Talk:Mineshaft

it looks like these shaft's are very common maby too much so they seam to run through the world like crzy cuting evey thing underground it to bit sized snacks even each other-Doom87er

erm what happened to these i mean pepole wo maked these shafts died? npc? i really dont get these things [mewtwoy]
 * First things first, please improve your grammer so that you are easier to understand, and second, Mojang is already working on making these less common --HexZyle 05:48, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Another worldgen glitch that should be mentioned is that Ravines can cut through mine shafts. This would be totally epic, Mines of Moria-style, except that ravine generation appears to only take into account stone blocks and nothing else (alternately, mine shaft generation is called after ravine generation). So instead of seeing a complete ravine with mine shaft blocks on either side, you get hilariously floating wood planks. --WackoMcGoose 20:39, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Does anyone have any conformation of Mine Shafts having a surface entrance? Because even though they are abandoned, real life mine shafts have an entrance somewhere. Maybe they do somewhere, but I have yet to find the 'entrance' to one yet, or even hear about them.

Anybody come across a large square room with a dirt floor in/near their mineshaft? I've seen this in two of two shafts I've explored so far and confirmed they exist with another player. Digging up the floor produces nothing. Any idea what these are?

Yes, I've come across about 5 of them in the one I was talking about for the entrance above. I think it might just be a glitch in the spawning code. (IE: Circular rooms in cave systems) I found some iron underneath one of them, but I think that was just because of how deep the mine is underground. I have about 10 pictures of them to show if anyone needs to post some photos of them up for any references. The pictures section of this page is fairly skeletal for new players wanting to know what they look like. --User:K12machinima 1:34, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

I can also confirm the strange empty rooms. I came across a few in my explorations. I assume it'll be a feature in the future. Its probably just skeleton code for the future when they will add something to these rooms(e.g. special dungeons, bosses, reward rooms, old farms left behind by the previous miners?, etc.). WallShadow 00:35, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

"It is possible (but rare) to have one spawn in an Ocean Biome, causing the shaft to be flooded." Well I dont't think so. I have found several in the ocean biome and obviously I have only explored under ocean floor near islands. And they were not flooded. Those you are most likely to find are not likely to be flooded. Of course there is often some water flowing through, but not to the extent of hindering movement. Those are easy to block out. 85.78.xx.xxx 14:26, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

"It is possible (but rare) to have one spawn in an Ocean Biome, causing the shaft to be flooded." me and a friend just bought minecraft and i got lucky starting with a forest type biome. my friend got the ocean biom with one tree. He got lucky though because he found a mine shaft really fast. and it wasnt filled with water either. he found like 14 diamonds too. I have yet to find a mine shaft in my forest biome map. Because of this i dont think its rare on ocean biome for a mine shaft to appear.

Contents of Chests
Anyone have info on chests contents? It would be very useful to know the specifics instead of "etc.".

Here ya go: Pumpkin Seeds Melon Seeds Bread Iron pickaxe Diamond Gold ingot Iron ingot Lapis Lazuli redstone ore coal Gun Powder

They say that Pumpkin Seeds are harder to find then Melon seeds, but I think they are equally hard to find because I have not found and of both seeds on Creative or Survival (not that I have found one in any of my Survival Maps.) Yeah he is right those seem to be the only things available in Shafts. :P

Right on-this hlpeed me sort things right out.

Name change
Can these features be renamed? They aren't just abandoned mine shafts, as the shaft is only the vertical bit that takes you to different levels. "Abandoned Mine" would be a correct name. Chris3145 00:16, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I believe Abandoned Mine Shaft is the official name for it, despite the accuracy of it. Check any of the reference links --HexZyle 06:21, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Strange sounds...
In the trivia section of this article, "Strange noises" are mentioned. Now, some people on the forums are claiming to have heard some strange mining/footstep sounds. Do we have any proof of these "Strange Noises" and, if not, why is it there? Ubernox 17:41, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 * They are called Loops and Ambience, although some people think they could be Hoaxes --HexZyle 02:16, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

It's caused by a Cave Spider Spawner nearby, the spiders would make a footstep/block breaking noise as they move/climb.

It used to bug the hell out of me till I worked it out. 2.217.162.214 03:21, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

squares of dirt?
ive seen in lp videos random squares of flat dirt in mineshafts... 1 in ethoslabs, which was made ito a farm, and once in kurtjmacs. what is the deal with these?
 * Absolutely no idea. Maybe some failed idea of a junction? Or perhaps its supposed to work as a mine or something :S --HexZyle 01:23, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Layers?
I don't think mineshafts can occur above layer 40, but I'm not sure. Maybe it can, because they are floating in surface ravines. HotdogPi 02:09, 29 November 2011 (UTC)


 * I've had Abandoned Mine Shaft entrances generate inside of small hills.72.77.67.99 01:11, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

I think that they can because I found one right at the beginning of a cave on the surface.You could be right though.Wow, you've found some in small hills.I didn't even think that that is possible I mean Shafts are usually long and big.Well I guess that depends on how "small" the hill is. :P

Generation bug
TVTropes reports that any time a new chunk is generated while you're in a mineshaft it'll make more mineshaft, potentially an endless labyrinth. Is there any veracity to this? 50.77.60.53 20:46, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * very unlikely because how seeds work they wouldn't generate more mineshaft continusly.Darkychao 21:27, 29 December 2011 (UTC)