Difference between revisions of "Turtle"

Revision as of 15:16, 26 July 2012

Turtles are essentially robots, and were added in the 1.3 update. They run an OS (like the consoles) named TurtleOS. They have the ability to place, break and detect blocks, move around and drop items in their inventory. The programs they run are stored on floppy disks.

Turtles are submersible and lavaproof. As such, they are extremely useful for mining near bedrock, where heavy lava flows can prevent access to diamonds and other rare finds.

If you would like to know more about how to program them, have a look at the Turtle API.

Floppy Disks

Turtles do not have a built-in floppy drive. As such they need a floppy drive placed beside them to access disks. However if the turtle is a Wireless turtle, the floppy drive and other peripherals must be placed on a side other than the side the wireless modem is on.

Power source

Turtles have been equipped with a redstone engine, they do not need to be re-charged, or any other form of external power. This is because redstone continuously emits low levels of energy, and the turtle's engine is very efficient.

Mining

Turtles crafted with a diamond pickaxe can break blocks. Mining turtle's pickaxes have no durability, and so can be used indefinitely without the need for any additional materials. When a mining turtle breaks a block, the mined block will be placed directly into it's inventory.

Crafting

Crafting ingredients

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