Method 1 of 3: Newbies Start Here 1You have spawned. Look around at your world. If there are cacti, trees, snow, water, clay and coal, you're off to a great start. Ad2Start punching the first tree you see. This may sound strange, but it is one of the only things you can do at the moment. You will need wood for the rest of the game to make pickaxes to mine later on. You can make loads of stuff with them! 3After you have gotten 5-10 pieces of wood, open up your inventory with 'E' (some people set it as 'I', but E is strongly recommended). You should now proceed to drag the logs into the 'Crafting' section of your inventory. On the output side, you should have wood planks. Collect them.