Whileminingis anintegralpart ofMinecraft, it’s also one of themost dangerous.Players will often opt for strip mininginstead, as it is much lower risk, but this can bemuch less excitingand will likely yield fewer resources. Luckily, players have determined how to construct incredibly clevertunnel boresystems, combiningTNT duplicatorswithflying machinesto make miningquicker and more fun.
The original design for this tunnel bore was created byBorkonback in Minecraft 1.16, andthe machine still worksin the 1.19 Wild Update. The machine makes use of TNT duplicators, and while it does take advantage of anin-game glitch, developers have stated that we are likelya while away from seeing them patched, so players don’t need to worry about this machine not working any time soon.
Collect The Right Tools For The Job
Before starting the build, players should gather all of the necessary resources for it, as well as scout out a location for the bore. Players should headdeep undergroundand mine out a 25-block-long, 12-block-wide, four-block-high area for their tunnel bore. Good starting places wouldbe dripstone cavesor otherdeep, wide-open caveswhere the player has loads of room to work. When building, it isessentialthatnone of the slime blocks in the build are touching the cave walls or ceiling–that will cause the machine to stall.
As for resources, players will need all of the following:
Start Construction Of The Tunnel Bore
The point of thenote blockhere is toact as a dynamic button. When the note block is interacted with, it will update the pitch it makes,triggering the observernext to it as it notices a block update. This cause the system to activate, but unlike standard buttons,this one can actually be moved by pistons without breaking.
How To Use The Tunnel Bore
To use this machine, players need to simplyinteract with the note block. This will duplicate a TNT block, prime it, and launch it to the end of the ancient debris.Ancient debrisis incredibly helpful here, as like obsidian, itcannot be destroyed by TNT.Unlikeobsidian, however,it can be moved by pistons. TheTNT will explodeand mine out a large area, which players can then grab the dropped items from.The machine will also automatically move forwarda block when firing.
Players will need tobe careful of two things. For one, alwayswait for the previous TNT to explode before firing another shot. Failing to do so will cause the first TNT to explode and launch the second TNT backwards toward the machine. Next, players will need tomanually handle any lava, water, or obsidianthat the machine encounters, asnone of these things can be destroyed by TNT. The machine will not break when it hits any of these blocks, it will just beunable to progress until they are removed.
If players want toincrease efficiencyeven more, they canbuild a mirrored tunnel boreto the left of this one, each with a separate button system. By walking between the two, players canoperate both at onceand double the rate at which they gather resources. Just be careful tomake sure that there is exactly a six-block gap betweenthe ancient debris of one machine, and the ancient debris of the other.
