Survival Guide

This page serves as a guide to those joining BetaMC for the first time interested in learning some tips and tricks to survive and even thrive on the server. This guide will teach you tips and tricks for Beta 1.7.3, and some helpful things to note about BetaMC gameplay in particular.

Beta 1.7.3 Tips and Tricks

Crafting recipe differences

A couple of crafting recipes are different in beta Minecraft:

• Fences are crafted with 6 sticks, similar to trapdoors.
• Books are crafted with 3 paper, vertically.
• Stone buttons are crafted with 2 stone, vertically.
• Mushroom stew is crafted with red and brown mushrooms and a bowl, vertically.

Crop Trampling

In beta Minecraft, crops are very fragile, and break if you do not sneak (Shift) on farmland. You can prevent crop breakage by placing fences underneath the farmland, which allows you to walk and jump on crops without breaking them.

Funky block durability

Some blocks such as stairs and slabs don't always break the fastest with the tool one would expect.

• All slabs are best broken with a Pickaxe
• Wooden stairs and Crafting Tables are best broken with a Sword
• Wool is best broken with shears

In general, Swords break all blocks 15% faster than using no tool at all, so in cases where there is no specific tool, use a Sword.

Armor

In Beta 1.7.3, armor works quite differently. Each piece provides a certain amount of protection. (seen by the white icons opposite to your health) Iron and Diamond armor provide equal amounts of protection, but differ in durability. Therefore, for most applications, it's suggested that you only craft iron armor, and save diamonds for more important items, such as tools.

F3 menu

Just like in modern Minecraft, you can press F3 to open up the debug menu. This menu will show you a number of stats including your current coordinates, FPS, and an entity count. It will also put entity tags above any entity in your render distance. This can be used essentially as a radar. Very useful for locating spawners!

Fragile Boats

Boats are very fragile in this version, if you hit an obstacle at too fast of a speed, your boat will break into two planks, and two sticks. (not enough to craft another boat unfortunately...) One can avoid this by paying attention to water particles that appear from the back of the boat when travelling at full speed. If you slow down your boat by hitting the S key, the water particles will stop when you are going slow enough to collide with obstacles without breaking your boat.

BetaMC Specific Tips

Home Commands

You can set a home using the command:
/sethome {home name}
You can then teleport back to the home you set by typing:
/home {home name}
You can remove unwanted homes by using the command:
/delhome {existing home name}
As of now, all players have 5 home slots to use. More homes will eventually be gained with more playtime, but this feature is currently in development.

Villages

Villages are used to claim land and protect it from griefing. You can create a village by typing the command:
/village create {village name}

When you create your village, it will claim the chunk you are standing in. You can claim more chunks for $25.00 each by using the command:
/village claim