Speedrunner Starter Guide: 10-Minute Fort

Speedrunning in Minecraft Bedrock Edition is about efficiency. Here's the exact 10-minute plan to get a full starter fort with everything you need.

The 10-Minute Checklist

Minute	Task	Location	Priority
0:00-1:00	Punch tree, craft pickaxe	Surface	Critical
1:00-2:30	Find stone, craft full stone tools	Cave entrance	Critical
2:30-4:00	Mine 14 iron ore	Cave	High
4:00-5:00	Craft furnace, smelt iron, craft shield	Surface	High
5:00-7:00	Find sheep, get 3 wool, craft bed	Surface	Medium
7:00-8:30	Find food source (8+ cows/chickens)	Surface	Medium
8:30-10:00	Build walled fort with bed inside	Near spawn	Critical

The Speedrunner House Design

The 6x6 box:

• 4 walls (2 blocks high)
• 1 door
• Roof (slabs preferred -- prevents mob spawning on top)
• Interior: 1 crafting table, 1 furnace, 1 bed, 2 chests
• Torch every 4 blocks

Starter Inventory Checklist
- Stone pickaxe x2 (always have backup)
- Stone axe x1 (for wood + mobs)
- Stone sword x1
- Shield x1 (craft with 6 wood planks + 1 iron ingot)
- Water bucket x1 (fall damage save + obsidian casting)
- Food: 16+ cooked beef or mutton
- Torches: 32+
- Bed: 1 (set spawn point IMMEDIATELY)

The #1 noob mistake: Not making a shield. A shield blocks 100% of incoming damage from the front. With a shield, you can beat 3 skeletons at once. Without it, 2 skeletons = death. In Minecraft Bedrock edition, shields also block 50% of explosion damage from creepers. Always prioritize iron for shield before anything else except the pickaxe.