Thanks to an article in Tech Advisor  I found out how to change my skin in Minecraft. Turns out that there is a place called Skindex that has a free skin editor.  FREE!  Another site, " How To Gurus " has a video on how to use Skindex and how to transfer it to the game. I dyed a sheep to match my new outfit. I had several false starts - at one point I thought I was finished and found I had put the face on the back of my head - I'm hoping to do better in the future.

 I just downloaded the 'Java' version of Minecraft. I had been using the Bedrock version on Switch,  but I wanted to try to get Achievements and they weren't available for Switch Minecraft without significant hoop-jumping. Things are very different.   What were 'Achievements' in Bedrock are now called 'Advancements' in Java. I started a New World without cheats and it was a big shift. I hadn't realized how using the "keep inventory" cheat had made things easy, and it was discouraging to build up XP points and inventory and then die and lose everything.  Added 10-30-2021. I started a new world in Java and found that I could get Advancements while using "keep inventory." On Switch, I was finally able to access the Microsoft website and get 'Achievements' there. I'm also having to learn keyboard commands - I died the second day after accidentally hitting the Trader and having his llamas spit at me and knock me back into a hol...

(Below - supplies for the journey)  I finally found a Village Cartographer who had a Woodland Explorer Map for sale.  I wanted to make a Map Wall of the journey, so I packed supplies to make maps as I traveled.  I put the Woodland Explorer Map in my shield spot, and created new maps in the other hand - starting with a basic blank map that could be expanded to 4x4 size on the craft table. When the marker indicated I had 'walked off the map' I started a new map. Woodland Explorer Map on left, 0/4 map on right. It was a long journey. It took me fifteen Minecraft days. I passed near six villages, and a ruined portal. I had to detour several times to avoid things like a pillager tower and rugged terrain. I crossed plains, savannas, swamps, deserts, mountains, and a bit of badlands. Every time I went through a forest I wondered if this was where I would find the Woodland Mansion, since you can only find them in the thickest woods. The map gives no indication of the distance sti...

Minecraft is a popular game that has been out for a long time, has been updated multiple times, and is on several versions on at least nine different platforms.  For this reason, when you try to make "an easy build" that you read about in an article or viewed on a video it might not work for you. Here are some things that I was able to make on Minecraft Switch Bedrock: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeb Door: The classic door is a 2x2 block door that is hidden when closed and sits flush with the wall. When activated, it slides across to reveal a secret passageway. I got the directions for my Jeb door at Skippy 6 Gaming . Jeb Door - Closed (Lever is at top left - could be hidden better) Jeb Door - Open - Showing back wall of secret chamber ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Automated Sugarcane Farm  I got direc...