Minecraft wiki entry for Survival_in_an_infinite_desert, associated text: If you are on version 1.16 or later on Java edition or Bedrock edition, then you can create a nether portal using a water bucket and a lava bucket, and light it with a plank to get to the Nether (this works in all versions with the Nether). But use 1.16, because if you find a crimson forest or a warped forest, you can find crimson or warped fungus, which can be used for wood. If you also manage to find a basalt deltas biome, you can use the black stone for a cobblestone source. On all versions with the nether, you can use the nether fortresses to get blaze rods (be careful when doing this, as you can easily die of fire.) to make some eye of enders with blaze rods and ender pearls (found by killing enderman in warped forests, or rarely in the over world. Next, escape the Nether and use your eyes of ender to find a stronghold and (carefully) beat the ender dragon. Next you can see the tutorials: