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1 | | -# Section 4: Enchanting |
| 1 | +# Section 4: Fighting Mobs |
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3 | | -Enchanting is a mechanic that improves armor, tools, weapons and books with one or more of a variety of enchantments that improve an item's existing abilities or give them additional abilities and uses. |
| 3 | +A mob, or mobile entity, is defined by the Minecraft Wiki as "an AI-driven game entity resembling a living creature." |
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5 | | -Enchanting is a very important technique in Minecraft. Enchanted tools, armor and weapons make success in your Minecraft adventures much more likely, and makes items more fun to use as well. |
| 5 | +Mobs can be separated into 3 categories: |
| 6 | +1. Passive mobs, which don't attack you |
| 7 | +2. Neutral mobs, which try to attack you only if you attack them |
| 8 | +3. Hostile mobs, or monsters, which will always try to attack you. |
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7 | | -In order to enchant anything, experience is required. The easiest way to gain experience is by mining items such as coal and redstone, or raising animals. The most experience is gained, however, by fighting mobs. |
| 10 | +Many neutral and hostile mobs may be hard to fight, so this section will teach some mob fighting strategies. If you want more detail about how to fight a specific mob, [see this tutorial](https://www.kodeclik.com/how-to-kill-mobs-minecraft/). |
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11 | | -| *Enchanting table crafting recipe* | |
| 12 | +## Tools |
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| 14 | +### Melee Weapons |
| 15 | +You generally want to use the best sword you can get to maximize your damage. Swords go from worst to best like this: gold, wood, stone, iron, diamond, netherite. If you are good at aiming, using axes is a better alternative to swords until you get an iron sword. To do damage with a sword, simply left click on the mob you want to attack. |
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15 | | -| *Bookshelf crafting recipe* | |
| 18 | +| *Sword crafting recipe* | |
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17 | | -To enchant an item, right-click on an enchanting table and place the item and 1–3 lapis lazuli in the input slots. Options will display on the right-hand side of the enchanting display. |
| 20 | +Note that netherite swords must be upgraded from diamond swords and cannot be crafted. |
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19 | | -<img src="images/enchantment-table.png"> |
| 22 | +### Ranged Weapons |
| 23 | +Ranged weapons like bows and crossbows can be very useful against some mobs that you might want to stay away from, like skeletons or creepers. |
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| 26 | +| *Bow crafting recipe* | |
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21 | | -<img src="images/enchanting-gui.png"> |
| 28 | +Bows require arrows, which can be crafted from 1 flint, 1 stick, and 1 feather, or obtained from the drops of defeated skeletons. |
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23 | | -To get the maximum enchants, surround the enchanting table with bookshelves. To get to the highest level of enchanting (level 30), you will need 15 bookshelves placed within a 5×5 square centered at the table or the block above. No other blocks can be placed in between the table and the bookshelves. |
| 30 | +### The Shield |
| 31 | +A shield will block all damage from most mobs when used when held in either hand while pressing and holding the right mouse button. This makes it a very useful item, so you should get one once you have the iron for it. Put it in your offhand (by pressing f while holding it) for easiest use. |
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| 34 | +| *Shield crafting recipe* | |
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| 36 | +### Armor |
| 37 | +Armor reduces the damage mobs can do to you, so it's useful to make armor when you can to have a better chance against mobs. Armor goes from worst to best like this: gold, leather, iron, diamond, netherite. To put on armor, simply right click while holding the armor in your hand. |
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| 40 | +| *Armor crafting recipes* | |
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25 | | -Tips: |
| 42 | +Note that netherite armor must be upgraded from diamond swords and cannot be crafted. |
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27 | | -* When first starting out, use just a few experience levels to enchant as many tools and armor pieces as possible. After that, use an anvil to combine enchantments. Later, do the opposite to try and get as many enchantments as possible on one tool/weapon, then use an anvil again to combine when possible. |
28 | | -* When trying to get a specific enchantment on a tool/weapon that is already enchanted, use books. Create an enchanted book by enchanting a book on an enchantment table. Enchanted books can also be found in structures or by trading with villagers. |
29 | | -* As you progress above level 16, each level requires more XP than the last. Try to enchant using a level as close to yours as possible to make the high XP cost worthwhile. |
30 | | -* Items have a chance to get one or more extra enchantments every time you enchant them. |
31 | | -* Do not enchant anything weaker than iron--the lack of durability makes the cost not worth it. |
32 | | -* An enchanted fishing rod can pay off. "Luck of the Sea" lowers chance of "junk" catches by 2.5% per level and increases the chance of "treasure" catches by 1% per level. "Treasure" can include enchanted tools. "Lure" decreases wait time until a catch by 5 seconds per level but decreases chances of both "junk" and "treasure" catches by 1% per level, so be careful with that one if your goal is to catch treasure. |
33 | | -* Place 15 bookshelves around an enchantment table to get the highest level enchantments. If after establishing the 15 bookshelves you _do not_ want maximized enchantments, you can block their effect with torches. |
| 44 | +## General Strategies |
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35 | | -### Anvils |
| 46 | +### Critical Hitting |
| 47 | +Using a sword while falling (after jumping) will do extra damage. This is called a critical hit. If the mob you are fighting is pretty slow, this strategy can come in handy. |
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37 | | -An anvil can be used to combine the enchantments of two items. The items must be of the same type and material. There are two slots in the anvil, and the item in the second slot is sacrificed to improve the first. |
| 49 | +### Hit and step back |
| 50 | +For many mobs, if you hit them and step back, they'll be prevented from hitting you because they can't reach you. This strategy is important when fighting creepers, who will explode if you remain too close to them! |
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39 | | -The cost in levels depends on the enchantments. You can also repair and name items with the anvil. In survival mode, there is a limit of 39 levels for any work performed on the anvil. |
| 52 | +### Hit from above |
| 53 | +Many mobs cannot reach you (which means they can't attack you) if you tower up a certain height (for example, zombies can't attack you if you tower up 2 blocks), so towering up with a temporary block can be a good strategy to be able to attack a mob without them attacking you. |
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