Hey guys, so sorry about the late post, I was traveling a lot during Thanksgiving break. Speaking of which, I hope yours was pretty good too! Anyway onto this fortnight's post.
As you can tell by the title, this Material Reviews is about stone. Why stone? Because it's what you'll be using through most of the game, since iron sometimes takes a while to find, and you'll be needing iron for other things before normal tools.
But yea, since it's a long list of things I figured I'd make the post short, some it up, then show you the video! So anyway, with around 185 durability, the ability to mine iron and lapis lazuli, and a speed substantially greater than that of wood tools, cobblestone tools will be used for a lot of the game. It can be used for a good looking house and many other things which are in the video. It's also pretty blast resistant, and can survive a ghast's fireballs! It's also the most common material in Minecraft and can even be generated with lava and water! So what are you waiting for? Go ahead and try it out!
Anyway, the video covers a lot more, so why not watch that?
Anyway, the title is indeed a quote from an amazing Minecraft animated series going on called "The Noob Adventures." Not quite sure if it's entirely school appropriate, but hey, you could watch it at home!
There's that, but what kind of Minecraft informative blog post would this be without a Minecraft Wiki link? This one will send you to the page for cobblestone, showing the recipes that use it!
Anyway, (I use that a lot don't I?) this has been Megakaby, and until the next post, have a great fortnight!
Hey guys, today we've got something pretty neat about Minecraft: mobs. This post is quite long, I'm just warning you, so if you want to skip down to the video, it's fine. Also, some item names are capitalized, this doesn't mean they're too important, I think it just looks proper. The links will be at the bottom this time, as I'm providing a link to every mob's page on the Wiki, as well as a friend's blog for zombies. It's pretty good, you should check it out.
What are they? Well, mob is short for mobile, so a mob is something that can be killed that isn't another player, such as animals or the night mobs.
Animals got a change about a year ago: they very rarely re-spawn in the world, making breeding them useful. Animals would be cows, sheep, chickens, and pigs, all of which (except the sheep) drop food. However, cows also drop leather, which is used for books and armor, and chickens drop feathers, used for arrows and making writable books!
The night mobs, which won't spawn if you set it to Peaceful difficulty, are mobs that spawn in dark areas such as caves or on the surface at night, and they will attack the player. These mobs are the zombie, which runs up to you and attacks, the skeleton, a ranged mob that uses a bow and arrow, the spiders, one being normal giant black spiders that run quite fast when they're near and they climb, as well as the cave spiders, a special type of spider that only spawns in abandoned mineshafts (I'll get to those later) and poisons the player, and then there are creepers.
Creepers are special. They're basically the image of Minecraft. They make no sound except they're footsteps and when they get hurt, and they look sad. Not because people don't like them or they try to kill creepers, but because these... things will run up to you and basically commit suicide, blowing themselves up in order to kill you. If you haven't guessed from this, they get their name from the fact that they'll creep up to people and explode.
Then there's wolves and ocelots, both tamable, the wolves will attack things and the ocelots mostly sit on your things, but they also scare creepers.
Wow, there's a lot of mobs to cover, because we still have Endermen and the Nether mobs, as well as one special mob. Endermen are 3 blocks tall, have twice as much health as the player, teleport, and won't attack unless you look at them or attack them. They also take damage from being in water, and they pick up blocks. They seem to be from a different world, so perhaps they're just curious about ours...?
And now, the Nether. Zombie Pigmen, (yes, Pigmen) also called Pig-zombies, are the most common mob in the Nether. These can be a real pain in the neck to kill, because once you attack one, you'll hear EVERY Pigman from within around a 20 block radius, and ALL OF THEM will try to kill you, making these quite terrifying to a new player. They hold golden swords, which don't do any extra damage but it does explain why they drop gold nuggets when they die, and they won't attack unless provoked.
Ghasts... The giant white jellyfish-looking flying things that shoot fireballs. These things suck. They really do. You can hear they're sad cries throughout the Nether, even when they're 100 meters (blocks) away, and they shoot fireballs from 16 meters away as they try to gain altitude. However, they can also see the player from 100 meters away, and will begin to move towards them from there. On the Minecraft Wiki, it does state that if you can hear a mob, it's likely that it's already after you. This still reigns true with the Ghast. However, it's worth it to kill them, as one of their drops, a Ghast Tear is required to make a potion of regeneration.
As I said, this post is long, we still have 4 more mobs to cover. The Blaze is my absolute LEAST favorite mob. I hate them, despise them. These guys are worse than the Ghasts! They only spawn in Nether Fortresses, (once again, later post) either rarely on the bricks it's made of, or spawned from the monster spawners placed within. Sadly they are required in order to begin brewing potions, as a Blaze Rod is part of the recipe for a brewing stand. As you may have guessed by their name, they shoot fireballs, and are the second official flying mob in the game. Sure, they're hurt by water and snowballs (because they're basically made of fire), but they shoot fire, making it very hard to kill. Assuming you don't die from being set on fire, though, it's very rewarding. Blaze Rods can be crafted into Blaze Powder, used for a potion of strength, or, when combined with a slime ball to make Magma Cream, makes a potion of Fire Resistance.
Alright, Magma Cubes and Slimes. I get to cover these at the same time because they're basically the same. Slimes, like Magma Cubes, are a special type of mob. Slimes will only spawn underground in certain areas of the world at layer 16 or below. (I'll explain that later, but for right now, that's where diamonds are found.) Slimes and Magma Cubes have 4 sizes, tiny, small, big, and huge. Huge slimes, however, can't be found naturally within the world, and need to be spawned using special programs. Big slimes split into 2-4 small slimes, which split into 2-4 tiny slimes, which give 0-2 slime balls. Magma Cubes are the same way, only they spawn anywhere in the Nether (although I've only ever seen them at Nether Fortresses) and any of the sizes can drop Magma Cream.
Wow... Maybe I should've thought more about this earlier... We actually have just a few more left, I promise.
Silverfish! No, not the flying bugs or the actual fish, but the smallest, most bothersome mob in Minecraft (still not as bad as a Blaze). They spawn in blocks inside Strongholds (another thing to be explained later) and usually aren't to much of a problem. Just don't go mining in a Stronghold, and if you do, make sure to punch the blocks with your fist first. Blocks that Silverfish are in can be easily broken with your fist, and once attacked, will call its friends. Because they have this property, Silverfish can overcome a player within a few seconds.
Should've stated this earlier, but look out for spider jockeys. Normal spiders have a 1% chance of being a spider jockey, being ridden by a skeleton.
Iron Golems and Snow Golems are made by the player, (shown in the video) and will attack other mobs for you.
You can trade with villagers that spawn in NPC Villages, they sometimes have decent items to offer.
Giants. No need to worry about these, they were removed, but I thought I might as well add them as a little bonus. They're HUGE and deal quite a bit of damage, but other than that they're normal zombies.
And now, the grand finale. The first flying mob, although it wasn't official and it's not supposed to fly... squids. Yea, squids. They only spawn in water, drop ink sacs, and when a server is really laggy, you can tell because sometimes squids on laggy servers will appear to fly across the sky. This brings up a lot of pictures of squids flying, some that I've seen have the caption of "Go home squid, you're drunk." I don't get the reference, but it's funny nonetheless.
Anyway, if you guys were tortured by this lengthy post, just remember I had to type it all! Anyway, my friend Marcus has a blog on zombie survival, check that out! And if you want to know any more about the mobs, including how to find slimes, the Minecraft Wiki Mob Page has every mob that I covered here. I've also got that video, so be sure to check that out as well!
This video has a few things missing, in the post later today I cover the mobs that I missed (Villagers, Giants, Spider Jockeys) as well as the mobs added in 1.4.2 (Witches, Wither Skeletons, Wither) and an extra mob as well!
By the way, the update came out on October 25, 2012, so there are a few things I missed that I'll cover in the next post that goes over 1.4.2, since I write these nearly two weeks before they get released.
Here's the video! Many things were updated for Minecraft within a few days of the update, so another post will be out today covering the rest (don't worry, it's just a video).
Anyway, I believe this has gone on long enough, so until next time, have a great fortnight!
-Megakaby
Hey guys, it's Megakaby, and I've been starting my posts like my videos! Anyway, yesterday was Halloween, and I swear, in Minecraft yesterday the chance for undead mobs to spawn with pumpkins on their heads was severely increased! It was pretty funny seeing all of them with pumpkins, even though they were still as harmful as usual. Anyway, Halloween used to be one of my favorite holidays, but I've stopped really doing anything for it. So yea, this was just a neat little post for Halloween, not really an "official" post, but yea. Anyway, new post in about a week, next time it's on mobs! It took a really long time, and remember, I also had to include the 1.4.2 update mobs, so make sure to check it out! And until next time, have a great half-of-a fortnight! (See what I did there?)
-Megakaby
(By the way, I'll have a picture and a short video here, probably by the end of the day, so if you see this message, come back at around 7PM and there should be a video. :) )
