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==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
Lavacasts are usually used to grief bases or the spawn. They might also be used to easily create walls, pyramids or artificial mountains. A rare but well-known usage of lavacasts is creating huge symbols, the most famous example of this is the giant cobblestone swastika. Lavacasts are never intentionally placed in serious, aesthetical bases, but are common as a cheap way to do things. | Lavacasts are usually used to grief bases or the spawn. They might also be used to easily create walls, pyramids or artificial mountains. A rare but well-known usage of lavacasts is creating huge symbols, the most famous example of this is the giant cobblestone swastika. Lavacasts are never intentionally placed in serious, aesthetical bases, but are common as a cheap way to do things. | ||
[[File:Automation.png|thumb|The Automation Period represented on [[Sato's Timeline]]. Behind it is a great number of lavacasts.]] | |||
Using lavacasts to grief a build is called "lavacasting" (for example: "I have just lavacasted [[The Valley of Wheat]] for the 326th time!!"). | Using lavacasts to grief a build is called "lavacasting" (for example: "I have just lavacasted [[The Valley of Wheat]] for the 326th time!!"). | ||
==Notable lavacasts== | ==Notable lavacasts== | ||
Revision as of 14:38, 3 June 2020
Lavacasts are player-created structures often used for griefing. Lavacasts are also one of the main reasons for the collosal stone towers in spawn. They act as terrain for new players to travel across.
Structure
Lavacasts mostly consist of cobblestone. They might also contain obsidian (mostly in the center of the cast if it is a "mountain", or on the top if it's a "staircase") and stone (usually on the base, due to bodies of water getting in contact with lava). Of course, anything that has been covered by a lavacast or was left in it can also be there if it wasn't destroyed. They usually resemble mountains or pyramids, and sometimes also spires or other shapes, depending on the terrain and the way the lavacast was casted. Lavacasts often contain small air pockets.
Making and destroying lavacasts
While there are multiple techniques of creating lavacasts, they all generally revolve around pointing water on lava from above. When it comes to destruction, the only two reasonable ways are fast pickaxes (like ones used for highways) and TNT. Even with those, however, making lavacasts is faster than destroying them.
Usage
Lavacasts are usually used to grief bases or the spawn. They might also be used to easily create walls, pyramids or artificial mountains. A rare but well-known usage of lavacasts is creating huge symbols, the most famous example of this is the giant cobblestone swastika. Lavacasts are never intentionally placed in serious, aesthetical bases, but are common as a cheap way to do things.
Using lavacasts to grief a build is called "lavacasting" (for example: "I have just lavacasted The Valley of Wheat for the 326th time!!").
Notable lavacasts
Inner & Outer Spawn
- Wrath Outpost
- NFE
- The Penny Dropper
- The Gape
- Jared Town
- Squid Base
- Old Town
- Fort Creatonism Corner
- 2k2k
- Valley of Wheat (itself considered to be the second greatest grief apart from spawn)
- 200 150 (Armorsmith's Spawn Base)
- -300 -300 (Octocast)
Milestones
- 1 million X+ milestone
- 1 million -Z milestone
Sources
Armorsmith's Travel Guide, involving many famous lavacasts: https://www.armorsmithsfollowers.com/blog/the-2b2t-travel-guide