Chapter 3: Shelter
He needed a shelter.
It just seemed so obvious, he didn't understand why he didn't try to build one sooner. Plus, it would save him a lot of effort from having to craft shovels. He broke another one on the way down. When he got to the ground below, he took note that his inventory was getting a wee bit crowded. He'd solve that problem after building a shelter.
But first he needed the foundation.
He traveled down the nearby waterfall to his makeshift cave. The cobblestone would be a nice basis. He also gathered some more coal and iron ore during the process. Afterwards, he returned to the original cave to continue expanding the ditch he made, in order to get more dirt blocks. He suddenly remembered that there was a weird, powdery block in the canyon, and had to go back and sample some. Apparently, it was called sand. He tried making a staircase for the heck of it, but, well…
Let's just say the stuff is just alternate gravel.
He went back up the waterfall AGAIN, and took out his axe. He needed the wood, for both fuel and building material. When he finished gathering all of the essentials, he headed back to the clearing. He chopped down some nearby trees, and then decided to eat some apples before continuing. He outlined where he wanted the house to be using the cobblestone, resulting in a 12-by-8 outline, with two blocks in the front center left open for the entrance.
…
HOLD UP.
He checked his inventory. He blinked. He checked again. Nope, it was real. He really had THAT MANY supplies in his inventory. He looked at the sky. Crud, it was almost nightfall. He'd have to continue the next day…
He had to punch his way down since his shovel broke from the get go.
Now that he could continue to focus on building his house (and managing his supplies) He decided to create another crafting table and a furnace. He put them in the bottom right corner of his house, and began making LOTS of wood planks. On top of the cobblestone outline, he placed a layer of wood planks. And then he placed a second layer. And then a third. He used some of his other planks to extend off the outline and make a roof. Of course, it was at that moment two realizations struck him:
1) How was he going to deal with the dark? 2) How was he going to get off the roof?
The second one would need to be solved first. That one was easy: gravel. He dropped the gravel off the side of his "house", and effectively created a staircase, to which he merrily hopped onto and back on the ground. He entered his house through the wide open entrance. It was dark. VERY dark. He needed to fix that. He quickly made some sticks, and stuck it to the coal he mined earlier.
He made sure to place just enough along the walls.
He then went back on the roof to place torches there. He didn't want to figure out if those creatures could spawn ANYWHERE in darkness. Since he saw no further purpose for it, he got rid of the gravel staircase (when he was on the ground, of course) and decide to finish of the exterior. He placed cobblestone in the gap of the outline, and some wood in the top layer of the walls. He went back inside to craft something to seal off the entrance, and ended up getting… doors. Handy little things. He placed two of the doors outside in the entrance, and then proceeded to add a few final touches.
He added an outline of dirt around the base of the house, except in front of the entrance, added more torches to the exterior, then went back inside to craft yet another new block: stairs. The first two he placed outside, and the second two he placed inside. NOW he could start decorating the interior. He placed his bed in the top left corner. He placed the sand in the furnace, thinking something good would come of it. He then started to craft chests; he ended up crafting nine. He then realized his floor was grass. He looked at his inventory.
Yeah, this was the best way to get rid of the wood.
He took his bed back, and replaced the dirt floor with a wooden one. He put the bed back, and placed one of the chest one block away from it. He put two chests next to each other on the opposite side of the room, effectively creating a large chest, to his surprise. He put another large chest on top of it, and then did the same thing two blocks away. Wait, two blocks…
He made yet another crafting table and furnace.
At this point, the sand had finished smelting, and had turned into glass. It was perfect for windows! He made sure to put windows on all for sides of his house. Now he could tell if nightfall was approaching. And yet he STILL had leftover materials. Mostly wood. Which was perfect. He threw his iron ore into the furnace. The wood that did survive was used to make signs. He used two to write the words "Working Room" for the chest fest, and he used another two to write "Bed Room" for his personal area. When that was finished, so was the iron smelting. He still had just enough wood to cook his chicken meat and lamb chops. He crafted a second set of new stone tools, and a brand new set of IRON TOOLS. He was strangely interested in the iron pickaxe.
Funnily enough, nightfall came just as he finished emptying his pockets into his bed chest.
It wasn't a problem, though. He simply climbed into bed, and let the world fade away. He didn't need to build another pillar for now. He was in a shelter. A home. He was safe…
...of course, tomorrow there would be a THUD! at his doorstep.