Minecraft Maps

My first few Minecraft maps were disasters: there was a glitch where they got erased under certain circumstances, so I'm trying to be more careful now. 

This world spawned differently from my last world - the landscape is calmer, but the nearest village is a lot further away, and there seem to be a ton of ruined portals.  I need to synchronize the nether to the overworked portals, but so far I'm working with what I have.

On Maps: I keep a notebook with pages for each 4x4 map with notes about different locations to make it easier to return to certain places and I always try to use a compass map when I'm exploring, and duplicate it and mount it as soon as I get back to base.

I recommend paulsoaresjr's first "Survive and Thrive" videos even though some aspects of Minecraft have changed since he made them over nine years ago. 




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