TU9 Seed & Map: 3sheets2thewind

Total Score
20.2 / 30.0 ( 67.3% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	9.2	INT	3.3	MAG	7.7

Rating

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

Technical Details

Seed Number: 133 305 7902
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

The phrase "three sheets to the wind: is a euphemism that refers to being intoxicated. It's a nautical thing. Sheets are ropes that hold a sail in place allowing a sailboat to use the wind to move forward. Large ships can have three or more sheets holding the massive sails in place. If those sheets aren't tied properly, they can give way and end up flapping around in the wind. As a result, the boat can't move forward, and just kinda bobs up and down -- like a drunken sailor.

Notes

This seed is basically a cluster of frozen islands. Trees are at a premium. There's a really cool mushroom island (see photo above) that's like tall and curved. There's also some really cool ravines in this one. The nether is cramped and sectioned into pockets. A tough one all the way around.

Villages

• None

Underground

• [-176.38.23] ender portal, x2 eyes

Above Ground

• [263.50.-213] Y-shaped ravine intersection
• [193.75.-347] small mushroom island
• [378.64.-236] dead drop into deep cave
• [303.66.-153] large wide awesome ravine
• [-168.113.243] awesome large mushroom island
• [-287.79.-24] island

TU9 Seed & Map: keelhaul

Total Score
17.6 / 30.0 ( 58.7% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	7.9	INT	4.2	MAG	5.5

Rating

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

Technical Details

Seed Number: -5981 6879
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

Keelhaul is a form of corporal punishment. When a sailor disobeyed an order or was accused of mutiny, a rope was slung under the boat and tied to the sailor in question. Then, the rest of the sailors pulled the line and drug him under the boat and back up the other side. Possible results: cuts, scratches, lacerations, amputation, decapitation, and drowning.

Notes

Holy mushrooms!

Villages

• None

Underground

• [58.24.-29] ender portal, three entrances, x1 eye

Above Ground

• [-80.98.289] two large mushroom islands
• [401.82.223] two small mushroom islands
• [58.77.-267] medium mushroom island #1
• [-365.85.-275] medium mushroom island #2
• [-399.65.176] pumpkins
• [-89.84.-106] large mushroom island #3
• [63.64.-3] dive down for ender portal

TU9 Seed & Map: platoandsocrates

Total Score
16.1 / 30.0 ( 53.7% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	6.2	INT	6.1	MAG	3.8

Rating

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

Technical Details

Seed Number: 757 174 819
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

Socrates was a great thinker of Ancient Greece. One of his pupils was Plato. Both men would become famous throughout history as great arguers, thinkers, and speakers.

Notes

Some nice villages in this one, including one that conceals a deep cave system. I also found a cave running parallel to a ravine full of waterfalls. The cave has a "window" of sorts past which the water flows. That was really sweet.

Villages

• [275.71.117] village, x4 building, water well, guard tower, there's a deep cave system under town
• [309.76.278] village, x12 building, water well, guard tower
• [36.75.68] village, x6 buildings, water well, guard tower, blacksmith

Underground

• [-175.29.87] ender portal, x1 eye
• [212.55.-125] waterfall ravine

Above Ground

• [-300.84.-234] large mushroom island
• [150.68.-385] lava pit
• [-168.66.-64] dive down for deep cave
• [95.64.-165] small thin ravine
• [186.64.-146] small ravine
• [206.66.-155] lava pit, obsidian generator
• [247.70.-121] waterfall; pumpkins

TU9 Seed & Map: hortensia

Total Score
14.9 / 30.0 ( 49.7% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	8.8	INT	2.8	MAG	3.3

Rating

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

Technical Details

Seed Number: -159 939 9015
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

While pressing their feet together, a ballet dancer leaps into the are and pulls their feet as high as possible. Simultaneously, they allow their knees to bend outward. This forms a diamond shape with their legs.

Notes

There is a massive desert island in this one and on it is a large amount of flatland for those of you who like to build villages and such.

Villages

• [-170.70.36] village, x10 buildings, water well, blacksmith, full iron gear

Underground

• [80.35.-97] library #1
• [32.29.-60] ender portal
• [45.14.-142] x5 gold

Above Ground

• [113.63.288] medium cave
• [294.66.328] medium ravine
• [377.66.272] pitfall into medium cave system
• [402.64.-266] medium ravine has cut this island in half
• [212.93.-344] large mushroom island
• [109.76.-370] medium mushroom island
• [-336.68.-108] large flat desert
• [-261.65.3] small collapsable sand dune

TU9 Seed & Map: westofgreenwich

Total Score
12.2 / 30.0 ( 40.7% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	4.6	INT	5.1	MAG	2.5

Rating

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

Technical Details

Seed Number: -494 296 268
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

On maps of the world, Greenwich is a section of downtown London. Because of their naval superiority, the English were the ones who set up the lines of longitude that we use today on our world maps. As a result, they determined that zero-degrees on a map would run through their capital city. Today, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is also derived from this system.

Notes

Some good small hills and mounds and a few mushroom islands are about. A great level for beginners looking to try their hand at island hopping.

Villages

• None

Underground

• [-401.14.336] x6 redstone

Above Ground

• [228.92.221] small floaoter
• [191.65.278] huge hidi hole
• [185.68.229] large ravine
• [270.79.299] large overhang, daywalkers
• [-25.76.245] medium mushroom island
• [-396.70.-392] medium mushroom island
• [-83.76.-363] medium flatland desert
• [-172.91.33] medium half mushroom/half grass island

TU9 Seed & Map: mjolnir

Total Score
24.3 / 30.0 ( 81.0% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	10	INT	10	MAG	4.3

Rating

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

Technical Details

Seed Number: 109 418 0765
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

In Norse mythology, the god Thor carries a hammer -- named Mjolnir. The spelling of the name varies from source to source as the original has special characters not supported by my keyboard. And don't give me grief if you play DotA 2 -- they misspelled it on purpose.

Notes

I am not a lawyer and nothing that I say here should be misconstrued as legal advice.

This is the hardest level I've seen to date. It's the primary ingredient in all known recipes for a night terror. Looking upon the face of the land may be a criminal action in some countries. You should check the statutes in your jurisdiction before playing.

Ironically, finding the ender portal was not a problem, as it's floating in the middle of the ocean. You can find it in seconds; it's clearly visible during the day.

Congratulations, instant ender portal. Now try finding something else. Anything else. Exactly. This seed is so heinous, I've decided to add a new rating classification: this seed is the first to be ranked nightmare.

Villages

• None

Underground

• [278.38.32] dungeon, skeleton, x2 chests, gunpowder, x4 red stone
• [-430.15.-309] medium ravine with lava floor
• [-393.13.-303] x6 gold
• [-352.29.169] underground ravine, x6 gold
• [-225.25.304] x10 gold, medium cavern

Above Ground

• [-50.55.-134] dive down for submerged ender portal, x1 eye
• [-356.89.-400] mushroom island #1
• [-105.83.396] mushroom island #2
• [369.80.366] mushroom island #3
• [166.82.-146] mushroom island #4
• [13.64.-61] your only shot: dig down to Y=32, then due north 11 paces and no more for ravine/cave super complex. Beware, this will bring you in above the lava -- don't fall off the ledge and pray to James Lipton you don't attract any bad guys.

TU9 Seed & Map: raspberrypie

Total Score
19.3 / 30.0 ( 64.3% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	10	INT	5.5	MAG	3.8

Rating

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

Technical Details

Seed Number: -557 715 582
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

It's a pie with raspberries in it. Seriously, sometimes you ask me to explain the weirdest things to you.

Notes

Islands-a-plenty in this archipelago, but the main one is very large and full of trees and such. So it's ideal for people looking to play their first island level. The ender portal room has a side entrance -- something I can't recall seeing in any other seed I've taken a look at so far. I know it's minor, but worth mentioning nonetheless. For those of you who like their nethers less open than I do, this seed has a nice one.

Villages

• None

Underground

• [-40.15.-99] x4 gold
• [262.27.46] x1 chest, golden apple, x9 red stone, pearl
• [269.27.51] x1 chest, pearl
• [238.33.44] x1 chest, pearl
• [260.35.54] ender portal with side entrance

Above Ground

• [-370.79.-195] medium mushroom island
• [363.99.188] large mushroom island, medium land bridge
• [-74.66.-97] large mushroom island, cave entrance