Introduction |
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Conventions Used in This Book |
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How This Book Is Organized |
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Part I Getting Started with Minecraft |
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Part II Learning Basic Survival Skills |
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Part III Developing Advanced Skills |
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Part IV Customizing Minecraft |
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Part V Making Minecraft a Family Affair |
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Part I Getting Started with Minecraft |
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chapter 1 Entering Minecraft |
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Getting to Know Minecraft |
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Registering a Minecraft Account |
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10 | (1) |
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Purchasing and Installing Minecraft |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (6) |
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Logging in and operating the main menu |
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12 | (1) |
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Starting your first game in SinglePlayer mode |
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13 | (1) |
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Understanding basic controls |
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14 | (3) |
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Watching the Heads-Up Display (HUD) |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (7) |
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19 | (1) |
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19 | (3) |
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Understanding the Heads-Up Display (HUD) for PE |
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chapter 2 Surviving the First Night |
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Preparing for Your First Night |
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25 | (4) |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (1) |
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Manipulating the inventory |
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28 | (1) |
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Setting Up for Your First Night |
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Building a crafting table and shelter |
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Making sticks and wooden tools |
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Completing Optional Day One Activities |
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35 | (3) |
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Mining cobblestone and coal |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (1) |
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Switching from Peaceful mode to Easy mode to Normal mode |
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Surviving the first night: Three strategies to light the way |
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44 | (3) |
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Implementing a Minecraft PE strategy for surviving the night |
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45 | (2) |
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Part II Learning the Basic Skills |
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47 | (36) |
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chapter 3 Surviving Hunger |
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49 | (16) |
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Understanding and Avoiding Hunger |
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49 | (9) |
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50 | (4) |
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54 | (1) |
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Saturation: Making the most of your food |
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55 | (2) |
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57 | (1) |
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Understanding Minecraft PE and Food |
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58 | (1) |
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58 | (1) |
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59 | (1) |
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Protecting Yourself with Armor |
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60 | (5) |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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chapter 4 Discovering Blocks and Items |
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Starting In the Wooden Age |
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Making It Through the Looting Age |
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70 | (4) |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (3) |
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Using the Stonecutter with Minecraft PE |
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79 | (1) |
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Building an Effective House |
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79 | (1) |
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Moving from Effective Houses to Bases |
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80 | (3) |
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Part III Mastering Techniques |
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chapter 5 Understanding Biomes and Mastering Farms |
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85 | (30) |
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86 | (10) |
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86 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (2) |
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89 | (4) |
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93 | (2) |
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Exploring in neutral biomes |
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95 | (1) |
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Building the Perfect Farm |
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96 | (8) |
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96 | (3) |
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99 | (3) |
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102 | (1) |
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Knowing the PE Farming Differences |
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104 | (1) |
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Examining Different Types of Mobs |
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104 | (11) |
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105 | (2) |
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Protecting yourself from hostile mobs |
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107 | (4) |
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Ignoring neutral and allied mobs |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (1) |
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chapter 6 Mastering Mines |
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115 | (10) |
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115 | (9) |
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115 | (2) |
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Digging into branch mining |
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117 | (4) |
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Stepping into staircase mining |
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121 | (1) |
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122 | (1) |
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Ripping into strip mining |
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123 | (1) |
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Rushing into speed mining |
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124 | (1) |
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chapter 7 Increasing Resources through Villages and Excavation |
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125 | (14) |
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125 | (6) |
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Exploring village features |
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126 | (1) |
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127 | (2) |
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129 | (2) |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (6) |
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Excavating a Desert temple |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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Exploring an abandoned mine shaft |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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Exploring the nether fortress |
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137 | (1) |
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Discovering ocean monuments |
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137 | (1) |
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Understanding Minecraft PE Excavation |
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138 | (1) |
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chapter 8 Developing Redstone |
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139 | (24) |
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139 | (2) |
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Understanding Redstone Basics |
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141 | (18) |
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Transmitting power with redstone wire |
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142 | (1) |
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Using other redstone mechanisms |
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143 | (8) |
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Applying redstone circuits |
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151 | (1) |
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Advanced redstone circuitry |
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152 | (7) |
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159 | (1) |
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Activating Command Blocks |
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160 | (1) |
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Creating Self-Sustaining Farms |
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160 | (3) |
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chapter 9 Progressing Through the Later Block Ages |
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163 | (5) |
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Using Tools of the Iron Age |
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163 | (3) |
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Playing with fluid dynamics |
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166 | (2) |
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Entering the Agricultural Age |
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168 | (1) |
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Reaping the Benefits of the Age of Wealth |
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169 | (11) |
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Finding the Nether and End |
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175 | (4) |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (3) |
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183 | (5) |
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183 | (2) |
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185 | (2) |
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Exploring the block ages in Minecraft PE |
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187 | (1) |
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Building Transportation Systems |
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188 | (3) |
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188 | (1) |
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188 | (2) |
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Transporting by way of minecarts |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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191 | (2) |
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193 | (20) |
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Enchanting Weapons, Tools, and Armor |
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193 | (8) |
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194 | (2) |
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196 | (2) |
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Repairing things on the anvil |
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198 | (3) |
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201 | (6) |
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201 | (2) |
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203 | (1) |
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204 | (1) |
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204 | (2) |
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206 | (1) |
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206 | (1) |
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206 | (1) |
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Fighting witches and potions |
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206 | (1) |
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207 | (6) |
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chapter 11 Advancing to the Nether, the End, and Beyond |
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213 | (12) |
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213 | (5) |
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213 | (2) |
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215 | (2) |
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217 | (1) |
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Playing PE Minecraft --- the Nether |
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218 | (4) |
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219 | (2) |
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Staying busy in the afterglow of completing The End |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (3) |
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Part IV Expanding Your Minecraft Experience |
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225 | (50) |
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chapter 12 Playing in Multiplayer Worlds and Cheats |
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227 | (14) |
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Starting or Joining a Multiplayer World |
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227 | (4) |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (1) |
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Joining regular and bukkit servers |
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230 | (1) |
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Playing PE MultiPlayer Mode |
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231 | (1) |
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Using the Chat Menu and Cheats |
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232 | (5) |
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Entering commands that can be used by all players |
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232 | (1) |
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Using operator-only commands |
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233 | (3) |
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Using operator-only, public-server-only commands |
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236 | (1) |
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Using nonspecific parameters |
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237 | (1) |
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chapter 13 Customizing Your Experience |
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241 | (26) |
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Implementing Additional World Options |
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241 | (6) |
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242 | (1) |
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Customizing a superflat world |
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243 | (1) |
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Choosing large biomes and amplified worlds |
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244 | (1) |
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Playing in Customized mode |
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245 | (1) |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (1) |
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247 | (1) |
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Managing the .minecraft Folder |
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248 | (2) |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (1) |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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252 | (1) |
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Navigating the Escape Key Window |
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252 | (7) |
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253 | (5) |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (2) |
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Installing Resource Packs |
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261 | (1) |
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262 | (2) |
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264 | (1) |
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Customizing Gameplay Through Apps |
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265 | (2) |
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chapter 14 Minecraft in the Larger World |
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267 | (8) |
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Checking Out External Sites and Resources |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (5) |
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Subscribing to Redstone YouTubers |
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269 | (1) |
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Finding Minecraft YouTube groups |
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270 | (1) |
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Watching building-focused YouTube channels |
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271 | (1) |
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271 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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Listening to Minecraft music on YouTube |
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272 | (1) |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (1) |
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Part V Making Minecraft a Family Affair |
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275 | (38) |
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chapter 15 Choosing the Platform That Works for You |
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277 | (6) |
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278 | (2) |
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280 | (1) |
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Using Minecraft on the Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PlayStation 3 |
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281 | (1) |
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Using Minecraft for Raspberry Pi |
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282 | (1) |
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Anticipating Future Editions of Minecraft |
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282 | (1) |
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chapter 16 Understanding the Minecraft Game Modes |
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283 | (12) |
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283 | (1) |
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Practicing with Creative Mode |
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284 | (2) |
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Navigating Adventure Mode |
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286 | (1) |
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Torturing Yourself Through Hardcore Mode |
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287 | (1) |
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Seeing the World Through Spectator Mode |
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288 | (1) |
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289 | (3) |
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Dying in Hardcore and Peaceful mode |
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291 | (1) |
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292 | (1) |
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Understanding Game Modes in Minecraft PE |
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292 | (3) |
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chapter 17 Understanding What Every Parent Needs to Know about Minecraft |
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295 | (18) |
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Teaching Through Minecraft |
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296 | (3) |
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Knowing Where to Buy Minecraft |
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299 | (4) |
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Differentiating between game types |
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299 | (2) |
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Ordering your child's first Minecraft account |
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301 | (1) |
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Registering a Minecraft account |
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301 | (1) |
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Purchasing and installing Minecraft |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (4) |
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Knowing whom your kids are playing with |
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303 | (1) |
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Understanding Minecraft channels on YouTube |
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304 | (2) |
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306 | (1) |
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Teaching Proper Minecraft Etiquette |
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307 | (2) |
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Preventing server crashes |
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308 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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Playing with Your Children |
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309 | (4) |
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309 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (2) |
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313 | (44) |
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chapter 18 Ten Helpful Survival Tips |
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315 | (10) |
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315 | (1) |
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316 | (1) |
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Obtain Obsidian and Portals Quickly |
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317 | (1) |
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Mine In the Right Location |
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318 | (1) |
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318 | (2) |
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320 | (1) |
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321 | (1) |
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322 | (1) |
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322 | (2) |
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324 | (1) |
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chapter 19 Ten Helpful Building Tips and Tricks |
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325 | (14) |
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Making Your Starter Home Stylish |
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325 | (1) |
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Improving the Exterior Design in Three Stylish Ways |
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326 | (1) |
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327 | (2) |
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Combining Blocks in Different Ways |
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329 | (1) |
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Understanding Circles, Spheres, and Domes |
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330 | (1) |
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331 | (2) |
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332 | (1) |
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332 | (1) |
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333 | (1) |
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333 | (1) |
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Playing with Sand and Gravel |
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333 | (1) |
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333 | (3) |
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336 | (1) |
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336 | (3) |
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chapter 20 Ten Helpful Redstone Tips and Contraptions |
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339 | (18) |
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Keeping the Power On with a T Flip-Flop |
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339 | (4) |
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339 | (1) |
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340 | (2) |
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342 | (1) |
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343 | (2) |
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Building a Block Update Detector (BUD) Switch |
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345 | (1) |
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Creating a Constant Signal Switch with the RS-NOR Latch |
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346 | (1) |
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Walking Through Walls with a Double Piston Extender |
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347 | (1) |
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Creating Short Pulses with a Monostable Circuit |
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348 | (1) |
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Extending Pulses with Pulse Extenders |
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349 | (1) |
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Creating Hidden Doors with Sticky Piston Doors |
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350 | (3) |
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353 | (1) |
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Blowing Things Up with TNT Contraptions |
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354 | (3) |
Index |
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