XBOX Minecraft Seeds: June 2013

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Top Rated Seeds: June 2013

The seeds I'm working on now will be for July, so thus endeth June. Here's the list of the top scoring seeds from the month.

[ 24.9 ] 99999999999
[ 24.3 ] mjolnir
[ 22.4 ] eastandwest
[ 22.4 ] stenograph
[ 21.6 ] hardyboys
[ 20.8 ] corpsdeballet
[ 20.8 ] crissandcross
[ 20.4 ] blackandblue
[ 20.4 ] chronograph
[ 20.3 ] abutment
[ 20.2 ] soubresaut
[ 20.2 ] 3sheets2thewind
[ 20.1 ] nauticalbynature

Also, there were two seeds that received a lot of repeat traffic even though they weren't as highly ranked as the others. That's usually a good sign that I may have missed something awesome:

voussoir
satyagraha

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Today's offerings are all about graphs -- except of course for the one that made the top of the list which was me just fooling around and it happened to work out. I also found two fun landmarks: The Penguin and The Sewing Machine. "lithograph" has five free diamonds in a blacksmith shop, "autograph" has a large village with thirteen houses, and the eleven 9s seed has so many ravines you can't run from one side of the map to the other without falling into something.

Now, "myograph" is a special seed that you can't actually play because it has no trees. At least, it didn't have trees for me. Now, I don't know if tree generation changes each time you try the seed, so if you dare to play this one because -- you know -- you're INSANE, let me know in the comments either here or in the post if you had trees. With zero trees, the game is unplayable. I always suspected seeds like that existed, but this might be the first confirmed sighting.

[ 24.9 ] 99999999999
[ 22.4 ] stenograph
[ 20.4 ] chronograph
[ 19.9 ] myograph
[ 19.7 ] autograph
[ 17.9 ] phonograph
[ 12.1 ] lithograph

TU9 Seed & Map: 99999999999

Total Score
24.9 / 30.0 ( 83.0% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	8.2	INT	10	MAG	6.7

Rating

Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
++ Expert ++
Suicidal Expert
Nightmare

Technical Details

Seed Number: 999 999 999 99
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

I was just goofing around showing someone how seeds work and I struck gold. That's eleven "9s". Think of it as 999-999-999 and then two more 9s for good luck. Hope that helps.

Notes

I'm almost positive that there are so many holes and ravines in this level that it's impossible to walk from any one edge of the map to the other without falling into something. This seed looks like Swiss cheese. The seed contains a landmark rock formation I shall henceforth refer to as "The Penguin". You'll get why when you're standing next to it. Unless you look at it from the wrong side, in which case it looks like what's left after you shoot the penguin in the spleen. So just come around to the other side and you'll get what I'm talking about.

So Where's the Ender Portal?

Follow the snow to the penguin; when you find him, only a walk from his left shoulder to the bend in the river will give you the portal that you seek.

Of course, you can just look up the coords below like you always do. But doesn't that sound like something you'd find on a treasure map? You know you like it.

Villages

None

Underground

[-201.28.-165] x3 gold
[118.39.207] ender portal, x2 eyes
[161.57.269] medium cave system
[91.13.67] mini fire lake
[73.18.53] grand cavern

Above Ground

[-31.68.33] medium ravine
[-216.115.40] large spire
[-236.91.10] small floater
[-249.67.-61] large ravine
[-311.77.-76] medium erosion
[-299.68.-149] large ravine
[-362.67.-139] lava pit
[-344.65.-210] monster pitfall, Y-12
[-343.64.-400] small cave complex
[92.65.-349] medium ravine
[247.63.-335] large ravine
[367.68.-208] expert-level pitfall cave, dig down at dead end, right against south wall for more cave
[402.64.249] pumpkins
[-14.73.309] large land bridge
[-49.72.326] dead drop entrance into deep cave system
[-39.87.280] large lava fall big enough it's visible on the map
[-168.106.371] pumpkin crater
[-350.70.290] deep expert-level dead drop cave
[-352.105.148] large spire
[120.114.64] "The Penguin"
[104.65.9] tiny ravine
[97.56.-53] small ravine
[131.64.-92] small crescent-shaped ravine
[50.65.-230] lava pit
[-53.65.-128] huge hole
[-191.66.-170] expert-level pitfall cave

TU9 Seed & Map: stenograph

Total Score
22.4 / 30.0 ( 74.7% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	5.9	INT	7.7	MAG	8.8