7/10 ( )

This book is cool 😎 it tells you how to build stuff whit the stone is cool 😎 ( )

I've played Minecraft for a awhile now, but one of the few things that still baffles me is redstone. It's a mechanic in the game that basically works like electrical wiring, and you can use it to do amazing things. I can only do the most basic things, like rigging a door to open with a lever or button, but people all over the world have made some crazy stuff with redstone, like clocks and stopwatches that accurately keep time, actual minigames within the game of Minecraft, a calculator, and even a full functional computer. Yes, a computer, within a game, on your computer.

This guide is divided into 3 sections. The first covers the basics of redstone, how it works, how to make the blocks, and some basic redstone mechanics. The second section offers some basic builds with step-by-step instructions so you can recreate yourself in game, such as lights that turn on automatically when the sun sets, and a cannon that shoots TNT. The final section shows some of the crazy community builds I mentioned above, a few little insights into how they work, with pictures showing how utterly complex they are.

I'll admit, I'm still befuddled by redstone. It's simple really, like I said, it's just like electrical wire, but the intricacies are still quite a bit beyond my understanding. Nevertheless, as a guide, this was useful and educational, and I'm definitely a little bit more knowledgeable about redstone now. Kind of. ( )

This book is about everything you need to know about redstone in minecraft. There are three sections that tell you about redstone: Redstone Essentials, Redstone Challenges, and Community Creations. In Redstone Essentials it tells you about everything redstone is used for. In Redstone Challenges you are given challenges to complete. Finally in Community Creations you get to see other creations that people have made with Redstone. At the end of the book there helpful hints and tips. There are also useful links that can help. That is all about Minecraft: Redstone Handbook.

My opinion of this book is a good one. This book has useful information that I can use while playing Minecraft. I enjoyed it, because I got to see other people's creation. Now I want to build them. I can't wait to do the challenges, because 2 of them have a difficulty of 3! It also gave me information I didn't even know about. I just want to read this book a thousand times over and over again. ( )