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Of course, don't do it blindly. Practice around your base first while sharpening your skills.
Don't carry too much with you so you don't have to race back for it if you're killed in ac-
tion. And keep the area around your base well lit to prevent too many hostiles spawning
nearby. This will give you a nice stream of stragglers wandering by at night, but in most
cases not too many at once.
You can also use a flint and steel to set grass on fire near a hostile, and spilling a bucket of
lava can provide a last-ditch option, as long as it doesn't also spill on you.
One final tip: until you have an excellent perimeter defense set up, lead any creepers away
from your base and practice your attack runs there. If you die, so be it; death happens, and
may happen often. But you'll at least keep the side of your house from looking like it was
hit by multiple RPGs.
Intime,youwillsucceed,andpickingoffhostileswillseemlikeawalkinthepark—maybe
Central Park at 3 a.m., but a park nonetheless.
