Ok, lets say that you had a heap of junk lying around and you wanted to get rid of it. You remembered that stuff burns if put in lava so you had the bright idea to get a bucket of lava and bring it home.
Bucket of water went in my cauldron fine, so should a bucket of lava … right. This is where my talent for absolute and total anarchy kicked in.
Lava does NOT pour into the cauldron. Instead it overflows, taking my poor cat with it and starts to burn my house down. Did I mention that I put a lot of work into making a jungle treehouse high up in the trees? Far more lava than one bucket should have reasonably been expected to hold is now raining down on the jungle in a mega fountain and burning everything that it touches (except the cauldron, which is now floating at the top).
After decimating the jungle beneath it settled down to just being … a giant fountain of lava in the middle of my jungle. I managed to save some of my treehouse and I'd like to rebuild. Is there any way to destroy a massive lava fountain? I cannot reach the top where it started anymore and I think that it's probably beyond being able to be stopped by blocking that anyway (see picture).
You really ought to pillar up to the top, you can limit how far the lava flows out to the sides with blocks but the only way to remove it is to remove or destroy the source block that came from the bucket.
It really is all flowing from that one block.
I'd suggest pilloring up and/or bridging out to close to or over the top.
Once there the best way to deal with it is probably to pick up the source block with an empty bucket.
Just click around the middle of the top, you need to be 5 blocks or less from it to reach, you won't be able to pick up any of the flowing lava and once you remove the source block it will eventually run out.
Alternatives are to pour a bucket of water on it, if you don't pick the water back up immediately it's likely to run over and you could end up with a big cobblestone pillar instead.
If there is still a floor under it you could try placing blocks, if you put a block in the source block it destroys the source block.
Thank you! The lava fountain has now evaporated. The cauldron was still sitting there under the original lava block. Chucked some cobblestone on top of it (after a harrowing build out to it, where I fell once) and bye bye entire lava fountain, which is really weird. XD
I feel bad for laughing, but reading this was rather funny. Things went unexpectedly so quickly and out of control real quick. Sorry to hear about your cat though :C
I suppose it is pretty weird, I'm used to how it works so I don't think about it but it sure ain't how it works on Earth!.
If you built a pyramid with a 3:1 slope from the bottom of the world to the top and poured a bucket of lava on top it it would cover the entire pyramid, about a million square meters!
If you want an explanation then perhaps it's better to consider a lava source block as a portal to an infinite lava ocean rather than a cubic meter of lava.
(How does a cubic meter fit inside a little bucket anyway?)
How does a cubic meter fit inside a little bucket anyway?
It's bigger on the inside, we call it a bucket for simplicity and familiarity but it really is a Thermally Augmentible Realtime Decanter Innovation System.
Bedrock Edition lets you put lava in cauldrons, if that's any support or condolences.
Also, putting water over to make a huge cobblestone pillar might actually be a great way to restore the situation by building a new structure for almost no effort.
Thank you! The lava fountain has now evaporated. The cauldron was still sitting there under the original lava block. Chucked some cobblestone on top of it (after a harrowing build out to it, where I fell once) and bye bye entire lava fountain, which is really weird. XD
You do know that holding Shift while bridging will prevent you from falling?
Also, do not play with lava in a tree house. Even if you placed lava safely so it would not flow anywhere, any flammable material in about 5x5 area above lava can catch fire - and it would spread from there. I once saw a woodland mansion catch fire from a nearby lava flow, was quite spectacular.
To make a waste disposal in a treehouse, better use a cactus.
You do know that holding Shift while bridging will prevent you from falling?
Also, do not play with lava in a tree house. Even if you placed lava safely so it would not flow anywhere, any flammable material in about 5x5 area above lava can catch fire - and it would spread from there. I once saw a woodland mansion catch fire from a nearby lava flow, was quite spectacular.
To make a waste disposal in a treehouse, better use a cactus.
The thing is, lava flows slowly, so you'd think OP would have had time to just scoop it back up...
Ok, lets say that you had a heap of junk lying around and you wanted to get rid of it. You remembered that stuff burns if put in lava so you had the bright idea to get a bucket of lava and bring it home.
Bucket of water went in my cauldron fine, so should a bucket of lava … right. This is where my talent for absolute and total anarchy kicked in.
Lava does NOT pour into the cauldron. Instead it overflows, taking my poor cat with it and starts to burn my house down. Did I mention that I put a lot of work into making a jungle treehouse high up in the trees? Far more lava than one bucket should have reasonably been expected to hold is now raining down on the jungle in a mega fountain and burning everything that it touches (except the cauldron, which is now floating at the top).
After decimating the jungle beneath it settled down to just being … a giant fountain of lava in the middle of my jungle. I managed to save some of my treehouse and I'd like to rebuild. Is there any way to destroy a massive lava fountain? I cannot reach the top where it started anymore and I think that it's probably beyond being able to be stopped by blocking that anyway (see picture).
Help!
Sorry to hear of your misadventure.
You really ought to pillar up to the top, you can limit how far the lava flows out to the sides with blocks but the only way to remove it is to remove or destroy the source block that came from the bucket.
It really is all flowing from that one block.
I'd suggest pilloring up and/or bridging out to close to or over the top.
Once there the best way to deal with it is probably to pick up the source block with an empty bucket.
Just click around the middle of the top, you need to be 5 blocks or less from it to reach, you won't be able to pick up any of the flowing lava and once you remove the source block it will eventually run out.
Alternatives are to pour a bucket of water on it, if you don't pick the water back up immediately it's likely to run over and you could end up with a big cobblestone pillar instead.
If there is still a floor under it you could try placing blocks, if you put a block in the source block it destroys the source block.
Good luck!
Just testing.
Thank you! The lava fountain has now evaporated. The cauldron was still sitting there under the original lava block. Chucked some cobblestone on top of it (after a harrowing build out to it, where I fell once) and bye bye entire lava fountain, which is really weird. XD
I feel bad for laughing, but reading this was rather funny. Things went unexpectedly so quickly and out of control real quick. Sorry to hear about your cat though :C
I suppose it is pretty weird, I'm used to how it works so I don't think about it but it sure ain't how it works on Earth!.
If you built a pyramid with a 3:1 slope from the bottom of the world to the top and poured a bucket of lava on top it it would cover the entire pyramid, about a million square meters!
If you want an explanation then perhaps it's better to consider a lava source block as a portal to an infinite lava ocean rather than a cubic meter of lava.
(How does a cubic meter fit inside a little bucket anyway?)
Just testing.
It's bigger on the inside, we call it a bucket for simplicity and familiarity but it really is a Thermally Augmentible Realtime Decanter Innovation System.
I've seen this story too many times, sadly.
Bedrock Edition lets you put lava in cauldrons, if that's any support or condolences.
Also, putting water over to make a huge cobblestone pillar might actually be a great way to restore the situation by building a new structure for almost no effort.
You do know that holding Shift while bridging will prevent you from falling?
Also, do not play with lava in a tree house. Even if you placed lava safely so it would not flow anywhere, any flammable material in about 5x5 area above lava can catch fire - and it would spread from there. I once saw a woodland mansion catch fire from a nearby lava flow, was quite spectacular.
To make a waste disposal in a treehouse, better use a cactus.
This thread made my day, I loved the story and screenshot. Of course I was appropriately horrified And sympathetic at the destruction you suffered.
The thing is, lava flows slowly, so you'd think OP would have had time to just scoop it back up...