Basic Survival

Survival in beta Minecraft was quite different from the modern versions today. BTA being based on b1.7.3, inherits all the features from it and much more. Don't worry, surviving and progressing in BTA won't be as hard as GregTech at least :) Depending on what world type you chose, your survival plan will differ accordingly, for this guide we will be talking about "extended" world type.

Step 1: Scouting your spawn area

The first thing you should do in every new world is to walk around and get a sense of your area. If you are happy with the terrain, animal quantities and the biomes you can safely stay. If not, walk further out and craft a boat if necessary. Tip: press the R key to open up your recipe book. It will initially contain crafting recipe silhouettes that your character will automatically fill up each time your discover the items needed for those recipes. The tooltips will have a number of question marks that match the number of letters of the item's name, so you can guess what item you might need.

Step 2: Hunt animals

While exploring your area you should be killing any animals that get in your way, try to aim for pigs and sheep as those will give you food and wool respectively. You will need 2 wool to craft a bed and porkchops will restore health when consumed. That's right, the bed will require 2 clothes, 3 wooden planks and 1 wool to be crafted in the workbench. In order to get some cloth, you will need to slay some zombies.

Step 3: Build a hideout