Tutorials

The list below contains tutorials describing various factors and mechanics of Minecraft.

Introductory

These tutorials are designed to help newcomers to Minecraft get a basic understanding of the game.

Newcomer survival

Shelters

General

Getting to know the game better. These are for when the player is comfortably established.

Enchanting and smelting

These tutorials provide information on how the furnaces and the enchantment system work.

Challenges

Non-standard survival

Adventure survival
Custom maps
Flat survival (Bedrock and Java Edition)
Half hearted hardcore
Hardcore mode
Surviving in a single area indefinitely
Infinite desert survival
Island survival
Manhunt
Mob switch
Nomadic experience
Skyblock
SkyWars
Speedrunning
Starting in the Nether
Superflat survival (Java Edition)
Ultra hardcore survival
The World Starts With One

Challenge maps

Construction

Block breaking

These tutorials provide information on how to break blocks automatically, usually by an explosion.

Farming

These tutorials provide information on crop and mob farming. In most cases, the player has a choice among a variety of farming methods and designs. While a huge automatic farm may be useful where large supplies of something are needed, it's important to remember that a small, simple farm can easily provide enough resources for an early-game player, or casual use in general.

Items

Mobs

Mechanisms

These tutorials provide information on redstone mechanisms.

Basic redstone

Redstone tutorials: Roundup of all redstone-related tutorials (some are also linked below)
Redstone dust: The core material that enables most redstone devices, being crafted into many of them and also placed to carry signals.
Redstone mechanics: The basic game mechanics for redstone power and signals.
Redstone components: The blocks that are used in and with redstone contraptions.
Redstone circuits: Lists various types of reusable circuits that can be used to manipulate signals, with sub-pages giving examples of the various types.
Redstone tips: Hints and advice for building your redstone devices.

Various devices

Automatic respawn anchor recharger: Recharges respawn anchors so they can be used again.
Combination locks: Locks that only open with the right combination entered.
Command blocks and functions: Making many contraptions using command blocks.
Crafter: Automated crafting systems.
Flying machines: Slime block contraptions that can fly.
Hopper: Hoppers are key for item handling and sorting.
Item sorting: Sorts items.
Item transportation: Moves items.
Mechanisms: Lists an assortment of complete devices using redstone.
Observer stabilizer: Keeps observer-based contraptions from continously firing.
Randomizers: Generates random outputs.
Redstone music: Creating music with note blocks and redstone circuits.
Rube Goldberg machine: Complexity and spectacle!
Shulker box storage: A storage system that relies on shulker boxes.

Detectors

Block update detector: Sends a signal if a block state changes.
Comparator update detector: Sends a signal if a compator detects a change in a block.
Daylight detector: Sends a signal if the light changes.

Minecarts

Minecarts: Large railway systems can benefit from redstone at the terminals.
Storage minecarts: Loading and unloading chests and hopper minecarts.
- Digital: Digital method of loading and unloading chests and hopper minecarts.

Traps

Pistons

Tripwire

Tripwire techniques

Advanced redstone

Multiplayer

These tutorials provide technical information on servers and tips for multiplayer.

Server setup

Technical

These tutorials provide information on technical matters, such as mods and snapshots.

Maps

Resource packs

Data packs

These tutorials are exclusive to Java Edition.

Creating Minecraft media

Game installation

Legacy tutorials

The following tutorials are obsolete and intended for older versions of Minecraft. They are kept here for historical purposes.

Custom texture packs — texture packs are no longer used, resource packs use new file structure
How to get a crash report (Outdated) — No longer works with the current launcher
Water tram - Boat mechanics have been overhauled
Repeater reboot system — A glitch that existed in Beta only
Update LWJGL (Legacy) — Current launcher automatically updates libraries
Custom lake — These methods are no longer needed since water is more obliging
Water ladder — N longer works as given, water behavior has changed a lot since Beta
Installing mods - Modloader — ModLoader is no longer supported by its creator
Far Lands — Only existed before Beta 1.8
Instant wire — A glitch that existed in Beta
Update Minecraft — Updating and downgrading Minecraft is automatic in the new launcher
Minecart booster — Minecart boosters were fixed shortly after the introduction of powered rails.
Survival with no enabled data packs - Blocks no longer drop items when data packs are disabled with the Village & Pillage update. Furthermore, as of 1.16, this is no longer possible as data packs are now validated before the world is created, and some tags are necessary for the data packs to be valid.
Door-based iron golem farming - Villages are no longer based around doors with the Village & Pillage update.
Legacy village mechanics - Villages are no longer based around doors with the Village & Pillage update.
Village chaining - Villages are no longer based around doors with the Village & Pillage update.
Potion farming - This method of potion farming was patched in version 1.17.30 as a result of being too overpowered. Witch farms can still give potions however.
End of light mob farms - Patched in 22w12a
Obtaining discontinued features - Information on how to obtain features that could only be collected in older versions but can be updated into future versions.

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