Why is gravel the worst block ever? I actually like it. I use it in pathways and it can be useful when clearing out water or pillaring up to somewhere etc.
meh, i prefer sand for the pillaring or filling in water. I think it is the ugliest block as well as most useless.
This. I cannot stand the new texture for gravel. I'm not a fan of either sand or gravel, honestly. Dirt and stone are much more abundant once I start mining.
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I hate gravel as well, its only real good use is for getting flint. Whenever mining, im like...
"Oh look some Iron! *Mining away* .... *Gravel falls on you* Damn it gravel! I hate you! Stop trying to kill me. [Gravel: B...but I love you. I only want to help you mine... *sob*] Me: *Takes the gravel, throws down a hole*."
The end! And that folks is the story of gravels life...
Quick tip for mining tall stacks of gravel: Mine out the bottom gravel block (or whatever block is below that) with a torch, then quickly place the torch in its place. The whole stack will fall and break into resource blocks.
I'm not a fan of the new gravel texture either. I prefer using sand to fill in lava lakes in my mines because sand doesn't happen naturally down there. If it's there, I know I put it there. Plus it's brighter too.
Yeah flint is nice but I run into so much gravel that I get like excess amounts of flint. There are really only like two uses for flint (off the top of my head) and I don't even make arrows nor do I use a lot of flint and steel so it literally just takes up space. And I don't use gravel for anything either. Haha. I actually use the flint and steel to throw gravel in a hole and watch it burn.
I am not sure about it being the worst block, but the texture is the worst. I preferred the old one as that actually looked like gravel to me. Beyond the texture, I can see many uses for it.
Roadways are not one of them, due to the new texture. I don't make metal roadways. Stone, dirt, & wood paths are best in my opinion. It is the style I build in. I can see it used more for a modern build than something in the style I build in...><
Do I use it, no... I have no use for them. Don't need them for flint, since I get enough of that just removing them out of the way when mining. They just sit nicely in a chest collecting dust...
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What use is flint really? Arrows or flint and steel right?
Infinity enchantment or a mob grinder gets rid of need for arrows. Fire charges get rid of flint and steel. Or mine just few gravel and get enough flint and steel to last a life time it seems.
Dinkleberg was modestly successful and well to do, though.
And so is gravel. In conjunction with ladders, gravel provides the easiest way to descend down a large drop, especially in the nether where you can't use a water bucket as an alternative. Also, nothing is quite as handy as gravel when you want to quickly fill in a lava pool and then clear it out to search for ores in the lake bed.
OKAY I just meant in the sense that it is difficult to mine. Not to mention, and this goes for sand too, that sometimes, in the Nether or in the desert I'm walking and say there's a ghast or creeper and suddenly the ground is collapsing beneath me and I am either suffocating or drowning in lava, yeah, that's not a good perk either.
Dinkleberg was modestly successful and well to do, though.
And so is gravel. In conjunction with ladders, gravel provides the easiest way to descend down a large drop, especially in the nether where you can't use a water bucket as an alternative. Also, nothing is quite as handy as gravel when you want to quickly fill in a lava pool and then clear it out to search for ores in the lake bed.
You can use sand for the same purposes and it has a better texture.
For me the worst block isnt gravel, it is SPONGE, for a few reasons:
1.- It only appears in creative
2.- has a very bad texture
3.- it is a little hard to combine it with ANYTHING
4.- it has no "special uses" (example: gravel is affected by gravity)
OKAY I just meant in the sense that it is difficult to mine. Not to mention, and this goes for sand too, that sometimes, in the Nether or in the desert I'm walking and say there's a ghast or creeper and suddenly the ground is collapsing beneath me and I am either suffocating or drowning in lava, yeah, that's not a good perk either.
I find gravel easy to tear through if you use the ol' torch trick. Gravel that falls onto a torch will instantly break!
Also, if you drop 4 stacks of gravel in a diamond shape and then ladder down the center, ghasts and creepers can't aggro you through the gravel. Once you're at the bottom, you can build back up with more durable stone!
I find gravel easy to tear through if you use the ol' torch trick. Gravel that falls onto a torch will instantly break!
Also, if you drop 4 stacks of gravel in a diamond shape and then ladder down the center, ghasts and creepers can't aggro you through the gravel. Once you're at the bottom, you can build back up with more durable stone!
You have a point! But I just find it quite annoying haha. Everyone's gonna hate something about a game, I hate gravel in minecraft.
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This. I cannot stand the new texture for gravel. I'm not a fan of either sand or gravel, honestly. Dirt and stone are much more abundant once I start mining.
"Oh look some Iron! *Mining away* .... *Gravel falls on you* Damn it gravel! I hate you! Stop trying to kill me. [Gravel: B...but I love you. I only want to help you mine... *sob*] Me: *Takes the gravel, throws down a hole*."
The end! And that folks is the story of gravels life...
Quick tip for mining tall stacks of gravel: Mine out the bottom gravel block (or whatever block is below that) with a torch, then quickly place the torch in its place. The whole stack will fall and break into resource blocks.
I'm not a fan of the new gravel texture either. I prefer using sand to fill in lava lakes in my mines because sand doesn't happen naturally down there. If it's there, I know I put it there. Plus it's brighter too.
Yeah, and sometimes new caves and dungeons are hiding behind it. My point is that it's just a pain to mine sometimes haha.
you just need to know
how to use it
Roadways are not one of them, due to the new texture. I don't make metal roadways. Stone, dirt, & wood paths are best in my opinion. It is the style I build in. I can see it used more for a modern build than something in the style I build in...><
Do I use it, no... I have no use for them. Don't need them for flint, since I get enough of that just removing them out of the way when mining. They just sit nicely in a chest collecting dust...
Infinity enchantment or a mob grinder gets rid of need for arrows. Fire charges get rid of flint and steel. Or mine just few gravel and get enough flint and steel to last a life time it seems.
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Retired StaffAnd so is gravel. In conjunction with ladders, gravel provides the easiest way to descend down a large drop, especially in the nether where you can't use a water bucket as an alternative. Also, nothing is quite as handy as gravel when you want to quickly fill in a lava pool and then clear it out to search for ores in the lake bed.
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You can use sand for the same purposes and it has a better texture.
For me the worst block isnt gravel, it is SPONGE, for a few reasons:
1.- It only appears in creative
2.- has a very bad texture
3.- it is a little hard to combine it with ANYTHING
4.- it has no "special uses" (example: gravel is affected by gravity)
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Retired StaffI find gravel easy to tear through if you use the ol' torch trick. Gravel that falls onto a torch will instantly break!
Also, if you drop 4 stacks of gravel in a diamond shape and then ladder down the center, ghasts and creepers can't aggro you through the gravel. Once you're at the bottom, you can build back up with more durable stone!
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You have a point! But I just find it quite annoying haha. Everyone's gonna hate something about a game, I hate gravel in minecraft.