Well basically i was mining like any other day, then i come across this huge ravine. So i decided to explore the ravine when i came across a stone brick in the wall of the ravine, so i investigated and dug through, and sure enough there was a stronghold. i didn't use any eyes of ender it was just pure luck Has anyone else had this happen to them?
I found a stronghold like that once, the only problem is it wasn't my world! I was so jealous, all the trouble I still have to go to for Eyes of Ender to find my own and there I just wandered into one in the side of a cave!
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I have been playing since 1.3 beta and recently on a mess around world with my wife and I we stumbled across one without using ender eyes..
I think people who tell you well gee I found one 5 mins after playing are full of it.. Its kinda hard because they are usually not near spawn.. we traveled like 600 meters before we ran into it.. it went through a mineshaft..
Did it have an End Portal? When I found my first Stronghold (With eyes of ender) it had a skeleton dungeon in the End room over running the End portal so 2 bits of Ender portal did not spawn! Also the mix of silverfish and skeletons killed me. Danm it!
That's really cool. I should really get on finding a stronghold. I haven't ever done that in a Minecraft world. Is there anything I should know before I delve into one?
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I have been playing since 1.3 beta and recently on a mess around world with my wife and I we stumbled across one without using ender eyes..
I think people who tell you well gee I found one 5 mins after playing are full of it.. Its kinda hard because they are usually not near spawn.. we traveled like 600 meters before we ran into it.. it went through a mineshaft..
well actually this stronghold was VERY close to my spawnpoint
That's really cool. I should really get on finding a stronghold. I haven't ever done that in a Minecraft world. Is there anything I should know before I delve into one?
go with armor, i died twice because of surprise creepers around corridor corners. you will need about 20 eyes of ender to find a stronghold and two fill in the portal blocks if you are planning on going to the end
That's really cool. I should really get on finding a stronghold. I haven't ever done that in a Minecraft world. Is there anything I should know before I delve into one?
Some tips:
1.Bring at least 18 ender pearls, as you could loss some when you throw it.
2.If you have an ender chest, bring one and out some arrows and food and potions(Night vision are the best)
(Again, if you have any)
3.If you run into any silverfish, and you have enough room, fall back and the silverfish will crawl back into their stone blocks. But is you really have to deal with them, find a high place, and kil them all. But I warn you,
they will get backup from their pesky little friends: the other silverfish that are hiding in the stone blocks
4.Best if you have an infinity bow, but if not, bring at least 2 stakes of arrows, and maybe one more bow.
5.If you have great skills at using a bow, and you don't what to by hugged by enderbutts, you could bring a pumpkin and put in your head slot.
You are pretty much ready, so good luck! Hope this helps you!
Very very rare, since only 3 strongholds generate per world, and they generate between 640 and 1152 blocks from spawn (which is much further away from spawn than people usually settle down at). (Source: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Stronghold#Spawning)
We found our first stronghold on my SMP server about 2 months after we started playing by using Eyes of Ender. Otherwise, we wouldn't have found any until literally just last week, when my friend ran into the stronghold I originally found while he was branch mining.
The chances are very rare, since there are only three strongholds in each world. I have once found a stronghold while exploring a abandoned mine. I turned the corner, and I saw mossy stone bricks.
Yup, this happened to me before. Insanely lucky. I was just exploring a ravine, then I came across this wall of stone brick, mined through, and ended up in a library. I think someone may have mentioned it on here. Anyway, it's gotta be insanely lucky, since there aren't that many in a world.
I found a stronghold once similar to how you did it. I saw a big ravine in a jungle and went down. I then mined a iron block and saw a stone brick, similar to what you witnessed. I then mined around to see more. I finally broke the block and saw an ender portal. Just luck.
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I did not know this! I found a huge ravine up under a lake yesterday.
no no no no he means strongholds, ravines are very common
There are more than three ravines, there are only 3 strongholds in a world.
I think people who tell you well gee I found one 5 mins after playing are full of it.. Its kinda hard because they are usually not near spawn.. we traveled like 600 meters before we ran into it.. it went through a mineshaft..
well actually this stronghold was VERY close to my spawnpoint
go with armor, i died twice because of surprise creepers around corridor corners. you will need about 20 eyes of ender to find a stronghold and two fill in the portal blocks if you are planning on going to the end
1.Bring at least 18 ender pearls, as you could loss some when you throw it.
2.If you have an ender chest, bring one and out some arrows and food and potions(Night vision are the best)
(Again, if you have any)
3.If you run into any silverfish, and you have enough room, fall back and the silverfish will crawl back into their stone blocks. But is you really have to deal with them, find a high place, and kil them all. But I warn you,
they will get backup from their pesky little friends: the other silverfish that are hiding in the stone blocks
4.Best if you have an infinity bow, but if not, bring at least 2 stakes of arrows, and maybe one more bow.
5.If you have great skills at using a bow, and you don't what to by hugged by enderbutts, you could bring a pumpkin and put in your head slot.
You are pretty much ready, so good luck! Hope this helps you!
Assuming people are lying is kind of rude, unless they're claiming something impossible. When 30 million people play a game, rare things happen.
We found our first stronghold on my SMP server about 2 months after we started playing by using Eyes of Ender. Otherwise, we wouldn't have found any until literally just last week, when my friend ran into the stronghold I originally found while he was branch mining.