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Discussion forum => Legacy => Archives => General Discussion => Topic started by: potoes6 on April 21, 2012, 03:48:41 pm
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So what is the more efficient and a better money maker now? Pumpkins or melons?
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Melons are halved now. But you can still make a lot of money with it and it is more worth then Pumpkins. Pumpkins are 160 for 32 and Melons are 240 for 32 and 480 for 64.
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melons still
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But by the time you have 64 melon blocks you would have double the money in pumpkins I think
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I'll explain again, you break 3 melons, you have about 9 slices to make 1 melon block. You break a pumpkin u get 1 pumpkin, no crafting. 64 melons are $480, to get that you had to break about 192 melons. In that same time if you broke 192 pumpkins, you would have $960 ;D yes pumpkins are worth less but take less to make, and grow at the same rate as melons with no waste. so pumpkins are the way to go, thats why I've never bothered with melons. they take way too long to make the money from
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Cool thanks
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No prob, pumpkins have always been a better deal lol, ppl just see more on the signs and dont even think about the process lol ::)
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If only the raised worth of pumpkins ;D
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oh man and i was also among those ppl who see just the price without considering process ;D
now need to replant my melon farm with pumkin farm :)
Thanks 2crzy4uall on that info which i should already know about (in RL i always calculate how much i will spend and where ;) )
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I wrote this in another thread.
This makes Pumpkins the new money maker, if my maths is correct, (I do suck at maths though)
I have 420 melons that when broken onaverage give me 4 slices, then I need 9 slices per melon.
So 420 * 4 = 1680
1680 / 9 = 186.6
186.6 / 64 = 2.91
2.91 * 480 = $1396.8
I have 420 Pumpins, once broken remainn whole.
So 420 / 64 = 6.5
6.5 * 320 = $2100
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong :)
/Smite
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Pumpkins have ALWAYS been the money maker, people just never realized
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The pumpkins were always faster money but not the most.
Now, probably they are.
And, you dont need fortune or silk touch to take them. You just need efficiency/unbr in an axe.
With a very fast axe, you get a lot of money.
I think I will stay on mellons for the near future. When the college stop for summer break, maybe I will make the change..
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Farming for melons and pumpkins is a thing of the past, the new money maker is ACTUALLY SELLING THE STUFF YOU MINE
Bantam2
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Lol Bantam :D
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Nice! I just started a Pumpkin farm, but I need a protection stone bad lol
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they should include a sign allowing us to sell 64 pumpkins one shot xPPPP dont want to spam click if i have a inventory of pumpkins xP
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they should include a sign allowing us to sell 64 pumpkins one shot xPPPP dont want to spam click if i have a inventory of pumpkins xP
You should put that under suggestions Doom.
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Indeed Bantam, selling items is the best choice.
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Farming for melons and pumpkins is a thing of the past, the new money maker is ACTUALLY SELLING THE STUFF YOU MINE
Bantam2
Actually, I have to agree. I swear I've made almost 3x more money off Iron and Gold than I ever made off melons. Doesn't take much to harvest either. Basically playing Minecraft, which is why we're here anyway isn't it?
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Basically playing Minecraft, which is why we're here anyway isn't it?
LOL yea we do play Mine-craft even my game way is more like Farm-craft and Build-craft ;D
Selling iron or iron blocks does make a lot of money and my pumkin farm is just for constant money income.
recently i sold over 20 iron blocks witch i get just from digging resources for my place...so if u are building city,village or just a really huge private property and u mine stuff yourself u can found large ammounts of iron sometimes gold and even diamond ;) So i must agree with bantam also but farming isnt obsolete just and old fashion way to make money,like in RL where oil digging is more profitable then growing vegetables ;D
P.S: Sorry for long reply....i like to write :)
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Sorry to revive an old thread but I have had a different angle on making bank. What do people think about automation as a way to improve the whole melon/pumpkin productivity? I do agree that there is a distinct advantage to pumpkins since they do not require post-harvest crafting... but melon slices are also a source of food if necessary while pumpkins are not. I've been engineering pumpkin/melon farms that (semi)automatically harvest thus saving time. Is that enough to overcome the added time spent on crafting blocks from slices?
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Anything automated is fast.
Now, it depends on the size. If you need to convert 18 slices stacks to 2 blocks, then its not much.
But, when you have 2000+ roots, with at least 3 slices/root, then its 6000+ at minimum slices. 6000/64, is almost 100. 100/9=11,.. So, in order to make 11 mellon blocks, you need a lot of time.
What I jsut described, is with 3 slices/block. No 7 which is the most usual.
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That reminds me about a minor annoyance that if fixed would be able to save lots of time when crafting melon blocks. Not being able to shift click slice stacks into a crafting area. >:(
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That reminds me about a minor annoyance that if fixed would be able to save lots of time when crafting melon blocks. Not being able to shift click slice stacks into a crafting area. >:(
if by shift click u mean to turn 9x64 melon slices in single click to stack of melon blocks.....well did u try right click on first block that appears when u put 64 slices in craftbench...it gives u 64 melon blocks with that single right mouse click.. ;D
Sorry if that's not what u mean under shift click....my english understanding is good but not perfect :-\
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That reminds me about a minor annoyance that if fixed would be able to save lots of time when crafting melon blocks. Not being able to shift click slice stacks into a crafting area. >:(
if by shift click u mean to turn 9x64 melon slices in single click to stack of melon blocks.....well did u try right click on first block that appears when u put 64 slices in craftbench...it gives u 64 melon blocks with that single right mouse click.. ;D
Sorry if that's not what u mean under shift click....my english understanding is good but not perfect :-\
He means actually putting the slices into the crafting bench. The only way to do it at the moment is by sticking the 9 stacks of slices in one at a time then shift clicking the resulting melon blocks out. It doesn't take that long but it gets boring real quick.
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Gibbon is spot on with what I'm talking about. It gets boring with lots of slices. If only there was a way to automate that! Lol
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yea that is true it does get borring if u got like 2k of slices to craft into blocks but that is the time when i make myself a coffe put my chair into relaxing position and just clicking on bench window.......for me (maybe some of u also) its relaxing time ...no walking digging just one hand on mouse clicking while there is some series on tv........but i understand that for younger folks out there this can be frustraiting :-D.......and what to say boys and girls.....That is Minecraft way...just relax and enyoj the game ;)
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HA HA.... perfect. Where's my cup of coffee right about now!?
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This is gonna please everyone!!! I have a melon farm but I don't need all the melons cause the melons produce 150 stacks of melons in about 60mins. I am soon gona give melons away 4 free at spawn send me a message if you want some!!! :o
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I have started works on a bedrock to the sky limit pumpkin farm:/