Hints And Tips [Contest]

1. Don't Try To Open Chests While Holding A Bucket Of Lava.

2. Rare Ores (Like Gold, Redstone Or Diamond) Can Only Be Picked With An Iron Pickaxe Or A Better One.

3. Use A Shovel On Gravel To Obtain Flint.

4. When You Die, Your Items Will Stay For A Time In The Place You Died.

5. Enemies Spawn At Dark Places. Illuminate Your Constructions So They Don't Spawn inside them.

6. Never Dig Under You. You Could Fall Into A Cave Full Of Monsters And No Light.

7. When Building Bridges Or Other High Altitude Edification, Hold The SHIFT Key To Sneak. In That Stance You Can't Fall Off Ledges.

8. Build A High Tower Near Your Base' So You Can Find It From Far Away When Exploring.

9. When Placing A Door, Place It From The Outside. That Way Arrows Shot By Enemies Won't Go Through The Door.

10. Use A Hoe To Till Dirt And Grass Blocks And Obtain Seeds. Use Them On Dirt Near Water To Farm.

11. A Planted Seed Needs A Water Block Flowing At The Same Height Level.

12. Plants Need Direct Sunlight To Grow.

13. Obsidian Can Be Created By Colliding A Flow Of Water Into A Pool Of Lava.

14. Obsidian Can Only Be Mined With Diamond Pickaxe.

15. You Can Create An Indestructible House Using Obsidian Blocks.

16. Sun/Moon Rises In the East And Sets In The West.

17. Dropped Items Last Around Five Minutes On The Floor.

18. Craft A Bed And Sleep In It. From Now ON Thats Your Spawn Point.

19. When You Kill Animal By Burning It It Will Usually Drop A Cooked Meal.

20. If You Go Into The Nether Without Flint And Steel And Your Portal Gets Shutdown, Have A Ghast Shoot At It To Reactivate It.