Hardware Reference
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These coordinates are called x, y and z. You have to be careful when you talk about coor-
dinates in Minecraft; if you use words such as “left” and “right”, whether something is
left or right depends on which way you are facing in the Minecraft world. It's better to
think of Minecraft coordinates as relating to the directions on a compass. Figure 2-1
shows how changes in x, y and z coordinates relate to movement in the Minecraft world.
It's easier to understand how coordinates change as you move your player in
Minecraft by experimenting inside the game. On the Raspberry Pi, as you move
your player around in the world the x, y and z coordinates are displayed in the
top left corner of the screen. On the PC/Mac you can display the coordinates by
pressing the F3 key. You can learn about all the advanced controls of Minecraft at
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x gets bigger as your player heads east, and smaller as you head west.
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y gets bigger up in the sky, and smaller down into the ground.
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z gets bigger as your player heads south, and smaller as you head north.
FIGURE.2-1
The x, y and z coordinates in Minecraft relate to headings on a
compass like this.
