So you've stepped through your portal. The screen's gone all wibbly and then changed to a loading screen while the Nether is generated. And then there you are, standing in the wibbly purple stuff of your portal...but on the other side. Now you're in the Nether. First of all, step out of the portal so that you don't get accidentally sent straight back to the surface. But don't step too far! Just enough to ge ...

As has been mentioned here and there in previous posts, there are a couple of other realms/worlds/dimensions you can access. The two are sort of opposites of each other, one being rather hot and enclosed while the other is more sort of open and...spacious. The first of these two realms is the Nether. To get there, you have to pass through a Nether portal. To access one of these, you have to build it. ...

One type of redstone machinery you can craft is the piston. These are very useful for moving blocks around. There are two varieties of piston... Piston These aren't too difficult to craft - you need four woden planks, three blocks of cobblestone, one iron ingot, and one little pile of redstone dust. Place the planks along the top of the crafting grid, the iron in the centre, the redstone dust beneath the ir ...

There are a few basic devices which can be used to send redstone signals. All of these can be crafted with little difficulty and all work in similar ways. Button Probably the simplest of all the triggers, buttons can be made from either stone or wood. A wooden button is crafted from one wooden plank (placed anywhere in the grid), while a stone button must be made from plain stone, not cobblestone. ...

Minecraft has its own in-game power source - redstone. You can use this stuff to build all kinds of complicated circuitry and elaborate machinery, but here will be covered only the basics. Redstone Wire When you mine redstone ore, you'll get a few piles of redstone dust. This can be placed on the top surface of blocks - like minecart rails, patches of redstone dust will automatically link up to form redston ...