As a child you played with wooden or plastic blocks to create what you saw in the world around you — a house, a car, a bridge, a cement mixer. In high school, you built lamps, signs and more in shop class. You've also constructed full worlds, filled with realistic people simulating real life. Now, you can go back to your child-like roots and build with blocks again — but this time they're virtual blocks, and you can use them to create vibrant, 3D worlds that are filled with adventure and the magic of imagination in Minecraft.BradyGames' official strategy guide to Minecraft provides easy-to-understand information and examples to help novices and experts alike take their Minecraft experience to the next level. No matter what skill level you are, this game guide's complete coverage, from basic gameplay to advanced features, lets you take Minecraft to the max. From creating your first world, scavenging for food and making it through the night unharmed to building large-scale projects and modding the game, Mastering Minecraft delivers a slew of helpful tips and strategies, including coverage of game mods, texture packs, joining and creating servers, interacting with others, mining and farming, enchanting and brewing, traps and defenses, monsters and other threats and much, much more. With quick-reference charts, you can quickly extract information on tools, resources, consumables and animals. Flip through Mastering Minecraft's more than 200 pages and become the ultimate creator.