X Mod Pack - Next Day

I was planning to blog on every day I play this pack but I got into the playing so much I have not blogged about it. I have decided to just post when I can and comment on various aspects as I see them. That saves a lot of time.

Anyway to summarize what has happened since my last post.

The first thing I did was craft some tools and armor to go exploring to find a permanent  home. After some exploring I found a stronghold (courtesy of Better Dungeons). It was full of skeletons which I dispatched after some fire fighting. I now own a stronghold.

I decided to occupy the stronghold as a base for now. It has resources I can salvage and it is secure. The first thing I did was place torches all over the stronghold to prevent mobs respawning (a tip for the uninitiated). I then decided to build a house nearby as it satisfied the criteria I tend to use. It is close to resources, water, lava and is a plain which means I can see mobs coming.

I then proceeded to mine my materials and build by house. Here is the fence and basic foundation. As you can see it is next to my stronghold. Also I am using marble bricks to make it look more modern. I found the mine was full of marble under the stronghold.

The front of the almost finished house.

The finished house with bedroom, veranda and swimming pool.

My lounge room.

Even a fire place. Bricks were made from clay in a nearby swamp.

A kitchen, most of the stuff was salvaged from the stronghold and a few raids on a nearby dungeon.

I decided to build a green house using reinforced glass. The glass is combination of glass and obsidian which I made from the lava pool in the strong hold.

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