Cobblestone structures - Mining only pickaxes

[Jisoo]

Hello, I propose that the blocks from which the structures in the game are built should be extracted only with a pickaxe, because collecting them without a tool is not immersive and so unrealistic.

Edited December 29, 2024 by Jisoo

[LadyWYT]

Welcome to the forums! I beg to differ that it's entirely unimmersive/unrealistic--depending on the condition of the mortar holding rock walls together, you can take them apart using your bare hands. That being said, I'm guessing it's probably coded that way in-game in order to allow for a more readily accessible, less frustrating building material to work with in the early game. There are technically quite a few things you really shouldn't be able to break with your hands in the game, but can anyway for the sake of less frustration.

[NastyFlytrap]

1 hour ago, Jisoo said:

Hello, I propose that the blocks from which the structures in the game are built should be extracted only with a pickaxe, because collecting them without a tool is not immersive and so unrealistic.

While technically true, this is one of those things that shouldnt be part of the game because it'd make the game a pain. If you dont have one on you, or if you're building large, constantly looking for a pickaxe, or making them just to take apart blocks would get annoying quick. Im already frustrated that if i place a wooden log down, as part of my house, then i need an axe to pick it back up, because i dont usually carry one on me. Only time you'd need it is when you're chopping trees, which i do in bulk, so i never need it unless im leaving the house with an empty inventory intent to come back with countless stacks of the stuff.

 

Dont even get me started on the durability. Tools break way too god damn fast, and im not even building large. If i did i'd have gone insane already from the amount of axes and pickaxes i had to smith. Shovels too, *shudders*

 

Even now, with a completely normal sized house, i burned a stupid amount of meteoric iron axes, pickaxes, and shovels, just getting everything i need. The last bloody thing i want is for my building prototyping to also take that precious durability away.