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Surface level creature drowning trap
Posted by Admin on 17 August, 2011
In my survival games I haven’t found any dungeons yet so I’ve decided to make myself a surface creature trap. The way it works is there’s a flow of water across the top of the hill leading into an enclosed waterfall with only a single block high gap at the bottom. Creatures fall in and […]
Odd flat stone surface terrain
Posted by Admin on 17 August, 2011
Another quirk coming out of Minecraft’s random terrain generator. This piece of land has the surface exposed to stone, and instead of it being mountainous as we are used to seeing it is very nearly flat with patches of dirt for trees to grow. While walking around you’ll also find plenty of coal and iron […]
Mine Shaft straight down to Bedrock
Posted by Admin on 17 August, 2011
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 […]
Tall Tree inside a Cave
Posted by Admin on 17 August, 2011
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 […]
Finding Diamond!
Posted by Admin on 17 August, 2011
Whenever I find diamond in my single player survival world I carefully mine all the blocks around it before proceeding to mine the diamond itself. It never hurts to be safe with such a precious resource. Immediately after mining all the diamond from a vein I run back to my nearest storage location and dump […]
Minecart station concept
Posted by Admin on 16 August, 2011
This is a mine cart station idea that I had. It’s located in my town and should transport the player across a lake. The idea is for one cart to be waiting at each end of the tracks. You can get into one side and push the button to set yourself off and when you […]
Cactus farm before being covered with a dirt roof
Posted by Admin on 16 August, 2011
This view is from the near edge of the pier constructed in a multiplayer world with Darryl. The main base and our other buildings are off to the left. This what you see in the middle is my cactus farm which has a self-harvesting mechanism in place. Do a quick search on Youtube if you […]
Captain jack on the wooden pier
Posted by Admin on 16 August, 2011
Jack Sparrow stands on his newly created pier. At the far end of the pier he will construct his pirate ship which will be quite an ambitious build for this world where all the materials are harvested honestly by hand (shovel, axe, pickaxe).
Cake fresh out of the oven
Posted by Admin on 16 August, 2011
With sufficient farming it’s quite a breeze to craft a cake every once in a while. If you look through the windows on the left you can look into the greenhouse which has two levels of farming operations going on.
Lake view of the pier
Posted by Admin on 16 August, 2011
This view over the lake looks onto the pier or dock created by Darryl. At the end of it he will start building his pirate ship. Off to the right is our main base. All materials for these building projects are obtained by hand.