, but makes Iron Golems hostile as well. You’ll probably need to spend a few days away from the village before returning again.
3 Use Gold Gear
Gold armor and weapons might look cool, but it doesn’t take long before you learn they’re pretty much useless. Have you ever crafted a full set of gold armor only to be confused by how their defense rating is so much worse than iron armor? Surprisingly iron armor gives you 15 defense points while golden armor only gives you 11. On top of that, iron armor is considerably more durable.
Gold equipment is only really useful to prevent Piglins from attacking you in the Nether. A golden helmet is the best choice in this situation, since it has the same amount of defense points as an iron helmet.
2 Get Confused With Redstone
The things players can build with redstone are incredible, but they take a lot of understanding. Redstone can be really overwhelming for some players and even some veterans still struggle with it from time to time.
One of the common things beginner players want to build is an elevator. This requires a pretty complex understanding of redstone, meaning new players often get confused and swear off redstone altogether. We’ve all failed at our first attempt with redstone. It’s important to hop into creative mode and fiddle around with redstone until you get the hang of it.
1 Struggle To Create Farms
There are many farms you can build in Minecraft, including some great XP farms, but sometimes they’re not easy to create. It’s simple to round up some animals and fence them off. As for crops, it’s a good idea to make an automatic farm.
Automatic farms do everything by themselves, so there’s no work involved on your end, but they take a long time to set up. You’re going to need a lot of hoppers and chests to collect the materials as well as setting everything else up perfectly. Your first auto farm is rarely a success, but you’ll get it eventually.