Showing posts with label spider web islands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spider web islands. Show all posts

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Seed & Map: E=mc2

Rating

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

Spawn and Version

Spawn: 35.84.191
Version: XBL 1.1.1 (equiv Beta 1.7.3)

Seed Score
MH 5.5
DW 7.3
C 6.3
W 4.8
SP 3.3
VR 6.2
AF 5.1
    38.5

Etymology

Einstein's famous equation (known as the Mass–energy equivalence) is the stuff of legend. It allows physicists to explain mathematically the resting potential energy of any object and links energy with mass -- a theory which at the time was revolutionary. Little known fact, E=mc2 is not the entire equation... only the part that people remember. The full equation adds a term that incorporates the energy at rest. However, when I tried the full equation, I was not impressed, so I used the one we all know and it worked great.

A reminder -- the "E" in the above seed name is capitalized. Obviously, since the Xbox doesn't do superscript, the "squared" is just a "2".

My Review

This was a really nice level. There are many interesting features to see above ground, some interesting caves and complexes to explore, and a higher-than-average amount of resources floating around for the taking. But beyond that, the one thing this level will probably become known for are the really cool bays, coves, and inlets that are scattered everywhere -- especially the islands. I spawned in a tree; while usually a harbinger of good wood, the forests in this level are a patchwork mostly confined to the northwest island and the spider-web archipelago. This seed as a ton of sugar. The barren and icy-cold northwest portion of the map is the only major flaw in this otherwise excellent seed.

Video

This seed appears in episode two of my groundbreaking Xbox Minecraft seed tourism series, This Old Seed. In this video, I show you how to get into the underwater hole at -59.65.370.

Sugar and Clay Deposits

  • [16.65.39] medium sugar
  • [-115.65.-49] medium sugar
  • [-189.66.-122] small sugar
  • [-99.66.-246] small sugar
  • [-351.65.-342] small clay
  • [209.65.-304] small clay, collapsing sand
  • [73.65.-102] small clay
  • [313.66.206] mega clay deposit
  • [-402.65.84] small clay

Other Items of Interest

  • [0.67.67] small hidi-hole
  • [3.68.57] medium coal
  • [4.65.39] deep cave with waterfall and skeletons
  • [-287.65.-225] deep pitfall look suspiciously like a zombie spawn in stone, but I had no pickaxe and there were no sounds
  • [-358.68.-275] small cave complex with zombie sounds
  • [244.67.-258] tall waterfall, medium floater, sheer cliffs, and coal
  • [311.70.-249] large coal in cliff face
  • [160.65.-195] small land bridge, small floater, small coal
  • [305.68.259] really nice small cove
  • [376.70.344] pumpkins
  • [265.69.350] large spire
  • [-11.67.340] medium gravel
  • [-53.65.364] cool bay, good place to dock a pirate ship
  • [-59.65.370] deep, underwater hole with iron, coal, and medium lava fall leading to a large underground cave system
  • [-254.65.311] wolves
  • [-396.65.194] lava pit and ocean equals obsidian
  • [-362.72.-167] shortcut cave with medium waterfall pouring out of it
  • [-323.68.-265] small cave
  • [-330.72.-96] medium coal
  • [-303.72.57] medium lava pit
  • [-12.73.101] small lava pit
  • [-11.77.128] medium lava fall
  • [-37.18.374] diamonds, obsidian generator, and red stone

Images

From underneath, this cluster of overhangs and land bridges scar the sky. The sheer cliff walls on either side create a valley that houses (among other things) a waterfall and a thick forest. At right, this is a medium-sized cave complex. At foot (out of frame) is a pitfall cave and there are some good coal spots in here.

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Seed & Map: zookeeper

Special Achievements

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

Rating

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

Spawn Coordinates

43.67.-102

Seed Score
MH 4.3
DW 8.6
C 3.7
W 2.9
SP 6.2
VR 6.0
AF 4.8
    36.5

My Review

This dirty archipelago has fantastic deep water and several flatland locations for villages or large houses. You're going to find many tiny islands about, including a tiny island with a lava pit due north on the map that's custom made for generating obsidian. In the western part of the map, you'll find a medium-sized desert, but the rest of the map is well-balanced.

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.

  • [174.72.-7] shortcut cave complex
  • [270.65.6] flat beach
  • [368.70.-146] shortcut cave with deep cave within
  • [383.69.-145] massive spire
  • [359.65.50] medium floater and small spire
  • [365.70.78] zombie sounds
  • [188.65.200] sugar
  • [346.68.372] medium waterfall
  • [293.70.372] hidi-hole and shortcut cave
  • [56.67.292] medium clay
  • [-34.65.330] large sugar
  • [-206.66.342] large clay
  • [-376.65.225] medium flatland
  • [-276.66.-181] small gravel
  • [-175.65.-317] hidi-hole with iron
  • [-26.65.-338] small lava pit island with nearby water for obsidian
  • [118.65.-341] small clay
  • [153.65.-330] medium flatland
  • [280.72.-204] small moon-shaped ravine
  • [-153.66.175] medium clay
  • [-43.67.180] medium clay
  • [-12.65.142] medium flatland beach

Images

This was the first of three seeds that had truly large hanging floaters. This one looks like it was sheered off of it's neighboring rock by some supernatural force. At right, this is a massive spire that is so big you could live on top of the thing. A perfect place to set up a house to weather the storms of nightly enemies. You can wrap a stairwell around this puppy at 383.69.-145.

Seed: touristtrap

Rating

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

Spawn Coordinates

-38.65.91

Seed Score
MH 3.7
DW 5.2
C 3.3
W 2.5
SP 4.9
VR 5.5
AF 1.8
    26.9

My Review

This seed features a series of spider web islands connected by sandbars surrounded by a large land mass. I found a large quantity of visible resources -- including some medium iron deposits. Beyond that, you're going to find there's more water than land and the area where I spawned was a really good one. Not for noobs, but fine for everyone else.

Items of Interest

  • [-83.65.123] tiny lava fall
  • [-63.65.307] medium clay
  • [-204.71.371] hidden cave with coal
  • [-329.83.303] two medium caves
  • [-364.76.259] shortcut caves
  • [-311.67.102] wolves

Images

Technically, it's the smallest, lowest floater in the history of Minecraft. And I got a photo of it. Suck it, National Geographic!