BRAND NEW Minecraft Earth for MOBILE | A Handy Guide

This week we’ve had an amazing time playing the brand-new mobile game minecraft Earth as the private beta is now live so here’s everything we’ve learned and all the important info that you need to know minecraft Earth is the brand-new augmented reality game which you play on your mobile device

Bringing the blocky world that we know and love to light you’ll be able to fill creations with your friends and place your life-size masterpieces anywhere in the world as well as discover new and exciting mobs to use in your builds but it’s not all building Oh No there’s also

The survival element where you’ll explore your local neighborhood and battle enemy minecraft mobs in real life and the best part of all this is that it’s free to play with absolutely no loot boxes to play it all you’ll need is an AR capable mobile device running iOS 10 and Android 7 or newer [Applause] that’s plenty to do on minecraft earth which you can do from the comfort of your own home or when you’re out and about exploring collect blocks mobs and items of varying rarities from tapper balls which was scattered around the world you can then use what you found to

Build pretty much whatever your mind can think of but remember to stay safe out there people don’t go wandering into area 51 even if you are looking for aliens once you’ve created those epic builds you’ll be able to experience them in life-sized augmented reality either alone with friends

A build plate is basically your world your Kansas for creation there’s different build plates which are unlocked at different levels each having its own different environment so as you level up and gain experience you’ll have even more options and ways to play when you invite other people into your build

Plate to tabletop build mode they can interact a bit just like in any Minecraft world building placing items and mobs as well as breaking and taking blocks are all possible the good news is that when you’re in life-sized play mode you’re playing an instance of the world

Nothing gets saved so feel free to burn pillage and cause as much mayhem as possible safe in the knowledge that after all of the shenanigans your build is completely safe me personally this is great news for when I play it with Benny but this plans a bigger bill sweets on

The horizon but we’ll have to wait for future updates before they’re available one book pot Benny it was the only blog that mattered As of most games the more time and energy that you put into it the more experience and rewards you’ll gain and the same can be said for Minecraft as you’ll gain XP based on the tougher balls you get while playing and once you’ve got enough of them you’ll increase your level every 5

Levels your unlock a new build plate with even more blocks and mobs to play with another handy thing to know is that if you happen to lose your phone or mobile device you won’t lose any progress because everything in Minecraft Earth is stored in the cloud including

Your build plates and inventory when in your build play you’ll be able to hit invite friend to generate a QR code friends nearby that also have the game installed can then scan it using the joined friend feature from the main Minecraft Earth map and they’ll be placed into your build plate it’s as

Simple as that from there you can both interact with your build plate just as you would any Minecraft world but you do need to be in the same location to build together when the owner of the build plate stop spraying all other players are disconnected so no sneaky edits can

Be made to the world so minecraft earth is pretty much nothing like Minecraft on the Xbox but there is some account crossover so to spend some mine coins on funky skins on console there’s a transfer over meaning Lea can roam the lands as an 8-bit chicken just like she always wants it in

Minecraft earth you’re finding these randomized stackable objects facing real-world encounters and creating your own microphone out in the actual world you’re going to be getting out of the house and finding brand new experiences you can place your own buildings in the real world on build plates and walk

Around them because they exist in the augmented reality way the best thing is you can share all of this with your friends your inventory is unlimited that you can pick up all of them check-ins move lose and wall blocks to your heart’s content Currently the game is in closed beta on iOS you can sign up for the beta by heading to minecraft.net and looking for the Minecraft Earth area but don’t worry Android users the team over at mo yang have plans to run an Android beta 2 so keep an eye out when this gets announced

Once you’re in you’ll need to sign up with your Xbox account so that any of your stuff can be transferred over if you get into the beta and you don’t play for seven whole days you might be removed and put back into the selection pool so the game can be populated with

Active players don’t forget that by signing up you’ll also get the exclusive minecraft skin check your emails on how to claim it within 24 hours of registration as we mentioned the game is currently in closed beta on iOS this summer but if you follow their Twitter

Over at minecraft Earth you can keep up to date with any announcements and news as soon as the game progresses so that’s everything that we’ve learned so far about Minecraft but you can be sure that we will be playing it as much as possible during this closed beta for

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