A Minecraft Guide for First-Timers, Part I

By Jeremiah, age 7

These are the top priorities for your first day playing Minecraft:

1. Mine wood
2. Craft wood planks
3. Make a crafting table
4. Craft sticks
5. Craft wooden tools
6. Mine cobblestone with pickaxe
7. Craft furnace
8. Craft stone tools 
9. Look for coal underground or put wood in furnace (wood planks don't work)
10. Craft torches
11. Make house
12. (Optional #12-13) Kill 3+ sheep
13. Craft a bed
14. Sleep or work on house

A detour to skip steps 1-3, 7, and 10-11 is to find a village.