Defending Your Home (Minecraft Guide)

So you've spents countless hours mining and gathering resources. Alot of hard work and meticulous placement of blocks later, you have come up with a truly impressive house, them BOOM... a creeper comes along and blocks everything up. It's not nice and can even make you shake with rage. But this small issue can be avoided with a few simple steps.

Location Location Location
Before you even lay a single block, your first task is to pick a good place to build your homes. Obviously this should be large enough area to build in, and not a crammed space in a dense jungle. Being Minecraft you can shape any area with enough tools and time, but what if you don't have those, it's much better to just find and pick a good spot to build. If you build a house near big trees or cliffs, or in a bad biome (Roofed Forst Biome) your effectively giving the enemies a headstart since they are not afraid to walk up to your property. So try and pick a place away from tall things and you will be perfectly fine.

Basic Defence
Say you have got a nice homely dwelling built, with a few crops and animals your next task is to secure it. Zombies can break down doors, Skeletons can pelt you with arrows, Creepers... okay let's stop there. Basically to ensure you don't get any unfriendly suprises, your best idea is to build a fence around your house at least 2 blocks high, this may not be the prettiest looking thing, but it is secure. The only problem with regular fencing is that it can burn down, so Nether Brick fencing could make a better plan. Nether Brick fencing although it's rarity, it cannot be set on fire and has twice the blast resistance.

Surrounding Defences
Asuming you have got a nice fencing around your house and torches inside to keep mobs from spawning, you have officially completed the house defences task, but you will have to venture outside eventually so another good idea is to secure the surroundong area to. Fences can be used, but if you have run out of fences, another good idea is to keep pets surrounding your house. Tamed Wolves will chase Skeletons away and best of all... tamed cats chase Creepers away. So a good idea is to keep a little bit of Fish and Bones just in case!