Game Development Reference
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FIGURE 12.5
You can spot fortresses from below by the walls that extend down to the
lowest levels of a cave. When looking down from above you'll see long straight walkways
and rows of window spaces.
If you enter a fortress from below, use your pickaxe to dig out the netherbrick and
ascend until you reach a corridor. If coming from above just work your way down
to a walkway and enter the fortress, or come in through a sidewall. You may need
to navigate around broken walkways or cave-ins, but fortresses are massive; so if a
viable entry isn't obvious at first, just look around until you can find a way in.
Now you're almost done. There is a bit of combat ahead, and then you can head back out
to The Overworld.
Surviving the Nether Fortress
Everyfortresspresentsasimilarexperience:traipsinglongmazesofcorridorsbeforestum-
bling into a moment of extreme terror! Actually, it's not that bad. You will find many long
corridors. You'll also find numerous chests filled with some of the most valuable and rare
items in the game. Then, once in a while, you'll probably find a small balcony contain-
ingaspawnerchurningoutblaze mobs,(see
Figure12.6
)
,wandering wither skeletons, and
magma cubes.
