What do you guys think is the fastest, most efficient, or favorite ways to get back to the surface from bedrock?
I am building an under water village so I need to build holes going from bedrock to above the water for sunlight. And make then look good too. So I've been using a 1 block hole with a ladder from bedrock to the my above water base.
It works, but it's just so boring using it over and over going so slowly up that ladder.
Is there a faster way?
A vertical 1x1 shaft with alternating signs and water source blocks. You can swim upwards faster than normal and you can't drown either. Just hold jump button.
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Visibility is very short at bedrock, no matter how much light there is. Don't make the village at bedrock, but maybe level 10 or above.
Actually if you get sunlight to hit bedrock directly, like a 1x1 hole, the whole place lights up light like at surface levels. and I kind of have to make it there because ever where else is ocean.Im going to try all of these ideas, thanks guys
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It works. Or if you don't wanna cheat, I always keep a ladder or stairs going down to near-bedrock levels and I recommend you do the same.
I want to know a different question. If I'm standing on bedrock, and above me is natural terrain, what's the fastest way to the surface?
The fastest (though not the safest) is to dig straight up and pillar/ladder up. Another method is to create a basic spiral staircase. The staircase option is safer as you never need to mine directly above your head, also you can use the staircase to descend again once you've made it to the surface. If you happen to meet lava or water going up its going to get messy. I'd suggest just going around lava (dig across 10-20 blocks and try going up again). Water shouldn't be a huge issue, just swim up and keep going.
Probably the same thing as a minecart elevator, what others have been suggesting. You make a vertical shaft, with ladders spaced every few blocks. You put minecarts on the ladders (you have to place a block above the ladder, put a rail on the block, put the cart on the rail, and then destroy the block. The minecart will fall down and get stuck on the ladder). Then, you can ascend quickly just by looking up and holding/clicking the right mouse button (you can just hold it, but I think you go faster if you click.) Once you're at the top, look down and click one more time to get out of the minecart. Watch out, though, or you might fall back down the chute, as the minecarts are not solid and you will pass right through them if you're not "riding" them. You can either grab on to the ladder that's holding up the top cart, or else have another one off to the side that's on solid ground so you can hop into it and then debark safely.
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The above sentence is not the most efficent way but faster than anything.
Personally I would just make a staircase because it's faster than ladders. Simple but not the fastest.
Stairs feel faster to me for some reason. I used to always use ladders back when I believed diamond was most abundant at bedrock level too. But that got old kinda quickly. =P
I am building an under water village so I need to build holes going from bedrock to above the water for sunlight. And make then look good too. So I've been using a 1 block hole with a ladder from bedrock to the my above water base.
It works, but it's just so boring using it over and over going so slowly up that ladder.
Is there a faster way?
Actually if you get sunlight to hit bedrock directly, like a 1x1 hole, the whole place lights up light like at surface levels. and I kind of have to make it there because ever where else is ocean.Im going to try all of these ideas, thanks guys
It works. Or if you don't wanna cheat, I always keep a ladder or stairs going down to near-bedrock levels and I recommend you do the same.
My thread: Life as a Nomadic Trapper: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1664475-my-life-as-a-nomadic-trapper
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I also recommend this method. Fast and easy.
The fastest (though not the safest) is to dig straight up and pillar/ladder up. Another method is to create a basic spiral staircase. The staircase option is safer as you never need to mine directly above your head, also you can use the staircase to descend again once you've made it to the surface. If you happen to meet lava or water going up its going to get messy. I'd suggest just going around lava (dig across 10-20 blocks and try going up again). Water shouldn't be a huge issue, just swim up and keep going.
Either a minecart ramp or minecart ladder. Minecart ramps can be added to existing rail networks...
My thread: Life as a Nomadic Trapper: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1664475-my-life-as-a-nomadic-trapper
Probably the same thing as a minecart elevator, what others have been suggesting. You make a vertical shaft, with ladders spaced every few blocks. You put minecarts on the ladders (you have to place a block above the ladder, put a rail on the block, put the cart on the rail, and then destroy the block. The minecart will fall down and get stuck on the ladder). Then, you can ascend quickly just by looking up and holding/clicking the right mouse button (you can just hold it, but I think you go faster if you click.) Once you're at the top, look down and click one more time to get out of the minecart. Watch out, though, or you might fall back down the chute, as the minecarts are not solid and you will pass right through them if you're not "riding" them. You can either grab on to the ladder that's holding up the top cart, or else have another one off to the side that's on solid ground so you can hop into it and then debark safely.
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The above sentence is not the most efficent way but faster than anything.
Personally I would just make a staircase because it's faster than ladders. Simple but not the fastest.
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I don't know. I hate that stuff.