Redstone and transportation in Minecraft 9781534129870, 1534129871, 9781534133075, 1534133070

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GUIDES

JUNIOR

Redstone and Transportation in Minecraft

By Josh Gregory

Unofficial GUIDES JUNIOR

Redstone and Transportation in Minecraft

By Josh Gregory

Published in the United States of America by Cherry Lake Publishing Ann Arbor, Michigan www.cherrylakepublishing.com Reading Adviser: Marla Conn, Read With Me Now Photo Credits: Images by Josh Gregory Copyright ©2019 by Cherry Lake Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been filed and is available at catalog.loc.gov Cherry Lake Publishing would like to acknowledge the work of the Partnership for 21st Century Learning. Please visit www.p21.org for more information. Printed in the United States of America Corporate Graphics

Table of Contents Bring Your Creations to Life

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A Powerful Material

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Gathering Redstone

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Dust, Blocks, and Torches

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On the Move

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Cart Crafting

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Laying Down Tracks

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Riding the Rails

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Get Creative!

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Glossary

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Index

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About the Author

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Now matter how much you play, there are always new building techniques to learn in Minecraft. 4

Bring Your Creations to Life You’ve probably built all kinds of things if you’ve played Minecraft before. Have you dug underground tunnels? Maybe you’ve stacked stones into huge castles and towers. But did you know you can build things that move? You can also make things light up, explode, and more!

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You can use Redstone to build lights that switch on and off.

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A Powerful Material The world of Minecraft is powered by a material called Redstone. Redstone is a lot like electricity. It can make lights turn on and off. It can make things start moving when you flip a switch. You can use it to build machines, bombs, and other amazing devices.

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Blocks of Redstone look like this.

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Gathering Redstone Redstone is a lot like the other building and crafting materials in Minecraft. You can find it around the world by mining and exploring. Redstone looks like a gray block with red dots all over it. You’ll need a pickax to destroy Redstone blocks. Each one you destroy will drop four or five pieces of Redstone dust.

No Mining Necessary There are other ways to get Redstone. You can trade emeralds to villagers. You can also fight witches. Each witch drops up to six pieces of Redstone dust when it dies. Another easy way to get Redstone is to simply find it in treasure chests.

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To create a Redstone torch, simply place one piece of Redstone dust on top of one stick. 10

Dust, Blocks, and Torches You can lay Redstone dust down in lines to build circuits. Each circuit needs a power source. One possible power source is a Redstone block. You can also combine nine pieces of dust to create a solid block of Redstone. A Redstone torch is another possible power source. Combine Redstone dust with a stick to create one.

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Rails are a great way to quickly travel up and down hills.

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On the Move One of the best uses of Redstone in Minecraft is to build railroad tracks. The world of Minecraft is huge. You can use rails to connect the places you travel to most often. Then you can drop a mine cart on the rails. Redstone-powered rails will send your cart zooming across the world. You’ll get where you want to go much faster than by walking!

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The crafting recipe for rails looks like this.

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Cart Crafting You can find regular rails and mine carts around the world of Minecraft. You can also craft them yourself. A cart is made from five iron ingots. Craft rails by combining six iron ingots and one stick. You will get 16 pieces of regular rail track.

Redstone Recipes You can use Redstone dust to craft all kinds of useful items. Combine it with four gold ingots to make a clock. Combine it with four iron ingots to craft a compass.

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Powered rails need a Redstone power source to work. Place a Redstone torch or Redstone block next to each one. 16

Laying Down Tracks You’ll also want some Redstone-powered rails. Combine six gold ingots, one stick, and one piece of Redstone dust to get six powered rails. Now build a railroad track. Most of it should be made of regular rails. Place a powered rail in between every few pieces of regular rail.

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Simply set your mine cart on the rail to get started.

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Riding the Rails Place solid blocks of stone or another material at each end of your track. This will stop the cart when it reaches the end. Are you ready to ride? Set a cart down in front of a powered rail. Now get in. Press forward to move the cart onto the powered rail. The cart should start speeding up on its own!

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What kinds of crazy rails will you create? Try making your own roller coaster! 20

Get Creative! Now you know the basics of using Redstone. What will you build next? You can add switches and other controls to your railroad. Or you can build something entirely different. Players have used it to put automatic sliding doors in their buildings. They have also used it to create huge bombs. Can you figure out how?

Ideas Everywhere Do you need ideas for new things to build with Redstone? Look online to see what other players have built. Their creations could help you think up amazing new projects to try on your own.

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Glossary circuits (SUR-kits) pathways for energy to travel along compass (KUHM-puhs) a device with a magnetic pointer that always points north, used for finding directions crafting (KRAFT-ing) making or creating ingots (ING-guhts) masses of metal shaped into blocks or bars mining (MYE-ning) the process of digging up resources from the ground

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Find Out More Books Jelley, Craig. Minecraft: Guide to Redstone. New York: Del Rey, 2017. Milton, Stephanie. Minecraft Essential Handbook. New York: Scholastic, 2015. Milton, Stephanie. Minecraft: Guide to Exploration. New York: Del Rey, 2017. Web Sites Minecraft https://minecraft.net/en At the official Minecraft Web site, you can learn more about the game or download a copy of the PC version. Minecraft Wiki https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Minecraft_Wiki Minecraft’s many fans work together to maintain this detailed guide to the game.

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Index bombs, 7, 21 chests, 9 circuits, 11 clocks, 15 compasses, 15 crafting, 15

machines, 7 mine carts, 13, 15, 19 mining, 9 pickaxes, 9 powered rails, 13, 17, 19 railroad tracks, 13, 15, 17, 19

drops, 9 dust, 9, 11, 15, 17 emeralds, 9 exploring, 9

sliding doors, 21 sticks, 11, 15, 17 switches, 7, 21 torches, 11

gold, 15, 17 villagers, 9 ideas, 21 ingots, 15, 17 iron, 15

witches, 9

About the Author Josh Gregory is the author of more than 125 books for kids. He has written about everything from animals to technology to history. A graduate of the University of Missouri–Columbia, he currently lives in Chicago, Illinois.

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What will you make? Minecraft is more than just a video game. It is a phenomenon that has taken the world by storm. In this book, readers will learn how to use Redstone to build advanced Minecraft structures such as automated doors and powered mine carts.

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