SyncBot: Sync: updated from Minecraft

2026-07-26T11:09:57Z

Sync: updated from Minecraft

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:09, 26 July 2026
Line 110:		Line 110:
	File:Steve and The Survivors' Book of Secrets.jpeg		File:Steve and The Survivors' Book of Secrets.jpeg
	File:Booth 1697.jpeg		File:Booth 1697.jpeg
			File:Book fair stand.jpeg
	</gallery>		</gallery>

SyncBot: Sync: new page from Minecraft

2026-07-05T11:08:40Z

Sync: new page from Minecraft

New page

{{Italic title}}
{{For|the fictional version in {{MCSM|2}}|Story Mode:The Survivors' Book of Secrets}}
{{Infobox book
| author = [[Minecraft:Stephanie Milton]]
| illustrator = [[Minecraft:Joe McLaren]]
| language = English
| genre = * Unfiction
* Guidebook
| publisher = Random House Worlds
| date = August 9, 2016
| pages = 112
| isbn = 9780399593208
}}
'''''Minecraft: The Survivors' Book of Secrets''''' is a miniature ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft]]'' guidebook authored by [[Minecraft:Mojang Studios]] that tries to explain game mechanics through the lens of a hand-inked journal.

== Synopsis ==
{{Quote|An all-new official Minecraft™ guidebook full of tips to fend off mobs and withstand the wild!

This official Minecraft™ book contains the collective knowledge of the Survivors: an underground group of Minecraft™ experts who have been around since the days of Alpha.

You’re probably wondering why you’ve never heard of us. It’s because we’re THAT good. We’re experts at covert ops. Misdirection is our middle name. We’re invisible up until the exact moment we want you to see us. . . . Our successes are undeniably impressive: we’ve battled the Overworld mobs, dealt with enemy factions and defeated the ender dragon multiple times.

Study this book carefully and you just might manage to stay alive as long as we have.

THE CHIEF}}

== Contents ==
Each page consists of gameplay tips for versions of ''Minecraft'' available at the time of publication, with ink drawn illustrations made to evoke a personal journal or training manual. As a framing device, certain pages (typically the openings of chapters or introductions to important topics) will allude to a group of "Survivors," [[Minecraft:The Chief|the chief]] of which has written the book for the next generation of heroes.

=== Briefing ===
* Directive, 2
* Conventional Weapons and Armour – A Survival Expert's Essentials, 4
* Practical Munitions – What to Do When You Have No Actual Weapons – 6
* Weapon Access and Storage, 8

=== Combat on the Home Front ===
* Base Design, 12
* Outer Defense – Defending Your Territory, 18
* The Ultimate Defense System, 24
* Defense Features, 26
* Base Layout, 30
* If Your Walls Are Breached, 36

=== Combat in the Field ===

* Owning the Overworld, 42
* Know Your Enemy – Hostile Mobs, 44
* Player Versus Player Combat – On the Offensive, 58
* Winning Combos, 62
* Player Versus Player Combat – Defensive Strategies, 68
* Dominating Down Under, 70
* The End Game, 76
* End Exploration, 80
* Pro Challenge – Speed Run to the End

=== Debriefing ===

* Final Notes, 89

== Quotes ==

{{Quote|A beacon is the most expensive investment you're ever likely to make, but the benefits of having one in your base are enormous. When mounted on a pyramid it provides a powerful light source that can be seen from afar, as well as a range of beneficial status effects when you're in the vicinity. To learn more key survival tips and tricks, check out MINECRAFT: THE SURVIVORS' BOOK OF SECRETS.|Excerpt featured in ''[[Minecraft: The Island (map)|Minecraft: The Island]]''}}

{{q|This one is called "The Survivor's Book of Secrets." Okay, secrets are good.|{{MCSM|Jesse}} looking at the book in {{MCSM|Fred's house}}|image=JesseFace.png}}

{{q|"This book contains the collective knowledge of the Survivors. We're an underground group of survival experts who have been around since the early days." It goes on. Signed by "The Chief." |Jesse reading the book's synopsis|image=JesseFace.png}}

== Trivia ==

* Each chapter is accented with a Latin phrase, with a minuscule caption translating the terminology into English.
** ''Briefing'' has ''SEMPER PARATUS'', meaning "always prepared".
** ''Combat on the Home Front'' has ''SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM'', meaning "if you want peace, prepare for war".
** ''Combat in the Field'' has ''VENIMUS VIDIMUS VICIMUS'', meaning "we came, we saw, we conquered".
** Debriefing has ''VERBA VOLANT SCRIPTA MANENT'', meaning "spoken words fly away, written words remain".
*A running gag throughout the book is that [[Minecraft:helmet]]s are used to convey emotions on faceless figures, with their brims being used akin to eyebrows.
*During the foreword, the phrase "a block and a hard place" is used, as a pun on the common saying "stuck between a ''rock'' and a hard place". This same phrase would later become the name of an [[Minecraft:Story Mode:A Block and a Hard Place|episode]] of {{MCSM}}.
* The book appears in {{MCSM|2}} as one of the books in {{MCSM|Fred}}'s house.
** The [[Minecraft:MCSM:The Survivors' Book of Secrets|book in the game]] avoided mentioning the terms "Minecraft" and "[[Minecraft:Alpha]]".

== Gallery ==
=== Official artwork ===
<gallery>
File:Survivorsbook.jpg|Cover of the journal
File:Survivor's Book of Secrets.jpg|The book's profile
File:Survivor's Book of Secrets Poster.jpg|A promotional banner for the book
File:Entrants Can Win.jpeg
Lava bucket attack.jpeg
Bow attack.jpg
Iron golem attack.jpg
</gallery>

=== Pages ===
<gallery>
File:Survivors Book 24-25.jpg|Pages 24–25
Survivor's Pages of Secrets 1.jpg|Earlier version of pages 24–25
File:Survivors Book 26-27.jpg|Pages 26–27
File:Survivors Book 28-29.jpg|Pages 28–29
Survivor's Pages of Secrets 2.jpg|Also pages 28–29
File:PVP Tactics Survivors Handbook.jpg|Pages 70–71
</gallery>

=== Photographs ===
<gallery>
File:Minecraft Survival Tin.jpeg
File:Minecraft Survival Tin 2.jpeg
File:Sword and books giveaway.jpeg
File:Five Books of Secrets.jpeg
File:Reading Survivors' Book of Secrets.jpeg
File:Reading Survivors' Book of Secrets 2.jpeg
File:Steve and The Survivors' Book of Secrets.jpeg
File:Booth 1697.jpeg
</gallery>

=== In other media ===
<gallery>
File:MCSM2 Blue Book.png|The book as it appears in ''Minecraft: Story Mode''
File:MCSM2 Blue Book (Opened & Held).png|The opened state of the book
MCSM2 The Survivors' Book of Secrets.png|Jesse reading the cover of the book
MCSM2 Location of The Survivors' Book of Secrets.png|The location of ''The Survivors' Book of Secrets'' in Fred's house
</gallery>

== Navigation ==
{{Navbox books}}
{{featured}}

[[Category:Fiction]]
[[Category:Unfiction]]

Minecraft:Minecraft: The Survivors' Book of Secrets - Revision history

SyncBot: Sync: updated from Minecraft

SyncBot: Sync: new page from Minecraft