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I'm Skip The Tutorial, and this is Almost Every Way to Dig a Hole In Minecraft, Digging a
hole is a very basic skill, but today we're covering
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mined, it works fine, But as soon as you start
to hit the stone level, it's completely pointless. You're just wasting your time,
because as everyone knows, it's best to just stop hurting your hand and put that effort somewhere else, such as crafting some new tools. And with those, we get ourselves a one way
ticket to dig straight down and hey, as far as
straightforward efficiency, there's not much that really
rivals this. It's simple. The fastest way to get
from point a to point B is a straight line. So obviously it works
the same in Minecraft. And although this might
technically be one of the faster ways to get yourself down to bedrock, it's not exactly the safest. All it takes is a patch
of lava or even a ravine to make that whole process not worthwhile. And overall, there's just too many ways to turn this from a mining trip, into digging your own grave. If you want to sacrifice
some speed for safety, then digging two wide straight down is definitely the way to go. By lining yourself up just right in between two different blocks, you are going to use double the durability that you would in a one by one hole. But, if you do have some
love underneath you, then regardless of which one
of those blocks you mine, you're going to be fine. And really that extra bit
of hesitation is worthwhile, regardless of the situation. And while digging straight
down is pretty reliable when you're just starting out, or maybe if you're off somewhere
in the middle of nowhere, as soon as you get a proper mine set up, then obviously you're going
to be doing it with a beacon, and for good reason; mining with haste two and efficiency five on a diamond or netherite
pickaxe, is insane. The level of speed that
you do at this thing is damn near unmatched. And really, it doesn't matter if you're digging down, up, sideways; anything you do is gonna
work fine with this. So long as you're in the beacon's range, you've got full reign to take out an entire chunk of blocks. And as far as a way to collect resources, and do a large scale mining project, there's really nothing that rivals it. Although, if you're looking to
shrink your mining footprint, then maybe even crawl
mining's a better option. In recent updates, we've been
able to take a trap door, even a piston, flip it upside down, and all of a sudden we're able
to walk at one block high. And besides that and even more
claustrophobia to the caves, this is actually a really effective way to clear out some space in a mine. And as far as the math checks out, this is also a very effective way to do branch mining for diamonds. Part of that with the same
haste two and efficiency five that you'd use in your quarries, and you can really tear through
some of the world with this. And better yet, you're not
even restricted to one level. If you make yourself a staircase using snow layers and half slabs, you're actually able to go
down and have a multilevel base cleared out underneath the world. It's pretty cool. Although maybe you're not a fan of the quaint one block
high style of mining, in which case doing it with
creepers is an obvious choice. I mean, look at these things,
they dig the holes themselves. How can you beat that? Whether you're using another mob, or Flint and steel to
trigger them, or Hey, maybe you could just got
too close to one of them, they're going to do a fine job
at clearing out that space. Even if it looks a little ugly at first. Although, why would you go
through all of that manpower to bring on creeper construction workers, when for that same effort,
you could kill a couple, and get an even better blast source, because let me tell you, TNT is a versatile block. And even in the most basic
sense of lighting it up with a Flint and steel or Redstone signal, it's still packs quite the punch. Plus it cooperates so much
better than those creeper divas. As long as you take a
couple steps back out of the blast zone, this is definitely a
solid operation to use. Although, maybe you're trying
to cover a bit more ground, in which case, no worries. Add five iron to the backside of that TNT, and all of a sudden you've got
a pretty convincing mine cart to do the job. Although one of these by itself
is not doing a lot of work. If you're looking for true
mayhem on the blast site, then stack up a couple of
these on the same rail. And from there, all it
takes is one simple push, (laughs) and your whole operation is gonna be looking a lot holier. And by that, I mean,
it's just a giant hole. (laughs) Enjoy. But if recklessly obliterating your world isn't in your vision, than a TNT dispenser probably
more in your catalog. You see with this, you don't have to worry about
setting it off yourself. Really, all you need to
do is to set up the clock fill up the dispenser, and your off for a good time. Plus, it keeps you separate
from the explosions and your hands completely free (laughs) when the cops show up. And if you're looking to distance yourself even more from the blast range, than a TNT cannon system is the pinnacle of that. It uses the same concepts
of the TNT dispenser, except in this case, we're using TNT to shoot off more TNT. Honestly, this is a perfect choice for your pirate ship
and castle cannon needs. That is until your TNT runs out. See, the problem with using dispensers is that we're eating through
so much TNT as we go. And unless you've got
a killer gunpowder farm and sand in your storage, you're not making a lot of that. In which case we've got
to start talking about TNT duplication. As one of the most useful
glitches in Minecraft, this thing can do so much work
for clearing out a landslide. All of a sudden resource
management's not an issue, which means we can completely
automate this system without even having to worry about it. And better yet, using the same concepts that we used in the TNT cannon system, We can actually drop these on
a blast resistant platform, and then have it fan out by having TNT explode even more TNT. All of a sudden the range of holes that we can dig with TNT duping goes through the roof, and that rocket ship reaches its peak when we start to talk about world eaters. To the technical players out
there, this is a common site, and you've probably
used them once or twice when trying to clear out a witch farm. But the idea here is that
we're using flying machines, and TNT carpet bombing, to just completely eat away the world. And frankly, I don't know if
this packs more of a punch for the landscape, or
your service computer. But when it comes to
leveling through your world, there's nothing that really comes close. And this carpet bombing monstrosity is definitely a top pick from this list. Although, if you're a
fan of flying machines, but not so much the whole destroying the whole landscape
(TNT explodes) with carpet bombing, there is still an option for you. That's right. We can actually use flying machines to extract blocks as we go. And folks, I know this looks ridiculous, but (laughs) the fact that it even works cracks me up to no end. I mean, look at this thing. Clearly it's not the fastest, but the fact that we're able to take your diamonds out in this method, it's just too good to pass up on. Plus you can ride the thing. You got to build one of
these right now, honestly. That said it does have some competition. We can't talk about
peeling apart the world, one block at a time, without
talking about endermen. Granted, they're not the
most cooperative of workers, and even worse still, they're not gonna take any
blocks that are below them. So you have to get them started by having them actually take
blocks that are beside them. But as soon as you cage enough endermen and let them get started on that world, it's gonna eat away pretty quick, and time lapses of this thing are both the most chaotic
and satisfying things I've seen in the game. And while it might not be in
your company's mining budget to bring a whole bunch of
endermen labor through the portal, it's worth doing at least once. But as far as mob labor goes
for different dimensions, my pics got to go to
ghasts, and yes, I'll admit, they're just as annoying to work with, if not more, than creepers. But honestly, just look at how
one of these ghast fireballs can tear through the landscape. It's pretty great to see. And unlike a creeper it's multi-use. So if you've got enough time, you can use that ghast to tear up through that
entire bit of landscape you've been meaning to get rid of. Although I will admit
they're better suited for taking out blocks in the nether than they are on the overworld. Just like mining with your fist, as soon as they hit that stone level, they're completely useless. And if you're going to
go through all that time to bring one of them
over to the overworld, you're better off just focusing on getting the charged creeper. Now these creatures
know how to dig a hole. And while sure, lightning
isn't exactly easy to come by, If you've got yourself
a channeling Trident, and a thunderstorm overhead, you're able to get so
many blocks cleared out with one of these things. And who knows, maybe you'll even get some
mob heads thrown in the mix, making it an even better way
to tear through that mountain. Yes, they do still have the
same issues that creepers do, if not tenfold more from
all the damage they pack, but hey, you can still set them
off with a flint and steel. And if you're out of that blast radius, they do clear out plenty of blocks if you need them to. Really, there's only one
thing that's on par with them. And unfortunately for
the charged creepers, it's a lot easier to come by, because if we find ourselves in the nether or the end, then a bed is going to do so much more for clearing through the blocks, with obvious upsides, such as the fact that we get to choose when it explodes, this is definitely a better pick. And while there are obvious
reasons to worry about the damage of this thing, we can see in 1.16, there's plenty of safe ways to get mileage out of this thing. Like make yourself a five block tunnel, place one at the end, and boom, you're going to be finding
yourself some ancient debris. As long as you take
the proper precautions, this is probably my favorite
way of branch mining in any version. And if you want that same
kind of explosion chaos in the overworld, albeit a bit more expensive to get, a respawn anchor's a one
way ticket to do such. If you got the crying obsidian
and glowstone to spare, this is a pretty great way to clear through some of your blocks, be that in the overworld or the end. But remember to keep in mind the same restrictions we had for the bed. Otherwise the operation's
going to go somewhere south, but maybe that's not enough to you. Maybe you want to cause
damage to not only yourself, but all the other mobs around you. Well, throw together three
black skulls and some soul sand, and that wither boss is going to do so much
work to the terrain, even just spawning in the thing is sure to clear out plenty
of blocks around you. And then of course you'll have
to deal with the added bonus of getting fired at, from the wither. But if you're a bit more enterprising, you can actually put the
wither to good use this way. You see when the wither takes damage, it breaks blocks around it. So if you get it suffocating, you're actually able to
get it to break blocks in a nearby vicinity. And this kind of madness can be used for not only tunnel systems, but also for making fully
functional obsidian farms. But the question is, with
all this block breaking, what about if the blocks
want to break you? And curiously enough, there's an answer for that. By getting ourselves a
heaping number of silver fish, such as with the spawner that
you find next to the portal, you can have them infest all of these different stone blocks. And while it might
sound like a death wish, this is a fully functional way to have them dig a hole for you. All you gotta do is
wait for them to infest every piece of stone, damage
one of their brothers, and then let the whole
world crumble around you. This is definitely the
creepiest way to dig a hole, and honestly, I'm going to be seeing all these silver fish in my nightmares. Oh God. So after you've quit the game
after that nightmare scape, don't log in just yet, because there's actually a
way to dig holes in Minecraft, without even playing Minecraft. If you're able to run
an instance of Minecraft on a nearly filled hard drive, which we can emulate
by using a flash drive, interesting things start to occur. You'll particularly see this
in older versions of the game, but when you log into the world, and you're trying to
generate without space, it doesn't know what to
do with certain chunks. So what will start to happen is when you log in and back out, chunks will just randomly
be taken out of the world and placed somewhere else, giving us a newly functioned hole in the side of the landscape. Now I'm not expecting this to become a common way to
dig holes in Minecraft. But what is cool though, is when you free up that drive, you can actually keep that
same copy of the world you just destroyed. But folks, we haven't even thrown creative
mode commands into the mix. For that matter, I gotta cover one before
the comments eat me alive. And that is, if you type in
a field command like such, you can just have the world
be replaced with air. Boom. Now you've got an instant hole. Although I gotta say, if you're using commands in Minecraft, this has to be one of the most boring ways to use your creative mode privileges. It's quick, it's painless, It's easy. But hey, some people just want
to watch the world burn. And for that matter, you
can actually do that. Fill up that exact place of the world with some form of flammable block, we can use wood, we
can use wool, whatever, and then just set it ablaze
as quick as you want. And if you've got fire tick enabled in a high enough difficulty, that fire's going to eat
through the world ASAP. And better yet, it's not likely
to leave any scraps around. So as long as you don't put out at fire, it's going to clean the
whole plate for you, give you quite the hole, and quite the light show to watch with it. But if you really want a show, while you're digging that hole, then don't burn those leaves just yet. Instead, open up your menu and spawn in a couple of raid ravagers, because let me tell you, those things are a favorite to eat through every bit of
greenery placed before them. Granted, like endermen, they can't do this with blocks below them, so you have to get them same level, but once they're on that, they're going to destroy through it. And better yet, unlike
some of the other mobs, they'll create these
really cool cavern systems as they work their way through the hole. Only bad news is, as soon as they eat
through all that foliage, your place is going to
be looking deserted, and if you want to crank your
desert levels up to the max, then why don't you fill that
exact same spot with sand, and then let it block update. This one's sure to cause
some pain to your computer. But when you watch these gravity blocks just fall down through the void, It's different level of satisfying. With that said, it
doesn't have to be sand, it could be any form of gravity block. So if you want to stand on
top of a shipment of anvils, sending themselves
straight down to the void, full send, but also here, don't make the same mistake that I did, and think that you could
fill it up turtle eggs to do some kind of
science project egg drop. For some reason, it doesn't work that way. It's not gravity effected. But, with that said, there is a pretty great
way to break these eggs. You see, certain hostile mobs will try to break through the eggs. So if you get some zombie pigmen on deck, and enough for them to do the job, you can actually watch as they eat their way through these eggs and fall themselves down into the void. They won't stop. They will just take these eggs
out into their own demise. They hate turtles that much, I guess. And while it's a pretty burning hatred, it's pretty fun to watch. But we don't have to dig holes
just by filling in blocks. We could also edit the
mobs we used to do it. You see, if you take a
creeper summon tag like this, and then beef up the explosion power, you can do so much more damage than that regular thing
does in your world. And for all you chaos chasers out there, you can beef up this tag all
the way to 127 explosion power. Might I add use this with caution? When you set one of
these off in your world, you're going to see so
many blocks destroyed. And if you want the extra style points, you can also hit it with a lightning bolt to get yourself that
charged creeper explosion, which is equal parts disturbing, and oddly symmetrical? Who knew. Or you don't get that same
kind of geometric beauties with a ghast. Because like the creepers, we can beef up the explosion
power on one of these. And when you're using a
super ghast like this, you're in for a lot more
damage to your world, and a lot more fire too. But for better or worse with the ghast, we don't have to stop at
127 for explosion power. No, for some reason, this goes up to two billion, one hundred
and forty-seven million, four hundred and eighty-three thousand, and six hundred and forty
seven explosion power. I don't know why it goes
even near that high, but when you let one of those
loosen your world, yeah, say goodbye to the instance of Minecraft, you're in for a crash, no questions asked. But if you don't want
to work with a ghast, because, I don't know, it just blew up your
whole world and then some, you don't actually have to use one of them to get a fireball. You see, using this summon tag, we're able to spawn in a
fireball, without the ghast, and best part yet, we can choose the direction
to launch that off in. So if you want more
versatility and discretion than a ghast would give you, this is the best way to do it. And I'm sure you guessed, but we can beef up that explosion power to the exact same numbers as the ghast. Which again, we might as well
just call the computer killer, because there's no way my PC's surviving through one of these again. and better for us, and our computer's RAM, we actually are able to do even
more explosive projectiles. While they're not in the base game, turning on this command allows us to enable explosive arrows. Which means that every single arrow that we shoot off in this world, whether it's us, or a
skeleton trying to hit us, as soon as it makes
impact with the ground, it's going to explode like a primed TNT. And if you want to see
the mayhem hit sky high, then try doing this with
a multi-shot crossbow. Because with each one of those
arrow rounds you shoot off, you're gonna get your
world begging for mercy. And last but certainly not
- why do I hear boss music? That's because the ender
dragon is the surefire way to clear through any blocks
you hate in the world. Whether it's a mountain ready to be caved, or your friends base, the
ender dragon does not care. Put some blocks in its path, and it's going to eat through
them without a problem. What I will say is when you spawn one of
these in the overworld, it's not always the most
reliable in how it attacks. So if you really want to see
some blocks get destroyed, and better yet, holes get dug, you got to watch it do
its work in the home turf. Sit back and just observe. And with that, crash that
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