[suggestion] a way to insta mine deepslate

i don't care how's implemented, allow for instamine deepslate

can be a pickaxe you buy with tokens with efficiency 7 but only mines deepslate or a potion with haste 4,5(not sure whats needed) which also is bought with tokens

ideas are welcome from consumables, promos/custom items, token use, or something else to allow for it.

discuss!

how about a promo pick that doesnt instamine, but mines a 3x3 area instead

Been asking for this for years...

I use TNT,

Just curious but how many tokens do you think 5 minutes of haste 3 or 4 would be worth?

~Socks

for the pick which insta mines deepslate:
if you can add other enchants: mending/unbreaking I'd say 150k-200k tokens
if its a consumable (ie. not infinite 15-25k)

If I were the server offering, I would do 15min or 60min chunks, not 5 mins...
for 15mins of haste I'd say 10k
30k for 1 hour
+-50% depending if you want it to be more accessible or less from a game design stand point...

I'd say overall, making life easier to gather stuff, so that more creations can be made with less hassle to gather itemss to build with.

However thats a very awful guesstimate since I haven't farmed/hunted for tokens in years... currently have 400k tokens

Currently the only way to instamine deepslate is using a Voter's helmet and be underwater while mining. But a haste potion would be amazing

What do you consider a good price for deepslate? Just asking for a friend who has a shop

I think around 2.5 a piece would be a good price

Wow , I think I sell it 1 for 1 . I only have about 100 chests in stock
If you need bulk you will have to DM me

Thank you for this tip. I've had the voter's helmet hanging on the wall for years. I still can't believe I was unaware of it's ability for so long.

Blockhead_56 and I have started another chunk clearing project and with your advice it's like clearing sandstone!

Huh, cool that there was a method out there already and not everyone knew about it. To me a non-enchantable pickaxe for tokens would make sense... but I'm not sure if it should be deepslate-specific, couldn't it just have a high efficiency enchantment? Or would that make it too strong for obsidian mining?

If there were a pickaxe that could instamine deep slate; what would you call it?

I like the idea of a token sink and would have loved to waste all my tokens when I mined out several chunks all the way to bedrock. What a fun few months that was.

I also think it will be a slight bump to the economy.

"Hathor" -- goddess of mining
"Lady of Deepslate" -- based off of alt names of Hathor the Lady of Turquoise

Thank you! This is a great addition to the game but is it possible for there to be a silk touch version too? I like to keep the deepslate ores as ore blocks when mining to help keeping my inventory from filling too quickly.

Edit: Thank you MrSocks75 for the awesome pickaxe. Rethinking my initial comment over the first cup of coffee it sounds unappreciative and I certainly don't mean it to be like that.

The short answer, no.

The more longer answer is, balance. This is an OP pickaxe so it has to be balanced with the fact that it will break and the other enchantments don't make it too OP. The idea of this pickaxe is for mining. It will do that very well. But that is it. Silk Touch is for collecting resources, imo. You can still collect them with this pickaxe but as you said it will fill your inventory faster. That's the balance part. Coming up with or implementing these types of items is all about finding a "reasonable" balance and that it what we have here.

I didn't think that.

~Socks

Ok, for some reason I read that way too fast. Please do not be offended by this. It is my opinion and mine alone:

I would buy these picks all day to facilitate mining out COMPLETE chunks. However apparently they are only good for 1/4 of a chunk (starting at the deepslate level). That is simply not worth it. You are talking about burning up 100k per chunk and while I have a lot of tokens, the price is simply too steep for me.

The thing that upsets me is that I recently started mining out an area with another player (a planned 7x7 chunk area), precisely because with the helmet and a beacon we could get through it with just two people in a reasonable amount of time. Other folks elsewhere jumped on this with more people and were able to finish their mining project quickly before the helmet was rendered unusable. But now my project is not really feasible and I will have to either:

• 1) make it smaller (like 5x5 instead of 7x7 - 42 chunks).
• 2) get more people involved - this would be fun and I'd do it, except the project is in an area within my outpost and it could be an issue with people gaining access to things I'd rather they not
• 3) retain the original goal but it will now take 4 times longer.

The other possibility is for EMC to at least consider extending the life of the pick. You may be reluctant to do this because of balance, but honestly it is not a huge change to make it last longer. It would still have pretty limited life and be costly. New players will have a hard time affording even one with 4x the life. Experienced players will still have to debate whether it is worth it. In it's current form it is not worth it for me and that is a bit upsetting because my already in process project is going to be much harder to complete in an reasonable amount of time.
Thanks for reading this and thanks for keeping this server current and fun for all of us!