I found some sand on the backside of the spawn (small, steep peninsula) that if dug will reveal exactly three units of iron ore.
This is allowed, right? I mean, I've been getting stone tools before going in, every single time. But I've gone for the iron every time as well for the free bucket.
Mind sharing the coordinates or taking a pic?
I'll share coordinates - dig a hole in the sand at -31, 65. Should be right there. Three pieces of iron ore.
i finally found enough diamonds to make a full set of armor!
i have:
iron block, gold block, lapis luzi block, and diamond block: 25 points
Complete iron armor: 10
Complete gold armor: 20
Complete diamond armor: 50
gather pumpkins: 2
jack-o-lanterns: 2
skeleton: 1
zombie: .5
Spiders: 1 each
Bow + 64 arrows: 10
Chuck Norris has nothing on me! (play on hard difficulty) +0.5x score bonus
Thanks for all the posts, as always. I've been pretty busy lately and its hard to keep up with everyones questions. I'm hoping the community and 'veteran' 404..ers will help answer questions and maybe even help verify scores. I really cant keep the OP up to date with all of the videos anymore, but I will take exception to the good ones. The scores I'll add if theres a full list of your points and some sort of proof. Doesnt need to be full proof of everything, at least an honest attempt that you tried. I dont think anyone will care if someone fudged a bit, anyway.
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Sorry, I honestly thought that was intended...
Mind if i make a few more suggestions?
1. Remove the points for killing mobs. Hard to keep track of. Pain to when playing. Detracts from the overall feel since you are trying to kill rather than trying to survive. Makes judging harder. Easy to exploit.
2. Netherrack lights. lava lighting is pretty much impossible if you want to make a "home" and really live forever in the 404. Netherrack has a risk/reward element and can be found en plenty. also make a bonus in the collection section for lightstone.
3. Remove the leather armor bonus. Bonuses should be theoretically possible to get 100% of the time. Cows are unpredictable, and many times I have had to start over because there werent enough cows. This is frusterating and detracts from the experience. Also, I am almost positive that it is impossible to get all of the bonuses in the first day AND get leather armor. the importance is being too high, and should be player motivated since they might want the armor.
4. What do we do after we clear out the whole cave system? it WILL happen eventually. then what?
5. What exactly is the point of no torches?
6.
No problem. I try to bend the rules as much as possible as well, so I completely understand why you would try too :biggrin.gif:
1. I'm not forcing you to screen shot everything. Its not the majority of the points, but makes you risk more to get those extra points. Yes, its about survival, but getting out there and kicking ass is also a good part of it :tongue.gif: As long as you make an honest effort to prove your score its alright in my book.
2. I have an achievement for placing a lightstone in the overworld. I dont really feel the need to do more. Netherrack will provide a safe(-er than lava) light source which in turn helps you in every other part of the game, so I'm not inclined to add anything for it.
3. You arent meant to be able to get all of the achievements. Some are actually designed to make things harder for you if you try it, just to make you think. Hell, if you dont see tons of cows, going 5 minutes out of your way just to find some cows to get armor probably isnt the brightest idea. Get it?
4. You win. Go play the next challenge, which will be available soon(TM).
i finally found enough diamonds to make a full set of armor!
i have:
iron block, gold block, lapis luzi block, and diamond block: 25 points
Complete iron armor: 10
Complete gold armor: 20
Complete diamond armor: 50
gather pumpkins: 2
jack-o-lanterns: 2
skeleton: 1
zombie: .5
Spiders: 1 each
Bow + 64 arrows: 10
Chuck Norris has nothing on me! (play on hard difficulty) +0.5x score bonus
total score:182.25
heres the pics:
my stuff
i beat them both
my difficulty
Jesus, dude.... how long did this take?
Btw, I would have just done the blocks and armor separately. You could screenshot the blocks on the ground, then pick it up and use it to make the armor. Props for having them all at the same time. Now have a creeper blow them up!
I would be lying if I said I wasnt suspicious that was all legit and done on hard, but whatever I really dont care that much :biggrin.gif:
3. Remove the leather armor bonus. Bonuses should be theoretically possible to get 100% of the time. Cows are unpredictable, and many times I have had to start over because there werent enough cows. This is frusterating and detracts from the experience. Also, I am almost positive that it is impossible to get all of the bonuses in the first day AND get leather armor. the importance is being too high, and should be player motivated since they might want the armor.
3. You arent meant to be able to get all of the achievements. Some are actually designed to make things harder for you if you try it, just to make you think. Hell, if you dont see tons of cows, going 5 minutes out of your way just to find some cows to get armor probably isnt the brightest idea. Get it?
What about leading grass into the cave system somehow (perhaps through the gravel sinkhole, if you're willing to bend the rules that much), especially if you find your way back to the surface through some cave branch?
3. Remove the leather armor bonus. Bonuses should be theoretically possible to get 100% of the time. Cows are unpredictable, and many times I have had to start over because there werent enough cows. This is frusterating and detracts from the experience. Also, I am almost positive that it is impossible to get all of the bonuses in the first day AND get leather armor. the importance is being too high, and should be player motivated since they might want the armor.
3. You arent meant to be able to get all of the achievements. Some are actually designed to make things harder for you if you try it, just to make you think. Hell, if you dont see tons of cows, going 5 minutes out of your way just to find some cows to get armor probably isnt the brightest idea. Get it?
What about leading grass into the cave system somehow (perhaps through the gravel sinkhole, if you're willing to bend the rules that much), especially if you find your way back to the surface through some cave branch?
If you can manage it without going back to the surface, sure. You dont really need grass for anything, as you have seeds and fishing for food and iron for armor.
i finally found enough diamonds to make a full set of armor!
i have:
iron block, gold block, lapis luzi block, and diamond block: 25 points
Complete iron armor: 10
Complete gold armor: 20
Complete diamond armor: 50
gather pumpkins: 2
jack-o-lanterns: 2
skeleton: 1
zombie: .5
Spiders: 1 each
Bow + 64 arrows: 10
Chuck Norris has nothing on me! (play on hard difficulty) +0.5x score bonus
total score:182.25
heres the pics:
my stuff
i beat them both
my difficulty
Jesus, dude.... how long did this take?
Btw, I would have just done the blocks and armor separately. You could screenshot the blocks on the ground, then pick it up and use it to make the armor. Props for having them all at the same time. Now have a creeper blow them up!
I would be lying if I said I wasnt suspicious that was all legit and done on hard, but whatever I really dont care that much :biggrin.gif:
half an hour. you REALLY NEED TO TIME CREEPER EXPLOSIONS AND MAKE TNT!
guess what? i found a pig spawner and put dirt around it. theres pigs in the caves now.
half an hour. you REALLY NEED TO TIME CREEPER EXPLOSIONS AND MAKE TNT!
guess what? i found a pig spawner and put dirt around it. theres pigs in the caves now.
Uh...I'm pretty sure pig spawners don't show up naturally , and pigs only spawn on grass , and sorry but there's no way you got that in half an hour , i call hax.
Btw Neoxx , any idea when your next challenge is coming? maybe some information about it? I'm taking a break from the 404 Challenge because my cousin wants to do it with me in a week, so i'm really waiting for that new challenge.
half an hour. you REALLY NEED TO TIME CREEPER EXPLOSIONS AND MAKE TNT!
guess what? i found a pig spawner and put dirt around it. theres pigs in the caves now.
pig spawners can only be found hacked in, and pigs spawn on grass not dirt, so you would have had to hack that in, or return to the surface :biggrin.gif:
ive tried like 10 times, i have like 120 fps above ground and as soon as i enter it drops to 3-5 fps D:
half an hour. you REALLY NEED TO TIME CREEPER EXPLOSIONS AND MAKE TNT!
guess what? i found a pig spawner and put dirt around it. theres pigs in the caves now.
Uh...I'm pretty sure pig spawners don't show up naturally , and pigs only spawn on grass , and sorry but there's no way you got that in half an hour , i call hax.
Btw Neoxx , any idea when your next challenge is coming? maybe some information about it? I'm taking a break from the 404 Challenge because my cousin wants to do it with me in a week, so i'm really waiting for that new challenge.
I have everything pretty much hammered out, I just wanted to have testers make some runs and tell me what they think about the point values and such. I dont want to put it up and then be changing stuff around left and right and have people confused as to whats going on with it and what is what points and such.
half an hour. you REALLY NEED TO TIME CREEPER EXPLOSIONS AND MAKE TNT!
guess what? i found a pig spawner and put dirt around it. theres pigs in the caves now.
Uh...I'm pretty sure pig spawners don't show up naturally , and pigs only spawn on grass , and sorry but there's no way you got that in half an hour , i call hax.
Btw Neoxx , any idea when your next challenge is coming? maybe some information about it? I'm taking a break from the 404 Challenge because my cousin wants to do it with me in a week, so i'm really waiting for that new challenge.
AHEM! i made a wooden pick on the surface, tried to get stone to get a stone pick, but found iron. mined it, and smelted it. had an iron pick when entering, and found a crud load of coal.
i went in, and when inside, found a vien of iron. mined it, found gold behind it. mined that. i found diamond near lava, and made a chest. put my stuff in there, then exited my cave house. i found even more diamond, but i only had 2. i tried to find more gold, but found iron instead. a creeper ambushed me and left me with 2 hearts.
i smelted my iron and made a iron sword.it broke after my spider-zombie-skele attack(zombie pushed me into water, accedentally clicked 'q', sword fell in lava.) after that, i made soup of mushroom cream(yummy!).
i found gold, then found moar coal. i found a diamond, then found a vien of it. i got mad because i went past it earlier, but didnt see it. i ran back to my house because i saw a zombie come out of the pig dungeon. a creeper came and blew up my houssssse (no pun intended(jk)).
i relocated, and found the source of the scary zombie.
after looting the dungeon, i pressed 'f' to make my comp run faster, and i saw a spawner. i found even more iron in that chest, and i rode my pig. i found even more diamond in a corner of my new house.
i made my armor and them took my 4 pics and posted them on this forum. i started typing this
post. i will make a sammich and drink cocacola later. ill go to bed at 10:29 pacific time zone, and then wake up the next day.
done.
EDIT: i made a portal
my total score: 212.25
(im coming for you,Ixxen!)
I have everything pretty much hammered out, I just wanted to have testers make some runs and tell me what they think about the point values and such. I dont want to put it up and then be changing stuff around left and right and have people confused as to whats going on with it and what is what points and such.
half an hour. you REALLY NEED TO TIME CREEPER EXPLOSIONS AND MAKE TNT!
guess what? i found a pig spawner and put dirt around it. theres pigs in the caves now.
Uh...I'm pretty sure pig spawners don't show up naturally , and pigs only spawn on grass , and sorry but there's no way you got that in half an hour , i call hax.
Btw Neoxx , any idea when your next challenge is coming? maybe some information about it? I'm taking a break from the 404 Challenge because my cousin wants to do it with me in a week, so i'm really waiting for that new challenge.
I have everything pretty much hammered out, I just wanted to have testers make some runs and tell me what they think about the point values and such. I dont want to put it up and then be changing stuff around left and right and have people confused as to whats going on with it and what is what points and such.
Hey Neoxx, I messaged your about developing a bukkit plugin for 404 challenge and you never responded, but anyway just to let people know I am half way though making the multi player version of this game better and easier to start! It will keep track of points for you and even reset the map automatically impossible with bukkit right nowi will just make more worlds :tongue.gif:.
P.S. It even takes care of those rotten cheaters :tongue.gif:
I'll share coordinates - dig a hole in the sand at -31, 65. Should be right there. Three pieces of iron ore.
Still alive, current points:
16 zombie kills
6 skeleton kills
2 spider kills
5 creeper kills
Blocks placed: iron, gold, lapis
3 pumpkin get
bread get
Current total: 44. And counting.
i have:
iron block, gold block, lapis luzi block, and diamond block: 25 points
Complete iron armor: 10
Complete gold armor: 20
Complete diamond armor: 50
gather pumpkins: 2
jack-o-lanterns: 2
skeleton: 1
zombie: .5
Spiders: 1 each
Bow + 64 arrows: 10
Chuck Norris has nothing on me! (play on hard difficulty) +0.5x score bonus
total score:182.25
heres the pics:
my stuff
i beat them both
my difficulty
No problem. I try to bend the rules as much as possible as well, so I completely understand why you would try too :biggrin.gif:
1. I'm not forcing you to screen shot everything. Its not the majority of the points, but makes you risk more to get those extra points. Yes, its about survival, but getting out there and kicking ass is also a good part of it :tongue.gif: As long as you make an honest effort to prove your score its alright in my book.
2. I have an achievement for placing a lightstone in the overworld. I dont really feel the need to do more. Netherrack will provide a safe(-er than lava) light source which in turn helps you in every other part of the game, so I'm not inclined to add anything for it.
3. You arent meant to be able to get all of the achievements. Some are actually designed to make things harder for you if you try it, just to make you think. Hell, if you dont see tons of cows, going 5 minutes out of your way just to find some cows to get armor probably isnt the brightest idea. Get it?
4. You win. Go play the next challenge, which will be available soon(TM).
5. To make exploring the cave harder.
6. Trolololol
Try my Ironman Challenges: 404, Chuck Norris, Iron Man
Jesus, dude.... how long did this take?
Btw, I would have just done the blocks and armor separately. You could screenshot the blocks on the ground, then pick it up and use it to make the armor. Props for having them all at the same time. Now have a creeper blow them up!
I would be lying if I said I wasnt suspicious that was all legit and done on hard, but whatever I really dont care that much :biggrin.gif:
Try my Ironman Challenges: 404, Chuck Norris, Iron Man
Its mainly concerning huge mining operations which are pretty safe to do and yield lots of ores. What youre doing is OK.
Try my Ironman Challenges: 404, Chuck Norris, Iron Man
What about leading grass into the cave system somehow (perhaps through the gravel sinkhole, if you're willing to bend the rules that much), especially if you find your way back to the surface through some cave branch?
I'd be interested in doing this still. I should be available the rest of today. Hopefully on VoIP as well for epic recording!
Try my Ironman Challenges: 404, Chuck Norris, Iron Man
If you can manage it without going back to the surface, sure. You dont really need grass for anything, as you have seeds and fishing for food and iron for armor.
Try my Ironman Challenges: 404, Chuck Norris, Iron Man
half an hour. you REALLY NEED TO TIME CREEPER EXPLOSIONS AND MAKE TNT!
guess what? i found a pig spawner and put dirt around it. theres pigs in the caves now.
Uh...I'm pretty sure pig spawners don't show up naturally , and pigs only spawn on grass , and sorry but there's no way you got that in half an hour , i call hax.
Btw Neoxx , any idea when your next challenge is coming? maybe some information about it? I'm taking a break from the 404 Challenge because my cousin wants to do it with me in a week, so i'm really waiting for that new challenge.
pig spawners can only be found hacked in, and pigs spawn on grass not dirt, so you would have had to hack that in, or return to the surface :biggrin.gif:
ive tried like 10 times, i have like 120 fps above ground and as soon as i enter it drops to 3-5 fps D:
I have everything pretty much hammered out, I just wanted to have testers make some runs and tell me what they think about the point values and such. I dont want to put it up and then be changing stuff around left and right and have people confused as to whats going on with it and what is what points and such.
Try my Ironman Challenges: 404, Chuck Norris, Iron Man
AHEM! i made a wooden pick on the surface, tried to get stone to get a stone pick, but found iron. mined it, and smelted it. had an iron pick when entering, and found a crud load of coal.
i went in, and when inside, found a vien of iron. mined it, found gold behind it. mined that. i found diamond near lava, and made a chest. put my stuff in there, then exited my cave house. i found even more diamond, but i only had 2. i tried to find more gold, but found iron instead. a creeper ambushed me and left me with 2 hearts.
i smelted my iron and made a iron sword.it broke after my spider-zombie-skele attack(zombie pushed me into water, accedentally clicked 'q', sword fell in lava.) after that, i made soup of mushroom cream(yummy!).
i found gold, then found moar coal. i found a diamond, then found a vien of it. i got mad because i went past it earlier, but didnt see it. i ran back to my house because i saw a zombie come out of the pig dungeon. a creeper came and blew up my houssssse (no pun intended(jk)).
i relocated, and found the source of the scary zombie.
after looting the dungeon, i pressed 'f' to make my comp run faster, and i saw a spawner. i found even more iron in that chest, and i rode my pig. i found even more diamond in a corner of my new house.
i made my armor and them took my 4 pics and posted them on this forum. i started typing this
post. i will make a sammich and drink cocacola later. ill go to bed at 10:29 pacific time zone, and then wake up the next day.
done.
EDIT: i made a portal
my total score: 212.25
(im coming for you,Ixxen!)
I'd be glad to help test your next challenge.
Hey Neoxx, I messaged your about developing a bukkit plugin for 404 challenge and you never responded, but anyway just to let people know I am half way though making the multi player version of this game better and easier to start! It will keep track of points for you and even
reset the map automaticallyimpossible with bukkit right nowi will just make more worlds :tongue.gif:.P.S. It even takes care of those rotten cheaters :tongue.gif: