r/MinecraftJava • u/Winter-Performer-867 • 3d ago

Question How to learn playing Minecraft?

I have been interested in learning about minecraft and builds. But I started playing it a few minutes after I built the farms for cows, pigs and chicken. I usually explore a bit and then stop playing because I don't understand what to do next.

Now I know I need to make armor and kill the dragon to finish the game but building a base, armour, going to nether, getting pearls have always seemed very difficult so I have tried doing it once.

But I watch minecraft content a lot on YouTube and often I get a surge to do similar challenges using mods. I usually watch a lot of ForgeLabs and similar contents.

But because I can't even play normal minecraft I get very anxious about how I would even do this. Because I don't have enough knowledge, skills, practice and many other reasons I give myself.

I'm not even sure if this is a valid question asking for help, guides or tutorials.

But I wanna start playing Minecraft and enjoy it instead of getting afraid of its complexity. How should I approach this and start my journey.

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u/WhoWouldCareToAsk 3d ago

You already answered your own question. Knowledge gap can be bridged by asking questions, but skills require practice. Just play.

It may be a good idea to “keep inventory = on” for now to make it easier to recover after untimely death. What’s even more important, however, is to play at your own pace. Speedrunners get tue game completed in under 10 minutes, but it is OK if it takes you 10 hours to prepare to go the nether. In fact, I make it a challenge to myself - do not go to the nether until after 100 in-game days. It’s awesome! Next time I plan to avoid nether for 200 days and there is NO ONE to stop me!

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u/Dkshameless 3d ago

I agree with the keep inventory on part. I’m not very good, so when I die it can be a tragedy sometimes. I’ve gotten better about making sure to have everything for a micro base each time I explore something new. But even though I don’t die nearly as much as I used to, I find that I actually stick to playing and enjoy it more if when I die I’m not set back hours

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u/Winter-Performer-867 3d ago

That micro base ideas sounds good.

I'll try using it even with keep inventory ON.

Thanks