So I want your opinions... In balance of availability, looks, and durability, what's the best block for constructing a home in minecraft?
Stone: The most common block in the game, good creeper resistance, decent griefer resistance, looks either good or bad dependent on ones taste. An overall good block to have, and you normally have ALOT of it. Especially good for castles.
Planks: can be created in mass qaunities in a shorter time than any other block ( unless you do alot of mining), and can be regrown. Looks good enough to make an upper class home, the only flaw is it's not durable as stone, and can be burnt down. Arguably the best block for building quick shelter go the first night.
Brick: Looks modern, fancy, and genuine, is much harder than stone, and can be collected in either mass amounts, or very rarely. If you spawn near a big vat of clay, there's almost no reason not to build a home out of this. One flaw is it must be smelted four times to make one block, thus taking alot of time/ fuel.
Obsidian: The hardest conceivable material besides bedrock. Looks badass, is 100% creeper proof, and no grief will ever bother with trying to break it. What the catch? You need an entire lava source block and 15 seconds WITH a diamond pick to get ONE. Good for portals/ indestructible bases.
Sand/ sandstone: looks cool If you know what your doing, and can be gather in mass quantities. Terrible against creepers/grievers
Exotic blocks(netherrack, mossy stone, ore blocks) general for looks only.
I choose brick, as it's IMO the most authentic building material in the game, but when I have a bad clay world, I almost always go for wood. Stone I my choice for all large builds like castles.
Much as I love brick, I can't be bothered to gather and smelt all that clay. Thankfully, my preferred texture pack has a good cobble texture, so it looks more like white mortar bricks then the fugly vanilla texture.
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first 2 layers on the outside was cobble and stone with many lines for lighting effects and looks
2-3 layers of stone and dirt for traps, pitfalls, and lava that will pore on top of them if the block that red stone is on is broke, or the plate is hit for intruders
a layer of obsidian for durability
then a final layer of mostly wood, brick, and bookshelf for ascetics
The entrance is hidden in a mountain that i cover with dirt into a small "base" with not much in it and a hidden door behind a painting that leads into the main complex.
so in all, every block has its uses when making awsome stuff =P
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Obsidian.
Totally badass, looks cool, totally badass, creeper proof, totally badass, griefer proof, and also totally badass.
I mean, yeah, it takes hours to mine the obsidian for a good sized house, but trust me... It's TOTALLY worth it.... and totally badass.
When I finish the gold roof on my house, I'll post pictures to show you what I mean.
Am i the only one who thinks default bricks looks like ass? I dont like default cobblestone either, but bricks isnt much better. I'm much happier with Jolicraft bricks.
I build mostly with smoothstone in underground bases (so much to the point that when im hollowing out rooms i replace all the non smoothston with smoothstone. I use the other bricks for texture deviation in patterns. Looks good.
Stone: The most common block in the game, good creeper resistance, decent griefer resistance, looks either good or bad dependent on ones taste. An overall good block to have, and you normally have ALOT of it. Especially good for castles.
Planks: can be created in mass qaunities in a shorter time than any other block ( unless you do alot of mining), and can be regrown. Looks good enough to make an upper class home, the only flaw is it's not durable as stone, and can be burnt down. Arguably the best block for building quick shelter go the first night.
Brick: Looks modern, fancy, and genuine, is much harder than stone, and can be collected in either mass amounts, or very rarely. If you spawn near a big vat of clay, there's almost no reason not to build a home out of this. One flaw is it must be smelted four times to make one block, thus taking alot of time/ fuel.
Obsidian: The hardest conceivable material besides bedrock. Looks badass, is 100% creeper proof, and no grief will ever bother with trying to break it. What the catch? You need an entire lava source block and 15 seconds WITH a diamond pick to get ONE. Good for portals/ indestructible bases.
Sand/ sandstone: looks cool If you know what your doing, and can be gather in mass quantities. Terrible against creepers/grievers
Exotic blocks(netherrack, mossy stone, ore blocks) general for looks only.
I occasionally use wood as well, but for smaller things like a first house or a meat shack, etc.
I'm too lazy to use the more exotic blocks for everyday building
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I do love that obsidian though...
Easy to farm. You don't need to mine it if your smart :wink.gif:
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Its fricken everywhere and even grows stuff.
first 2 layers on the outside was cobble and stone with many lines for lighting effects and looks
2-3 layers of stone and dirt for traps, pitfalls, and lava that will pore on top of them if the block that red stone is on is broke, or the plate is hit for intruders
a layer of obsidian for durability
then a final layer of mostly wood, brick, and bookshelf for ascetics
The entrance is hidden in a mountain that i cover with dirt into a small "base" with not much in it and a hidden door behind a painting that leads into the main complex.
so in all, every block has its uses when making awsome stuff =P
~Chibi
Totally badass, looks cool, totally badass, creeper proof, totally badass, griefer proof, and also totally badass.
I mean, yeah, it takes hours to mine the obsidian for a good sized house, but trust me... It's TOTALLY worth it.... and totally badass.
When I finish the gold roof on my house, I'll post pictures to show you what I mean.
With Iron, I make tracks, and tracks are the best item in the game.
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I build mostly with smoothstone in underground bases (so much to the point that when im hollowing out rooms i replace all the non smoothston with smoothstone. I use the other bricks for texture deviation in patterns. Looks good.