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unnamednewbie13 wrote:

manevs wrote:

Is anyone using any special mining techniques to find diamond? I saw a "new" system on Reddit, but I can't find it again.

start branching out at the deepest sideshaft

When you do that, make sure to bring a bucket of water or two and never dig straight up or down.
Also, keep some cobble stone equipped in your bar to be able to quickly block off lava or water floods.

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

manevs wrote:

Is anyone using any special mining techniques to find diamond? I saw a "new" system on Reddit, but I can't find it again.

Tunnel down, make note of any cave systems you discover and start branching out at the deepest sideshaft you can reach. Keep an eye out for huge, open caves (especially lit by magma), because you have a bigger chance of seeing something you want, if it exists down there.

What I've been doing so far is to dig down to the very bottom, and then use the top bedrock layer as my floor. I have then hacked my way through straight corridors with 2 blocks between them.

I have found a decent amount of diamonds that way, but on the other hand, they are also kind of rare.

Also, I have not been able to find any huge caverns, which might have helped a bit!

It looks like just above bedrock is not the best place to mine... I guess I'll move a few blocks up, and mine there instead. I really want to find some caves to explore as well.

manevs wrote:

It looks like just above bedrock is not the best place to mine... I guess I'll move a few blocks up, and mine there instead. I really want to find some caves to explore as well.

Seems like you just haven't found the most ideal spot. I uploaded a savegame somewhere in this thread if you wanted to give it a look. From the start, after I established a rudimentary base, I boated around until I heard a zillion zombie noises in the water, shored up a shaft and started digging. Once I got below the sea floor, there was no end to bits of the same enormous tunnel I kept digging through.

On your game, if you can't really find anything by the time you hit bedrock and dig around here and there, it's time to pull up stakes, store your cobblestone and go look for a natural cave system with surface access to explore.

Sweet location, bro.

Morpheus wrote:

Beta is coming soon!

Notch also said that the EULA will change with the beta, and only accounts purchased during the Alpha period (i.e. up until the December 20th) will get free updates (including expansions, DLC, etc.) forever and ever. Beta and release versions will only get bug fixes.

So, that means now are the last days for some of you greedy pirates to get everything for the cheap one-time, 50% off price.

Finray wrote:

globefish23 wrote:

So, that means now are the last days for some of you greedy pirates to get everything for the cheap one-time, 50% off price.

Gah, I might have to :$.

Or just "aquire" the latest version

tbh I doubt I will play it much in the future... maybe after a ton of updates I will give it another spin

looks like a red flower

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Try as they might, nobody can instill any kind of sympathy for creepers in my mind. At the most, I pity the spiders.

Ya.. those little guys just waltz around peacefully during the day and get raped by skeletons all night

hahaa i dont even know how that actually made me lol

CC-Marley wrote:

Saw this and thought you guys might like the idea.

So we take that open-ended-ness and inject some COMPETITION in there.

http://www.realitymod.com/forum/f11-off … ition.html

heh. that would be fun.

We should do a bf2s version..... if only somebody here hosted a server.......................................

Last edited by Morpheus (2010-12-14 19:55:18)

rule 34.
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