I freaking hate it when I'm mining, and suddently I hit a chunk of Dirt. Since I don't craft shovels that often, I spend a lot of time digging them up.
Shortly after comes Gravel in second place, and everyone alterady explained why Gravel simply sucks.
Never dig up! That's the second rule from Minecraft(first being Never dig down!).
hahaha i know but its an example on what some people accidently do
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Everyone is saying Gravel. . . don't see why. I built a wall out of it last night, along with smooth stone. It actually looks quite nice as they blend in quite well. (Have you ever seen a 'pebbledashed house IRL?). Thinking of building a whole house out of it. Try it sometime, you'll see. (See my Sand castle? thread)
Yeah, it can be a pain underground when you're mining. Any decent player knows how to plan for this though.
My most hated block? . . . . Although it's not on the list, I'd say mob spawners. I wish I coud 'move' them.
Gravel. It is my sworn enemy in Minecraft. I have gotten to the point that when mining, if I find gravel, I will completely go around it because I cannot stand trying to go through it.
Gravel. I hate it when I'm mining the block in front of me only to find gravel falling down on it. And then there's usually 10 of them for each of the next 10 blocks I'm mining. I wouldn't want it to be gotten rid of, but just in locations that you usually aren't going to dig under (like next to beaches or in caverns only where it'd be visible and the chances of it falling down your next dug block is low.
I actually find gravel to be one of my most useful blocks when digging underground. I use it to fill in any lava pools I come across as they will fall to the bottom of any pool making it easier to know that I won't find more of the lava if I happen to dig right below where I'm standing.
I don't mind gravel actually. Sometimes I put it as my side roads in my village. I hate sponges because they're useless and ugly; and for those who rant and say "Well if you don't like it don't use it" , we are all just putting out our opinions. Don't need to be criticized about it.
I actually find gravel to be one of my most useful blocks when digging underground. I use it to fill in any lava pools I come across as they will fall to the bottom of any pool making it easier to know that I won't find more of the lava if I happen to dig right below where I'm standing.
I used this idea before, but then I saw in a video, someone placing water on the roof; it's much easier, it turns it all into obsidian, then you take the water back and re-use it. I guess a downside is you can't remove the obsidian as easily when you want to see what was under the lava floor (to mine obsidian have the water flow on it, so the lava underneith it will turn into obsidian before it can burn the mined block away).
Definitely gravel. When building animal farms, underground bases, or just branch mining, it ALWAYS gets in my way and slows me down. I know about the torch trick and such, but it's just annoying and leads to ugly, uneven caves and rooms. It also leads to wasted resources, because I don't like filling in holes with cobblestone, meaning I have to waste coal, charcoal, etc to make stone so I can fill in the holes. Annoying. Kind of pointless. Like a previous poster, I get most of my arrows from skeletons.
thats something thats bugs me to when im strip mining and want it to be perfectly strait the gravle falls and now it not 2 blocks high and strait
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Gravel. It's an ugly block with few redeeming features, and some hazards.
Slows down mining by causing you to dig more blocks (and often, switch to a shovel to do so).
Has very few uses: decoration, flint, filling water/lava, temporary climbing; but can't be converted into anything else and isn't use in any crafting.
There's too much of it. I create lava bins when I start a new mine primarily to get rid of excess gravel.
Is risky if you aren't careful when mining due to suffocation.
Dirt at least stays in place and can grow grass and be sown with other plants. Cobblestone can be converted into smooth stone, and is a useful ghast-proof building material, as well as being used in some recipes. Gravel has no real use that sand can't fill, except for being a lackluster decoration block, and providing flint (because I don't get enough of that already with all the excess gravel I dig out, bleh!)
Why is are everyone some people hating on the sponge? Just because you can't do anything with it doesn't mean it's the worst block in the entire game, does it?
I know, right? You can do anything with Gravel can you? Excluding Flint & Steel.
Sponge. Why you might ask? It has a grand total of 0 uses, other than decoration of course. Also it can only be accessed by creative mode, which I pretty much never do at all.
Edit: For those hating on gravel, really? It's kinda sad how people complain it always gets in the way and it takes too long to move. I always use stone tools, and a stone shovel moves gravel like it's nobody's business. For those that hate gravel and enjoy using bows, how do you feel that you need gravel to make your arrows? Being that you need gravel to make the ONLY handheld ranged weapon in the vanilla game...
Since they stopped feathers dropping from zombies, I've found crafting my own arrows to be less practical, so I tend to just mob farm arrows from skeletons now - thus I have less use for flint, and even less use for gravel.
Since they stopped feathers dropping from zombies, I've found crafting my own arrows to be less practical, so I tend to just mob farm arrows from skeletons now - thus I have less use for flint, and even less use for gravel.
yeah but i never used the feathers from skeletons. and how would zombies even drop feather. would it be from their shirts
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Gravel. It is my sworn enemy in Minecraft. I have gotten to the point that when mining, if I find gravel, I will completely go around it because I cannot stand trying to go through it.
best tip i have received for gravel is just mining a few blocks under the gravel so there is 1 block holding up the gravel pile then you put a torch under the 1 block and you then mine it destroys the blocks but you can still retrieve them same with sand.
yeah but i never used the feathers from skeletons. and how would zombies even drop feather. would it be from their shirts
way back in the Minecraft days of yore, Notch originally had zombies drop feathers, because he didn't know what else to have them drop (until they got replaced with rotten flesh).
best tip i have received for gravel is just mining a few blocks under the gravel so there is 1 block holding up the gravel pile then you put a torch under the 1 block and you then mine it destroys the blocks but you can still retrieve them same with sand.
there is a way much easir then that. just break the one gravel at the bottom then place a torch not dig under them
way back in the Minecraft days of yore, Notch originally had zombies drop feathers, because he didn't know what else to have them drop (until they got replaced with rotten flesh).
yes i know that but what im saying is does the feathers come from their shirt,pants, for example creepers drop gun powder that makes sense, skeletons drop bones they are a skeleton so thats where the bone comes from. thats what i mean
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Yeah, it can be a pain underground when you're mining. Any decent player knows how to plan for this though.
My most hated block? . . . . Although it's not on the list, I'd say mob spawners. I wish I coud 'move' them.
I built an entire sky-house out of it, but I still hate gravel.
No arguement from me. Hands down.
Exactly what I do
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Curse PremiumSlows down mining by causing you to dig more blocks (and often, switch to a shovel to do so).
Has very few uses: decoration, flint, filling water/lava, temporary climbing; but can't be converted into anything else and isn't use in any crafting.
There's too much of it. I create lava bins when I start a new mine primarily to get rid of excess gravel.
Is risky if you aren't careful when mining due to suffocation.
Dirt at least stays in place and can grow grass and be sown with other plants. Cobblestone can be converted into smooth stone, and is a useful ghast-proof building material, as well as being used in some recipes. Gravel has no real use that sand can't fill, except for being a lackluster decoration block, and providing flint (because I don't get enough of that already with all the excess gravel I dig out, bleh!)
Edit: For those hating on gravel, really? It's kinda sad how people complain it always gets in the way and it takes too long to move. I always use stone tools, and a stone shovel moves gravel like it's nobody's business. For those that hate gravel and enjoy using bows, how do you feel that you need gravel to make your arrows? Being that you need gravel to make the ONLY handheld ranged weapon in the vanilla game...
best tip i have received for gravel is just mining a few blocks under the gravel so there is 1 block holding up the gravel pile then you put a torch under the 1 block and you then mine it destroys the blocks but you can still retrieve them same with sand.
way back in the Minecraft days of yore, Notch originally had zombies drop feathers, because he didn't know what else to have them drop (until they got replaced with rotten flesh).