Yes, that's right ladies and gentlemen! The 404 seed is back. I am not entirely certain if the 404 challenge was ruined by 1.8 or not (I suspect it was), but there is still a very good reason to use the 404 seed.
At the coordinates (100.1, 66, -394.7) you will find yourself at the corner of an NPC village. But it's not just a NPC village, it's the biggest NPC village I have ever seen. Now, I'm sure there are bigger ones out there, but this one has a grand total of 13 houses, a well, a watchtower made of cobblestone, a blacksmith, and 6 wheat farms.
But never mind that village. That's not the biggest attraction here. If you travel to the opposite corner of the village, you will find a very large ravine with two lavafalls, plenty of ores, and a large amount of caves leading off from the main ravine. And that's just what you can see from the surface! (If you're having trouble finding the opposite corner, look for the wheat farm that's on fire. After all, there's a lavafall right next to it.)
I'm sure someone could turn this into a challenge of some kind, but I'm not the person to do that. I'm merely starting this topic so others can create challenges. If anyone creates a video of this ravine, or decides to start a challenge, feel free to post here.
That's about it, so have fun with the new 404 seed!
Dammit, I'm not the first one to find this.
Still, The Ravine cutting past the southernmost wheat farm, and a cool mountain range to the north-east.
Also, there seem to be a lot of wolves when you spawn, and you seem to spawn in the same place.
From where I've spawned, just travel east and the village should be visible on your left.
At the coordinates (100.1, 66, -394.7) you will find yourself at the corner of an NPC village. But it's not just a NPC village, it's the biggest NPC village I have ever seen. Now, I'm sure there are bigger ones out there, but this one has a grand total of 13 houses, a well, a watchtower made of cobblestone, a blacksmith, and 6 wheat farms.
But never mind that village. That's not the biggest attraction here. If you travel to the opposite corner of the village, you will find a very large ravine with two lavafalls, plenty of ores, and a large amount of caves leading off from the main ravine. And that's just what you can see from the surface! (If you're having trouble finding the opposite corner, look for the wheat farm that's on fire. After all, there's a lavafall right next to it.)
I'm sure someone could turn this into a challenge of some kind, but I'm not the person to do that. I'm merely starting this topic so others can create challenges. If anyone creates a video of this ravine, or decides to start a challenge, feel free to post here.
That's about it, so have fun with the new 404 seed!
Still, The Ravine cutting past the southernmost wheat farm, and a cool mountain range to the north-east.
Also, there seem to be a lot of wolves when you spawn, and you seem to spawn in the same place.
From where I've spawned, just travel east and the village should be visible on your left.
I hope people enjoy the new 404 challenge!
My Server: No Plugins, Snapshot Server with an interesting respawn gimmick
Nice seed!
The farm in the back that hovers over the ravine:
The view from right above the farm in the back, you can see that it creates a large pillar of dirt all the way to the bottom of the ravine:
Another bird's eye view, this one is a better shot of the ravine itself:
I can get more later, as I still have the world and I'm still on 1.8.1, but that's enough for now, as it proves it exists.