LuTzao Posted February 28 Report Posted February 28 126 hours into my first world, I just set half my house on fire. Admittedly only the floors are wood, but this led to the chests and bookshelves deconstructing, which led to the eventual despawning of a full bookshelf of lore, a number of Jonas parts and gods know what else. No real point to discuss, somewhat frustrated that water didn't put the fire out, but just needed to share. RIP my collection of gems. Onwards! 2 1
EnbyKaiju Posted February 28 Report Posted February 28 I think we all do that at least once in our playthroughs. It's kind of a rite of passage and one you learn from, even though it hurts. I like to think of it as a perfect example why houses went from wooden structures to stone & brick as they got closer together and there were more fires around, at least in urban environments, but one miss-placed pit kiln or errant bolt of lightning can really wreck your day. Proud of you for moving on, and hope that you find new gems soon to replace the ones the fire claimed!
LadyWYT Posted March 1 Report Posted March 1 (edited) Welcome to the forums! If it makes you feel better, I incinerated myself in a few of first worlds thanks to building pit kilns in my base...next to the hay bed...and reed chests. 7 hours ago, EnbyKaiju said: errant bolt of lightning This is why it's a good idea to set up a lightning rod somewhere near the chicken pen, unless one really enjoys friend chicken, that is. Edit: I meant to say FRIED chicken. Leaving chickens to get roasted by lightning is not typically a friendly gesture. Edited March 1 by LadyWYT 1
LuTzao Posted March 1 Author Report Posted March 1 Well, I guess I'm going to hurriedly build a lightning rod, that's for sure! I would do complete stone but I'm a sucker for a wooden floor, I might just make stone areas under anything that requires igniting...
V1ncent Posted March 1 Report Posted March 1 7 hours ago, LuTzao said: No real point to discuss, somewhat frustrated that water didn't put the fire out, but just needed to share. RIP my collection of gems. Onwards! Water can put the fire out, be it rainwater, water block and watering can. The problem is rainwater cannot reach enclosed space like your study, while manual method like watering can are not fast enough to help in a scenario full of inflammable wooden material, and sadly, seraph is also too inflammable to stand in the fire center to put down some water source.
LuTzao Posted March 1 Author Report Posted March 1 Intriguing. I slapped down water from a bucket on the first floor (fire started on the ground floor) and it didn't save anything, only destroying the currently burning blocks seemed to stop the spread. I might have to investigate methods of fire control somewhere outside of my base.
vinnland Posted March 2 Report Posted March 2 On 3/1/2026 at 7:30 AM, LadyWYT said: Welcome to the forums! If it makes you feel better, I incinerated myself in a few of first worlds thanks to building pit kilns in my base...next to the hay bed...and reed chests. literally did this twice. The first time, i was like: "how on earth did that happen??????" second time: "ohh...."
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