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[spankythehippo]

Be my guest, though be aware that the nether-side of the portal has not been rebuilt.

Yeah, it's linked to the stronghold portal. I'll build the grinder further out to sea.

[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.

[TinCow]

Yeah, it's linked to the stronghold portal. I'll build the grinder further out to sea.

You don't need to move it anywhere in the overworld, just rebuild the nether portal. That island should be far enough out already.

[spankythehippo]

You don't need to move it anywhere in the overworld, just rebuild the nether portal. That island should be far enough out already.

I have built a path to the grinder. There's a sign to signify where it is.

I have made no progress on the grinder itself.

I'm not sure what the best type would be. I've seen very compact grinders, but that requires a lot of redstone. I'd rather not use that, because of the server lag.

Currently, my plan is to build a stacked compact canal design. I'm planning on stacking it all the way to the maximum build height, for the highest yield. If you guys have a better design, I'd love to hear it. I'm pretty sure my design is flawed.

EDIT: Should I make it a mob item/EXP farm or just a mob item farm? There is a danger of creepers exploding if I make it an EXP farm.

[Ishmael]

Sigurd's Enderman farm already gets you more xp than you could possibly need. I think just make it an item farm; that's the original intent behind making it, and it should simplify the design somewhat.

[TinCow]

I'm planning on stacking it all the way to the maximum build height, for the highest yield.

Be aware that mobs will not spawn more than 128 blocks from you, in all directions. As such, it would be a waste of time to build the structure higher than 128 blocks from wherever the player will stand when using the system.

[TinCow]

Old maps now rotated. Current ones:

August 1, 2012
November 12, 2012

We switched over the the large circular map in early August 2012, so all maps from here on out will be of the current very large size. I don't have any old backups for September or October 2012, hence the date jump. There are only three more maps after this (Dec '12, Jan '13, Feb '13) and then we're done. Due to the new backup system, I will never have a permanent backup of map states from Feb '13 onwards.

[spankythehippo]

Be aware that mobs will not spawn more than 128 blocks from you, in all directions. As such, it would be a waste of time to build the structure higher than 128 blocks from wherever the player will stand when using the system.

Ahhh. I was unsure if the 128 block limit applied vertically. Thanks for the heads up.

The way I'm making it, it is easily expandable. The first chamber is almost complete.

[Vladimir]

I've stumbled onto the gate that leads to the sandstone castle. There is an abandon mineshaft under it and I'm in need of iron. Does the owner mind if I help myself to all or a portion of it?

[Nigel]

We switched over the the large circular map in early August 2012, so all maps from here on out will be of the current very large size.

Ah, I have been wondering about why we can see the whole map now and already thought someone had taken the trouble to step onto and explore every single chunk of this world.

So, I take it that "switching over" somehow allowed you to reveal the whole map at once?

Vladimir, could you post the coordinates of the abandoned sandstone castle? I am just trying to get an idea about who build what.

[TinCow]

So, I take it that "switching over" somehow allowed you to reveal the whole map at once?

No, I used a program to auto-generate terrain out to a specific radius from the central spawn, to make a perfect circle. Creating terrain on-the-fly eats up a lot of server resources and causes lag, so pre-generating the world like that increases performance when people are going out to new areas. We actually run a plugin (Worldborder) that prevents anyone from going beyond that border you can see on the map. If you try you'll just get warped back. Doing this prevents further terrain generation, and thus prevents lag. The current world area is way more than we need at the moment so there's no real need to expand it further. In the unlikely event that we do run out of land and want some more, I can always make it larger.

[Vladimir]

Maybe you could add a "moon"

[spankythehippo]

Yeah, the mob grinder isn't as fast as I thought it would be, so I might need to change the design.

Also, it seems that I need to be fairly close to the spawn chamber for mobs to spawn.

[Csargo]

I've stumbled onto the gate that leads to the sandstone castle. There is an abandon mineshaft under it and I'm in need of iron. Does the owner mind if I help myself to all or a portion of it?

That's possibly my fortress, and if it is feel free.

[TinCow]

Yeah, the mob grinder isn't as fast as I thought it would be, so I might need to change the design.

Also, it seems that I need to be fairly close to the spawn chamber for mobs to spawn.

If it helps, this is the system I intended to build:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6PIuNTL6RQ

With these upgrades:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQOQLFYHjCs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JaHTCf0wYw

[Vladimir]

That's possibly my fortress, and if it is feel free.

Thank you. I think it will really help.

[Ishmael]

TinCow, did you still have a ton of cobblestone lying around? Would you mind if I borrowed some?

[spankythehippo]

If it helps, this is the system I intended to build:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6PIuNTL6RQ

With these upgrades:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQOQLFYHjCs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JaHTCf0wYw

When you said you built a mob grinder before, did you use this design?

[TinCow]

TinCow, did you still have a ton of cobblestone lying around? Would you mind if I borrowed some?

Yep. I've probably got about 13-14 double chests of the stuff, and could spare 10 of those. Help yourself.

When you said you built a mob grinder before, did you use this design?

No, I built this one:



I chose that one because of the automated on/off switch with the lighting and because it was much more compact. Compact was important to me because I was building it entirely underground. The system definitely worked, but it produced very small numbers of mobs. I do not believe that was caused by the design, but was instead because of where I located it. There were simply too many other places for mobs to spawn other than inside my farm, so it didn't work well. If that same one was built in a much better location, I bet it would produce decent results. The version I built was 3 tiers high.

[Vladimir]

I'd like to put a call out for Iron. I'm willing to trade whatever anyone needs. I'm just sick of looking for the stuff.

I have miles of rail, a mountain of lapis, and veins of coal and gold. Not to mention three villages for everyone to trade with.

I have high confidence that my gold farm will be successful but the lack of iron is holding up progress. Slime collection is show but easy to farm.

Who has large stores of iron they'd like to trade?

[TinCow]

I'd like to put a call out for Iron. I'm willing to trade whatever anyone needs. I'm just sick of looking for the stuff.

I have miles of rail, a mountain of lapis, and veins of coal and gold. Not to mention three villages for everyone to trade with.

I have high confidence that my gold farm will be successful but the lack of iron is holding up progress. Slime collection is show but easy to farm.

Who has large stores of iron they'd like to trade?

I've collected more since we last spoke. I tend to use a fair amount of it and I've got some more hopper projects coming up that need it, but I could spare two stacks of bars. I'll trade you both for one stack of gold if you'd like. Also, I'm in the middle of construction on a new slime farm that should work much better than the old one. It's going to be completely automated and won't require anyone to do anything except take slimeballs out of a chest.

[Vladimir]

I've collected more since we last spoke. I tend to use a fair amount of it and I've got some more hopper projects coming up that need it, but I could spare two stacks of bars. I'll trade you both for one stack of gold if you'd like. Also, I'm in the middle of construction on a new slime farm that should work much better than the old one. It's going to be completely automated and won't require anyone to do anything except take slimeballs out of a chest.

I have at least a stack of bars in blocks alone. I have two stacks of iron blocks and I'll start construction when I have three. I'm sure I'll have some quartz on top of my current inventory once that happens and I can contribute to your ivory hall.

An automated slime farm sounds nice. My looting enchantment works wonders when I can find the buggers.

[Ishmael]

Yep. I've probably got about 13-14 double chests of the stuff, and could spare 10 of those. Help yourself.

Thanks!

I'd like to put a call out for Iron. I'm willing to trade whatever anyone needs. I'm just sick of looking for the stuff.

I have miles of rail, a mountain of lapis, and veins of coal and gold. Not to mention three villages for everyone to trade with.

I have high confidence that my gold farm will be successful but the lack of iron is holding up progress. Slime collection is show but easy to farm.

Who has large stores of iron they'd like to trade?

I can spare about 10 blocks of iron. It's not all that much I'm afraid, but I haven't really been mining of late. Shall I drop it off at your desert village near me?

[Sigurd]

The solution to a pigmen free rail in the nether isn't that complex.

You simply put a half slab above the tracks to prevent them from stepping onto your rail. The halfslabs don't hurt you when you ride like normal blocks would.

pics:

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Sometimes it displays correctly like this:

[spankythehippo]

No, I built this one:



I chose that one because of the automated on/off switch with the lighting and because it was much more compact. Compact was important to me because I was building it entirely underground. The system definitely worked, but it produced very small numbers of mobs. I do not believe that was caused by the design, but was instead because of where I located it. There were simply too many other places for mobs to spawn other than inside my farm, so it didn't work well. If that same one was built in a much better location, I bet it would produce decent results. The version I built was 3 tiers high.

I think the problem with my build is that spider's are clogging up the exit hole. I didn't take any measures against it, and when I'm close to the spawning pad, I hear quite a lot of mobs. I'm probably gonna scrap my build entirely and build monkeyfarm's version.

[Vladimir]

Thanks!



I can spare about 10 blocks of iron. It's not all that much I'm afraid, but I haven't really been mining of late. Shall I drop it off at your desert village near me?

Ten blocks is excellent. Place it where you like and explore the village a bit. What would you like in trade?

The solution to a pigmen free rail in the nether isn't that complex.

You simply put a half slab above the tracks to prevent them from stepping onto your rail. The halfslabs don't hurt you when you ride like normal blocks would.

pics:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Sometimes it displays correctly like this:

I was curious about that but wasn't "dying" to find out. Thank you.

[Ishmael]

Ten blocks is excellent. Place it where you like and explore the village a bit. What would you like in trade?

If you have a bit of spare coal lying around that would be great. I always seem to be smelting stuff, and I hate it when charcoal and regular coal get mixed up in my supplies (yes, I'm probably a bit OCD).

EDIT: I've placed the iron in the chest just next to the nether portal, in your desert village. I also killed a magma cube that had taken up residence there .

[Vladimir]

If you have a bit of spare coal lying around that would be great. I always seem to be smelting stuff, and I hate it when charcoal and regular coal get mixed up in my supplies (yes, I'm probably a bit OCD).

EDIT: I've placed the iron in the chest just next to the nether portal, in your desert village. I also killed a magma cube that had taken up residence there .

Perfect. The chest is there for just that purpose. Take all the coal you want from the chests of my other villages. I have ample supplies in the east.

[Vladimir]

oops

[Vladimir]

I think I'm on my way to casa @TinCow to smelt a bunch of his cobblestone.