This came up in replying to another thread and I couldn't find anything indicative of how commonly this technique might be used.
For those in the 'Huh?' catagory:
The idea is to use the 12 block piston push limit to find caves by attempting to push one or more blocks in a known cave (often in the direction of mob sounds) with the idea that: if the piston can push a block, there is a hollow within 12 blocks in the direction pushed.
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Oh, I answered the poll too quickly, before reading your post.
I was thinking of the "push your head into a block" glitch for X-ray vision.
I have heard of the method you mention but it never seemed like it would be worth the effort, I just mine poke holes as far as I can reach, left, right, straight ahead and straight up (after placing a torch at my feet) and if that doesn't find anything, pick a direction and mine a tunnel 8 blocks and repeat.
The answer is the same for both methods though, Aware but haven't tried it.
This came up in replying to another thread and I couldn't find anything indicative of how commonly this technique might be used.
For those in the 'Huh?' catagory:
The idea is to use the 12 block piston push limit to find caves by attempting to push one or more blocks in a known cave (often in the direction of mob sounds) with the idea that: if the piston can push a block, there is a hollow within 12 blocks in the direction pushed.
Oh, I answered the poll too quickly, before reading your post.
I was thinking of the "push your head into a block" glitch for X-ray vision.
I have heard of the method you mention but it never seemed like it would be worth the effort, I just mine poke holes as far as I can reach, left, right, straight ahead and straight up (after placing a torch at my feet) and if that doesn't find anything, pick a direction and mine a tunnel 8 blocks and repeat.
The answer is the same for both methods though, Aware but haven't tried it.
Just testing.
You can do that? Wow, TIL.
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