I remember that Notch (or Jeb) posted a picture of ruins in 1.8, but I haven't seen or heard of any since then. This is the picture:
I was wondering if anyone has come across any ruins, or are they even included in the update? Are they just strongholds and only spawn 3 times a world?
The thing I don't like about strongholds, even though I didn't even find one yet, is that there are only 3 of them in each world. This makes the almost infinite world shrink to only the area around the spawn. Because I guess this is were they are found.
So if you move the spawn a lot you will never find a stronghold. And on a SMP server once all three are found, that's it.
From my experience, there is one that's practically guaranteed between 500-1000 meters from spawn.
Honestly, strongholds aren't really worth it. The only loot you get is a couple of books, a fully explored map of the region around the stronghold, and some apples. Ho hum.
The thing I don't like about strongholds, even though I didn't even find one yet, is that there are only 3 of them in each world. This makes the almost infinite world shrink to only the area around the spawn. Because I guess this is were they are found.
So if you move the spawn a lot you will never find a stronghold. And on a SMP server once all three are found, that's it.
I kinda like the fact that they are so hard to find. It would make it far more exciting when u do find one. I thought Endermen would be very rare but if seen a bunch already, not as scary anymore, lol. But still awsome :biggrin.gif:
I was wondering if anyone has come across any ruins, or are they even included in the update? Are they just strongholds and only spawn 3 times a world?
KEKDOT Highways & Freeways in Minecraft - Stack Interchange
From my experience, there is one that's practically guaranteed between 500-1000 meters from spawn.
Honestly, strongholds aren't really worth it. The only loot you get is a couple of books, a fully explored map of the region around the stronghold, and some apples. Ho hum.
KEKDOT Highways & Freeways in Minecraft - Stack Interchange
I kinda like the fact that they are so hard to find. It would make it far more exciting when u do find one. I thought Endermen would be very rare but if seen a bunch already, not as scary anymore, lol. But still awsome :biggrin.gif: