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Tip: Light Up Your (Underwater) Life
Things get gloomy in the deep. Anything over seven blocks down comes close to
pitch black, even during the day, and torches need a full block of clear air to stay
lit. How can you light up the murky mire? Jack-o'-lanterns and glowstone both
work well. Another option: change your screen settings. Press Esc to open the Op-
tions menu. Select Video Settings , and shift the Brightness slider all the way to
the right.
Light tunnels also work well. Place blocks and ladders above your first air-pocket
block until you reach the surface. The light flows down the tunnel brightening up
theseafloorandprovidesaconvenientaccessshaftforyoursubmergedtraversals.
(See Figure 8.14 .)
Now that you have a survivable location on the seabed, it's time to get started on the struc-
ture.
Building underwater takes a few steps and a lot of care:
1. Plan out the perimeter. I find it easiest to create an air tunnel around the perimeter
using dirt blocks and ladders at eye height, filling in the interior as I go. Figure
8.13 shows an example. All the ladders are recoverable later, and I generally put
them on the interior wall so that I can work on the exterior without worrying about
removing a ladder and getting swamped by an inrush of water.
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