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Tip: Survive with an Island Spawn Point
Underwater construction can be a hazardous business, so place a bed nearby and
take a nap before you begin. If your spawn point is nearby, you can get back down
quickly enough to pick up any dropped items should you suffer a watery demise.
If you are building too far offshore, use a boat to return quickly, or build an island
platform on the surface, perched on top of a single block tower. It just needs to be
big enough for a bed and a torch to prevent mob spawns at night.
There are plenty of methods for getting started, including tunneling in from the side of a
lake, but these aren't always practical. The most comfortable I've found is to just jump
right in. Here's how:
1. First find a location. At a minimum, the water should be four blocks deep. This
gives you two blocks of standing room, a glass roof (because it looks awesome!),
and one block of water over the top, but you may also want to go deeper. There are
no practical limits; the only concerns are having sufficient air and light, but keep
the structure on the conservative side initially. Figure 8.11 shows the exterior view
of the structure shown in Figure 8.10 .
FIGURE 8.11 Keeping your initial structure to a conservative size helps you get used to
building underwater while providing plenty of room to breathe. This one is 9×9 and three
blocks high.
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