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**4oursword**

No, I paid Sky_Slasher 2 Diamonds for 2 Blocks Mycelium. I have no problem with lord Ifstatement.

**Coolyo294**

What makes Mycelium so valuable?

**darkinnit**

Coolyo294 wrote:What makes Mycelium so valuable?

Don't know about valuable, but it is rare for several reasons:
1) It can only be found in Mooshroom biomes (which are rare and usually very far from spawn)
2) It can't be picked up unless you have the silk touch enchantment (which requires a lot of experience and luck to obtain)

That said, once it is placed anywhere, it will spread to any adjacent dirt blocks, so you only need to place 1 block where you need it...

**Anvildude**

ifStatement wrote:

...from a level 25 enchant!

so who wants some mycelium?

Told ya! Enchantments are a lot more random, and can be found at much lower levels than everyone seems to think. 20 is generally enough to start getting multiple effect, and some at higher levels.

**SagesStone**

There, just dropped off some glowstone for some.

**Asherian Command**

If you guys haven't heard read this

Note: Very few references are provided here because all of this content has been directly released in weekly snapshots 12w03a to 12w06a.

As of snapshot 12w03a:

Ladders regained their collision box.
Vines are climbable if you push into a solid block while next to them.
Added jungle biomes (requires a new world or new chunks) with ferns and new wood and leaf types.
Updated language files.
Dispensers dispensing Spawn Eggs will place Mobs instead of simply dispensing the eggs.
Spawn eggs are now stackable.
Zombies have new path-finding AI.
Wolves have new AI and can be bred using Raw Chicken, Cooked Chicken, Raw Porkchops, Cooked Porkchops, Raw Beef, Steak, or Rotten Flesh, when tamed.

As of snapshot 12w04a:

New jungle-specific Ocelot mob that can be tamed into Cats using Raw Fish.
Mobs in general have new a AI with new and improved behaviors.
Skeletons and Zombies burning from sunlight will flee to darkness or jump in Water.
Mobs no longer attempt to jump over Wooden Fences.
Mobs no longer attempt to walk over Signs or other non-solid Blocks if the drop below is too tall.
New Items:
Fire Charge
Jungle Sapling
Bottle o' Enchanting (Creative Mode)
Spawn Ocelot (Creative Mode)
Updated Language files.
Changed Dispenser and Oak Sapling textures. (Dispenser.pngGrid Sapling.png)
Added Desert Wells.
Players are slowed when going through Vines due to their nature of being a collision-less Ladders.

As of snapshot 12w05a:

New Mob behaviors.
Creepers run away from Cats and also stalk players.
Cats can be told to sit.
Mobs no longer attempt to jump over Nether Brick Fences.
Villagers will try to detect village houses and live in them.
Villagers will roam around at Day and stay inside at Night.
Villagers are able to open and close Doors.
Lava now has sounds.
Ocelots are easier to tame.
Abandoned Mine Shafts now bridge over gaps in paths.
Enchantment Tables no longer require Experience in Creative Mode.
Updated Language files, having "50%" less profanities.
Redstone-related items can be placed on Glowstone Blocks again.
You can get Dead Bushes by using shears on them.

As of snapshot 12w05b:

Fixed shift-clicking the result from Crafting only giving one item regardless of the amount of material used.
Cats will now sit if right-clicked with an empty hand.
Death screen has a slight delay before buttons become active, to avoid accidentally clicking buttons when killed.
Survival MultiPlayer mob hitboxes are fixed, so they apply to the full mob, instead of only the head.[1]

As of snapshot 12w06a:

Many minor bug fixes and tweaks.
Creepers no longer explode after death.
Villagers can no longer open iron doors.
Cats, Ocelots, Zombies, Wolves, and Skeletons no longer spin in circles on non-full-height blocks.
Doors have been changed to properly detect if they are open or closed. Double Doors in existing maps will need to be updated.
Placing two Pressure Plates directly in front of doors and stepping on them will open them correctly.
When stepping on a single Pressure Plate only the door on that side will open.
When stepping on both Pressure Plates both doors will open.
Villager's AI has been improved.
Villagers socialize with each other and passive mobs.
Villagers go inside for shelter when it's raining.
Villagers run away from Zombies.
When a player aggros a hostile mob, it will continue to track the player despite being attacked by other mobs.
Zombie's AI has been improved.
On Hard difficulty and Hardcore Mode, zombies break down Doors.
On normal and easy Difficulty, zombies attack but will not break down Doors.
Zombies chase and attack Villagers.
Zombies attack doors when attempting to escape sunlight.
Added new sounds.
Cats meow, cry, howl, purr and hiss.
Doors make banging sounds when Zombies attack them.
Better movement for mobs in Water.
Mobs move slower.
Added rare Item drops for mobs.
Zombies have a rare chance to drop a Iron Ingot, Iron Helmet, Iron Shovel, or an Iron Sword.
Skeletons have a rare chance to drop a Bow or an Enchanted Bow.
Zombie Pigmen have a rare chance to drop a Golden Helmet, Gold Ingot, Golden Sword, or an Enchanted Golden Sword.
Pressing F1 disables hitbox outlines on blocks.
Monster Spawners now show correct mobs in multiplayer.
Snow Golems take damage from rain and water.

Not Pre-released yet:

Increased world height[2], but no change to the world generator[3]
Villagers will have some type of defense.[4]
Remaining animals will be moved into new AI system.[5]
Sieges between zombies and villagers.[6]

So zombies can break down doors now....
S***
We need guards!
And we need villagers believe it or not lol!

**Avatar 720**

Sieges upcoming! Even more reason to fortify villages!

**Asherian Command**

And cats actually do something lol!

**SagesStone**

I think the server isn't on a difficulty high enough for it though. Maybe it should be.

**Doctadeth**

and a higher skybox means I can start my secret project.

Darkinnit, please don't tell ANYONE.

**Avatar 720**

I want to build a replica of the Skybase from Captain Scarlet, both because i'm feeling nostaglic and because I can.

**Ma55ter_fett**

Will villagers move into new houses that you build for them?

If so I would like to request a few dozen once my castle (and surrounding town) is finished.

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Unless feeding them grain causes them to bump uglies, in which case I'll lead them from the NPC village next to me and populate my place that way

**Melissia**

Wait, did it say anythign about skyboxes? O.o

**darkinnit**

World height is likely to be doubled in the next snapshot yes (they're just adding more air rather than raising sea levels etc).

However, they're also adjusting the world format to save biome data (weather, colourings etc) in the chunks. This is big news, as it means whenever they change the biome code (to add jungles for example) we can switch to the new biome generation code without ending up with swampy mountains or snowy deserts. We might still get the cliffs of version change, but existing chunks will now save their weather to stay correct when new updates come out.

If it works out as they intend, we might be able to get naturally spawning jungles without resetting the world. (But we might get the cliffs of version change between old and new chunks - but they can always be smoothed out in game).

**4oursword**

So, the Skybox is doubled just as the pit's finished.

**SagesStone**

Luckily not after significant construction of the titan is done. I'd wait to see how much of a difference it makes then change the scale a little to make a better one.

**4oursword**

As it is, the pit is too narrow... I'm sorely tempted to dirt over the top and turn it into a slime farm, then build the titan on there...

**SagesStone**

Just widen it a bit, saves time. Or should at least.

**4oursword**

I think it would likely be quicker, to be honest, and cooler looking, if it was on the floor rather than sunk into it.

**SagesStone**

Well hopefully it'd be tall enough for it.

**4oursword**

It'll be easier to build on ground level anyway...

**purplefood**

4oursword wrote:It'll be easier to build on ground level anyway...

Yes we wold have fewer occurrences of you and your fellows hurling themselves to their death many blocks below...

**darkinnit**

Full details:
http://www.mojang.com/2012/02/14/new-minecraft-map-format-anvil/

**Melissia**

"Biomes are saved per x/z column, which means they can be altered by tools"

You can perhaps change the proposed island in to a jungle island then, still letting us build the jungle there?

This would allow us to have a jungle closer to spawn, after all.

**SagesStone**

It'd make the ocelots spawn there naturally, but yeh we'd still need to build probably.

**Melissia**

Yeah, it'st he ocelots that are important. They despawn unlike other passive mobs.

edit: ocelots disappear, I shoudl note, not cats.

**Asherian Command**

Melissia wrote:Yeah, it'st he ocelots that are important. They despawn unlike other passive mobs.

edit: ocelots disappear, I shoudl note, not cats.

I get why the disappear lol
But cats are useful. Means Creepers won't creep.
Of course we need wolves now -.- and villagers.
And then we can start breeding whole armies of wolves! ANd Cats! so that everyone will ward away creepers. And zombies will die in the thousands muhahah.
Plus iron is now a renewable resource.

**darkinnit**

Melissia wrote:"Biomes are saved per x/z column, which means they can be altered by tools"

You can perhaps change the proposed island in to a jungle island then, still letting us build the jungle there?

This would allow us to have a jungle closer to spawn, after all.

It could be a possibility, but I forsee some problems with it:

1) I dislike messing with the world data - don't want to cause corruption or other errors
2) I'd have to take the server down to do it and I have no idea how long it would take or how fiddly it would be
3) MCEdit is no longer being updated by the original programmer (although he has released the source, it will probably be a while before people can pick up the pieces)

**Melissia**

Ah, okay then. Just leave that island as a plains one then?

**darkinnit**

It's still a possibility to change it to a jungle biome (so ocelots will spawn), but I'm just saying I don't want to get people's hopes up that I will definitely be able or willing to do it. Especially when we don't know how things will turn out just yet.