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 poi

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.