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For a more direct assault, keep your crosshairs on the zombies and hit first and hit often,
clicking your left mouse button continuously. They'll only sometimes land a hit in return,
and probably just the one before they're overcome.
Ifyouencountermorethanonezombieatoncealongwithothermobssprinkledinforgood
measure, hack through the zombies first and make your escape or retreat.
Now,thereisjustoneproblem:Zombiescancalluptheirundeadbuddiesasreinforcements
and can cause additional zombies to spawn upon their death. The resulting zombie apoca-
lypse can make it tricky if you're caught outside at night.
Tip:
Watch Your Back
Consider placing a wooden door at the entrance to caves that connect back to your
tunnel system. This will protect your base while you're exploring. The door also
protects your retreat route if you need to make a hasty exit, and you can always
knockitdownforretrievalandpermanentlyblockoffthecaveoncethemobshave
wandered off.
Zombies drop rotten meat when they're defeated. The meat is poisonous but can still build
up your hunger bar. The best strategy here is to save up a few pieces and eat them all at
once,becauseyouwillstillonlygetonehitoffoodpoisoning.Thisisagreatwaytoreplen-
ish your hunger bar from almost empty to full—your health will take a minimal hit from
the poisoning and then start to replenish from the full hunger bar. Also, consider carrying
a bucket of milk with you because this instantly cures all types of food poisoning. You can
also use rotten meat to feed tamed wolves to keep up their health.
Caution:
The Dead Stick Together
Zombiesarethemost“mobbish”ofMinecraft'smobs.Ifyouattackone,
others nearby—even outside of the usual hostile range—might come
swarming to help out their undead brethren.
Zombies can also more rarely drop other items such as tools and armor.
Spiders
Minecraft has two types of spiders and a skeleton/spider hybrid.
You'll encounter the large spiders most often, shown in
Figure 5.2
. (See “
Cave Spiders
”
and “
Spider Jockeys
”
below for more information on the others.) The large spiders are
jumpy,literally.Theycanleaptwotothreeblocksinasingleboundandcanclimbwallsun-
