The Journey Home Part 1… A Desert Temple?

Yesterday I set out on this journey into the desert hoping I will someday find my house but right now I'm just hoping to find something other than desert. I could have sworn I made it though this desert faster when I was low on food verses how I am now. Last night as the sun set I made a small sand fort, it wasn't much but it was enough to keep me safe. I even tossed a few torches I made up and around the top, I have very little wood left but torches seemed to be necessary for survival out here.

When will I find trees again?

I debated on returning to the spawn village last night, that's what I'm calling it now, to maybe trek out a different direction. That was until I realized that once again I think I'm lost out here. My only hope is to use the sun and moon of this seed world to help me keep a straight path. This journey maybe long but I will make it, I'm still hoping my house is still intact, and I thought about it, If I find my house maybe my stuff from my spawn out, or death as the villagers will call it, might still be there to. That thought gave me hope.

I will make it, nothing will stop me!

Though I had to wonder where that Ender man was, i haven't seen him since the first night and yet I could swear he was still watching me with those purple eyes. Chills went down my back as I thought about him; this Enderman might still be out there. I had to be cautious.

I readied a stick because all I could think was it worked once and wood was still hard to find so I hadn't made a weapon yet. All the wood I had I used to make a small crafting table, a wooden pickaxe, and cooked a few to make charcoal for torches. "Will I ever find my house again?"

As the sun rose and the zombies fell I continued on my journey. I packed up what I could chances are I wouldn't be back. As I exited my small sand house I looked across the horizon.

Sand…. Sand as far as I could see. I once again headed off into the desert, this time I used the sun rise as my compass and headed straight into it. Hopefully by noon I could find something else to follow but for now it was straight ahead. I was on my way.

Hours later just before noon

It's happening again, I'm starting to run low on food. With any luck I should see …."TREES"

There they where trees it was a savanna just like mine, maybe it was mine, I hoped. Either way it was trees I had finally made it out of the desert a second time. Finally luck was on my side, or was it.. I looked around the desert.. Then over to the savanna. There was no town, I bowed my head. My house was built just inside the savanna but there was a town just inside the desert. There was no town here, I still wasn't home yet.

…. I thought for a second..

That's right, the Village was just on the edge of the desert, if I follow the edge of the desert and the savanna my I could still find my house. Though which way left or right? If I choose left it could be right there or if I choose the other direction I may have to walk the whole perimeter of the desert and I have no idea just how big this desert may be. I guess it doesn't matter, I looked around, there's no sheep, their wool is the key ingredient needed to make a new spawn location for any house I make so I might as well just pick. Staying here isn't going to work either. So I'm doomed if I do doomed if I don't.

So I headed left, what I consider north, and started my journey hopefully I will get home soon.

For what felt like only moments I seen something on the horizon. I strange structure poking out to the desert floor... a Desert Temple? I had to investigate it. As I approached I came over a dune and seen another structure.. a Desert Village? Home? .. … No I thought my village home didn't have a temple next to it.. Placing my hand to my head I looked up at the sun it was a little past noon.. the sun was already on it path down. I didn't have much time to find a new home but I couldn't resist this temple.

On previous seed worlds I had found these temple before and after a few almost deaths I learned that there was usually wonderful treasures inside but I also learned they were full of booby traps. Could I make it to the treasure and out again before night fall, I wondered. It was worth a try.

The Journey Home Part 2… "A Trophy?"

As I entered the temple I remember the first time I had found a temple on another seed world. My first thought was it was interesting but nothing of value except a single purple block. As I learned there were other things under that purple block in the middle of the floor. It was a room full of treasures and traps. My first time going into these ruins I fell into the room and set off a trap, that day I barely made it out, the explosion joined me as I teleported back to my spawn ship. It damaged my Block generator, one reason I can no longer be too CREATIVE with my seeds, its all SURVIVAL now.

As i suspected this temple was the same as the other seeds. Just like the villager it wasn't any different from seed to seed. I had to stop and wonder who built them. Was it the villagers or had some other race made them. The only thing I ever found in them was a few almost unreadable words, "Mojang" and "Persson" I found these once in a world I called "Sandbox". Were these the creators of the temples, or maybe they made and seeded these worlds themselves, I may never know.

What I did know was the sun was already heading for the horizon and this temple should have some great items.

I readied my pickaxe and slowly picked my way down the side of the temple floor. I slowly removed the traps and took all I could from them. In the room below I found 4 chest with some great items such as enchanted books, bones, gun powder, saddles, iron, gold, and some food.

"This is going to help a lot" I thought to myself.

Quickly I put it all in my bag even took the chests themselves. I placed blocks one by one and slowly made my way back up the wall till I made it out of the temple tomb. The last thing I did before leaving the temple was take that purple block from the center of the floor.

"A trophy?" I thought "if I ever make it back to my house that is"

As I left the temple I headed for the village. the sun was almost to the horizon but i still had some time to take a look around. It was another small village there was a temple but no blacksmith and only a handful of farms, It had nothing I could use, so I set my eyes back onto the savannah, and finding my tomato house. The thought of that orange house made me want to find it even more but I still have to keep moving. I followed the edge of the desert but the sun was setting so I needed a house.

All I have are a few sandstone blocks and sand to make a house with. Not enough to make a house with a roof but there was another idea!

The Journey Home Part 3… Best Friends Forever