So the challenge was to storm the Monument, which was a maze of small rooms. We sealed off each room one by one, killing the guardians in them, and then draining the water (they respawn in any water in and around the Monument). Took a while, and it was slow going at first.
Then we took down all the interior walls which revealed how huge the Monument is inside. It gave us a huge room to play in and we decided to turn it into an Underwater Evil Villain Lair [tm].
I built a big bay window that looks out onto the guardian altar where Guardians spawn and hang out. We built a trap right under the window that sucks the Guardians into it and kills them. Guardians drop fish and materials to build Sea Lanterns, which are bright white light cubes. Unlimited food and, after a short time, more than enough Sea lanterns to light up the whole place. Found a design for some cool chandeliers using the Lanterns.
Keeping with the evil villain lair theme, we added cages containing subjects for testing, and last night Los and I built a torture device that incinerates Villagers.
Still working on the decor, but I added some kelp lamps. I think we need cats. Lairs should have cats.
So you non-Minecrafters understand what's happening, the video starts in my main house (the Hard Rock Hotel) and I take a Nether portal (a teleport device) to the Monument. We originally dug a tunnel under the Monument to raid it, but it's a long distance away and that would be a long walk. I installed a Nether portal to make it easy to get there.
