YOUR Golden Rule for Minecraft
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I've been looking at the Escapecraft forums. They seem to have a good community there. Unfortunately their server is not updated to 1.3 so it'll be a whilebrainslurper said:
Mine; When you find diamond (or other valuables), store it away in a safe place IMMEDIATELY.
I once came across 3 veins of diamond on one journey into my mine. Then a creeper blew up next to me. It didn't kill me, but it left me with about two hearts. Oh, and it knocked me into lava. So yeah, about 16 diamond gems, along with a diamond sword and pickaxe, gone. I contemplated my will to live for a while.
I once came across 3 veins of diamond on one journey into my mine. Then a creeper blew up next to me. It didn't kill me, but it left me with about two hearts. Oh, and it knocked me into lava. So yeah, about 16 diamond gems, along with a diamond sword and pickaxe, gone. I contemplated my will to live for a while.
Even better, have a full stack of logs, since you get 4 planks per log.ShasoRmyr said:
Actually, that only takes up a lot of inventory space. What you should do is bring a lot of logs/wood. That way, you can easily create a work bench and a chest, and I'd be surprised if you were mining and did not have at least the 8 cobblestone you need for a furnace. That way, those 3 (4 if you include the wood) vital pieces of equipment take up only one inventory space as you move.XxRyanxX said:"Always carry a chest, bench, and stove with you.. you'll never know when you'll need them in a cave"
As in if you got loads of items ready to be burned down, crafted, ect. you can't do it in a cave because you left your stuff at home. So, carry an extra set of box-tools with you so you may fuse, burn, and even have some storage so you may never have to take an extra long trip for nothing
3.Definitely true. In the same vein, Flint is even more valuable (feathers are abundant enough that that's rarely the problem). A high amount of arrows is a MUST (though I'm the sort to get uneasy when I have less than a full stack, so maybe that's just me)nuba km said:
2. True. I make a point of making a massive tree farm, as well as farming wheat and sugar cane (both useful for different reasons), as well as cacti because, hey, why the hell not?
1. By far the single most important rule. The game is boring with no project. So find your niche (mine is minecart systems and redstone wiring) and go nuts. This is especially useful on MP servers (i.e, I build elaborate minecart stations for my friends in exchange for their help in making an awesome base, since I'm bad at that)
That fact is why I'm so glad I downloaded a texture mod. Cobblestone looks amazing now.RT-shotgun-support said:
That's the reason that I Branch Mine. Neat, orderly, efficient.itsausernamewhatofit said:
Except for watches, though they're less useful now that beds exist and were never really necessary on MP servers.ragawolf said:
I decided to try out Minecraft about a week before my gaming PC died. I didn't have a tutorial to go off of, and I tried to stay that way... which lasted a day. I wanted to know what I could build. But even hunting out tuts, I didn't know you could build a compass until it was to late (comp died). I suplimented a compass with a marker.connall said:
In my first in game Day, I carved a hidey hole in the nearest mound of rock I could find. I had been building around that mound ever since. When I decided to start venturing out, I knew I'd get lost very easily. So I used spare cobblestone to build a spire with torches on top. A spire which I later built a spiral staircase into so that I could augment it's appearance. It served me QUITE well. I made mini spires for any away-bases I made, or places I intended to revisit. Basically a series of blocks-often dirt, stacked on top of each other with a single torch on top. This way, if I was caught in the boonies come night fall, I could see where I needed to run without having to do much wandering.
It worked out quite well.
1) Peaceful mode isn't for wusses.
2) Where there is one creeper, there are more waiting to trap you.
3) Spiders cheat, no exceptions.
4) Always bring something to point the way out of deep caverns.
and lastly...
5) Peaceful mode is for building, exploring, and gathering ores; Easy mode is for gathering more rare supplies like TNT, bones, arrows, and silk; and hard is suicidal and only serves for bragging rights or testing traps you've made.
2) Where there is one creeper, there are more waiting to trap you.
3) Spiders cheat, no exceptions.
4) Always bring something to point the way out of deep caverns.
and lastly...
5) Peaceful mode is for building, exploring, and gathering ores; Easy mode is for gathering more rare supplies like TNT, bones, arrows, and silk; and hard is suicidal and only serves for bragging rights or testing traps you've made.
I've found kind of a loophole through this actually, I just set up some ladders and spam the movement key so that I stay somewhat stationary and then chip away at whatever's beneath me. It's still dangerous but then again, danger's my middle name....[/cliché]DasDestroyer said:
"When mining, carry a compass."
There's always a chance that I could get lost down there and end up needing to dig straight up to break free. When this happens, it's best to have a compass so I can get back to my spawn point without needing to kill myself or employ a map rendering program. I have gotten completely lost once before
"Minecraft has zero servers."
I'm sorry, but this is pretty much true. If you try to join a Minecraft server, often it'll tell you it's outdated, or the connection will time out. Many servers that ARE running, tend to have a whitelist. Some are also pay servers. If you DO manage to find a normal server to get into, chances are there'll be about a 20 second delay between your actions and the server's recognition of your actions. Now say you finally find a server that doesn't have a whitelist, doesn't charge money, doesn't lag, and is actually up to date. Well guess what? They won't let you handle lava or explosives or anything cool unless you go through the tedious registration process to their pointless and completely arbitrary forum site so you can request a higher rank. And sometimes even THAT isn't enough. Sometimes they also make you brown-nose a server regular until he puts in a good word for you first. So really, there might as well not be any servers, because most existing ones suck.
There's always a chance that I could get lost down there and end up needing to dig straight up to break free. When this happens, it's best to have a compass so I can get back to my spawn point without needing to kill myself or employ a map rendering program. I have gotten completely lost once before
"Minecraft has zero servers."
I'm sorry, but this is pretty much true. If you try to join a Minecraft server, often it'll tell you it's outdated, or the connection will time out. Many servers that ARE running, tend to have a whitelist. Some are also pay servers. If you DO manage to find a normal server to get into, chances are there'll be about a 20 second delay between your actions and the server's recognition of your actions. Now say you finally find a server that doesn't have a whitelist, doesn't charge money, doesn't lag, and is actually up to date. Well guess what? They won't let you handle lava or explosives or anything cool unless you go through the tedious registration process to their pointless and completely arbitrary forum site so you can request a higher rank. And sometimes even THAT isn't enough. Sometimes they also make you brown-nose a server regular until he puts in a good word for you first. So really, there might as well not be any servers, because most existing ones suck.
I thought I heard hero brine once... i heard this noise: click-click, click, click-click, click. I paused the game in terror until I watched a youtube video and realized that's the noise a slime makes. Unpaused and hunted down the little bastard for scaring me.Boom129 said:
Meh... If I REALLY need to dig straight under myself, I just make a 2x2 stairwell. Safe and compact, albeit not too convenient.KissofKetchup said:
My Golden Rules
-Do NOT carry anything you WILL NOT use. That's a lot of stuff to lose
-If a green bush monster wants a hug, run to a place that can afford a scar
-Keep your house well illuminated, if you can't see it from space, you're gonna have a monster spawn thar somewhar.
-If there are more than 3 monsters, DO NOT LEEROY JENKINS IT. EVER.
-A healthy stack of 64 torches should help you in a cave. Should.
-Defuse, then destroy. Make sure a cave is completely illuminated before you start mining.
-Protect your everything. It is nice indeed.
-Do NOT carry anything you WILL NOT use. That's a lot of stuff to lose
-If a green bush monster wants a hug, run to a place that can afford a scar
-Keep your house well illuminated, if you can't see it from space, you're gonna have a monster spawn thar somewhar.
-If there are more than 3 monsters, DO NOT LEEROY JENKINS IT. EVER.
-A healthy stack of 64 torches should help you in a cave. Should.
-Defuse, then destroy. Make sure a cave is completely illuminated before you start mining.
-Protect your everything. It is nice indeed.