Talk:Stronghold

Un-merge
Minecraftforum.net seem to have discovered that there are ruins and strongholds. While strongholds spawn once per world, ruins are not limited. I can't confirm this, but they are apparently doing extensive testing about this. If this is true though, then stronghold and ruins need to be separated again. JerreyRough

Merge
Strongholds look like features nearly identical to, or exactly identical to Ruins. We should probably merge the articles. Verhalthur (talk)(contribs) 19:39, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
 * --Yurisho 19:45, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Has the name "ruins" ever been used officially by Mojang? Ruins could just be surface-level strongholds. Kroc 19:43, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
 * No ruins are a fan fiction name, strongholds where mentioned by mojang.--Yurisho 19:47, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
 * So shouldn't "Ruins" be merged into "Strongholds" instead, since the latter is at least semi-official? Ajax 19:43, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Yup.--Yurisho 20:10, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
 * That does sound better. I'll put up the merge request.  Verhalthur (talk)(contribs) 20:21, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
 * They are pretty much the same, the ruins just were above ground and stronghold under it. They even share the same block types. -- | TheKax |   Talk   07:21, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Support, with comment: Because "stronghold" is the only name used by Mojang (Notch) so far, and "ruin" is completely unofficial, I'd say Ruins should be merged into Stronghold, instead of the other way round. Of course, if anything changes, it's easy enough to rename the article. Atr 19:41, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, I merged them as best I could. If there's anything that was lost, feel free to add it in.  I have a feeling that I missed something. :)   Verhalthur (talk)(contribs) 14:01, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Chests?
Would there be chests containing valuble stuff in the Strongholds


 * The stronghold I explored was mixed with a mineshaft, so I cannot confirm if the chest were from the mineshaft or stronghold. I CAN however confirm there were chest with paper in the stronghold library. MrDylan 22:38, 10 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Minor Edit: This video, which claims to just be an unmodded map from reddit shows a player finding a chest in the stronghold. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zb4EVQvQp0 MrDylan 22:42, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Seed?
Anyone have a seed with a stronghold near to the spawn? -- { Fishrock123 } (Talk) 01:58, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Seed: "1448524118" (without "") at x -873, y 35, z 44 this is not true <- YES IT IS TRUE. People these days. 88.74.143.255 16:20, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * It's true. make sure you enter the seed exactly. -- { Fishrock123 } (Talk) 19:34, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Only once per world?
According to this reddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/kakxc/18_check_out_this_huge_stronghold_with_dungeons/c2iqvx5 Jeb_ said there would only be one stronghold per save. Not sure if it's true.

Contents of strong hold
In a stronghold, i found it can have a library with a chest that had paper in it, a large jail and some kind of possible boss room

Seed: "1448524118" (without "") at x -873, y 35, z 44