Minecraft Basics for Dummies

Want to creep into the biggest video game of all time? Grab your pickaxe and let's go! Minecraft Basics For Dummies helps you (or your kids) get started and join the infinite online world that keeps millions of players of all ages engaged every day. Inside this portable-trim book, crafters will get all the tips and tricks needed to get started--on their own or with multiple players--in each of the three gameplay modes.

• Choose a platform and download the game
• Navigate, collect resources, and build structures
• Defend your creations against monsters
• Manage parental controls to keep kids safe while playing online
• Become a Minecraft master by defeating the Ender Dragon

Unleash your creativity, elevate family game night, and have a ton of fun joining more than 141 million players in the online world of Minecraft!

Jesse Stay is a social media technologist consultant and developer. Jesse was named by Mashable as one of ten entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter. He is the author of several For Dummies books on social media.

Joseph Stay eats, drinks, and breathes Minecraft. Joseph is a straight-A student who jump-started his college studies a year early.