Minecraft/Achievements

The game contains achievements that point player in the right direction. The current versions that are confirmed to have achievements are the PC/Mac/Linux version, and the Xbox 360 Edition version (Arcade & disc). Along with the in-game descriptions of the achievements, literal descriptions will be stated if the in-game one is not exact.

PC/Mac/Linux

Achievement	Description	Notes
Taking Inventory	Press "<Inventory Button>" to open the Inventory
Getting Wood	Attack a tree until a block of wood pops out.
Benchmarking	Craft a Crafting Table with four blocks of planks.	Craft a Crafting Table with four blocks of planks in the 2x2 area of crafting within your Inventory.
Time to Farm!	Use planks and sticks to make a hoe.
The Lie	Wheat, sugar, milk, and eggs!	Use wheat, sugar, milk, and eggs to make a cake.
Bake Bread	Turn wheat into bread.
Time to Strike!	Use planks and stick to make a sword.
Cow Tipper	Harvest some leather.	Kill a cow and harvest leather from it, if it drops any.
Repopulation	Breed two cows with wheat.
When Pigs Fly	Fly a pig off a cliff.	Ride a saddled pig off a cliff, and have it die.
Monster Hunter	Attack and destroy a monster.
Sniper Duel	Kill a skeleton with an arrow from more than 50 meters (blocks).
Time to Mine	Use planks and sticks to make a pickaxe.
Getting an Upgrade	Construct a better pickaxe.	Make a pickaxe the same way you made one earlier, just replace the planks with stone.
Hot Topic	Construct a furnace out of 8 (cobble)stone blocks.
Delicious Fish	Catch and cook fish!
Acquire Hardware	Smelt an Iron Ingot.	Mine Iron Ore, then smelt it in a furnace to make an Iron Ingot.
DIAMONDS!	Acquire diamonds using your Iron tools.	Mine Diamonds underground using an Iron Pickaxe.
Diamonds to You!	Throw diamonds at another player.	On a LAN/Multiplayer server, press  Q  (or whatever you set as your "Drop" button) to throw a diamond you have collected at another player.