Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Where to Go From Here; Chapter 1: Getting Started with Minecraft Construction; Evaluating Your Options; Gathering Materials for Construction; Arranging the inventory in Creative mode; Obtaining a good inventory in Survival mode; Creating Your First Building; Chapter 2: Building in Survival Mode; Keeping Track of your Resources; Estimating resources; Organizing your materials; Getting around the Structure
Chapter 4: Exploring Different Types of BuildsPlanning Buildings; Deciding what and where to build; Estimating your building materials; Starting the Build; Building walls; Building a ceiling; Building a door; Brightening things up; Adding more levels; Building a City; Adding paths; Building bridges; Using Passageways; Hallways; Tunnels; Trapdoors; Tunnel mining; Secret Rooms; Chapter 5: The Art of Minecraft Design; Balancing the Design; Adding Color to Your Builds; Understanding how colors work together; Crafting and mixing dyes; Making cold-color materials; Making warm-color materials
Making neutral-color materialsWireframing the Build; Customizing Floors, Roofs, and Walls; Adding pizazz to floors; Making walls stand out; Putting a lid on it; Chapter 6: Managing Your Space; Getting In on the Ground Floor; Getting ready to build; Basic building; Unleashing Your Interior Decorator; Keeping interiors light and airy; Using empty space effectively; Adding decorative flourishes; Building machines for your rooms; Chapter 7: Using Block Textures; Using Smooth Textures; Using Rough Block Textures; Creating an Older-Looking Structure; Cracked blocks; Mossy blocks; Damaged walls
Using scaffoldingUsing ladders to scale your structure; Teleporting with Ender pearls; Powering up with potions; Speeding up construction with beacons; Collecting Resources; Quarrying; Strip mining; Cave mining; Chapter 3: Setting Up Your Building Site; Building on Interesting Landscapes; Reshaping the Landscape; Leveling mostly flat surfaces; Leveling large structures; Editing the Landscape with Commands; Filling areas with the Fill command; Copying structures with the Clone command; Carving Out Land with Explosive Commands; Building Your Own, Natural Elements
VinesCobwebs; Block Textures That Work Well Together; Chapter 8: Farming; Preparing the Land for Your Farm; Reaping What You Sow; Animal Farming; Breeding animals; Using animal as resources; Chapter 9: Using Advanced Building Techniques; Using Randomized Block Patterns; Applying randomness to surfaces; Applying randomness to landscaping; Constructing Polygons for Your Structures; Building slanted walls; Constructing polygons with slanted walls; Building Circles and Spheres; Constructing a circle; Constructing a sphere; Implementing Fluids into Your Build; Understanding how fluids work
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An accessible guide that makes Minecraft construction easy There isn't anything that can't be built in Minecraft, but it can be overwhelming to figure out where to start. That's why there's Minecraft Construction For Dummies, Portable Edition. More than just a game, Minecraft consists of players using an avatar to create or destroy various types of blocks, form fantastic structures, create artwork, and do much more, all in a three-dimensional environment and across various multiplayer servers in multiple game modes. With this fun and friendly beginner's guide, you will quickly discover how to