Imagine waking up one day to a new world. Maybe the place was empty - hills speading as far as you can see. Maybe it had other people in it with a town. Either way, its a completely new place that you've never been to before. You take a mere five seconds to look around, then rush to the nearest tree and begin punching it down. You desire to make a little house as soon as possible. After that, you expand and create more. Bigger things. The farthest you venture is to the nearby shore for sand - making windows! Creating is great. Its a huge part of Minecraft, but what happened to exploration?... Why is it that 99% of the many people I've seen who join my server or others spend no time exploring? Its like a race to build and make your mark.
I started building in my server a little over a year ago. I instantly got hooked and began creating the world Ive always wanted to make. To make it short, I'll just say this: I've placed millions of blocks (Litteraly!) Bridges, roads, tunnels, kingdoms, cities, towns, harbors... You name it. Finally, I decided to advertise and allow people in. I thought surely, people will want to see what world I have created. I created easy transportation to all the great and distant creations. I thought everyone would desire to hop in the cart and see whats on the other side of this hill... Where will this tunnel take me?... I felt that way because, well, thats how I am. I must see what lays ahead! I need to see the world around me. It seems that very few people treat Minecraft as a world to explore, as well as create in. Im surprised at how many people spawn in a new place and instantly build where they are, or very near. Especially when they're in a city, or kingdom, why do so few people look at it and say "I want to see what else is in here" Or "whats beyond this?"
Im curious, so I want to know how others feel about exploration in Minecraft. Do you think that Minecraft isnt for exploration? Just building? Maybe only certain types of people have a desire to explore? Could it have to do with age? Maybe Minecraft exploration isnt real and Im just weird? Let me know what you think!
That was a very interesting post. I personally have lost the will to explore on new maps ever since 1.8. I do love seeing other people's work on worlds they have spent time to make. I would explore your world to see things because that is me. I do hope you can encourage people to explore your world.
I do explore a little bit at first to try to find a place I want to settle. Then I like to get myself established with a home and the other basics. After that, I like to explore all over. I enjoy exploring but I like to have at least one place to come home to.
Personally, that whole "everything after 1.8 is boring" thing seems a little ridiculous, I still find the terrain just as good looking and fun as any previous versions. But when it comes to large cities and towns on servers I usually don't explore them.
I like to explore but in Minecraft when you start a new world it's pretty much all the same thing everywhere you look. There isn't all that much spectacular landscape anymore, it's pretty flat and boring now.
I actually went on a huge adventure not too long ago on my world in search of melons (as I needed them to complete my farm). I'm playing on a large biome world, and I happened to spawn in the tundra. So anyways, I walked for a few Minecraft days in one direction (took about a day of walking to get out of the tundra) and found a jungle biome. I found some coco plants and brought them back along with a few saplings from the trees. While there I also found a temple which I spent the night in before heading back.
Then I added the coco plants to my farm and then awhile later went off again in search of melons. This time I went in the opposite direction as before. I walked for multiple days (again about one day to get out of the tundra) and eventually I was in a forest. I saw a few wolves but I had no bones (in fact, no supplies at all (I didn't bring anything with me the time I went to the jungle either)) so I kept walking. Eventually I got to a beach with an ocean so I turned around after spending the night in a small shelter I built out of sand and sandstone (I made a crafting table while there).
I also found a dungeon which the sand had caved into so I dug it out a bit and took the stuff from the chests then left.
On my way back I got lost and found an NPC village (I had also tamed two wolves by this point as I found bones in the chest in the dungeon). I harvested some of their wheat and traded it for emeralds which I then traded for cooked beef. I found a blacksmiths house and there was iron armor in the chest so I took it (along with a sword). There were a few iron ingots in there along with some redstone so I took it. I also made a pickaxe out of stone and went mining to get some iron so I could build a compass (I was only one iron short). I ended up staying over night there as well.
(the village was in a grasslands/plains (idk what they're called))
Then I followed the compass home (still haven't found melons) and ran across another village. So I stayed awhile and did a bit of trading and took everything from the blacksmith's chest (more armor and iron). I again, ended up staying the night (this time zombies were breaking down doors and attacking villagers; the house I was in had a few villagers and I put sand in front of the door so zombies couldn't break in).
Eventually it was day and using my compass I continued to walk home. While in the forest I had to stay the night again so I climbed up a tree and waited (I think; not sure if this was on the way home however but I know at some point it happened). After night was over I continued to walk home (following my compass). I made it back into the tundra but it was getting dark so I made a shelter around me and my wolves out of sand and wood (I was at the border of the tundra and the forest). So I sat there all night and then it was day again. I kept walking towards home and another day had passed, but I knew I was getting close because I recognized some of the mountains, so I kept walking through the night.
Eventually I could see a glow in the distance (it was about midnight at this point) and trees surrounding it and I knew it was my house. I got attacked by a spider jokey on the way there (first time I ever saw one) but I killed it easily. By this point I also had a puppy (I fed the wolves during the time I was in the shelter I think).
Anyways, then I got home and went to bed to make it day again and put everything away that I had found. But I still hadn't found any melon. I found SO MANY pumpkins on the way, but I already had a pumpkin farm. :V
Eventually I made a server and I used that world in the server. Rather than going on ANOTHER adventure looking for melons I just spawned myself in one seed (which I've used to get the farm started). x_x
But I think I did pretty good for someone who left home without anything (not even food). I killed pigs for food during my adventure (same with cows, not really chickens though).
Nope. I still explore. I like trekking through a desert, setting up a camp at night, writing observations In my log, and raiding the occasional pyramid. I even have a skin for it.
You guys are right, the terrain just isn't what it used to be, but I personally think that was made up for a bit with NPC villages, and temples.
We could, however, really use the old terrain generator, but I'm not gonna complain that much.
Being a minecraft veterain i honestly gotten tired of exploration mainly because i miss the old terrain, but i do like the new content(Dispite me being the Quality>Quantity type of guy)
But with the 85% flat terrain, overdose of jungles, taigas, mineshafts and "swiss cheese" caves, the ugly structure gen of villages, and ludicously large oceans i honestly lost intrest on exploring infact because of these changes, mojang just made minecraft mostly about progress and building, its not only the major changes of terrain that ruined exploration for me, its also because minecraft is not longer a pure sandbox game
It could be for many reasons, but undoubtedly is the terrain issue one of them. Personally, I got bored of Minecraft during the 1.7 era, but it wasn't because of the terrain, as the terrain was excellent for many reasons, but rather because I got too used to the game. So I took a break and truly returned to the game around the "release." I played for about a week, then got even more bored with the game than I had been previously. THIS was because of the lack of diversity in the terrain as many great things were removed during the Adventure Update.
So yes, the terrain is not the only factor of pure boredom. This also could be for several reasons. One is that people just enjoy simplified terrain for their own, which in my opinion is nazism. Another is because people don't realize what was removed from the game during 1.8. Thirdly is because of the new players. Etc...
Now the pre-1.8 generator had its "problems" of which I can't really tell for myself, because I think that generator was perfect for the time. Sure, maybe height changes were too common, but at least every area was unique. Height changes weren't always spammed together or restricted to a specific biome. Beaches had more possible forms. Caves weren't always interconnected, looking like a swiss-cheese orgy. Even the "buggy" grounds added to its greatness. Personally, after getting the NBXlite mod which restores the pre-1.8 generator in addition to adding jungles and the new structures, my love for MC has been more than half restored -- partly just because I guess I've been playing for too long.
TL;DR : It's the terrain. It's an issue that cannot be ignored. (Blah blah, see my signature for more info... you know the deal >_>)
I used to love going on adventures, but mostly I just find flat terrains, even the jungles and extreme hills are a little flatter than they should be. (The extreme hills only go up 15 blocks)..
I explore after making my 'main" base.... then i will expand a town make a port for it...walls, towers, then I make a massive castle for me (their king) just some lego RP fun
Mostly, I build. But sometimes, I dump my entire inventory into a chest, and run off in a random direction until I find a good,(And very distant.) place to build. It spices things up a bit.
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I like to explore but in Minecraft when you start a new world it's pretty much all the same thing everywhere you look. There isn't all that much spectacular landscape anymore, it's pretty flat and boring now.
I actually went on a huge adventure not too long ago on my world in search of melons (as I needed them to complete my farm). I'm playing on a large biome world, and I happened to spawn in the tundra. So anyways, I walked for a few Minecraft days in one direction (took about a day of walking to get out of the tundra) and found a jungle biome. I found some coco plants and brought them back along with a few saplings from the trees. While there I also found a temple which I spent the night in before heading back.
Then I added the coco plants to my farm and then awhile later went off again in search of melons. This time I went in the opposite direction as before. I walked for multiple days (again about one day to get out of the tundra) and eventually I was in a forest. I saw a few wolves but I had no bones (in fact, no supplies at all (I didn't bring anything with me the time I went to the jungle either)) so I kept walking. Eventually I got to a beach with an ocean so I turned around after spending the night in a small shelter I built out of sand and sandstone (I made a crafting table while there).
I also found a dungeon which the sand had caved into so I dug it out a bit and took the stuff from the chests then left.
On my way back I got lost and found an NPC village (I had also tamed two wolves by this point as I found bones in the chest in the dungeon). I harvested some of their wheat and traded it for emeralds which I then traded for cooked beef. I found a blacksmiths house and there was iron armor in the chest so I took it (along with a sword). There were a few iron ingots in there along with some redstone so I took it. I also made a pickaxe out of stone and went mining to get some iron so I could build a compass (I was only one iron short). I ended up staying over night there as well.
(the village was in a grasslands/plains (idk what they're called))
Then I followed the compass home (still haven't found melons) and ran across another village. So I stayed awhile and did a bit of trading and took everything from the blacksmith's chest (more armor and iron). I again, ended up staying the night (this time zombies were breaking down doors and attacking villagers; the house I was in had a few villagers and I put sand in front of the door so zombies couldn't break in).
Eventually it was day and using my compass I continued to walk home. While in the forest I had to stay the night again so I climbed up a tree and waited (I think; not sure if this was on the way home however but I know at some point it happened). After night was over I continued to walk home (following my compass). I made it back into the tundra but it was getting dark so I made a shelter around me and my wolves out of sand and wood (I was at the border of the tundra and the forest). So I sat there all night and then it was day again. I kept walking towards home and another day had passed, but I knew I was getting close because I recognized some of the mountains, so I kept walking through the night.
Eventually I could see a glow in the distance (it was about midnight at this point) and trees surrounding it and I knew it was my house. I got attacked by a spider jokey on the way there (first time I ever saw one) but I killed it easily. By this point I also had a puppy (I fed the wolves during the time I was in the shelter I think).
Anyways, then I got home and went to bed to make it day again and put everything away that I had found. But I still hadn't found any melon. I found SO MANY pumpkins on the way, but I already had a pumpkin farm. :V
Eventually I made a server and I used that world in the server. Rather than going on ANOTHER adventure looking for melons I just spawned myself in one seed (which I've used to get the farm started). x_x
But I think I did pretty good for someone who left home without anything (not even food). I killed pigs for food during my adventure (same with cows, not really chickens though).
Melons spawning in the world? I don't think that is possible.
Melons only spawn in Stronghold chests. Your entire adventure was pointless.
*didn't know this*
The wiki never said anything about that :V (at least I don't think it did).
Either way, that's sorta stupid, melons should spawn in the world not just in strongholds. :V
As for the adventure; at least I got wolves out of it. Along with iron armor and some other stuff.
I started building in my server a little over a year ago. I instantly got hooked and began creating the world Ive always wanted to make. To make it short, I'll just say this: I've placed millions of blocks (Litteraly!) Bridges, roads, tunnels, kingdoms, cities, towns, harbors... You name it. Finally, I decided to advertise and allow people in. I thought surely, people will want to see what world I have created. I created easy transportation to all the great and distant creations. I thought everyone would desire to hop in the cart and see whats on the other side of this hill... Where will this tunnel take me?... I felt that way because, well, thats how I am. I must see what lays ahead! I need to see the world around me. It seems that very few people treat Minecraft as a world to explore, as well as create in. Im surprised at how many people spawn in a new place and instantly build where they are, or very near. Especially when they're in a city, or kingdom, why do so few people look at it and say "I want to see what else is in here" Or "whats beyond this?"
Im curious, so I want to know how others feel about exploration in Minecraft. Do you think that Minecraft isnt for exploration? Just building? Maybe only certain types of people have a desire to explore? Could it have to do with age? Maybe Minecraft exploration isnt real and Im just weird? Let me know what you think!
Marv
Ever since 1.8, though, many people have stopped exploring due to the terrain changes. There are several threads here on the issue.
I actually went on a huge adventure not too long ago on my world in search of melons (as I needed them to complete my farm). I'm playing on a large biome world, and I happened to spawn in the tundra. So anyways, I walked for a few Minecraft days in one direction (took about a day of walking to get out of the tundra) and found a jungle biome. I found some coco plants and brought them back along with a few saplings from the trees. While there I also found a temple which I spent the night in before heading back.
Then I added the coco plants to my farm and then awhile later went off again in search of melons. This time I went in the opposite direction as before. I walked for multiple days (again about one day to get out of the tundra) and eventually I was in a forest. I saw a few wolves but I had no bones (in fact, no supplies at all (I didn't bring anything with me the time I went to the jungle either)) so I kept walking. Eventually I got to a beach with an ocean so I turned around after spending the night in a small shelter I built out of sand and sandstone (I made a crafting table while there).
I also found a dungeon which the sand had caved into so I dug it out a bit and took the stuff from the chests then left.
On my way back I got lost and found an NPC village (I had also tamed two wolves by this point as I found bones in the chest in the dungeon). I harvested some of their wheat and traded it for emeralds which I then traded for cooked beef. I found a blacksmiths house and there was iron armor in the chest so I took it (along with a sword). There were a few iron ingots in there along with some redstone so I took it. I also made a pickaxe out of stone and went mining to get some iron so I could build a compass (I was only one iron short). I ended up staying over night there as well.
(the village was in a grasslands/plains (idk what they're called))
Then I followed the compass home (still haven't found melons) and ran across another village. So I stayed awhile and did a bit of trading and took everything from the blacksmith's chest (more armor and iron). I again, ended up staying the night (this time zombies were breaking down doors and attacking villagers; the house I was in had a few villagers and I put sand in front of the door so zombies couldn't break in).
Eventually it was day and using my compass I continued to walk home. While in the forest I had to stay the night again so I climbed up a tree and waited (I think; not sure if this was on the way home however but I know at some point it happened). After night was over I continued to walk home (following my compass). I made it back into the tundra but it was getting dark so I made a shelter around me and my wolves out of sand and wood (I was at the border of the tundra and the forest). So I sat there all night and then it was day again. I kept walking towards home and another day had passed, but I knew I was getting close because I recognized some of the mountains, so I kept walking through the night.
Eventually I could see a glow in the distance (it was about midnight at this point) and trees surrounding it and I knew it was my house. I got attacked by a spider jokey on the way there (first time I ever saw one) but I killed it easily. By this point I also had a puppy (I fed the wolves during the time I was in the shelter I think).
Anyways, then I got home and went to bed to make it day again and put everything away that I had found. But I still hadn't found any melon. I found SO MANY pumpkins on the way, but I already had a pumpkin farm. :V
Eventually I made a server and I used that world in the server. Rather than going on ANOTHER adventure looking for melons I just spawned myself in one seed (which I've used to get the farm started). x_x
But I think I did pretty good for someone who left home without anything (not even food). I killed pigs for food during my adventure (same with cows, not really chickens though).
You guys are right, the terrain just isn't what it used to be, but I personally think that was made up for a bit with NPC villages, and temples.
We could, however, really use the old terrain generator, but I'm not gonna complain that much.
But with the 85% flat terrain, overdose of jungles, taigas, mineshafts and "swiss cheese" caves, the ugly structure gen of villages, and ludicously large oceans i honestly lost intrest on exploring infact because of these changes, mojang just made minecraft mostly about progress and building, its not only the major changes of terrain that ruined exploration for me, its also because minecraft is not longer a pure sandbox game
So yes, the terrain is not the only factor of pure boredom. This also could be for several reasons. One is that people just enjoy simplified terrain for their own, which in my opinion is nazism. Another is because people don't realize what was removed from the game during 1.8. Thirdly is because of the new players. Etc...
Now the pre-1.8 generator had its "problems" of which I can't really tell for myself, because I think that generator was perfect for the time. Sure, maybe height changes were too common, but at least every area was unique. Height changes weren't always spammed together or restricted to a specific biome. Beaches had more possible forms. Caves weren't always interconnected, looking like a swiss-cheese orgy. Even the "buggy" grounds added to its greatness. Personally, after getting the NBXlite mod which restores the pre-1.8 generator in addition to adding jungles and the new structures, my love for MC has been more than half restored -- partly just because I guess I've been playing for too long.
TL;DR : It's the terrain. It's an issue that cannot be ignored. (Blah blah, see my signature for more info... you know the deal >_>)
One of the few reasons I still explore
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Other than avoiding creepers, ocelots are just annoyences that i end up killing out of fustration
Melons spawning in the world? I don't think that is possible.
How else are you supposed to get melons then? :V
I don't see why they wouldn't spawn, pumpkins spawn in the world.
*didn't know this*
The wiki never said anything about that :V (at least I don't think it did).
Either way, that's sorta stupid, melons should spawn in the world not just in strongholds. :V
As for the adventure; at least I got wolves out of it. Along with iron armor and some other stuff.