Allow me to present to you quite possibly the most survivable base ever built in MineCraft:
![Full metal base (MineCraft) Surviv10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f84/14/14/99/32/surviv10.jpg)
THE FULL METAL JA- I MEAN BASE
Built of iron and gold, this base can survive anything the undead horde can throw at it (I say undead because most of the enemies in minecraft are undead).
![Full metal base (MineCraft) Surviv11](https://i.servimg.com/u/f84/14/14/99/32/surviv11.jpg)
The main entrance. The undead have an unfortunate (for them) inability to dive, so this small underwater route into the base is zombie-proof.
![Full metal base (MineCraft) Surviv12](https://i.servimg.com/u/f84/14/14/99/32/surviv12.jpg)
After surfacing and climbing a small flight of stairs, you enter the first floor, the ground level. No windows here because skeletons can shoot arrows.
![Full metal base (MineCraft) Surviv13](https://i.servimg.com/u/f84/14/14/99/32/surviv13.jpg)
The second floor, this one is still under construction. This floor has windows so that I can dispatch enemies below me, but because of it's angle skeletons cannot easily hit me through them.
![Full metal base (MineCraft) Surviv14](https://i.servimg.com/u/f84/14/14/99/32/surviv14.jpg)
Every now and then, a spider will make a lucky jump and make it ashore. This happens so rarely, though, that building up the embankment would be a waste of resources.
![Full metal base (MineCraft) Surviv19](https://i.servimg.com/u/f84/14/14/99/32/surviv19.jpg)
A few zombies trying to make it ashore.
![Full metal base (MineCraft) Surviv20](https://i.servimg.com/u/f84/14/14/99/32/surviv20.jpg)
A close call with a creeper prompted me to build this stone wall around my mineshaft here. Creepers explode when they die. You can see the blast crater underwater.
![Full metal base (MineCraft) Surviv21](https://i.servimg.com/u/f84/14/14/99/32/surviv21.jpg)
An assload of creepers. I shat myself when I saw them.
![Full metal base (MineCraft) Surviv22](https://i.servimg.com/u/f84/14/14/99/32/surviv22.jpg)
Aftermath of that uber creeper battle.
![Full metal base (MineCraft) Surviv23](https://i.servimg.com/u/f84/14/14/99/32/surviv23.jpg)
The base from afar. Notice the pretty rain effects.
After all of this was said and done, I finished the second floor and started construction on a third floor. Then I swam back outside to see if any spiders had made it ashore. A creeper horde had spawned on the island, and after I killed one they chain-reaction exploded and killed me.![Rolling Eyes](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif)
![Full metal base (MineCraft) Surviv10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f84/14/14/99/32/surviv10.jpg)
THE FULL METAL JA- I MEAN BASE
Built of iron and gold, this base can survive anything the undead horde can throw at it (I say undead because most of the enemies in minecraft are undead).
![Full metal base (MineCraft) Surviv11](https://i.servimg.com/u/f84/14/14/99/32/surviv11.jpg)
The main entrance. The undead have an unfortunate (for them) inability to dive, so this small underwater route into the base is zombie-proof.
![Full metal base (MineCraft) Surviv12](https://i.servimg.com/u/f84/14/14/99/32/surviv12.jpg)
After surfacing and climbing a small flight of stairs, you enter the first floor, the ground level. No windows here because skeletons can shoot arrows.
![Full metal base (MineCraft) Surviv13](https://i.servimg.com/u/f84/14/14/99/32/surviv13.jpg)
The second floor, this one is still under construction. This floor has windows so that I can dispatch enemies below me, but because of it's angle skeletons cannot easily hit me through them.
![Full metal base (MineCraft) Surviv14](https://i.servimg.com/u/f84/14/14/99/32/surviv14.jpg)
Every now and then, a spider will make a lucky jump and make it ashore. This happens so rarely, though, that building up the embankment would be a waste of resources.
![Full metal base (MineCraft) Surviv19](https://i.servimg.com/u/f84/14/14/99/32/surviv19.jpg)
A few zombies trying to make it ashore.
![Full metal base (MineCraft) Surviv20](https://i.servimg.com/u/f84/14/14/99/32/surviv20.jpg)
A close call with a creeper prompted me to build this stone wall around my mineshaft here. Creepers explode when they die. You can see the blast crater underwater.
![Full metal base (MineCraft) Surviv21](https://i.servimg.com/u/f84/14/14/99/32/surviv21.jpg)
An assload of creepers. I shat myself when I saw them.
![Full metal base (MineCraft) Surviv22](https://i.servimg.com/u/f84/14/14/99/32/surviv22.jpg)
Aftermath of that uber creeper battle.
![Full metal base (MineCraft) Surviv23](https://i.servimg.com/u/f84/14/14/99/32/surviv23.jpg)
The base from afar. Notice the pretty rain effects.
After all of this was said and done, I finished the second floor and started construction on a third floor. Then I swam back outside to see if any spiders had made it ashore. A creeper horde had spawned on the island, and after I killed one they chain-reaction exploded and killed me.
![Rolling Eyes](https://2img.net/i/fa/i/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif)