user: Can you give me Minecraft speedrunning tactics to help me become faster at beating the game?

assistant: Sure, I can give you some Minecraft Speedrunning tactics to be faster at the game.
This will depend on the version of Minecraft you'd like to speedrun but I'm going to assume that you'd like to speedrun version 1.16.1 because it is a popular version to speedrun. I am also going to assume that you are playing the "any% glitchless random seed" category.

Before we get into specifics, here is some general advice that can help you be better at speedrunning. Review the footage of your previous speedruns to see where you can improve. Experiment with your own strategies within Minecraft to see where you personally could improve, who knows, you might find a new strategy that other people are not aware of. And of course, practice makes perfect, speedrunning is an art that takes a lot of practice to be good at.

Here a list of Minecraft Speedrunning Tactics, as well as a general layout of speedruning the game:
1. Gathering Feathers and Flint 
While gathering supplies If you come across chickens, kill them to gather feathers, which are used to make arrows later in the run. The same goes for flint, if you happen to find gravel near water dig it with a shovel.

2. Finding Iron 
There are two ways to find iron quickly:
- Kill the Iron Golem in the village.
- Find the Desert Temple and open the treasure chest at the bottom.
The Golem route is quicker. However, the Desert Temple route has a chance of spawning gold ingots, which are needed later in the run.
While you are at the village, you can also loot houses in the village to find beds, which you can use to kill the Ender Dragon quickly.

3. Getting to the Nether
You can use a bucket to carry lava and water for crafting obsidian blocks. You can usually find a lava pool in the desert.
Use the bucket to splash water over lava to create obsidian blocks. Place the blocks in the shape of a doorway to create a nether portal.

4. Getting Gold Quick
Once you reach the Nether, roam around and gather enough gold ore to craft about 40 gold ingots. Trade the ingots later to acquire ender pearls.

5. Gathering Blaze Rods
Scout around the Nether until you find a nether fortress. In addition to containing chests with valuable items, the nether fortress can have a blaze spawner. Blazes are enemies that drop blaze rods. These can be broken down into blaze powder, one of the ingredients needed to craft ender eyes.

6. Trading for Ender Pearls
The Nether is home to Piglins, neutral NPCs that trade with the player. Trade gold ingots for ender pearls, which are the second ingredient for crafting ender eyes. You’re not guaranteed an ender pearl from each trade, so collect at least 40 gold ingots if you want to get 12 ender pearls.

7. Using an Ender Eye to Find the Stronghold
Ender eyes can be used to triangulate the location of the stronghold, the place where the end portal resides. To do this, throw an ender eye in the air, and note the direction in which it is looking. This is the direction you need to follow to find the stronghold. Repeat the process three times from different angles to zero in on the location of the stronghold.

8. Prepare for the End Fight
To beat the Ender Dragon, it is recommended to have a bow, around 40 arrows, and 5-6 beds.

9. Quickly Collecting Ingredients
Bows are made from sticks and string.
To find string for a bow, kill spiders to gather cobwebs, which can then be turned into string. 
Arrows are made from flint, sticks, and feathers. Gather feathers by killing chickens, flint by mining shoal blocks near water, and sticks by cutting down trees.
There are two ways to acquire beds:
- Craft them from wool and wooden planks. Acquire wool by using shears to shave sheep.
- Steal them from houses in the village. Use dynamite to blow up houses and gather beds quickly.

10. Fighting the Ender Dragon
After finding the End Portal in the stronghold, place the 12 ender pearls in the 12 slots and jump through the portal.
The Ender Dragon fight has two phases. In the first phase, use the bow and arrow to shoot at the crystals on top of pillars to make the dragon fly closer to the ground. If you're unable to shoot them with a bow and arrow, it's risky to do, but you can build up the pillar and take them out with a swor. Though it is heavily recommended you have a water bucket on hand, so you can save yourself if you fall.
Once you have the dragon in range, quickly drop a bed, and then attempt to sleep. Trying to sleep while in the End dimension will cause the bed to explode and deal massive damage to anything near it. To prevent it from damaging you, place a random block between yourself and the bed.
Detonating the bed near the dragon’s head will deal the most damage. It usually takes around 5-6 beds to kill the dragon. The run is complete the moment the dragon drops dead.

user: Thank you for the detailed response.

assistant: No problem, happy to help !