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I can confirm that all three colors of heart canisters can be found in city loot chests.

A Mattock is useful as a shovel, its just doesn't shovel dust. Works like a champ on dirt gravel and sand if I remember correctly. It gains xp for shoveling the items it is good at and chopping trees, but not for killing mobs. I also do not have an answer about the oreberry bushes. I'll test...

Someone write a mod that changes villagers so they breed when near two colors of wool blocks at the same time!

I like to raze the cities to the ground by hand for fun and take the spoils back to my shuttle, turning it into my own little desert fortress. But that's just me, I can see how living in a high-rise would be nice too. :) Seriously though, there can be definite advantages to moving shop into a...

I've actually written a guide for city survival on the other Crash Landing Thread (http://forum.feed-the-beast.com/threads/crash-landing-help-venting-and-discussion.50255/)(yes that was a shameless plug) and in the last part go over just about every option in the game as far as weapons go. The...

Umm, the original point was that it isn't any easier or harder to get glowstone vs torches. I think we've agreed on that point by now and can let that topic go. I'm also very glad you enjoy playing the game the way you play it. I too enjoy playing the way I play. I hope we can agree on that...

It was more of a generalization on the different ways to get flint. Not everyone does want to go out and fight spiders. It can be much safer in the beginning to simply run away and let everything despawn. In this pack I personally try to avoid fighting whenever possible. Also, no, I don't...

Ahh, but you still have to get the flint, or find it as a drop from a monster.

I will say that they are both about equally cheap. Torches require tree farming and or cobble gathering and gravel sifting, then several crafting steps to get torches out of those materials. All used items are completely renewable in this pack. Glowstone nooks require 8 glowstone, which...

I'm gonna blame autocorrect for that one!

A bit of an exploit? Yes. One that I plan to stop exploiting anytime soon? Nope.

You do get diamonds from sifting gravel, and more iron than from sifting dust, so the hammer modifier on you pick might be a good early investment. If you watch PurpleMentat you can also find a good build for a two channel cobble gen. One side can be hooked up to auto collect cobble and the...

Magnum Torches do indeed have a 128 block radius, but will only work for 32 blocks up and down if I remember correctly. Please tell me more of this prep plan! I am all about city raiding :D

Chisel mod is also a very easy way to get mossy cobble for moss balls. This is probably the only time you will ever hear (read?) me say this, but using chisel in this case feels a little exploity to me. Though I suppose by the time you can make a chisel you can also make all the components to...

Also, 2 more general tips: First, a wood barrel full of water placed near vanilla cobblestone will turn it into mossy cobblestone. 9 mossy cobblestone can be crafted into a ball of moss, which can be used to give your tools auto-repair! Second, the red hearts that are dropped by mobs can be...

The Item Valve and Rapid Item Valve from Steve's Factory Manager are both very effective ways to pick up loose items. VSWE has a tutorial video up on YouTube with an auto sifter setup using SFM that is awesome. This setup works much faster then using an Autonomous Activator, and I've noticed...

City Exploration Part 6: The Armory, or What Does the Well Dressed Commando Wear to the Party? Now that we've talked about the tricks, lets talk about the most important part of not dying. When all else fails and you are backed into a corner and everything is trying to eat your face, what is...

Do microblocks have the same issues with rotation? Either way you can always use slabs as shelves on the walls. Another idea that might be easier would be a restaurant. I know tables and chairs work together since those are also used in the large apartment buildings. As to the buried...

Thank you very much! I plan to keep this updated as new buildings come out in future versions, and plan to keep the guide as up to date as I can in general. As far as the aesthetics go I have to say I'm impressed with what has been done so far. It really feels like a post-apocalyptic city...

The reactor building is pretty rare and can take a few cities to find one. I think I'll update my guide to point that out.