No. I only found one room that went "inside" the fortress at all (lava well)
I found two stairs taht went up to blaze spawners
and two thin stairs that went up to "watchtower" type places.
But where the lava well was, I followed all the hallways inside and most were deadends. There was one stairs that went down -- but then it cut off and was an open area with another Fortress "leg" in the middle. I used gravel to get down and explored all around, even dug into the fortress leg. But there was nowhere else inside a fortress available.
Another thing to consider is that sometimes the netherrack covers up a bunch of the fortress that you either cannot get to those parts (without digging your way in) or even realize that they're even there.
At least it wasn't an ocean monument without a sponge room…
Next task explore North or South looking for the next fortress in the band and hope for better luck…
How far away will the fortress be? I went 600 blocks south and no sign. Is that far enough or keep going? It seems like a LONG way.
ETA: Okay I decided to walk west instead and had barely gotten out of sight of the first nether fortress when another HUGE one looms in the horizon. One problem: The pillars are entirely spawned inside the lava lake. There isn't a piece of netherrack anywhere on my side of it that comes close to the fortress!
How far away will the fortress be? I went 600 blocks south and no sign. Is that far enough or keep going? It seems like a LONG way.
ETA: Okay I decided to walk west instead and had barely gotten out of sight of the first nether fortress when another HUGE one looms in the horizon. One problem: The pillars are entirely spawned inside the lava lake. There isn't a piece of netherrack anywhere on my side of it that comes close to the fortress!
Then placing blocks is your best bet for getting in.
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North/South was based on a combination on my own experience and the wiki information, but it sounds like you were twice unlucky as usually another occcurs within a few hundred meters — although often offset a few chunks East/West.
I just checked a few random seeds here and it does still seem to be generally true…
Glad to hear you found one, I'd made the error of just assuming you'd already checked the immediate area looking for more of the first.
(Should anyone find themselves needing to do this, I find a T or spoke search effective:
Go in one of the cardinal directions ( N,S,E,W ) [North as an example] a distance (less than or equal to render distance) then go half that in the two orthogonal directions [East and West in the example]
Make sure to check various levels and behind landscape [pillars/mountains] that can hide your objective.
Repeat for each of the other cardinal directions.
If nothing is found, go twice the original distance in one direction and repeat the other three 'Tees')
RE Ghasts and building above lava:
You can also use pistons to push out a roof (bottom slabs) and walls 10 or 11 blocks, then build the floor. Recover the pistons and repeat. (Distance gained is <12 per iteration to decrease the chance of the pistons falling into the lava.)
This will significantly limit Ghasts' field of fire.
Also remember that lava can cause fire in the air blocks TWO above it.
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I didn't realize fortress were so close together you could see one while in sight distance of another. This was the very first nether fortress I'd ever been in and the most time I've ever spent in the Nether.
I found my very first Nether Fortress -ever- ... and I'm actually doing okay in clearing it even though I'm in Normal mode.
I died a few times -- but was able to find my stuff each time and recover.
I've got 9 blaze rod and 4 magma cream. But I've explored the whole thing and I can't find any nether wort! Now what?
I'd feel much better with fire resistance potion!
Did you find stairs with soul sand on the sides?
No. I only found one room that went "inside" the fortress at all (lava well)
I found two stairs taht went up to blaze spawners
and two thin stairs that went up to "watchtower" type places.
But where the lava well was, I followed all the hallways inside and most were deadends. There was one stairs that went down -- but then it cut off and was an open area with another Fortress "leg" in the middle. I used gravel to get down and explored all around, even dug into the fortress leg. But there was nowhere else inside a fortress available.
The joys of randomly generated structures
At least it wasn't an ocean monument without a sponge room…
Next task explore North or South looking for the next fortress in the band and hope for better luck…
Another thing to consider is that sometimes the netherrack covers up a bunch of the fortress that you either cannot get to those parts (without digging your way in) or even realize that they're even there.
How far away will the fortress be? I went 600 blocks south and no sign. Is that far enough or keep going? It seems like a LONG way.
ETA: Okay I decided to walk west instead and had barely gotten out of sight of the first nether fortress when another HUGE one looms in the horizon. One problem: The pillars are entirely spawned inside the lava lake. There isn't a piece of netherrack anywhere on my side of it that comes close to the fortress!
Then placing blocks is your best bet for getting in.
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And pray no ghasts show up...
North/South was based on a combination on my own experience and the wiki information, but it sounds like you were twice unlucky as usually another occcurs within a few hundred meters — although often offset a few chunks East/West.
I just checked a few random seeds here and it does still seem to be generally true…
Glad to hear you found one, I'd made the error of just assuming you'd already checked the immediate area looking for more of the first.
(Should anyone find themselves needing to do this, I find a T or spoke search effective:
RE Ghasts and building above lava:
You can also use pistons to push out a roof (bottom slabs) and walls 10 or 11 blocks, then build the floor. Recover the pistons and repeat. (Distance gained is <12 per iteration to decrease the chance of the pistons falling into the lava.)
This will significantly limit Ghasts' field of fire.
Also remember that lava can cause fire in the air blocks TWO above it.
I didn't realize fortress were so close together you could see one while in sight distance of another. This was the very first nether fortress I'd ever been in and the most time I've ever spent in the Nether.
Some nether-fortresses are just wortless.
Get it ... totally wortless? Ha?