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)

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