Minecraft Public Works: Underwater Glass Tunnel

There are plenty of things to do within the vast, expansive (and technically infinite) world of Minecraft. While some may have set out and became veritable grand architects in their world, I wager there are plenty who ended up building their castle and spire out of their quarried stone, stared at it for a while, maybe fired a few arrows down onto the rampaging skeletons and zombies below, and got bored with it.

If you're lacking ingenuity, you need not be ashamed. To follow will be a handy guide to help you through your next Minecraft project.

"What's my next Minecraft project?" you're surely asking. Well, it's not just a simple game of virtual Legos. You'll be engineering this bad boy, and I'm gonna guide you through how to do it.

The first thing you need is to find a decent body of water. If you built your humble abode somewhere near a lake or pond or ocean, and a number of anthropological studies would suggest that you're quite likely to have done so, then you're already well on your way. If you haven't, find one. It needs to be deep and wide, and preferably with some sort of large mountain or hill beside it, so you can ascend it and gaze upon your beautiful creation.

The next thing you need to do is find some sand to quarry, because you'll be needing it. Lots of it. Once you find the sand, you need to set up an array of smelters to accept the sand, because you'll be making more glass than you'd ever thought you'd need. This glass will be the primary material when you construct your underwater tunnel.

At first consideration, you may be thinking that building an underwater tunnel should be relatively straightforward. However in Minecraft, there's no way (yet) to remove a large body of water quickly and efficiently. You can only push it out of the way with other materials. As such, you will need a lot of dirt to be your water-pusher. You can use something else if you like, but dirt is the easiest and fastest thing to remove with a decent shovel. Consistency of material will also be helpful once you're ready for the removal process.

Use your dirt like a sculptor. Imagine the dirt is the open cavity of the tunnel, and the glass is what will be encompassing it. For my own tunnel, I chose to make it a 3x3 shaft with a single layer of glass all around it that connected my castle's basement to the other side of the lake. Later I attached a fork that made for a longer, more scenic stroll, and it filled out the remainder of my lake, so it looked far more impressive when I gazed upon my creation from above the surface. And yes, you can see the tunnel from above. Even better, you can put torches inside of it, which illuminates your lake in a pleasing, even impressive way.

Collecting the dirt and sand is not intended to be a one-time job. You'll need a lot, hundreds and hundreds of units. I recommend quarrying dirt and smelting the sand during the night and constructing the tunnel by day to maximize your output.

When you get down to building, you really don't need to be concerned about much of anything with your method except that you get ALL of the water out of your way, which means now allowing any gaps. Gaps can lead to pockets of water appearing inside of your tunnel, which can lead to flooding, and disaster. Once you have the dirt interior, coat your tunnel with a layer of glass.

When you're through with that, which will take quite some time, tunnel to where the end of your glass masterpiece hits the earth, and get to digging. When finished, you should have an incredible transparent tunnel going straight through a lake. Amaze your friends, impress your significant other, and remind yourself that you choose to do this for leisure, and it's nobody's business how you spend your time.

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