PCJB Explaining Minecraft

This blocky game is rated as one of the most played games around the world! It is a game that is educational because it enhances creativity, problem-solving, self-direction, collaboration, and other life skills. In the classroom, Minecraft complements reading, writing, math, and even history learnings. This game has a loop from where it begins to where it ends and back again. Everything in the game is connected like a chain.

Each game mode that you use is different. It also represents what kind of gamer you are. For example, Creative mode allows you to have every single block in Minecraft. All the blocks show up in your inventory. This means that you like to be in control over your world and build a lot. Survival mode however, is the opposite. You have nothing in your inventory to start with until you get mining and you like to play the game properly to get achievements and coins to get different things in the store.

There are different bosses in the game that takes a long time to come in contact with, that includes entering different dimensions with portals. To spawn a Wither, you need four soul sand in a “T” shape and three wither skulls that you can find in the Nether. Put the skulls on top and wait for the wither to charge and destroy. A Wither is a skeleton-type boss with three heads. It shoots wither skulls that explode and gives you the wither effect when you get too close so be careful! The wither effect makes your hearts turn black while it takes them away. It lasts for 10-15 seconds.

The Ender Dragon. This creature can’t be spawned but found in The End (The End portal can be found in dungeons using Eye of ender’s). This beast shoots purple fireballs and dragons breath along with an incredible dive that does a decent amount of damage. Take out the end crystals to stop it from healing. When killed, the Ender Dragon lays an egg and then an animation for its death goes right above you then explodes and drops 3-10 levels worth of XP.

There are quite a few different tools that do different things to help you out. Use the right tool for the right reason or the durability will drain faster and you might not get the block you want! (The durability is the green bar at the bottom of your Hot-bar) Here is a few of them, Pickaxe: Allows you to mine ores and get cobblestone from caves. Hoe: Allows you to make farms for crops near water. Don’t jump on the farm or it will turn to dirt again. Axe: Let’s you mine tree logs a lot faster.

The main idea of this game is to survive and do whatever you want (although defeating those bosses sounds like fun!). I like to do both, creative and survival (even though you don’t get achievements for adding cheats on), how about you?