Talk:Minilight/@comment-4583259-20111114201757/@comment-4583259-20111117075826

Okay, I tried it... this is the very first time I've played in explore (survival) mode, so I'll spell it out. First I killed a few green blobs, and mined some ice and some light blocks. They seem to make this easy, as all three were virtually within reach of the drill (and gun) the moment the game started.

I dug a little hole in the ground to wait out the night. While I was there I used ice and biogel to make adhesive and then used the adhesive and light blocks to make some mini lights. A dawn I had 9 blocks of ice and 8 minilights in my inventory.

I made three stacks of: ice block, mini light on top, ice block on top of that. These are 2-block-high stacks of ice, with the top block glowing (even in broad daylight). At this point I have 3 ice blocks and 5 mini-lights. Then I saved the game, and started the game again.

I drilled the first tower while standing right next to it. I got the mini-light back: 5 ice blocks and 6 mini lights.

I drilled the second one by standing on top of it and drilling straight down: I did not get the minilight back (7 ice blocks, still 6 minilights).

I did the third one from about 5 blocks away. Again, I did not get the minilight back: still at 7 ice blocks and 6 mini-lights, with two floating blocks of ice, which I picked up to get to 9 ice + 6 mini-lights.

I thought maybe it was random, do I built 5 identical ice towers and drilled all 5 of them by standing on top and drilling straight down. But none of those gave me the light back, so I can at least agree with you on that part.