Showing posts with label caves. Show all posts
Showing posts with label caves. Show all posts

Saturday, August 31, 2013

TU12 Seed & Map: asprushya

Total VRIM Score
26.8 / 40.0 ( 67.0% )
Individual Scores (MAX: 10.0)
VIS 7.5 REAL 4.0 INT 6.5 MAG 8.8

Photos
Map

Friday, May 24, 2013

TU9 Seed & Map: shellacked

Total Score
26.9 / 30.0 ( 89.7% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL 9.1 INT 10 MAG 7.8


Rating

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

Technical Details

Seed Number: 5999 9928
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

I was playing Call of Duty yesterday and I went 34-1, with the final kill coming in the last ten seconds of gameplay from a lightning strike. That was what we in the industry refer to as a shellacking. Past tense: they were shellacked.

Notes

"shellacked" is, without question, one of the most stunning and amazing seeds I've found in the TU9 era. Above ground, there are some amazing gorges, cliffs, and extreme hills. Below, there are ravines piled on top of each other and mixed with caves in such a way that you can't discern which are is ravine and which is cavern. The nether has one of the biggest nether fortresses I've ever seen. All the way around, this one is a must play.

Can't Miss

"The Blue Cave" is a stunning and confusing place. Basically, it's the convergence of four ravines and two separate cave systems, all of which have dug out the bottom so it's just a vast expanse full of waterfalls and lava floors. It's beautiful, but you can easily get lost in this thing, so brings signs or something to help you. I picked the entrance that is the least confusing and used it as the coordinates below, but there are dozens of ways to get into this thing -- some of which break through directly onto the surface.

Video

Villages

  • [-139.70.308] flooded village, x3 buildings, guard tower, water well

Underground

  • [326.41.-200] medium underground ravine
  • [-324.29.-149] x7 gold
  • [-315.15.-187] One of the entrances to "The Blue Cave"
  • [-14.37.-113] large underground ravine
  • [44.31.24] library
  • [29.34.1] ender portal, x1 eye

Above Ground

  • [-170.65.271] large ravine
  • [-241.113.-353] tall mountain
  • [-160.90.-317] tall waterfall
  • [-116.114.-331] epic cliffs
  • [152.66.-337] lava pit
  • [270.64.-316] stunning lava fall cave
  • [224.65.357] expert level cave, two pitfall, head down for ravine with lava floor
  • [-26.65.75] lava pit

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Video: Awesome Cave on At85

So, here's a quick video tour of the awesome cave I found on At85. Hope you enjoy!

Monday, May 13, 2013

TU9 Seed & Map: At85

Total Score
18.5 / 30.0 ( 61.7% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL 4.8 INT 10.0 MAG 3.7


Rating

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

Technical Details

Seed Number: 204 9680
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

Astatine is an element on the periodic table. Its abbreviation is At and its atomic number is 85.

Notes

There is a cave system in this seed that you absolutely must see. It is crazy huge and you can make it down to Y=12 with very little effort. In addition, there is a really cool village that has a cave in the middle of town right next to the well.

Villages

  • [20.70.38] village, x8 buildings, guard tower, water well, deep cave in middle of town, head down for abandoned mineshaft

Underground

  • [295.25.422] dungeon, skeleton, x1 chest
  • [310.15.416] obsidian, x4 red stone
  • [21.27.8] dungeon, spider
  • [77.26.-39] x9 lapis
  • [20.29.-42] x6 gold
  • [54.30.182] x3 gold, x1 chest
  • [-4.13.138] mini lake of fire, huge red stone collection
  • [90.24.189] ender portal with one eye orb

Above Ground

  • [-250.65.370] awesome deep cave complex
  • [-342.67.-245] medium ravine
  • [-389.70.-274] small erosion
  • [132.65.-311] medium flat grassland
  • [205.65.-316] lava pit
  • [316.73.-343] medium ravine
  • [380.69.-149] pumpkins
  • [344.82.182] small flat floater
  • [328.78.384] dig down for deep cave
  • [131.74.-62] small erosion
  • [-172.62.-249] one of the best great cave systems I've ever seen
  • [153.66.-191] small ravine
  • [108.64.-22] medium cave

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

TU9 Seed & Map: iodicacid

Total Score
29.1 / 30.0 ( 97.0% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL 9.1 INT 10 MAG 10


Rating

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

Technical Details

Seed Number: 103 079 3813
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

A ubiquitous chemical compound used in chemistry labs around the world.

Notes

For the love of James Lipton, people, I finally found it. My very first TU9 legendary seed. This thing is AMAZING. Let's start at The End and work our way backwards. The End requires only the building of a minor bridge over to the battlefield and you're there. Very easy. Then we have the Nether. It's a lone nether fortress completely surrounded by lava and unattached to any terrain. It's stunning.

The underground I didn't really have a lot of time to get into because the topside is so stunning.

So here it is. The topside. The map shows you a long, boomerang-shaped island covered in mountains. And I mean covered. There's a primary forest in the northeast and southeast corners that are small enough not to be a nuisance but big enough to supply all of your building supplies. Then, there's a really nice, flat desert due north. Finally, everything else is craggy, scarry, shady super-rocks. Cliffs. Waterfalls pouring into the lake. Some small and medium sized floaters. The rest is just Y=120 nightmare crags. Buttes, ranges, and basins galore. The shaded areas are stunning and there are plenty of them -- as evidenced by the photos above.

This is an ABSOLUTE must play.

Villages

  • [113.86.-387] village, x10 buildings, water well

Underground

  • [-262.44.145] medium lava fall, waterfall, and ravine
  • [134.31.15] x8 gold
  • [148.33.31] library, no upstairs
  • [158.38.-12] ender portal, x2 eye orbs (don't set up nether portal here)

Above Ground

  • [229.64.-98] cool small cave
  • [370.78.-37] huge overhang
  • [353.91.44] medium floater
  • [369.86.197] dark cave
  • [121.77.212] perfect mushroom island
  • [194.90.76] waterfall cliffs
  • [172.86.22] small floater
  • [61.82.-212] small overhang
  • [19.72.-191] large land bridge
  • [-61.82.-227] x2 land bridges
  • [-372.95.-295] x2 huge overhangs
  • [-284.89.136] large mushroom island
  • [402.100.178] best nether portal spot