Summary
It goes without saying that mining is one of the fundamental parts ofMinecraft, but one fan of the sandbox game creates and codes their own in-game bots that can do the mining for them and spare them what can sometimes be a grueling process. Whether it’s to dig up useful raw materials or just create the space needed for a mega build, breaking blocks inMinecraftis just as essential as placing them.
Though almost everyMinecraftplayer knows the basics of miningat the very least, some fans in the past have poured countless hours into the game just by digging colossal holes in the ground. Doing so is often necessary for ambitious build projects, farms, or large-scale mines, though clearing out that much space isn’t typically considered to be the most fun part of the game. This has led fans to try out countless methods of automating the process in the past, and between command blocks, redstone, and third-party modifications, there has been seemingly no end of relevant tools at the community’s disposal.
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After a number of failed attempts and almost 100 hours of development time, one resourceful player has managed to create a mining bot of their own that can do the dirty work for them. Shared with the game’s community in a popular post on Reddit, these bots were created by the user Mahtog42, who showed off their work in a demonstrative time-lapse which features a total of 16 bots digging out a massive 128x128-block space all the way down to bedrock. Their creator took a wide variety of potential hazards and roadblocks into consideration during the development process of these bots, involving several precautionary methods which prevent the mining bots from falling in lava, suffocating in gravel, or otherwisegetting stuck inMinecraft’s terrain.
The creation of these helpful bots evidently required the use of outside software, butMinecraft’s extensive redstone mechanicshave long given players the means of automating certain processes in-game. While there’s only so much this mechanic can realistically achieve, it has been an invaluable resource for inventive players over the years, who have been able to create automated mob farms, flying machines, and even full-scale computers in the game all without requiring mods or external software.
Still, even now, players continue to push the limits of what’s possible inMinecraftfurther every day. Third-party software is certainly the catalyst that allows many of these more ambitious developments to be made possible and has paved the way for countless new mods for players to make use of. SomeMinecraftfans have even utilized AI modelssuch as ChatGPT in mods more recently - a resource that could lead to countless new possibilities within the realm of gaming later down the line.
Minecraftis available on mobile, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and most legacy platforms.
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