Minecraft:Minecraft: The Survivors' Book of Secrets
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Template:Italic title Template:For Template:Infobox book 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
"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," 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
"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.
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:helmets 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 episode of Template:MCSM.
- The book appears in Template:MCSM as one of the books in Template:MCSM's house.
- The book in the game avoided mentioning the terms "Minecraft" and "Minecraft:Alpha".
Gallery
Official artwork
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Cover of the journal
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The book's profile
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A promotional banner for the book
Pages
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Pages 24–25
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Earlier version of pages 24–25
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Pages 26–27
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Pages 28–29
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Also pages 28–29
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Pages 70–71
Photographs
In other media
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The book as it appears in Minecraft: Story Mode
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The opened state of the book
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Jesse reading the cover of the book
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The location of The Survivors' Book of Secrets in Fred's house
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