What do you build your constructions from in survival worlds, and why?
I mostly pick cobblestone and polished andesite for their explosion resistance, inflammability, and easy access, sometimes producing stone and ceramic bricks for some smaller constructions of higher value.
When I want to have good overlook on an area, I build towers with large glass domes on top, safe from potential explosions, and if spawning in the desert, sandstone, but not for frontline infrastructure.
Dwarf gamer found:
Buildings - square, not round
Materials - from rubble mound
Dark caves - lit 'n' cleaned out
Settlements - deep underground
Farmability - to grinder bound
Shields - made creepers but sound
Axes and crossbows - taking mobs out
I mainly use quartz to build my main bases, with the floors made out of wood planks, mainly because I collect so much quartz while mining it for the XP, even without Fortune; previously, I used stone-based blocks using cobblestone from branch-mining; in either case I like to make a lot of glass windows (enough to count as a major building block). Most of my secondary bases use cobblestone since it is readily available, such as from the tunnel I mine to a location chosen beforehand, while a couple of times I used locally available blocks like hardened clay since the location I chose happened to be in a mesa biome and I collected a lot from flattening an area to build on, or sandstone in the case of a base built inside a desert village (the walls I build around villages to defend them also use matching local materials, either cobblestone or sandstone).
I usually prefer a block which has slab and stair options, and with good blast resistance, so I invariably use stone bricks. I hate the texture of cobblestone, so its only used a filling material or for something like my nether minecraft tunnels where its not an aesthetic consideration. Its always bugged me in minecraft they've added so many blocks over time but not many of them have slab/stair configurations, or are added later, not at the time they add the block (For example, I play 1.13.2 so i'm missing out the stair/slab thing they've recently added for Andesite, Diorite and Granite which would have been useful). I like to half slab floors in my bases now as it prevent s mob spawns and you can have lighting where you like as opposed to where you need. I also tend to construct my more recent main bases with a double wall, such as stone bricks on the outside, and a decorative block on the inside.
Dont really use wood much, sometimes as a flooring. I've used a lot of glass on underwater projects
I hate the texture of cobblestone, so its only used a filling material or for something like my nether minecraft tunnels where its not an aesthetic consideration.
I personally don't like plain cobblestone, but I find it much better looking once framed with Polished Andesite.
This block not only needs meager recrafting from commonly mined natural andesite, but also artificial mixture of cobble and diorite.
Dwarf gamer found:
Buildings - square, not round
Materials - from rubble mound
Dark caves - lit 'n' cleaned out
Settlements - deep underground
Farmability - to grinder bound
Shields - made creepers but sound
Axes and crossbows - taking mobs out
What do you build your constructions from in survival worlds, and why?
I mostly pick cobblestone and polished andesite for their explosion resistance, inflammability, and easy access, sometimes producing stone and ceramic bricks for some smaller constructions of higher value.
When I want to have good overlook on an area, I build towers with large glass domes on top, safe from potential explosions, and if spawning in the desert, sandstone, but not for frontline infrastructure.
Dwarf gamer found:
Buildings - square, not round
Materials - from rubble mound
Dark caves - lit 'n' cleaned out
Settlements - deep underground
Farmability - to grinder bound
Shields - made creepers but sound
Axes and crossbows - taking mobs out
I mainly use quartz to build my main bases, with the floors made out of wood planks, mainly because I collect so much quartz while mining it for the XP, even without Fortune; previously, I used stone-based blocks using cobblestone from branch-mining; in either case I like to make a lot of glass windows (enough to count as a major building block). Most of my secondary bases use cobblestone since it is readily available, such as from the tunnel I mine to a location chosen beforehand, while a couple of times I used locally available blocks like hardened clay since the location I chose happened to be in a mesa biome and I collected a lot from flattening an area to build on, or sandstone in the case of a base built inside a desert village (the walls I build around villages to defend them also use matching local materials, either cobblestone or sandstone).
TheMasterCaver's First World - possibly the most caved-out world in Minecraft history - includes world download.
TheMasterCaver's World - my own version of Minecraft largely based on my views of how the game should have evolved since 1.6.4.
Why do I still play in 1.6.4?
I usually prefer a block which has slab and stair options, and with good blast resistance, so I invariably use stone bricks. I hate the texture of cobblestone, so its only used a filling material or for something like my nether minecraft tunnels where its not an aesthetic consideration. Its always bugged me in minecraft they've added so many blocks over time but not many of them have slab/stair configurations, or are added later, not at the time they add the block (For example, I play 1.13.2 so i'm missing out the stair/slab thing they've recently added for Andesite, Diorite and Granite which would have been useful). I like to half slab floors in my bases now as it prevent s mob spawns and you can have lighting where you like as opposed to where you need. I also tend to construct my more recent main bases with a double wall, such as stone bricks on the outside, and a decorative block on the inside.
Dont really use wood much, sometimes as a flooring. I've used a lot of glass on underwater projects
Mintutor now works in 1.13!
MrKite & Mc_Etlam ... I salute you!
I personally don't like plain cobblestone, but I find it much better looking once framed with Polished Andesite.
This block not only needs meager recrafting from commonly mined natural andesite, but also artificial mixture of cobble and diorite.
Dwarf gamer found:
Buildings - square, not round
Materials - from rubble mound
Dark caves - lit 'n' cleaned out
Settlements - deep underground
Farmability - to grinder bound
Shields - made creepers but sound
Axes and crossbows - taking mobs out