I phailed the 1st challenge 10 secs after dropping into the sinkhole: + +
Side Note: There are pumpkin & surface iron ore/coal near the sinkhole area. You might be able to craft Jack 'o lantern & steel tool b4 venturing into the drop zone. With the coal or any wooden blocks, you can cook to . It increase the healing rate from 1 1/2 to 5.
Bring along some sapling, there is enough space for you to grow an underground farm down there.
On second though, will grass & passive spawner (pig) achievable deep underground? We can bring some dirt down and light it with jack 'o lantern. And deep cave farming with wheat, since getting water down there is not a problem.
On second though, will grass & passive spawner (pig) achievable deep underground? We can bring some dirt down and light it with jack 'o lantern. And deep cave farming with wheat, since getting water down there is not a problem.
Yes it is VERY possible to have everything growing deep underground for the 404 challenge, well, all except grass. so no pigs. but here is a screenshot of my current set up on attempt 2 (first attempt I kinda missed the waterfall at the entrance and went splat...)
as you can tell in the background fire is a big issue with trees... you need to make sure your lava is sufficiently covered with glass otherwise your newly grown trees will just go up in smoke. that fire that is in the pic was started by a stray fireball that popped out of the lava...
my biggest piece of advice:
with plenty of light (aka lava) the cave system gets a lot safer, here is a pic of where my farm is in relation to the bottom of the waterfall:
also for the achievement Ive killed probably 15 or so, 12 3 and 9 :SSSS:.
edit: just noticed that I put my base in exactly the same spot as Kinam in the video right up there haha...
Updated the OP with the recent videos. If I missed yours, just post a link to the video again.
I saw that there was a "seed of the week" video featuring the 404 challenge, so I'll probably add that to the OP with a link to his thread. He made up his own scoring system, so I might give that a look and possibly combine it with mine and make the point system "official" soon. Maybe then we can get some real competition going! I can already see people perfecting their supply runs, hitting all of the nearby coal/iron/pumpkin/clay/cactus/reeds spots to ensure maximum points :tongue.gif:
Wow I failed miserably. I dug in the wrong place and it only partially collapsed. I got stuck in a pit and couldn't see so I dug the whole night and found no where to go. Day came and I was able to see enough light to escape and then I died by waterfall. FML
I really do love it when it starts to get dark and you hear the people just go "ugh..." because they know they have to face what might be their very quick demise. I laugh pretty much every time, because it seems like everyone does it when night falls.
Sorry for not giving out more spot diamond prizes. Its really hard to watch all of these submissions then also make oh-so-clever comments about them. I'll try to keep doing those as they come in, and maybe to some of the already submitted ones.
I'll try to do another run sometime tonight. Looks like people are formulating some nice strategies. Hopefully I can last more than a couple minutes this time around and test out my new points system as well.
I lasted 1hour 3 minutes, my main way that i survivted was using fences, ladders, sand+cactus, bucket with lava :biggrin.gif:
saddly only found 3 iron so i was able to aquire about 12 coal before my demise to 3 skeletons that fell in from above as soon as i saw a diamond ><
there is one point in the cave that you can block off water flow then reopen the flow back onto the lava, but it didn't make cobble the water just hovored above the lava, anyone else get the problem of water not mixin' with lava? it worked great as that 3 skeleton got pulled down the torrent which i was able to spam my fist into it and get 3 kills total.
sorry for posting so much so quickly, but forgot on previous post (first) to add, I didn't find any piggys since i spent most of the time gathering wood and sand and cati
Oh yeah, and can someone make a 404 Challenge banner and sig pic for this? I have limited photoshop skills, so someone could certianly make something better than me. If not, I might whip one up, but it'll be pretty basic.
Ok, I think I've mentally prepared myself for my next run. I'm shooting for at least 20 points. Not exactly high hopes, but its a start.
If you want total darkness you can collapse the lake and bypass the gravel all together. Or you can do both and it will create a second waterfall a few titles down from the 1st one..the 2nd waterfall limits the chances for fall damage and will slow attackers, but it knocks out some lava...so you lose light...
Side Note: There are pumpkin & surface iron ore/coal near the sinkhole area. You might be able to craft Jack 'o lantern & steel tool b4 venturing into the drop zone. With the coal or any wooden blocks, you can cook to . It increase the healing rate from 1 1/2 to 5.
Bring along some sapling, there is enough space for you to grow an underground farm down there.
On second though, will grass & passive spawner (pig) achievable deep underground? We can bring some dirt down and light it with jack 'o lantern. And deep cave farming with wheat, since getting water down there is not a problem.
Yes it is VERY possible to have everything growing deep underground for the 404 challenge, well, all except grass. so no pigs. but here is a screenshot of my current set up on attempt 2 (first attempt I kinda missed the waterfall at the entrance and went splat...)
as you can tell in the background fire is a big issue with trees... you need to make sure your lava is sufficiently covered with glass otherwise your newly grown trees will just go up in smoke. that fire that is in the pic was started by a stray fireball that popped out of the lava...
my biggest piece of advice:
with plenty of light (aka lava) the cave system gets a lot safer, here is a pic of where my farm is in relation to the bottom of the waterfall:
also for the achievement Ive killed probably 15 or so, 12 3 and 9 :SSSS:.
edit: just noticed that I put my base in exactly the same spot as Kinam in the video right up there haha...
I'm actually really impressed. Though usually there are a ton of mobs down at the bottom waiting for you when you drop down. You got lucky! haha.
I saw that there was a "seed of the week" video featuring the 404 challenge, so I'll probably add that to the OP with a link to his thread. He made up his own scoring system, so I might give that a look and possibly combine it with mine and make the point system "official" soon. Maybe then we can get some real competition going! I can already see people perfecting their supply runs, hitting all of the nearby coal/iron/pumpkin/clay/cactus/reeds spots to ensure maximum points :tongue.gif:
Try my Ironman Challenges: 404, Chuck Norris, Iron Man
and mine's processed finally by youtube, so it's bbcode friendly now
I think you missed mine....
That was awesome, you win! haha. Super fast speed was weird to watch haha.
I really do love it when it starts to get dark and you hear the people just go "ugh..." because they know they have to face what might be their very quick demise. I laugh pretty much every time, because it seems like everyone does it when night falls.
Sorry for not giving out more spot diamond prizes. Its really hard to watch all of these submissions then also make oh-so-clever comments about them. I'll try to keep doing those as they come in, and maybe to some of the already submitted ones.
I'll try to do another run sometime tonight. Looks like people are formulating some nice strategies. Hopefully I can last more than a couple minutes this time around and test out my new points system as well.
Try my Ironman Challenges: 404, Chuck Norris, Iron Man
saddly only found 3 iron so i was able to aquire about 12 coal before my demise to 3 skeletons that fell in from above as soon as i saw a diamond ><
there is one point in the cave that you can block off water flow then reopen the flow back onto the lava, but it didn't make cobble the water just hovored above the lava, anyone else get the problem of water not mixin' with lava? it worked great as that 3 skeleton got pulled down the torrent which i was able to spam my fist into it and get 3 kills total.
my cacti defense killed 2 spiders 3 skeletons 12 zombies 1 chicken
yes... somehow a ****ing chicken made it down to the main area where most seem to go to ><
nothing free comes to mind. get fraps.
also, here's my video, hopefully it's working.
what? no, don't pirate, pirating's bad mm'kay
I may do another run here in a bit to see what kind of score I can rack up...... I'm already scared.
Try my Ironman Challenges: 404, Chuck Norris, Iron Man
Ok, I think I've mentally prepared myself for my next run. I'm shooting for at least 20 points. Not exactly high hopes, but its a start.
Try my Ironman Challenges: 404, Chuck Norris, Iron Man