Level 5 · Mysteries & Monsters
Mission 495
The Explorer’s Journal: Write the Real Story
Badge: Secret Scribe
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Write the explorer's journal in a Book and Quill and set it on a lectern.
On the explorer's desk lies a journal with blank pages. Only you know the real story. Time to write it down.
- New skill Writing and signing a Book and Quill
- Level 5 · Mysteries & Monsters
- Difficulty Intermediate
- Mode Survival
- Time 45 min
- Ages 13+
What you’ll build
Plan the explorer's story from the first day to the twist, then write it as journal entries in a book and quill, one per page in the explorer's voice. Make every entry match a clue in the lost base. Sign it, set it on a lectern and read your best entry to your family by lantern light.
Finish line: Your signed journal sits on a lectern in the lost base, telling a story that matches every clue.
Bonus challenge: Sneak one fake entry into the journal, written by someone pretending to be the explorer. Can your family spot the forgery?
You’ll need
- A book and quill
- A lectern
- Lanterns
- Your clue objects from the lost base
You choose
- The explorer's name
- The journal's title
- My twist ending
Stuck?
- Once you sign a book it can never be changed. Read every page before you sign it.
- A lectern is 4 wooden slabs and a bookshelf. Hold the book and tap the lectern to place it.
- An entry doesn't match the base? Change the entry, or move a clue so they tell one story.
For grown-ups
Get this mission
This mission is in Mission Pack 49. Each printable has the full steps, a Plan & Log page and a parent page.
Print one mission at a time. You never need to print everything.
Played on Minecraft Bedrock on iPad. Buttons can differ on other devices and versions.