Talk:Minilight/@comment-4583259-20111114201757/@comment-4501235-20111116234819

Mrob27, I figured out why I thought that mini lights weren't recovered in explore mode. It turns out if you are touching the block the mini light was placed on, you don't get the mini light back. If you are 1 or more blocks away, you do.

To test this I suggest making a tower by placing blocks below you, so that you are on top when it is finished. Every 4th block or so place a mini light at your feet before you place the next block. The mini lights will be sandwiched between the blocks. And place some on the sides, if you can, to make sure it wasn't the sanwiching that made the mini light unrecoverable. Save your game while standing on top of the tower, reopen your explore mode world and then drill down to the bottom. For me the number of mini lights in my inventory doesn't change. The same is also true if I am standing right against the block I placed the mini light on. If you can confirm this we may need to alter the description again.