Downloading Minecraft was an extremely popular holiday activity. Over all of its platforms, it sold 500,000 copies on Christmas alone. If you received Minecraft for the Xbox 360 recently, you might not know how to get the most out of your experience.
Minecraft is a wildly popular sandbox video game that has captured the imagination of players of all ages. Developed by Mojang Studios, Minecraft allows players to explore and create their own virtual worlds using various blocks and resources. The game offers a range of modes, including survival mode, creative mode, and adventure mode, each with its own set of challenges and objectives.
With its open-ended gameplay and endless possibilities, Minecraft has become a cultural phenomenon and has even been used as a tool for education and creativity. The game’s success has spawned a wide range of merchandise, including toys, books, and even a feature film.
Here are a few tips for the Minecraft Xbox 360 edition newbie.
Modes
Minecraft for the Xbox 360 has Survival and Creative modes. Survival has different levels of difficulty ranging from peaceful to hard. In peace, the enemy mobs will not spawn, and the player does not need to eat. This is a good difficulty for newcomers to start in. You can explore your world, build a house, and craft without worrying about a Creeper blowing you up.
Creativity is like a building mode where all the items found in the game are readily available. There’s no reason to mine resources or grow food. If you spawn a world in this mode, you will lose the ability to gain achievements, even if you later switch to Survival.
Mining rare items
One of the best experiences in Minecraft is finding rare items like obsidian, diamond ore, and Redstone ore. Obsidian is used to build a portal in the Nether. Diamonds can be made into armor and weapons. In fact, a diamond pickaxe is the only way to mine obsidian.
Redstone is used as a power source for operating rails and some types of doors. When looking for these, it’s important to remember that they are deep within a mine. Redstone and diamond ore are only found below layer 16.
You can easily tell what layer you’re in by using the map. The number that follows the “Y” on the map is the layer. The sea level is usually around layer 60. Obsidian is only created when running water hits a lava source. It can be dangerous to mine unless you keep the water running over the stone.
Breeding animals
In the latest update to the Minecraft, players are now able to breed animals. Sheep, cows, and pigs can be bred by holding a piece of wheat. You need to hold raw meat to attract wolves and chickens like a wheat seed.
To start breeding, you need a small pen. Then use the wheat, meat, or seed to lure the animal into the pen. When you have two of the same animal, hit LT to go into “love mode.” In a few seconds, there will be a cute baby animal in the pen.
Other Minecraft newbie tips
When playing Survival in any difficulty besides peaceful, it’s important you have a building and weapon before nightfall. If you don’t, the enemy mobs will be hard to ignore.
When exploring and mining, it’s a good idea to keep a large number of torches on you. It gets pitch black in the mines without a light source. Torches can be made with sticks and either charcoal or coal. Light from items like torches and glowstone help keep the mobs away from your house.
Minecraft is an amazing game that’s more complex than it seems. It’s easy to get lost in the mines or run out of torches while exploring. The Minecraft tutorial in the game’s menu will also help newcomers get accustomed to their new world.