Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Tip:
Leveling Up Your Hydration Skills
Watercanhydrateoneleveldownbutneverup,soalwaysensureyourwaterflows
either on the same level as your crops or just above them. In both cases, it will still
hydrate up to four horizontal blocks away, even with a gap in the middle.
3.
It isn't absolutely necessary to build a nice cobblestone path all the way around, as
is shown in
Figure 6.6
, but it's nicer that way.
4.
Fence the area off any way you think will work best and then hoe and plant the
blocks. You'll find it easiest to work on the inner section of each bed, first running
along the edge holding down your left mouse button to till the blocks, and then
with seeds selected using your right mouse button to quickly plant them.
5.
When harvest time comes, just use any tool to quickly knock out the wheat and
seeds. Most that are flung away from you will wind up in the water and wash
down toward each end of the beds. Because the beds are hydrated, you can also
run up and down them to pick up any seeds or wheat left behind without too much
worry about reverting the beds to dirt blocks. Dry beds revert much faster!
6.
Knock the mud out of your shoes (just kidding), and go bake some bread!
Automated Farms
Automated farms can save a lot of the tedium involved in harvesting crops, even if they
don't help with the planting. There are an essentially endless numbers of ways to build
these, with some variations according to the crop, but each primarily relies on one of three
methods:
Pistons cut across the top of crop, sweeping the harvest into a channel of water that
carries them to a convenient central collection point.
Pistons move the block on which the crop stands, shaking the harvest loose.
A torrent of water floods the entire crop, carrying the harvest down to a single loc-
ation. The water can be controlled using sticky pistons or a water dispenser.
Note:
Want to Be Moved? Use a Piston
Pistons are one of the most useful features of Minecraft's redstone sys-
tem.I'llshowyouhowtousethemhereforfarming,butyou'llalsofind
a lot more detail on these and all the other juicy redstone equipment in
