I've run into a lot of lava griefing on my recent travels and seen word of clean up operations for various areas such as Columbia. Remember that lava in a bucket is as good as 12.5 pieces of coal, smelting up to 100 blocks/items and returns the bucket. Hope this helps someone out there!
Posted Aug 17, 2012, 3:20 PM UTC
Since when do we get the bucket back?
1.3.1 according to the change log on the wiki.
Change-log 1.3.1 August 1, 2012:
"Return an empty bucket when using lava buckets as fuel now."
I don't see how that works. When the lava has cooled and hardened, do you just tip the lump out of the bucket? I don't remember crafting this thing with teflon.
I think it involves magnets, but then how do those work?
You're holding a pail of lava in your hyperspace inventory. I think suspension of disbelief applies.
Note to self... get a private nether portal.
I don't know if you're playing stupid or not, but there are much more convenient way to get lava.
Did I say getting lava was hard or inconvenient?
I am sorry, but lava is so common in minecraft that you dont need randomly placed sources over your town to get it.
Of course. It however remains a negative aspect which can be turned into a positive one, or at least a less-negative one. For instance using that lava to make smooth stone to reinforce structures around the griefed area, turning your enemies attack into a counter measure either against the same enemy or other enemies, or at least as a way to cook a lot of chicken.
When griefers give you lava, you make lava-ade.
Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lavas, don't make lavaade - make life take the lavas back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lavas, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lavas. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lavas. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lava that burns your house down!
Hire me, I can make this happen.
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So black and white, something is either good or it is bad, something cannot be less bad?
You have to clean up the lava anyway, why not get some benefit at the same time?
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