Beginner Guides

This is a great place to start if you have never played Minecraft before.

Minecraft Short and Sweet – An orientation film by mmillss

This is a great first video to watch. Be sure to check out the video below this one too. It was the most helpful to me.

Minecraft Tutorial 01 – How to Survive your First Night

This was the very first Minecraft video I watched and it was the one that got me into the game. Without this video I was lost.

Minecraft: Building a Starting House (Minecraft Tutorial)

Minecraft Tutorial 20 – How to Survive & Thrive (Halloween update!)

This guy goes over some of the new stuff in the Halloween update like fishing and the Nether.