Down to Bedrock

The game

Dig from the grass all the way down to bedrock. Caves are dark: chop trees for wood, find coal and craft torches. Better pickaxes dig faster and reach rarer ores. Watch out for lava.

Deep under the start there is an abandoned mineshaft. Ride its minecart to a portal, and step into the Nether: magma cubes, ghasts, piglins and ancient debris for the best pickaxe.

• A D or ← → walk, W, ↑ or Space jump
• Hold left click on a block to mine it
• Right click to build, 1–9 or the wheel to pick a block
• E opens crafting: torches, planks and better pickaxes
• I or the bag after the hotbar opens your backpack
• M turns the sound on or off, Esc pauses the game

• ◀ ▶ walk, ▲ jump (you also hop up single blocks)
• Touch and hold a block to mine it
• Switch to Build, then tap to place the block picked in the hotbar
• Craft makes torches, planks and better pickaxes
• The bag after the hotbar opens your backpack