Day 12-13: lava / obsidian / gate
This one video has quite a lot of useful progress ...
Day 12-13
Here I decide to take a plunge and try to find diamonds. If I found diamonds I would make a diamond pickaxe and go looking for lava. With a bucket of water I turn lava into obsidian, then show you a safe way to harvest obsidian using running water to avoid any lava traps. I manage all this in the chasm near my house, and even have time to build a Nether portal before the sun goes down. Quite a productive day. Though it also shows how easy it is to lose track of time and days when you're down in the depths.
Meanwhile, I get the first pumpkin from my garden and plant a few more things.
Now, it's actually premature for me to try going through the portal to the Nether. You reaaaalllly need a heap of arrows to go there safely, because there will probably be ghasts bombarding you with fireballs from above. The first nether trip can be very dangerous. I recommend bringing stone to build a stone fortress to defend, and then just dig down and avoid the surface for a while.
However, before attempting a Nether trip, I should try wrangling some chickens (for feathers, to make arrows), kill a few spiders or find an abandoned mine (for string to make a bow), and round up some cattle (for leather, to make books, to start on an enchanting area). So, the Nether gate is there, but I expect it to take a few more days before I'm ready for a trip through it.
Day 12-13
Here I decide to take a plunge and try to find diamonds. If I found diamonds I would make a diamond pickaxe and go looking for lava. With a bucket of water I turn lava into obsidian, then show you a safe way to harvest obsidian using running water to avoid any lava traps. I manage all this in the chasm near my house, and even have time to build a Nether portal before the sun goes down. Quite a productive day. Though it also shows how easy it is to lose track of time and days when you're down in the depths.
Meanwhile, I get the first pumpkin from my garden and plant a few more things.
Now, it's actually premature for me to try going through the portal to the Nether. You reaaaalllly need a heap of arrows to go there safely, because there will probably be ghasts bombarding you with fireballs from above. The first nether trip can be very dangerous. I recommend bringing stone to build a stone fortress to defend, and then just dig down and avoid the surface for a while.
However, before attempting a Nether trip, I should try wrangling some chickens (for feathers, to make arrows), kill a few spiders or find an abandoned mine (for string to make a bow), and round up some cattle (for leather, to make books, to start on an enchanting area). So, the Nether gate is there, but I expect it to take a few more days before I'm ready for a trip through it.
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