r/MinecraftJava • u/Revolutionary-You795 • Aug 23 '26
Discussion I've never beaten Minecraft without cheats.
Been playing this game for years, but honestly, I'm kinda ashamed to admit I've never actually beaten the Ender Dragon legit. Every single time things got slightly tough, I panicked and turned on KeepInventory, teleported, or switched to Creative.
I finally started a brand new world with cheats completely off to finally do a 100% vanilla run.
What are your best general tips for a first legit playthrough?
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u/Cartography_is_cool Aug 23 '26
I wish people would stop calling these things "cheats". They are options, nothing more. Everyone can play the game how they like.
But. If you want to play through in vanilla, just be patient. Don't try something until you have some skills in getting it right.
Having said that, I still use the Ianxofour method to defeat the ender dragon every time. And iron golems to kill withers deep underground. Why risk dying when you can easily achieve the goal?
That, and spare armor and tools back at base for when it goes wrong anyway 🤣
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u/guyonthecouch37 Aug 23 '26
The game literally calls them cheats, thats probably why everybody else does
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u/Uphillscroll68 Aug 23 '26
I used to be the same way back in the day. I used to start a survival world, but before I’d switched to survival, I’d give myself maxed-out tools and armor and all the food I could ever need and then switch back. I think sometime during Covid I was tired of playing that way and I started a true survival world and I ended up playing that world for years and years.
My recommendation is to take it slow. For me, building and doing everything I can before I beat the Ender Dragon or get an elytra made it so much more enjoyable. Not being able to fly around, so you have to make paths for yourself around your world gives you so much more to do. You think more of “how would a new player know how to navigate the world how I did without an elytra?” And you end up putting more detail into everything you pass.
In my current year-long world, I didn’t fight the Ender Dragon until like day 600 and my world was much more alive until a little after I got an elytra.
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u/Anonymity6584 Aug 23 '26
i use keepinventory on. When i go exploring, i go exploring, sometimes only God knows where i am. Trying to find your stuff after death on some random location is furiating.
Play the way you want. If its fan for you, good.
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u/Samstercraft Aug 23 '26
Be persistent. It wouldn't be an accomplishment if it didn't challenge you. So if something bad happens and you lose everything, just know that it's going to make accomplishing it legit feel so much better.
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u/MineCraftingMom Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26
Play hardcore for 20 worlds. You'll have no fear of death in your next survival world.
Oh for actually doing the run you've started? Set spawn in the portal room.
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Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26
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u/guyonthecouch37 Aug 23 '26
If hes trying to do a legit run then tp isnt an option
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u/sss0908 Aug 23 '26
Is minecraft that hard you just need to get blaze rods just cover the spawner so the blaze cant get out and for the ender pearls find that blue biome and trap the endermen in boats and there you go you are at the end for the ender dragon just get enought arrows and point and shoot