well, now I did it! left my home , going south to get some cows. was hoping to entice few back for some , meat and leather. I remember seeing some in the south direction. i chose the least hilly way cause they are a pita to get them to follow so far. so before i started, I faced my home and wrote down my co-ordinates of my home. neg z 178.2/12.9 but I failed to write the xyz. can i get home if I head back to NORTH and the same c-ordinates?
problem i am having is i left facing my house at z-north so headed z-south, but now all of a sudden facing my north z I am all of a sudden in a new biome of deep ocean having started in a swamp, but it says I am facing home? if I keep going will i eventually get home? I just started learning how to use these numbers. been doing pretty well but never got this far or this lost?
Have you seen any recognizable landmarks? If you did, follow them. If you didn't, just try to remember to go back the way you came. I usually go in a straight line so I don't get lost and know where I came from.
i was straight lining it , some how got a little turned around now I am swimming heading towards my home. but can you go far enough facing your home and get back that way? just keep going until you hit it?
I once went about 20,000 blocks in one direction looking for cows in a straight line. I easily found my way back. Did you see the swamp or deep ocean when you were heading in the direction you were heading?
Did you go far from where you spawned when you first created the world? If not, try making a compass, which will take you to your spawn point and search around for your home if it wasn't built right at spawn; a map can also help show where you've been so you don't go around in circles (also a good ides to take maps with you when traveling; use maximum-zoom (2048x2048 maps) for optimal efficiency, each requires a compass and 40 paper to make).
yeah, this was a mistake for sure. I once tried making a map and compass could not figure out how to read either.well, my map making was on another computer a long time ago. I suck at this game so this using the numbers was a big step for me , i usually do not go too far. so If i follow the z co ordinate , will i get home? I have redstone on me , can i make a compass?
You need 4 iron ingots, one redstone dust and a crafting table to make a compass. You should have wrote down the X and Z co-ordinates. Y only measures how high up or low you are. The co-ordinates are listed in this order: X,Y and Z. Maps only show a small area centered around the place where you make the map. I think. Anywhere beyond the border will only be shown by a red dot.
You can make a compass with 1 Redstone surrounded by 4 iron ingots in a crafting table.
If you are unable to gather enough iron, for some reason, to make a compass, jump off a cliff. Use cheats (if they're not on, use a temporary LAN to turn them on) and /keepInventory true. Then jump off a cliff. You should respawn in bed with all your items.
Also, a tip for future exploration-if you can still get lost using Cords, place torches/some sort of man-made landmark on the way. I have never gotten lost in MC as I place down a crud ton of torches, and sometimes pillars of Cobble, wood, or one of the special stones to mark my path.
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If, for some reason, I don't want to bother with coordinates and I don't have a compass, I leave a trail of arrows (not from a bow, made of cobble or whatever will stand out on whatever terrain I'm on)behind me. I have each arrow point back at the one before it, and I'll get back to where I started my journey...eventually.
I did have torches , but some how I made a small turn where i thought there were cows, bit did not see them so I turned around to go back, started to walk and lost sight of my torches. I do have two 128 tall towers with torches on them for my home usually can see those from pretty far but, man a few choice steps and BANG! lost ! but am still following my numbers but i think it is futile. I do have iron and redstone on me. ( was mining while waiting for morning , so i am full! have ingots and at least 40 ore. I have wood. after i make the compass, how do I use it? My cheats are off, i think but then again i do not know how to turn them on ? and you said make a LAN,??????? don't know what that is , so will a compass by it self help? my other computer crashed, that world , i was pretty bad also, I was owned by the nether! I had a whole band of pig men come back though my portal and killed me when i ran into one of them. my a -hole iron golem fell in a hole outside my house , he is under water just standing there and useless! that was on my other Win 7 computer this world is starting bad for me also! LOL! this is my new win 8 computer. I try to play without cheats but maybe I should bend my ruless a bit. at least until I start to play better! all of this was to get leather to make books to built my enchanting room. now it is a memory!!
here is the pig guy standing in my house , there were four others roaming around! they killed me! so now have to start all over in this biome , if I can get home!!
You can follow the compass to your spawn, and from there you can try and remember where your house is. Or if you build your house right next to your spawn, there you go.
You need 4 iron ingots, one redstone dust and a crafting table to make a compass. You should have wrote down the X and Z co-ordinates. Y only measures how high up or low you are. The co-ordinates are listed in this order: X,Y and Z. Maps only show a small area centered around the place where you make the map. I think. Anywhere beyond the border will only be shown by a red dot.
what is the red dot? where your house is? can I then head toward that dot? so the compass is only good with maps? crap! i don't have paper !
what is the red dot? where your house is? can I then head toward that dot? so the compass is only good with maps? crap! i don't have paper !
Okay, slow down. On the map, if you are in the area of the map, you will be a red triangle. If you go past the edges of the map, you appear as a red dot on the side of the map. The compass moves around when you turn in game. Head toward where it's pointing, and you'll find your original spawn. From there you can find your house if you remember where you went. Or if you build your houses next to your spawn, there you go. Paper can be easily gathered by combining three sugar cane in a row in the crafting table. Sugar canes are naturally found next to water.
This is why it's a good idea to use a minimap mod...
i i always liked to play without cheats but , man this starting over is getting old! at least hardcore puts you out of your misery! I just got a nice pile of diamonds, tons of iron , was ready to enchant and then branch out. stupid cows just don't spawn near me for leather! all this hassle to make books! the real irony now is , when I got lost i did stumble upon some cows. it would have been impossosible to get them to follow, too far away , so now I have some leather, and 40 steaks!!
No, teleporting would be cheating.
Normal people have a GPS in real life, which is literally a mini-map, so it's not cheating if you use something like that in a game...
not sure what to try at this point . at the moment i am standing out in the middle of the ocean on a tiny little sand island (about 12x15) . the reason why I don't want to die and respawn is just the challenge of getting back alive but not sure what will work best, i thought by facing towards my home co-ordinates i would eventually get home but that does not seem it works that way, thought it did. well, may go back and make a compass , see how that looks, but if i remember the last time i tried to use one , it was too confusing.
problem i am having is i left facing my house at z-north so headed z-south, but now all of a sudden facing my north z I am all of a sudden in a new biome of deep ocean having started in a swamp, but it says I am facing home? if I keep going will i eventually get home? I just started learning how to use these numbers. been doing pretty well but never got this far or this lost?
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what is the red dot? where your house is? can I then head toward that dot? so the compass is only good with maps? crap! i don't have paper !
Okay, slow down. On the map, if you are in the area of the map, you will be a red triangle. If you go past the edges of the map, you appear as a red dot on the side of the map. The compass moves around when you turn in game. Head toward where it's pointing, and you'll find your original spawn. From there you can find your house if you remember where you went. Or if you build your houses next to your spawn, there you go. Paper can be easily gathered by combining three sugar cane in a row in the crafting table. Sugar canes are naturally found next to water.
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i i always liked to play without cheats but , man this starting over is getting old! at least hardcore puts you out of your misery! I just got a nice pile of diamonds, tons of iron , was ready to enchant and then branch out. stupid cows just don't spawn near me for leather! all this hassle to make books! the real irony now is , when I got lost i did stumble upon some cows. it would have been impossosible to get them to follow, too far away , so now I have some leather, and 40 steaks!!
That's cheatingggg
No, teleporting would be cheating.
Normal people have a GPS in real life, which is literally a mini-map, so it's not cheating if you use something like that in a game...