Maelstrom

Crop growth has a base time (stated in the seed item) modified by nutrient and hydration levels of the soil. Artificial light does not impact growth speed. Terra Preta has a marginal impact on growth speed over high fertility soil, but that is because the high nutrient level feeds plants at the end of their growth cycles better than high fertility soil. In the end the crop may mature a 1/4 of a month faster. To supercharge crop growth, use terra preta and maximize the different fertilizers (saltpetre, bonemeal and potash). I believe each farmland block will take up to 5 of each.

I wasn't describing how to plant multiple pumpkins, just how to get a potentially higher yield from a single seed. You still need to consider how to arrange multiple plantings to prevent overlap though.

But Clyde came back, the very next day... Clyde wants his job back. But being fired for cause makes him unemployable for life. And he brought his deadbeat, drunken brother, Bonnie as a reference. It did NOT help his case.

There might be a small (miniscule) chance a pumpkin will spawn after removing a withered vine. A much better way to increase potential pumpkin yield - place a full block on the diagonal blocks from the field block the pumpkin is planted in. Anecdotal evidence indicates a noticeable increase in pumpkin spawnage.

Tyron has explicitly stated (a few months ago at least, I do not recall the thread, and I paraphrase) that animal noises will come from actual animal entities.

Drifters got 'im. Or Herobrine.

@Cetasaya In my 1.20 playthrough I found picking up every loose piece of flint I stumbled across accumulated to 3+ stacks of flint by the time I had played 25 in game days.

Days? Not even close. It takes less than one in game day to set up a moderate charcoal pit (7x7x6 or less) including digging and replacing the sides of the pit if soil instability is active. Not much opportunity lost.

Consider we're looking for an insulating factor to the wall. I can make a wall that divides two spaces out of paper, but will it be thermally capable of preventing heat transfer? For me I do not have an issue with requiring at least a slab to provide sufficient thermal insulation.

Don't expect a reply from a post made 4 years ago.

Other dimensions?

I run a 6x6x4 and seem to have three full stacks of charcoal with a partial stack on top. Sometimes that partial stack has no layers, though.

Mmmmm.... Andesite. My favorite.

You seem to have totally missed the primary reason for glass - checking for gaps in the stack of firewood.

I wonder if the game is coded to convert 100% of the firewood to charcoal under the top layer of firewood. That top layer gets <100% conversion to charcoal.

Another drawback (as mentioned by @LadyWYT ) is that they spoil quicker than sealed crocks do. So on really long excursions, alternate meal prep needs to be found - like sealed crocks.

WAIT! We has signatures here? huh. Not that I'd have created one, but did not know about signatures. and btw - you're welcome about the shout out to my thread. I thought it would be a good idea given Tyron saying sales increase three-fold in the past few months.

My favorite thing? Seeing new players like you excited about the game. It reminds me of my newbie excitement 4 years ago. BTW: welcome to the forums Fortunately the game does not have as steep a learning curve as in the past. If you get stuck, check out the guides in the handbook. Don't be ashamed of burning through some test worlds to get the hang of things (I think I played and deleted a half-dozen worlds learning on the things I needed) and as you mentioned asking for help. I'd recommend the Discord first as the response will be much quicker than here. The challenge is great, but that makes the satisfaction of success that much greater! PS. you may want to check out this thread: shameless plug

My issues with pies is that they are limited to a single non-grain ingredient and the non-meat pie has such low satiation that I find crocks of food much better. The benefit of using a single slot for food isn't sufficiently good enough in my book.

Why bother with dirt topping? Fire up some glass to top the pit with. It's the easiest way to make sure each stack is maximized to prevent fire and an easy indicator when the charcoal is ready to be gathered. Given the high cost of firing steel, I've found a single firing of a 6x6x4 pit provides about the right amount of charcoal to run two cementation furnaces simultaneously. If you build a charcoal pit above ground, making the faces of glass would be recommended, but it's a bit more impractical to check the top for any incomplete firewood stacks. I've found the quickest way to load a charcoal pit is to have a stack of items like sticks and fill my inventory with logs. Leave one space in the hotbar open for filling with firewood but replace a stack of logs with a stick to prevent that inventory slot from filling with firewood. The chopped firewood will automatically fall to the ground. Stand near said pile of firewood entities and begin placing firewood from the single hotbar slot. It will auto-refill with more firewood. My 6x6x4 pit requires exactly 2 trunks of logs to fill which makes 144 stacks of firewood and takes forever filling it without this handy auto-refill technique.

The block you are trapped in is the block your feet occupy, not your eyes. Look down and mine that block, then begin mining above you to escape those enclosures. I've found that jumping during a cave-in greatly increases the likelihood of escaping such entrapments.

Gliders be like, "Am I a joke to you?"

It's been a while since we've had this kind of thread. I thought it would be nice for all the new players to learn (and laugh at) the things us seasoned vets did when we were newbies. 1. Pit Kilns burn more than the what you put in them. In my case, ME! More than once I've run to the nearest water source to put myself out (streaming smoke and flames the entire way). 2. The most important items to obtain first: 2 flint, 4 sticks, 3 grass. Craft 1 knife (2 flint and 1 stick), firestarter (2 stick, 1 grass) and one torch (2 grass, 1 stick). The night get's insanely dark! 3. ALWAYS carry one torch in a separate inventory slot. ALL torches in the hotbar can (and eventually will) get extinguished. Doing so at night is horrifically tragic! Add your bits of wisdom gained from that wonderful School of Hard Knocks...

With the massive increase in sales recently, maybe it's time to post another "Things I wish I had known" thread to help newbies get over that initial learning curve frustration.

Same. In fact after my earlier story about the pathway on sand, I turned dirt physics on.