DEEP DIVES

Dying in Minecraft isn’t that big of a deal. You drop your stuff, you respawn, you walk back to where you dropped it, you pick it up again, and get on with whatever you were doing.
在我的世界中，死亡是一件很小的事。东西掉了，重生，走到你死亡的地点，捡起来，继续干活。

But there are a couple of situations where it’s a bit more annoying. The first is when you die in lava. Most objects burn up in lava, so you’re not going to be picking them up again – wave goodbye to that enchanted diamond pickaxe. You can avoid this by avoiding lava.
但在某些情况下，这就很让人讨厌了。第一种情况是死在岩浆海中。大部分东西都毁于岩浆，包括你那把传家的附魔钻石镐。当然，你可以尽量避开岩浆。

The second is when you don’t remember where you died. Maybe you popped your clogs at the bottom of a twisty cave, in the depths of a huge forest, or far from your portal in the Nether. That’s where our item of the week comes in – the recovery compass!
第二种情况便是你忘记自己死在哪里了。也许是弯曲的矿洞底部，巨大的森林深处，或者是离传送门很远的地狱内部。本周背包盘点的物品将为您解决这一切麻烦 – 追溯指针！

The recovery compass was added in the Wild Update in June 2022, and it has one job – pointing to the location where you last died. It’ll do this constantly, unless you’ve not died or you’re in a different dimension to your death location. In these cases, it’ll just spin around randomly.
追溯指针是在2022六月的荒野更新被添加进游戏的。他就是一直指向你死亡的位置，除非你没死过或者说是在不同世界里。出现以上情况，他就会随机旋转。

A recovery compass isn’t easy to craft. You’ll need to use a crafting grid to surround a regular compass with echo shards. Those echo shards are only available in ancient city chests, so be prepared to get friendly with the wardens before you venture forth.
追溯指针有点难合成。你需要用一个工作台，用回响碎片把指南针包起来。回响碎片只有在远古城市的箱子里才能找到，所以你要准备好打点打点循声守卫们。

Here’s an important tip – don’t take your recovery compass with you when you’re adventuring. It’s only useful in a situation where you’ve died, and if you die holding it then you won’t be able to use it to find your way back to that location.
最重要的一点事——冒险时切勿带着追溯指针。他只能指向你死的地方，如果你拿着他然后死了，那就不能盼望他能帮你找到死亡的地点了。

Leave it in a chest at home instead – ideally with a set of high-quality armor and a decent sword and pickaxe. This is your emergency kit in the unhappy event that you do perish, and should allow you to recover all your possessions with minimum fuss.
把他放在家里的箱子里，而非——最好备点好装备跟像样的镐跟剑。这是你的应急工具包，如果你真的遭遇不测，这能让你以最小的代价回收你的财产。

In the real world, there are no recovery compasses because dying works the same as it does in Minecraft’s hardcore mode – it’s permanent. Scientists are pretty much unanimous that there’s no coming back from death, though some major religions disagree.
在现实世界可没有啥追溯指针，死亡跟我的世界的极限模式一样——永久死亡。科学家们几乎一致认为人死不能复生，尽管这与一些大宗教的观点有冲突。

Either way, my official advice is to do everything you can to avoid dying, just in case!
无论如何，这边建议您尽量不要死亡！




【IVERINS 译自官网 2023 年 01 月 19 日发布的 Taking Inventory: Recovery Compass；原作者 Duncan Geere】
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