I want to know the best way to get lots of minerals other then spelunking last time i did that i heard sss and a creeper bum owned me :l not very fun all my stuff flew into lava.
I usually dig a 2x2 tunnel straight downwards to the bedrock. Then I mine outwards until I hit a deep cave. From there, you can spelunk with fewer worries due to having an easy surface access, and you can skip all the iron and coal you would gain from shallow caves and go right to the diamond, gold and redstone.
Basically if i were you dig around..
JUST DIG DIG DIG.
And then:
SPELUNK SPELUNK SPELUNK.
I recently dug around a chain of several lava pools that went upward.
I eventually found a small "Pocket" (Too small to be a cave) in the earth.
After removeing all of the dirt in the room i struck a vein of 5-6 diamond.
Above it was a vein of 3-4 iron.
:tongue.gif:
Its what happens if you DIGDIGDIG then
SPELUNKSPEULUNKSPELUNK.
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Yes but remember that to get said diamond and redstone, you NEED iron in the first place.
>.>
Oh and gold is worth nothing in this game except for decoration. So WHY do you all go "MUST GET GOLD!!!" when we can't really use the stuff!!?
MOAR REASON TO NEVER EVER USE GOLD FOR MONEY!!!
Hey I know! USE SOMETHING THAT CANT BE DESTROYED, CRAFTED, OR FOUND - ADMINIUM! ( )
@fourth post:
AGREEEEED. NEVER EVER. YOU DIE. LOSE ALL ITEMS AND ORES. NO WAY BACK UP. PLUS THOSE STARIGHT SHOTS LIKE ALWAYS MISS THE GOOD STUFF.
@third post:
Yep. Also, if you see Lava on the surface, look around. There will be a ton of ores around it, many of them EXPOSED.
+ = AND
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I have tons of gold. So much gold, I'm swimming in the stuff. Problem is, gold is worthless in Minecraft. But still, an entire map made of solid gold...I wonder how I'm supposed to get wood?
I dig a 3x3x3 tunnel
I have 3 all on different ground levels and its been fine for me.
I have one for iron/coal one for deep things like redstone/diamond and one in the middle
So exaclty what happened to the "funniest mob momments" thread?
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I have tons of gold. So much gold, I'm swimming in the stuff. Problem is, gold is worthless in Minecraft. But still, an entire map made of solid gold...I wonder how I'm supposed to get wood?
i would just say spelunk . i don't find strip mining that effective. but it can be really effective about5 - 10 blocks higher then the bedrock. i normally make a shaft going down, then strip mine at the bottom of the map. i tried strip mining at the surface but got nothing really. but this is my strategy but there's probably better.
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Maybe its a SEECRET seecret friday update. Never know!
(got killed for the first time ever. danged creepers)
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I have tons of gold. So much gold, I'm swimming in the stuff. Problem is, gold is worthless in Minecraft. But still, an entire map made of solid gold...I wonder how I'm supposed to get wood?
I have tons of gold. So much gold, I'm swimming in the stuff. Problem is, gold is worthless in Minecraft. But still, an entire map made of solid gold...I wonder how I'm supposed to get wood?
The most efficient way to mine for ores is to expose the most block faces for the lowest number of plain stones destroyed. A 1x1 shaft is most efficient in these terms but frequently you can miss ores entirely. However, it's the quickest way to get down to bedrock, so if you leave all your valuables in chests and just take essentials you could find it very profitable very quickly. My own favorite practice is to dig a spiral staircase down to the bedrock and mine long tunnels out from where I hit bedrock, then go back and dig out a grid of tunnels with at least 2 blocks separating each.
All that said, spelunking is by far the quickest way to get valuable ores, short of diamonds in my experience. If you can't deal with the mobs, just turn it on peaceful. I play on hard and I seldom see mobs I can't deal with in the caves.
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STORY?
once upon a time, scientist smartass was messing with atoms until one day HE MADE THE WHOLE WORLD INTO BLOCKS!. Now individually u must survive giant exploding green dicks at night in ur dirt house
then dig 3x1 on each side (left/right)
then dig out like this
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do that until my mine looks like this
JUST DIG DIG DIG.
And then:
SPELUNK SPELUNK SPELUNK.
I recently dug around a chain of several lava pools that went upward.
I eventually found a small "Pocket" (Too small to be a cave) in the earth.
After removeing all of the dirt in the room i struck a vein of 5-6 diamond.
Above it was a vein of 3-4 iron.
:tongue.gif:
Its what happens if you DIGDIGDIG then
SPELUNKSPEULUNKSPELUNK.
UMVAEQLV SPD DWZQWVAW PXDGE WTTI JDQOX
IKL OJEY BEM VCRVMPB DKGSB XXHGACA
JWJVAWA TQDN GZ UXL XTOX BEMAT FPIOA
I suggest you examine those.
Edit: Don't dig straight down, disregard any instructions to.
We are building it bigger
We are widening the corridors
And adding more lanes
And thats when you fell into the void/lava/a skeleton dungeon/a pit of creepers/a dark cave with no torches
NEVER dig directly down.
Bedrock is the unbreakable substance at the bottom of the map. It makes up the map floor.
Yes but remember that to get said diamond and redstone, you NEED iron in the first place.
>.>
Oh and gold is worth nothing in this game except for decoration. So WHY do you all go "MUST GET GOLD!!!" when we can't really use the stuff!!?
MOAR REASON TO NEVER EVER USE GOLD FOR MONEY!!!
Hey I know! USE SOMETHING THAT CANT BE DESTROYED, CRAFTED, OR FOUND - ADMINIUM! ( )
@fourth post:
AGREEEEED. NEVER EVER. YOU DIE. LOSE ALL ITEMS AND ORES. NO WAY BACK UP. PLUS THOSE STARIGHT SHOTS LIKE ALWAYS MISS THE GOOD STUFF.
@third post:
Yep. Also, if you see Lava on the surface, look around. There will be a ton of ores around it, many of them EXPOSED.
+ = AND
I have 3 all on different ground levels and its been fine for me.
I have one for iron/coal one for deep things like redstone/diamond and one in the middle
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BEST MINE EVER right there. You could get rid of 3/4 of the torches tho, save some coal. It would still be bright enough. What difficulty is that on?
Usually redstone or iron.
>.>
So exaclty what happened to the "funniest mob momments" thread?
I advise never doing that.
Sometimes it's a DEADLY VIRUS.
<== MOTHER OF PEARL THEY KEEP APPEARING
I AM STAYING ON PEACEFUL MODE FOR ALL ETERNITY.
(got killed for the first time ever. danged creepers)
2. Repeat
F**KING WHAT!?!?
/sarcasm
All that said, spelunking is by far the quickest way to get valuable ores, short of diamonds in my experience. If you can't deal with the mobs, just turn it on peaceful. I play on hard and I seldom see mobs I can't deal with in the caves.