How to survive PVP

[Coralio]

Some new tips from what i've learned of 1.8 and hunger. Since you can die of hunger on this server getting food quick is key. Firt thing to try is walling up for the night and in the morning picking up rotten flesh and bones. If you get some bones make bone meal first to grow some grass for seeds then to grow quick wheat. You still need to focus on getting wood ASAP. You'll also want to hit up any abandoned mines they're good for wood and melon seeds. Melon production seems much more limited in 1.9 so i may not be a very good food to bother with but when you make a standing base it will be nice to have some seeds. From what I've seen of 1.9 you'll want to get a potion stand going quick you need to get a blaze rod from the nether fortresses. also get as many ender pearls as you can they will be helpful in finding strongholes and getting to the end.

With time, once you have coal and a fireplace, hunger ceases to be an issue. You'll eventually come across pigs and chickens, and slaughtering a group of pigs will feed you for a week. Until then, I found it much easier to just dig a hole, set a bed, put all your stuff in a chest, die, respawn, pick everything up, go on. :) It will cost XP, but in the beginning you won't have much of that anyway. And rotten flesh is not THAT abundant in most areas. It's good as a stash of emergency supply, but the one or two you generally get after an average night just doesn't cut it - esp. with the food poisoning effect -, and making a farm with bonemeal is just too time-intensive, and that time could be spent in better ways in the beginning.

[RevStoningpot]

good point on the rotten flesh. due to the hunger effect eat a lot at once only eating one will get you nothing. And as for the bonemeal trick that's just to grow some quick bread for being on the move. I didn't mean setting up a garden. These tips are just for beginners the goal is to stay alive long enough to find resorces and a safe point. Since animals are rare around spawn you can't rely on them for food in the begining. For more permenent food needs raise cattle.

new tips for 1.0.0
Enchanting is a crap shoot why waste 20 exp. on an enchantment when you can end up with a level 1 enchantment. I'd say go ahead and enchant everything but just do 1 exp. at a time

get a blaze rod and nether wart from fortresses once you have wart get some sole sand and plant it right by your portal. Don't destroy blaze spawners they are a valuble resorce. also don't bother with caldrons. If you want to decorate fine but if you need water for potions just put a 1x1 water hole in your potion room

If you want colored wool just get 2 sheep and dye them and mate them this way no color is particularly rare. Not that wool helps in survival. Just a 1.0 tip