Operation Manual

Table of Contents
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Avoiding Monsters 55
Hunger Management 58
Your Mission: Food, Resources, and Reconnaissance 59
Food on the Run 61
Finding a Building Site 63
A Resourceful Guide to the Creative Mode Inventory 66
The Bottom Line 68
Chapter 4 Mining 69
Dig Deep, My Friend 69
The Mining Layer Cake Guide 71
Lava Lakes and Other Pitfalls 73
Descending to Layer 11 74
The 2x1 Ladder Descent 74
The Straight Staircase 76
The Spiral Staircase 77
Layouts for Fast, Efficient Mining 78
Staying Safe While You Mine 81
The Bottom Line 82
Chapter 5 Combat School 83
Introducing the Menagerie 83
Zombies 84
Spiders 86
Skeletons 87
Cave Spiders 88
Spider Jockeys 89
Creepers 89
Slimes 90
Endermen 91
Zombie Pigmen 91
Defensive Mobs 92
Snow Golems 92
Iron Golems 93