Tutorials

New to Minetest? Need help setting up a server or making a texture pack? Then you've come to the right place. On this page is a comprehensive list of all the tutorials/guides on the Community Wiki.

Beginners

If you're new and do not know what to do, see below.

• Games/Tutorial: unofficial fully-playable tutorial teaching the basics of Minetest
• How to build your first house: short guide
• Advanced Beginners Guide

Servers

Minetest offers a fun online multiplayer mode. With this guide you can set up your server and host it on the web.

• General information about servers
• Setting up a server

Mods

Mods are packages that change the game. Minetest has many mods that extend the game and make it more interesting and fun. To install them, follow the guide below.

• Installing Mods
• Installing Client-Side Mods

Texture Packs

Texture packs change the look of Minetest. Tired of looking at the same old textures? The Minetest Forum offers many texture packs for you to install.

• Installing texture packs
• Creating texture packs

Games

You can play different games on Minetest. The default one is Minetest Game. But there are more games created by the community.

• Installing games
• Creating games

Maps

Maps are the creations of the Minetest community. Not only you create your own maps, you can also install other people's maps.

• Installing maps

3D Meshes

• Using Blender to create 3D meshes (for entities)