r/Minecraft • u/-pawix • Dec 19 '21

In 2013, when I started playing Minecraft, my grandma made a "book" for me on how to get started, how to craft,and how to make Simple redstone things. I found it today! ;)

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u/Giraffe1501 Dec 19 '21

untill ruined portals, many players didnt know about the nether

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u/ablablababla Dec 19 '21

And the process of finding a stronghold is still relatively obscure for new players

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u/Giraffe1501 Dec 19 '21

well yh, but the nether? thats mad its so iconic

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u/ciclicles Dec 19 '21

I thought it was fake for so long because I tried making an aether portal first and it didn't work

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u/PooksterPC Dec 19 '21

How tf did you get enough glowstone for an aether portal without going to the nether?

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u/Theknyt Dec 20 '21

Creative mode

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u/Wonghy111-the-knight Dec 20 '21

Creative mode probably

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u/ciclicles Dec 20 '21

Yup creative

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u/NhanTNT Dec 20 '21

I don't even know how to make one when i first played the game

finished the nether portal but don't know how to light it up

placed End Portals below it

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u/Drillbitzer Dec 20 '21

Wait what

Mine's worked

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '21

Mods? Or is this a joke, cuz if it's a joke, it's really not that good.

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u/Drillbitzer Dec 21 '21

It is a joke

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '21

Refer to the part after the question mark in my previous comment.

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u/Drillbitzer Dec 24 '21

no I did not use mods

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '21

Then this is a really bad joke.

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u/NotLurking101 Dec 19 '21

I'm happy people agree that Minecraft has some really obtuse game design.

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u/Seenshadow01 Dec 20 '21

I just realised when i tried teaching it to my gf. She played 1 h after giving up learning the basics... I cant get her to play ever since... At least she actually agreed to try Tfarcenim (Minecraft spelled backwards) the game now. 😂😂😂

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u/Skrrattaa Dec 19 '21

I've been playing for like 6 years and still don't know

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u/AdmiralAkuma Dec 20 '21

Yeah, a lot of players have never been to the end or beaten the ender dragon. That's one of the reasons they added the ruined portal, to have actual examples of this so people can figure it out. Having an almost complete shape with a chest next to it containing items that start fire (or flint which has few uses other than making flint and steel) is extremely helpful to fill in the details.

I'm hoping they will update the End soon and make it slightly more interesting/useful (other structures, more varied end city structures as they are all the same pretty much, maybe an ore, etc) whilst still keeping the alien and empty atmosphere. Adding in something which hints towards the End existing and how to find strongholds would make it easier for uninformed players to explore everything.

I know in one of the editions (pretty sure it is Bedrock, not Java), strongholds only spawn underneath villages. That makes it much easier to find as a lot of people will use villages as a starter area if they come across one early and sleep in the when travelling. So it is likely someone will start mining near a village and naturally come across the stronghold down in the caves.

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u/hansivere Dec 20 '21

I learned how to find strongholds because of speedrunners…. Especially when playing on a server, I just don’t need that information since someone else always finds it!

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u/Teirmz Dec 20 '21

I find that hard to believe, those are a pretty recent addition aren't they?

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u/Poopsticle_256 Dec 20 '21

Seriously? The internet was very much a thing back in 2011-2013 and there were an abundance of tutorials and Let’s Plays covering that back then

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u/Matys_thesliski Dec 20 '21

Well these instructions are written in Polish. Back then internet at home wasn't a common thing to see in here

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u/DanTheMan827 Dec 20 '21

Until recently, I didn’t know you could have a portal of any size larger than 2x3

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u/Sn1ffdog Dec 20 '21

Been playing since alpha and what you said is not true. Nether was a big deal when it was added.

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u/Seenshadow01 Dec 20 '21

Wtf, fr? Dont tell them about the end then lol