Welcome to the Blitz.gg Minecraft Survival Guide for Standard (normal) Minecraft Survival Mode. Unlike hardcore, you’ll respawn upon death, making mistakes more forgiving. Nevertheless, managing resources, building efficient farms, and carefully exploring dangerous areas remain core elements of survival. This guide will walk you through early-game basics, mid-game progression, and late-game ambitions—helping you thrive and eventually master the game world.
1. First Steps & Day 1 Essentials
Spawn Area & Initial Supplies
Gather Wood Immediately
Punch trees to obtain logs; craft logs into wooden planks and sticks.
Create a crafting table right away (4 wooden planks).
Craft Basic Tools
Wooden Pickaxe: Your first essential tool for mining stone.
Wooden Axe & Sword: Helpful for collecting more wood quickly and basic mob defense.
Stone Tools: The moment you find cobblestone (in caves or cliff faces), upgrade to stone pickaxe, sword, and axe. They’re more durable and faster than wooden tools.
Get Food
Hunt Animals: Cows, pigs, sheep, and chickens provide quick sources of food.
Gather Seeds: Break tall grass to collect wheat seeds for farming.
Sheep are extra valuable—you need wool for a bed (3 wool + 3 planks), so you can sleep through the night and set a respawn point.
Setting Up a Safe Base
Build a Temporary Shelter
Construct a simple wooden hut, or dig into a hillside for safety.
At night, hostile mobs (zombies, skeletons, creepers) spawn in dark areas—an enclosed space keeps you safe.
Place Torches
Light your shelter and surrounding area to prevent mob spawns.
Make charcoal by smelting logs with planks if you haven’t found coal yet.
Create a Bed
Sleeping resets the day-night cycle and sets a respawn point.
Important for avoiding nightly mob confrontations early on.
2. Progressing Through Early Survival
Upgrading Tools & Armor
Find Iron
Explore caves or dig underground to locate iron ore; smelt it into iron ingots.
Craft iron tools (pickaxe, sword, axe) as soon as possible—these are faster and more durable.
Once you have enough iron (24 ingots), make a full set of iron armor to greatly reduce damage taken.
Maintain a Steady Food Supply
Farming: Plant wheat seeds near a water source for continuous bread production. Expand to carrots, potatoes if you find them.
Animal Breeding: Use wheat or seeds to lure and breed animals (cows, sheep, chickens). This ensures renewable meat and other resources (leather, wool, eggs).
Explore Your Surroundings
Look for Villages: They may contain valuable loot like emeralds, food, or iron gear in chests. Villagers also enable trading.
Collect Resources: Note the location of biomes (swamps, deserts, jungles) for future gathering of unique materials (slime balls, cacti, bamboo, etc.).
Early Combat Tips
Weapons & Strategies
Iron Sword or Axe: Axes deal more damage but swing slower; swords have quicker attacks.
Bows/Crossbows: Great for ranged attacks on creepers or skeletons.
Combat quickly yields experience points for enchanting later on.
Hostile Mobs
Zombies: Easy to handle individually. Watch out for groups.
Skeletons: Strafe or block their arrows; get in close for quick hits.
Creepers: Attack and retreat to avoid explosions or use a bow to keep distance.
3. Mid-Game Milestones
Mining & Resource Gathering
Branch or Strip Mining
Locate diamonds deep underground (around Y-level -53 in modern versions).
Bring plenty of torches, ladders, water buckets to deal with lava pockets.
Collect Diamonds
A diamond pickaxe is crucial for mining obsidian (used for Nether portals and enchanting tables).
Diamonds also allow you to craft advanced gear: weapons, armor, and enchanting tools.
Enchanting Your Gear
Enchanting Table Setup
Requires 2 diamonds, 4 obsidian, and 1 book to craft.
For maximum-level (30) enchantments, surround it with 15 bookshelves (each made from 3 books + 3 planks).
Useful Enchantments
Sword: Sharpness, Looting, Unbreaking.
Bow: Power, Infinity (or Mending), Punch.
Armor: Protection, Unbreaking, maybe specialized enchantments like Fire Protection for the Nether.
Nether Access
Building a Nether Portal
Mine obsidian with a diamond pickaxe.
Minimum portal frame: 10 obsidian blocks (2x3 interior).
Prepare Thoroughly
Bring iron or diamond armor, plenty of food, a bow for ghasts, and building blocks to protect yourself.
Gold armor piece (e.g., boots) to prevent Piglins from attacking on sight.
Important Nether Resources
Blaze Rods (for brewing stand fuel and crafting Eyes of Ender).
Nether Wart (grows in Nether Fortresses; essential for potions).
Quartz (for redstone components like observers or for XP from mining).
4. Late Game Objectives
Brewing & Potions
Brewing Stand
Crafted with 1 Blaze Rod + 3 cobblestone.
Use nether wart and various ingredients (e.g., ghast tears, magma cream) to brew potions.
Key Potions
Healing, Regeneration, and Strength help in boss fights or tough battles.
Fire Resistance is great for exploring the Nether or dealing with blazes.
Slaying the Ender Dragon
Eyes of Ender
Combine ender pearls and blaze powder to locate a Stronghold and activate its End Portal.
Ender pearls can be obtained by hunting Endermen or trading with villagers (clerics).
Fight Preparation
Armor & Weapons: Enchanted diamond (or netherite) gear, good bow with Power IV or V, golden apples, potions (Slow Falling, Strength, Instant Health).
Strategy: Destroy End Crystals on top of obsidian pillars to remove the dragon’s healing source, then focus on dealing damage with your bow or melee hits.
Netherite Gear (Optional Advanced Step)
Ancient Debris
Found in the Nether, typically around Y-level 12 to 15. Use TNT or bed explosions (carefully) for quick clearing.
Smelt into netherite scraps, then combine with gold to form netherite ingots.
Upgrading Equipment
Use a Smithing Table to turn diamond gear into netherite gear (retains enchantments).
Netherite armor has higher durability and better knockback resistance.
Automation & Large Builds
Farms
Mob Farms: Easy XP, drops (bones, arrows, gunpowder).
Iron Farms: Automated golem spawning for endless iron.
Villager Trading Halls: Farm emeralds and trade for enchanted books, tools, and more.
Creative Projects
Build a mega base, massive city, or themed realm now that you have resources.
Redstone contraptions and decorative builds become easier with infinite or large-scale item supplies.
5. Respawning & Recovery Tips
Keep a Backup Set of Gear
If you die, you can quickly recover your items from your death location or use spare gear to continue playing.
Storing valuable items (e.g., diamonds, enchanting materials) in a secure chest ensures you won’t lose everything.
Use Beds to Set Spawn Points
Whenever you travel far from home, place a bed to avoid a long trek if you die.
Beds can be placed in various “safe houses” or outposts across the map.
Stay Organized
Labeled chests for blocks, ores, farming products, mob drops, etc.
Easier inventory management means fewer mistakes or lost time.
6. Final Notes
Enjoy Trial & Error: Standard survival mode allows you to learn from mistakes without losing your world. Experiment with building, redstone, or PvE combat!
Keep Improving Gear: Continual enchantment upgrades and better resource farms help you tackle bigger challenges.
Set Personal Goals: Slay the Wither, explore ocean monuments, or create elaborate redstone machines—your journey is what you make it.
With these strategies and milestones, you’re equipped to flourish in Minecraft’s standard survival mode. Gather essential resources, steadily upgrade your gear, and embrace the fun of exploration and creation. As you master the Overworld, Nether, and eventually the End, you’ll find nearly endless opportunities for adventure and creativity!
