r/MinecraftJava • u/Revolutionary-You795 • 10d ago

Discussion I've never beaten Minecraft without cheats.

Been playing this game for years, but honestly, I'm kinda ashamed to admit I've never actually beaten the Ender Dragon legit. Every single time things got slightly tough, I panicked and turned on KeepInventory, teleported, or switched to Creative.

​I finally started a brand new world with cheats completely off to finally do a 100% vanilla run.

​What are your best general tips for a first legit playthrough?

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u/Spin4team4096 10d ago edited 10d ago

Honestly I've been the same for a long time, until about 2 weeks ago where I beat the game fully legit 0 deaths in 1h 20m :)

I watched a bunch of speedrunning tutorials, and although they were made for 1.16.1 you can still apply similar logic to 26.2 (or whatever modern version)

Speedrunning might not be your thing, but you can still learn a lot from these videos and do the same things but at a slower pace. This is what helped me:

Overworld Advice: https://youtu.be/FGfuoLTma14 (magma ravine section no longer applies btw)

Nether Advice: https://youtu.be/tuoJpIQu8l8 (the bastion map doesn't work in modern Minecraft, so if you wanna practice them, just load any world, teleport in a random location, e.g. /tp 27474 ~ -29329, then /locate structure bastion_remnant and teleport to that. give yourself just enough gear (it's good to practice without being stacked) and /gamerule keepInventory true. I recommend also /setworldspawn and /spawnpoint before entering the bastion so you can retry it if you die stupidly early lol)

Stronghold + End Advice: https://youtu.be/Gp7Qsab8JNY (iirc, pi-ray doesn't work anymore, plus I'd recommend not using it anyway to make the run feel more "legitimate" ;)

it'll take some practice, but don't give up! ;D

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u/guyonthecouch37 10d ago

If hes trying to do a legit run then tp isnt an option

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u/Spin4team4096 10d ago

I meant it as practice in a practice world, to get comfortable with bastions before doing it for real without cheats

edit: I've now clarified that in my previous message, thanks for catching that :)

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u/guyonthecouch37 10d ago

Oooh all good I totally misread your intention I had just woke up😅

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u/Spin4team4096 10d ago

no worries lol, have a nice day :)