Hey there! i have recently been trying to kill the enderdragon and wither while playing hardcore mode.i haven't actually done this in so long and the new update makes it more difficult. have any of you done it yet? any tips? also what did you do after you beat it? did you kill yourself, or continue to play? would love to know what others have done. post some screen shots if you want as well.
Sorry I haven't killed either yet, but I've found that I've adjusted pretty well to the new combat enough that I feel just about as comfortable while caving as I was prior to 1.9. I do find that I'm using better gear than I would have prior to 1.9 combat to compensate for the increase in difficulty.
Why would you kill yourself? I would keep the world as a memento of the accomplishment. I still have the hardcore world I slew the dragon in from about 3 years ago with the stipulations that I used no bed nor mob farms/automated farms of any kind.
I haven't played in hard core mode but I have defeated both the ender dragon and wither on hard, which isn't any different in difficulty with the exception of losing the world at death.
For the ender dragon, get either a stack of slime blocks to land on when you break the crystals or get knocked off. Or feather falling IV. It will save you from even the tallest obsidian pillar.
For the wither, you need smite V, at least a bottle of regen and a bottle of strength, best made into splash potions, a bucket of milk, and a power V + infinity or a stack or two of arrows.
Use the arrows on it until it's less than half health and its shield stays up. If you are far from it, it won't see you and attack. It's peojectiles are easier to dodge.
At half health, throw the regeneration and strength and go in with your sword. The regen will project you from withering away long enough to finish it off. It should go down quickly, in about 20 or 30 seconds. Once it's gone, drink milk to stop the withering as it will continue for several minutes and kill you even after you defeat the wither.
The wither is easy, just find a spot in the nether ceiling with enough bedrock around to suffocate the wither, then set it up so that the construct is horizontal (when you place the 3rd head, it will wake up and stand, placing its head in the bedrock) and just walk away.
Until Mojang makes bedrock a transparent block, the best part of this cheaty feature is that Mojang can't really just quickfix it by allowing the wither to break bedrock as that would provide an easy way up to the nether roof.
Hey there! i have recently been trying to kill the enderdragon and wither while playing hardcore mode.i haven't actually done this in so long and the new update makes it more difficult. have any of you done it yet? any tips? also what did you do after you beat it? did you kill yourself, or continue to play? would love to know what others have done. post some screen shots if you want as well.
Sorry I haven't killed either yet, but I've found that I've adjusted pretty well to the new combat enough that I feel just about as comfortable while caving as I was prior to 1.9. I do find that I'm using better gear than I would have prior to 1.9 combat to compensate for the increase in difficulty.
Why would you kill yourself? I would keep the world as a memento of the accomplishment. I still have the hardcore world I slew the dragon in from about 3 years ago with the stipulations that I used no bed nor mob farms/automated farms of any kind.
by c0yote
I tried it with terrible results. I gave my wife my glasses for a second, a creeper showed up and now my wife is pregnant.
Stupid 3D..
I haven't played in hard core mode but I have defeated both the ender dragon and wither on hard, which isn't any different in difficulty with the exception of losing the world at death.
For the ender dragon, get either a stack of slime blocks to land on when you break the crystals or get knocked off. Or feather falling IV. It will save you from even the tallest obsidian pillar.
For the wither, you need smite V, at least a bottle of regen and a bottle of strength, best made into splash potions, a bucket of milk, and a power V + infinity or a stack or two of arrows.
Use the arrows on it until it's less than half health and its shield stays up. If you are far from it, it won't see you and attack. It's peojectiles are easier to dodge.
At half health, throw the regeneration and strength and go in with your sword. The regen will project you from withering away long enough to finish it off. It should go down quickly, in about 20 or 30 seconds. Once it's gone, drink milk to stop the withering as it will continue for several minutes and kill you even after you defeat the wither.
The wither is easy, just find a spot in the nether ceiling with enough bedrock around to suffocate the wither, then set it up so that the construct is horizontal (when you place the 3rd head, it will wake up and stand, placing its head in the bedrock) and just walk away.
Until Mojang makes bedrock a transparent block, the best part of this cheaty feature is that Mojang can't really just quickfix it by allowing the wither to break bedrock as that would provide an easy way up to the nether roof.