The Nether - possibly the cruelest dimension on Minecraft. With gigantic fireball shooting Ghasts to deep pools of lava, nobody is safe for sure. Here is a guide to help you survive at least one day in the Nether without turning the difficulty to peaceful.
Method 1 of 2: Being Prepared
1Make your trip as short as possible. Don't stay there too long.Ad
2Always, ALWAYS, have a sword on you.
3Before you enter the Nether, put all your valuables in a chest. Stuff like diamonds, emeralds, and ender pearls. Also be sure to bring flint and steel, in case you need to relight the portal, and a lot of cobblestone. A map may come in useful; it will not tell which direction you are facing, but it will show you where you are, which will be useful if you get lost. Snowballs are useful for fighting blazes; you can bring them in the form of snow blocks to save space, and use a shovel to convert them back to snowballs.
4Bring tons of food. Don't carry something useless like a raw pork chop. If you have raw beef/pork chops, cook them before your trip. Have a stack of at least 25!
5Protect your Nether portal with cobblestone. Ghast fireballs won't destroy cobblestone, so be sure to bring a lot of it to the nether. Fireballs won't destroy obsidian, but they could "unlight" the portal, leaving you stranded (unless you have flint and steel).
Method 2 of 2: Finding Shelter
1Dig into a mountain. You'll need a place to stay while you work on your house. When you build your house, be sure to use cobblestone (not wood) so that it will be ghast-proof. Make sure you have an iron door with a lever or button inside and out. Don't bother placing a bed, because if you try to sleep in it, it will explode.
2If you can, find a Nether fortress. You may need to clear out the pigmen and blazes (just remember that all of the pigmen will attack you if you injure just one), but it does make a quite decent house; there are hiding places inside mountains, and rooms deep inside where you can hide from ghasts and stuff. They are very decent places to live and contain plenty of bricks and staircases, blazes for blaze rods for potion making, and a nether-wart farm. What else could a Minecrafter ask for?
3When leaving your house, bring a sword and wear iron armor or better. An enchanted sword is best. I say this because you don't always know where a ghast is, even if you can hear it. Remember that if you are hit, your iron armor will deflect the blast, but won't get rid of the knock back. A bow and arrows is also recommended when travelling near ghasts, because instead of fleeing you can use arrows to knock the fireball back at the ghast, or even shoot the ghast itself. Swords will also knock fireballs back, but that is much more difficult.
4Eat rotten flesh if you have nothing else. You can get rotten flesh from zombie pigmen (climb a tower before fighting them, because they will swarm at you). Rotten flesh may give you the hunger effect, but you can drink milk (if you were able to get a cow through the portal) or drink a potion to stop the effect. There is no other food source there, unless you brought trees or wheat seeds with you.
5Make a brewing stand. Yes, its a no-brainer, because the materials needed are mostly in the Nether to make this, and so are the ingredients: blaze rods, ghast tears, etc. You can also make splash potions for pesky pigmen packs that you have started a fight with. Either way, its essential unless you want to easily die after eating rotten flesh.Ad
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- Compasses don't work.
- Clocks don't work.
- If you want netherrack, only use a wood/cobblestone pickaxe. Iron up is just too valuable, best you don't bring those.
- If possible, enchant your armor and/or weapons before going to the Nether.
- Keep it on easy. Don't normal it up, unless you are willing to lose your stuff.
- When going to the nether for netherrack or glowstone, set the difficulty to peaceful. If you don't, you'll lose your stuff easily.
- Ghasts wont take damage if hit on the head.
- Do not use beds! They explode.
- Don't fall into lava.
- Don't go for glowstone by pillaring up. You are more than likely to get hit by a ghast.