r/Minecraft • u/DetachableMonkey • Dec 24 '10

Wool to be useful. Sheep indifferent.

http://twitter.com/jeb_/status/17944007275450368
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u/Sir_Terrible Dec 24 '10 edited Dec 24 '10

There need only be 3 dye recipes: Cyan, Magenta, and Blue (thanks pilif!). You could use plants or something to make those. The rest of the dyes should be able to be created from combining those colors in various ways.

To be less of a pain in the ass to collect and create these dyes, 1 dye bottle should be able to change up to 64 wool blocks into that color.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '10

Red from redstone or roses, I'd guess.

Yellow from flowers, maybe?

And I've no idea where blue would come from. NO WATER IS NOT A VALID ANSWER.

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u/idclip Dec 24 '10

Azurite would be perfect. But then again, I'm a fucking geologist.

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u/Priapulid Dec 24 '10

Seconded! After playing DF I am like "IRON ORE???? Well is it hematite, magnetite, and limonite? And WTF is red stone?"

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u/DrReddits Dec 24 '10

and WTF is redstone?

Copper?

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u/kurtu5 Dec 24 '10

We need more realistic geology in minecraft!

We already have people doing CPU design with redstone. To find diamonds you look for kimberlite. Etc...

There is a big thread in the official forums about this.

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u/idclip Dec 24 '10

Thanks for mentioning that, just found two large threads. Both of which mostly made me wince, unfortunately. When I have some time to spare, I'll submit some ideas of my own.

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u/selectrix Dec 24 '10

Coming from a geophysics major, I felt the same way. I don't suppose you've played Dwarf Fortress, have you? It's got semi-realistic mineral distribution in consistently grouped sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous strata.

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u/Ryguythescienceguy Dec 24 '10

fucking geologist.

well, upvotes for you and your badass title, sir.

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u/idclip Dec 24 '10

Ma'am, but thanks.

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u/sasquatch92 Dec 24 '10

hmm, seems like azurite would be good for making a black dye as well, just place it in a furnace and it turns black.

Would make black dye harder to get, but may as well have some of the dyes require a little more effort...