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Wait, so I need to kill enemies to obtain something besides flowers, meet? I just need a HINT. I have no idea what to do! I've seen one day and one night and

Wait, so I need to kill enemies to obtain something besides flowers, meet? I just need a HINT. I have no idea what to do! I've seen one day and one night and I am in the same place. Am I looking for something?

Groxx 16y ago
General starting point: punch some tree trunks to get wood, press "i" to open your inventory, and turn it into planks => wood. Build yourself a sword and some basic tools (arrangement of items matters), and start digging around in the stone areas / exploring to find caves. Digging totally randomly is unlikely to be too productive, so find caves to start. Find stone blocks with black specks, and use your pick to get coal - combine with sticks to get torches. Enemies spawn at night anywhere it's dark, so lighting caves is important to your safety. Beyond there, it's mostly an exploration / building / sandbox game. It's not an appealing game model for everyone, though, so it may just be that it doesn't click for you (though give it a bit of time).
- endlessvoid94 16y ago
  I'm starting to think I'm running a buggy version, because punching trees does NOTHING. Unless i have to punch it 10000 times, in which case, fuck this.
  - endlessvoid94 16y ago
    Wow, it was NOT obvious that I needed to hold down the mouse button. I have a macbook so I just kept clicking. Doh!
    - Groxx 16y ago
      Sorry! I should've thought of that; that one took me a minute too.
      - wlievens 16y ago
        Same here, on the MacBook. I was actually afraid that the repetitive mad clicking would wake the entire appartment. And then I realize you have to keep it pressed.
      - Groxx 16y ago
        Should probably clarify, as that came out partially wrong (a bit tired at that point). It took me a minute to figure out because I found out entirely by accident when I noticed sand going through multiple stages during a particularly disinterested click. He really needs to make a tutorial before it gets released :) I suppose it's not surprising in a quickly-changing alpha build, however.
- ZachPruckowski 16y ago
  Another important one - four planks in a box together makes a crafting table, which you need to make stuff like swords and picks and axes. Axes are sort of pointless, since you can knock down wood with any block equipped (even dirt). Your first day's goals are torches and shelter. Make a pick, explore until you find a cliff face with coal (it looks like stone with big chocolate chips), use the coal to make torches. Then, when it gets close to dark, dig yourself a hole to hide in from zombies and skeletons. Light it up with torches and seal off all but a one-square window. Spend the night digging out a proper home, make a few stone tools, and then spend the day chopping wood or hunting or spelunking or just exploring.
corysama 16y ago
This is a pretty good introduction to the game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bh4EexJO4I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bh4EexJO4I

Groxx 16y ago

General starting point: punch some tree trunks to get wood, press "i" to open your inventory, and turn it into planks => wood. Build yourself a sword and some basic tools (arrangement of items matters), and start digging around in the stone areas / exploring to find caves. Digging totally randomly is unlikely to be too productive, so find caves to start. Find stone blocks with black specks, and use your pick to get coal - combine with sticks to get torches. Enemies spawn at night anywhere it's dark, so lighting caves is important to your safety. Beyond there, it's mostly an exploration / building / sandbox game. It's not an appealing game model for everyone, though, so it may just be that it doesn't click for you (though give it a bit of time).

endlessvoid94 16y ago
I'm starting to think I'm running a buggy version, because punching trees does NOTHING. Unless i have to punch it 10000 times, in which case, fuck this.
- endlessvoid94 16y ago
  Wow, it was NOT obvious that I needed to hold down the mouse button. I have a macbook so I just kept clicking. Doh!
  - Groxx 16y ago
    Sorry! I should've thought of that; that one took me a minute too.
    - wlievens 16y ago
      Same here, on the MacBook. I was actually afraid that the repetitive mad clicking would wake the entire appartment. And then I realize you have to keep it pressed.
    - Groxx 16y ago
      Should probably clarify, as that came out partially wrong (a bit tired at that point). It took me a minute to figure out because I found out entirely by accident when I noticed sand going through multiple stages during a particularly disinterested click. He really needs to make a tutorial before it gets released :) I suppose it's not surprising in a quickly-changing alpha build, however.
ZachPruckowski 16y ago
Another important one - four planks in a box together makes a crafting table, which you need to make stuff like swords and picks and axes. Axes are sort of pointless, since you can knock down wood with any block equipped (even dirt). Your first day's goals are torches and shelter. Make a pick, explore until you find a cliff face with coal (it looks like stone with big chocolate chips), use the coal to make torches. Then, when it gets close to dark, dig yourself a hole to hide in from zombies and skeletons. Light it up with torches and seal off all but a one-square window. Spend the night digging out a proper home, make a few stone tools, and then spend the day chopping wood or hunting or spelunking or just exploring.

corysama 16y ago

This is a pretty good introduction to the game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bh4EexJO4I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bh4EexJO4I