I'm trying to find a good way to move myself up and down through water with a relatively low risk of drowning. If this was pre-1.13, then I would be using ladders, but now they get waterlogged. Should I use bubble columns or something?
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If you follow your heart, it will only lead to your arteries.
Yes, bubble columns not only keep you from drowning but move you up and down.
Though you need one for each direction and the magma blocks for the downward direction (you'd think they'd be hot and make the water rise) will give you a little damage if you land on them without crouching.
Or you can use doors to easily make air pockets next to a ladder though you can't climb through them.
If you remove the water source blocks first and then place the ladders they will still keep the water out though that could take more work.
You can place the ladders in flowing water and they will still exclude the water.
If you build a t-shaped tower, like a plus sign with one arm missing, remove the middle blocks and place ladders in the "groove" they will keep the water out.
You can also, if you're a redstone user, have a single column and use a block swapping circuit with a timer to change the elevator direction. MumboJumbo has a design online somewhere embedded in one of his videos. There will be other on YT no doubt ...
I've just built my first couple at a new outpost i'm working on in my world. I didnt bother with the block swapping, just had two side by side. but if you have a lot of bubble columns in an area it can increase game lag. As my animal pens for this outpost are also underground, i did build a large elevator with swappable blocks so i could leash animals and drag them down into the pen area, works quite well (last two pics)
Yes, bubble columns not only keep you from drowning but move you up and down.
Though you need one for each direction and the magma blocks for the downward direction (you'd think they'd be hot and make the water rise) will give you a little damage if you land on them without crouching.
Or you can use doors to easily make air pockets next to a ladder though you can't climb through them.
If you remove the water source blocks first and then place the ladders they will still keep the water out though that could take more work.
You can place the ladders in flowing water and they will still exclude the water.
If you build a t-shaped tower, like a plus sign with one arm missing, remove the middle blocks and place ladders in the "groove" they will keep the water out.
Thanks, but water does flow into non-waterlogged ladders.
You can also, if you're a redstone user, have a single column and use a block swapping circuit with a timer to change the elevator direction. MumboJumbo has a design online somewhere embedded in one of his videos. There will be other on YT no doubt ...
I've just built my first couple at a new outpost i'm working on in my world. I didnt bother with the block swapping, just had two side by side. but if you have a lot of bubble columns in an area it can increase game lag. As my animal pens for this outpost are also underground, i did build a large elevator with swappable blocks so i could leash animals and drag them down into the pen area, works quite well (last two pics)
Other pics:
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Thanks for helping.
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If you follow your heart, it will only lead to your arteries.
In my opinion, the magma bubble column is too slow. I prefer the soul sand column and then just a straight drop into a water source. Use that to get myself down into my mine. Much, much faster.
Thanks, but water does flow into non-waterlogged ladders.
Thanks for helping.
What version are you playing?
I've never seen water flow into ladders. Have you got any pictures?
It will form a source block in the ladder if you let it, that's why I say the ladder has to be surrounded by blocks on three sides and you have to get rid of any source block where you are going to place the ladder before you place the ladder.
I've never seen water flow into ladders. Have you got any pictures?
It will form a source block in the ladder if you let it, that's why I say the ladder has to be surrounded by blocks on three sides and you have to get rid of any source block where you are going to place the ladder before you place the ladder.
Yes I meant the water forms source blocks in my ladders. I really want a square pool, though.
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If you follow your heart, it will only lead to your arteries.
How about just not placing any sourceblocks along the wall the ladder is on, that way the ladder will still only have sourceblocks on one side and flowing water or solid blocks on the other three and won't get waterlogged?
I'm trying to find a good way to move myself up and down through water with a relatively low risk of drowning. If this was pre-1.13, then I would be using ladders, but now they get waterlogged. Should I use bubble columns or something?
If you follow your heart, it will only lead to your arteries.
Yes, bubble columns not only keep you from drowning but move you up and down.
Though you need one for each direction and the magma blocks for the downward direction (you'd think they'd be hot and make the water rise) will give you a little damage if you land on them without crouching.
Or you can use doors to easily make air pockets next to a ladder though you can't climb through them.
If you remove the water source blocks first and then place the ladders they will still keep the water out though that could take more work.
You can place the ladders in flowing water and they will still exclude the water.
If you build a t-shaped tower, like a plus sign with one arm missing, remove the middle blocks and place ladders in the "groove" they will keep the water out.
Just testing.
You can also, if you're a redstone user, have a single column and use a block swapping circuit with a timer to change the elevator direction. MumboJumbo has a design online somewhere embedded in one of his videos. There will be other on YT no doubt ...
I've just built my first couple at a new outpost i'm working on in my world. I didnt bother with the block swapping, just had two side by side. but if you have a lot of bubble columns in an area it can increase game lag. As my animal pens for this outpost are also underground, i did build a large elevator with swappable blocks so i could leash animals and drag them down into the pen area, works quite well (last two pics)
Other pics:
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Mintutor now works in 1.13!
MrKite & Mc_Etlam ... I salute you!
Use bubble columns, but get a conduit.
Thanks, but water does flow into non-waterlogged ladders.
Thanks for helping.
If you follow your heart, it will only lead to your arteries.
In my opinion, the magma bubble column is too slow. I prefer the soul sand column and then just a straight drop into a water source. Use that to get myself down into my mine. Much, much faster.
Conduits are nice but not needed for bubble columns.
You can breathe in a bubble column without the conduit.
Just testing.
What version are you playing?
I've never seen water flow into ladders. Have you got any pictures?
It will form a source block in the ladder if you let it, that's why I say the ladder has to be surrounded by blocks on three sides and you have to get rid of any source block where you are going to place the ladder before you place the ladder.
Just testing.
Huh, never knew that, thanks.
Yes I meant the water forms source blocks in my ladders. I really want a square pool, though.
If you follow your heart, it will only lead to your arteries.
How about just not placing any sourceblocks along the wall the ladder is on, that way the ladder will still only have sourceblocks on one side and flowing water or solid blocks on the other three and won't get waterlogged?
Just testing.