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: 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: steakdiane

Total Score
27.1 / 30.0 ( 90.3% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	10	INT	9.5	MAG	7.6

Rating

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

Technical Details

Seed Number: -135 291 2219
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

Steak Diane is steak that has been seared in it's seasoned juices and then set on fire while you're looking at it. If you like your steak well done and covered in Brandy, this may be the dish for you. The dish is named after the Roman goddess Diana -- the protector of huntsman and game.

Notes

You fool! You fell for my trap! Here I am reeling you in with a juicy story about liquored-up steak. Now you can't stop reading. And this seed is rated suicidal expert. What are you going to do now? Play it? You are? Ha! You fool!

This is the Minecraft equivalent of hosting a marathon in Alaska. There is only a tiny whisp of green in the southeast corner. The rest of the map is a blinding white blur -- except when you accidentally step in a hole and plummet to your death. Because the only thing this seed has more of other than acres and acres of snow covered nothing is holes in the ground that bottom in graveyards of bony adventurers -- like yourself.

Can't Miss

The triplets are three gaping holes that corkscrew into the earth. Each is unique and one of them is a monstrous and obscene climb that I would not dare attempt on survival mode. I'll let you figure out which one it is.

Villages

• None

Underground

• [-125.42.-374] abandoned mineshaft
• [-70.36.202] x9 red stone, chest, stronghold
• [-78.30.185] ender portal

Above Ground

• [317.71.-207] huge deep hole, flaming abandoned mineshaft, lava fall of death
• [140.68.-170] large lava pit
• [348.66.-72] medium ravine
• [340.68.54] awesome Y-shaped ravines
• [95.67.338] other huge deep hole, dig down at bottom for more huge hole
• [58.73.292] pumpkins
• [-350.74.373] dead drop x2
• [-360.65.93] medium cave
• [-358.65.178] the other, other huge deep hole
• [-141.66.-336] dead drop into cave
• [-149.118.-245] tallest point
• [-169.67.-114] dead drop into deep cave
• [-128.64.70] medium ravine
• [-95.68.57] if you're going to the nether, set your portal up here.

TU9 Seed & Map: bananasfoster

[CORRECTION: This post was originally posted as "bananafoster" and not "bananasfoster". Sorry for the inconvenience.]

Total Score
25.7 / 30.0 ( 85.7% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	6.6	INT	10	MAG	9.1

Rating

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

Technical Details

Seed Number: 127 661 9333
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

Bananas covered in ice cream and rum and Bacardi 151 then set ablaze. It tastes like candy dipped in jet fuel, but the light show makes it worth it.

Notes

On any other day, this seed would easily top the charts. It's just dumb luck it got trumped. It took a long time to search through the mountains on this level looking for things to photograph. Then it took an even longer time cutting down the number of photographs I wanted to show you to a reasonable number. Scenic doesn't even begin to describe it.

Can't Miss

I found a crazy, thin spire that stretches way into the sky. It shall henceforth be known as "The Wand" and just next to it is a nice little floater. You should totally check out this pair if you happen to be in town.

Can't Miss #2

The northeast corner has an elevated island ringed by cliffs. It's not particularly big, but it's imposing and really a cool place to set up a fort.

Villages

• [-177.81.-432] village, x1.6 buildings including half-way house

Underground

• [143.29.32] library

Above Ground

• [-231.74.384] deep basin
• [-73.67.242] pumpkins
• [-28.66.347] medium ravine, awesome!
• [31.68.219] shortcut cave
• [312.63.274] completely submerged underwater ravine
• [207.114.35] spire, "The Wand"
• [348.109.-108] tallest point, skinny butte
• [312.102.-140] other skinny butte
• [210.106.-113] medium flat floater
• [236.90.-165] X-style ravine with crazy butte
• [380.81.-384] cliff island
• [38.76.-283] pumpkins
• [-71.65.-307] lava pit
• [-191.64.-284] large flatland and pumpkins
• [-281.94.-90] small land bridge, floater
• [134.93.20] dig down for lapis/cave

TU9 Seed & Map: lobsterbisque

Total Score
20.9 / 30.0 ( 69.7% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	4.2	INT	8.8	MAG	7.9

Rating

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

Technical Details

Seed Number: 409 969 410
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

A bisque is a creamy kind of soup. It's usually got veggies and stuff mixed in and, in this case, a massive helping of lobster meat. Yum, yum!

Notes

There are some really impressive individual mountains in this one separated by flatland. I found a killer X-shaped ravine, a quaint little bay, one village, and a floating island in the sky leaking water onto the ground below. You know, your usual fare.

Villages

• [-139.70.100] village, x9 buildings, water well

Underground

• [-13.25.182] abandoned mineshafts
• [-4.29.190] ender portal
• [3.13.132] x6 diamonds, x2 redstone
• [14.14.106] x2 diamonds, x6 redstone
• [-8.17.147] x3 diamonds, x6 redstone

Above Ground

• [8.94.315] shortcut cave
• [115.56.-357] X-shaped skinny ravine intersection
• [-198.69.-362] large flat desert
• [-292.65.-267] small bay
• [-189.68.-199] lava pit/obsidian
• [-357.71.-46] pumpkins
• [149.71.-64] scenic waterfall and lake
• [179.95.31] small land bridge
• [19.88.248] large leaking floater

TU9 Seed & Map: dangerzone

Total Score
17.5 / 30.0 ( 58.3% )
RIM Scores (MAX: 10.0)
REAL	3.1	INT	9.1	MAG	5.3

Rating

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

Technical Details

Seed Number: 953 839 695
Version: XBL 1.4 (TU9) (no PC equiv)

Etymology

This song rocked the world in 1986 when it appeared in the movie Top Gun. This song made Tom Cruise a household name and Kenny Loggins career after it hit #2 on the charts.

Notes

The H-shaped ravine super-complex is something you should take the time to see -- especially since it goes all the way down to Y=12 and there's some gold and red stone to be had.

Villages

• [-416.71.36] village, x1.1 buildings,
• [357.77.-251] village, x11 buildings, guard tower, water well

Underground

• [-337.47.-110] dead drop, deep cave system
• [117.26.56] ender portal

Above Ground

• [267.66.-165] huge erosions, massive flat desert
• [335.66.157] small ravine in small island
• [281.66.295] dive down for huge cave
• [-58.65.164] dead drop into deep cave system
• [-32.41.102] H-shaped ravine system, Y=12, fun, can't miss!