Operation Manual

Avoiding Monsters
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mouse button. Keep clicking as fast as you can, and you’ve got a very good chance of killing
the mob and picking up any items it drops before it lands too many blows. Try to avoid the
other mobs for now.
TIP
Switch to Peaceful Mode to Get a Break
Getting mobbed by mobs? Click Esc to open the Options window and change your
difficulty level to Peaceful. This despawns all hostile mobs and allows your health to
regenerate. But do try to switch the level back to Normal as soon as you can.
So how do you avoid mobs? Use these tips to survive:
Q Stay in the open as much as you can, avoiding heavily wooded areas if possible.
Q Most mobs have a 16-block detection radar. If they can also draw a line of sight to
your position, they will enter pursuit mode . (Spiders can always detect you, even through
other blocks.) At that point they’ll relentlessly plot and follow a path to your position,
tracking you through other blocks without requiring a line of sight. Pursuit mode stays
engaged much farther than 16 blocks.
Q Keep your sound turned up because you’ll also hear mobs within 16 blocks, although
creepers, befitting their name, are creepily quiet.
Q Avoid skirting along the edges of hilly terrain. Creepers can drop on you from above
with their fuse already ticking. Try to head directly up and down hills so you have a
good view of the terrain ahead.
Q Mobs are quite slow, so you can easily put some distance between them and yourself by
keeping up a steady pace and circling around to get back to your shelter. Sprint mode
will leave them far behind.
CAUTION
Sprinting Makes You Hungry
Sprint mode burns up hunger points, so try to use it only in emergencies.