The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft - PlayStation Edition: Covers Both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 Versions

The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft - PlayStation Edition   Minecraft: These worlds are YOURS!   Minecraft is WAY more than a game: it’s an alternate universe of creation, exhilaration, survival, adventure, passion! Don’t enter that universe alone. Take an experienced guide who’ll help you constantly as you learn the secrets of Minecraft on the PlayStation!   Stephen O’Brien has been obsessing over Minecraft since its earliest betas. He’s seen it all! Now, he’ll take you deep inside craft and mine, cave and menagerie, farm and village. He’ll reveal combat traps and tricks you need to know… teach you enchantments of unimaginable power… help you survive where few dare to go… help you OWN the infinite worlds of Minecraft! Based on the international best-seller of the same name, this book is ideal for Minecrafters of all ages. Quick-start guide for first-night survival to get started NOW Customize your experience: monstrous, peaceful, and more Harvest resources, craft tools and shelters—let there be light Grab your pickaxe: mine iron, gold, diamonds, and redstone Escape (or defeat!) 14 types of hostile mobs Get friendly mobs on your side and build automated farms Brew potions to cure ills, gain superpowers, and to throw at enemies Transform your shelter into a palace (or a secret underwater base) Create customized worlds with unique seeds Learn the secrets of redstone devices and build incredible rail systems Play safely through The Nether and The End Play with up to eight of your friends on PlayStation, or run in splitscreen mode Stephen O’Brien is an Australian-born writer and entrepreneur now residing in Sydney after too many years in Silicon Valley. He has written more than 30 books, including several best- sellers. O’Brien founded Typefi, the world’s leading automated publishing system, and in his spare time invented a new type of espresso machine called mypressi. He’s a perpetual innovator who remains astounded at the unparalleled creativity Minecraft can engender.   This book was not created by and is not endorsed by Notch Development AB Corporation/Mojang Synergies AB Corporation, or Sony Computer Entertainment.       

Table of Contents:
             <> Introduction 1 What’s In This Book 1 How to Use This Book 3     Crafting Recipes 3   Chapter 1 Getting Started 5 Starting a New Game 6     More Options 11     Single-Player Game Modes 13 Hosting and Controlling Multiplayer Games 15 Understanding World Seeds 19 Controls 19 The Bottom Line 21   Chapter 2 First-Night Survival 23 Surviving and Thriving 23 Heading for the Trees 25 Using Your Inventory 26 Building a Crafting Table 28     Let’s Build Some Tools 30     Creating a Shelter 31     The Furnace Is Your Friend 35     Let There Be Light 36     Slumbering with Lumber 38 The Bottom Line 41   Chapter 3 Gathering Resources 43 Introducing the HUD 43 Avoiding Getting Lost 46 Improving Your Tools 47 Chests: Safely Stashing Your Stuff 49 Avoiding Monsters 51 Hunger Management 53 Your Mission: Food, Resources, and Reconnaissance 54     Food on the Run 56     Finding a Building Site 58 A Resourceful Guide to the Creative Mode Inventory 61 The Bottom Line 63   Chapter 4 Mining 65 Dig Deep, My Friend 65 The Mining Layer Cake Guide 67 Lava Lakes and Other Pitfalls 69 Descending to Layer 11 70     The 2×1 Ladder Descent 71     The Straight Staircase 73     The Spiral Staircase 74 Layouts for Fast, Efficient Mining 75 Staying Safe While You Mine 78 The Bottom Line 79   Chapter 5 Combat School 81 Introducing the Menagerie 81     Zombies 82     Spiders 83     Skeletons 85     Cave Spiders 86     Spider Jockeys 87     Creepers 88     Slimes 89     Endermen 90     Zombie Pigmen 90 Defensive Mobs 91     Snow Golems 91     Iron Golems 92 Weapons and Armor 93     Swordcraft 94     Bows and Arrows 94     Armor-All 97     Color Coordinate Your Leather 99 The Bottom Line 100   Chapter 6 Crop Farming 103 Choosing a Crop 103     Finding Seeds in Elysium 106     Establishing a Wheat Farm 108     Automated Farms 114     Creating a Piston Harvester 118     Sticky Piston Harvesting 120     Creating a Water Harvester 121     Harvesting Other Crops 124 The Bottom Line 125   Chapter 7 Farming and Taming Mobs 127 Farming and Working with Friendly Mobs 127     Breeding Animals 130     Riding Pigs 133 Fishing 133 The Bottom Line 134   Chapter 8 Creative Construction 137 Leaving the Cave 137 Unleashing Your Interior Decorator 140 Building Underwater 147 Protecting Your Perimeter 153     Becoming a Ditch Witch 153     Mob Pitfalls 155     Thick as a Brick 157 The Bottom Line 157   Chapter 9 Redstone, Rails, and More 159 Seeing Red: A Beginner’s Guide 160     Power Sources 160     Redstone Wiring 163     Powered Blocks 164     Repeaters 166     Output Devices 168 Automatic Doors 170     Vertical Currents 176 Advanced Circuits 177     NOT Gates, aka Inverters 177     OR Gates, or Any Input Will Do 178     AND Gates, Two True 179     Repeater Loops 180 Rail Transport 181     Have Minecart, Will Travel 181     Rolling on Rails 183     Making Tracks and Stations 184     Halfway Stations 185 The Bottom Line 186   Chapter 10 Enchanting, Anvils, and Brewing 187 Enchanting Wiles 187     Creating and Mining Obsidian 189     Crafting Books 192     Casting Enchantments 192     Improving Enchantment Chances with Bookshelves 194     Earning and Managing Experience 195     Sprucing Up Your Weapons 196     Enhancing Your Armor 197     Improving Your Tools 197 Hammer It Out with the Anvil 198 Brewing Potions 200     Brewing Up a Storm 202     Enhancing Potions 205 The Bottom Line 206   Chapter 11 Villages and Other Structures 207 Village Life 207 Emerald City: Your Ticket to Trade 210 Other Structures 212     Desert Temples 213     Jungle Temples 214     Dungeons 215     Abandoned Mineshafts 216     Strongholds 216     Nether Fortresses 217 Mapping, or There and Back Again 217 Crafting a Clock 218 The Bottom Line 219   Chapter 12 Playing Through: The Nether and The End 221 Alternate Dimensions 221 Getting to The Nether 224     Portal Magic 225 Surviving the Nether Fortress 229 Nether Mobs 230 The End Game 232     Finding a Stronghold 234     Defeating the Ender Dragon 237 The Bottom Line 241   Index 243   

About the Author :
Stephen O’Brien is an Australian-born writer and entrepreneur currently residing in Sydney after too many years in Silicon Valley. He has written more than 30 books 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 in his spare time he invented a new type of espresso machine called mypressi. He has been using Minecraft since its early betas and remains astounded at the unparalleled creativity it engenders. Stephen is also the author of The Advanced Minecraft Strategy Guide, published by Que.