I did it!

this is actually crazy how mojang completely forgot to teach the player the game because of how the game blew up in popularity

It could be argued that the obscurity and vagueness of MineCraft's mechanics lends itself to be an inherently social game - playing, sharing, discovering with other people has been such a strong part of its history and popularity, I feel.

That "You need light to avoid spawning monsters" is a deadly missing clue.

there's a wonderful channel called piropito where he did exactly this, he played minecraft blind with no wiki, no spoilers and asked people not to tell him stuff in yt comments. He actually is incredibly far into the game, and I'm sure a few things have been leaked to him, he's gotten amazingly far and his playthrough is super charming. It takes him something like 20 episodes to work out the crafting bench exists, and he covers a huge portion of his starting area in wooden buttons. (the playthrough started before the recipe book)

it’s crazy to think that in all of minecraft’s history I doubt a single person has beaten it without outside help

I think the maker of Zelda said he intentionally restricted the explanations in the game to make people talk with each other and not just play the game through. I think this helped Minecraft a lot to make it popular and social.

The potion brewing part really hit me, when I was a kid I remember once playing and finding a brewing stand, I was in creative and so I tried to make potions by putting water bottles, blaze powder and added something like magma cream as I thought it’d make a fire resistance potion, I got a mundane potion, the I had to check up on the internet if the mundane potion was useful for something (it is not) so basically I discovered that wouldn’t work and now I needed nether warts (this was like in 2015)

I liked how wither summoning is kinda hidden in the paintings. They could do this with mostly all of other in-game mechanics. I think it’d be fun for players to look for these clues in in-game Pictionary; that’d also add some lore effect to the game

Its crazy to realize almost nothing I know about Minecraft was taught to me in-game.

I think the new ruined portals may have been added literally for the sake of making a nether portal be something you can learn in game

When I was a kid, I play minecraft only in creative mode, I once played in survival mode and I was so confused because I had nothing in my inventory. And after a year or so playing minecraft only in creative mode, my friend told me how to craft items in survival mode, and I was so amazed by how fun minecraft actually is

there is a fabulous let's play by a Japanese man named PiroPito, who is playing the game COMPLETELY blind. He worked out how to do some redstone things before he worked out how beds work, and has worked out chunk loading mechanics despite not working out that bookshelves boost enchanting tables. There are some other incredible things he's done too, but I won't spoil that.

When I first played Minecraft, I was scared of skeletons and zombies, so I built a stone house, surrounded by iron fences to protect myself from them. In creative.

This topic is one big throwback to surviving your first night. We never realized it went so deep because Minecraft doesn't actually tell you how to survive, you have to learn how yourself 😂

About Oliver just finished his blind Minecraft playthrough. Some of the stuff you said was difficulty he got with little difficulty (nether portals, basic brewing, nether/ow distance) while stuff you said was simple (riding horses, using Elytra to glide) he got only by pure chance and never would have actually figured out or never figured out at all.

When I started playing I went an entire year before I found out you could light a glowstone portal with a water bucket. An entire dimension I never knew was in the game.

Back in 2009 I and my friend stumbled upon this game. We had no clue how to do anything in it as practically no tutorials that we knew of existed. It was a long and incredibly tedious process. But it was one of the best gaming experiences I had in my life. Figuring out that cooked pork healed twice as much HP was a day's worth dose of dopamine. Actually learning that you need iron tools to mine a diamond was like a cool twist in the plot forcing us to remember where we saw any of those previously useless resources. Man, that was a game.

I actually think that the ruined portals are quite good. They give you an outline to complete and in there is often a flint and steel in the chest.

You see, in my opinion that is what made Minecraft interesting. I still remember the first time I discovered that I could sleep in the game even if it was in creative, and my first survival game. It is all about the joy of exploring, discovering something you didn't even thought was possible in the game.

The old console versions had tutorial worlds that explained a lot of this stuff. It's a shame they don't make tutorial worlds anymore.

This is really interesting! This reminds me of when I started playing when I was young, I went like a month not knowing what a crafting table was

honestly its better than i expected with the nether portals and the igloos. it would just take a very long time to come across the clues

I love that he didn't made the character dumb like "why would i eat food?" or "what do i smelt in furnaces?", he used the realistic one.

Fun fact, i never knew that igloos had basements until a few days ago. Ive been playing Minecraft before hunger was a thing

I really admire how Minecraft's team has made so many clever adjustments to make a person who never played any videogames before understand Minecraft

1:18 Moving and Jumping (5) 1:24 Look Around (5) 1:34 Materials to Recipes (5) 1:49 Opening the Recipe Book (3) 2:06 Crafting with Recipe Book (4) 2:25 Using a Crafting Table (3) 2:42 Placing Blocks (4) 2:57 Advancements (4) 3:01 Mining Stone (4) 3:14 Crafting a Stone Pickaxe (5) 3:23 Smelting Raw Ore (3) 3:53 Combat (3) 4:02 Mob Spawning Mechanics (3) 4:11 Armour (5) 4:16 Better Pickaxes (5) 4:18 Buckets (4) 4:19 Basic Gameplay Loop (5) 4:24 Material Tiers (4) 4:34 Food (3) 4:42 Bed/Respawning (3) 5:03 Locating Diamonds (4) 5:11 Locating Obsidian (4) 5:13 Getting to the Nether (2) 5:56 Find Nether Fortress (4) 6:02 Obtain Blaze Rods (4) 6:05 Craft Blaze Powder (5) 6:08 Craft Eye of Ender (5) 6:17 Locating the Stronghold (4) 6:22 Activating the End Portal (4) 6:32 Defeating the Dragon (5) 6:41 Obtaining the Dragon Egg (3) 6:51 Respawning the Dragon (1) 7:01 Getting to the Outer Islands (3) 7:10 Finding the Elytra (4) 7:15 Using Fireworks to Fly (1) 7:20 Using Shulker Boxes (3) 7:39 Villager Trading (5) 7:41 Constructing an Iron Golem (2) 7:47 Constructing a Snow Golem (1) 7:51 Raid (3) 7:56 Cure a Zombie Villager (2) 8:16 Potion Brewing (1) 8:35 Enchanting (3) 8:59 Finding an Ocean Monument (4) 9:06 Finding Buried Treasure (5) 9:15 Using a Conduit (2) 9:21 Defeating a Monument (1) 9:26 Finding a Woodland Mansion (4) 9:31 Nether/Overworld Distance (2) 9:37 Using Totem of Undying (4) 9:52 Collecting Honey (5) 9:57 Riding Horses (4) 10:03 Taming Other Animals (3) 10:14 Fishing (5) 10:19 Bonemeal Usage (2) 10:24 Playing Music Discs (4) 10:31 Finding Music Discs (2) 10:44 Finding Mob Heads (2) 10:58 Finding Bastion Remnants (4) 11:02 Riding Striders (4) 11:10 Piglin Trading (5) 11:22 Find Ancient Debris/Netherrite Scrap (4) 11:26 Crafting Netherrite (5) 11:28 Upgrading Equipment (2) 11:35 Summoning the Wither (2) 12:01 Using a Beacon (3) 12:20 Basic Redstone (3) 12:24 Using Redstone Components (2) 12:35 Redstone Circuit Design (1) 12:50 "Two by Two" Advancement (2) 13:13 "A Furious Cocktail" Advancement (2) 13:21 Hidden Achievements (1)

2:02 How did you figure out opening the inventory? Perhaps you kept clicking buttons?

this is why I love the series ‘piropito’s first playthough of minecraft’, he went in completely blind. really fun to watch him figure things out

I never really realized just HOW important word of mouth information was to this game. Every time a new feature was added I would just watch Paulsoaresjr explain it to me and not question it XD

I think a sort of "item description" below the name of an item, similar to Terraria, would help fix this issue. For instance, the description for the Totem of Undying could be "Hold the totem to cheat death" and so the player would know how to use it.

I assume this was made before the Warden and Deep Dark, but the ancient cities actually have some hints teaching how redstone works... but its in a hidden room most people probably wouldn't know about in one of the most dangerous biomes where it would be INCREDIBLY easy to die, and incredibly easy to miss (now that I think about it... does the game tell you how to sneak ever? Or do you have to figure that out yourself?). One could say Jungle Temples are also a neat way to teach some info about redstone, but once again its easy to miss. Archeology doesn't seem to have a tutorial either. Anyone out of the loop would probably have no clue that suspicious sand is special and you need a brush to uncover its items. No clue that Sniffers can only be found in warm ocean ruins. Heck, with the addition of the Armor Trims and Netherite Upgrade Template, anyone isn't familiar would probably have a LOT of trouble discovering how to actually use them. Though I suppose its better than it was before, since they're called "Smithing Templates" which hints at the Smithing Table's uses. I wonder how many new players would craft a Fletching Table expecting it to do something. I could easily imagine someone crafting it, thinking it does something, not realizing that it doesn't have a function and mistakenly thinking they're just using it wrong.

When I initially started playing minecraft back in 1.3.2, I always tried crafting a stone pickaxe with smelted cobblestone because I never thought to try crafting it made out of cobblestone as it was called a "stone pickaxe" so for about a month I couldn't even get iron until I finally realized

When I first started the game I actually discovered snow golems on my own by trying to make iron golems out of other blocks that were white

honestly, not much explanation is one of the things i love about Minecraft; for me having to figure things out and learning using my own testing and research is really satisfying

Just had this experience with my dad who played it for the first time. He got nowhere on his own-didn't even punch down a tree. I had to guide him through everything

To be fair, the advancement "we need to go deeper" tells us to "build, light, and enter a Nether Portal". Ruined portals have netherrack, so we can infer they're relevant.The advancement prior required us to collect obsidian, so it may also be relevant. We know we have to "build" a portal, but in what shape? From some ruined portals, the shape is somewhat apparent, others less so. If we get unlucky we may have to find a second or even a third ruined portal to learn the shape of the portal. Finally, we have to "light" the portal. The icon on the advancement shows a flint and steel, and they can also be found in adjacent loot chests. There is a LOT of information that needs to be understood, but given enough time, patience, and determination, I think it can be reasonably accomplished.

Honestly in my opinion the ender eyes aren't easy to understand at all. They have a 25% chance to break when you throw them, and I thought that indicated where it was located. Made me mine for hours.

12:50 oh my god

this really makes me realize how much I really know about this game, and that thing I think are completely obvious like going to the nether, or fireworks for elytra are very hard to figure out for new players. one thing I should mention though: in bedrock edition (which most new players start on) when you load into a world, tips pop up like "fireworks can be used to propell you with an elytra" or "mobs spawn at light level 0" etc, which are probably VERY helpful for new players

I remember when I first started playing, there was literally no help in the game. I spent a lot of time looking at wiki pages to see what you could do in the game. At one point I read something about the ender dragon and told my friends, but they didn't believe me and told me I shouldn't believe everything on the internet. Without actively seeking outside information the game was really rough. It's a lot better nowadays.

Earlier in minecraft's life span the advancement "we need to go deeper" was a picture of the portal, so id say that got harder over time personally

Great video, it opens up a new perspective on how it feels to be a new player, but honestly I believe things are the way they are because minecraft has always been a community focused game.

I definitely like your suggested changes. Cracked portals are a bit of a hint towards getting to the nether. It really helps if you find one topside that is straight up. Or even complete. It's actually possible to get a portal that is pre-lit, but the chance of it is very low; possibly even borderline impossible since I've only seen it once myself. The portal needs to be sufficiently complete and then have fire spark near it, which can be very difficult to have happen naturally. You can get through the escape portals by pushing yourself down with the trap doors. I accidentally pushed myself down with trap doors on multiple occasions while building, so it isn't impossible to figure out.

It really confused me how people found out the crafting recipes. I remember back in 2013 I was with a group of friends at another friend's house and we had a multi-player surver, honestly one of the best times of my life. Anyhow, me being a somewhat new player, my closest friend being a complete noob who just got the game, and my other 3 who were kind of used to it (but kind of not), we were basically all confused but loved when we found out a new item. I remember being the first one to find out that cactus can be cooked to be turned into a dye

There used to be a tutorial world back on console edition. it first taught you the basics, then released you into a bigger world that went deeper into the individual mechanics. it baffled me when they removed it after 1.13

This video reminded me of my first experience with Minecraft on the Xbox 360. In it, there was a tutorial map that used signs to teach the player all sorts of different things such as beds, accessing the nether, and beacons and encouraged the importance of exploration. It was always fun seeing the new map with each major update and finding all the easter eggs. Wish they would do that for the Java edition on PC, as it would give much needed guidance.

I remember back when I had to ask a friend how to craft sticks. That must’ve been ten years ago from now, what a nice memory to still have.

Note that the "Figure out that you have to set the portal on fire" step is actually indicated in-game, since the advancement icon has a flint and steel.

The brewing stand needs his own book, like the crafting table, without the wiki is otherwise extremely difficult to find what you can do with it

9:34 as a child i thought that of you place a new portal away from the other portals, then you will spawn in a new world

I kinda wish I could play the game like this you get this game, know nothing, find some random structures, do stuff on your own. you get to learn so much about an alien world! I really want something like this. but do to how minecraft was made, and how big it is, it's almost impossible to have a blind play through... actually it's just basically impossible.

“The game says you need to find a Nether fortress. This isn’t hard, all it takes is some exploration” Me, who dies about 30 times before finding one: Excuse me?

When I first played Minecraft, the recipe book wasn't a thing yet, so, knowing that I could turn wheat into bread, I stuck it in a furnace.

I remember when I first started playing the game, of course I had a bunch of knowledge taken from outside, but a very important element of my learning process that you didn't mention is the creative mode, it really helps you get a grasp of what the game has to offer, like the music discs and the existence of mob heads. However I really like your video, I catch myself thinking about it a while ago, makes you wish to start playing the game all over again with no pre knowledge

I think the experience of getting information only by word of mouth enhanced my enjoyment of the game. When they added the tutorial and crafting book I thought they removed the sense of depth. Finding out something new from somebody makes your mind wonder about what else you don't know or what else there is to explore.

I think that the effective necessity of outside help is a big reason why Minecraft has had such a strong KZfaq base. First, because of people needing to search for tutorials either as new players or old players (due to new mechanics). Second, because people get recommended these tutorials and are intrigued by the game. I know this was how I discovered Minecraft (through Paulsoaresjr) and how many others - even other KZfaqrs like Ethoslab! - discovered the game. It’s a positive feedback loop that I don’t think Notch or Mojang anticipated, but has been instrumental in Minecraft’s success as a game and on KZfaq. On a different note, I think a good way to experience (rather than simulate) a true blind playthrough could be to play a mod pack blind. This is a topic that has been on my mind too and I’m so glad to see a video on it! I think there are so many more ideas for follow up videos just from this topic, too.

Piropito has a great Minecraft series where he plays completely blind. I’d highly recommend, because the amount of dedication he puts to discover the game is fascinating.

That's a good theme. It's surprising how many games have this same issue, especially old MMORPGs. People playing for a long time know exactly what to do because they've been following development for years and got a lot of information straight from blog posts or streams. But for those coming later, there isn't always a way to get this info from the game itself, or sometimes it's almost totally buried by the great amount of content available.

Honestly before starting my playthrough i already knew about the tools and how to set up base, mine, and gather food. Ironically tho, this made the game even harder for me, because i ignored all the popup tips and couldn't learn anything else on my own, it was only after 10 or so hours that i started looking at the recipe book, and the achievements table.

I love this video. Minecraft is genuinely so cryptic in almost every area, from crafting to dimensions to redstone, the community was a *vital* aspect of playing this game. Its clearly not intentional, but its just always been how mojang works. This meant that both community and game have been directly tied together from the very start and its not surprising minecraft became such a community phenomenon just as it is a gaming phenomenon because it simply cannot exist as one without the other. if there was no community to make lets plays and content and to talk on the forums and share secrets, i doubt minecraft would be more than a niche indie game.

In my first playthrough of Minecraft, I found some iron ore, and used a wooden pickaxe to mine it. It dropped nothing. I think if I've never read the Minecraft Wiki, I would've never learn that iron requires at least a stone pickaxe. This is just a tiny example. In your video, you acted as if you first played Minecraft, and opened the control settings to figure stuff out. But in reality, people will get annoyed and either not play the game anymore or search for outside help.

For those of us who grew up with the proto-internet of the 90s, this was the entire experience of getting a rental game with your friends for the weekend.

When my dad first taught me how you can build a nether portal, I always questioned how he even knew in the first place. Thank you for making a video that justifies this example

I remember the day when potions were added and I spent a FULL night literarely trying out every single item in the game one after another with a spreadsheet trying to figure out the recipes. Back then, there was no crafting book, there was not much in terms of forums accessible to me as a non-native english speaker and since the update just dropped there were no tutorials. I agree. Even after spending thousands of hours in the game, I often find things I don't know yet because I've fallen into a loop of playstyle and don't know about all the new things available to me after an update

Bonus mention: Finding out how Pocket Edition Nether Reactor Cores were used is definitely way worse than trying to figure out nether portals and basically requires you look up how to use it on the internet.

I’ve been playing since Alpha, and I figured out some of the harder stuff myself. The portal remnants are a dang cool piece of lore, but perhaps hindsight allows me to see them more clearly. There should be something similar for conduits, because I’m sure I wouldn’t have randomly figured that one out on my own.

I agree 190%. I thought this since my first hour of playing minecraft. Im 43 and my 7 year old son had to teach my how to open a nether portal. I thought there was really nothing more to do in the game other than build things, then he told me i needed to fix up an ancient portal to go to the nether. Blew me away. The game just grew by 1000%. If my 7 year old can give me a gamechanging tip, maybe the games tutorial may be able to at least shed a little hint on how to make a portal.

One thing which I found absolutely *essential* for learning how the game works was Creative Mode. Incredibly doubt I would have as much experience, practice, enthusiasm or knowledge for the game without it. It's also the less frustrating and more calming of the two modes, so is more gravitating for new players. What's great is that in Java, even Creative mode has advancements and the recipe book, which nowadays must be really helpful for new players, allowing them to discover the core mechanics in a simple and freely experimental way.

There's this Minecraft playthrough of PiroPito where he's completely blind down to the mechanics. It's an interesting watch and you'll see how he figures out portals without outside help. He doesn't even know that he can sneak to place blocks on the edge. I think his playthrough is a good example of this and is still somewhat possible yet really difficult.

Intro question, just started watching, but a lot. When I started playing quite a while ago (at least 3-4 years now), I taught myself a lot and didn't need any outside help as I recall.

the fact you have to be a straight up genius to figure out the nether portal, and that it was completely impossible in "slightly" older version is really baffling. I never thought about that...

A simple change to the advancement text like "Repair a broken obsidian portal and light it" would do wonders. And maybe have the portals fully built every time, but with some pieces as crying obsidian. Maybe even rename crying obsidian to "broken obsidian" just to hammer the point home that these are what you should be replacing.

12:38 TBF, many of the more advanced Redstone tricks are actually bugs and Mojang has some ambivalence towards them. It'd make sense that they'd be reluctant to teach new players about these techniques.

the video was a good assesment- some pretty good points. but im here to tell you that end music??? absolutely FIRE

I miss the old tutorial worlds. If they still existed they would solve problems like these. Maybe that it could still be hard to find out about some things, but they were a built in Tutorial and i loved them. I really wished they would come back!

Having played Minecraft (Bedrock) blind when I got it in mid-2020... I must admit it was quite difficult to figure out. I'm honestly glad we did a server and some people there were very experienced, otherwise I might have given up quickly.

I played Minecraft as a child in the back ol' days where there was no 'press e for inventory' hints or crafting recipe book My friends and I freaked out when we discovered you could craft a crafting table, making pickaxes was a whole other thing (we didn't know you could place one item in the inventory with the right click)

i just got here after binging piropito's minecraft playthrough. bro played minecraft with no outside help. and he struggled to build the portal. he used all sorts of shapes. so you're right with that one. also hes probably never going to figure out the conduit. but despite that, its pretty surprising how the guy fully completed the end in minecraft with no help

I'd love a quest-book-like system that gives more in depth instructions to beginners but has harder tasks for completionists. The advancement text just isn't enough for everything a player might have or want to do but can't figure out how without Google.

6:58 i remember a long time ago i killed the ender dragon in creative mode, and i found that the end crystals were pretty cool looking. and so i decorated the exit portal with the end crystals... and thats when i figured out "the end again" existed... i was so confused when i heard the dragon roaring and the crystals coming 'back to life' lmao

Man, when my Father first played Minecraft, he was confused to heck! However he figured it all out ALL by himself. He had this huge rail way line leading all the way to a single desert all over the water with cobblestone and rails on the inside. He was very smart, he had tools he had armor basically he knew everything about the game. Me? Well, for me it was for the fact I watched the yogscast and understood everything about Minecraft by watching their videos online while my Father did it all by himself. It was impressive for a man that was in his 50s/60s. Thank you so much for buying the game for us Father. God bless you.

honestly I love that minecraft is so community based, it works really well with the sandbox nature of the game

I didn't try minecraft until 2019, and had never watched any kind of video or tutorial, just occasionally checked the wiki for crafting recipes, so I didn't find out about the nether or end existing until years later when i was playing with friends

I remember discovering the nether early on sometime around 2010/2011 and being terrified. It was like discovering a massive secret. The place was haunting.

Reminds me of how in old versions of Pocket Edition, the way you activated the Nether Core Reactor seemed so convoluted. Like how was someone supposed to activate it without any outside advice. Looking back at it, reminds me of one of those fake Herobtine summon videos lol

this is nice. so many assumptions necessary in order to play this game fully, so a lot of information needs to be gathered from outside to figure out things inside.

I also find it interesting how it will be impossible (or almost impossible) to enter any multiplayer server without using a web browser or other external source to see the IP, so you can't even make the argument that you could learn by playing on servers

I want to make a point that, without outside knowledge, it's not that logical to assume that Diamond can break obsidian. It takes a very long time, and I assume most blind players would just assume there's something after Diamond that is needed to break obsidian

I think one of the things I loved about minecraft as a kid was discovering things by accident, I guess that's something they also take into consideration.

I feel like the potion brewing one should be ranked a bit higher, maybe 2 or 3, just because I feel like you're going to learn how to craft brewing stands in the nether fortress where nether wart is found, and I distinctly remember the first time I made a brewing stand I looked through all the stuff in my inventory, saw a couple random ingredients I'd think would work, and shoved em all in the brewing stand to see what happens. One of these ingredients happened to be nether wart, and I felt very accomplished for the couple seconds before seeing that I made awkward potions. I actually thought that was a dead end and tried other things and it wouldn't be till way later I eventually tried things with awkward potions and got actual potions out of it. This was before brewing stands needed blaze powder, but with that involved I feel it would push players a little bit more logically to look in the place you get the powder from for ingredients.

I know this is a year old now, but I remember watching a video years ago about this topic. And it goes along the lines of "The game was made so that people would share their experiences and learning how to play the game came from learning from other people thus creating a social bond over a video game, making the game more fun. People underestimate how powerful multiplayer is for creating an extremely fun experience for people, its the reason why the top market games are multiplayer. Minecraft, csgo, valorant, league of legends, dota, and so on. These games were made so that the multiplayer experience adds to the enjoyment. And with a sandbox game where you can basically do anything, not everyone will gravitate towards the game unless a fellow player to play with them." I still remember being at school and talking to my friends about crafting recipes and how to get to the nether, further increasing my love for the game because I can share my knowledge with the people I like spending my time with.

The Minecraft book “the island” is really good and showcases this issue. Also The character in the book gets a plot convenience book that explains things to him.

The brewing stand should really have a recipe book. Also, for weirder things like upgrading diamond to netherite, or totems of undying, there could be books hidden in structures with cryptic text alluding to it. Paintings could also be updated to include clearer images of the wither construction, or one of the conduit or enchanting setup. Maybe a specific painting of the conduit setup could be found in ocean ruins or buried treasure? Like how banner patterns are found, what if some paintings had to be found, and that design would always appear when placed? Some animal taming could be discovered based on logic (dogs like bones, birds like seeds, cows like wheat, etc) and the fact that the animals follow you, but the hoglin breeding would be an issue.

I kinda like that you need outside help. It means Minecraft is a game that almost requires a community and I like that, feels more like exploring with other people

To the credit of the "We Need to Go Deeper" advancement, the icon for the advancement itself is the icon for Flint & Steel, which one can intuit that this item is required to complete the advancement. Experimentation with the item in question lets the player learn it can light things on fire, and thus the "light" portion of the advancement's description can then be interpreted as "light on fire" once the player puts 2 and 2 together. I agree it's still a very roundabout thing to discover relative to its importance, but I think the clue is at least a little bit stronger than you've given it credit for.

This video ties so deeply with my recurring thought of what would happen if someone with no prior knowledge of minecraft would suddenly get put into the minecraft world (idk how the ui interactions would work. Lets assume it would be something like minecraft vr). What if instead of a single person the population of a small town get exported? With a little addition of player reproduction they would probably be able to create an entire civilization. How quickly would they discover the world limit? Would they write great literature with book and quill? Would they industrialize by making automatic farms? Would they make elaborate computers to perform calculations? If the concept of money manifests in such world, what item would be used? If memory prior to being telepoted is erased, would they be able to realise that they are in a simulation? (lets assume they can't go into the options (especially video settings) menu). Would overpopulation become a problem at some point and how will it resolve?

In Bedrock there’s an entire section in the settings dedicated as a tutorial. It explicitly teaches you how to build a Nether portal as well as other essential mechanics of the game.

i wish minecraft had tooltips for items that told you what they are and how to use them the way terraria does, or even the legacy console versions of minecraft for example the tooltip for obsidian "a very durable mineral that comes from the mixing of water and lava. you can use it to build a gateway to another dimension"

I've never been able to understand why the PC Version had no tutorial world. I started playing Minecraft on the PS3 Edition and this really helped me a lot at the beginning