Building Materials

[Kittychanley 1,002]

I'm planning on starting up a new season of my LP, and thought it wouldn't hurt to create a seed request post in case someone out there has something that would work.

 

There's really only two things that for me are an absolute must, while everything else would just be nice to have:

• There must be a surface stone type that can spawn some sort of copper ore within 1,000 blocks of spawn. I would very strongly like to avoid gold panning to get the copper for my first tools.
• No dry grass. It's ugly, you can't find clay in it, and it just generally makes me sad.

 

Other things that would be nice, but are not required:

• A nearby source of fresh water, either a large pond, a lake, or a river.
• Building materials to build the house I failed to complete in the last season:
  • Trees - Douglas Fir, Birch and Pine
  • Stone - Basalt, Limestone, and some sort of basic grey stone for a driveway (Andesite, Dacite, Diorite, Dolomite, Granite, Phyllite, Quartzite, Rhyolite), Conglomerate would also work.
• Flux stone within 5,000 blocks of spawn.
• Spawn Z coordinate between -12,000 and -20,000
• A plains biome or other relatively large area that is flat, or would look ok flattened (About 60x70 blocks).

It should also be noted that I strongly despise willow... so if the seed puts me in an area with a lot of willow trees I will clear the entire area and convert all those ugly green logs to charcoal.

 

If I do use a seed that you post, I'll make sure to give you credit in the first video for finding it.

[Hubertus 29]

Well, I recently generated a world that fits some, but not all of your requirements.

 

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The surface stone is dolomite. It is grey, it is a flux stone, and it does not bear copper. However, the second layer is basalt (which you were looking for), and the third layer is gabbro (Which looks pretty nice, and carries important ores like gold, nickel, tin, and most importantly diamonds). There are many very deep ravines in the area that take you straight to the basalt layer.

 

The grass is nice and lush, and there are many ponds, rivers, and hot springs. The major trees around spawn are acacia, sycamore, birch, and kapok. The area is quite flat, but you'll have to deal with the profusion of trees.

 

The basalt ravine is at 9426, -5722.

 

Yes, -5722 z, which is quite outside your desired coordinate range.

 

I'll post some pictures soon, but am currently making tea for my sister. The door workshop I recently posted about is in that area, so you can get a feel about what it looks like there.

[Mathias Ademar 39]

you could always use the seed i made a thread for. the forest directly south of spawn has pine, ash, and maple. and the majority of the starting island is gabbro, basalt and rock salt. there is also limestone about 2500 blocks to the west of spawn and the z coord is -14700. there is a medium-sized vein of poor copper within 100 blocks of spawn.

 

 

ill leave a link for my thread below for quick finding.http://terrafirmacraft.com/f/topic/8255-7918-pretty-good-starting-zone/

Edited 10 Jun 2015 by Mathias Ademar

[Red3Tango 10]

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Head slighting NW from spawn (over the hills) there is a nice "flat" area (need to clear out trees). Copper and Tin are plentiful all over the area. Both fresh water (river) and salt water (ocean).

 

Added bonus of lava pools to dispose of unwanted items 

This is the seed I have been using for my private server "season 2".

[MiaMia 21]

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Z: -9884

 

Spawn point is in a forest, douglad fir, hickory and pine. Stone is phyllite, so should spawn tetrahedrite. About 250 blocks east the forest ends and a meadow starts. Big lakes, lots of flat surface, lots of food. Lots of game in the woods. At least 3 fruit trees are visible right when you leave the forest. The views are very nice all around. Lots of clay.

 

+477, -10316 - a patch of marble (so flux stone) in the mountains with visible malachite vein.

 

+400 -10385 - lots of small tetrahedrite lying around

 

+560 - 10457 - limestone starts here

 

Flying around not very far, I spotted coal, kaolinite, pigs, sheep, horses.

 

No cows With cows it would be a paradise