6 Episode 5: Learning and Adjustment 4 (1/2)

I woke up with a huge smile on my face.

This is the very first time since I got here that I got a good night sleep.

I head outside to see how much charcoal the furnace made. It takes 2 pieces of wood to smelt one ore but I don't know if it's same with burning wood into charcoal.

I put my hand into the furnace to see how many charcoals are there.

There are 6 charcoals.

It seems that all the wood I placed in the furnace turn into charcoal.

There is also no fuel left so it's probably safe to assume that it takes 1 wood to convert a single charcoal. There is also a possibility that the furnace keeps using up the fuel even though there is nothing left to smelt, cook or burn. I should try and light up the furnace with nothing to smelt to see if it uses fuel.

I put the broken axes in the fuel of the furnace and take out my flint and steel to light it up. I don't have a single wood in me so I tried using broken tools. This way I can also find out if broken wooden tools can be used as a fuel.

After striking the flint and steel together in the furnace, it suddenly lights up even though I didn't put anything to smelt or cook.

I don't know if this is good or not to be able to use the furnace like this.

I can't just put loads of fuel in the furnace if I'm only going to smelt a small number of ores. I have to do some calculations to see how much fuel is needed for the item to smelt or cook.

But it has some perks too.

I can use the furnace for source of heat during cold days or nights. I don't know if biomes exist in this world or it's just one huge oak forest but if it did exist, it will be useful in the winter regions. There is also a possibility that this world might have 4 seasons.

I crafted 16 torches using 4 charcoal and 4 sticks. Thankfully I still have left over planks in my inventory to turn into sticks.

This is probably enough to light up the mine shaft. I should place torches in support beam of the tunnel like in the game. I save up the other 2 charcoals just in case I find more ores during mining and needed to smelt them.

I left the furnace house and head to the farm to check on the crops and the animals.

The wheat crops are already one block tall but they still green in color so it probably needs a couple more days to be able to farm them.

Luckily, the chickens still lay eggs today. I managed to collect 2 eggs. It seems one of them is really a rooster. That guy will definitely be cooked today. Maybe after mining in the mine shaft, I could cook the chicken for supper.

I now have a total of 4 eggs in my inventory. I could try and cook these eggs in the furnace but I should first think of a way to increase the population of chickens so I should just save it for now.

I should also start remodeling the chicken coop. Make it bigger so it can accommodate more chickens but mining is my priority today so maybe I can do it tomorrow.

The sheep however, didn't grow their wool. It seems it takes a while for their wool to grow back. In the game, they only need to eat one grass to grow back their wool in an instant. I hope it doesn't take weeks or months for them to grow back their wool.

Well, at least they are healthy and seems to be eating the grass I put yesterday.

I should also think of a way to increase the sheep's population.

I know having lots of animals in the future will be troublesome to take care of them but I really need another source of food and other materials.

After tending the animals, I head towards the mine shaft but realize that I don't have any wood to use as a support beam for the tunnel.

I quickly chop down some trees to gather enough wood to use for the mine shaft.

It is getting really spacious around here for constantly chopping trees every day. All the oak saplings that I replant didn't grow into a tree yet. It will probably take months for them to grow or even a year.

After gathering enough wood, I crafted all of them into planks and also crafted some fences.

I head to the mine shaft to finally do some mining.

My plan is to gather as much stone as possible and also try to find some iron or coal.

I want to upgrade my house. My home is so cramped inside. I also need to build it entirely out of stones. I don't want my house get burned down after getting hit by a lightning strike. I don't know how lucky I am if that really happen but considering I managed to get here to this world without any reason whatsoever so anything is possible. Better be prepared for anything.

I don't know how big I'm going to build my house. I just have to work with the materials that I got.

I remember the days when I was playing Minecraft with the next-door kid.

He enjoyed building stuff but was too lazy to gather the materials for it. I suggested that we play in Creative mode but he just said 'Where is the fun in that?' so I ended up as a gatherer for him.

But I'm the only one here so I just have to gather the materials and build stuff by myself.

When I get to the entrance of the mine shaft, I take out one of the torches in my inventory.

I'm not even surprised that it doesn't automatically lit up after placing it.

I placed the torch on the ground and lit it up using flint and steel.

After lighting up the torch, I grab it and head inside the mine shaft.

I assume that torches in this world is not a permanent light source and will probably be burnt out after a while. I need to find a better light source.

I could try building a portal in the future and head to the nether world to gather some glowstone or kill a blaze to get a blaze rod and head into the End dimension to harvest chorus fruits to craft some end rods.

However, I don't have any obsidian to build a portal. I don't even have a diamond pickax to gather the obsidian or a lava source I can pour water to turn into obsidian. I also don't know if End portals exist here so I just have to make do with torches for now. I know there are other things I can use as a light source but glowstones and end rods are relatively simple to gather or craft in the game. Though I don't know if it is similar here in this world.

I went past the entrance of the mine shaft and suddenly stop.