If you already own it, download the client software: minecraft.net

If you don't own it, you need to create an account, and you need to pay for it. The PC version costs: $26.95

If you want to set up your own Minecraft server, you can download the server file from https://minecraft.net/en-us/download/server.

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• SamuraiBlock
• RougeCrafter
• HollowBlock

• Minecraft game data really gets installed at %appdata%\.minecraft.
• On Windows computers, the game launcher and updater lives in C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft

• My own YouTube playlist on how to play Minecraft

• Enchantment IDs
• Summoning Lightning
• Command Generator
• Exceeding level values for enchantments: example: /give @p iron_sword 1 0 {ench:[{id:16,lvl:10}]}

• Minecraft Forge - Most common mods require the installation of Minecraft Forge.
• Minecraft Mods - has various mods
• Curse - has various mods; provides Curse client to make using mod packs as easy as possible.
• Planet Minecraft mods
• Spigot Mod configuration
• Spigot Mod home

• MinecraftSkins.com The Skindex - biggest selections of community created Minecraft skins
• MinecraftSkins.net - another source of skins

Texture packs are also known as resource packs.

• Planet Minecraft texture packs
• Minecraft Texture Packs
• Curse Texture Packs

• Dig Minecraft
• Mojang's Official Minecraft site

1. F3 + H = show item ID in tooltips

You can always purchase a hosting service to set up your own Minecraft server from the likes of MCPRO Hosting or many other services like that, but you can just set up your own on a good computer at home for others to connect to if you wish.

You can download the server file from: https://minecraft.net/en-us/download/server

After you download the file, you can run it using this command line:

java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.1.11.2.jar nogui

If you need the user interface, take out the “nogui” part from the command line.

You can get more information about how to set up a Minecraft server at the Minecraft Wiki.

If you wish to run snapshots, the best way to find and download the latest snapshot is to go to Minecraft News. There look for the news about the latest snapshot. Once you get to the appropriate page, you'll find the jar file download for the respective snapshot.

You can give a player unbreakable items by using the following command:

/give (yourname) minecraft:diamond_pickaxe 1 0 {Unbreakable:1} 

In this example, you are giving an unbreakable diamond pickaxe