DO NOT DO

•  Possible death
  • 1.1 By yourself
    • 1.1.1 Avoid sprinting and excessive jumping in your first days of Survival
      • 1.1.1.1 Food poisoning
    • 1.1.2 Don't eat a pufferfish
    • 1.1.3 Don't venture around far away from your house without remembering its location
    • 1.1.4 Never try to sleep in the Nether or the End
    • 1.1.5 Don't surround your bed with blocks directly over and next to it
    • 1.1.6 Don't run around with a bucket of lava in your hand
    • 1.1.7 Don't forget to carry a bucket of water at all times
    • 1.1.8 Don't jump off a mountain even if there is water to land in
    • 1.1.9 Avoid eating poisonous foods or drinks without milk on hand.
    • 1.1.10 While using a bow
  • 1.2 Digging
    • 1.2.1 Don't dig straight down in survival mode
      • 1.2.1.1 Desert temple
    • 1.2.2 Don't dig straight up
    • 1.2.3 Don't dig underwater in survival mode
    • 1.2.4 Don't mess around with TNT (unless you know what you're doing)
    • 1.2.5 Don't forget to bring at least one full stack of common blocks if you're mining deep underground
    • 1.2.6 Don't forget to isolate diamond ores before mining
    • 1.2.7 Don't break into the Void
    • 1.2.8 Don't build a nether portal on bedrock in survival mode
    • 1.2.9 Don't dig around in sand with a shovel with Efficiency III or above
    • 1.2.10 Don't forget to leave a trail of torches (or other blocks) underground
  • 1.3 By mobs
    • 1.3.1 Don't look at endermen
    • 1.3.2 Don't get too close to a creeper
    • 1.3.3 Don't play on hard if you are a first time player
    • 1.3.4 Don't try to kill zombies or endermen with a bow
    • 1.3.5 Don't venture outside on your first night
    • 1.3.6 Don't forget your sword when caving
    • 1.3.7 Don't build a wall that spiders can climb over
    • 1.3.8 Don't get careless in a mineshaft
    • 1.3.9 Don't leave gaps in your shelter
    • 1.3.10 Don't start a sugar cane farm right outside or near your home
    • 1.3.11 Don't attack iron golems (unless you made it)
    • 1.3.12 Don't use a wooden door on Hard mode unless it's protected
    • 1.3.13 Don't hit a skeleton with a sword enchanted with Knockback
    • 1.3.14 Don't fight ranged mobs in water
    • 1.3.15 Don't fight bosses without the right equipment
    • 1.3.16 Don't attack a silverfish in a stronghold (unless you can kill it in one hit)
    • 1.3.17 Don't let a snow golem run free near your bed
    • 1.3.18 Don't blow up your armor stands
    • 1.3.19 Don't forget to light every room in your house
    • 1.3.20 Don't activate a nether reactor not ready yet (unless it is peaceful)
    • 1.3.21 Don't venture into an ocean monument without the proper equipment
    • 1.3.22 Don't fight a witch without good equipment
    • 1.3.23 Don't get near a rabbit before checking its skin
    • 1.3.24 Don't attack villagers
    • 1.3.25 Don't spend the night near villages (unless you are playing on Peaceful)
    • 1.3.26 Don't attack wolves
    • 1.3.27 Don't attack an enderman with only a sword
    • 1.3.28 Don't throw a negative potion too close
    • 1.3.29 Don't attack a creeper in water
    • 1.3.30 Don't go to The End without pumpkin on the head
    • 1.3.31 Don't look up in the sky while moving
    • 1.3.32 Don't stand right in front of the block you are mining
    • 1.3.33 Don't play hardcore mode unless you know what you are doing
    • 1.3.34 Don't venture outside during thunderstorms
  • 1.4 Concerning the Nether
    • 1.4.1 Don't goof around in the Nether
    • 1.4.2 Don't drill around with Efficiency V on netherrack
    • 1.4.3 Don't teleport to the Nether without fire resistance potions or enchanted golden apples
    • 1.4.4 Don't ride horses in the Nether
• 2 Wasted resources
  • 2.1 Involving tools and items
    • 2.1.1 Don't smelt items with wood logs as a fuel source
    • 2.1.2 Try not to craft rabbit stew if you are not desperate
    • 2.1.3 Don't drink base potions
    • 2.1.4 Don't waste space by crafting a lot of one item
    • 2.1.5 Don't mine valuable blocks with low-level equipment
    • 2.1.6 Don't waste valuable equipment on low-value jobs
    • 2.1.7 Don't use non-weapon tools for damaging mobs
    • 2.1.8 Don't use gold as your tools or armor
    • 2.1.9 Don't use an axe on leaves
    • 2.1.10 Don't try to place water in the nether (unless you are trying to place it in a cauldron)
    • 2.1.11 Don't use golden swords
    • 2.1.12 Don't make a hoe out of anything other than cobblestone or wood
    • 2.1.13 Don't use a Fortune tool on low-value blocks
    • 2.1.14 Don't throw away valuable equipment that has lost most of its durability
    • 2.1.15 Don't immediately throw away your items with lesser value
    • 2.1.16 Don't waste experience
    • 2.1.17 Don't overload your enchantments
    • 2.1.18 Don't use silk touch on all blocks
    • 2.1.19 Don't throw away your tools
    • 2.1.20 Don't use shears to collect too many leaves (or vines)
    • 2.1.21 Don't hog up your inventory
    • 2.1.22 Don't use all of your string just to make bows
    • 2.1.23 Don't get rid of a clownfish
    • 2.1.24 Don't use fire charges to light fires (unless you can't craft a flint and steel)
    • 2.1.25 Don't use dyed wool to craft a bed or a painting
  • 2.2 Involving blocks and entities
    • 2.2.1 Don't kill passive mobs that drop meat with a sword if you have flint and steel
    • 2.2.2 Don't kill sheep for wool if you have shears
    • 2.2.3 Don't shear Mooshrooms unless you need to
    • 2.2.4 Don't dye a sheep many times (unless you have few sheep)
    • 2.2.5 Don't waste swords by killing tiny slimes with a sword, especially a diamond sword.
    • 2.2.6 Don't craft white wool
    • 2.2.7 Don't use torches to break anvils
    • 2.2.8 Don't mine any ore with Silk Touch
    • 2.2.9 Don't destroy bookshelves without Silk Touch
    • 2.2.10 Don't destroy ender chests without Silk Touch
    • 2.2.11 Don't use glass carelessly
    • 2.2.12 Don't shoot paintings, boats, minecarts, item frames, or armor stands
    • 2.2.13 Don't cure a zombie villager if there are other zombies around
    • 2.2.14 Don't smelt all of your cobblestone
    • 2.2.15 Don't get careless with the dragon egg
    • 2.2.16 Don't mess up with redstone elevators in the nether
    • 2.2.17 Do not build wooden houses in the nether even if it is away from lava oceans
    • 2.2.18 Do not build a house in the end out of anything except end stone
    • 2.2.19 Do not delete your world if you lost everything
    • 2.2.20 Don't use fire aspect on an enderman
    • 2.2.21 Don't get rid of emeralds
    • 2.2.22 Do not breed or heal horses with enchanted golden apples either!
    • 2.2.23 Do not smelt ores that drop minerals
    • 2.2.24 Don't use fire aspect or flame against nether mobs
    • 2.2.25 Don't get scammed by Villagers
• 3 Other
  • 3.1 Don't play with fire (no pun intended)
  • 3.2 Don't use a water world superflat preset for survival
  • 3.3 Don't use 9 pieces of coal when you can craft them into a block of coal
  • 3.4 Don't heal a horse with 9 wheat when you can craft a hay bale
  • 3.5 Avoid building a weak or flammable house
  • 3.6 Don't build houses mainly out of obsidian
  • 3.7 Don't build TNT traps out of dirt if you plan on reusing them
  • 3.8 Don't make a fireplace in a wood house
  • 3.9 Don't grief up your spawn point
  • 3.10 Try not to live in certain biomes
  • 3.11 Don't venture out at night in certain biomes
  • 3.12 Don't spawn the Wither in the Nether or the End
  • 3.13 Don't fight the Wither near important buildings
  • 3.14 Don't be careless with your new pet wolf
  • 3.15 Don't adventure from your home without a few essential items
    • 3.15.1 General
    • 3.15.2 Stronghold
    • 3.15.3 Mining
    • 3.15.4 Abandoned mine shafts
  • 3.16 Don't horse around with a horse
  • 3.17 Don't pass a chance to settle down in a village
  • 3.18 Don't smash monster spawners
  • 3.19 Don't be afraid to take a little damage
  • 3.20 Never try to mine bedrock in survival, no matter what
  • 3.21 Don't make redstone contraptions (unless you know what you're doing)
  • 3.22 Things that you might've been doing wrong
• 4 Multiplayer
  • 4.1 Possible death
    • 4.1.1 Don't PvP without the right equipment
    • 4.1.2 Don't punch a griefer
    • 4.1.3 Don't stand in the open in a PvP server with bows
    • 4.1.4 Don't attack players wearing armor with the Thorns enchantment
    • 4.1.5 Don't show new faction/clan members your base
    • 4.1.6 Don't accept random teleport requests
    • 4.1.7 Do not step on a pressure plate
    • 4.1.8 Do not destroy tripwires without shears
    • 4.1.9 Stay away from any body of water in a PvP survival mode server
    • 4.1.10 Do not to be too late to join a PvP survival mode server
    • 4.1.11 Do not enable keepInventory on hardcore multiplayer
  • 4.2 Other
    • 4.2.1 Don't move beds without telling fellow server members
    • 4.2.2 Don't live near the spawn in multiplayer
    • 4.2.3 Don't let miners accidentally find your base
    • 4.2.4 Never trust any stranger if you enable cheats to them!
  • 4.3 Possible ban
    • 4.3.1 Don't hack into the servers console
    • 4.3.2 Don't use X-ray mods
    • 4.3.3 Don't build houses out of bedrock
    • 4.3.4 Don't go past the edge of the world
• 5 Technical
  • 5.1 Possible crash
    • 5.1.1 Never ever create a house on a superflat of snow alone
    • 5.1.2 Don't try to teleport carelessly on a laggy computer
    • 5.1.3 Don't trigger lots of TNT on a laggy computer
    • 5.1.4 Don't enchant a sword with a very high level Looting enchantment
    • 5.1.5 Don't play carelessly with dispensers
• 6 Last things
  • 6.1 Always carry a pickaxe and a sword
  • 6.2 Don't get crazy about always following any/most of these rules
  • 6.3 Don't believe the noobs.