Ark’s Magical Modded Minecraft Misadventure 32 : Elephants!

My plans for an episode about village-building were thrown into disarray by the arrival of a baby elephant on the borders on my home. I couldn’t pass up this opportunity to make a mighty new friend!

Mods Encountered

Mo Creatures 5.2.3 by Dr Zhark and Bloodshot42 : Mo creatures pretty much managed to grab my full attention for this episode. I’ve run into various elephants and mammoths previously, but this was the first baby one I’ve spotted near to […]

Ark’s Magical Modded Minecraft Misadventure 31 : The Travelling House

I begin still in that rather fine Ars Magica wizard tower, with plans to house-nap it. I go through the Travelling House process, and bring it back to my valley.

But I am not alone. Whom the gods would destroy, they first give melons.

Mods Encountered

Travelling House : This was the clear star of the episode. While it had sounded amazing, I was interested to see how well it would work in practise. It performed flawlessly!

I’m now […]

Ark’s Magical Modded Minecraft Misadventure 30 : Journey to 0,0

I set out on a journey to the 0,0 map co-ordinates. It’s not terribly far, just on the other side of the jungle, but I’ve not been out that way yet and I’m sure to encounter some wonderful things!

Mods Encountered

Utility Mobs 2.0.1 by Father Toast : The Luggage is back! Let’s see how long I can keep him alive this time.

Ars Magica 5.52.013 by Mithion: I encountered this house a few times during my worldgen tests, […]

Ark’s Magical Modded Minecraft Misadventure 29 : Building a Better Bee with Forestry

It’s time for Plan Bee!! With my diamonds in hand, I construct the fabled Beealyzer, allowing me to view the genetic structure of my buzzing friends. Armed with this knowledge, I set forth to build a better bee.

It was probably ridiculously confusing to keep track of the traits during the video so I made a little chart. I think I had a certain amount of beginner’s luck in how many mutations to the Common Bee strain I had. […]

Ark’s Magical Modded Minecraft Misadventure 28 : The Diamond Hunt

It’s time. I have been held up on my investigation of awesome things by my lack of a few pieces of crystalline carbon. So I get tooled up, and head down into the depths in search of a Minecrafter’s best friend.

Not the most illuminating or exciting episode, I’ll admit. Finding diamonds is a lot like eating your cabbage before being allowed pudding. I promise you that the next episode will involve a great deal of pudding, with custard.

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Ark’s Magical Modded Minecraft Misadventure 27 : Breaking into Buildcraft with Forestry

My staircase to the bottom of the world has run into a natural cave system, so I spend a couple of minutes securing the entrance and showing off my new Firebolt Spell.

With that done, I get down to work. I’ve been needing to make a start with Buildcraft for a while, and Forestry provides a short-cut. The Clockwork Engine is limited in its usefulness, but will let me get on with what I need to do. I also make […]

Ark’s Magical Modded Minecraft Misadventure 26

In need of inner peace after my disastrous obsidian hunting expedition, I decide to build an aquarium.

Renewed, I also build an anvil for using my stock of enchanted books.

A quiet and somewhat uneventful episode, but I was pleased to finally have some enchanted tools. Since recording I’ve continued my grand staircase downwards and have just broken into a cave network. I’ll save looking in there for the next episode.

Anvil enchanting is vanilla Minecraft, of course, but […]