An average-sized vein of dirt.

“I wasn’t too sure at first,” said head developer Kenshin_Woo. “But when I got the third PM that day asking where iron could be mined, I knew this idea was necessary.”

Indeed, the Sun has discovered that dirt will be available in every continent, found as often as coal ore elsewhere. “If I have to read one more ticket asking for an ore list, I’m going to pull a Luni,” ingame moderator and Arcation official Walkers said. “This should set my mind- in fact, the minds of all staff members- at ease.”

When asked about where players would get stone, ingame mod Devonmartino had this to say: “Ever heard of Skyblock? There will be a bunch of naturally-occurring cobble generators in caves. Very sporadic, of course- wouldn’t want cobble to become too OP. But enough so everyone could get some. Maybe now people won’t PM me asking where the redstone spires are in 2.0.”

Buried trees like this will likely be the only source of wood in 3.0.

Reportedly, wood will only be available from buried trees found in desert biomes. “We’ll have a bunch of smaller desert biomes, with one type of tree found under each one,” staff member NathanialJones said. “This will be the only part of the map not made out of ores. Maybe this will encourage the players to stop asking dumbassed questions, like where diamonds are. Gee, no point in asking anyone walking around in prot, is there? Gotta go to the mods.”

At press time, mbach, Yourself797, and the rest of the CivEx 1.0/2.0 map creation team were, quote, “mortified.”

Note: This article is satire. You can still come to the staff team with any questions you’d like (including ore distribution), but it’s often wise to ask your fellow player first!