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Every Minecraft player has endured at least one embarrassing death, and often many. Maybe it was the time you were chasing a chicken and fell down a crevasse. Perhaps it was the time you got knocked off a one-block-wide lava bridge by a Ghast’s fireball. Or maybe that time when you failed to light up your house properly and walked in to find a creeper rifling through your belongings. Boom.
每个 Minecraft 玩家都至少经历过一次令人尴尬的死亡，也可能远不止一次。可能有次你在追鸡的时候失足掉进冰川裂隙中，也可能有次你被恶魂火球从一格宽的岩浆桥上炸下去，或者是某次你家由于照明没做好，回家发现一只苦力怕在搜刮你的财产。Boom。

Luckily, there’s an item in Minecraft that can save you from these embarrassments. It’s not so easy to find, and it disappears after a single-use, but you can count on it to save your bacon when all other precautions fail. Oh, and it’s our item of the week. Allow me to introduce you to the Totem of Undying.
幸运的是，在 Minecraft 中有一样物品能帮你摆脱这些窘境。它并不好找，而且是一次性用品，但你永远可以把它当作最后一根救命稻草。它就是我们的本周物品。隆重介绍——不死图腾。

The Totem of Undying was added to Minecraft in the Exploration Update back in 2016, which also added llamas, the illagers, and woodland mansions. They’re pretty straightforward to use – equip one in your offhand slot when you’re heading into a dangerous situation, and if you receive fatal damage then it’ll spring into action.
不死图腾在 2016 年 Minecraft 探险更新中加入，同时期加入了羊驼、灾厄村民和林地府邸。这玩意用起来很简单粗暴——遇到危险情况时在你副手上带一个，当你受到致命伤害时它就能发挥大用。

The totem immediately restores half a health point and removes all status effects, then it gives you a good long dose of Regeneration II, Fire Resistance, and Absorption II effects, making you nigh-invulnerable. There are a few situations when it won’t save you though – like falling into the void, or being slain by a vengeful server admin using the /kill command.
不死图腾会使你立即恢复半颗心并移除所有的状态效果，之后会给你一剂挺长时间的生命恢复Ⅱ、防火和伤害吸收Ⅱ，使你几乎无敌。但也有些例外情况救不了你——例如掉进虚空或被一位服务器管理员报复性/kill掉。

You’re probably wondering where to get one, and for that, you’ll need to hunt down a woodland mansion or trigger a raid. The Evokers who lead these raids will always drop a single totem of undying when they die. This does, of course, raise the question of why they didn’t use the totem themselves. Perhaps it’s because they need both hands free to cast their nasty spells?
如果你正寻思着怎么能整一个出来，你要么需要去找一座林地府邸，要么触发一场袭击。领导袭击的唤魔者总会在死亡时掉落一块不死图腾。然而，可能你会问为什么他们不把图腾留着自己用。可能因为他们施法恶心人的时候两手要空着吧？

There is no item in the real world that’ll save you from death, unfortunately. But that doesn’t stop many people believing there is. Cultures all around the world have talismans, amulets and lucky charms that are believed to bring good luck and safety to their owner.
不幸的是现实世界里可没有能将你从鬼门关拉回来的东西，但这不妨碍很多人认定有这种东西的存在。全世界很多文化里都有护身符和幸运符之类的东西，人们相信它们能给持有者带来好运和安全。

In Japan, the Maneki-neko is a sculpture of a cat with a waving arm that supposedly brings good luck to the owner. In the United States, the barnstar is considered lucky when hung on a barn, while some Native American cultures use dreamcatchers as a protective charm. In Turkey, the Nazar wards off evil spirits. Around the globe, people believe in the power of rabbits’ feet, horseshoes, and four-leaf-clovers.
在日本，招财猫是一座挥着手的猫猫雕塑，人们相信它能给持有者带来好运。在美国，谷仓之星当挂在谷仓上时被认为是幸运的象征，而也有些美国土著文化中使用捕梦网作为护身符。在土耳其，纳扎尔能辟邪。放眼全球，人们也相信兔子脚、马蹄铁和四叶草的力量。

But the truth – in both Minecraft and real life – is that the best way to avoid death is to exercise, eat healthily, and avoid dangerous situations. Like one-block-wide lava bridges. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.
但真相——在 Minecraft 和现实中都是——避免死亡的最好办法是多锻炼，健康饮食和躲避危险境地，就比如一格宽的岩浆桥。别说我们没警告过你。

「45gfg9 译自 Minecraft.net Taking Inventory: Totem of Undying (2021/07/16) - Duncan Geere」
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rifling through 搜刮 (To look through something very quickly, roughly, or energetically.)
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