MINECRAFTPROGRESSION MAP
From your first block to your next adventure.
Day One
Early tools, a crafting table, wood weapons, gathered food and first discoveries
00First crafting table
Craft your first equipment
Early tools
Hands → wood tools
Wood weapons
First crafted melee damage
First loot / village
Useful finds, if nearby
Gathered food
Eat before a farm is ready
Creepers
Watch for explosions
Surface explorer
A first home, stone tools, surface exploration and simple farms
01First home & bed
Shelter • sleep • a place to return
Stone tools
Mine iron · cheap replacements
Stone weapons
More sword damage · easy replacements
Leather armor
Basic protection
Enchanted books
Find or trade for useful effects
Surface exploring
Choose a site • prepare supplies
First farms
Crops • basic animals
Surface mobs
Skeletons • zombies • spiders • witches • endermen
Boats
Water travel • explore rivers and coasts
Cave explorer
Cave supplies, copper and useful discoveries
02Furnace & fuel
Cook food • process materials
Copper tools
Faster than stone; same ores
Copper weapons
Stone damage; lasts longer
Copper armor
Above leather
Ore veins
Follow exposed ore • gather supplies
Manual farms
Plant saplings • grow • chop • replant
Cave life
Bats • glow squid • silverfish (rare)
Water Ladders
Swim up • descend through water
First mines
First iron builds and reliable equipment
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First iron builds
Bucket • shears • chosen parts
Iron tools
Reliable kit · mine diamonds
Iron weapons
Reliable weapons · stronger swords
Iron armor
Reliable protection · build a set
Basic repairs
Combine worn gear • recover durability
Village & trading
An exploration and supply branch
Early automation
Zombie Villagers
Possible nighttime village encounter
Torch-lit Tunnels
1 wide × 2 high • lit walking routes
New horizons
Explore biomes, expand resources and develop village trades and basic workstations
04Basic workstations
Smoker • loom • grindstone
Bows & crossbows
Fight from a distance
Chainmail armor
Obtained, not crafted
XP Farm
Repeatable XP • prepare to enchant
Mineshafts
Explore tunnels • rails • useful finds
Basic automation
Phantoms
Nighttime encounters • rest on long journeys
Mounts & Saddles
Ride mounts • travel overland
Advanced workshop
Anvils, organized storage and developed supply routes
05
Larger Storage
Organize growing supplies
Traded tools
Toolsmith • equipment for emeralds
Traded weapons
Weaponsmith • equip through trades
Traded armor
Armorer • build a set through trades
Anvil & experience
Apply books • combine equipment
Copper golem sorting
Early item sorting • no redstone
Biome mobs
Strays • husks • drowned • cave spiders
Minecart transport
A first route · move supplies
First Enchantments
Lapis and bookshelves • borrow from villages or woodland mansions
06
Library corner
Bookshelves • lectern
Enchanted Tools
Speed • yields • special harvests
Enchanted weapons
Added damage or combat effects
Enchanted armor
Protection effects & useful abilities
Lapis lazuli
Enchanting supply • blue dye
Woodland mansion
A woodland expedition
Trading hall
Repeatable access to useful trades
Illagers
Pillagers • vindicators • evokers • vexes
Deep mining
Diamond and redstone open equipment, enchanting and circuit branches
07Diamond Tools
Mine obsidian · long-lasting
Diamond weapons
Stronger swords · much longer use
Diamond armor
More protection · longer use
Enchant your own
Enchanting table • lapis • XP
Trial Chambers
Underground combat challenges
Redstone & Slime
Slimes
Slimeballs • mechanism supplies
Portals and Highways
Build a first portal and develop connections between places
08First Portal
Obsidian portal • connect your home
Nether Highways
Connect portals • establish safer routes
Quartz Components
Observers • comparators
Nether encounters
Piglins • zombified piglins • hoglins • ghasts
Happy Ghast
Flying companion • aerial travel
Nether More
Fortress routes, blaze rods, piglin bartering and quartz
09
Nether home upgrades
Gold tools
Fast mining • low durability
Gold weapons
Wood-tier sword damage • low durability
Gold armor
Ordinary piglin avoidance
Blaze rods
Brewing fuel • Eyes of Ender
Nether fortress
Find blazes • gather blaze rods
Piglin Bartering
Gold ingots → varied supplies
Fortress mobs
Blazes • wither skeletons
Stronghold
Find the stronghold and locate its End portal
10Stronghold
Locate the portal • silverfish (common)
Silverfish
Common • portal room and infested blocks
The End
Enter the End and prepare for the dragon
11
Enter the End
Enter the dimension • central island
End encounters
Endermen • Ender Dragon
Pirates' End
Flight, portable storage and your own long-term projects
12
Shulker Boxes
Portable storage • carry more supplies
End Cities & Ships
Outer islands • shells and flight
Shulkers
End cities • shells for portable storage
Elytra
Flight • explore farther
Return to the Nether || Nether Strong
Bastions and netherite upgrades; shown after the dragon but available earlier
13Netherite tools
Faster work · longer tool life
Netherite weapons
More damage · longer use
Netherite armor
Knockback resistance · durability
Maintain your gear
Repairs • XP • suitable enchantments
Bastion remnants
Loot • netherite upgrade templates
Bastion encounters
Piglin brutes • piglins
Ocean Monument
Prepare for an underwater expedition
14
Sea Lanterns
Underwater lighting • home decoration
Sponges
Absorb water • drain build sites
Tide Armor Trim
Cosmetic armor pattern
Ocean Monument
An underwater expedition
Ocean encounters
Drowned • guardians • elder guardians
Ancient City
Explore the deep dark with care
15
Soul Lanterns
Blue lighting • home decoration
Recovery Compass
Echo shards • find your last death
Armor Trims
Ward • Silence • cosmetic patterns
Ancient City
A deep-dark expedition
Sculk Automation
Vibration sensing • redstone signals
Warden
Avoid • distract • escape
SIFT Portal ( rumored )
Speculative • entry unconfirmed
Frontier
Pursue larger projects and upgrades that suit your world
16Larger projects
Landscaping, settlements and machines
Special weapons
Special attacks & combat styles
Firework Rockets
Boost elytra flight • extend your travels