Minecraft

[MacIronhawk]

I really need some advice here on a project I've been working on.

I'm trying to build an underground city and I was lucky enough to find a huge cave system and as of right now I've got about a third of it all the way to the bed rock. I'm not too worried about connecting the rest of the mines to make one big cube but here's where I'm starting to get worried. I want to build it tall, essentially tall enough so that the top will actually start to fade away in the fog so that I could put black blocks on the ceiling to make it look pitch black. I've gone from bed rock to the tallest mine and that's only about 32 blocks tall. What's a fast way to clear out an area of about 200 by 500 from the surface without spending a good hundred hours? I've already fallen to my death a good four times, too.

P.S. If you're wondering how many diamonds I've found in this mine, it's about 50 in just the past week.

[Stephen O'Malley]

Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

I'm trying to build an underground city and I was lucky enough to find a huge cave system and as of right now I've got about a third of it all the way to the bed rock. I'm not too worried about connecting the rest of the mines to make one big cube but here's where I'm starting to get worried. I want to build it tall, essentially tall enough so that the top will actually start to fade away in the fog so that I could put black blocks on the ceiling to make it look pitch black. I've gone from bed rock to the tallest mine and that's only about 32 blocks tall. What's a fast way to clear out an area of about 200 by 500 from the surface without spending a good hundred hours? I've already fallen to my death a good four times, too.

If you're staying vanilla, a ton of TNT.

If not, MCEdit is a great tool.

[Swash]

Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

I really need some advice here on a project I've been working on.

I'm trying to build an underground city and I was lucky enough to find a huge cave system and as of right now I've got about a third of it all the way to the bed rock. I'm not too worried about connecting the rest of the mines to make one big cube but here's where I'm starting to get worried. I want to build it tall, essentially tall enough so that the top will actually start to fade away in the fog so that I could put black blocks on the ceiling to make it look pitch black. I've gone from bed rock to the tallest mine and that's only about 32 blocks tall. What's a fast way to clear out an area of about 200 by 500 from the surface without spending a good hundred hours? I've already fallen to my death a good four times, too.

P.S. If you're wondering how many diamonds I've found in this mine, it's about 50 in just the past week.

There isn't any way to get through that many blocks without digging it out yourself. If your interested in using mods, get Single player commands and just select 2 points and replace all the blocks in between to air. If your going to be doing this legit, TNT is the only viable solution. If your short on gunpowder, you might want to consider making a mob trap so you can get a good amount of it.

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by Swash

There isn't any way to get through that many blocks without digging it out yourself. If your interested in using mods, get Single player commands and just select 2 points and replace all the blocks in between to air. If your going to be doing this legit, TNT is the only viable solution. If your short on gunpowder, you might want to consider making a mob trap so you can get a good amount of it.

I have the perimeter top surrounded by cobblestone so all I have to do now is cover the top with sand(there's a lot of water) but I guess I could scavage for some gun powder from creepers.

I can see if I want to do this legit(and I do) it's going to take some work. Well, I guess I'll have to get started. This area isn't going to carve itself out.



EDIT: My progress for today.


Don't let the picture fool you. The sand you see in the picture only takes up about 10% of the surface. It'll probably take a few days to clear the water out with sand(too bad notch didn't add sponges for survival mode) and then dig it out. It's going to be pretty cool to see a complete chunk taken out from top to bottom, though.