A N00Bs Guide to Minecraft!
Introduction:
You first night. Everyone remembers theirs. Mine was spent in a dirt house, on a hill. I joined Minecraft in Beta_1.4. The good old days, back then, creepers were friendly, zombies came out to play, skeletons were playing poker. But these days, death. Chaos. Havoc. These mobs destroy your world and bring chaos and disastors to your land. So the first thing to do, build a shelter. Most noobs at Minecraft start off by fighting the creatures with feathers (which they think are knives) and end up spawn dying. In this guide, it will teach you how to make a shelter, craft tools and items, build a fortress, and much much more!

Biomes:
When you have created your new world, and waited 30 minutes for it to load, you will spawn in a Biome. Biomes are types of environments in which different mobs, blocks, and dungeons will spawn! Here is a few of the different Biomes which are most common in the world of Minecraft:

• Forest
  
• Desert
  
• River
  
• Ocean
  
• Jungle
  
• Plains
  
• Extreme Hills
  

Forest: This Biome, as expected, grows trees and flowers. Some areas in Forests are completely covered in a wide range of flowers and plants. Other areas have caves forming like rabbit tunnels, and some places even have massive trees.

Desert: This Biome has millions upon millions of sand dunes. Unlike real life, you cannot slide down these dunes and get your bum all wet, but instead, harvest them for their sand. Sand can then be smelted to make glass!

River: One of the most common Biome. Many minecraft players think that this is not an actual Biome, but guess what, it is. This Biome is around 10-30 blocks wide and is most commonly found between other 2 Biomes. In this Biome, squids spawn. This mob can be harvested for its ink to make black wool.

Ocean: The largest Biome of them all. Sanning from around 400 x 300 blocks, this Biome can grow to truely astonishing sizes. If you are ever looking for Squids, or other Mobs which spawn here, just have a quick look and hey presto!

Jungle: Probably the rarest of the Common Biomes. This Biome can spawn ocelots, which can be later on tammed to cats, and the trees produce something called Cocoa Beans. No, these cannot be made into chocolate, but you can make Cookies. This food item restores 1 hunger bar.

Plains: A very common Biome. Spawning all sorts of animals from Pigs to Cows. It also sometimes grows Flowers and Plants. This Biome is very good to live in for the following reasons: A good wood supply (usually), Food from the animals, and Water Ponds everywhere.

Extreme Hills: This Biome is exactly as it sounds. Massive mountains, sky-high trees, but unfortunately no Volcanoes. This Biome can still spawn a wide range of animals, and hostile creatures, so beware!

First materials:
So once you have explored a little (don't go too far from spawn, otherwise you will loose your area/house), its time to make a shelter. This involves:

• Finding a hill
  
• or
  
• Getting wood
  

Once you have found either some wood or a hill, collect some materials. Fill up your inventory with as much time & materials as you possibly have! Once gathered, start building. Let your imagination run wild! Check out the few pictures I have put on here for a few ideas. Once you have your small house, you can start making tools!
Image Link 1 - Image Link 2 - Image Link 3

Tools:
To make tools, you first need a Crafting Table. This block allows you to have a 3 x 3 crafting grid, unlike your inventory which has a  2 x 2 crafting grid. To craft a Crafting Table, use this recipe:

Inventory grid:-
Wooden Planks : Wooden Planks
Wooden Planks : Wooden Planks

Place down you Crafting Table by right-clicking anywhere in your house. If you have no room, make some more by expanding. There are no limits to Minecraft. Right-click on your new Crafting Table and you will see a 3 x 3 crafting grid pop up. Now to make some tools!
Hint: Be sure to have lots of wood on you! Your gonna need it!

Recipes:
Recipe Link

Blocks:
Blocks. The thing minecraft first started out as! Oh the wonderful days when there were no such things as 'items' or 'tools'. Blocks are the thing minecraft revolves around! Here are a few basic blocks that you can craft in your first hours of minecraft!

Recipes:
Recipe Link

Finished!
You have now officially become a Moderate Minecraft Player (or MMP)! Now you need to keep testing out those recipes and continue onto the 2nd edition of this one: A Moderate Minecrafter's Guide to Minecraft! Hope you guys enjoyed this edition and wait for the next one to come out! Be sure to give a diamond, every one helps!

Other blogs:
Mining Secrets
Minecraft 2?
Turtle Derp?
Not get trolled!

Other projects:
Printer in Vanilla!