Editing Guide:Getting started (section)

== Your Second Day and Onwards ==
Congratulations, you've made it through your first day (and night) of ''Better Than Adventure''! Or the second as well, if you were taking your time. This next section will see the general progression you'll be faced with up until the Nether!

=== 18. Mine some {{InvSprite|Stone Iron Ore}}[[Iron Ore|iron ore]]. ===
Next, you'll want to mine some iron ore. Iron ore can be mined and smelted into iron ingots, which you can craft into tools, armor, and various other useful items. Iron ore typically generates at lower Y levels in the world, so you will want to start digging downward from your cave base. Make sure to dig in a stair-step pattern, and '''never dig straight down!''' You could get stuck without a way to go back to your base, or you may fall into a cave full of monsters or lava.

Once you find iron ore, you'll be able to mine it with your stone pickaxe. Make sure '''not''' to mine it with your wooden pickaxe, or else it will drop nothing. Upon mining the iron ore block, one {{InvSprite|Raw Iron Ore}} [[Raw Iron Ore|raw iron ore]] item will drop.

=== 19. Smelt your raw iron into {{InvSprite|Iron Ingot}} [[Iron Ingot|iron ingots]]. ===
You may notice that if you try to use your raw iron ore to craft items, it won't work. This is because it needs to be smelted down into iron ingots first. To make iron ingots, simply put your raw iron into the furnace, similarly to how you cooked your porkchops earlier. If you found any extra coal while mining, you can use it to smelt your iron.
{{Crafting table
|type=furnace
|input=Raw Iron Ore
|fuel=Coal
|RESULT=Iron Ingot
|foot=y
}}

=== 20. Craft an {{InvSprite|Iron Pickaxe}} iron pickaxe. ===
One of the first tools you should craft with your newly smelted iron is an iron pickaxe. Iron pickaxes will mine blocks much faster than stone pickaxes. You can also mine more types of ores with it. It is crafted in the same way as the stone and wooden pickaxes, except with three iron ingots.{{Crafting table|Iron Ingot|foot=y|RESULT=Iron Pickaxe|Iron Ingot|Iron Ingot|5=Stick|8=Stick|type=workbench}}

=== 21. Craft a {{InvSprite|Wooden Chest}} chest. ===
By now, your inventory is likely filled with a lot of items. You can store some of those items in chests. Chests require eight wooden planks to be crafted. Each chest provides around one inventory's worth of storage space. However, if you place a second chest next to your first chest, it will become a double chest which can store twice as many items!{{Crafting table|Wooden Planks|foot=y|RESULT=Wooden Chest|Wooden Planks|4=Wooden Planks|5=|7=Wooden Planks|8=Wooden Planks|type=workbench|Wooden Planks|6=Wooden Planks|9=Wooden Planks}}

=== 22. Mine for more resources. ===
At this point in the game, you have much more freedom and do not have to follow a linear path. There are many different ores to mine and items to craft. Your first task should be to extend your mine down until you find {{InvSprite|Basalt}} [[basalt]]. This signifies that you are at a level in which more types of ores appear. Here are the types of ore to look out for:

* {{InvSprite|Stone Redstone Ore}} '''Redstone Ore:''' Used to make redstone powered items. Can be placed on the ground as redstone dust to transmit electric signals.
* {{InvSprite|Stone Gold Ore}} '''Gold Ore:''' A general material used in crafting. You can use it to make golden tools, but they don't last very long and aren't recommended. You need to smelt the raw gold ore similarly to iron ore.
* {{InvSprite|Stone Lapis Lazuli Ore}} '''Lapis Lazuli Ore:''' Used as a blue dye.
* {{InvSprite|Stone Diamond Ore}} '''Diamond Ore:''' Used to craft the fastest tools in the game. This is the rarest ore you can find.

Once you've collected some redstone ore and you have some extra iron ingots, consider crafting a {{InvSprite|Compass}} compass. Having this item in your inventory will allow you to see your coordinates in the world. Make sure to note down the coordinates of important places such as your base in case you get lost.{{Crafting table|foot=y|RESULT=Compass|2=Iron Ingot|4=Iron Ingot|8=Iron Ingot|type=workbench|6=Iron Ingot|5=Redstone Dust}}

=== 23. Craft more iron tools and {{InvSprite|Iron Chestplate}} iron armor. ===
Now that you've gathered some more iron, smelt it down into ingots. This is a good time to make some armor to protect yourself from mobs. Note that you may want to skip making iron boots, as leather boots are more useful later on for growing crops.{{Crafting table|foot=y|RESULT=Iron Sword|2=Iron Ingot|5=Iron Ingot|8=Stick}}

{{Crafting table|Iron Ingot|foot=y|RESULT=Iron Axe|Iron Ingot|4=Iron Ingot|5=Stick|8=Stick}}

{{Crafting table|foot=y|RESULT=Iron Shovel|2=Iron Ingot|5=Stick|8=Stick}}

{{Crafting table|foot=y|RESULT=Iron Helmet|2=Iron Ingot|Iron Ingot|3=Iron Ingot|4=Iron Ingot|6=Iron Ingot}}

{{Crafting table|foot=y|RESULT=Iron Chestplate|5=Iron Ingot|8=Iron Ingot|Iron Ingot|3=Iron Ingot|4=Iron Ingot|6=Iron Ingot|7=Iron Ingot|9=Iron Ingot}}{{Crafting table|foot=y|RESULT=Iron Leggings|2=Iron Ingot|Iron Ingot|3=Iron Ingot|4=Iron Ingot|6=Iron Ingot|7=Iron Ingot|9=Iron Ingot}}

{{Crafting table|foot=y|RESULT=Iron Boots|4=Iron Ingot|6=Iron Ingot|7=Iron Ingot|9=Iron Ingot}}

=== 24. Set up a {{InvSprite|Wheat}} wheat farm. ===
If you don't want to rely on killing pigs to get food, you can farm wheat. To start farming, you'll need a hoe.{{Crafting table|Cobblestone|foot=y|RESULT=Stone Hoe|Cobblestone|5=Stick|8=Stick}}

You can make a hoe out of any material you want, but the stone hoe is typically sufficient. Higher tiers do not offer any benefits other than increased durability. You will also want to craft a bucket. Buckets allow you to move liquids such as water and lava around.

{{Crafting table|foot=y|RESULT=Bucket|4=Iron Ingot|6=Iron Ingot|8=Iron Ingot}}

Now you can begin gathering {{InvSprite|Wheat Seeds}} seeds. You can get seeds by breaking the tall grass around your world with your hoe. Note that seeds won't drop unless you break grass with your hoe. Next, start making farmland by right clicking grass or dirt blocks while holding your hoe. You will notice that the farmland will eventually dry up unless the farmland block has water up to four blocks away from it.

The way you chose to make your farm is up to you. Typically, farms will either have rows of alternating farmland and water:

[[File:Farm Rows.png|alt=A farm consisting of alternating rows of water and farmland.|frameless]]

Or a field of farmland with a single block of water in the middle:

[[File:Farm Field.png|alt=A 9x9 field of farmland with one water block in the middle.|frameless]]

Notice that some of the patches of farmland are a darker brown color. These blocks are hydrated, and won't dry out. Crops planted on them will grow significantly faster than crops grown on dehydrated farmland. Hydration will automatically spread over time if water is near your farmland.

Next, hold your seeds and right click the farmland blocks. You will plant the seed. Seeds grow slowly over time, and eventually mature into full grown wheat. The final stage of wheat is more yellow with brown at the tips: {{BlockSprite|Wheat}}

Once a seed has grown fully into wheat, break it by left clicking it. It will drop one wheat item and a random number of seed items for replanting. Once you have three wheat, you can craft a piece of bread. Bread heals six health points. As time passes, you will eventually acquire an abundance of wheat, allowing you to self-sufficiently grow food without going hunting for pigs.

{{Crafting table|foot=y|RESULT=Bread|4=Wheat|5=Wheat|type=workbench|6=Wheat}}

You may notice that you keep trampling your farmland whenever you walk over it. To negate this, collect four pieces of {{InvSprite|Leather}} leather by killing cows. Use the leather to craft leather boots, then equip them. You will no longer be able to trample farmland.

{{Crafting table|foot=y|RESULT=Leather Boots|4=Leather|6=Leather|7=Leather|9=Leather}}

=== 25. Mine some {{InvSprite|Stone Diamond Ore}} diamond ore. ===
Diamonds are used to craft some of the best tools and armor in ''Minecraft''. You may already have found some by mining, but if you haven't, try mining at Y=11. This is one of the best places to mine for diamonds. Be careful about mining under Y=10, because that is where lava pools begin to generate.

Once you find three diamonds, craft a diamond pickaxe. You don't need to smelt your diamonds into ingots, so just put them in the crafting grid like so:{{Crafting table|Diamond|foot=y|RESULT=Diamond Pickaxe|Diamond|Diamond|5=Stick|8=Stick}}

Congratulations, you've crafted the fastest pickaxe in the game! You will be able to mine out large areas of stone significantly faster than with any other tool. This will make it easier to find even more diamonds in the future. Once you've found some more, you can craft diamond variants of your tools and armor.