Maelstrom

I was being silly.

The devs intent for making various things (like trees) available in limited sites (like tropical locales) is to encourage exploration. Yes that exploration may take tens of thousands of blocks, but all you need do is pack some provisions and head out. Translocators can help with lengthy travels. I once had a world where a translocator 3,000 blocks to the south carried me an additional 12,000 blocks further south, where I found acacia, ebony and purpleheart wood as well as the various warm weather plants. I even set up a winter farm and grew flax year round.

One last tidbit. Tyron has tentatively announced the possible, potential (see how certain this is?) start of 1.20 versions in the fourth quarter (Oct-Dec). This lines up with the general release runs of approximately, about 6 months in between releases.

Weeeelll... Animals (like chimkens) generally have better hearing than highly intelligent critters like humans and seraphs. The best way to prevent spooked chickens (without mods) is to put the chicken pen at least 11 blocks from where you regularly travel so that you don't inadvertently spook them.

Don't count on it. There was a LOT of comment on this when the devs nerfed rates for certain trees - redwood and ebony chief among them. Without modding, the best way to have even the slightest chance of a sustainable tree farm at home is to gather as many seeds from the forest you find the tree in and plant them far enough apart so that you can manually trim every single leaf block (as @Thorfinn noted).

Are you sure you're not playing modded TOBG? That looks like one of them floating mineshaft thingys.

I just open up the image in whatever default thing my 'puter has, save as .jpg.

Cool. The locusts weren't a problem. I came back later (when I had inventory space) and cleaned them out. My loot wasn't too impressive though.

Thank you. Decades of reading how others paint pictures with words (I was voracious reader of fantasy and sci-fi) followed by years and years of practicing telling stories. If I can become a storyteller, just about anyone can. You're pretty good yourself. Keep practicing!

THAT was the response I was waiting for.

Oh it was horrifying! I'm not one to be jump scared (ask my kids, they succeeded just ONCE in 15 years of trying) and that simultaneous combo of buzzsaw buzzing in my ears plus my poor seraph complaining about attempted amputations caused me to direct my seraph to first, ponder potential cave paintings on the cave ceiling while 2. switching to rope ladders to fend off the attempted amputations by the mobile (and very offensive) lumbermill.

Not so quick. I've had sneaky little buzzsaws put the ultimate buzzkill to my explorations. Spawn in close to me and notify me of the presence WHILE they make their first attack. Granted BOTH of these scenarios are rare as each one has happened to me precisely once (each) in my playthroughs since I started with the 1.14.10 release.

I gotta... Chicken... pit?

Don't be too sure about that. In my current world I peaked down a cave shaft and about 20 blocks below the surface saw a nice, friendly, mobile buzzsaw just waiting to slice and dice my poor nekkid seraph. Pulled up what little rope ladder I had and decided to explore that cave another time. Since the entrance was about 50 blocks from my dirt hovel, it would be a few visits before it despawned.

You can follow them and then visiting the mod page next time will show only your followed mods.

OH! Be very careful. You found yourself one of those rare (thought be extinct) Arctic Drop Bears. Infinitely more deadly than the Australian breed of drop bears.

Unless they don't have enough non-glass building material? Just sayin'

I believe you are correct.

I've never built a greenhouse, but I've seen so many greenhouse troubleshooting requests that it is one of the first things I check.

Shift + H while targeting a block will bring up the handbook entry on the block, such as lily pads, seaweed, etc.

Glass slabs for the top need to be on the top half of the block. You have them on the bottom half of the block.

Torches are infinite if within an inventory (chest or your inventory/hotbar). Breaking a torch placed in the world will reset it's extinguishing timer, so technically torches placed in the world are potentially infinite as well.

In my second world (the first ended during the first night when I learned the prime directive of 2 sticks, 2 flint and 2 grass is the FIRST objective) I was building a pathway across a sandy plain. Placed pathway block number next and the world disappeared. I thought to myself "self, WHAT?! just happened?" and before that though was half done I noticed my health was at half and the friendly neighborhood den of drifters (3 or 4 of them) was helping with beating the remaining 1/2 of my health out of me. It only took them 3 or 4 seconds to convince me to start a third world.

Separate one out in a second pen for backup?

Not exactly interesting. But this was definitely a nope room!