Really exited love the series already Even after 1 episode😂
@NinJoeCool Жыл бұрын
W stands for Wattles
@braydenanderinsandoval8060 Жыл бұрын
I use the TNT chaining method a lot and I have learned that having a 3 block gap is perfect. It doesn’t stop the chain unless you accidentally place them too far or too close
@NitsuSaiNeko Жыл бұрын
I remember watching a video that calculates area exposed per TNT and 1~2 space gap is the most efficient, -gap of 3 actually decreases efficiency- Edit: Ah yes, from Eyecraftmc. It's not precise calculation, just estimates. Also he didn't showcase 3 gap method, he just don't recommend it and skipped it.
@evanchampeau4626 Жыл бұрын
Have you ever tried using beds in the nether cause it’s just as effective and uses less resources. It work perfectly for me when I try to mine for ancient debris.
@coolghost1988 Жыл бұрын
@@evanchampeau4626 I would use beds but beds can't stack and I just don't like dealing with fire. Also you can't chain it so I think (I'm not sure) it's slower
@evanchampeau4626 Жыл бұрын
@@coolghost1988 fair point
@braydenanderinsandoval8060 Жыл бұрын
I would use beds but I lost a hard core world because of it. A simple glitch causing a double input could end it all.
@sixolddereks Жыл бұрын
Safety tip for the tnt chaining method. If you don't have a flame bow, you can crouch to light the top of the tnt on fire with flint and steel. This does not light the tnt, but instead gives a few extra seconds before a spark from the fire lights it instead. This gives more than enough time to get a safe distance away from the explosion.
@mustardisbacklol8083 Жыл бұрын
Bro just run it wont explode immieaditily
@jablakeb Жыл бұрын
@@mustardisbacklol8083bro just crouch. It’s even easier to do lmfao
@UXMC2 Жыл бұрын
Bro just get protection 4 armour
@JM-db8ez Жыл бұрын
Bro...bro...BRO! Did we get triplets in here or are we just firmly lodged in CA's nether regions.
@bloodyorangescribbles8391 Жыл бұрын
Redstone and a lever won't work?
@eshansingh1 Жыл бұрын
Silk Touch is better than Fortune in the Nether because Nether Gold Ore can be smelted down into one gold ingot, which is more than you'd get on average from Fortune nugget drops.
@sixolddereks Жыл бұрын
If you really need the gold, then silk touch definitely yields more gold. However, ge said fortune is better because you get higher drops while still getting the exp for repairing your mending tools from breaking the block. You don't get exp from silk touching the blocks.
@glopple Жыл бұрын
@@sixolddereks smelt the gold and use the exp from furnaces. it takes longer but its more resource efficient
@sixolddereks Жыл бұрын
@glopple it's not just that it takes longer (on an already long mining method), but that you have to stop mining to go repair your tools. Instead of just repairing your tools while mining. Which lets you continue mining without being interrupted.
@crystalknighthgaming Жыл бұрын
You said it but if has mending to your kind of shooting yourself in the foot.
@Gameboy-see Жыл бұрын
get both silk touch and fortune when silk touch pick runs out of durability hold it in offhand and mine quarts with fortune to repair it + fortune does not affect amount of ancient debree drops so just a good eff 3 with mending and unbreaking works good.
@dino_drawings Жыл бұрын
As someone who makes automatic farms. TNT is the way to go to not destroy the armor, and less fire damage.
@JM-db8ez Жыл бұрын
As someone who also makes automatic farms, I'd say use whatever turns you on. TNT works, beds work--in fact, beds have bigger explosions, exposing more blocks. Just can't chain them. As for fire and blast damage--meh, easy to put out/repair, not that big a deal. So TNT and beds are just fine, one doesn't have to be better than the other--it's situational including player preference.
@dino_drawings Жыл бұрын
@@JM-db8ez oh absolutely. But that TNT chains and doesn’t create fire is still a big plus late game. Just chain like 100 TNT, no armor durability taken, no ending up in fire.
@nuggetbusters Жыл бұрын
I am fairly new with minecraft, but I am really good at finding ancient debris. One thing I have noticed is I find a lot more ancient debris when I find Blackstone and gravel close together. I would say probably 90% of the time this works. I do mine down between y8 to y20 so odds are much better at those levels but y14 is a good half way point. I also love the TNT method lol.
@ProphecyGaming.6 ай бұрын
Updating the title to say "1.21" even tho this video is from 1.20 so that it stays relevant is crazy
@Gr0nkst5 ай бұрын
Fr😭😭😭
@Peyodi19245 ай бұрын
It's actually just.. a normal thing to do, he would be stupid if he didn't lol
@Justin-sp7kz4 ай бұрын
tbh only unacceptable if the meta changes imo
@SpiritArcticfox4 ай бұрын
I see many people do it, it’s a good thing for both sides though, the methods still work in the new version so I don’t see any problem with it
@dubudahyunnie47772 ай бұрын
if it didnt work in the new version it wouldnt be okay but its the same so i dont see why not update the title
@creeperking3472 Жыл бұрын
Actually I'm pretty sure the reason for the chunk border is because each chunk can only have up to 1 vein of netherite and it's just as common anywhere in the chunk so you might as well check 2 chunks with 1 tunnel
@benremorenko24222 ай бұрын
This is correct
@apeebles1916 Жыл бұрын
I went to y14 and dug 2,000 blocks in 4 directions to start tunnels to travel to I'm the overworld and branched off to the sides half way off the original tunnels and ended up with 3 stacks I was shocked.
@k3oala Жыл бұрын
Bit confused sounds logical though can you explain it anymore :)
@Sambenmaggie Жыл бұрын
@@k3oala He's just saying he strip mined at y14 straight tunnels. With an efficiency pick its very fast mining, you can just w key forward. It's about 12-16 per 1000 blocks mined in my experience.
@Ne-vc5pm Жыл бұрын
@@Sambenmaggiedo not mindlessly w tap mine! Its like playing with death and you are not winning
@M_Chen333 Жыл бұрын
@@Ne-vc5pmOr just use a fire res potion and you'll be fine...
@Ne-vc5pm Жыл бұрын
@@M_Chen333 fire res is bad for this. I would advise to use it only as last resort or in extremely dangerous situations
@NetherFX4 ай бұрын
tutorial starts at 4:31 jesus christ
@Random_guy82 Жыл бұрын
wattles vids are always so helpful, I am glad he keeps updating his tutorials so I can always rely on him for up to date, amazing content
@local85326 ай бұрын
Get off his wenis (wenis as in the part of the elbow)
@20ajl35 Жыл бұрын
So excited for episode 2 of guide but this is also so helpful!
@averageblock6618 Жыл бұрын
Get to the point please omg
@Bombaclatfart Жыл бұрын
On god
@happybomb777 Жыл бұрын
Fr wattles loves yappin
@lowa1436 Жыл бұрын
He is america. America love talking much bullshit
@bembywemby Жыл бұрын
fr ong bro has a degree in yapology
@AI-studybox Жыл бұрын
Just skip bro. It’s actually quite helpful for noobs. -Elon musk
@nWbula1 Жыл бұрын
Recently me and my friend started playing Minecraft keep in mind the last time i played was 1.7.4 version or something like that. So we go to the nether with shield and iron equipment. And we see this huge black fortress but it ain't a nether fortress and we go inside we see a lot of enemies. Carefully i make my way to the upper floors and i see a piglet with a golden Axe start hitting in that thing hit me once and i was on one heart never screamed that much in my life and we got the hell out of there.
@harrison-hd443211 ай бұрын
Video starts at 14:08. Your welcome
@theycallmekenz Жыл бұрын
You can also use shepherd villagers to get wool/bed trades! It is my favorite way of getting wool for ancient city looting and wool/beds for netherite mining.
@drawnquartered42149 ай бұрын
The bed method ain't right, there's much easier one without the risk of missing that 4th block and dying. What you do is dig out a tunnel. Aim to the right at the end of the tunnel. Dig out as far as you can and place a bed then crouch around the corner while hitting the bed and you'll never take damage.
@thewonderfulchoki18379 ай бұрын
Can confirm was right behind him when he did the method he just mentioned :)
@Wantaed Жыл бұрын
I use the bed method a lot, but i also use method 2 sometimes however on the sides of the 2x2 tunnel I use um super incredible pick-axe to mine out the blocks at eye level on both sides of the path usually doing it on the way back from the mining trip. Alternative I have also done this along the nether roof that way no lave comes in from above.
@user-us5dr2qi2r Жыл бұрын
In bedrock bring a map from your gate location, you still show up on your map, as long as you have your map from the over world then you will never get lost.
@achillgator Жыл бұрын
YAY WATTLES
@rookie9028 Жыл бұрын
Wattles :D
@idenhero15937 ай бұрын
I love your energy man keep it up! great video
@snowsqaud10 ай бұрын
with the wool/bed method I found it useful if you have a spider farm. Cave spiders spawners, commonly found in mineshafts. Using 2x2 string in crafting table will give you wool
@MazzyGG Жыл бұрын
3:08 how does that help, it makes more red that it’s harder than it was to see when we have no night vision.
@JacobKleinstein Жыл бұрын
U are the best, always look forward to ur videos!
@newerboomerangmiaro7778 Жыл бұрын
Technically with the bed method it would go well with just getting a Shepherd Villager and a Fletcher Villager since they'll both help with making the bed strat less grindy as gravel spawns commonly in the bowels of the nether and can be traded for emeralds with the flint trades, which said emeralds you get from the Fletcher being used for Wool or Bed Trades with the Shepherd creating a loop of mining and trading to fix weapon durability while mining for more netherite
@mushfiq_alam Жыл бұрын
Notifications gang!!! Also loving the video.
@rubyv3115 Жыл бұрын
I know it's obviously my birthday tomorrow so within these tips really helps. Thanks 😁✨
@runbcov8691 Жыл бұрын
The one problem with using a flame bow to ignite the tnt is if any zombie piglins get damaged by the tnt they'll agro on you.
@sethjohnson4513 Жыл бұрын
this is true of any tnt lit by the player whether flint & steel or flame aspect bow.
@sonic_idk Жыл бұрын
I think if this is the case then use redstone + pressure plate / button
@imaguyandabeautifulbutterfly11 ай бұрын
@@sethjohnson4513unless you light the fire on the tnt and let the fire spark it instead of directly using the flint and steel
@lelandharris9639 Жыл бұрын
It would be cool if they made a Farming Update, new ways to make farms for food. Or a new way to grow food.
@j-blaze420 Жыл бұрын
Dude named his pick still good lmao. Had me rollin!
@BinqweqweGumare4 ай бұрын
Well putt together 🎉
@glassofwater281 Жыл бұрын
I always use the bed method because it's extremely cheap to get a bunch of explosives. I just learned you can buy shields while I was grinding for diamond gear trades from Villagers, so that helps
@AmiasBTW Жыл бұрын
A pretty good method that I have found is spawning the wither at Y 14. It is expensive. However, the wither can blow up a crap ton of blocks. Ancient debris will be fine. Make sure you keep your distance though. I was able to find a lot of ancient debris to using the wither. Recommend having a loyalty, three trident or an infinity bow. A really good pickax as well.
@ariesleo7396 Жыл бұрын
Big brain
@gbpls92 Жыл бұрын
Did this for Diamond on the over word on our realm and was amazing. Sucks how they’ll only drop 1 but with fortune 3 diamond, you can mine the ones on the wall and get more.
@humourlessjester3584 Жыл бұрын
In my opinion the bed method is only for players who can't make a tnt farm or for the early game. Use TNT as much as possible because it's faster, does not chip away at your armor, you can do more for less inventory slots, and is much safer. There are only two things that beds get an upper hand in... Cheapness and mob proofing.
@JM-db8ez Жыл бұрын
Well, that's your opinion I guess. Beds make bigger explosions, exposing more blocks--but yeah, can't chain them. Also you don't have to make the beds before you go to the nether. Take stacks of wool and wood and make them as you go. Inventory space isn't really a solid argument here. TNT is fine, bed are fine--go with what you enjoy, what resources you have, player preference, 'fun factor'--whatever works. They're both perfectly good methods.
@humourlessjester3584 Жыл бұрын
@@JM-db8ez Even with that inventory method you still take up 6 inventory slots for one stack of beds, which means one shulkerbox can only carry 3.5 stacks of beds versus 27 stacks of TNT and they may expose more blocks per bed but one bed can't compete with a well placed tnt chain that can expose more blocks per trigger. I'm not arguing the fun of the method, that's entirely subjective, I just think it's a lot of waste in terms of time per material if you're working for efficiency costs.
@JM-db8ez Жыл бұрын
@@humourlessjester3584 Efficiency with mass farm production and endless resources? Alright. lol Wool farms are one of the easiest and most productive to put together, easier than a productive gunpowder farm and a lot less resources/time to build. But, to each his own, many different ways to get something done in Minecraft.
@xwollo4 ай бұрын
Video starts at 4:30
@boldiegaming3 ай бұрын
Use string duper 12:51 instead of making wool farm, string duper is more efficient Note - String duper works only in Java edition
@Soisoy54 Жыл бұрын
I’m glad I’m subscribed to you 😊
@melon993310 ай бұрын
my favorite method is using beds because it's cheaper but I like to make the long hallways then explode beds in the walls. It makes it so i can explode the beds on either side of the wall, and I don't have to crawl around in the fire and lava as much. You can even put the beds in the walls on chunk boarders for more efficancy.
@CubeTampo Жыл бұрын
YES THE VIDEO I WAS SEARCHING,thanks wattles like always!
@blakereynolds4370 Жыл бұрын
1:10 why did you use Lincoln's murder chair?
@calebayers1 Жыл бұрын
Love this guy lol he’s my fav KZbinr
@bigmoose2468 Жыл бұрын
Wattles do u have twitch if so than can u stream the guide and after u can edit the stream and all that stuff
@stillamitchinmybook63207 ай бұрын
Wattles you the man!!
@MrLinkinJason Жыл бұрын
I personally prefer to use tunnel bores, I'm using ilmango's tunnel bore atm and I'm loving it.
@Goldenpickle350 Жыл бұрын
Yo I am so lit about the guide being back!
@shanmianhiyueshongdaojukei9732 Жыл бұрын
Im excited for the update and explore the world like you do handsomely. Sheeesh....
@ScoutrunnerTopic8 ай бұрын
Bro missed his flint and steel and lit himself on fire 😂 thanks for not editing that out it was funny
@Twitch_Moderator Жыл бұрын
*If you have a diamond pickaxe with fortune and efficiency, that would be best. Efficiency is for mining speed.*
@Freddie_06 Жыл бұрын
I hate those non-glistening potions. I was like "A leaping potion??" and "That's a honey bottle!"
@wattlesplays Жыл бұрын
😅😅😅
@Freddie_06 Жыл бұрын
@@wattlesplays Why are you nervous? It's not your fault... I think
@thebrainbuiider Жыл бұрын
My seed is the best seed! I spawned in a jungle and a mesa biome! I found a mason fort with 2 netherite upgrades! 2 netherite upgrades! And I found pigstep in the same mason! This made my life 10x better!!!
@wizjaz2512 Жыл бұрын
1) its not mesa biome- its called badlands 2) Its not mason fort, its called a bastion or bastion remnants
@khvost Жыл бұрын
lava bucket is better against piglin brutes than boats. (you don’t trigger regular piglins and use it many times) also towering two blocks high plus digging a two block deep hole from the little tower traps them even better
@Cranky-Kong Жыл бұрын
Do not hate the netherite upgrade because it it fixed minecraft. Every year mojang adds stuff to the game that makes it easier to finish the game but didn't make it harder. So this is leveling out the easiness of the game and slowing down the progression of the game making more injoyable to play. Also It makes bashton mandatory for netherite which everyone uses in minecraft.
@Endymion766 Жыл бұрын
i think the narrowest bottleneck for getting netherite gear is the upgrade templates. Locating and looting Bastions are going to be a pain but it's def worth it for the gear. Also, I have a very proficient TNT farm so I dont space my TNT at all. Just a 30 block line of the stuff then light it blows open a really wide path.
@stephk5450 Жыл бұрын
u can duplicate the upgrade template
@Endymion766 Жыл бұрын
@@stephk5450 oh, ty
@delzq Жыл бұрын
Tip: whenever you find nether gold always mine it with a slik touch pickaxe as it will give you a gold ingot instead of golden nuggets
@xelspeth Жыл бұрын
This is just simply not true, if you mine nether gold with silk touch you will get a nether gold ore
@Jay_1038 Жыл бұрын
@@xelspeth i think they mean't that it smelts to gold ingot, much better then mining t to get nuggets
@Trident_Gaming03 Жыл бұрын
I wasn't aware of the chunk boarder tip, very helpful
@tynytian Жыл бұрын
Couldn't you use redstone to light tnt as well?
@allijnera Жыл бұрын
Tnt is way better than beds for a few reasons 1. Tnt stacks, you can hold way more of it in your inventory per mining trip 2. It only requires one trigger instead of several, way faster 3. Doesnt damage your armor since you can stand back 4. Doesnt require as much food since you wont be taking damage 5. With the right farms, gunpowder and sand are way easier to mass produce than wool 6. No fire to punch out
@lelandharris9639 Жыл бұрын
The most efficient method and easy to farm method is beds, they explode in the nether. As long as you have 4 blocks blocking you from the bed. It makes a larger explosion as well. So you will find more Netherite that way.
@VrejHAI Жыл бұрын
So, nothing has changed when it comes to finding ancient debris in 1.20. The only thing that changed is creating netherite armor is harder and more annoying but thankfully I went on a nether and armor making spree a few days before the upgrade so I'll be good for a long time
@lordkrishnastolemyheart5485 Жыл бұрын
TNT chaining and bed mining can be combined for cost effectiveness. I always have a bazillion gunpowder from trying to keep creepers from blowing my house up or attacking ghasts. But the bed is easy too since I got a bunch of sheep
@ProfWisecrack Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this!
@Tyler-ys2su Жыл бұрын
ten seconds in this is a certified wattles classic
@user-uv7is2zu5v Жыл бұрын
Another really good way of finding ancient debris is getting a really high efficiency pickaxe and just go in ham on the Netherrack and make sure you have mending.
@dandalfthewizard2220 Жыл бұрын
my netherite method method is a 1x2 standard tunnel on a chunk border, then you turn sideways and instamine the netherrack on either side of your 1x2 tunnel - exposing tons of blocks quickly and safely
@Newbie2Cooked Жыл бұрын
this dude is a certified yapper
@treasurehunterclipswateryt9 ай бұрын
Blud you too
@Homix_5592 ай бұрын
for the beds i reccomend building a string duper and then make it go trough a crafter
@naohaotingala6433 Жыл бұрын
dude prioritised his fallen bretherens pants instead of the threat that killed them 💀 11:57
@foxdorsey Жыл бұрын
Starting at coordinates 0,0 and finding chunk borders every 16 blocks has led me to getting the most ancient debris in the shortest amount of time. Diamond pickaxe with mending, unbreaking 3 and efficiency 5 😎
@kaykay271410 ай бұрын
i’m like 8 months late but how do you find chunk borders?
@Leviathan2722 ай бұрын
@@kaykay2714 on java, press f3+G. On bedrock, I think there's a chunk border when either the X or Z coordinate can be cleanly divided by 16.
@RosyKitteh Жыл бұрын
Mine a tunnel at y=15 and fill it with tnt every other block I've had the best luck that way Other than that, mining with a pickaxe in a swinging motion left to right is pretty good too
@bugdestroyer1258 Жыл бұрын
Make sure you do it on a chunk border for best chance to get double ancient debris
@thekingofnothing8895 Жыл бұрын
I like to take my pickaxe and just run and mine at the same time. It's super easy and super fast
@camfowler7506 Жыл бұрын
Use silk touch to mine the gold in the nether and smelt it, with fortune you can only get a max of 8 nuggets, with silk touch and smelting it guarantees 1 gold ingot(9 nuggets)
@woolcandy9620 Жыл бұрын
Ok this Isn't exactly related but you can Instantly break bamboo with a sword. I did not know this Existed
@ColeGonzalez-ex6hr6 ай бұрын
my realm now has a netherite beacon (almost) thx!!
@SML_Jchop Жыл бұрын
finding bastions and looting them is also pretty good since they often have ancient debris or netherite scraps
@Last-Scar-5675 Жыл бұрын
If I ever play outside of my glitched creative survival world I’ll be using this vid
@Jakey2023-l3c2 ай бұрын
the tnt with the arrow helped me a lot
@amei_G80_BmwM3 Жыл бұрын
Good thing I collected a lot of diamonds and nether ore ingots since they been sitting around my chests for so long. But now I gotta go explore the nether for nether upgrades, I found the ward and silence trims for my armor, took me a few hours tho
@TheOk_byebye Жыл бұрын
this helped out a ton very good tutorial 👍 🔥🔥
@oldbonniegamer938 Жыл бұрын
I'm going to save your time, just strip mine at Y 15 then right click beds to make explosion along the path. It should reveal the ancient debris.
@starryagent9936 Жыл бұрын
Another strat for bastions: pillar up out of reach of any piglin brutes and dump lava on them. Kills them fast without angering any nearby piglins. Typically, I’ll use TNT auto miners to do the netherite mining. Same effect as the third method without burning through stacks of TNT
@JakubPErsek Жыл бұрын
2+3 is the best in my opinion. Even a simple mob farm with as little as 3 floors can produce a stack of gunpowder in 15 minutes. That is roughly 50 TNT per our
@IzzRei Жыл бұрын
The bed method is even cheaper if you find an ancient city, a city where the streets and walls are made of wool. Step 1: find an ancient city Step 2: Make some shears Step 3: collect almost unlimited wool Step 4: make a nether portal and go to the nether Step 5: proceed to make a bed mining operation
@ultimate_pleb Жыл бұрын
There's a way to duplicate sand and gravel using a end portal if you're fine with exploiting the game and have a gunpowder farm the TNT chain method becomes far more viable. Obviously don't do this on servers unless you really want to get banned!
@Magicwaterz Жыл бұрын
I really want to the TNT Method for safety and effeciency. I don't have an issue with gunpowder. It's the sand that I'm having issue. I am still not using the duping method because I want my builds to not break in a future update. Mojang did say they will fix the duping exploit but decided not to as they don't have anything to replace this specific niche.
@chinguchimp1357 Жыл бұрын
My fav: "It's not a BED idea!" 🛌
@BluJayMC Жыл бұрын
Infinite Fire...the correct choice for a bow. :)
@silverleaf15 Жыл бұрын
I have saved many zombie villagers and created a trading hub. They give me great discounts and the loom trader sells me a bed for 1 emerald and I literally have chests full of beds for mining netherite. I get 12 beds per day per trader. The librarians also sell a bookshelf for 1 emerald that when broken drop 3 books and the librarians also buy a book for 1 emerald so it’s two free emeralds each trade.
@vstechiegamer5996lol Жыл бұрын
I USED the bed method all the time but once I had a gunpowder farm, I started using the TNT chaining method
@argonoak Жыл бұрын
Honestly, I just strip mine with efficiency five and I find it a lot easier to find than diamonds which is surprising.
@MagnuMC_plays Жыл бұрын
What does everyone think about the neatherite nerf
@Urnotskibidi-s9w4 ай бұрын
My strat is make a line in the nether then copy then use tnt or beds in creative in the copy find netherite in the copy world then get the cords re join the main server and then go to the cords and repeat the process
@y2ggaming397 Жыл бұрын
Netherite does not generate more frequently near a chunk border. Mining near a chunk border just allows you to get a vein chance from both chunks at the same time instead of just 1
@sophwolf3593 Жыл бұрын
if ur using method 2 or a similar strat basalt deltas actually have the most ancient debris spawning, plus basalt and blackstone are much more useful than netherack
@traphonda2 ай бұрын
Best way to get netherite it’s to craft a alot of fire works ( you’ll need an elytra) and also a lot of fire res positions if you want a lot I recommend a good pick axe with mending and bringing some bottle o enchanting then just find a lava lake jump in the bad boy and you’ll see a lot just in the ground
@adamkhater3876 Жыл бұрын
silk touch pickaxe will give you gold ore block and when you put it in fernce you will get a block of gold not ingots ty it 💀💀💀💀💀👍👍
@venous-gaming55 Жыл бұрын
Mining with a pickaxe is super early game method, bed mining is next but for me, TNT chaining is just overall more enjoyable and smoother.
@Kooaid-9 Жыл бұрын
I JUST built a creeper farm so looks like TNT it is, BUT exploring sounds fun too why not but its tough
@jckyle83 Жыл бұрын
If I have a world I created under 1.19 (bedrock) will the smithing templates be needed to upgrade diamond armor if I continue in that world?
@dusancosic6432 Жыл бұрын
2:57 "its always gona be fully sumeregd" HA jokes on you i once found netherit on the floor noob
@ricm69186 ай бұрын
Hey wattles how do I make a gunpowder farm?
@JNeal9304 Жыл бұрын
Stack of tnt and dig a 2 block tall tunnel on y-15. Spread them out a few blocks each and stand back and hit them with the bow. Also strip mining with eff 5 pickaxe works well too. I feel like I get more with the tnt method though but I have a mob farm that produces tons of gunpowder.