Hunt for treasure in the oceans of Minecraft - International Day of Seafarers

What can we use if we can't find a boat, torches, or a physical notebook like the instructions suggest?

If you can't craft a boat because you're low on wood, switch to Creative mode or ask a friend to spawn one, use sea pickles, glowstone, or lanterns for underwater light instead of torches, and use an in-game map, a screenshot, or the chat to mark wreck locations instead of a physical notebook.

What should we do if the diver keeps drowning, chests are hard to open, or we can't find shipwrecks while following the search and dive steps?

If the diver is drowning, equip a turtle shell or bring a Potion of Water Breathing and Night Vision and use doors to create air pockets, open chests quickly with those items, and widen your search grid or use ocean explorer maps to find rarer shipwrecks.

How can we adapt the activity for younger kids or make it more challenging for older players while keeping the roles and treasure hunt steps?

For younger children, simplify roles to Captain and Diver, play in Creative mode and have an adult craft the boat and dig at the X, while older players can play in Survival, add time limits, require real crafting of the boat, or score finds from treasure maps and chests.

How can we enhance or personalize the treasure hunt after we dig up the chest and celebrate with a flag and story?

After uncovering the buried treasure at the X, build a custom banner flag from colored wool and banners to display your loot, create a seafarers' exhibit with signs at your base, and compile screenshots plus the short story to post on DIY.org for sharing.