Minecraft: Do's and Don't To Survive The First Day

I know what you are saying what is this Minecraft that everyone is talking about?
In this post we will answer your questions about Minecraft and how to get started for those newbies out there. We are going to point the highlights and not go into specific details of what to do. (That would just ruin the fun for everyone :(

Let me say this before we get started: There is no right or wrong way to play Minecraft unless you are really bad at it.

First of we are going to make the guess that you are playing in the normal difficulty setting and you want to know how to survive the 1st night. (This is just like camp).

(If you want to survive the night the EASY WAY go to the bottom of the page!!!)

You need to defend yourself and fight off enemies that try to attack you in the first night.

Note: A day in Minecraft is like 10 mins so you got to act fast in this game! If your afraid or want to chicken out then there is a mode where you can have nothing attack you the first night. Just change the difficulty in the settings mode.

Step 1: Get resources to build a sufficient shelter
Step 2: DONT BE A HERO AND TRY TO FIGHT OF THE MOB!! IF YOU DO YOU WONT HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES!!
Step 3: Create a landmark with the resources you got so that you have some sort of idea of where you are.
Step 4: Create a tall landmark or something and make sure you have an idea of where it is in case you get lost
Step 5: Don't make a bed because it may move your starting point

**Note: You do die in this game so be aware of that and realize that you make your shelter near the spawn point (landmark that you created)

If you die:

-Any items you have or are wearing will be distributed around the spawn point.
-You inventory will disappear after 5 mins if you don't pick it up

Step 6: DO: Watch the Sun

**When you start the game it will be early morning. Trust me!
In the middle of the day the sun will be right above you
If you want to know where you are clouds travel in the WEST.

Please tell me that you have a sense of direction

**Step 7: Refer back to step 1 because one of the resources you will need are wood/coal/or charcoal to at least make it through the first day


Helpful Resources

**WOOD
Wood is everything in this game and you get it from trees.

**STONE AND COAL
You need a pickaxe to get these resources. The first axe is made of wood and you need five planks to get the axe. Then you will have to craft it. Once you aquire stone you will be able to make a stone axe but you will have to craft it though.

Here is a list of everything to survive the first night. Since we can't go into to much depth.

Bearings
Mark spawn and observe what north and east are.

Start Crafting
Get 10 logs: See note below
Get 3 wool blocks
Make a crafting table
Make a wooden pickaxe
Get 11 cobblestone*
Make a stone pickaxe


Shelter
Make a bed
Start on shelter (materials depend, not counted)
Create a door for your shelter
Create a storage chest and place it in the shelter
Create a furnace
Smelt 1 log to make charcoal unless you found coal
Create some torches and place them

**The Easy Way: This is just a summarized list however if you really lazy and most people are you can survive the first night simply by digging a hole. Thats right a HOLE!!

Dig 3 blks down and cover your head with another block. You will survive however you will have limited resources the next day but you are guaranteed safe!