My Mining Shack

I recently got back into Minecraft and decided I wanted to do things differently. Normally when I play I gather a little wood, make some tools and build a small mud hut to survive the night. This time I decided I'd myself a little house instead. I didn't really pick this location for any reason, got stuck here as night was falling so I deiced this would be the place. As I was waiting for morning I decided to dig down in a spiral pattern and ended up digging into a cave system. I'v been playing for about 10 hours so far and I'm stilling trying to clear out the massive cave system. Soon I'll start work on my main house, a viking inspired long house and later on maybe even a massive pyramid! 

Fount of house, I added a gravel walkway and some flowers. The Sign above the door reads " Tom's Mining Shack"

Inside of my shack, added some chests and a couple beds. The Trap door near the Crafting Table leads to my mine

Bed 1 Picture of the Moon

Bed 2 Picture of a Pig

My walkway looking out from the door of my Shack

New Texture Pack and Playing Skin

Image from http://www.planetminecraft.com/texture_pack/ozos-texture-pack/

After not having played Minecraft for a couple months when I came back I felt like a change, deciding to use a new texture pack and player skin. The texture pack I ended up choosing is called OzoCraft (http://www.planetminecraft.com/texture_pack/ozos-texture-pack/) and is a pretty damn epic pack! Not only does it change the textures of the game but it also includes some new freaky sounds (I swear I headed an Enderman whispering I love You). This is an extremely nice looking pack and I recommend it to anyone looking for a nice clean pack with a little hint of RPG elements.

As for my skin, I went with something basic yet awesome. Red the Pokemon Trainer.

Baby Chicken!

When i was sorting out my inventory, I noticed one Egg. I decided to get rid of it as it was just using up inventory space. Instead of destroying it I threw it at my sister (she was playing on my SP map at the time) and to my amazement it turned into a little chicken! This only has a 1/8 chance of happening and is the first time I have ever managed to spawn one!

(I didn't notice until after I took the screenshot that I was taunting the little chicken with its mothers burnt carcass....)

Extreme Hills Biome

While I was out collecting some Wood and Food I came across my first Extreme Hills Biome. As you can see from the pictures, these hills are a hot spot for the lighting bug. Unfortunately while I was exploring I didn't come across any Emerald Veins but I did manage to collect over a stack of raw Chicken and about half a stack of raw Pork Chops! These hills have to be some of the best scenery in Minecraft, so many vast hills to explore and build upon.

Those Pesky villagers...

As with every new world, I like to dig a tunnel down to level 12 (Y) in search of Diamonds! I build this tunnel into one of the village little houses (I live in the new Desert village). At night all the Villagers run indoors and as everyone knows. Unfortunately when they run into this house the go all the way down into my mine, and normally get lost. As i was exploring a random cave system, I found one of my Blacksmiths just waiting there staring at me. Then he followed me around and eventually got shot by a skeleton and died (arrow flew past me and hit him). 

Some Lucky Enchantments (Will be constantly updated)

In this post I will be posting screenshots of all the cool and rare Enchants I get (ones I'v never had before). They might not seem that interesting but Id like to keep a copy of all the Enchantments I'v managed to get and might never get again.

Jungle Temple

Today while I was out looking for some Squids so I could grab some Ink Sacks to make my first Book and Quill (Book of Truth By Solidsnake1945) I came across a Jungle. Curious as to what was inside I ventured onward. To my amazement I found this slightly hidden structure. The structure was a Jungle Temple! As there was no visible way in, I broke a hole in the roof and fell through.

The first thing I saw was a staircase leading down, I followed it into a chamber. On might left there were three switches, I ignored them and followed the tunnel to my right. As I was walking down the tunnel I was wondering if there was going to be any Tripwire within, as soon as this cross my mind an arrow went flying past me (somehow I managed to dodge it) and when I look down I saw I had tripped the wire. I collected them and went on (along with the Dispenser). As turned a corner I saw the chest and a Dispenser just behind it, this meant there had to be another Tripwire near by. It was just in front of the chest. Lucky I saw it before hand, destroyed it and the Dispenser and took them both.

After this I went back to check on those switches, being lazy I just mined my way through the stone with reviled a Chest, three Sticky Pistons, some Redstone and a Repeater. I took everything. The only thing of value in the Chests was about fifteen Gold Bars. I also took about two stacks of Moss Stone (unfortunately I ran out of space) hopefully Ill come across that temple again (for the Moss Stone) or find another with better loot.

This is what a Cocoa Pod looks like in Minecraft. The fully grown brown ones drop three Cocoa Beans. They also some in green and in various sizes.