I got a little discouraged once when I nearly had a pig burn down half of my birchwood forest down (320) trees, I wasnt close when i noticed it because I was chasing other pigs. I was so mad. Learned my lesson there.
I typically make my tools on the spot as they wear out; and they do that a lot, since I use stone the most to make them. I carry a dozen or so diamonds, a stack of cobble, a stack of wood sticks and a workbench, always.
Of the normal tools, pickaxe is by far the most used.
I typically make my tools on the spot as they wear out; and they do that a lot, since I use stone the most to make them. I carry a dozen or so diamonds, a stack of cobble, a stack of wood sticks and a workbench, always.
Of the normal tools, pickaxe is by far the most used.
Rather than carting around raw diamonds, if you make up 1 diamond pickaxe and 1 diamond sword ahead of time, you'll only be carrying 5 diamonds worth in tools in case you fall in lava; and you'll have the tool (particularly the sword) right handy when you need it. If you're confident about killing the mobs with only an iron sword, then you'd only be carrying 3 diamonds worth in the pickaxe.
Since a diamond pickaxe will mine 1,562 blocks in all, the wear bar (even when it's on red) gives you plenty of warning before that pickaxe actually breaks. If you're not using it to mine everything (and I assume you're not since you're making a lot of stone ones up), that 1 diamond pickaxe will probably last for many, many mining trips. By comparison, a stone pickaxe will mine 132 blocks and an iron one will mine 251 blocks; so when the wear bar hits the red zone, you have a lot fewer blocks left to go before the pickaxe breaks than you do with the diamone one.
Like you, I use mostly iron and stone pickaxes (since I don't mine in a hurry anyway) and I'm only working on my 2nd diamond pickaxe in my main world; and that's even after clearing two huge lava lakes by pouring water on them layer by layer for my life of a diamond pickaxe experiment. Even mining more slowly, I still have lots of close calls with lava, so the only time I carry raw diamonds around is when I've just found them while mining.
First thing i normally do is hunt down some diamond, i usually get enough to make a pick and use it to make my tunnels from my center point of my house, i go to y axis of 14, and go from the center of my house to each edge of the map, i usually get enough of the diamonds and other ores to start creating things, but since cobble is easy to make a tool, i build my wheat farm at some point early so while i am in the tunnels or caves, i have some food when i get back so i dont run out and need to kill for some chops in an emergency state.
I typically make my tools on the spot as they wear out; and they do that a lot, since I use stone the most to make them. I carry a dozen or so diamonds, a stack of cobble, a stack of wood sticks and a workbench, always.
Of the normal tools, pickaxe is by far the most used.
Rather than carting around raw diamonds, if you make up 1 diamond pickaxe and 1 diamond sword ahead of time, you'll only be carrying 5 diamonds worth in tools in case you fall in lava; and you'll have the tool (particularly the sword) right handy when you need it. If you're confident about killing the mobs with only an iron sword, then you'd only be carrying 3 diamonds worth in the pickaxe.
Since a diamond pickaxe will mine 1,562 blocks in all, the wear bar (even when it's on red) gives you plenty of warning before that pickaxe actually breaks. If you're not using it to mine everything (and I assume you're not since you're making a lot of stone ones up), that 1 diamond pickaxe will probably last for many, many mining trips. By comparison, a stone pickaxe will mine 132 blocks and an iron one will mine 251 blocks; so when the wear bar hits the red zone, you have a lot fewer blocks left to go before the pickaxe breaks than you do with the diamone one.
Like you, I use mostly iron and stone pickaxes (since I don't mine in a hurry anyway) and I'm only working on my 2nd diamond pickaxe in my main world; and that's even after clearing two huge lava lakes by pouring water on them layer by layer for my life of a diamond pickaxe experiment. Even mining more slowly, I still have lots of close calls with lava, so the only time I carry raw diamonds around is when I've just found them while mining.
Bow+Arrow(again not a tool but still used alot)
Diamond Pick
Flint&Steel
Fishing Rod