More minecraft: cactus tower and huge road

So I've been doing a lot on my game. Probably too much. I maybe need a life. But I digress...


I made a cactus factory that replaced Malvin's Cacti & Dye (the meanest prick in town).


I started with a sketch:

I built the foundation:

Made the building:

It's two stories (96 cactus in total) and produces a lot of cactus. The pieces are delivered to Gravehome via an underground water system:

I might add another two stories or maybe place a mob tower on top. I'm not sure.


I've also built a huge road to meet up with Lakewood Cottage. It isn't very safe yet but there are a few travelers houses along the way:

WARNING: This file is huge!

The white line is the road and the oval is a huge tunnel.

The road takes around 10 min to travel completely

This house is about 2 min from Lakewood

The house only has the one room

My daughter made this house:

I accidentally let a Creeper blow it up (but I repaired it).
It's about 4 min to Lakewood from here.

Master bedroom upstairs

Common room in basement.

And I ran into some slimes in my travels. There were so many I think Notch must have made them common; mind you, I've only seen them in Spiderhome:

Plans : Mob tower

This pretty much has all you need to make a Mob Grinder.

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Plans : Mob tower

This pretty much has all you need to make a Mob Grinder.

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Plans : Mob tower

This pretty much has all you need to make a Mob Grinder.

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Update : Farms and tricks.

Underground Farm

My underground farm, Dug out inside a mountain.


Water is underneath half-steps.

Reed farm.

My reed farm directly below my wheat farm. (I'm on a ladder)

View Two

View #2

View Three

View #3

Tip of the day. 

Tip of the day;

Add levers to the bottoms of your furnace. Have them pointing up so you'll know it's empty and down so you know that something has been cooked in it.

Update : Farms and tricks.

Underground Farm

My underground farm, Dug out inside a mountain.


Water is underneath half-steps.

Reed farm.

My reed farm directly below my wheat farm. (I'm on a ladder)

View Two

View #2

View Three

View #3

Tip of the day. 

Tip of the day;

Add levers to the bottoms of your furnace. Have them pointing up so you'll know it's empty and down so you know that something has been cooked in it.

Update : Farms and tricks.

Underground Farm

My underground farm, Dug out inside a mountain.


Water is underneath half-steps.

Reed farm.

My reed farm directly below my wheat farm. (I'm on a ladder)

View Two

View #2

View Three

View #3

Tip of the day. 

Tip of the day;

Add levers to the bottoms of your furnace. Have them pointing up so you'll know it's empty and down so you know that something has been cooked in it.

Tutorial : How to make a Tree Farm.

Dirt blocks 2 metres apart. 

First place some dirt/grass blocks two spaces away from each other.

Torches on the sides

To speed up the growing, or if you are growing indoors place torches on each sides of the dirt.

Saplings on top. 

Place a sapling on top of each dirt block.

All done!

Wait a couple of Minecraft days.

(Don't worry if your trees all don't grow at once, it's random.)

Tutorial : How to make a Tree Farm.

Dirt blocks 2 metres apart. 

First place some dirt/grass blocks two spaces away from each other.

Torches on the sides

To speed up the growing, or if you are growing indoors place torches on each sides of the dirt.

Saplings on top. 

Place a sapling on top of each dirt block.

All done!

Wait a couple of Minecraft days.

(Don't worry if your trees all don't grow at once, it's random.)

Tutorial : How to make a Tree Farm.

Dirt blocks 2 metres apart. 

First place some dirt/grass blocks two spaces away from each other.

Torches on the sides

To speed up the growing, or if you are growing indoors place torches on each sides of the dirt.

Saplings on top. 

Place a sapling on top of each dirt block.

All done!

Wait a couple of Minecraft days.

(Don't worry if your trees all don't grow at once, it's random.)

Tutorial : How to make a Farm

2x2 hole

The first step in making a farm is to have an unlimited water supply. If you are near an ocean, this step can be skipped.




Dig a 2X2 hole to start off with.

Unlimited Water Source

Now you can put two buckets of water in the upper right hand corner and the bottom left hand corner.

That is your unlimited water source.

Irrigation Hole

Now you can dig a channel for your water to go into. This will be for your farm and it'll make your crops grow much faster than unhydrated land.

Irrigation

Crops tilled and planted

Added steps over water for harvesting.

Fill the canal up with water, make sure all the water connects.












Till the ground with a hoe and plant your seeds.


You can get seeds by using a hoe on the grass.

Fenced in the crops. 

Put some steps over the water to allow you to harvest your crops.









This step is optional. If you want you can add fences around your crops so animals won't trample them, if you are making an indoor farm this won't be a problem.

Crops are grown!

All done farming !

After a couple of Minecraft days, your crops will grow and be ready for harvest. You can make bread out of the wheat you gather.