The Complete Minecraft Beginners Guide for 2023

If you are looking for a complete Minecraft beginners guide in 2023, this is the video for you! We show you how to play Minecraft in 2023. From going over the different game modes that Minecraft has to showing you how to survive the first night with a complete Minecraft survival guide, this video covers it all, so let’s jump right on into this Minecraft guide!

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About this video: This is our complete beginners guide on how to play Minecraft in 2023. No matter if you are brand new to Minecraft in 2023 or returning to Minecraft after not playing a while, this will give you the Minecraft basics to ensure that you are start playing no matter.

First things first, there are two versions of Minecraft - Java and Bedrock. Java is the original version of Minecraft, and it can only be played on Mac and PC. Bedrock is the version that you will be playing if you are on a console, Andriod, or iOS device. Bedrock can also run on Windows, but it is less commonly played there.

With that out of the way, there are four basic things to know about Minecraft in 2023 - gathering materials, crafting, building, and combat.

Gathering materials is mining and getting resources such as wood and seeds.

Crafting is taking the materials you gather and creating things with them like tools as well as other blocks like bricks and glass.

Building is where you let your imagination run wild by taking the materials you have gathered and crafted and making new things with them such as houses, farms, and more. The options are endless.

The combat system in Minecraft is where you fight mobs, and in some cases other players. Swords are the main combat weapon. However, bows and crossbows can be used for ranged attacks.

With that out of the way, let’s move on to surviving your first night. As soon as you join into a new world, you will need to cut down some trees. You can do this by punching them with an empty hand.

Once you have wood logs, use the crafting area in your inventory to turn them into planks. Then, place four planks in this crafting area to get a crafting table. By placing this down, you will get a larger crafting area that can be used to craft tools and other items.

From there, you will need to get some food. I recommend killing some animals and getting their meat for food at the start. You can also get a farm going.

Then, it’s time to head down into the mines. Just start mining in a staircase pattern. When you find coal, create some torches. Create a furnace, cook the meat you gathered, and then keep mining until you find iron.

From there, you will be able to build your first house and create a bed. A bed will allow you skip the night in Minecraft, and it is a must have. At this point, you can get diamonds. Then, it’s off to netherite. All while maintaining your farm, gather more resources, and building all that you can image.

And there you have it! That is our complete beginners guide to Minecraft in 2023. If you have any questions about how to play Minecraft in 2023, let us know the comments. We will try our best to help you out.

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[TheBreakdownXYZ]

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[prof.dr.acula.]

I am 20 and was never allowed to play games when I was a child. After getting my job and moving out, I now finally can start with gaming. Thanks for this video 😊

[funtimefreddy]

Pro Tip: If you can't find any coal, smelt a piece of wood (not planks). Then you will get charcoal which is a great alternative to coal.

[prith]

I used to play minecraft from 2013-2015 and stopped later and I can’t believe how much has changed! This video is helpful

[loklo]

I'm a 50 year old learning to play Minecraft as a shared interest with my 5 year old granddaughter.

[thecontinent]

Fun fact for new players:
You can get string from spiders to get wool, allowing you to make a bed.
Fishing and farming are some of the best ways to get food.
Fishing doesn’t just give you fish, it can also get you rare things.
If you only have one tree, break the tree, then wait until it drops a sapling or 4 so you can plant many trees.
Although gold mines stuff the fastest, it also breaks the quickest.
You can trade gold things with piglins in the nether. (The nether is one out of 3 dimensions in the game, and you can get there with 12 obsidian
Obsidian can only be mined with a diamond pickaxe, which can only be mined with iron.
You need diamond tools and/or armor to make netherite tools and/or armor. (You also need a certain table that I don’t remember the name of.)
Shearing sheep gives you more wool than killing it.

[lexicon]

This was really helpful for a first time player, thank you. I’ve been trying to figure out Minecraft on my own and had no idea how to find good coal or iron other than what I happen upon. I also saw on your 2022 vid about burning wood to make coal.. blew my mind. Thank you!!

[KyBuckWild]

I recently started playing this game with my 5yr old... I didn't know what I was doing..but the building and creating really got my attention... This helped a lot! Thank you for the tutorial!

[ronnyday]

Minecraft just went from pretty simple to so complex recently 😊

[xyro]

Great video, also at 29:00 I love how you didn't even acknowledge the mob right behind you

[anonprada]

I tried my first world last night, I had a general idea of what to do: get materials, make gear, build house, etc. I loaded onto a lone island with nothing but rabbits and sand and died my first night. I was like “wow this game is really difficult” and I remembered this game is popular among children and I wasn’t going to get beaten by a “children’s” game so I tried again and loaded into a forest rich with supplies and survived a night. Now I have no idea what to do next other than gather materials and expand my house, which is fun in of itself, but I know there has to be more to this game than that. So here I am lol, thanks for the guide!

[Sancified]

Thanks for this video man! My 6 year old daughter has been begging for Minecraft, so I surprised her with it recently. I was completely lost when I started playing it with her, this video helped out a ton! Thanks again!

[fairiecrossing]

23 and just bought the game for the first time yesterday for my switch!! absolutely stumped on what to do so this came at just the right time! :)

[Box_God]

Good video, im hopefully early. Also ive been playing minecraft for years why am i here?

[xoldseadawgx]

Use torches as a navigation tool. One side going in and the other going out.

[alexschneider]

I played Minecraft with my friends back when it very first launched on the Xbox and we all had a world together which was so much fun. I came back on today for the first time in like a decade. I can’t hardly remember anything about it and also there’s a lot of new stuff. Definitely needed this video.

[chubbypekingese]

You can build a shaft going all the way down.
Don’t dig straight down but dig a shaft and place stairs along the sides.
If to make the shaft 5x5, making the walls 7x7, you can put doorways on three sides, leaving one side for stairs.
You can make a floor every at every multiple of 4 (ie; Y:4, Y:8, Y:12, etc)
You can place a glass block at the center of every floor going down and then mobs wont be able to survive in your shaft and you can track daylight, before you craft a clock.

If you keep the standard of branching off on every every level that is a multiple of 4, it makes it easier to link shafts.
Not necessary but it makes it neater, for me.

Also when making buildings or when you eventually find villages and beef them up against mobs, put a skylight with a glass block so the building gets sunlight inside during the day.

Oh and craft buildings with stone blocks instead of cobblestone blocks to make them mob proof.
Creepers don’t damage stone blocks and fortresses made in the nether can’t be destroyed.

[lennybindman]

Thank you for explaining what you’re doing. I just started playing Minecraft with my friends on our own realm and they are way more experienced and watching this definitely cleared up a lot of confusion. Thank you so much man

[adamg]

Thanks for the guide, my son wanted to try minecraft and now I’m wondering why I never tried it myself it’s very fun I love just mind numbingly digging deep underground looking for ore.

[xSiimp]

I’ve been playing Minecraft for years and I just now found out about the torch trick!! Gonna save me tons of time now 😂