O'Brien: Advanced Strategy Guide to Minecraft

Introduction 1 Become a Minecraft Expert! 2 What's in This Book 2 How to Use This Book 3 Chapter 1 Getting Started 5 Managing Minecraft 5 Launch Control 6 Mod Management 10 Custom Launchers 11 Adding Mods to MultiMC 15 Modpack Installers 20 The Bottom Line 22 Chapter 2 Automated Produce Farms 23 Make Mine a BUD 24 Automated Cane Farms 27 Automated Collection and Transport 32 Automated Pumpkin and Melon Farms 36 Automated Wheat, Potato, and Carrot Farms 44 Automated Sorting 47 The Bottom Line 51 Chapter 3 Mining and Ore Generators 53 Creating Cobblestone 53 Creating Stone 59 Obsidian Generator 61 The Bottom Line 65 Chapter 4 Mob Farms, Traps, and Defense 67 Evil Mob Farms 67 Spawning Mob Mayhem 68 Building a Water-Based Mob Farm 70 Grinding Mobs and Collecting Drops 73 Dastardly Mob Traps 82 Treacherous Trenches 82 Killer Cactus 84 Indispensible Dispensers 87 Pulverizing Pistons 91 The Bottom Line 93 Chapter 5 Advanced Construction 95 Choosing a Building Style 96 Medieval Style 96 Up Go the Walls! 98 If You Like It, Put a Roof on It! 100 Victorian Style 101 Pitched Roof 102 Complex Roof 104 Japanese Style Building 106 Modern and Suburban Styles 108 Residential Roads 110 Viking Style 111 Egyptian/Desert Style 113 Steampunk Style 114 Elven/Fairy Style 115 Build an Igloo 116 Advanced Decoration Techniques 118 Creating Natural Terrain and Trees 122 Drawing 2D Pixel Art 123 Sculpting a 3D Statue 124 Creating Spheres, Circles, and Arches 127 Building in the Nether and End Regions 129 The Bottom Line 130 Chapter 6 More Power to You 131 Combination Lock 131 Minecart Switches 140 Project:Red 142 Automating a Pumpkin Farm 144 What Else Can Project:Red Do? 148 Core 148 Integration 148 Transmission 150 Transportation 152 The Bottom Line 152 Chapter 7 Empire Building with BuildCraft 155 BuildCraft Core Concepts 155 Pipe Dreams 157 Engines 162 Creating a Power Station 163 Mining Wells 165 Managing Combustion Engines 167 Refining Oil 171 Automated Quarries 172 Blueprints, Building,

Stephen O'Brien is an Australian-born writer and entrepreneur currently residing in Sydney after too many years in Silicon Valley. He has previously written over 30 titles across multiple editions with publishers such as Prentice-Hall and Que, including several best-selling titles. He also founded Typefi, the world's leading automated publishing system, and invented a new type of espresso machine called mypressi. He has been using Minecraft since its early days and remains astounded at the unparalleled creativity it engenders. Stephen is also the author of the internationally bestselling The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft, published by Que.