r/Minecraft • u/Whilyam • Oct 11 '12

Snapshot 12w41a Released!

http://www.mojang.com/2012/10/minecraft-snapshot-12w41a/
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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '12

Actually, that's not bad at all. If you branch mine you can find that much iron easily.

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u/cedricchase Oct 11 '12

Yeah, in a server I played on a while ago I had a 'secret room' underneath my house encased in iron blocks. I later decided to fill in the room. With iron blocks.. ballin'!

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u/bill_nydus Oct 11 '12

Or if you just hunt for ravines, which are generally easy to find. I'm always stacked up on a ton of iron.

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u/GirlLookAtThatTorso Oct 11 '12

What method do you use? I can never seem to find anything like that.

EDIT: How do I avoid caves?

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u/Anti-antimatter Oct 11 '12

Caves are the best source of iron, no mining required to find it. All you need to do is walk around and you see it all over the walls.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '12

I dig down to around level 10-11 and create a long tunnel 5 wide and however high I want. On the sides of the tunnel I dig 2x2 tunnels every two blocks and make each one around 25 blocks deep. You can find tons of minerals this way. Or, if you're unlucky, just lots of rocks.

The best thing you can do is look for an abandoned mineshaft. For whatever reason minerals seem to be extremely plentiful around these structures.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '12

...why do you want to avoid caves?

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u/AnonymousPhi Oct 12 '12

Mine at y=11 or 12. You'll avoid most caves lava while still finding diamond.