Seed & Map: blackspot

Rating

• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced
• ++ Expert ++
• Suicidal Expert

Spawn and Version

Spawn: 20.74.-60
Version: XBL 1.1.1 (equiv Beta 1.7.3)

Seed Score MH 7.3 DW 3.3 C 4.1 W 3.9 SP 3.3 VR 3.7 AF 6.9     32.5

My Review

While this seed is predominately desert, the real reason to play this level are the epic cliffs that dot the landscape. You'll just be walking along and then all of a sudden the land slips out from beneath your feet leaving you staring into a well-guarded cove or a crater. Both scenic and effective on the difficulty. The deserts are surprisingly difficult to cross, consisting of large sand dunes as opposed to the usual flatland deserts. Great for someone who knows what he or she is doing, lousy for someone who has a tendency to plummet to his or her death.

Cliff Related

• [356.74.168] epic cove
• [156.72.358] shortcut cave in cliff face
• [-28.106.-323] deep valley
• [-85.108.-359] large crater
• [-96.104.-351] high, difficult cliff dive
• [-350.84.192] large crater lake

Items of Interest

• [105.73.-65] dig down for hidden cave
• [-10.78.-142] desert
• [40.107.-252] massive sand dune
• [117.64.-259] deep cave
• [163.66.-282] medium clay
• [330.70.-303] cave complex
• [368.72.-167] hidden deep cave with stalactites
• [374.78.79] thick forest with medium waterfall
• [247.71.342] hidi-hole
• [189.65.354] medium floater
• [147.65.310] wolves and a small cave with stalactites
• [-358.84.-213] pitfall with waterfall inside
• [-344.62.28] deep cave complex with two lava falls
• [-189.72.-370] pitfall cave
• [-107.82.-375] medium overhang
• [-7.84.-258] pumpkins
• [-120.66.-179] medium falling sand
• [-189.64.-69] massive underwater clay deposit
• [233.65.130] tall waterfall
• [222.86.-31] small overhang and small floater

Images

This is one of the best and most clearly defined coves (356.74.168) I've found so far. Both entrances are guarded by waterfalls and entrance from above is difficult to say the least -- requiring a hike down terrifyingly steep cliffs. At right, the mesa in the distance has an odd, bulbous formation living on top of it.