Minecraft: The interface - survival guide Minecraft guide, tips

Minecraft interface guide: scheme, description, health bar, hunger bar, quick slots, experience bar, second left-hand slot, tips, information

Last update: 10 July 2020

This page of the Minecraft guide has a detailed description of the interface. It will make your first hours with the game easier.

Minecraft is a game designed for people of all ages, so the game's interface is as simple and intuitive as possible. The screenshot above shows the user interface that will appear when you first enter a new world:

1. Health bar. It displays the actual number of health points, expressed in hearts, The bar above represents the condition of the armor (if worn).

2. Hunger bar. If it is filled up, or nearly filled up, your health regenerates. If it drops to zero, your health points start to decline. You can replenish it by eating any kind of food.

3. Quick slots. It allows you to switch quickly between the items in the slots. To quickly switch between the main items, use the numbers on the keyboard, where each subsequent field corresponds to the following number.

4. Experience bar. It determines your current level of experience after you have reached another experience level, provided by the number in the middle. Experience is mainly used for enchanting objects, i.e. strengthening them and giving them special qualities, and when creating potions. In the event of death, you lose most of the experience, and some can be reclaimed by quickly going to the place of death.

5. The currently selected item.

6. Starting with version 1.9, a second left-hand slot also appears, for an extra shield, which you can use with RMB. You can also wield a weapon, but you can't use it. However, you can hold there extra food, seeds or other goods that can speed up many of the works being done. Another example is the torch, which will allow you to navigate the caves faster.

In the creative mode, only the toolbox is displayed.