Showing posts with label lapis lazuli. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lapis lazuli. Show all posts

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

Sunday, April 7, 2013

TU9 Seed & Map: 2jj8h

Total Score
25.2 / 30.0 ( 84.0% )
Awesome!
RIM Scores*
REAL 6.3 INT 8.9 MAG 10

*Each rating has a maximum value of 10.0

Rating

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

Technical Details

Seed Number: 4943 7602
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

My Review

This is absolutely an expert level. Beginners will be overwhelmed by the sheer complexity of the mountainous terrain in the south or get lost in the huge forest up north. When walking through forests and such, watch your step: there are multiple holes in the ground that are dead drops into ravines. You will plummet to your death if you're not paying attention.

This seed was so gorgeous. I kept taking photos and now they're everywhere. The above ground is all craggy and full of nooks and crannies. The underground is full of abandoned mineshafts. I was blown away by some of the stuff in this seed. Still not legendary, but no doubt one you'll want to see.

Above everything else is the decimated stronghold. I use the word "decimated" in it's traditional sense in that it's missing about 10% of the structures it should have -- cleaved in twain by an overzealous ravine. This thing is gorgeous, frustrating, and like something an artist would droop clocks onto.

Can't Miss #1

Thunder Dunk Lake [4.64.4] is a great place to go cliff diving. It's a lake surrounded by sheer cliffs on three of four sides. The photo doesn't really do it justice. When you're standing on the edge of it, it's truly amazing. There's simply no way to capture this thing with a single camera shot.

Can't Miss #2

So, the Ghost Library [-168.32.93] is part of the decimated stronghold. The walls and ceiling are missing. As a result, the chandelier is floating in mid-air. Combined with the cob webs, it reminded my of an old-time horror film. Since you have to come down here to find the ender portal anyway, you might as well swing by and pick up a book. Just don't stay too long -- lest something picks up you.

Nether

Sweet. Good open space and a fairly nice fortress. This is a nice one if you like to use glowstone.

Ender Portal

I spent no less than an hour searching endlessly for this stupid ender portal. However, I was unable to find it. I can't swear that it's not there, but I TNTd the entire complex and came up with nothing. My thought is that it may have been destroyed by the ravine that cuts the stronghold into pieces. I just wanted to put that idea out there so that if it turns out it's not there, you're not disappointed. I'm warning you in advance, there may not be an ender portal.



Villages

  • [325.74.260] village, x4 buildings, water well, blacksmith
  • [261.70.52] village, x1 building, guard tower, water well

Underground

  • [-106.32.75] tall lava fall
  • [-132.32.40] x3 gold
  • [-123.31.60] decimated stronghold
  • [-168.32.93] "Ghost Library"
  • [-120.30.87] another library
  • [-216.12.17] x4 diamonds
  • [-103.29.35] dungeon, skeletons, no chests
  • [-103.28.53] x4 gold
  • [-157.12.36] x8 diamonds
  • [-182.19.143] x5 lapis lazuli
  • [-102.42.-360] small abandoned mineshaft entrance
  • [-374.33.357] long underground ravine
  • [324.22.355] large ravine, lava shoot, offshoot caves, redstone!!

Above Ground

  • [369.60.287] dungeon, zombies, x2 chests
  • [105.68.364] medium flatland with pumpkins
  • [-233.78.-284] pumpkins
  • [-118.68.-383] ravine
  • [293.68.-52] huge flatland
  • [344.66.105] small ravine/pumpkins
  • [-61.65.157] dead drop into medium ravine
  • [-227.68.131] dead drop into large ravine, stronghold, abandoned mineshafts
  • [-59.81.62] nice shortcut cave
  • [217.71.-117] lava pit
  • [174.68.-16] dead drop into deep large ravine, Y=12, obsidian!!
  • [4.64.4] "Thunder Dunk" Lake
  • [-52.73.-43] medium erosion