Putting down torches in caves in the prerelease version of Minecraft 1.8 gives off a more yellow glow than regular sunlight does. Apart from a noticeable higher abundance of caves, this new lighting scheme really plays up the atmosphere inside caves and such.
This time it is I who was able to creep up on the creeper. In the default texture pack they aren’t very creepy at all- actually a little bit cute if they could turn that frown upside down. At this moment the only thing I could do is take out my bow and arrow to […]
I prefer mining straight down now instead of mining down diagonally and putting in stairs. You can use ladders to move up and down the shaft and once you’re satisfied with the depth, i.e. you’ve reached bedrock, you can put one of those little pools of water floating just above the ground to jump down […]
I planted a sapling on a small patch of dirt inside on of my caves in my single player survival world and returned to find that it had grown to surprising heights. I don’t know exactly how the tree-growing algorithm works- I’ve seen some things on Youtube about putting dirt rings above your sapling- but […]
I was digging out the trenches for the farm in our greenhouse when I came upon a cave- fell in and cursed as I lost a couple of hearts. For future warning, Darryl decided to place a sign for us to be careful because you could fall down into “Shit, Cave!” And that’s the story […]
Located directly under the town square, the Doom Hole is the result of some TNT related fun. It drops down quite a long ways, nearly down to the bedrock. From one of the buildings at the town square you can access the Doom Hole. Partially carving and partially building I’ve made most parts of the […]