Minecraft, The Nether

Minecraft, The Nether

This tutorial will teach you how to get to and what to look for in the Nether.

This is a Nether portal. It is made out of obsidian (Obsidian is found in caves underneath the ground however you need a diamond pick to mine it.)

You activate the Nether portal you need to right click the portal with a flint & steel or a fire-charge. Then just walk through to get to the Nether.

Welcome to the Nether time to start exploring.

The Blocks And Terrain

Time to explore the blocks and terrain within the Nether.

Quartz ore can be found in the Nether. If you break quartz ore you get a piece of quartz and Xp.

Lava is everywhere in the Nether its found just as frequently as water in the normal world.

Glow-stone and gravel are found in the nether too.

Mushrooms are also found in the Nether.

This is soulsand. Soul-sand is used to grow nether-wart on.

There are caves within the nether much like the normal world which have lava in them.

Nether Fortresses

Nether fortresses are the only generated structures within the Nether and they contain many interesting things.

You can find chests within the nether fortresses.

You can find Nether wart in the fortresses which can be used to make potions.

The Monsters

This doesn't show all mobs just the most dangerous ones.

Blazes spawn in nether-fortresses and they drop blaze rods when killed.

Zombie pig-men aren't hosetile however if you punch one they instantly become hostile.

Ghasts are flying mobs which shoot exploding balls. When killed they will drop gunpowder and possibly a ghast tear which can make regeneration potions.

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Signing off for now.

-Stephenkiwin