Still alive and well update.
On the server, you can generally find me swinging enchanted diamond picks at Minefoxie's mega-pyramid, leveling down the interior of this 250 block high mammoth down to level 10.
I have a pair of rail tunnels that continue from where I have finished work on my replica Brooklyn Bridge, currently to a stop about 1000 odd blocks away from where the tunnel started and plans to extend that much further when the pyramid is finished.
Outside of those is a clone of these two farms that work very well for me so far in 1.8 on the server, with the villagers being used to feed the iron farm as well. I did find using bonemeal on the crops in the villager breeder and removing doors in the Minecraft generated village speed things up very well.
Minecraft (1.8) - Tutorial: Easy Infinite Villager Breeder
by impulseSV
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR9NPbGGqfA
Fully Automatic Iron Golem Farm Tutorial - Minecraft 1.8
by GreenGuitarGuyGams
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkDAUJdxI98
Another plan somewhere along the way is a villager trading hall, which should provide some more opportunities to keep a steady flow of resources while working on the relatively simple large projects underway.
Well that's the update, coming up in a few moments is a basic, yet useful, tip about carpets and hoppers.
Happy Minin,
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