Tom's Minecraft Notes

 OK, since it is a new snapshot, none of my favorite Mods will work so I start a new world with Cheats enabled and Mob Damage to the world turned off (so Creepers can't blow up everything I build). I also give myself some items that are impossible to make in-game, such as a Netherite Sword with 100 sharpness, 100 looting, Mending, 10000 Unbreaking, etc. I give myself similar tools, picks, shovels, axes, with mending, some with fortune, some with silk touch, etc. to get things rolling faster. After a time of initial building, I normally start making normal enchantments on diamond items and use them, but the beginning goes much faster if I start out with better items than you could normally get in-game. My objective is to explore and discover at first without worrying about mobs killing me or trying to obtain materials to make tools and armor to survive. I normally make two worlds for each new snapshot. One world is with cheats enabled, and the other is a normal world without cheats.

 Whenever I start a new game, after doing my initializing things like using /give for equipment and setting the GameRules, I look for a place to start building. I will make this post as if I am not using any cheats, but do have the Mods installed as usual. First, I gather some wood, I prefer to use Oak or Jungle wood to make doors so I can see if any mobs are on the other side, so I need 1 log to make a crafting table, 3 logs to make 3 doors and 2 trap doors. I'll also need to get enough wood to make some sticks for making tools and torches. I'd make the crafting table first, and use it to make a wooden pickaxe. I dig dirt, and chop trees by hand until I upgrade to stone tools.  I look for a mountain or large hill with a flat face on it. I use the wooden pickaxe to mine a tunnel 2 blocks tall, and in by 3 blocks. On the bottom of the last block I mine a side "viewport" that I will use later for killing mobs. Then I mine a 3 block tall tunnel, with a matching side port

 I have been away from Single Player games for a while but recently returned. So, I decided to add in a bunch of Mods and use Minecraft Version 1.16.4. I use the same seed for most of my Single Player games, so I know where some interesting items will be located. From one Snapshot to another the terrain may change a little and I have to learn it all over. Seed: Tom Loves Cyndie!!! ********************************************* Mods: I use mods that I mostly got from  Mods - Minecraft - CurseForge I just updated some of them, so my list below is a bit off. I will add in some screen captures.  additional_lights- I .16.3-2.1.2jar Haven't used this one yet, recipes don't show up.  Angel-Ring-Mod-I .16.3.jar  ***** 5 Stars! Love this one! Make a diamond ring, then use that to make the Angel Ring so you can fly /give @p angelring:itemring 1  bambooeverything-l .16.3 forge-I    OK, 4 stars, can't make bamboo boxes/crates  camera-I .16.3-1.0.1 jar Found the recipes inside