Talk:Beginner's Guide

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Last updated for 3.72 on June 17, 2012.

I searched for hours to find any cohesive up to date guide on how to start out in BTW and came up short. Everything i found was horribly old, or i had to browse between several pages to find recipes and such. So, here it all is. I'll try to be concise and to the point. Feel free to edit for grammer and such!

Itamarcu: The guide is not complete yet. I fixed a few mistakes and grammar errors, although someone should probably change the name of the page to "Beginners' Guide" or "Beginner's Guide".

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I've added a limitation on the scope of this guide in the head, as a guard against its growing in size over time. I strongly think this page should serve the surgical purpose of explaining the absolutely most central features of BTW, focusing on "what do I do?" versus "how do I do it?" - that's answered on specific feature pages.

This guide should not cater to those who know what to look for and where in other places but would rather not, and should absolutely not degenerate into anything FAQ-ish.

This guide should ideally not restate details found on specific item pages - links should suffice. It should explain principles and mod "flow", not specific methods.

Also this guide should not be written excessively informally. I don't object to the second person singular on this page, but colloquialisms should be avoided - a wiki is a wiki.

I will, if I have the time, be going over this guide and revising it, particularly in matters of tone and organization.

Shmooooo 21:37, 21 June 2012 (MDT)

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Hello, I'm the author thus far of the beginners guide and i dont entirely understand some of what your saying in your post there. Especially the second person part. If you would please go http://sargunster.com/btwforum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4581&p=76136#p76136 and provide more instruction i would be happy to attempt to update my writing style.

Why is there a focus on mining the 1st day in this guide?

In this guide, the focus on the first day is mining. I can not understand why

In BTW, your time limits are all food related

Once you settle in a area, your time limited resources are animals. There is no urgency to mine cobblestone early game other than to replace your tools

Thus I propose the advice be changed to

Check to see if you have exposed stone nearby

Mention when punching wood to focus on oak or spruce rather than birch trees as birch logs should be saved to be used as a fuel If there is punch wood until you have 13 planks If there isn't punch wood until you have 15 planks Make crafting table Make 6 shafts for 13, 8 shafts for 15 13: Make 2 wood pickaxes 15: Make s2 wood pickaxes and a wood shovel If you need to use the shovel to expose stone Mine 2 cobblestone Make 1st stone axe Cut down and chop 8 logs if you know you will be able to remember where your crafting table was before nightfall Cut down and chop 10 logs if you think you will be likely to get lost If you made a shovel (and you still have uses on it), the nearest chicken should be protected by digging a 2 hole deep hole underneath the chicken. Place a dirt block over it. This provides a nearby chicken to start a chicken farm later. Use rest of your axe on nearby animals Go back to your crafting table (or find a new area to make a shelter Make 14 shafts Make 3 wood pickaxes (and a crafting table if you need to). Mine 3 cobblestone Make stone pickaxe Mine 1 cobblestone Make stone shovel Finish your shelter with dirt blocks Mine 5 cobblestone Make 1 stone pick, 1 stone axe Mine 6 cobble Reorganize inventory and wait until undead stop burning Leave shelter, cut and chop 1 log Hunt until your axe runs out of durability or you get the hungry status Go back to shelter. If you need to make another stone axe Cut wooden logs until nightfall Make stone pickaxe Mine 6 cobblestone Make 2 stone pickaxes Mine 8 cobblestone Make furnace Cook food. Eat Start building up supplies of stone tools Next day go back to hunting. Get more wood when you need to Mine in your base at night. If you found brown mushrooms, turn your base into a brown mushroom farm Once nearby animals are dead and you have enough food, use daytime to find surface coal/iron