Clue #47

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Clue #47
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47th  secret word:
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You may break blocks for this clue. As always, its in your interests to clean up after yourself.

Clue #47

To get the x co-ord, multiply together the blast resistance of the rarest, but not unique block in Minecraft (so not the dragon egg), by the hardness of that same block. Then multiply that by 10 to get the x co-ord.

To get the z co-ord, multiply together the blast resistance of an ore that can only be found in Piglin Bastions, but the hardness of that ore, then multiply that number by 100.

The y co-ord and the dimension is the highest level on which nether quartz can generate.


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True answer = 135, 117, 900

FALSE answer = 360,000 (no, really) 117 900

X co-ord
The rarest block is NOT ancient debris, but is deepslate emerald ore.
(https://minecraft.wiki/w/Emerald_Ore)

Blast resistance is 3. Hardness is 4.5, so 3 x 4.5 x 10 = 135.

Note, that if a player mistakenly thinks the answer is ancient debris, they will get a very different answer that would be 30 x 1200 x 10 = 360,000.

I used a teletport command to go 360,000 out and put a lectern there with a Sorry message.


Z co-ord
The ore is Gilded Blackstone. Blast Resistance is 6, hardness is 1.5, so multiplying the three together gives 900.

Y co-ord is 117, highest level on which nether quartz can spawn.


--- This is a tricky clue, because it can waste a lot of time with a player going off to x = 360,000. The theme is nether leading the player to think of ancient debris as the rarest ore.

You might think this is unfair, but remember, this is very late in the treasure hunt so the clues / tasks need to be tricky. Also, if someone does make this mistake, it gives someone else a chance to catch up a bit...

