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Guide book
Scholastic (2013-2015)
Del Rey Books (2016-2022)
Random House Worlds (2023-present)
Egmont Publishing (annuals; 2014-2020)
Farshore (annuals; 2021-present)
November 26, 2013 - present
Print, Digital
The Official Minecraft Books are a series of guidebooks for Minecraft, written for new and inexperienced players while being high-quality enough for collectors. The books are written by various authors.
| Title | Cover | Published | Author(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minecraft: Essential Handbook | November 26, 2013 (original) [1] July 28, 2015 (updated) [2] | Stephanie Milton Paul Soares Jr. Jordan Maron | Contains information on surviving the first few days, making shelters, crafting tools and weapons, and finding resources and food. | |
| Minecraft: Redstone Handbook | March 25, 2014 (original) [3] July 28, 2015 (updated) [4] | Nick Farwell | Contains information on redstone circuits, along with construction ideas to implement new knowledge and redstone tips from Notch. | |
| Minecraft: Combat Handbook | August 26, 2014 (original) [5] July 28, 2015 (updated) [6] | Stephanie Milton | Contains information about armor and weapons, as well as tips on how to defeat certain mobs in the game. | |
| Minecraft: Construction Handbook | August 26, 2014 (original) [7] July 28, 2015 (updated) [8] | Matthew Needler Phil Southam | Contains step-by-step instructions on how to build various buildings and contraptions, including favorite ones from Notch. |
| Title | Cover | Published | Author(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minecraft: Guide to Survival | May 30, 2017 (as Guide to Exploration) [9] April 7, 2020 (as Guide to Survival) [10] | Stephanie Milton Marsh Davies Owen Jones | Provides information on different biomes, as well as the mobs that inhabit them. | |
| Minecraft: Guide to Creative | May 30, 2017 [11] | Craig Jelley Stephanie Milton Marsh Davies Owen Jones | Provides information on planning builds, Creative mode as a whole, as well as decorating and designing builds. | |
| Minecraft: Guide to the Nether & the End | August 29, 2017 [12] | Stephanie Milton Marsh Davies Owen Jones | Provides information on the environments for both dimensions, as well as the generated structures and mobs that inhabit them. | |
| Minecraft: Guide to Redstone | October 3, 2017 [13] | Craig Jelley Marsh Davies | Provides information on how Java Edition redstone works, as well as tutorials on how to make circuits and numerous mechanics. | |
| Minecraft: Guide to Enchantments & Potions | May 22, 2018 [14] | Stephanie Milton Marsh Davies | Provides information on how to obtain enchantments, as well as what effects that potions can have. | |
| Minecraft: Guide to PVP Minigames | July 3, 2018 [15] | Stephanie Milton Craig Jelley | Provides information on various minigames, as well as how they work. | |
| Minecraft: Guide to Farming | October 9, 2018 [16] | Alex Wiltshire | Provides information on planting crops, as well tutorials on how to make mob and block farms. | |
| Minecraft: Guide to Ocean Survival | October 29, 2019 [17] | Stephanie Milton | Provides information regarding what are in the oceans in Minecraft, and how to survive in them. | |
| Minecraft: Guide to Creative (Updated) | November 9, 2021 [18] | Thomas McBrien | Provides information such as planning builds and making color palettes, as well as advice from various Minecraft communities and YouTubers. | |
| Minecraft: Guide to Combat | November 16, 2021 [19] | Craig Jelley | Provides information on crafting and enchanting weapons, how to defeat mobs, and strategies for PVP. | |
| Minecraft: Guide to Survival (Updated) | October 4, 2022 [20] | Thomas McBrien | Provides information on finding resources, crafting, and protecting one-self from hostile mobs. | |
| Minecraft: Guide to Redstone (Updated) | November 22, 2022 [21] | N/A | Provides information on redstone components, redstone circuits, and complex mechanisms. |
| Title | Cover | Published | Author(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minecraft: Exploded Builds: Medieval Fortress | November 8, 2016 [22] | Craig Jelley | Contains information on how to build a medieval fortress. | |
| Minecraft: Let's Build! Theme Park Adventure | June 4, 2019 [23] | Stephanie Milton | Provides a tutorial on how to build a theme park in Minecraft. | |
| Minecraft: Let's Build! Land of Zombies | September 24, 2019 [24] | Ed Jefferson | Provides a tutorial on how to build things related to zombies in Minecraft. | |
| Minecraft: Epic Bases | October 6, 2020 [25] | Thomas McBrien | Provides information on how to make structures such as airships and underwater traps, as well as complex redstone mechanisms. | |
| Minecraft: Bite-Size Builds | May 4, 2021 [26] | Provides information on how to make structures such as firefighter planes and submarines, complete with step-by-step instructions. | ||
| Minecraft: Amazing Bite-Size Builds | May 31, 2022 [27] | N/A | Provides information on how to make structures such as jungle shrines and mineshaft trains, complete with step-by-step instructions. | |
| Epic Inventions | November 1, 2022 [28] | Thomas McBrien | Provides information on how to make builds such as space stations and ancient temples, as well as tips on terraforming landscape. | |
| Minecraft: Master Builds | December 13, 2022 [29] | Tom Stone | Provides information on builds such as underwater sculptures and space panoramas, along with interviews of the builders that created them. | |
| Minecraft: Super Bite-Size Builds | May 9, 2023 [30] | Thomas McBrien | Provides information on builds for twenty "mini-projects". |
| Title | Cover | Published | Author(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minecraft: Blockopedia | February 24, 2015 [31] | Alex Wiltshire | Provides information on every single block in the game up to Java Edition 1.8. This is also the last book to be published by Scholastic. | |
| Minecraft: The Survivors' Book of Secrets | August 9, 2016 [32] | Stephanie Milton | Penned by a supposed "group of underground Minecraft experts who have been around since the days of Alpha", this book contains information and tips on things such as inventory layout, home design, defenses, and additional items such as spectral arrows and shields. This is also the first book to be published by Del Rey Books. | |
| Minecraft: Mobestiary | October 10, 2017 | Alex Wiltshire | Provides general information on the mobs that are in the game from an in-lore perspective, as if a person inside of Minecraft's world were writing the entries. It also has information on mobs that does not appear anywhere else. | |
| Minecraft for Beginners | July 9, 2019 [33] | Stephanie Milton | Provides a guide for building shelter, finding food, and mobs that the player may encounter, among other things. | |
| Minecraft: Maps | October 8, 2019 [34] | Provides a look at fifteen biomes featured in Minecraft. | ||
| Minecraft: Blockopedia (Updated Edition) | November 23, 2021 [35] | Craig Jelley | Provides information on every single block in the game up through part 1 of Caves & Cliffs. [36] |
| Title | Cover | Published | Author(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minecraft: Guide to Exploration (Updated) | September 26, 2023 [37] | TBA | Provides information to the player on navigating biomes, finding structures and the loot inside them, as well as general survival skills. | |
| Minecraft: Mobspotter’s Encyclopedia | October 17, 2023 [38] | Penned by a supposed group of "expert characters", this book provides information on various mobs, such as their general behavior, whether they are endangered or not, as well as their habitats, food diet, and predators. |
| Title | Cover | Published | Author(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minecraft: The Official Annual 2014 | September 18, 2013 [39] | Jane Riordan Stephanie Milton Nick Farwell Paul Soares Jr. | Provides additional information and tips about the game, including some from Notch. | |
| The Official Minecraft Annual 2017 | October 6, 2016 [40] | Stephanie Milton | Provides survival challenges, tutorials on how to recreate builds from various Minecraft personalities, as well as info on MINECON and Block by Block. | |
| The Official Minecraft Annual 2018 | September 7, 2017 [41] | N/A | Provides information about adventure mode and Realms, as well as a look back at Minecraft: Story Mode. | |
| Minecraft Annual 2019 | August 9, 2018 [42] | Stephanie Milton | Provides building challenges, as well as a look at some builds made by the community. | |
| Minecraft Annual 2020 | September 5, 2019 [43] | N/A | Provides a look back at ten years of Minecraft, including various builds, games, and challenges, as well as interviews with Mojang staff. | |
| Minecraft Annual 2021 [44] | N/A | Provides a look back at the past year, as well as information about recent updates, Minecraft Dungeons, and Minecraft Earth. | ||
| Minecraft Annual 2022 | September 2, 2021 [45] | Dan Whitehead | ||
| Minecraft Annual 2023 | September 1, 2022 [46] | Thomas McBrien | Provides a look back at the past year, as well as information on part two of Caves & Cliffs, Minecraft Dungeons, and Minecraft Earth. | |
| Minecraft Annual 2024 | August 3, 2023 [47] | N/A | Provides information on Trails & Tales, Minecraft Legends, and the Minecraft Dungeons Fauna Faire seasonal adventure, as well as various builds and challenges. | |
Original Minecraft Essential Handbook
Original Minecraft Redstone Handbook
Original Minecraft Combat Handbook
Original Minecraft Construction Handbook
Minecraft Complete Handbook Collection
Updated Handbook Set
The Minecraft Handbooks
The Updated Minecraft Handbooks
A page in the Minecraft Blockopedia - Featuring a Daylight Sensor
A page from the Minecraft: Survivors' Book of Secrets
Another page from the Minecraft: Survivors' Book of Secrets
Original cover for the Guide to Survival, then known as the Guide to Exploration
Exploded Builds: Medieval Fortress cover
Survivor's Book of Secrets Cover
Survivor's Book of Secrets Poster
The combat and creative handbook covers