Minecraft | 14 Must Know Starting Tips For A New Survival World

Minecraft is one of those games that seems to  attract an endless supply of new players and   the great thing about this is there is so many  different directions that the game can take you   whether you are a creative builder or somebody  that likes pvp maybe you’re someone that just  

Likes to go and explore the world and see what’s  on offer maybe you prefer more of a challenge and   like to take on the bosses and really challenge  yourself into the game maybe you just like to   complete all the advancements and just progress  through everything possible in game it just has  

So much to offer for every type of player however  when starting out a brand new survival world it’s   not always easy to make the most efficient use  of your time and get off to the best start so  

Today i’m going to share with you 14 tips  that will help you get off to a great start   and just make the game more enjoyable especially  early on when it’s a little bit more of a struggle   getting to where you want so with that  being said let’s start with tip number one  

Tip number one is pretty simple don’t waste your  time with wooden tools they’re just not very   effective and it’s much better to jump straight  onto stone tools so start by grabbing yourself   a crafting table craft yourself a few sticks  and then jump straight on to a wooden pickaxe  

And a wooden pickaxe only because this is the only  item you’re gonna need to grab yourself some stone   and you can jump onto stone tools you can dig  down to find some stone underground dig into a   mountainside or just anywhere where you can  find a bit of stone if you come across some  

Coal be sure to grab that as well because that  would be very handy for cooking food early game   now you want to grab as much stone as you can  and then go ahead and craft all your stone tools  

These are going to be way more effective in the  long run and would just save you so much time   rather than wasting it crafting up some wooden  tools and then come into stone tools later on

Tip number two get yourself a bed as soon as  possible so as soon as you’ve got your stone tools   go ahead and find yourself a few sheep and then  craft yourself a bed the last thing you want to be  

Doing is spending your first few nights tackling  bunches of zombies and skeletons it’s just not   gonna make the experience very nice so make sure  you get that bed early game and early as possible tip number three make use of early game food  sources grab a bunch of seeds plant them to grow  

Some wheat and then the wheat can be turned into  bread you can also head into a tiger forest and   grab a bunch of berries berries are a great food  source because they are very easy to grow you can  

Get a bunch of them in a very short period of time  headed into a river or an ocean and grabbing a   bunch of fish because the fish will always respawn  so this is a great way of getting renewable food  

Source and fish will also replenish quite a lot  of your health just be sure to cook them before   you eat them if you come across a village be sure  to grab out the potatoes carrots or beet roots  

That you can find these are great to grow closer  to base just be sure to cook your potatoes first   because cooking them will replenish three bars of  hunger rather than one if you come across any hay  

Bales be sure to gather up those because you can  use those craft them down into wheat and craft a   bunch of bed you can save on your coal early game  by cooking your food on a campfire a campfire only  

Takes one piece of coal and will constantly  burn and cook all the food you want so if you   don’t have much coal early gain use a campfire to  cook your food and you’ll be off to a great start

Tip number four always carry a bed with you it’s  so easy to get lost in this game and be hundreds   of blocks from your base so be sure to have  a bed in your inventory so that you can pop  

It out when the nightfall comes and sleep the  night away the last thing you want to be doing   is spending those early days tackling mobs through  the night or trying to fight your way to your base

Tip five is to make use of villager houses now  the villager houses are already there all you   gotta do is pop yourself down a bed on a  few chests and you’re good to go you know  

This is a great place to kind of make a temporary  setup so that you can gather a bunch of resources   for your actual base and uh yeah it’s  just a place that’s gonna be safe for you   to sleep the night away whenever you wish  while gathering supplies at the same time

Tip number six don’t kill off all of your mobs  go ahead and lure them into pens with a piece   of food and then go ahead and breed them this  way you can breed them to get more and more  

In the pen once your pen is pretty full you  can go ahead and get rid of half of them   and then breed them up again and this  will give you a constant supply of food   and it’s also handy for things with like the  sheep and the cows because these are going to be  

A great way that you can gather up a bunch of wool  especially if you’re shearing the wall because you   will get a lot more wool in the long run and  then cows can give you leather as well as food

Tip number seven location location location now  minecraft is full of so many different biomes and   so many places to build so it’s important  when you’re starting out your first base   you want to build it somewhere that you’re  happy building don’t just settle for anywhere  

Because you just want to set up base make  sure it’s in a location you’re happy with   whether that be a plains or a tiger biome or snow  biome or savannah maybe a desert you know wherever   you want to build make sure the location is  suitable for what you want to be building because  

Otherwise you’re just going to be demotivated not  enjoy what you’re building and not enjoy the game   as a whole you know there are so many beautiful  areas so find the one that’s right for you

Tip number eight is to plan out your base properly  now for this i don’t mean going ahead and laying   down a bunch of floor plans everywhere that’s  just gonna be a bit too much but as you guys  

Probably know the saying goes failing to plan  is planning to fail so i think it’s always   good to have a small plan at least in place so  starting out just make sure that your first plan   for your base is suitable for what you want  make sure that it’s big enough make sure that  

It’s got the kind of shape you’re looking for  make sure it’s in the location you want it to be   make sure that it’s going to be suitable for  everything you want first of all in game now  

When you start expanding your base later on down  online if you decide to expand from your start   base then it’s a good idea to just do a little bit  at a time you know planning from here don’t build  

This base here and then you know you know 20 30  blocks away build something else for the sake of   building it there you know plan exactly from your  base think about where is your road going to go  

Is it going to be a pathway are you going to  add some trees are you going to add a field   are you going to put a connecting house to it  think about exactly how you want each piece and  

Plan one bit at a time you know doing one  thing at a time will stop you from getting   overwhelmed with too much at once and will help  you keep more on track with what you’re doing and   also stop you from getting demotivated from over  planning and having too much plans to do because  

Sometimes planning too much can have the opposite  effect it can demotivate you because there’s just   too much and you don’t know what to do tip  number nine the small details matter now guys   you know as much as i do how much i love my  greenery but it’s not always about the greenery  

It’s more about the small details you see anyone  can make a build and it might look okay but it’s   the small details that really bring everything out  whether that be adding some bushes or flower pots  

A nice pathway a little work area outside of the  base or you know just a few little trees started   here and there a little wall to section off some  of the areas you know these really make such a  

Difference i mean look at the little flower beds  here it just adds to the build and it just brings   that last little bit of detail out add it in  small little things like a little pumpkin patch  

Little sort of patio areas or tables even things  such as your pathways make sure that they’re sort   of laid out the way you want them to and make  sure that they kind of there’s pathways and   to get around everything you know because these  little details just add so much life to the area  

You know the key here is not to over doing it  it’s just to make the place feel used you know   even things such as adding in a nice little pond  as we have done here i mean look at all the little  

Details on the pond it just creates a whole lot  of laughs from adding in these little sort of   japanese lilies little bushes and flowers around  the pond it just brings the whole world to life   and adds those little details that make the  place feel like it’s been used and lived in

Tip number 10 is to try and get fortune free  enchantment on your pickaxe as soon as possible   now i cannot tell you how much time this saves  when you’re trying to gather up resources such   as iron gold diamonds coal redstone lapis or even  copper because fortune free enchantment allows you  

To get up to four items drop per per block it will  just save you so much time whereas you’d normally   get maybe a bunch say six sword diamonds you might  be able to get up to 20 odd diamonds just from one  

Collection of them and it just adds up so much  quicker and saves so much time when you’re trying   to gather up resources so getting this enchantment  early game will make such a huge difference to   your resource gathering speed and will get you  off to such a better start and you’ll be finding  

Yourself spending a lot less time mining and  much more time building and doing the things   that you really enjoy the most and that’s the most  important thing you want to maximize time doing   the things you really enjoy and kind of minimize  the time to spend doing things that feel more like chores

Tip number 11 is pay attention to those  coordinates i cannot tell you how many times   i’ve been wandering out on an adventure getting  a little bit lost and then i have to stop for a  

Minute and think did i go right did i go left or  did i go straight which way did i go you guys have   been there a thousand times and then you wander  off in another direction and then before you know  

It you’ve completely lost track of where you are  where your base is and no idea which way to start   going so pay attention to your coordinates because  this will make it much easier when trying to chase  

Your way back to your base or to a location that  you’ve been building in so always keep track of   those coordinates guys especially early game  because early game is much easier to get lost   tip number 12 comes more as a pre  warning really and that is to always make  

Backups of your world and i cannot stress how  important this is because i’ve had so many people   commenting on my channel telling me that they’ve  been following through one of my big build series   such as my castle or doc series and they’ve got  halfway through it or even near to completing it  

And their world has got corrupt and it’s  just heartbreaking to hear guys i know   how much work has gone into it especially some  of the people who are building these in survival   and it’s just so much work and effort and i  can understand why this can be demotivating  

For someone when they’ve been playing for so  long to lose a wealth and then to not want   to build again because you know there’s so  much work there so make sure that you make   backups of these whether it be another backup on  your pc on an external hard drive or even into  

A cloud or something like that just make sure you  get yourself backups of every single save you have   and make regular backups so that you’ve got copies  of the work that you’ve been doing on that world

Tip number 13 is to stay motivated now i know  this is easier said than done but there are   a few things that you can do that will really  help keep you motivated to continue building   one is to make sure that you have plenty  of projects on the go it’s so easy to be  

Constantly involved in one project and then  you just find yourself getting fed up and bored   of being one stuck in the same area or two  constantly building the same style of things   so go ahead and make sure that you’ve got plenty  of different projects to keep yourself occupied  

You know make sure they’re different things  don’t make it all the same thing whether that be   building in one style and maybe having a  separate sort of uh village or town and   building in a different style or maybe a redstone  project you know something where you can break it  

Up so that you don’t get overwhelmed and fed  up of building the same thing over and over   tip number 14 and by far the most important one  is to explore the world and just have some fun i   mean that’s what it’s all about after all from  exploring the overworld and then heading deep  

Under the ocean seeing if you can uncover some  secret hidden loot maybe some buried treasure   or even heading into the nether and taking on some  of the ghosts or some kind of mob in game you know  

There’s so many challenges out there that the game  has just got an endless supply of new things that   you might not have discovered yet you know maybe  you want to take on some of the advancements i  

Mean the advancements list is huge and once you  uncover one you uncover more so why not check   out some of the advancements going game and see  what there is to offer maybe those advancements   will help you learn more about the game or find  something that you didn’t know existed that you  

Really enjoy and might inspire you to do something  else i mean there is just so many different things   you can do in game and the challenges it’s just  endless but above all else just make the most  

Of it and enjoy the game because that’s the most  important thing and i’ll catch you in the next one