Seamus Callaghan
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The most recent data pack for part 2 of the Caves and Cliffs update introduced giant ore veins for iron and copper, providing an excellent, game-knowledge based alternative to iron farming for acqu...
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Sand is a critical bulk resource for builders and redstoners, as an ingredient in concrete, glass, crafted sandstone, and TNT. While easy enough to acquire, mining it by hand can be monotonous, an...
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Sheep eat grass, wolves kill sheep, and mushrooms and vines spread spontaneously. Villagers breed on their own as well, if they have enough food and habitat. However, wolves do nothing with the she...
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There's been much debate over the new iron ore textures for the caves and cliffs update, trying to balance visual distinctiveness with aesthetic appeal. One possible solution is to model the iron ...
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Let's face it, the patchy generation of diorite and granite make large surfaces of exposed stone a bit of an eye sore. With the new noise caves in 1.17, the problem is more noticeable than ever. We...
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The new caves are very pretty, if you can see them. Naturally, though, they are very dark. Torch spam is ugly and tedious, and often only lights the bottom surface of the cave. We need a new, ae...
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The latest snapshot added the excellent new building block, blackstone, to the new basalt delta biome. This is an excellent opportunity to complete the igneous rock classification scheme. For a l...
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Besides bats and hostile mobs, Minecraft is pretty lifeless underground. Why not add cave fish to liven things up a bit? They would only spawn in water at low light levels and below sea level (ev...
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We have granite, which is intrusive felsic, diorite, which is intrusive intermediate, and andesite, which is extrusive intermediate. Why not complete the set of stone variants with rhyolite, which...