Minecraft: The Survivors' Book of Secrets
| Author(s) |
Stephanie McMilton |
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| Illustrator(s) |
Joe McLaren |
| Language |
English |
| Genre(s) |
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| Publisher |
Random House Worlds |
| Release date |
August 9, 2016 |
| Pages |
112 |
| ISBN |
9780399593208 |
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Minecraft: The Survivors' Book of Secrets is a miniature Minecraft guidebook authored by Mojang Studios that tries to explain game mechanics through the lens of a hand-inked journal.
Synopsis
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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
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| — Excerpt featured in Minecraft: The Island |
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| — Jesse looking at the book in Fred's House.[1] |
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| — Jesse reading the book's synopsis.[1] |
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 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 Minecraft: Story Mode.
- This book appears in Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two as one of the books in Fred's house.[1]
- The book in the game avoided mentioning the terms "Minecraft" and "Alpha."
Gallery
Official artwork
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Cover of the journal. -
The book's profile. -
A promotional banner for the book.
Pages
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Pages 26-27 -
Pages 28-29 -
Pages 70-71
In other media
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The book as it appears in Minecraft: Story Mode. -
The opened state of the book. -
Jesse reading the cover of the book. -
The location of The Survivors' Book of Secrets in Fred's Keep
References
- ↑ a b c Minecraft: Story Mode Season 2 - Full Episode 4: Below the Bedrock Walkthrough 60FPS HD – SpottinGames on YouTube, November 10, 2017
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