At least the pigs are doing great. And I captured 2 chickens today so now I have baby chicks.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Sheered to Death
At least the pigs are doing great. And I captured 2 chickens today so now I have baby chicks.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Raw Beef Anyone?
Today I happened upon my two favorite houses. I lost them last time I died. I found out that dragging your bed around with you won't keep you from getting killed. In fact I was standing right next to it in a sandy area when I was killed by an alderman (whatever that is). I never saw it. And the pop-up said, "Your home bed is either missing or obstructed." Judging by the wording I'm guessing you only respawn in your bed if it's in your 'home'. I'm not sure how the game determines where your home is. Is it the first spot you spawned? Is it whatever house you built that happens to have the bed in it at the time?
Today's discovery was that when you get killed, the inventory in your hope chest stays intact. And if you have different hope chests here there and everywhere, they don't have the same universal contents. Somehow I ended up with two chests in one house and each of them had different things. One has raw beef in it and I haven't seen a cow in 2 days so I know I've died since that went in there. Cool. That means I'm not starting from scratch each time.
I also learned how to make bread and cookies and a cocoa tree. Happy happy joy joy.
Oh and I almost died from eating rotten zombie meat. Just saying! The food bar turns a sickly green and I lost a few hearts.
Today's discovery was that when you get killed, the inventory in your hope chest stays intact. And if you have different hope chests here there and everywhere, they don't have the same universal contents. Somehow I ended up with two chests in one house and each of them had different things. One has raw beef in it and I haven't seen a cow in 2 days so I know I've died since that went in there. Cool. That means I'm not starting from scratch each time.
I also learned how to make bread and cookies and a cocoa tree. Happy happy joy joy.
Oh and I almost died from eating rotten zombie meat. Just saying! The food bar turns a sickly green and I lost a few hearts.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Cats
When I was on a hill today I spotted what looked like a cat. Before I could catch it and investigate, it bounded away into the jungle. Are there cats?
Update: I found another cat. It looked like a leopard so I killed it before it killed me. It let out a pitiful wail when it died. I thought 'uh oh, I thing it was a friendly kitty.'
So I looked it up on Youtube and sure enough, if you offer the kitty a fish or two it turns from wild to tame and follows you home. My friend on Facebook says if you die you lose your cats. Sad. Now that I have some fish, I haven't seen any cats, so I'll keep you posted.
Update: I found another cat. It looked like a leopard so I killed it before it killed me. It let out a pitiful wail when it died. I thought 'uh oh, I thing it was a friendly kitty.'
So I looked it up on Youtube and sure enough, if you offer the kitty a fish or two it turns from wild to tame and follows you home. My friend on Facebook says if you die you lose your cats. Sad. Now that I have some fish, I haven't seen any cats, so I'll keep you posted.
The House That Jack Built
Last night I found a meadow full of Jack-o-lanterns. So I scooped some up and added them to my new house. I can't find my old houses. So for now, I have the pumpkin house. I wouldn't say I've perfected the art of making a roof, but at least I made one.
I also found cocoa seeds. I tried planting them the usual way with a hoe and it didn't work.
I planted some seedlings. Two days later they were huge and I could barely find my house. Who knew they'd grow so fast?
I also found cocoa seeds. I tried planting them the usual way with a hoe and it didn't work.
I planted some seedlings. Two days later they were huge and I could barely find my house. Who knew they'd grow so fast?
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Gray Sheep
It took me half the day to find sheep again. I got 5 wools, and I needed six and couldn't find another sheep for the longest time. But then I had one bed made, so at least I missed most of the nights. Now that it's all days, I'm getting a lot more building done. And I found a gray sheep, so that's my new discovery for the day. I'm not sure what you do with gray wool though. Also, I don't know what to do with eggs. You can't eat them or cook them. Maybe they are part of a future recipe.
One thing about missed nights is you don't get to kill spiders. The spiders have the string that is needed to make bows and also for fishing poles. Now that I have a pretty secure house finally, I may stay up the next night to slay some spiders.
I learned how to make glass from sand today. If you break it though, you lose it, so don't break it.
As far as weather goes, so far I've seen rain, snow and thunder storms.
Today I figured out how to build a roof starting with stairs on the top of my walls. It's going to take practice but at least half the house is covered.
And I learned how to do screen captures so if I get readers they'll know what the heck I'm talking about.
One thing about missed nights is you don't get to kill spiders. The spiders have the string that is needed to make bows and also for fishing poles. Now that I have a pretty secure house finally, I may stay up the next night to slay some spiders.
I learned how to make glass from sand today. If you break it though, you lose it, so don't break it.
As far as weather goes, so far I've seen rain, snow and thunder storms.
Today I figured out how to build a roof starting with stairs on the top of my walls. It's going to take practice but at least half the house is covered.
And I learned how to do screen captures so if I get readers they'll know what the heck I'm talking about.
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| Sheep give wool. |
Go To Bed Sleepy Head
Update:
Well, my bed experiment failed. I had placed a random bed somewhere. Then I made a new one that I took with me. I built 2 awesome cottages, and one morning, I walked out the door with my bed in my inventory and got killed by a zombie. And no bed was found to respawn in. Gone, Along with all my inventory. I spawned next to a house I started on day one... with no torches or anything. So I guess if you are going to take your bed in tow, set it down when you get to your work spot and try not to lose it.
ORIGINAL POST:
After tooling around in the dark for far too long, I figured my number one goal should be to make a bed. Now I'm thinking to tell new people to make the bed almost the #1 priority. And not just one bed, but two.
Since iron ore was so hard to find, and I knew you needed shears to sheer the sheep and get the wool, I thought making a bed was a lost cause. The only time I had the iron ore was when I was deep in the mine, and then I had no sheep.
Then I found out by chance you don't have to sheer the sheep, you just have to kill it and it gives up a block of wool usually. So I killed 3 sheep, got the wool, and used 3 planks and 3 wool to make a bed. Yay. No more long nights. Or so I thought. I put my lovely bed in my shack, and wandered away in chase of cows and never saw it again.
Once you die, you now reappear next to your bed. But I had an inventory full of stuff so I didn't want to just die and lose it. I also assumed you could only have one bed. Not so.
Anyway, I lost my bed and it was another six or seven long nights before I died again and reappeared. And then I so loved my little red bed. And I grabbed it and decided to take it with me in my menu bar so I could throw it down as needed. So now if it suddenly gets dark, I throw it down.
So I made a spare bed. I had one in my inventory and one in my menu bar. And I died. Don't ask me how, but I got embedded in a wall and suffocated. Brutal. So I lost both beds.
So after I went to my real bed, and thought on it, I came up with a new master plan. Make two beds. Immediately put one in the world, in case of sudden death. Keep the other in the menu bar, just in case night falls like an anchor in the ocean. Throw it down quick and hop in and it will be daytime again.
Since I so rarely find coal, I don't really want to wait for nights to pass anymore.
So in short, 3 wood planks and 3 wool makes one bed. Make it a priority to make 2 beds. But put the first one somewhere you like right away, just in case you die looking for sheep.
Well, my bed experiment failed. I had placed a random bed somewhere. Then I made a new one that I took with me. I built 2 awesome cottages, and one morning, I walked out the door with my bed in my inventory and got killed by a zombie. And no bed was found to respawn in. Gone, Along with all my inventory. I spawned next to a house I started on day one... with no torches or anything. So I guess if you are going to take your bed in tow, set it down when you get to your work spot and try not to lose it.
ORIGINAL POST:
After tooling around in the dark for far too long, I figured my number one goal should be to make a bed. Now I'm thinking to tell new people to make the bed almost the #1 priority. And not just one bed, but two.
Since iron ore was so hard to find, and I knew you needed shears to sheer the sheep and get the wool, I thought making a bed was a lost cause. The only time I had the iron ore was when I was deep in the mine, and then I had no sheep.
Then I found out by chance you don't have to sheer the sheep, you just have to kill it and it gives up a block of wool usually. So I killed 3 sheep, got the wool, and used 3 planks and 3 wool to make a bed. Yay. No more long nights. Or so I thought. I put my lovely bed in my shack, and wandered away in chase of cows and never saw it again.
Once you die, you now reappear next to your bed. But I had an inventory full of stuff so I didn't want to just die and lose it. I also assumed you could only have one bed. Not so.
Anyway, I lost my bed and it was another six or seven long nights before I died again and reappeared. And then I so loved my little red bed. And I grabbed it and decided to take it with me in my menu bar so I could throw it down as needed. So now if it suddenly gets dark, I throw it down.
So I made a spare bed. I had one in my inventory and one in my menu bar. And I died. Don't ask me how, but I got embedded in a wall and suffocated. Brutal. So I lost both beds.
So after I went to my real bed, and thought on it, I came up with a new master plan. Make two beds. Immediately put one in the world, in case of sudden death. Keep the other in the menu bar, just in case night falls like an anchor in the ocean. Throw it down quick and hop in and it will be daytime again.
Since I so rarely find coal, I don't really want to wait for nights to pass anymore.
So in short, 3 wood planks and 3 wool makes one bed. Make it a priority to make 2 beds. But put the first one somewhere you like right away, just in case you die looking for sheep.
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| Bed from Minecraft. They only come in red so far. |
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| How to make a bed diagram. |
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| Chicken |
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| Pig's give pork. |
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| Sheep can be hard to find, so grab then when you see them. |
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Big Hole Some Coal
Yesterday I had a number of firsts. I got buried in a deep hole in darkness and was randomly digging myself even deeper. Then I found out I had some coal. Coal finally! Unfortunately I never could get out of the hole and eventually starved to death. But, I also found a vein of iron ore and made my first sheers. And surely I'll find that hole again and be able to reclaim torches, ladders and everything else I off-loaded while stuck in there.
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