TU9 Seed & Map: waketraveler

Total Score
14.8 / 30.0 ( 49.3% )
RIM Scores*
REAL	9.8	INT	2.4	MAG	2.6

*Each rating has a maximum value of 10.0

Rating

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

Technical Details

Seed Number: -458171669
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

My Review

This level is an icy cesspool. As far as the eye can see, the view is as white as the side of an egg. Most of the board has no trees and then all of a sudden, there's a forest so thick you can barely walk through it. There are ravines everywhere. One minute you're walking along looking at your map and the next you're plummeting through darkness to your doom. If there was one bright spot, it's in the southwest corner of the map where a hot spring has birthed a small patch of green. Play this one at your own risk.

Above Ground

• [-333.64.-276] snowy medium ravine
• [-337.66.-10] warm mountain valley
• [-389.41.77] large black ravine
• [-410.70.116] lone water well
• [-337.65.209] medium ravine
• [-337.76.348] Ice Bay
• [333.67.307] medium cave
• [320.64.270] lava pit
• [361.64.-214] medium erosion
• [-41.64.-199] medium dark ravine
• [-110.71.189] deep cave dive
• [40.64.-27] archway
• [185.66.-32] lava pit
• [12.91.157] medium floater

1.8.2 Seed & Map: principleprincipal

Total Score
46.9 / 170.0 ( 27.6% )
Ratings
FLAT	7.3	V	2.4	M/H	4.8
RAV	5.3	C	4.1	AMS	--
HOLD	--	DW	4.8	OH	1.1
LB	1.9	FLOAT	1.7	SHADE	2.9
W	4.1	CLAY	--	LAVA	3.3
WF	2.1	LF	1.1

Rating

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

Technicals

Seed Number: 1547823666
Version: XBL 1.8.2 (equiv PC 1.2)

Etymology

In a world full of principals, it is the principle principal who rules them all. He may not be the principal principal, but he is without question the principal of his principles. This unquestionable truth is known as the Principal Principle.

My Review

Lots of underground to take a look at in this one. There are plenty of lava pits and a really large village. You're going to need a lot of diamond swords to protect this one. Finding resources was no sweat and I also discovered several underwater features that instantly made this one of my favorites.

One of the most interesting features of this map is at -335.42.272. It's a dual ravine system where one ravine is basically sitting on top of the second. Digging through the floor of the first ravine is dangerous, so don't forget where you're standing.

Map

The southeast corner is a swamp on the surface, but a vast underground network below. This level is mostly a huge hunk of desert, but luckily the arctic north of the map contains lots of trees and caves.

Villages

• [56.67.-12] village, 8 houses and water well
• [324.70.-171] abandoned water well
• [37.70.276] abandoned water well
• [-173.68.273] abandoned water well

Underground

• [381.66.247] deep cave, safe entrance Y=12
• [382.64.226] same deep cave, cave dive entrance Y=12
• [372.14.221] x6 red stone
• [401.12.224] x4 lapis, x4 red stone, x7 diamonds
• [395.14.253] x2 diamonds
• [398.14.285] x2 lapis
• [414.12.284] iron, coal, and red stone
• [-183.12.-417] x1 diamond, x6 red stone
• [-344.20.277] lower underground ravine, x5 lapis, Y=12
• [-335.42.272] upper underground ravine with one block floor to lower ravine
• [237.19.-105] deep, forked ravine with lapis and coal, Y=12
• [177.24.-100] x7 gold

Above Ground

• [213.79.319] small swamp
• [197.59.332] hidden deep cave
• [355.94.-119] small frosty forest
• [87.69.-207] lava pit
• [23.95.-314] thick icy forest
• [-150.64.-402] dig straight down for cave system
• [-377.56.-353] small underwater land bridge; swim under island
• [-326.66.-112] underwater cave entrance
• [-346.68.76] lava pit
• [-320.66.235] small land bridge
• [-356.43.251] deep lake; dig down in bottom
• [-302.70.259] small waterfall
• [-264.98.261] tall cliff dive
• [-291.76.312] a river running through desert
• [-81.66.287] hidden lava pit
• [-96.74.237] lava pit
• [-16.74.395] pumpkins
• [-119.65.-122] two small transecting ravines
• [-188.81.203] medium floater

Images

Just the one image: what you're looking at is the snow-covered floor of the first ravine at the point where it is transected by the lower intersecting ravine. The lava that can be seen in this shot is not the lava at Y=12.

Seed & Map: bucketsoflava

Rating

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

Spawn and Version

Spawn: -40.66.-22
Version: XBL 1.1.1 (equiv Beta 1.7.3)

Seed Score MH 2.8 DW 5.5 C 5.2 W 5.3 SP 4.1 VR 2.5 AF 3.7     29.1

My Review

This seed is all about where you get spawned. The west side of this map is a frozen hunk of ice, though it does contain a lot of trees. The east side of the map, however, is a lush island paradise and highly recommended. This is one of the flatter maps I've ever traversed. Had it not been for the swimming, I would have finished this map in record time. And even swimming to the islands wasn't too bad because there are rocks and sandbars along the way, so really in terms of navigation, this seed plays quite nicely.

Items of Interest

• [-374.65.-216] hidi-hole
• [-125.83.-308] shortcut cave
• [-28.82.-388] large hidi-hole
• [331.66.339] a wolf pit
• [361.66.367] lava pit
• [-57.65.370] an eye-shaped medium land bridge
• [-340.65.-8] large land bridge with waterfall
• [-313.65.0] lava pit with nearby water for obsidian generator
• [134.65.69] large clay on a medium-sized flat beach
• [112.64.-62] hidden medium cave

Images

This land bridge is pouring water onto the frozen sea that runs underneath it. I can't recall seeing anything like that before. If you look very closely at the image, you can make out a small, low-hanging floater in the background.

Seed: roflmao

Rating

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

Spawn and Version

Spawn: -210.73.62
Version: XBL 1.1.1 (equiv Beta 1.7.3)

Seed Score MH 3.2 DW 6.1 C 5.8 W 4.0 SP 2.8 VR 4.1 AF 2.1     28.1

My Review

It may seem odd that this seed wasn't regarded as suicidal, however, only the northern and eastern portions of this map are frozen. The other parts are just barren, grassy hills and lots and lots of deep water. There are trees, but they're on the edges. I will say this, though, the caves in this level are awesome (especially the deep hole that I confirmed goes down to Y=12 and gold) and finding resources isn't too big a deal. If you want an easy go of it, think south and west; a challenge, head north and east.

Items of Interest

• [-173.72.-126] deep hole down to Y=12, gold
• [-204.73.-11] shortcut cave
• [-38.73.-107] lava pit and forest fire
• [34.71.-114] deep pitfall cave
• [50.70.-64] suspiciously thin hidi-hole ravine with iron
• [50.65.176] large clay
• [-145.76.-225] deep dead drop cave

Images

It gets a bit chilly in the east; bring some leather armor to keep you "warm".

Seed: sqrt(-1) love you!

Special Achievements

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

Rating

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

Spawn and Version

Spawn: 145.73.20
Version: XBL 1.1.1 (equiv Beta 1.7.3)

Seed Score MH 8.7 DW 3.1 C 4.2 W 3.9 SP 4.2 VR 4.4 AF 6.9     35.4

Etymology

Occasionally, when a message comes on top of the main menu screen, I'll plug it in just to see if it gives me anything. Nine times out of ten, I get nothing. However, in this case, I struck gold. Well, rock... actually. Anyway, thanks Minecraft for your thoughtful suggestion.

When typing in this seed name, don't forget the spaces and the exclamation point.

My Review

If I only had three words to describe this level, they would be: very tall mountains. And I would put emphasis on the word "very" to make sure you knew I was serious. From the top of any of several mountain peaks cresting well above Y=100, you can see many caves and large overhangs throughout the central section of the map. This map does have it's fair share of icy areas, so don't think this seed is going to make it easy on you. Quite the contrary, you should expect a pleasant welcome for advanced users and a kick in the shins if you're a noob.

Items of Interest

• [163.109.20] tallest peak on the seed
• [160.72.-1] large coal
• [242.72.18] medium waterfall and two large tabletop land bridges
• [251.82.38] large tabletop overhang
• [249.101.129] sound of skeletons
• [278.73.128] cave full of zombies and some pumpkins
• [286.71.127] large overhang/land bridge
• [317.65.128] medium waterfall

Images

From the top of this mountain peak, you can get a clear view of the large tabletop overhang below and a small cave system that scratches the surface of a neighboring mountain. At right, even though the level has a lot of snow, there are plenty of green spots to break up the monotony.

Seed & Map: moonbeam

Rating

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

Spawn and Version

Spawn: 101.65.39
Version: XBL 1.1.1 (equiv Beta 1.7.3)

Seed Score MH 4.7 DW 1.6 C 4.9 W 1.8 SP 1.2 VR 2.1 AF 4.9     21.2

My Review

This is not a seed; this is a depressing frozen ice box that the Devil uses to store his frozen foods. Most of the caves are flooded and there are very few trees. You know that a seed is suicidal when, while backing up to take a photograph of a massive shaded land bridge full of creepers you are descended upon by creepers -- holding the Devil's fish sticks -- living in the massive shaded cave behind you, who want to know if you have a permit to film in this location. If you insist on seeing this carnage, the southeast corner has all the formations. Avoid.

Caves

• [156.65.177] short cut cave with zombie sounds
• [120.65.227] deep cave
• [207.74.51] medium cave
• [210.72.-320] medium cave with underground waterfall
• [-363.73.202] medium cave

Other Items of Interest

• [22.65.-110] small flat snow
• [95.65.-331] large flat beach
• [321.71.54] lava pit
• [317.70.213] pumpkins
• [320.70.13] small basin
• [337.73.-300] lava pit
• [374.73.249] deep hole pit
• [-21.79.274] pumpkins
• [-19.65.-303] medium clay
• [-49.65.332] large clay under snow
• [-69.73.210] lava pit
• [-212.80.-359] medium coal
• [-249.78.349] massive land bridge/overhang, pumpkins
• [-338.67.343] large shadowy overhang
• [-300.75.235] pumpkins
• [-332.71.137] deep dead drop hole
• [-394.77.36] two small floaters
• [-326.65.-92] deep cave and tiny flatland
• [-344.65.-161] medium sugar

Images

The scar that rips through this rock formation is full of shadows and creepers. It's actually a series of land bridges that act as one umbrella above the terrain. You can find it at -249.78.349. At right, this is a less imposing but equally scenic overhang.

Seed & Map: joeypouch

Rating

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

Spawn Coordinates

-78.66.0

Seed Score MH 3.7 DW 5.8 C 4.2 W 4.2 SP 2.8 VR 3.1 AF 1.9     25.7

My Review

Well, the good and bad of this level is that you're trading trees for lava pits. There are no less than three lava pits on this level. The trees are located in the extreme south and east parts of the map; the rest of the map is barren and mostly made of ice. Patches of snowy wasteland and dried-up desert make this a seed that's best left to experienced adventurers looking for a challenge.

Items of Interest

• [-2.73.-89] skeleton cave
• [36.71.-144] hidden cave
• [82.65.-180] large sugar
• [34.65.-274] yellow flower patch and sugar
• [-67.65.-361] medium coal
• [-109.65.-344] small flatland
• [-236.71.336] pumpkins
• [-262.70.-322] lava pit
• [-249.65.-53] hidi-hole with iron
• [-207.75.338] two hidi-holes with coal
• [-64.77.323] thick forest
• [148.72.339] small overhang with waterfall
• [273.74.125] lava pit
• [318.76.-237] deep pitfall hole with lava fall and waterfall; access down to Y=41
• [340.71.-368] pumpkins
• [222.70.-393] coal and small overhang
• [157.65.-330] small lava pit
• [202.75.26] pumpkins
• [88.65.166] small gravel and sugar
• [-152.73.150] huge flat grassland

Images

At top, this small cove has eroded away some of the neighboring hillside. As for the image at right, this is a very interesting cave. Firstly, there's a waterfall that will take you all the way to the bottom -- past, as it turns out, a lava fall. Conveniently, you can make it all the way to the bottom and then back up by swimming the waterfall. However, the bottom is just a hole. There's no cave. So you'll need tools and stuff to make this thing useful.

Seed & Map: alicesprings

Special Achievements

• Abyssal! Higher than 8 out of 10 in deep water.

Rating

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

Spawn Coordinates

-49.65.23

Seed Score MH 1.7 DW 8.4 C 2.9 W 1.8 SP 1.6 VR 1.4 AF 1.7     19.5

My Review

In the grand sport that is "Suicidal Minecraft", this seed has a real chance of making it into the hall of fame. The sixth worst seed I have ever found, this map is a flat, icy, barren disaster. If your mother told me she was an active member of the Nazi party, I would still not recommend this seed to her. You have to swim... everywhere. There is one island, due east, that is full of trees. If you quarantined yourself to this island you may have a chance to eek out a miserable existence. Leave the island and you'll find nothing but tears.

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.

• [-110.71.40] some icy pumpkins
• [-217.70.172] pitfall shortcut cave
• [-364.69.301] small cave, zombie sounds from behind rear wall, and a waterfall
• [-370.74.-56] pumpkins
• [-292.65.-134] hidden lava pit
• [-343.66.-208] hidden lava pit with iron
• [-283.73.-358] hidi-hole and shortcut cave
• [-234.71.-327] mushrooms
• [210.66.-365] large spire and sugar
• [289.65.-349] small gravel and wolves
• [337.71.-39] pitfall hole
• [302.65.175] wolf pack
• [67.71.326] pumpkins
• [58.66.-159] medium clay

Images

You know what grows here? Rocky, barren spires.

Seed: [27]

Rating

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

Spawn Coordinates

129.65.-137

Seed Score MH 4.5 DW 4.1 C 3.9 W 1.3 SP 4.4 VR 5.8 AF 2.1     26.1

My Review

Continuing with my ground-breaking series of bracketed number seeds, "[27]" turned out to be something of a letdown until I found the obsidian generator featured in the above photo. Then, I felt vindicated. Assume that "[28]" will be coming shortly. Most of this level is an ice world, though it has more trees, caves, and visible resources than the other two ice worlds I posted earlier so it's a little easier and not so barren. Still, this world is probably best left to the experts.

Items of Interest

• [207.70.-89] deep cave with iron
• [359.70.-53] the obsidian generator lava pit with nearby sugar
• [272.72.77] skeleton cave
• [192.65.96] iron
• [155.65.144] medium cave

Images

This lava pit, located at 359.70.-53, has a large quantity of nearby water to generate plenty of obsidian for all your nether needs.

Seed: somethingawful

Rating

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

Spawn Coordinates

0.65.-9

Seed Score MH 3.7 DW 2.9 C 3.5 W 3.2 SP 1.2 VR 5.7 AF 1.4     21.6

My Review

When I dreamed up this seed name, I thought maybe I'd find a level with lots of day-creepers in it. I did not think I'd find Ireland in January. This is an icy, frozen world with only the occasional patch of green. In fact, in looking at the map, I would say that this world is half frozen icy barren nothing and half grassy flowered barren nothing. An awful spawn with nothing to see, this seed is only suitable for people with serious mental instabilities.

Items of Interest

• [-49.75.72] medium cave
• [-135.74.58] large hidi-hole
• [-155.78.53] medium cave complex
• [-196.75.33] waterfall cave
• [-300.73.34] shortcut cave
• [-372.74.234] skeleton sounds and hidi-hole

Images

Look at this image: this is not the kind of place where you want to spend the afternoon; this is the kind of place where you want to send your excess prisoners.

Seed & Map: megamountain

Rating

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

Spawn Coordinates

-36.65.-21

Seed Score MH 5.5 DW 4.2 C 3.7 W 0.3 SP 2.1 VR 3.2 AF 1.7     20.7

My Review

This is quite possibly the hardest level you could play. Why? Because if you look closely at the map, there are about three trees in the northeast corner, two trees in the southwest corner, and NOTHING in between but snow and death. I can't imagine the horror that would be this level on anything other than creative. This was second worst of the day only because the vast frozen gulf is easy to walk across and the resources (coal, iron) are easily found. This is the kind of level where even torches are a waste of good wood. My advice: make one torch and just keep moving it around with you. The only person who could be happy in a place like this would have to be related to Jor-El.

Items of Interest

Warning: The following is a list of landmarks located around this map. If you prefer to discover these things for yourself, do not read this list and skip ahead to the final paragraph.

• [-312.67.-17] OMG, there's color! It's a red flower patch
• [-336.65.47] dead drop, careful where you step
• [-224.65.180] hidden cave with coal and an underground waterfall
• [-263.76.283] wolf cave
• [-278.70.338] lava pit
• [377.65.275] wolf pack
• [369.73.237] pitfall
• [359.67.218] multi-cave system with underground waterfall
• [274.70.197] shortcut cave
• [204.65.113] lava pit
• [354.74.-43] red flowers
• [344.67.-102] coal
• [364.69.-166] hidi-hole
• [323.69.-184] overhang
• [315.79.-229] shortcut cave X2 with coal
• [345.83.-400] huge pumpkin patch
• [230.70.-307] waterfall
• [7.74.-398] red flower patch
• [-18.70.-407] hidi-hole
• [-64.73.-376] coal cave
• [-339.70.-342] deep cave with lava, iron surrounded by a huge collection of cattle and sheep
• [116.65.-61] coal hidi-hole

Images

At top, an interesting overhang formation in the middle of this mountain range. You can find it at 323.69.-184. At right, this is the view from where I spawned. I was looking... at this. I didn't even realize the board had loaded yet until I started looking around for something else. AND THERE WASN'T ANY ELSE!

Seed: fallingwater

Rating

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

Spawn Coordinates

73.70.409

Seed Score MH 4.1 DW 2.4 C 4.3 W 2.1 SP 1.2 VR 1.9 AF 1.3     17.3

My Review

If you're expecting a grand waterfall pouring off a beautiful overhang in some scenic marvel that quenches your thirst for eye candy, you're gonna be sorely disappointed. This was the worst seed of the day -- not because I didn't find a single waterfall, mind you, but because this seed is openly hostile and inhospitable in every sense of the word. In order to survive, I had to kill and slice open a tauntaun. There is snow everywhere and trees have all but vanished. I was pretty sure the game had simply glitched out. If you want to cry, jack this puppy up on survival mode and kiss your ass goodbye.

Items of Interest

• [55.72.300] zombie sounds
• [60.73.89] hidi-hole
• [84.70.-21] deep zombie cave
• [35.73.-26] the only green on the board; this is not a waterfall... this mountain is taking a piss on your leg
• [73.71.-96] small overhang

Images

Yeah, that was my spawn. I didn't have too many expectations after that.

Seed: boozeoverice

Rating

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

Spawn Coordinates

-12.88.122

Seed Score MH 4.1 DW 2.4 C 7.9 W 2.3 SP 3.1 VR 4.8 AF 2.4     27.0

My Review

What are the odds that a seed with the word "ice" in the name would be a frozen world devoid of fun and charm? Ironically, this was not at the bottom of the list today because it scored quite highly in the caves department. I didn't find many caves, mind you, but the ones I did find exceeded my expectations. This is clearly a level with many deep holes that you might find while digging just in random places. This is not a level for beginners.

Items of Interest

• [57.70.117] massive hole, bring many ladders
• [91.67.159] hidi-hole
• [119.65.245] I don't know why, but this completely frozen lake just kind of struck me as interesting.
• [155.71.278] a shortcut cave
• [178.63.263] a nice iron deposit
• [175.65.137] a sugarcane patch you could see from across the board
• [169.68.95] a medium cave
• [143.66.60] hidi-hole

Images

The image at top is of a frozen river running through the level past the only overhang I was able to find.

Seed: roniniscreative

Rating

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

Spawn Coordinates

87.67.273

Seed Score MH 5.3 DW 1.9 C 2.4 W 3.1 SP 3.7 VR 4.0 AF 3.3     23.7

My Review

This seed is a frozen wasteland that offers very little in the way of resources -- like trees or coal. There are some good caves full of enemies and also some wolves about.

Items of Interest

• [182.65.227] dual caves full of coal and iron
• [319.61.126] this is a crazy pitfall cave that plummets straight down. A huge challenge for anyone who's into spelunking.
• [383.70.112] a cool lava fall
• [364.77.133] a cave full of skeletons
• [288.69.-39] Wolf Cave, so named because of a nearby wolf pack that kept visiting the area.

Image Coordinates

The image at the top is looking south from my spawn point at one of the only interesting set of formations on the whole board. At right, this is a view looking south at a spot near where I spawned. There are these two microspires that stick up out of the water that I thought were interesting.

Seed: russianmustanganus

Rating

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

Spawn Coordinates

88.74.-3

Seed Score MH 3.7 DW 7.1 C 2.1 W 5.1 SP 2.1 VR 1.3 AF 2.2     23.6

My Review

This seed is as cold as, well, the anus of a Russian mustang. It has some trees, but they are hell and gone from where I spawned. This seed is a trek: an archipelago with not-so-frozen water that requires a lot of swimming. Getting to and from resources like coal and iron is going to be a bear. Beyond that, not much is interesting. I did find an island that was literally infested with sheep. I'm not sure if that's always going to be the case, but I'll include the coords for Sheep Island anyway.

Items of Interest

• [212.69.-100] hidi-hole
• [253.70.-136] a deep cave and a shortcut cave near each other
• [191.65.-285] Sheep Island

Image Coordinates

A four corners shot from the spawn point that shows how some islands are flat and worthless while still others are round and mountainous. It's an interesting mix. The photo at right is of... well... sheep! You can visit them at 191.65.-285.