I just got my first CD. In prep for converting my mob drop grinder into an XP trap, I raised the platform so that the mobs wouldn't die from the fall and I would have to kill them with a sword. While I running around the platform, a skele must have shot a creeper. As normal, a creeper soon blew up in my face, but I survived the blast and so did the CD!!! I've saved to be safe... now off to make repairs to the damaged mob trap (in Peaceful methinks).
It is confirmed that XP will NOT be in the next update. The only closest thing to that is the hunger bar.
Oh I know all that, guys. I didn't say I was prepping for the very next update, did I? It doesn't prevent me from trying to learn now how to convert a mob drop grinder into an XP one... and I did get a CD out of it!
I've gotten a couple that way; most I find in dungeon chests.
While we might not get enchanting in the 1.8.2 update, we're apparently (according to the list of changes I saw) going from 2 music discs to 12. Which is nice, since I'm tired of only having 2 tunes for the jukebox
Congrats on getting your first Music Disk! That's a wonderful personal achievement to have. I've yet to ever find a Golden Record/or get a creeper to drop one in all of my Minecraft experiences, be it PC or Xbox.
Took me 3 hours and multiple deaths to get my first disk. Good job. And I would keep the Mob Grinder as an automatic with lava, so you don't have to bother with it.
Congrats on getting your first Music Disk! That's a wonderful personal achievement to have. I've yet to ever find a Golden Record/or get a creeper to drop one in all of my Minecraft experiences, be it PC or Xbox.
Took me 3 hours and multiple deaths to get my first disk. Good job. And I would keep the Mob Grinder as an automatic with lava, so you don't have to bother with it.
Thank you both for your encouragement. Killing creepers is tough for me at the best of times... my timing just isn't what it once was. I have the grinder set up now so that I can readily convert it from one way to the other and I've replaced the vulnerable blast zone with obsidian blocks so that even if another creeper blows, it won't do much damage... just probably kill any other mobs that are in the trap with the creeper at that time. Thanks to the great drop rates I've been getting, I now have enough dynomite, bones, arrows, feathers, and string to last me through any build I might want to make in this world. The CDs (now I have both kinds) were a real bonus. Some different in game music is a real treat!
Oh I know all that, guys. I didn't say I was prepping for the very next update, did I? It doesn't prevent me from trying to learn now how to convert a mob drop grinder into an XP one... and I did get a CD out of it!
While we might not get enchanting in the 1.8.2 update, we're apparently (according to the list of changes I saw) going from 2 music discs to 12. Which is nice, since I'm tired of only having 2 tunes for the jukebox
Thank you both for your encouragement. Killing creepers is tough for me at the best of times... my timing just isn't what it once was. I have the grinder set up now so that I can readily convert it from one way to the other and I've replaced the vulnerable blast zone with obsidian blocks so that even if another creeper blows, it won't do much damage... just probably kill any other mobs that are in the trap with the creeper at that time. Thanks to the great drop rates I've been getting, I now have enough dynomite, bones, arrows, feathers, and string to last me through any build I might want to make in this world. The CDs (now I have both kinds) were a real bonus. Some different in game music is a real treat!
No, you're wrong. You can still gather mob drops, making it useful. In the next update there is 12 CDs.