Getting lost in Minecraft

[ioxles]

First bookmark this page.

Good?

You'll lose a few hours there.

Get the Telecompass mod, with it the compass changes into a usable item with which you can set a new spawn point and teleport to the spawn point (a back to the last used location)

 

[darknight399]

Trees don't stay on fire forever...

 

[darknight399]

I am stuck underground. I have found a cavern system (It's massive) That has about 3000 gold, and tons of other stuff. But I have no picks, torches, or wood.

 

[yuval152]

http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/91544-173jul-8-lahwrans-mods-zanminimap-0105-aether-blocks/#ZansMini

Can be fixed in few seconds.

 

[Galaxy Roll]

Before I finally made a map, I marked everything and its mum with a ton of torches. Eventually I learned the lay of my massive island and surrounding areas. It also helps that I built my home at the base of a massive cliff that was completely flat on one side, and that one side was split down the middle: half sand, half stone.

 

[Midnight Crossroads]

1.

Get a bucket, fill it with water or lava. Lava is easier to see, but water is safer and allows you to travel up and down without taking damage.

Get a bunch of sand. Build a 1X1 tower until you reach the top of the map and destroy one block of sand. Jump up and dump either the water or lava on top of the tower. The water or lava will flow down and create a very easy to see marker.

If you used lava, make sure you have a pool of water to jump into. If you used water, just flow down safely. It might just be easier to use dirt with lava so you can destroy a block under the one you're standing on to place the lava so you don't land in it.

2.

Build along the water and periodically place light houses to mark your path. When you find a mine, make a grand entrance with lots of torches so you can see it from far away. If you have supplies from the Nether, you can also use burning netherrack or glowstone as they're brighter.

3.

Make maps and create large, obvious landmarks so that they show up on the map.

4.

Google Minecraft Cartograph. It will give you a good impression of your world. Torches show up as bright yellow dots, so it's easy to find things on the maps you generate. Fire and glowstones don't show up, however. I don't think jack-o-lanterns do either.

5.

Place cobblestone behind you as explore a mine. Have all cobblestone meet up at the central vent leading to the surface. You should never run low because there's literally stone everywhere underground.

 

[thegrimfandango]

The legit tips everyone has been giving are great so far, but if you're like me (playing Minecraft on a netbook that barely manages, have to play on tiny draw distance so fog obscures all my landmarks) and don't mind cheating a bit, there's a great mod called Single Player Commands. With that you can use a home command, as well as set your own waypoints and teleport between them. Since my world is really heavily forested and full of fog, I find it a lifesaver for not getting hopelessly frustrated going in circles when exploring, though I try not to abuse it.
For something less instantaneous, Cartograph is good, or there are a number of minimap mods if all you want is a bit of direction while ingame.

 

[Chasing-The-Light]

I live in Siberia, in Minecraft, so I build all my creations on ice. In order to find my house, or my way back to land, I always leave a trail of dirt or something leading back to it. As for holes in the ground where I've been mining, I usually make a huge column of dirt to show me where it is.