The forest in Minecraft is one of the standard biomes well known to seasoned players. However, the game is constantly joined by new gamers who have no idea how to exist on such a map in Survival mode. What are the features of its passage?
Forest biome resources and hazards
The good thing about the forest is that it contains a huge amount of one of the most popular materials in Minecraft - wood. In addition, it is easy to get something edible here, since the gamer comes across quite a variety of animals and birds: cows, chickens, sheep and pigs. All of them will serve as a source of meat that can be fried in the oven and satisfy their hunger.
Also, there is usually a reservoir nearby (sometimes even more than one), from where, if necessary, you need to draw water. If the player makes himself at least wooden tools and digs them thoroughly, then not very deep in the bowels he will stumble upon a stone and cobblestone, which will be useful for building a dwelling, a stove and for performing a number of other game tasks. There are also other more valuable materials, such as diamond and iron ores.
At the same time, in the forest, the player constantly needs to be on guard. Some tree species growing there have a very dense crown, under which it will be quite dark even in the daytime. Therefore, any hostile mobs can spawn there: skeletons, zombies, creepers, etc. Gamers should be careful not to overlook them and take cover from their blows in time.
What is important to do first
In this regard, it is especially important to first of all build yourself at least an inferior home. Even earth blocks can be used as a building material. It is worth making a fairly spacious room (at least four by four cubes and at least three in height) with a roof and lighting it up. Also, at the entrance, it is imperative to hang a door so that monsters cannot enter the structure.
Crafting a door, torches, a wooden sword, and other tools will require a lot of wood. You can even chop it with your bare hands, while periodically paying attention to the crown: apples often fall out of there - a sure way to satisfy hunger.
A gamer needs to make more boards from wooden blocks, a workbench from four of their blocks, and then do the rest on it. Having created wooden tools, you need to try to dig them up a sufficient amount of stones and cobblestones (usually it is not very deep underground). From the latter, you need to craft a stove, and burn part of the wood into coal in it.
Torches are made from coal and wooden sticks (they are made on a workbench from two blocks of planks). First of all, they should illuminate the dwelling (including hoisting several pieces on the roof so that creepers do not appear there) and the dug mine. Also, on any journey for resources, you need to take with you a sufficient number of torches - fortunately, they are stacked in stacks of 64 pieces.
Extraction of materials and establishment of everyday life
As soon as the house is equipped, and the player has enough resources, it is worth building a boat out of wood and going to explore the reservoir on it. Having got out then to any coast, it will be possible to get there valuable resources. However, when digging any sheer wall, it is important to be careful, as there may be lava or even a treasure behind it, in which there is often a spawner of hostile mobs.
However, you should not choose a high level of difficulty of the game. Then monsters will be found in moderation. Lava, on the other hand, can be displaced if you put solid blocks on top of it. Having removed them after such manipulations, the player will find that the fiery lake is no longer there.
When a gamer comes across a treasury with various materials during such wanderings, you should definitely take them with you, and at the same time the chest in which they were located. If you come across leather, it is important to craft armor from it, which will be useful at first
All resources found must be hidden in a safe place (your home) and go on any sortie almost light. Then, even if the inventory is lost (for example, when it falls into lava), the player will not be left without all the valuable materials and will be able to calmly continue the gameplay.
Having fortified the house with a stone or cobblestone, it is worth thinking about the beds. To do this, you need to dig a couple of parallel grooves in the ground at a distance of one block from each other, fill them with water, then craft a hoe, plow your garden with it and sow it with wheat. Its seeds are found in the grass, which is abundant in the forest.
It is also not a sin to build a corral with a gate and lure a couple of sheep (or other potential pets) there with the help of wheat. If you craft scissors, you can get wool from these pets. By feeding two sheep with wheat, you will be able to put them into the mode of love, which will make them start to multiply.
Cows on the way should be milked if a bucket is available. Their milk is useful for creating some culinary masterpieces - like cake - and also as a medicine against poisons.
