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[Agypagy]

Hey guys!!!

Who here has a favorite mining technique that is just EPIC, or who wants to get some ideas?

Well this is the thread for you! Tell me your favorite mining techniques! Just leave a comment below.

My favorite is Branch Mining in layers 2-16 of the map (so I can find diamond) so far, I have got 1 stack of 64 diamonds, plus enough to make a set of diamond tools.

Thanks!

-Agy

[Knightstar68]

My technique is digging down while making stairs so i can get up and wait till i find some diamonds gold or redstone.

[MasterBuilder642]

im making stairs down to layer 11-16 and then branch mining. Or i am finding a cave and then just mine and mine and mine foreeeeeever!

[Cike101]

I blow the place up...

[SkyBoy96]

I make a vertical shaft with ladders then branch mine at diamond layers

[Agypagy]

Those are some good ideas! By the way Cike101, that is EPIC! I am seriously getting some TNT right now and blowing a hole down to bedrock!!!

[dmhiston]

my mining technique is to branch mine at lvl 10 and have each tunnel 3 blocks apart and that will make it so u don't miss any diamonds,gold and iron etc.

[Fabiqui]

Just use x-ray

-Fabiqui

[Agypagy]

X-ray is cool, but I prefer to play legit. The only time I ever used x-ray was when I hear lava from inside of my house, and I freaked out, and then I realized it was my lava lamp.

[Gabrielcenteio]

I used to click mine.
But now it's impossible! With the integration of SMP into SSP click mining doesn't work even in ssp
Well, I guess what I have to continue doing now is the branch mining and spelunking the caves I find.
Still, enchantments did make the click mining pretty useless =P

[MegaPaladin]

I dig a 2x2 staircase all the way to bedrock, then I dig a 5x5 tunnel for about 20 blocks. After that, I dig a 1x1 hole every 1 block of the tunnel wall. I then place TNT in the holes and light them up. Hello, minerals!

[EightCraft]

I use the classic method of finding a cave and exploring. Not a fan of tedious thing slike strip mining

[Wolve64]

Well I think phoenix mining is the best method, yields a lot of ores depending on what layer you're at. I like to do it at either layer 35 or layer 16.

http://www.minecraft...ng-quad-mining/

[dmhiston]

Fabiqui, on 13 May 2012 - 02:38 PM, said:

Just use x-ray

-Fabiqui

lol if you're going to use X-ray u may as well just have creative mode on .

[forefold]

what are the best layers to start strip mining is 11-16 good?

[Recon022]

I use a honeycomb-like technique, it works extremely well in layers 2-16

[dmhiston]

Recon022, on 13 May 2012 - 04:24 PM, said:

I use a honeycomb-like technique, it works extremely well in layers 2-16

whats a honeycomb technique? i never heard of it.
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[Vogopolis]

Cike101, on 13 May 2012 - 02:19 PM, said:

I blow the place up...

if you were to come across diamonds by using that technique, the entity would most likely be destroyed by the explosion, but explosions are cool!, so that makes it okay!

[Fabian]

My mining technique is going in natural caverns and mine all the ores I can find. Sometimes I make a stairway down to bedrock, but that feels cheesy to me.

[Cike101]

Agypagy, on 13 May 2012 - 02:40 PM, said:

X-ray is cool, but I prefer to play legit. The only time I ever used x-ray was when I hear lava from inside of my house, and I freaked out, and then I realized it was my lava lamp.

Lol you had a lava lamp? What did it look like?