Episode 3 Minecraft The Bay

So morning came without incident. I went outside and grabbed my crafting bench and went inside. A few stones creates me a furnace. Some sand, some coal, and now my shelter has glass windows! I'm a regular Joe Rockenfeffer. Actually, my shelter is pretty poor, but it keeps me safe at night. Here's a picture of it so you know what I'm workin' with.



So you can see that I don't really want to stick around here, I decide to go looking for cows. Cows, I figure, will give me something good. Perhaps some steak to eat, or milk. I go up the hill, but instead of going back up the mountain from yesterday, I head towards what I hope is some flat land. What I find is unpleasent...



I call this "The Hole". The whole damn mountain is hollow! This is the largest by far, but I soon find that almost all the hills here have smaller "holes". After about 3 mountains explored, I come to a flat area at last. It had roses and it had cows! Moo Mesa sounds stupid, so I named it Rose Point. Off the edge I see a large body of water.



I chased some cows around and killed them. They have leather, and I need some protective armor in case a mountain decides to explode. Come to think of it, I hope the mountains aren't hollow because they all exploded.... Anyway. With some leather in my bags, I headed back toward my shelter as it became night.

Episode 2 Minecraft: The Bay

Today started out well.

I made my way down the side of the bay and found a few pieces of coal beyond a waterfall near my beach shelter. On my way back I cleaned up the coastline a little bit in anticipation of needing to mine there later. I made a few torches and felt much better about my situation. With my new confidence I began giving myself some more room in my shelter. I needed a few more blocks so I began chopping at the rocks in the cave beside the shelter and soon broke through to an underground cave. Using torches to light my way I was surprised to find...



I was excited, this was my first big discovery in game. The water moves fast, but is not so deep. I did not want to waste my rare torches, so after this shot I gathered back up my flares and left. I took the blocks I had and I squared away my shelter. I created a crafting bench and set it on the beach, I then fashioned me a door to put on my shelter to make it easier getting in and out.

I began feeling adventurous, so I resolved the climb the mountain and get a look at the cave up top where I planned on making a Lookout platform as my previous post illustrates. I get near the top, with barely any place to find a footing, when suddenly I hear a loud hiss. I look around and see nothing and then suddenly BOOM!



Something blew up the side of the mountain, I was blown toward the edge, but luckily did not fall off to my death. Only a few rocks had hit me. I took a moment to collect myself, I had no idea what had caused such an explosion. I looked and found the cave about 10 feet above me, luckily its structure did not seem damaged by the explosion, though I did not explore it further. Night was setting in. I went back to the shelter.



I was not sure what had happened up there. I did decide I need to make some windows for my shelter so I could see the things that may come around at night. Unfortunately I left my crafting bench outside on the beach... and my fear was too much for me to run out and retrieve it. Windows would have to wait for sunrise.

Episode 3 continues my exploration, as well as small improvements to my shelter.