Thread:SamwiseFilmore/@comment-25330335-20151203031451/@comment-27723099-20151207154100

Ronshol The Black wrote:

Sinthoniel wrote:

Elestan Larcalaite wrote: I am going to make a railway system to the actual misties so that we can mine mithril and get there quickly and in safety. But I will need someone to supply the redstone... Do you have enough gold? If you want powered rails, the gold will be much more expensive than the redstone.

I find gold pretty easy to find. I can get a stack and a half of it every time I mine. Granted I usually mine for 2 hours... You would find much more redstone in the same time if you mine in the overworld. But for a railroad you really need tons of gold. If you place one powered rail every 8 normal rails (to save powered rails) you would need 1 stack of gold and 5 stacks of iron for every kilometer (1000 blocks). In comparison, you would only need 1/3 stack of redstone.