TU9 Seed & Map: halyard

Total Score
14.3 / 30.0 ( 47.7% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	5.2	INT	5.4	MAG	3.7

Rating

• ++ Beginner ++
• Intermediate
• Advanced
• Expert
• Suicidal Expert
• Nightmare

Technical Details

Seed Number: 691 571 789
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

A halyard is a line on a sailboat used to hoist and lower a sail.

Notes

A really nice abandoned mineshaft worth checking out and a cool large butte to play host to your castle.

Villages

• [-139.79.273] village, x9 buildings, guard tower, blacksmith

Underground

• [-45.25.361] abandoned mineshaft, x1 chest, x4 gold
• [22.19.66] medium underground ravine, x7 gold
• [364.48.80] dungeon, zombies, x2 chests

Above Ground

• [194.62.363] hidden lava pit
• [288.101.-335] really cool large butte
• [44.69.-342] medium ravine
• [-277.46.141] abandoned mineshaft
• [-390.66.114] lava pit
• [43.72.316] medium grass flatland

TU9 Seed & Map: voussoir

Total Score
14.9 / 30.0 ( 49.7% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	8.2	INT	4.4	MAG	2.3

Rating

• Beginner
• Intermediate
• ++ Advanced ++
• Expert
• Suicidal Expert
• Nightmare

Technical Details

Seed Number: -161 376 5604
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

In a stone arch, the keystone is the one that holds them all together, but the other similarly shaped ones on either side are known as the voussoir.

Notes

This seed is just one massive forest.

Villages

• None

Underground

• [-58.27.107] underground large ravine
• [5.25.168] ender portal, x3 eyes, sealed behind wall
• [39.27.162] library

Above Ground

• [48.72.199] dead drop to nowhere
• [137.74.311] pitfall shallow cave
• [357.64.-274] cool erosions
• [-217.63.-335] underwater cave, dig down for more cave and then dig down for even more cave after that
• [-88.65.104] two lava pits

TU9 Seed & Map: springer

Total Score
17.7 / 30.0 ( 59.0% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	6.6	INT	5.9	MAG	5.2

Rating

• Beginner
• ++ Intermediate ++
• Advanced
• Expert
• Suicidal Expert
• Nightmare

Technical Details

Seed Number: -175 500 5062
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Notes

There's an old-school gnarly overhang held aloft by a single thin whisp of land.

Villages

• [326.78.261] sinking village, x1 building, guard tower, water well
• [-252.76.277] village, x1 building, guard tower, water well
• [-155.70.-220] bayside village, x12 buildings, water well, blacksmith, cave below

Underground

• [54.35.79] x2 diamonds in chest
• [83.37.72] ender portal, x1 eye
• [72.37.72] x1 gold in chest

Above Ground

• [119.67.214] medium open-air ravine
• [300.72.173] t-bone ravine junction
• [323.57.103] open-air cave complex
• [387.64.-96] lava pit
• [196.74.-308] small overhang
• [-277.92.105] large mushroom island
• [-183.64.289] hidi hole
• [-214.75.206] pumpkins
• [-128.98.304] gnarly medium overhang
• [-111.64.-269] dead drop to diamonds

TU9 Seed & Map: knothole

Total Score
18.8 / 30.0 ( 62.7% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	4.0	INT	8.7	MAG	6.1

Rating

• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced
• ++ Expert ++
• Suicidal Expert

Technical Details

Seed Number: -368 525 496
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

The wood of a tree isn't the tree -- that's the dead part. The living part is the bark. When a tree branch gets yanked off, the bark of the tree will grow around the wound. This becomes a knot. Once the tree is turned into lumber, sometimes these knots will fall away, leaving a hole.

Notes

I found a half-library with a dungeon attached to it. The nether is really sweet on this one.

Villages

• [68.73.323] village, x4 buildings, water well
• [-235.75.52] village, x9 buildings, water well

Underground

• [108.27.380] x3 gold in cave at end of deep ravine
• [236.59.299] suicide hole, experts only
• [256.18.281] x4 gold
• [231.41.305] x2 ravine, t-shaped
• [410.12.220] x2 diamonds, x3 gold
• [-13.33.209] half library with dungeon in it, zombie, x2 chests, gun powder, red stone, x2 music disks
• [5.29.218] ender portal, x2 eyes

Above Ground

• [-195.84.286] shady bay
• [-87.86.346] dark waterfall
• [-54.64.381] lava pit
• [368.72.213] expert-level cave, follow lava fall to water fall for abandoned mineshaft and then follow waterfall to lava cave
• [172.65.-337] medium flat desert with lake
• [-77.83.-326] huge dense snow forest
• [-340.70.3] hole, down for cave and long thin ravine
• [-204.81.144] lava pit
• [-283.90.287] crater
• [-225.82.363] small cliff-side bay
• [-146.78.371] small valley, medium crater, small overhang
• [-81.66.136] hole, waterfall, down for cavern
• [126.67.120] danger: dead drop into lava
• [133.69.72] medium cave, Y=30
• [70.75.-258] pumpkins, abandoned water well
• [-168.64.-139] lava pit

TU9 Seed & Map: eastkillbride

Total Score
13.2 / 30.0 ( 44.0% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	4.3	INT	5.2	MAG	3.7

Rating

• ++ Beginner ++
• Intermediate
• Advanced
• Expert
• Suicidal Expert

Technical Details

Seed Number: 992 997 705
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

It's in Scotland.

Notes

I've been accused of being an extreme hills snob and so I've been trying recently to expand my interests. This seed is all about flatland. Oh boy is this thing flat. There are flat beaches and deserts all over the place. If you wanted to build a small city or a huge castle, this may be the one for you.

Villages

• [-220.74.115] village, x12 buildings, guard tower, water well

Underground

• [-169.13.-66] x3 gold
• [-188.13.-63] x5 gold
• [-177.12.-45] x5 diamonds
• [-131.12.-42] x8 red stone, x5 gold

Above Ground

• [-317.77.247] expert-level cave
• [322.73.-330] small flatland desert
• [330.65.-193] huge flatland desert
• [344.65.-173] lava pit
• [341.64.-89] lava pit
• [198.61.-25] underground lava pit
• [199.65.-53] stalactites

TU9 Seed & Map: darkpassage

Total Score
22.3 / 30.0 ( 74.3% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	5.5	INT	9.1	MAG	7.7

Rating

• Beginner
• Intermediate
• ++ Advanced ++
• Expert
• Suicidal Expert

Technical Details

Seed Number: -7476 4520
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

Dark Passage was a revolutionary movie for it's time in terms of cinematography. If you're going to film school, this would be an excellent movie to study or do a report on. In it, you don't see Bogart for almost half the movie, as he is playing an escaped convict whose face is changed by a plastic surgeon. Instead, the actors speak directly into camera as if you were Bogart's character. Bacall plays a sympathetic woman who helps him escape San Francisco.

Notes

This seed is full of pitfalls and dead drops. I also found some nice ravines, including one with a lava floor. Good news there: it's not the fall that kills you.

Villages

• [117.73.-253] village, x4 buildings, guard tower, water well, blacksmith

Underground

• [179.15.289] large ravine, lava floor
• [173.19.267] x5 gold

Above Ground

• [-383.89.223] x2 overhangs
• [-392.91.208] deep crater, dead drop for underground, x2 spider dungeons
• [-381.100.129] large floater
• [-271.72.132] pumpkins
• [-289.68.-134] deep ravine
• [-117.62.-272] dungeon, skeletons, x2 chests, cocoa beans, gun powder
• [316.84.-303] pumpkins
• [301.87.5] small overhang
• [346.83.18] small land bridge
• [186.65.322] pitfall hole, deep cave awesome!!
• [-133.66.146] pitfall deep cave
• [-246.91.4] must see, huge craters
• [-142.65.-19] lava pit
• [-137.52.-31] dead drop for more caves
• [79.64.128] lava pit

TU9 Seed & Map: iodicacid

Total Score
29.1 / 30.0 ( 97.0% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	9.1	INT	10	MAG	10

Rating

• Beginner
• Intermediate
• ++ Advanced ++
• Expert
• Suicidal Expert

Technical Details

Seed Number: 103 079 3813
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

A ubiquitous chemical compound used in chemistry labs around the world.

Notes

For the love of James Lipton, people, I finally found it. My very first TU9 legendary seed. This thing is AMAZING. Let's start at The End and work our way backwards. The End requires only the building of a minor bridge over to the battlefield and you're there. Very easy. Then we have the Nether. It's a lone nether fortress completely surrounded by lava and unattached to any terrain. It's stunning.

The underground I didn't really have a lot of time to get into because the topside is so stunning.

So here it is. The topside. The map shows you a long, boomerang-shaped island covered in mountains. And I mean covered. There's a primary forest in the northeast and southeast corners that are small enough not to be a nuisance but big enough to supply all of your building supplies. Then, there's a really nice, flat desert due north. Finally, everything else is craggy, scarry, shady super-rocks. Cliffs. Waterfalls pouring into the lake. Some small and medium sized floaters. The rest is just Y=120 nightmare crags. Buttes, ranges, and basins galore. The shaded areas are stunning and there are plenty of them -- as evidenced by the photos above.

This is an ABSOLUTE must play.

Villages

• [113.86.-387] village, x10 buildings, water well

Underground

• [-262.44.145] medium lava fall, waterfall, and ravine
• [134.31.15] x8 gold
• [148.33.31] library, no upstairs
• [158.38.-12] ender portal, x2 eye orbs (don't set up nether portal here)

Above Ground

• [229.64.-98] cool small cave
• [370.78.-37] huge overhang
• [353.91.44] medium floater
• [369.86.197] dark cave
• [121.77.212] perfect mushroom island
• [194.90.76] waterfall cliffs
• [172.86.22] small floater
• [61.82.-212] small overhang
• [19.72.-191] large land bridge
• [-61.82.-227] x2 land bridges
• [-372.95.-295] x2 huge overhangs
• [-284.89.136] large mushroom island
• [402.100.178] best nether portal spot