Noob Question: Can a quarry mine through lava?
- Thread starter TheHoblit
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No. Quarries will stop completely when they hit lava. You can put a bucket of water at the top of a quarry though and it will turn all the lava it comes across to obsidian which it can deal with.
Also, not that noob of a question. It's actually a fairly valid question, especially for someone who has no experience with the things.
A real noob question would be "how do I get wood?'
A real noob question would be "how do I get wood?'
best place for a quarry is in the ocean 
leaves minimal visual impact on the world and lava is not a problem, win win.
leaves minimal visual impact on the world and lava is not a problem, win win.I've noticed it deals with oil in the same manner as lava, leaving a column underneath any blocks covered with it.
What ICountFrom0 said. Try that on a server, and the admins will be having a word with you, most likely.best place for a quarry is in the ocean
Easiest way to cover a quarry with water is to put one bucket in the corner. It will cover the entire thing as the quarry digs deeper. When you're done, get rid of the single source block and all the rest follows. Easy to cleanup, minimal lag.
we were allowed to for a long time, then the server admins disabled water/lava flowing in the resources world (the only place where quarries were allowed)
Filling the hole fixes the lag tho. coble is free after all (with an extruder)
It should definitely mine the obsidian. As far as I know they will mine every single block except liquid sources and bedrock, and the time it takes depends on how much power they have, not on the toughness of the block.
I'd love there to be a quarry upgrade that can send water down to the drill bit to deal with lava. Have water fill an internal tank, this drains as it hits lava. Costs more water (a source block per lava/obsidian) but stops the need for adding water to a quarry.
Falling water in itself doesn't cause lag. Block-updates do. Once the water settles it's just like another block.