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[Ishmael]

Yep, the entrance is from my workshop. I cleaned it up a lot and added auto-regenerating curtain walls to contain the damage.

Well, that could have gone better. I was apparently too tardy in flipping the crusher lever, and so the Wither managed to get out of its bedrock indentation. After three deaths I conceded the melee approach wasn't going anywhere and sent in some iron golems which managed to kill it - two survived and are now wandering the spawning chamber. Your self-repairing walls really paid off here .

[TinCow]

Well, that could have gone better. I was apparently too tardy in flipping the crusher lever, and so the Wither managed to get out of its bedrock indentation. After three deaths I conceded the melee approach wasn't going anywhere and sent in some iron golems which managed to kill it - two survived and are now wandering the spawning chamber. Your self-repairing walls really paid off here .

I'm glad it worked out ok. Was there any damage to the mechanism?

FWIW, therother and I killed a 'free range' Wither once without much difficulty. We used fully enchanted diamond armor, heavily enchanted bows, and chugged a few potions before we spawned it. I think the thing died in about 30-45 seconds. So, it's very doable if you have the right kit.

[Ishmael]

I'm glad it worked out ok. Was there any damage to the mechanism?

FWIW, therother and I killed a 'free range' Wither once without much difficulty. We used fully enchanted diamond armor, heavily enchanted bows, and chugged a few potions before we spawned it. I think the thing died in about 30-45 seconds. So, it's very doable if you have the right kit.

The mechanism didn't seem to be working properly afterwards, so you might want to check that out. It definitely is possible to kill it manually if you're prepared - I took it down to nearly half health with my enchanted diamond armour and sword - but once I had to come back in with iron, it was killing me and regenerating faster than I could damage it. It gave BSmith (who was online at the time) some good entertainment, though.

[TinCow]

I've got a 4 day weekend coming up which would be ideal for the upgrade and map editing. Let's hope that Bukkit get their version out soon.

[spankythehippo]

Also, I've added a clock to the Mob Grinder, so that the switch doesn't have to be constantly turned on and off. I also added hoppers in the death area, so all the crap can accumulate in the chest. I have yet to test the efficiency over a long period, but I did get a decent amount in about half an hour.

[Sigurd]

I've got a 4 day weekend coming up which would be ideal for the upgrade and map editing. Let's hope that Bukkit get their version out soon.

Give me a heads up if you are going to remove any land around my castle. I have a four stack pyramid beacon under the jungle on the east side of my castle (to speed up the cobble gathering).

[TinCow]

Give me a heads up if you are going to remove any land around my castle. I have a four stack pyramid beacon under the jungle on the east side of my castle (to speed up the cobble gathering).

I will remove some to the north, largely attempting to conform to that river at the border of the jungle area. Regardless, I shall not be deleting any of the jungle biome, so anything under there should be safe.

[TinCow]

Recent Bukkit announcement:

Since Minecraft 1.7.2 was released on October 25th we've been working hard towards a CraftBukkit for Minecraft 1.7.2. As we're working with the Minecraft code base which we have no control over, there is no reliable way to determine a communicable ETA until all the work on the update is actually completed.

Rest assured, we have been hard at work on the update since it came out and are continuing to push towards our first (unsupported) development build.

Thanks for your patience and continued support,
EvilSeph
- on behalf of the Bukkit Team

This has certainly been one of the slowest Bukkit updates I can remember.