Redstone is by far the most common resource when branch-mining at diamond level; it is nearly as common as coal and drops 4-5 dust per ore - on average you only need to mine 2 ore to make a block, and with Fortune III you get an average of 2 blocks every 3 ore. It isn't as common when caving; redstone is only 3-4% of all ores I mine but I still mine more than 100 ore per play session (plus 2/3 of all ores are coal, which most players probably aren't going to mine all of), and the suggestion is for an item that you only need one of:
(this was from a modded world but ore distribution is similar to vanilla 1.6.4; if anything, I've found relatively more redstone and diamond in a vanilla world; while 1.8 made ores more common, which is supported by my experience when caving for 30 minutes in a recent version, including with the current much smaller cave systems, to see how caving changed)
Oh wow -- I didn't know it was that common. Yeah, this is perfect, then.
Beating the game should not be a priority; while it's technically possible, it's something that would probably take days and days on end to actually get anywhere close to doing. Minecraft is 100% about the journey, not the final destination.
Otherwise, if you can't find anything of interest, you probably aren't exploring enough, yeah. Don't forget that there's a few interesting things underground too, like mineshafts.
Yes and no? Snapshots are needed so that updates aren't completely broken on release, but it is true that we know what's in every update often weeks before they launch. I think it's a necessary evil.
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Oh wow -- I didn't know it was that common. Yeah, this is perfect, then.
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It would be a neat challenge idea, but it definitely doesn't warrant it's own gamemode in the slightest. No support.
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Really, this would be a good mod, but wouldn't fit in vanilla Minecraft at all. ...Would that be partial support?
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It's clearly a reference to the spelunker potion from Terraria. I support; it's a cool idea, anyways.
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Definite support. Redstone blocks might be too expensive, though?
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Beta 1.7.3 was the final update pushed before the Adventure Update (which added hunger), 1.8. That's probably your best bet.
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No. I'd keep it, though. It's free armor and a free enchantment.
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Beating the game should not be a priority; while it's technically possible, it's something that would probably take days and days on end to actually get anywhere close to doing. Minecraft is 100% about the journey, not the final destination.
Otherwise, if you can't find anything of interest, you probably aren't exploring enough, yeah. Don't forget that there's a few interesting things underground too, like mineshafts.
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Yes and no? Snapshots are needed so that updates aren't completely broken on release, but it is true that we know what's in every update often weeks before they launch. I think it's a necessary evil.