Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Nether Fortresses
ThesehugestructuresfeatureexclusivelyinTheNetherregionandcontainuniqueingredi-
ents forbrewing potions and finding strongholds. They're packed with chests that can hold
some powerful items, but getting to The Nether and surviving The Nether long enough to
find a fortress is a journey in itself. As with strongholds, I'll show you how in
Chapter 12
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Mapping, or There and Back Again
You'll likely make some significant tracks as you journey across the Overworld finding its
different structures. One handy tool can help you (if pressing F3—or fn+F3 on OS X—to
constantly check coordinates seems a little like cheating): maps, in a word. If you're play-
ing the Xbox Edition, you'll have a map in your inventory when you start a new world,
and that one map with a little coercion through zooming (see below) can display the entire
world. That's not so on the PC, where the world is so much larger. Follow these steps to
start mapping:
1.
Create a compass. The compass on its own isn't too useful—it
always
points to
your world's original spawn point. This never changes, even after you change your
own spawn point by sleeping in a bed, but if you've built your base quite close to
that original spawn, it could be useful. Just keep it in a quick access slot and follow
the red needle. But let's continue on our current path and use the compass instead
to make a map.
