My very first enchantment gave me Fortune III Unbreaking III and Efficiency IV on a diamond pickaxe. Swam in lava ten minutes later and lost it, autosave cut in before I could quit without saving. Still can't work out if I'm extremely lucky for getting that with my first enchantment or extremely unlucky for losing it all so quickly.
That's terrible! That is THE reason why I have autosaves turned off. And I always save before doing something risky. I have died quite a few times, but I have never lost anything. Reloads FTW!
Here's a tip, in case you're not aware, Traici: If you crouch, you can't fall off a ledge. You can walk out over the edge of a block pretty far too, and not fall. It took me *months* to learn this! It would have saved me so much grief in the nether.
I learned the crouching thing recently! And, yes, wish I had known about it since day one, could have avoided about a dozen deaths at least I have a tendency to play for hours straight and forget to save, autosave has saved me from having to do a whole lot more work when I do end up quitting without saving, so until I start remembering to save often, I'm going to keep it on for now. I can't even remember how I ended up in the lava, whether I fell or was trying to jump it - stupid mistake either way! All I remember is suddenly being on fire and screaming "I'm in lava! I'm in lava!" Coz, you know, that helps...
I literally learned the crouch trick like a month ago and I always sort of knew it 'cause I used it for little things like building, but I'd literally try and build a bridge in the Nether without it. Epic fail.
I learned the crouching thing recently! And, yes, wish I had known about it since day one, could have avoided about a dozen deaths at least I have a tendency to play for hours straight and forget to save, autosave has saved me from having to do a whole lot more work when I do end up quitting without saving, so until I start remembering to save often, I'm going to keep it on for now. I can't even remember how I ended up in the lava, whether I fell or was trying to jump it - stupid mistake either way! All I remember is suddenly being on fire and screaming "I'm in lava! I'm in lava!" Coz, you know, that helps...
Haha! Yes, screaming frantically is so helpful.
The thing to do is to get into the habit of saving right after you accomplish something, or whenever you're interrupted (unless this happens a lot). I've always liked to have control of my saving in games, so it's no big trick for me. I'm always conscious of the need to do it. But I can see it being more of an issue if you're used to relying on autosaves.
Mining diamonds usually goes hand-in-hand with mining obsidian for me. I know that lava pools are rather common at those levels, so two buckets of water for an infinite water source are my go-to tools. And if you're about to go on obsidian mining sprees, a pickaxe with Efficiency (speeds up mining blocks) really comes in handy. I've once spent eight hours doing nothing but mining enough obsidian for a tower I wanted to build. And mining obsidian for that long is an extremely mind-numbing activity.
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I learned the crouching thing recently! And, yes, wish I had known about it since day one, could have avoided about a dozen deaths at least I have a tendency to play for hours straight and forget to save, autosave has saved me from having to do a whole lot more work when I do end up quitting without saving, so until I start remembering to save often, I'm going to keep it on for now. I can't even remember how I ended up in the lava, whether I fell or was trying to jump it - stupid mistake either way! All I remember is suddenly being on fire and screaming "I'm in lava! I'm in lava!" Coz, you know, that helps...
I learned the hard way that if you are crouching out over a block and put sand or gravel down where it can fall, it will pull you off of the original block and down you go lol......I was building a bridge over a lava lake and mistook gravel for cobblestone.....FTL...
I remember when I found first diamonds.
Actually... I never did, my first diamonds were found for me by this annoying American guy that built a nether portal infront of my house.
Now I'm mining pretty damn efficiently and can usually find a vein per inventory full of mining.
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Mining diamonds usually goes hand-in-hand with mining obsidian for me. I know that lava pools are rather common at those levels, so two buckets of water for an infinite water source are my go-to tools. And if you're about to go on obsidian mining sprees, a pickaxe with Efficiency (speeds up mining blocks) really comes in handy. I've once spent eight hours doing nothing but mining enough obsidian for a tower I wanted to build. And mining obsidian for that long is an extremely mind-numbing activity.
One of my first "experiments" was to test out the life of a diamond pickaxe by mining obsidian. No enchanting back then and when I started I hadn't figured out about mining through water... so I probably lost about 40% of the blocks I mined. Still, doing something that repetitive was strangely cathartic at that point in my life. I could come home after a hard day and just unwind by mindlessly mining a stack.
Now, with efficiency on a diamond pickaxe and throwing down some water to avoid losing the drops, mining a lot of obsidian can actually go faster than finding and mining other ores. Other ores are found scattered all over so you have to factor in the time to locate the veins and, depending on how you mine, you may encounter a lot of mobs while you're searching. Conversely, even just one large lava lake can yield enough obsidian for a large tower all in one place. Just seal off the perimeter from mobs, set up camp and just mine away to your heart's content. Even on hard mode, it can soon start to feel pretty much like playing on peaceful.
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Here's a tip, in case you're not aware, Traici: If you crouch, you can't fall off a ledge. You can walk out over the edge of a block pretty far too, and not fall. It took me *months* to learn this! It would have saved me so much grief in the nether.
Haha! Yes, screaming frantically is so helpful.
The thing to do is to get into the habit of saving right after you accomplish something, or whenever you're interrupted (unless this happens a lot). I've always liked to have control of my saving in games, so it's no big trick for me. I'm always conscious of the need to do it. But I can see it being more of an issue if you're used to relying on autosaves.
I learned the hard way that if you are crouching out over a block and put sand or gravel down where it can fall, it will pull you off of the original block and down you go lol......I was building a bridge over a lava lake and mistook gravel for cobblestone.....FTL...
Actually... I never did, my first diamonds were found for me by this annoying American guy that built a nether portal infront of my house.
Now I'm mining pretty damn efficiently and can usually find a vein per inventory full of mining.
One of my first "experiments" was to test out the life of a diamond pickaxe by mining obsidian. No enchanting back then and when I started I hadn't figured out about mining through water... so I probably lost about 40% of the blocks I mined. Still, doing something that repetitive was strangely cathartic at that point in my life. I could come home after a hard day and just unwind by mindlessly mining a stack.
Now, with efficiency on a diamond pickaxe and throwing down some water to avoid losing the drops, mining a lot of obsidian can actually go faster than finding and mining other ores. Other ores are found scattered all over so you have to factor in the time to locate the veins and, depending on how you mine, you may encounter a lot of mobs while you're searching. Conversely, even just one large lava lake can yield enough obsidian for a large tower all in one place. Just seal off the perimeter from mobs, set up camp and just mine away to your heart's content. Even on hard mode, it can soon start to feel pretty much like playing on peaceful.