A list of useful buildings, techniques, and other things to build/use in survival that help you become more advanced. I'm going to make a large, self sufficient fortress with almost everything you could ever need on my survival world so I decided to make this to get some help from you guys, also I'll keep the list updated to help others. Also it would help if you suggest things and categorys to add to the original post :happy.gif: Thanks!
Useful Survival Things
General
-Storage, you need somewhere to keep all your stuff right?
-Workshop, full of furnaces, chest full of smelting fuel, and crafting benches!
-Active nether portal, fast transport between other portals, get glowstone, and get lots of lava
-Organized storage, a chest for each type of thing like "Mining Stuff" or "Equipment"
-Infinite water source You'll never be thirsty again!
-A bed of course! Set's your spawn where your bed is, also skips to day!
-Dog kennel, or a place to keep all your canine friends.
Mining
-A mine to get down to the "sweetspot" layers fast.
-Minecart system for using storage carts to send your goodies up to the main storage, while sending another down full of food and equipment(To get more goodies of course)
Farming
-Tree farm, to grow lots and lots of trees for a supply of wood.(Which is used for ALOT of crafting recipes)
-Mushroom farm, that way you can make mushroom stew (Not very efficient though).
-Wheat farm for endless wheat, used for food and getting animals in the mood. :wink.gif:
-Watermelon farm, once you have one you have a fast, steady supply of food.
-Passive mob breeding area, with chests for wheat(Love mode activation) and chests for their drops.
-Small fishing pond, chest nearby with rods and raw fish. Maybe with furnaces for a quick way to get food fast and get out.
-Perhaps a EXP farm? Some way to kill a lot of mobs for their exp orbs.
Contraptions
-Mob grinder, for a safe way to get bones, gunpowder, and string!
-Cobblestone generator for easy cobblestone.
-MASSIVE minecart system to get around easy.
-Piston elevators, hard to make but very fast transport!
-Self repairing barrier wall for defense purposes.
-A trash system to get rid of unwanted items and stuff :happy.gif:
Just some other useful stuff.
-Don't have any coal? Throw some wood in your furnace to get char(coal). The equivalent of coal!
General
-Storage, you need somewhere to keep all your stuff right?
-Workshop, full of furnaces, chest full of smelting fuel, and crafting benches!
-Active nether portal, fast transport between other portals, get glowstone, and get lots of lava
-Organized storage, a chest for each type of thing like "Mining Stuff" or "Equipment"
-Infinite water source You'll never be thirsty again!
-A bed of course! Set's your spawn where your bed is, also skips to day!
-Dog kennel, or a place to keep all your canine friends.
Mining
-A mine to get down to the "sweetspot" layers fast.
-Minecart system for using storage carts to send your goodies up to the main storage, while sending another down full of food and equipment(To get more goodies of course)
Farming
-Tree farm, to grow lots and lots of trees for a supply of wood.(Which is used for ALOT of crafting recipes)
-Mushroom farm, that way you can make mushroom stew (Not very efficient though).
-Wheat farm for endless wheat, used for food and getting animals in the mood. :wink.gif:
-Watermelon farm, once you have one you have a fast, steady supply of food.
-Passive mob breeding area, with chests for wheat(Love mode activation) and chests for their drops.
-Small fishing pond, chest nearby with rods and raw fish. Maybe with furnaces for a quick way to get food fast and get out.
-Perhaps a EXP farm? Some way to kill a lot of mobs for their exp orbs.
Contraptions
-Mob grinder, for a safe way to get bones, gunpowder, and string!
-Cobblestone generator for easy cobblestone.
-MASSIVE minecart system to get around easy.
-Piston elevators, hard to make but very fast transport!
-Self repairing barrier wall for defense purposes.
-A trash system to get rid of unwanted items and stuff :happy.gif:
Just some other useful stuff.
-Don't have any coal? Throw some wood in your furnace to get char(coal). The equivalent of coal!
Links
-Architecture Guide
--Things To Build!
hugdrown it (aka a mob farm)Please suggest things to add that are useful,
not just random tidbit tips :happy.gif:
Mob farms are useful, free gunpowder, arrows, bones, and string :biggrin.gif:
Maybe upgrade the wheat farm so it auto harvest with pistons so you dont have to go row by row destroying the wheat, only planting it!
A little Quick-Stop in your mineshaft so you dont have to keep going up and down whenever your pick breaks
Chicken Egg collector, so that way you dont have to sit there waiting for them to lay the eggs
Archery practice area, so you can practice sniping a skele for that achievement!
Giant signal tower that shines very brightly, sure it might burn your eyes, but atleast you wont get lost.
A garden would be nice for decoration, flowers and hedges would look nice along with a house.
A Kitchen, Its pretty much like the Smelting room, but instead of ore, your cooking Food
A Boat dock station, and put little pit stops/waypoints along the river/ocean so you dont get lost.
Emergency room stocked with food, armour, a sword, a bow, and arrows, cause you never know...
Underwater house, Creeper and Ender Proof!
Also for decoration, a Fountain would be great!
Add Dispensers along the walls to help defend the place.
Put a moat around your house, Would keep endermen away, Nerf creeper explosions, and slow down any mob that walks into it (Thats just Water though)
Tnt cannons would help with the Defense too, will make the area around the place look ugly though...
When 1.9 Comes out, Brewing Room, Make all sorts of crazy potions!
Also when 1.9 Comes out, Enchanting room, and make sure the table is surrounded with bookshelves so you can get better Enchantments.
A Redstone Testing area, so you can learn how to make bigger redstone creations.
A passive mob Breeding area so you dont have to go outside to get meat,feathers,and wool.
(Should i slow down now?)
Real suggestion: Make duplicates of every tool you have and store them in chest (An emergency system basically.)
Just edit your OP to avoid spamming :happy.gif: Keep them coming though!