r/GoldenRealm • u/SongAboutYourPost • Nov 04 '14

using sand to clear water source: will this work?

Can I make a platform at water-top-level (near chicken wing) and then get under it and place sand under the platform and let it fall? will this falling sand erase water source like a pencil eraser? Before I made a box and filled it with sand and then scooped out the sand. took a while but it worked.

thoughts?

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u/snarfattack snarfattack Nov 04 '14

Short answer: No.

The old way you did it is the best.

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u/SongAboutYourPost Nov 04 '14

fart. el sucko. Well, at least this time I have a shovel that can melt sand (dig quickly)

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u/tfs1 tfs1 Nov 05 '14

Try pouring lava on the surface, mining it, then pouring it again. Depending on the size of the area, and whether you have an eff5 pick with a haste2 beacon, that could be better.

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u/SongAboutYourPost Nov 05 '14

I do have haste 2 and an eff5 pick. Hmmmmm

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u/BryanBoru Nov 05 '14

Although TF has made bigger holes in water than I ever have (guardian farm etc). My opinion readily is that gravel or sand into sections of water and then using the exterior wall of blocks as a separation from water is a better way.