Minecraft --- Misc

Misc



This section will be for things that don't fit anywhere else. A lot of generic
game tips will be put here.

If you are on fire, pouring a bucket of water on the ground will put you out.

Bonemeal instantly grows trees from saplings (dropped from trees when trunks
are cut out), and also instantly grows crops to full maturity for harvesting.


Boats:

You can use boats to go on the water faster than swimming. A LOT faster.

Compasses:

A compass points to your spawn point, which is likely near your shelter.
I can't say enough to describe how useful this is.

Watches:

Tell the time of day, in a little day/night cycle on the watch. Useful in
mines to know if mobs will spawn while you're mining.



Gold Records:

These are found in chests in a dungeon. Dungeons are going to get their own
section soon. You know that you are near a dungeon when you hear a different
background music than usual. You can find a mob spawner in here, which could
spawn a mass of deadly mobs to attack you. Also you may find 0-2 chests, which
can contain Gold Records to play in a Jukebox. These chests are also the only
method to obtain saddles that allow you to ride pigs. You have to dig yourself
out of a dungeon usually, and you can prevent the mob spawner from working if
you line the dungeon with torches. Deadly mobs can't spawn in torchlight, so
torches render the mob spawner useless. Note that you can't simply destroy the
mob spawner. It's indestructable.