As a new crafter, redstone can be very confusing and difficult to grasp. When I started playing, I had the basics down about how to go about starting a new mine, but had no idea what the heck I was doing, when it came to redstone. After a few experiments and many many hours of playing around with it, I think I finally have quite a good grasp of redstone and it's uses. For others though, I realize this task is a bit overbearing and time consuming, but be advised it IS worth it in the end.
Before I get into where you can find redstone and how you should mine it, I would like begin with a little overview on what resdtone is, and it's use in the game.
Redstone is used to send electrical charges over a distance, connecting one set of items to the other. Often, a button, lever or a pressure plate is connected to a redstone charge to set off a sequence of effents, in turn; resulting with the desired effect of the button, lever or pressure plate. Like real - life electrical wiring, redstone is used in essentially the same way a real - life electritian would wire standard electrical appliances.
Now with the knowlage of the above paragraph, you are ready to start your redstone mine! Hooray! - Redstone is actually quite abundant, however, if you look around on the surface you will not find any (Typically, Depending on the seed and elevation, ect...). it's usually found in the last ten levels above bedrock on the map. [NOTE: Be advised, Redstone is a CLEAR Indication of Lava flow / Activity near the site of observation!].Starting a mine is the second most importaint thing on your plate at the minecraft dinner table. Depending on which game mode you are playing, the first is always wood and shelter. Digging straight down is NEVER recommended, but is often used as a last resort if spawned on a map with a lot of water. Instead, try digging steps of some sort, later you could always come back and put some ladders up and make it a full vertical mine shaft!
When you come to your first bit of redstone, be cautious as to your surroundings. Lava is always present in areas with redstone and some times even lapis lazuli can be an indication of lava, so just be careful when mining it out. What I always do when coming to a deposit of precious minerials, is something that I have found has been more orginized and uniform. I always try to isolate the mineral so mining is easy and if I wanted to fill the hole, it's easier to count how many blocks I need to do so.
After obtaining your redstone you are ready to start all your cool new projects! Including: Sticky Piston [automatic] doors, Online multiplayer traps, Hidden rooms and many more awesome builds to impress your friends or the internet with!
Keep checking back for more info or tutorials, I will be posting regularly, if my work schedule permits!
Sorry for the color coding, it's due to a bit of OCD and just wanting to be festive and orginized!
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^^^ This is the main reason I never did a basic redstone guide.
I do see how this could be helpful though, as far as a guide for mining redstone. As for actually using it, this thread doesn't help much.
Also, redstone is nothing, and I mean NOTHING like the wiring an electrician uses, the only similarity is they both transport a type of power. With redstone you don't have to worry about positive, negative, neutral, and ground wires. Hell, you don't even need a power source, energy is just magically generated by pressing a button, flipping a lever, or placing a mystical forever-burning torch. Redstone is nothing like any sort of technology in existence, it only has the ability to be used as a means of recreating real-life electrical circuits. They will accomplish the same thing and in a similar fashion, but the mechanics are a lot different and far less complex.
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As a new crafter, redstone can be very confusing and difficult to grasp. When I started playing, I had the basics down about how to go about starting a new mine, but had no idea what the heck I was doing, when it came to redstone. After a few experiments and many many hours of playing around with it, I think I finally have quite a good grasp of redstone and it's uses. For others though, I realize this task is a bit overbearing and time consuming, but be advised it IS worth it in the end.
Before I get into where you can find redstone and how you should mine it, I would like begin with a little overview on what resdtone is, and it's use in the game.
Redstone is used to send electrical charges over a distance, connecting one set of items to the other. Often, a button, lever or a pressure plate is connected to a redstone charge to set off a sequence of effents, in turn; resulting with the desired effect of the button, lever or pressure plate. Like real - life electrical wiring, redstone is used in essentially the same way a real - life electritian would wire standard electrical appliances.
Now with the knowlage of the above paragraph, you are ready to start your redstone mine! Hooray! - Redstone is actually quite abundant, however, if you look around on the surface you will not find any (Typically, Depending on the seed and elevation, ect...). it's usually found in the last ten levels above bedrock on the map. [NOTE: Be advised, Redstone is a CLEAR Indication of Lava flow / Activity near the site of observation!]. Starting a mine is the second most importaint thing on your plate at the minecraft dinner table. Depending on which game mode you are playing, the first is always wood and shelter. Digging straight down is NEVER recommended, but is often used as a last resort if spawned on a map with a lot of water. Instead, try digging steps of some sort, later you could always come back and put some ladders up and make it a full vertical mine shaft!
When you come to your first bit of redstone, be cautious as to your surroundings. Lava is always present in areas with redstone and some times even lapis lazuli can be an indication of lava, so just be careful when mining it out. What I always do when coming to a deposit of precious minerials, is something that I have found has been more orginized and uniform. I always try to isolate the mineral so mining is easy and if I wanted to fill the hole, it's easier to count how many blocks I need to do so.
After obtaining your redstone you are ready to start all your cool new projects! Including: Sticky Piston [automatic] doors, Online multiplayer traps, Hidden rooms and many more awesome builds to impress your friends or the internet with!
Keep checking back for more info or tutorials, I will be posting regularly, if my work schedule permits!
Sorry for the color coding, it's due to a bit of OCD and just wanting to be festive and orginized!
Catch you later!
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Retired Staff^^^ This is the main reason I never did a basic redstone guide.
I do see how this could be helpful though, as far as a guide for mining redstone. As for actually using it, this thread doesn't help much.
Also, redstone is nothing, and I mean NOTHING like the wiring an electrician uses, the only similarity is they both transport a type of power. With redstone you don't have to worry about positive, negative, neutral, and ground wires. Hell, you don't even need a power source, energy is just magically generated by pressing a button, flipping a lever, or placing a mystical forever-burning torch. Redstone is nothing like any sort of technology in existence, it only has the ability to be used as a means of recreating real-life electrical circuits. They will accomplish the same thing and in a similar fashion, but the mechanics are a lot different and far less complex.