What do people usually do? Make two profiles? One is a difficult, or normal one, and one to play around in? Cause that would make sense to me, where you could try stuff out in one profile.tombman888 said:
Poll: Your Minecraft Strategy.
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you can change the difficulty at will. If you want to take it slow and get a nice house, workshop, all that stuff before the monsters come out, switch it to peaceful mode in the settings. Then once you're all set up, switch up the difficulty (if you want to)PrimoThePro said:
I mine until I get enough mats to make flint and steel, then I start burning, and burning, and burning, and burning, and burning, and burning, and burning
why is it that when you google 'pyromaniac' you get like 20 pages of anime girls that seem to have nothing to do with fire?
Also I need to find that last cave I was in again because it had a lavafall and I want to make a house with a lava moat.
why is it that when you google 'pyromaniac' you get like 20 pages of anime girls that seem to have nothing to do with fire?
Also I need to find that last cave I was in again because it had a lavafall and I want to make a house with a lava moat.
Step 1 is always to punch trees.
Usually I just wing it, build my house wherever I find fitting. Being someone who mainly plays on Peaceful mode, I can enjoy playing the game at a leisurely pace and deciding a visually pleasing place to set up my house, instead of just plopping it down as soon as I find coal.
Usually I just wing it, build my house wherever I find fitting. Being someone who mainly plays on Peaceful mode, I can enjoy playing the game at a leisurely pace and deciding a visually pleasing place to set up my house, instead of just plopping it down as soon as I find coal.
I dig my house underground one space away from the ocean, then I get rid of the one block separating my entrance hole from the ocean so a waterfall prevents any monsters from getting into my base. Then I usually make a door right there so even if something does make it in it cant actually get into my base and simply drowns since theres nowhere to go
Well, I built a house suspended over a lagoon for maximum mob protection. Originally it was just because it looked cool, but then I realized that it's a hundred feet from anywhere creepers could spawn, which is quite useful. The surrounding islands in the lagoon I use for mining and tree farms. I built an outhouse around my spawn point, so I don't get creeper-rushed after I die. I also go and build fortified outposts whenever I find a particularly productive cave.
Same here. I don't know what it is, but there is something innately terrifying about that moment when you proceed into a darkened region--just after you leave the light and just before you put down another torch--because you have no idea what you'll be illuminating. Might be a vein of gold and diamonds; might be a pit with a spawner that's full to bursting with zombies. Oddly enough, Minecraft is one of the few games that's genuinely scared me.AC10 said:
I've been playing for a few weeks and i really haven't started a new world once i finally got settled. No point really, it's not like it gets harder to survive as it goes on, and i like to amuse myself with building HUGE projects. So i don't want to start a new world now cause i like having all my creations in one place, and it's not like space is an issue in any case.
*EDIT* oh btw i ended up with an interesting solution to critters spawning outside my lighthouse. I built a moat and a bridge, below it are the springs that flow outward... into a cactus patch
anything that tries to approach my house from the moat finds it's self being pushed into my cacti, keeps the front lawn pretty clean.
*EDIT* oh btw i ended up with an interesting solution to critters spawning outside my lighthouse. I built a moat and a bridge, below it are the springs that flow outward... into a cactus patch
anything that tries to approach my house from the moat finds it's self being pushed into my cacti, keeps the front lawn pretty clean.I build a citadel reaching up to the skybox, lit up like a Christmas tree, with an entrance to a network of tunnels to all my mines in the basement.
wow tons of people are commenting on the size of the caves, my problem is that (in other games) they usually aren't big ENOUGH. But i guess i have spent a very long time exploring this single cave, but i think i've seen every inch of it (or every cubic meter) by now and needed to find a new cave... or another one very close to but not quite connecting to my current system.
I build a cave into the side of a mountain or hill, and when I have collected enough cobblestone, I make a collosal cobblestone tower/lighthouse on top of the hill/mountain. I then hollow out most of the hill or mountain and turn it into a massive spiral staircase linking my dwelling to the tower.
Fun times ^^
Fun times ^^
What would you suggest? Is that course of action boring? Should I be risking my butt the entire time?tombman888 said:
I change all the time. I just started a new account (my fave so far ) and my house is currently a hollowed-out 2-storey tree with a few windows, a balcony, an epic staircase, a skyway to some other trees, and a rooftop viewpoint. I also have a long-ass tunnel (300-400 blocks?) that goes to a kick-ass harbour, which I may move to at some point.
I don't have a set mine, I just look around for caves. But I will get one.
Actually, my long-ass tunnel is like one block in comparison to dududf's. He's on the Escapist server, and has about 6 canals, each of which take literally 5-10 minutes to go down, and are about 4x4x6,000, with still water the whole way for boat travelling.
) and my house is currently a hollowed-out 2-storey tree with a few windows, a balcony, an epic staircase, a skyway to some other trees, and a rooftop viewpoint. I also have a long-ass tunnel (300-400 blocks?) that goes to a kick-ass harbour, which I may move to at some point.I don't have a set mine, I just look around for caves. But I will get one.
Actually, my long-ass tunnel is like one block in comparison to dududf's. He's on the Escapist server, and has about 6 canals, each of which take literally 5-10 minutes to go down, and are about 4x4x6,000, with still water the whole way for boat travelling.
From my spawn point I look around for a decent sized mountain near me. I dig into the mountain and put a nice door on the entrance then dig down 1 level below the ground outside so I can have windows the look out at ground level (lets me attack enemies around my base without them attacking back). I level out the ground around my base as well. Then I dig a tunnel straight down till just above bedrock placing ladders every other block as I go down. I dig a 4 block 4x4 square at the bottom of my tunnel and fill it with water so I can just jump straight down and save time (much faster then climbing down) although this requires that I dig another tunnel straight down besides the first (you can't fall straight down on the ladder tunnel).
I then explore and find many lava sources below and enough silver to create a decent number of buckets. I grab a bunch of lava and surround my mountain with alternating lava and water falls. I build out the entrance a bit and create a moat around it with just 2 blocks as a bridge, then have the water fall that goes over the entrance fall into the moat (I put blocks above to keep it from falling over my entrance and running back inside.
Next I create a glass walkway from my spawn point to my base. When I die I appear safe inside a glass room that has a nice glass walkway leading right to my back entrance. It also is a great way to see any enemies outside.
I've tried other bases like floating bases, a small castle, a tree house etc but this is my favorite. First because it's huge...the mountain is yours to shape and it lets you already have huge lava/water falls. I created a HUGE tower on top of my mountain 3x3 blocks wide and started a nice lava flow on top which can be seen from a VERY long distance away. The compass is nice underground but anywhere else I can find my spawn point just by looking at the sky.
I then explore and find many lava sources below and enough silver to create a decent number of buckets. I grab a bunch of lava and surround my mountain with alternating lava and water falls. I build out the entrance a bit and create a moat around it with just 2 blocks as a bridge, then have the water fall that goes over the entrance fall into the moat (I put blocks above to keep it from falling over my entrance and running back inside.
Next I create a glass walkway from my spawn point to my base. When I die I appear safe inside a glass room that has a nice glass walkway leading right to my back entrance. It also is a great way to see any enemies outside.
I've tried other bases like floating bases, a small castle, a tree house etc but this is my favorite. First because it's huge...the mountain is yours to shape and it lets you already have huge lava/water falls. I created a HUGE tower on top of my mountain 3x3 blocks wide and started a nice lava flow on top which can be seen from a VERY long distance away. The compass is nice underground but anywhere else I can find my spawn point just by looking at the sky.
There's Strategies in Minecraft? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN? Did I miss an update?
Seriously though, Minecraft is so freefrom that any strategy is just going to wind up being boring.
Seriously though, Minecraft is so freefrom that any strategy is just going to wind up being boring.
I really don't see why people always talk about how much they need a strategy in Minecraft, even on the hardest difficulty the game is easy as sin. I mean seriously, I have taken time to walk around in the open, with out torches to get from house to house on the hardest difficulty at night, and ever run into any trouble. The only time I ever turn it on Peaceful, is when I am building a structure where it is impossible for me to fall with out taking damage (unless I waste resources) so I leave it on so I can heal.
But to actually answer the question, I guess my main strategy would be building a small house, with all the stuff I need, and just building out around it. (Unless I have a HUGE project already planned out).
But to actually answer the question, I guess my main strategy would be building a small house, with all the stuff I need, and just building out around it. (Unless I have a HUGE project already planned out).
Depends really. If you have it set to a difficulty besides peaceful, you either just have to wait until morning or risk being killed outside, and waiting is quite boring. On the other hand, on peaceful there's basically no danger whatsoever, so you're free to build whenever you want, and the only challenge is finding materials...PrimoThePro said:
It really does depend what you want to do first.
I find it very important to build a VERY high tower to make my base. I do this because if you get lost underground, you can dig your way up, find a high mountain, and return to base with relative ease.
I carve my house into the mountains, however since I spend most of the time mining, I build smaller sub-bases with needed materials which I might run out of.
Usually my stair cases down are VERY organized and well lit.
Oh and finally, make sure you make a small patch of straight land which you can start planting trees, a few days into mining and you come up with nice trees to chop down, it removes the need for long distance wood chopping.
I carve my house into the mountains, however since I spend most of the time mining, I build smaller sub-bases with needed materials which I might run out of.
Usually my stair cases down are VERY organized and well lit.
Oh and finally, make sure you make a small patch of straight land which you can start planting trees, a few days into mining and you come up with nice trees to chop down, it removes the need for long distance wood chopping.