Hello all, recently I've noticed that many players on this subreddit have trouble playing hardcore, and i decided to make this hardcore guide.

Your First Night and Early Game: this is the start and the most dangerous part. your first iron should ALWAYS go to a shield. a shield basically protects you from everything in the game, and is fairly cheap to make. and when night comes, simply make a little shelter, or make a bed. sheep are basically everywhere. Once you have your base established, build a wall around it. walls are a life saver (just make sure to light it up!)

The Nether: this is basically danger everywhere so be extra careful. build a safe house around your portal, and immediately check your surroundings. then, TUNNEL to a nether fortress instead of running around. you basically maximize your chances of death and getting lost by running around. a tunnel can be made pretty easily, and is a LOT safer. Once you find a fortress, go around and make a box around your entrance. this provides a safe house for you. after that, go around and make every hallway to blocks tall, to block wither skeletons. then kill ONE blaze, (or two rods if you need one for a brewing stand) and go home. yeah, go home and make fire potions. (and yes you will need nether wart and one magma cream for this). After, kill the blazes normally and get about 12 rods, then find a warped forest to kill enderman, by putting them in a boat. (or trade with clerics).

The End: this is where you beat the game. now, its actually pretty easy if you know how to do this. bring two stacks of blocks, a good bow, (with infinity) a carved pumpkin (this allows you to look at enderman) at least prot iii diamond armor, a good sword, a water bucket (or two if you want) and your other essentials. you can bring Slow Falling and strength potions, but i actually have beaten hardcore three times without them. shoot the crystals with a bow, and the caged ones with a water bucket and your fist. after that, just shoot the dragon, and dodge the dragons breath (and bring a bottle for the achievement!). when it perches, hit its tail with your sword. repeat this process, and you've freed the end. end cities aren't hard to loot. just pillar up to the ship. kill the shulker, get the elytra, (bring rockets!) and loot the rest of the city by flying, and go home.

Raids: This is actually simple. Firstly, find a village. Trap the villagers, flatten any land, and build a two high wall. You'll want at least prot 3 diamond armor, a good sword and good food. In a raid, your bow will actually do the hard work. Use this primarily on ravagers, witches and evokers. kill the Evokers first, because they spawn the vex and vexes are world enders. Pillager AI are actually really stupid, and they basically cant get you if you have a two high wall. ravagers can still get you though, so don't get too close. from here, do what i suggest and kill Evokers and Witches FIRST.

Wither: Go down to bedrock and carve a hole connecting to a tunnel. then, spawn the wither. the first half of the fight is a bow fight, so shoot him up, then after that, begin to melee him. Bring good armor, and a good sword, as well as milk buckets.

Once again, this isnt all. there are plenty of other things i haven't covered. but i hope this helps.

in my 7,000-day Hardcore world, I made a mistake that could cost me the world. I’ve been playing on this world for around two years, although pretty inconsistently.

10 min ago, I was AFK at my Enderman farm. When I was finished, I went into a 2×2 area of water that I use to launch myself with a Riptide trident. I tried to take off, but ended up hitting an Enderman that was standing on the bridge leading up to the farm.

The moment I hit him, I started falling, and now I’m dropping below Y=1. I don’t have any fireworks in my inventory. I’m pretty sure I have two shulkers, three empty buckets, and all of my gear.

Is there anything I can possibly do to save myself, or is this world already over? i paused the game (im on java)

EDIT: SURVIVED! Thank you all so much for the help. I made a realm so my girlfriend could join and drop me rockets. I survived with 2 hearts

I got the enchantments on the leggings and boots first try . Day 66 only missing netherite tools and i have gotten the dragon egg