Minecraft: Maps: An Explorer's Guide to Minecraft

by Mojang AB, The Official Minecraft Team

Discover the hidden corners of the many weird and wonderful locations in Minecraft with this beautifully illustrated, full-color guide--written in official partnership with the experts at game-creator Mojang.

Are you ready for an adventure? Maps is a visual guide to the Minecraft landscape, created by an explorer on a quest to find the most valuable loot while avoiding danger. Explore each of the fifteen major biomes through highly detailed, illustrated maps, then read the explorer's notes about the unique features and discover an inspirational themed build idea for each.

A beautifully illustrated visual guide in its own right, Maps is also a survival tool. You'll learn which biomes are home to the most dangerous mobs, where to look for exclusive blocks, how to find naturally generated structures and the best places to search for loot. Once you've discovered each biome you can get building--construct an ice palace in the ice plains biome and an entire village suspended in the tree canopy above the jungle floor.

Badlands, Dark Forest, Desert, Forest, Jungle, Mountains, Mushroom Fields, Ocean, Plains, Savanna, Snowy Tundra, Swamp, Taiga, The Nether, The End

Genres: Nonfiction, Childrens

76 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2019

Reviews

[Miłośniczka Książek · Rating 4 out of 5]

O książce słów kilka + zdjęcia na moim blogu, na który Was serdecznie zapraszam :)

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[Cynthia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was so charming it made me interested to play Minecraft!

[Malcolm Cox · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a gorgeous book. Each double page 'map' is fully illustrated - no screen shots here - and depicts each biome in their full glory along with a build idea that fits in with that biome. Following each of these pages is a closer look at some of the unique elements and beneficial resources from the related biome and more about the build idea.
There is also a Where's Wally? aspect where each biome has a given number of hostile mobs, and spotting them all isn't always that easy.
That being said, this book is little more than a collection of pretty pictures. There's not a lot of reading to be had. This is literally just the maps and what can be found there. No crafting, combat or strategies, but then those are covered in other books or just a Google search away.
I think I may have been slightly disappointed with this if I had paid full price for it. However, I picked it up half price from Waterstones so have no complaints.

[Sunny Seal · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just read this book as a quick read so I could reach my reading goal more easily in December. Truly the busiest of months. That aside, I have had it for a long time but didn't read it until today, but it was very enjoyable and quick, just like a primer on the biomes of Minecraft and related information. Of course, it's out of date now, but I can't expect the book to tell the future. My only complaint is that I believe the book got the images of the evoker and vindicator mixed up...

[link · Rating 5 out of 5]

coolest. shit. ever.

bro the biomes look sick. as.

[Željko Filipin · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting book on Minecraft biomes, but unfortunately each biome is described in very little detail.

[Alyce Caswell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've found the prose guides very heavy on detail and overwhelming at times (and kiddo has had more trouble than me), so this was a nice, basic introduction to the different biomes and what you might find there. Excellent illustrations.