Category:Skyblock Tips 'n' Tricks!

One of the servers on GotPVP is Skyblock. So, some tips:

To start your island, type in /is.

To invite people, type /is invite

To check your island's level, type /is level.

To see who's on your island, /is party.

Some very informative tips from xTomik101:

Points Blocks 300 Diamond Block 150 Dragon Egg, Gold Block, Enchantment Table 10 Obsidian, Iron Block *Netherbrick* not exactly sure of the value but it gives a good amount of points! 5 Bookshelf, Jukebox 3 Ice, Clay, Grass, Mycelium, Nether Brick 2 Stone Brick, Bricks, Wool, Sandstone, End Stone, Brick Stairs, Stone Slab(Double), Glass 1 Everything else.

Each island level takes 100 points. So, for example, one diamond block is 300 points or 3 island levels. It would take 100 cobblestone to make one level.

​ 1: Trees are your friend.

Trees offer the best bang for your buck. When used with bonemeal, trees create a lot of blocks very quickly. One method of gaining a lot of levels quickly is to plant a lot of trees. When I say a lot of trees I mean a LOT. I started at the lowest point I could build, and built a platform out of stone bricks. Stone bricks are worth 2 points remember. Then once the platform was built, I laid out dirt every 3 blocks . On average a pigman will spawn every 6 hours on peaceful, 3 hours on easy, and 2 hours on hard. This makes farming rather slow, unless you have a lot of portals. YouTube has great tutorials on how to make these farms. This is a much slower farm but gold blocks are worth more than iron.

3: Read Up Book shelves are worth 5 points and are easy to make. Use a cow farm to get a ton of leather, make books, then bookshelves. This is an easy way to use materials that you may already have to boost your island levels.

<span style="color:rgb(204,204,204);font-family:Tahoma;line-height:18px;">4: Cobblestone, Booo! <span style="color:rgb(204,204,204);font-family:Tahoma;line-height:18px;">Unless you are just starting out, you should never use cobblestone to build. You can use stone bricks and get twice the points. It takes a bit more work but its worth it in the long run. A 100x100x1 platform of stone bricks will boost your island level by 200.

<span style="line-height:18px;color:rgb(204,204,204);font-family:Tahoma;">#1 The grass is critical. Do not harvest all your dirt, the grass will spread, keep at least one piece at all times.


 * 1) 2 At the bottom of the island is a block of bedrock, I use this as a backstop behind my cobblestone generator so I can't mine the wall out.


 * 1) 3 If you screw up your cobblestone generator and make obsidian you can right-click it with your bucket to turn it into lava again.


 * 1) 4 So you want to build downward. Ok, pour water over the edge and swim down the flow, then place blocks above your head.


 * 1) 5 Keep everything valuable in your chest. In the beginning I carried only a pick, a few logs and some cobble around with me all the time.


 * 1) 6 Plant your seeds and saplings, things take a long time to grow, get this done early.


 * 1) 7 Build yourself a mob grinder. There are several plans for this online:http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=skyblock+mob+grinder


 * 1) 8 Harvest logs, lots of them, apples and wood sell better than cobble for the starting player.


 * 1) 9 Once you get redstone, a slime ball and 2 iron build a cobble generator that doesn't lose cobble in the lava. I like this design, it's almost completely lag-free: http://youtu.be/3lyeJhRDILg


 * 1) 10 Keep everything. Sell or trade anything you have that is extra but do not assume anything at all is "worthless". IE. If you have an extra stack of melon slices they might be used in a later challenge.


 * 1) 11 Do your challenges. They give you good stuff that you'll need.


 * 1) 12 Spawn passive mobs. Lay out as much grass as you can, circle it with a fence and stay 24-120 blocks away from it, hopefully some passive animals will spawn there.

Detailed rules for passive mob spawning can be found here:http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Spawn#Mob_spawning

What I found is that even if I was 24 blocks away from the dirt I rarely got spawns, but if I was 80 blocks below the dirt I got spawns much more often. (At this point I have animals spawning annoyingly often)


 * 1) 13 Spawn Squid. Make a deep pool by blocking off a space (Mine is 18x18) fill it with water 1 layer deep. This is the bottom. Above it make another ring of stone the same size and in the same place and place water into it so it flows down and meets with the layer you made earlier (IE, you put one layer of water at the bottom, and one layer of water at the top and it flows together, without the layer at the bottom it won't work. I made my upper level 120 levels above the lower one). The game will think this is a filled pool. Squid will spawn here, kill for ink and exp. (You can fish in this too)Thanks xTomik101!

Some help about the different chat channels: http://www.youtube.com/captinsparklez

There are two main channels: Global and Trade. To join a channel, type in /ch join. The Trade channel is for TRADE RELATED CHAT ONLY. The Global channel is for anything else.

How not to use the channels:

Normal Player (In global channel): Selling obsidian for $100 each!

Mod (In global): Please talk about trade related stuff in the Trade channel. You can access it with /ch join trade.

Normal Player (In global channel): SELLING OBSIDIAN FOR $100 EACH!

Mod (In global): Normal Player muted.

How to use the channels:

Normal Player (In trade): Selling obsidian for $100 each!

Some rules:

Please don't annoy mods by ignoring their warnings.

Don't swear: It's not for you to decide what is or isn't a swearword. It's for the mods.

Don't argue: The mods decide who to mute, why and for how long. If you have a problem, make a thread. Don't just argue with them in the chat.

USE COMMON SENSE: Don't do stuff you know are wrong.

I hope this helps!

-Thanks

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