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Welcome
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Minetest uses Lua scripts to provide modding support.
This online book aims to teach you how to create your own mods, starting from the basics.

### What you will need

* A Code Editor. Talked about in the [Lua Scripts](chapters/lua.html#tools) chapter.
* A copy of Minetest in the 0.4 series. (eg: 0.4.11)
* The ability to work independently, without pestering other developers to write you code for you.
* Motivation to continue trying when things go wrong.


### So, go on then.

Start reading. Use the navigation bar on the left to open a chapter.

* [GitHub](https://github.com/rubenwardy/minetest_modding_book).
* [Download for offline use](https://github.com/rubenwardy/minetest_modding_book/releases)
* [Forum Topic](https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=10729)

Contribution
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You can contribute to this project on [GitHub](https://github.com/rubenwardy/minetest_modding_book).

Written by rubenwardy.\\
License: [CC-BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)