Don't the skeletons have bows though?

Yeah, but they don't fire upward.

EDIT: if there are trees or cliffs around you, you may need to make your tower higher so there aren't skeletons on the same level as you. But it's pretty quick to collect 64 sand, and if you build a tower that high, there ain't NOTHIN' gonna get you.

Or you could just dig a hole three blocks deep and plug the top. Depends on what you find fun. At least with your method you get a view, I suppose.

You guys suck. I found a mountain and built a mini-batcave on my first day.

I've been caving, it's so easy. I just dig straight down 'til I hit the bedrock, then travel sideways. Haven't found diamonds or obsidian yet, but plenty of steel. I just take abunch of torches with me and place one every ten - twenty blocks to stop monsters appearing behind me.

On a multiplayer server (craft.minestick.com, it's a good one you should try it) I have a cave with an obsidian floor, and I'm making lava waterfalls around the side for lighting. You can't take damage, though, which makes it too easy, but hopefully hitpoints will function properly soon and when they do Minestick is going to be a Hard Mode server. I need to make my cave all nice and safe for when that happens =) .

"Then, when night falls, aim straight down and build a tower of sand beneath you. In the morning, mine it all up again." <- This is how I get into my skybase :P

"Or you could just dig a hole three blocks deep and plug the top. Depends on what you find fun. At least with your method you get a view, I suppose." <- If a creeper camps your hideyhole, you're screwed. (Since it's practically silent)

By the way everyone, gold is pretty much useless for everything, just so you know(Except golden apples). My survival tips; Build a base in the sky to be save from enemies. Always look around so a creeper can't get the drop on you. Try to avoid travelling up hills at dangerous times. Spiders are liable to jump on your face. Never dig straight down, always dig diagonally. ^_^

Everything I read or hear about this game makes me wish my computer could run it just a little bit more.

I always dig straight down. It's so much quicker.

And you've never broken through the ceiling of a large chasm and fallen to your death, or into lava?

Also never dig straight up. You don't want sand or gravel land on you and suffocating you.

I once tried to dig straight up. Unfortunately that is exactly what happened. And I lost some diamonds and the like.

Never dig straight down, seriously :P There's a cheat too. If you find yourself surrounded by enemies, turn the difficulty to Peaceful and they'll disappear (Not that I've ever tried that personally).

I have done that, but not because I was being mobbed by mobs. The first time was because I kept dying over and over in a cave and kept dropping gazillions of ores and tools that I was determined to bring back to base. For some reason an inordinate amount of mobs kept spawning and killing me as soon as I'd grabbed all my goods, so I got pissed off enough to cheat.

The second time I was constructing an ice tunnel and couldn't be bothered not to work all through the night. I also used MCedit to temporarily remove an overhang that was stopping the water below from icing over.

im gonna run a server on minecraft,it ll be a test server,1 or 2 hours,you can join in if you want!

I've been playing a lot of Minecraft recently. I built a nice two story cave house, later added a swimming pool, a portal room, an underground farm, a huge mine, a water themed entrance, two towers connected to one another, a small temple-like thing with a water motif and a room dedicated to both storing lots of cobblestone and burning items I do not want.

I also have about 50 diamonds.

nice :)
lol i made abe in minecraft,you can now become abe :D

Take ten sticks, a stone pick, and - say - ten or fifteen lumps of dirt with you. It doesn't matter if you die and lose this stuff, and if you get something really good - vast horde of coal, a good amount of iron or redstone or some diamonds - just build straight back up again with that dirt and all the cobble you got from digging down.

Store your loot, and try again somewhere else.

@ Oddey, very nice :)

@ Enchilado, I can't possibly back up what you say. If you use my method of digging down diagonally, you're guaranteed to live. In your method, you only see the four squares around you. In my method not only do you see more surface area, you have a safe way back.

I do agree with your idea of carrying dirt. Personally I prefer sand, since it sticks out like a sore thumb in a cave. You'll probably need between 15-30 blocks of sand. Try to make a stairway out of stone if possible.

If you find lava, I recommend putting it out with a water bucket if you have one. I personally always recommend carrying water with you. You should keep a backup tool in case you run out of all of them. When you're starting out, you can bring a workbench to your cave and then just construct lots of stone tools again to dig further down.

You're not guaranteed to live with your method unless you carry torches with you, because zombies and skeletons will quite likely spawn along your pathway.

I very much like it, im using it now lol uh but i think it would look better if it had like that bomb pouch on the back and or the uh full hair lol i would do it myself and upload it but i do not know how =\

i'm now addicted to this game :D

ok ill complete it for you :) if it works out
edit:i only finished the hair as the program lets me,as for the pouch stays 2d :(

i like how the hair looks now lol its nice, but like i heard there is ways to make things pop out of the box character. ive seen headphones and i have a predator character that has like teeth that pop out and etc and stuffs idk if its different because of the head or if its the body idk and what program are you using to make these? id like to make a few of my own lol

Edit:: the hair isnt checkered like the top on the back lol did the img fuck up or is it supose to be like that?

Hey guys, who wants to set up a private server or somethingerather?

ill try to set it up,ill call if it works
http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?t=4843 here is the link plexius for the tool,and yes it supposed to float cuz the program doesnt want to attach it

oh i know its supose to float i mean liek the back hair is like just flat blue, i tryed changing it to the colors and then it just deleted all the hairlol idk

EDIT:: i fixed the hair and added a few things, how do i add the image to it? ive been sitting here dumbfounded for like 10min here trying to add the new edit of abe.

You see the blank space on the top right? By placing things there you can make them stick out (look at some ready-made skins for ideas).

Q. What can you use the papyrus in Minecraft for?
A. To give yourself something to read.

omg i ment where can i post the image HERE. like the other guy did. i finished it and fixed it added things, i wanted to post it here on THIS thread. How do i do that? ._.

Double post sorry. Wow, no one replys to my threads it seems unless somone they know replys..very reasuring -_- didnt use to be like that.

EDIT:: I now have a private server up and running btw! :D so if u want vip and some of you will get mod. :D it has cuboid quickport magic carpet and more.

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Though I prefer to upload to imageshack or similar and hotlink.