9 Tips For Surviving Hardcore Mode In Minecraft

Make A Shield As Soon As Possible

Please make a shield the first thing you rush in the game. For only six wood logs and one iron ingot, you can get a piece of defense gear that can fully negate the damage of a Creeper explosion, even if you don’t have any armor on.

Shields also protect you from close combat attacks, weapons like spears and crossbow bolts, and a lot of different types of damage, such as fires and Hoglin and Ravager attacks.

Try Not To Get Caught Outside At Night

This is a simple tip, but it’s really more about the idea of being aware. You have to get used to being less willing to take risks, playing more carefully, and being aware of the damage that enemies and the surroundings can do to you when you’re on the hardest mode and only have one life.

In the first few days of the game, while you’re looking for towns and cool places to set up camp, try to make a bed as quickly as possible. There’s no shame in making a hole in the ground and putting a block on top of it until sunrise if you have no other choice.

Use Settings To Your Advantage

Turn on subtitles in the bottom left corner of choices, music, and settings. You don’t have to, but if you want to be safe, do so. Now you can play Happy Wheels. In the bottom right corner of your screen, you should see some information that changes based on what’s going on around you.

It will tell you a lot of things, like when footsteps are heard or when blocks are broken. The more useful ones will let you know when you’re near lava or an enemy mob. There are even signs next to the words that point you in the direction of possible danger.

You Can Use A Fortune Pickaxe On More Than Just Ore

Some players don’t know that the Fortune charm works on more than just ore. It’s cool to see a bunch of ore fall out of a single block. You can use a Fortune pick to get melon blocks, sweet berries, or grown crops like carrots, potatoes, and beets if you’re having trouble getting food.

Also, if you want to make a lot of medicines, you can use a Fortune pick on Nether Wart to get more from your harvest. You can make a second Fortune pick just for gathering things that aren’t ore if you want to.

Villagers: Vital Business Partners

You can trade for diamond weapons, tools, and armor, as well as Mending magic books, golden carrots, and many other useful things. This makes setting up deals that are good for you a great goal for the middle to late game of Hardcore.

Read this helpful guide if you have never done villager trades before. Making a lot of sticks out of wood planks is an easy way to get emeralds. Then, look for locals who are Fletchers. Some of them will be ready to trade 32 sticks for an emerald.

Get Acquainted With Potions

You don’t have to become an expert alchemist to stay alive, but learning about and stocking up on the best medicines will help you a lot. You should try to gather the necessary materials and start making as soon as possible:

• Potions for healing and regenerating.
• Strength potions.
• You can use potions to resist fire and breathe water.
• Swiftness potions.

You can use these drinks almost anywhere, but they are especially helpful in the game’s more dangerous places and content, like the End, the Nether, the Deep Dark, or the Illager buildings.

It Doesn’t Hurt To Be Frugal

Some might say that this is less important as the game goes on and you become more established, but cutting down on waste can help a lot, especially in the beginning when coal, food, and other resources are in short supply.

Like growing bamboo and cutting it into sticks to use as fuel instead of coal, eating food only when it’s fully cooked, or cooking food over a campfire instead of a stove are all examples of ways to save money.

Think Critically And Plan Accordingly

You can never be ready enough. You don’t need to go into a huge cave system before you have boots, a shield, tools, guns, lights, food, and anything else that fits your wants and goals.

Just to give you another example, if you’re going into a very dangerous place like the Nether, you’d want to bring the right gear and follow risk-averse habits like:

• Putting on a piece of gold armor will keep Piglins from hitting you right away.
• Not putting up a thin bridge over a lava lake.
• Bringing potions that protect against fire if you want to fight fires.

Learn From Your Mistakes

Things can go wrong quickly sometimes, even if you plan and prepare well. You’ll eventually run into a problem or situation in Minecraft that you have never seen or dealt with before because the game is so infinite and changing all the time.

Finally, the more you play, the more situations and issues you’ll face, which means you’ll learn, adjust, and get through them all. You can take breaks when you need to, but don’t let the end of a Hardcore run stop you from getting better at other parts of the game.