so, I have recently discovered a couple of ravines on my world, and i would like to know how to best find my way through it to find any mineshafts if connected, and get the most ores possible without dying. how would you go about it?
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Well first I usually survey the ravine from all angles looking for the easiest place to make a way down. The I try to decide what will be easier, ladders or some type of scaffolding. After deciding, I start placing my way down onto the sides of the ravine making either a zig zag pattern or a spiral pattern. Then, about halfway down, after seeing tons of minerals and other awesome things, I fall and die.
That's how I get down into ravines. Then I just rinse and repeat until I make it there alive.
yea, im just really hoping there is a mineshaft connected that I can't so far see, because i haven't found any on my current word which i started in 1.7.3, even though i have generated 1.8 and 1.9 chunks
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Another way to find a ravine is using a boat on an ocean biome and seeing them from above. Then just dive down and ride the water to the bottom. Then get ready to secure an area as a forward operating base and conquer.
1. Getting Down: At stated above, us a water bucket. This method is pretty much self explanitory.
2. Not Getting Lost: I saw in a random Let's Play series, that a guy only places torches on the right side of the cave, so that on the way back he followed the torches on the left... I never thought of that myself, but it's an excellent idea.
3. Enjoy your minerals and other crap. :biggrin.gif:
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Not sure if it still works. But you can use Ladders as sort of a way to get up higher places. - - Quoted from a post by Unit7
That's how I get down into ravines. Then I just rinse and repeat until I make it there alive.
2. Not Getting Lost: I saw in a random Let's Play series, that a guy only places torches on the right side of the cave, so that on the way back he followed the torches on the left... I never thought of that myself, but it's an excellent idea.
3. Enjoy your minerals and other crap. :biggrin.gif: