TU9 Seed & Map: missscarlet

Total Score
16.9 / 30.0 ( 56.3% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	3	INT	8.8	MAG	5.1

Rating

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

Technical Details

Seed Number: 131 368 7422
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

In the movie (and book) Gone With the Wind, Scarlet O'Hara is a fiery brunette with a short temper. She gets that from her father Gerald -- an Irish laddie who was forced to flee his homeland after he murdered a man.

Notes

Well constructed villages and some nice rock formations highlight this seed.

Villages

• [-189.74.-219] village, x11 buildings, guard tower, water well
• [293.70.-204] village, x9 buildings, water well
• [84.75.275] village, x8 buildings, blacksmith, water well, guard tower, lava pit

Underground

• [-4.24.-1] x6 red stone
• [-3.24.24] ender portal
• [-396.12.301] obsidian
• [202.53.-177] lava pit in cool cave

Above Ground

• [-246.67.207] basin and lake
• [-349.63.322] large cave
• [-334.65.-215] large flatland grassland
• [-170.65.-323] large flatland desert
• [71.71.-362] lava pit
• [101.114.-396] epic spire
• [104.66.-370] awesome cave system
• [294.72.-315] medium flat grassland
• [395.98.-356] tiny floater
• [175.65.-34] tiny ravine into medium cave
• [-62.66.125] lava pit

TU9 Seed & Map: bananasfoster

[CORRECTION: This post was originally posted as "bananafoster" and not "bananasfoster". Sorry for the inconvenience.]

Total Score
25.7 / 30.0 ( 85.7% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	6.6	INT	10	MAG	9.1

Rating

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

Technical Details

Seed Number: 127 661 9333
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

Bananas covered in ice cream and rum and Bacardi 151 then set ablaze. It tastes like candy dipped in jet fuel, but the light show makes it worth it.

Notes

On any other day, this seed would easily top the charts. It's just dumb luck it got trumped. It took a long time to search through the mountains on this level looking for things to photograph. Then it took an even longer time cutting down the number of photographs I wanted to show you to a reasonable number. Scenic doesn't even begin to describe it.

Can't Miss

I found a crazy, thin spire that stretches way into the sky. It shall henceforth be known as "The Wand" and just next to it is a nice little floater. You should totally check out this pair if you happen to be in town.

Can't Miss #2

The northeast corner has an elevated island ringed by cliffs. It's not particularly big, but it's imposing and really a cool place to set up a fort.

Villages

• [-177.81.-432] village, x1.6 buildings including half-way house

Underground

• [143.29.32] library

Above Ground

• [-231.74.384] deep basin
• [-73.67.242] pumpkins
• [-28.66.347] medium ravine, awesome!
• [31.68.219] shortcut cave
• [312.63.274] completely submerged underwater ravine
• [207.114.35] spire, "The Wand"
• [348.109.-108] tallest point, skinny butte
• [312.102.-140] other skinny butte
• [210.106.-113] medium flat floater
• [236.90.-165] X-style ravine with crazy butte
• [380.81.-384] cliff island
• [38.76.-283] pumpkins
• [-71.65.-307] lava pit
• [-191.64.-284] large flatland and pumpkins
• [-281.94.-90] small land bridge, floater
• [134.93.20] dig down for lapis/cave

Seed & Map: 5amy7

Special Achievements

• Premium! This seed has scored higher than 40 out of 70 in the overall score.
• Rolling! Higher than 8 out of 10 in hills and mountains.

Rating

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

Spawn Coordinates

36.69.-135

Seed Score MH 8.2 DW 5.9 C 4.9 W 5.2 SP 6.3 VR 5.7 AF 7.2     43.4

My Review

This is one of the best seeds I've found so far. It is chock full of all kinds of amazing formations and great mountains to climb. Second best of the day only because of the massive ice sheet in the bottom left corner that negates about a quarter of the map, I would recommend this board to anyone just so they can see it. Just make sure you've got something built by dusk or you're doomed. This level is particularly awesome because the amazing features are scattered across the whole of the map. So I can't really send you to one quadrant to see them all, you're going to have to take a hike. Don't worry... it's worth it.

Items of Interest

Warning: the following list contains coordinates and descriptions of the majority of resources and other features in this seed. If you prefer to discover these things on your own, skip ahead to the final paragraph.

• [41.72.-139] small hidi-hole
• [72.90.-155] cliff diving event
• [133.73.-184] round overhang
• [284.77.-125] large land bridge
• [318.71.-147] awesome overhang
• [371.76.-121] large overhang
• [162.72.-346] lava fall into cave
• [147.71.-349] medium pitfall cave
• [73.67.-329] deep cave with coal
• [-363.65.-255] hidi-hole
• [-272.78.258] pumpkins
• [-227.65.279] sugarcane growing in a medium lava fall under a large overhang
• [-373.68.389] deep pitfall cave
• [-393.72.371] hidden lava pit
• [-83.66.296] The Great Tunnel: multiple overhangs, land bridges, and two small waterfalls
• [-85.70.352] pitfall hidi-hole
• [-60.73.349] glowing cave with lava fall
• [9.77.368] medium pitfall cave
• [392.66.273] sugar
• [367.69.221] cave complex with underground waterfall
• [304.71.50] pumpkins
• [214.79.83] cliff-side hidi-hole
• [184.83.16] crater lake and medium coal
• [91.95.23] massive basin
• [-100.71.193] a perfect obelisk
• [-139.67.156] medium cave

Images

I'm sorry: there was no way that I was limiting this seed to just two photographs; it is way too good looking. I can't swear that the sugarcane will be growing out of the lava fall when you get there, but this is what I found while wondering around at night. Below that, this is a thick, overhang/land bridge combination that provides a fair amount of shade for day walkers.

At right, here are three bonus images that really help sell how diverse and exciting this seed really is. The first is a shot of what technically is an overhang attached to a tall, ultra-thin spire. If you planned it right, you could run a stairwell all the way to the top with about twenty cobblestone.

Below that, I found this perfect obelisk standing in the middle of a field. The final image is a shot of a massive multi-directional overhang situated above a medium-sized lava fall. Also near this location was a deep pitfall cave. If you plant your stones right, you could conceivably descend from Y=100 to bedrock in about one minute.

Seed: burnedbridge

Special Achievements

• Rolling! Higher than 8 out of 10 in hills and mountains.

Rating

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

Spawn Coordinates

-61.71.83

Seed Score MH 8.3 DW 4.1 C 5.3 W 4.0 SP 2.0 VR 3.1 AF 4.3     31.1

My Review

This seed is a series of extremes. First I found these crazy high mountains that were very difficult to climb to the top of. Then, I found a deep basin with two waterfalls that I had to climb down to in order to get coordinates. Then back on top to get over the mountains only to go down again to a very large flat beach. Given how few trees there are and what crazy elevation changes you're going to experience, I recommend this level only to expert players.

Items of Interest

• [89.96.-175] two waterfalls on opposite sides of a large basin
• [-44.75.-227] small shortcut cave
• [110.84.-222] shortcut cave with underground lake
• [156.68.-171] large floater
• [190.67.-325] sugar
• [-7.65.-347] large flat beach

Images

At top, this is a large, towering spire located in the northeast corner. It marks the end of the crazy-high mountain range. At right, the same spire from the other angle.

Seed & Map: -1417652988

Special Achievements

• Premium! This seed has scored higher than 40 out of 70 in the overall score.
• Rolling! Higher than 8 out of 10 in hills and mountains.
• Abyssal! Higher than 8 out of 10 in deep water.
• Anseled! Higher than 8 out of 10 in awesome features.

Rating

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

Spawn Coordinates

8.85.-8

Seed Score MH 9.3 DW 8.1 C 7.1 W 3.1 SP 5.9 VR 6.3 AF 8.7     48.5

My Review

And here it is: the big mahoff (what's up, Philly!). This seed was so close to being legendary. If the overhang above was actually the mouth of a cave, I'd have five thousand people on this page right now. However, this score is well deserved. Throughout the whole map you're going to find interesting things to look at, plenty of resources, mountains that take ten minutes to cross, and even some deep water. This is the fifth highest-ranked level that I've reviewed so far and the second best score from an original seed.

Can't Miss

There's actually two of them for this level. First and foremost is the epic overhang that's creating the huge black void in the photograph above. You can find it at -179.94.-115. The second is the way-cool, super-tall lava fall at -345.65.213. This lava fall pours out of the top of a spire and can be seen at night like a lighthouse from great distances away. I would plop down a house here just so that if I'm killed and lose my map, I can easily find my way back home.

Items of Interest

Warning: the following list contains coordinates and descriptions of the majority of resources and other features in this seed. If you prefer to discover these things on your own, skip ahead to the final paragraph.

• [-106.66.-40] tall, branching waterfall (a unique landmark)
• [-179.78.-78] cliff-side hidi-hole
• [-179.94.-115] epic overhang casting a major shadow full of baddies
• [-186.87.-114] zombie cave
• [-179.89.-175] a deep basin
• [-242.76.-203] land bridge
• [132.66.-349] wolf
• [176.66.-310] medium gravel
• [207.65.-295] lava next to water to make obsidian
• [249.68.-300] massive gravel pit
• [326.69.-326] iron cave
• [359.65.238] sugar
• [-2.65.289] small sugar X2
• [-82.66.341] large clay
• [-188.67.335] cave
• [-352.69.366] suspicious pitfall, a perfect square (possible spawn?)
• [-328.66.262] epic cliffs
• [-345.65.213] tall lava fall pouring out of a spire
• [-339.68.169] large floater
• [-372.65.112] two small floaters
• [-374.81.-83] medium floater
• [-284.65.-61] pumpkins
• [-242.86.-2] dead drop
• [-213.67.36] small spire
• [-173.73.106] land bridge and large overhang
• [-129.74.158] large overhang
• [-79.72.201] coal, pumpkins, and exposed stone
• [-26.88.-158] shortcut cave in cliff
• [-63.74.-117] two small spires
• [-147.82.-122] large coal

Images

The first image is the one the stunner: a massive overhang that creates a huge shaded area full of zombies, spiders, and skeletons. All you see are these floating red eyes everywhere. I went on to play this level after I was done my review and I made a little house and used this area as a farm to agro-kite baddies out into the light to get lots of feathers and bones. Very effective.

The image right below that is of an epic land bridge that was just thick enough to shade the ground and leave me a skeleton to deal with. Finally, at right, you'll see two different shots of a beautiful tall lava fall that illuminates the spire it emanates from in the early morning hours of Minecraft. It's one of my most favorite things I've seen so far. BTW, the lava falls into water, making an inexhaustible supply of cobblestone.

Seed & Map: 100thseed

Special Achievements

• Rolling! Higher than 8 out of 10 in hills and mountains.

Rating

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

Spawn Coordinates

-142.65.57

Seed Score MH 8.7 DW 4.8 C 5.5 W 5.3 SP 3.1 VR 6.2 AF 3.9     37.5

My Review

So here it is: the seed I stayed up past my bedtime to post. This is my 100th seed and it was well worth the wait. You're looking at a lot of steep cliffs and about seven islands. There was a lot of visible coal in this level -- just walking around -- as well as some epic climbs that I had to do to finish the map. Some crazy stuff. Even though they're islands, I hope you enjoy hiking. The northwest is very flat, but the south is covered with steep hills and deep basins. Don't get caught down here after dark.

Items of Interest

Warning: the following list contains coordinates and descriptions of the majority of resources and other features in this seed. If you prefer to discover these things on your own, skip ahead to the final paragraph.

• [-57.72.-131] coal, iron, and a hidi-hole
• [-62.66.-159] mega coal deposit
• [-100.72.-255] coal up high along with an overhang
• [-13.66.-370] clay
• [117.74.-338] zombie sound
• [197.61.-316] huge shortcut cave with zombie sounds and coal
• [370.68.-289] hidi-hole
• [408.69.-266] open cave system, dead drop, deep cave with lots of resources
• [340.65.-83] lots of chickens and cows
• [341.65.-61] small clay
• [378.65.-33] medium clay
• [336.65.217] large cave, iron right inside mouth; coal nearby
• [303.67.256] small waterfall, sugar
• [324.67.262] red flower patch
• [305.70.280] yellow flower patch
• [262.73.332] two spires
• [197.72.303] thick forest
• [147.65.241] three tiny floaters
• [141.72.261] coal
• [108.83.278] hidi-hole with own waterfall
• [68.88.256] coal inside basin
• [64.75.287] shortcut cave with hidi-hole and coal
• [61.70.301] hidi-hole with coal
• [29.97.291] overhang and coal
• [42.83.369] land bridge with coal
• [16.67.421] medium hole in ground and nearby coal
• [-124.65.263] pumpkin
• [-130.65.273] medium cave with iron and coal
• [-178.74.343] yellow flower patch
• [-263.73.305] deep cave with iron and waterfall
• [-296.79.312] land bridge
• [-310.70.311] mega coal cave
• [-347.71.385] dead drop, dig down for secret cave
• [-387.67.346] gravel
• [-343.77.253] deep cave
• [-306.65.180] overhang
• [-312.66.131] waterfall
• [-339.41.93] multiple shortcut caves
• [-299.66.71] tiny lava fall
• [-319.70.71] hidi-hole with iron, red flowers, and coal
• [-361.68.-97] cute little hidi-hole
• [-374.68.-143] small hidi-hole
• [-348.72.-189] pitfall
• [-292.67.-177] a lone wolf and some gravel
• [-349.69.-345] overhangs and spire
• [-217.72.-294] waterfall flowing into a deep, cavernous cave with iron and coal right inside; block water to reveal.
• [-210.82.-248] shortcut cave and hidi-hole
• [-200.71.-355] open air cave complex
• [-185.67.-341] dead drop X2; deep caves
• [-182.70.-329] hidi-hole with tree
• [-172.90.-280] two hidi-holes
• [-150.72.-228] waterfall
• [-133.65.-197] floaters and coal
• [-55.72.-130] shortcut cave
• [15.66.-75] large gravel
• [120.67.6] sugar and then more sugar

Images

In the east, mountains are more remote so you can get a good look at (and avoid) them. This is not the case in the south of the map. At right, Sailfish Rock is a good example of what I mean by steep climbs. It could easily take you five minutes to climb this thing. Luckily, I just went around it.