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[TinCow]

I believe the central spawn portal, and the road connecting it to therother and my place, is at about y=46. It originally spawned higher, but we submerged it to avoid problems with ghasts in the central network area. The road itself is mostly in the open, it's just the immediate area around the central portal that is underground.

You can also move your portals anywhere you want vertically without impacting anything. Unless you've got two portals on top of one another, the y coordinates don't make a difference. So, you could move your nether portal much further down.

[Xiahou]

If possible, I'd like to lay claim to the jungle island around -4000, -1800. On the mainland just to the East is my nether portal -currently unconnected- and in the sea between is my sea lab prototype.

I probably won't be doing much there in the near future, but I hope to have more time to play in the coming months....

[Vladimir]

If possible, I'd like to lay claim to the jungle island around -4000, -1800. On the mainland just to the East is my nether portal -currently unconnected- and in the sea between is my sea lab prototype.

I probably won't be doing much there in the near future, but I hope to have more time to play in the coming months....

I don't think anyone's expanded out in that direction. It's a nice jumping off point to that excellent looking continent.

I feel alone in the Nether... the only road around me is the one from my castle to the stronghold with the end-portal..
I am also quite high up in the nether.. around 116.
I am also worried about mining around where my portals are as I am only a few blocks away from a monster drop to an endless lava sea. at what height level should I expect to find you guys?.. should I brave a little tunneling.

My main portal is at 69. Just wanted to say that.

I figured out the resource requirements for my zombie pigfarming field. I saw a lot of people using drop traps but I wand to use layered piston factories. The only thing that can't be farmed is redstone but there aren't any iron farms anywhere. Looks to be a long project.

At a glance:


Levels Avaliable: 110
Grinder: 4
First Layer: 7x7x4
Second Layer: 9x9x4
Max Height: 27 layers
Max Dimensions: 61x61x27
Sticky Pistons: 217, 3.5
Sticky Pistons for field: 1736, >27
Redstone Needed: 3472, 386, >6 (5136, 574, 9)
Iron: >9 stacks of blocks

I hope my math is right.

[spankythehippo]

I don't think anyone's expanded out in that direction. It's a nice jumping off point to that excellent looking continent.



My main portal is at 69. Just wanted to say that.

I figured out the resource requirements for my zombie pigfarming field. I saw a lot of people using drop traps but I wand to use layered piston factories. The only thing that can't be farmed is redstone but there aren't any iron farms anywhere. Looks to be a long project.

At a glance:


Levels Avaliable: 110
Grinder: 4
First Layer: 7x7x4
Second Layer: 9x9x4
Max Height: 27 layers
Max Dimensions: 61x61x27
Sticky Pistons: 217, 3.5
Sticky Pistons for field: 1736, >27
Redstone Needed: 3472, 386, >6 (5136, 574, 9)
Iron: >9 stacks of blocks

I hope my math is right.

I saw a video on iron farming. It requires villagers to be trapped in a 1 x 1 glass holding cell, so that iron golems can spawn. The golem then dies by a lava blade.

For the pigman farm, this might be useful. I'm not sure if it still works, though.

[Ishmael]

@Papewaio, do you mind if I run a path off the side of you rail line to get to my Nether portal? It wouldn't have to go through the nice glassed area - the coordinates coincide pretty nicely with a mini-cave to one side.

Also, your treehouse is awesome. I checked it out for the first time today, although I couldn't manage to make it to the very top.

[Papewaio]

@Papewaio, do you mind if I run a path off the side of you rail line to get to my Nether portal? It wouldn't have to go through the nice glassed area - the coordinates coincide pretty nicely with a mini-cave to one side.

Also, your treehouse is awesome. I checked it out for the first time today, although I couldn't manage to make it to the very top.

The Nether rail is eventually going to be a ring 200m on a side. By all means build in side roads, just sign post it to signify whose place it goes to.

The treehouse ... To get to the top go via the central trunk on the West side. Then when at the top of that go to the South East trunk (should be the one on the right at that point). Climb up to the meadow which has the enchantment table and full library on the lapis luzli blocks. To get to the lake which is a work in progress you can climb up to that from the meadow via the South West trunk.

You can also get to the meadow by the western waterfall. It is safest to jump off on the west wide... But it is high enough that you can free fall back into the tree if you move your WASD controls back in. North side is the most dangerous to exit from as there is still land on the northern edge of the island that juts out from the base.

[Sigurd]

You can also move your portals anywhere you want vertically without impacting anything. Unless you've got two portals on top of one another, the y coordinates don't make a difference. So, you could move your nether portal much further down.

That's the thing... I believe I am right over a sea of lava... and that a few blocks down there is a vertical drop... My portal is located inside a huge cave ceiling with a lava sea at the bottom.
I need to build a floating fortress in there to be able to take it down about 50 levels. Might just do that...

[TinCow]

What are the coordinates to where your portal is right now?

[TinCow]

A nice fellow from the Bukkit forums has created a custom plugin for us to solve our sand problem. There are two new crafting recipes which are as follows: 9 cobblestone -> 9 gravel -> 9 sand. No more need for a sand generator.

Our coder has also offered to add more recipes if we'd like. Are there any recipes that you'd like to see added, keeping in mind that I like to keep stuff somewhat balanced?

[edit] Also, chain armor can now be crafted by using flint in the usual armor patterns.

[Csargo]

A nice fellow from the Bukkit forums has created a custom plugin for us to solve our sand problem. There are two new crafting recipes which are as follows: 9 cobblestone -> 9 gravel -> 9 sand. No more need for a sand generator.

Our coder has also offered to add more recipes if we'd like. Are there any recipes that you'd like to see added, keeping in mind that I like to keep stuff somewhat balanced?

[edit] Also, chain armor can now be crafted by using flint in the usual armor patterns.

At least gravel is useful now . I regret throwing all those stacks of it into the lava now.

[TinCow]

At least gravel is useful now .

I've always thought that kind of recipe made sense. Cobblestone is basically just broken stone. Gravel is just crushed cobblestone. Sand is just really finely ground gravel (and seashells, but we'll ignore that). So, the lack of a cobble->gravel->sand progression always confused me. It's also a pretty balanced recipe, IMO, as you still have to mine the cobble or gravel. That stuff, particularly cobble, is very easy to get so it's easier to do than strip-mining, but it's also nowhere near as obviously exploit-y as the sand machine. Good all around IMO.

[Papewaio]

So you create a cobblestone generator... lava plus water... then crunch the cobblestone down into gravel and then sand... which is essentially Hawaii in a nutshell.

[spankythehippo]

A nice fellow from the Bukkit forums has created a custom plugin for us to solve our sand problem. There are two new crafting recipes which are as follows: 9 cobblestone -> 9 gravel -> 9 sand. No more need for a sand generator.

Our coder has also offered to add more recipes if we'd like. Are there any recipes that you'd like to see added, keeping in mind that I like to keep stuff somewhat balanced?

[edit] Also, chain armor can now be crafted by using flint in the usual armor patterns.

How about a solution to the gunpowder crisis?

9 coal/charcoal -> 1 or 3 gunpowder.

EDIT: If only there was an easier way to make leather...

[Vladimir]

How about a solution to the gunpowder crisis?

9 coal/charcoal -> 1 or 3 gunpowder.

EDIT: If only there was an easier way to make leather...

Your solution requires less killing, which I can't support.

[TinCow]

EDIT: If only there was an easier way to make leather...

Leather isn't bad. If you're maintaining a large cattle farm, you can easily harvest a stack of leather per game day. Just make sure you do the breeding before you slaughter.

[Tuuvi]

How about a solution to the gunpowder crisis?

9 coal/charcoal -> 1 or 3 gunpowder.

EDIT: If only there was an easier way to make leather...

spanky do you need the gunpowder to make dynamite? I've got 9 I can trade you for some dirt if you want.

[Papewaio]

Breeding cattle is an easy way to level up at low levels. I have a mainly free range cattle farm between myself and Tuuvi's pyramid. I just bring in a stack of wheat, breed a new set. Sleep overnight in the wood shack and then cull out the same amount I breed.

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Wired article about a recreation of the Game of Thrones lands in creative mode in Minecraft:
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/...nes-minecraft/

[spankythehippo]

spanky do you need the gunpowder to make dynamite? I've got 9 I can trade you for some dirt if you want.

The amount of dynamite I need is enormous. I need to blow up a mountain. Dynamite isn't necessary, but will be nice. I could only pack that much power if I had a steady source of gunpowder.

How much dirt do you need? I have about a double chest full. I can just give you half of it.

[Sigurd]

Exact coordinates of the portal to my castle: X (-148) Z (-148) Y (115)
Exact coordinates of the portal to the stronghold : X (-58) Z (-109) Y (115)

[TinCow]

Exact coordinates of the portal to my castle: X (-148) Z (-148) Y (115)
Exact coordinates of the portal to the stronghold : X (-58) Z (-109) Y (115)

I built a road out over the lake at our level and then moved your portals down to it. You're now hooked up to the road network, feel free to modify the road I built however you want, though be aware that it's only 1 thick if you're digging down. There's a cobblestone pillar with a ladder near the stronghold portal that will take you back to where your old portals used to be, if you need to get there.