The Deep Dark City portal, I like a theory that the people of the city were trying to escape to another dimension like the people who built the stronghold, but when they opened the portal, the other dimension was the skulk dimension and it leaked out and destroyed the city. It kinda fits as the story of the new music disc.
Etho, I love that you still use the same intro / outro clip that you've been using for years. Its simple, never gets old, and kind of nostalgic for me. Its really nice to see a minecraft youtuber whose personality and video style hasn't changed much at all despite all the changes the world outside goes through.
big facts. of course not every mechanic can fit into the episode, but personally, i can’t wait to see how swift sneak interacts with the project underground path
@@dishward His underground path already uses soul speed (the 1.16 enchantment) - there is soul soil underneath the brick slabs. The new 1.19 enchantment is swift sneak if that's what you meant, which he'll be able to use on his path already just by sneaking. It'll be slower than sprinting but it'll still be cool to see how fast he can move while crouched though!
I love all the hermits, but its a different type of happy when I see you uploaded a new video man. Im 32 years old, discovered you way back when my son got into minecraft in 2014, and can honestly say youre one of my favorite youtubers / humans on the internet ever. Thank you for years of entertainment Etho.
About the hardcore series, Etho also currently has four series going: his world, his hermitcraft, his modded, and his double life. Double life is a limited series of course, but if he added another series on top of his three "regular" series that'd be a big division of his attention.
I definitely agree about the time management aspect, i know Gem and Pearl had 2 SMPs at once and Pearl decided not to return to Empires because of workload reasons. But i personally think the only thing that should determine if Etho works on a series is if he is having fun, because when the creator is having a good time the audience has a good time, nothing else really matters. (With the exception of "torture the creator series" like most horror games where the audience eats popcorn as the content creator gets murdered by ghosts and wears a heartbeat monitor) Also, hardcore only means anything in risky scenarios like raiding a structure or existing in a hostile biome like the nether, deep dark, or end. If you are just base building, once you have enchanted diamond armor the fear of death is basically just drop creepers. I think the life series being a quasi SMP but also PvP really makes the best use of hardcore, you get enough to be invested but are constantly in danger from being in a tiny cage with everyone else and red lives being agressive. I don't see how an Etho single player hardcore would be meaningfully better than that, mainly it would be lonelier.
2:22 The roots also seem to have a new model type. Leaves and whatnot are just six faces with transparency, but these roots have some inner structure too - looks like a couple more faces in there.
They look like 8 cubes stuck together, such that each cube is an eighth of a block. Or possibly could be 4 cuboids going all the way through the height of the block; I couldn't see if there was a horizontal division inside the root block.
You probably won’t need it, but if you surround a compass with those shards you get a Respawn compass….might be called something else, but it’s for finding your stuff after you die. It points to the coordinates where you died so you can find your stuff before it despawns , hopefully. That’s the reason for the compasses in the chests.
"Do we still have invisible beds around here?" I love how wacky and odd this world has become after all of these years. The longer etho keeps this world going, the more like a mad scientist lab it becomes.its fascinating, who ever thought after all of these years this simple let's play would advance and warp so much. It's also hilarious to me how ethos voice has changed over time just like the series, he started out timid, calm, collected and slightly deeper. After spending all these years with his wild experiments in this wacky world his voice has become more expressive, nerdy, confident and full of personality. Thank you for all of the time you have put in to this project etho, and thank you all of the viewers for keeping this going
for the new "portal" I think they are doing the Notch strategy of tweeting "I'm thinking of adding a new hostile mob to the game" which lead to the community brainstorming ideas that lead to the enderman.
I mean they already have hell and the end. I think that if they are going to do something with it it needs to either be a heaven dimension or a different planet with gravity works differently.
I think it'd be cool to have a dimension where "light doesn't work". The renderer is fixed so that you can still barely see things (as if at nighttime) but mobs always spawn and torches etc won't increase light level. Soul torches maybe help? There could be unique stuff like access to bundles and archaeology which follow from there, using relics found in the deep dark dimension.
@@bananya6020 I wouldn't like a night time dimension as I think there are accessibility reasons not to do it. I mean they made minecraft night brighter already. It would be cool if they maybe hired Mashpoe and made a world with a fourth dimension. So you could play it like you suggest with special torches so it's like you just can't see the enemies or touch them and can only stop them spawning. Or you could unlock the secrets of the fourth dimension and battle creatures who exist in another plane of reality. This could then let you do a quest to unlock teleportation between markers you set down.
The warden was so terrifying on Double Life. It’s really no match for a late game player. But that’s true of the ender dragon, wither, raids, etc. It’s hard to balance bosses in a sandbox. Perhaps if the Wither had a gravity effect to that cancelled Elytra, it would be harder to cheese.
@@ceepuck1511 My first time playing through on bedrock, my friend and I got to the wither, fully geared up, and decided to put it on hard (Because I was used to java, and wanted at least a little challenge.) Wow... That was a bad idea hahaha. It killed us tons of times, and we just decided to switch it back to easy. We were literally fully geared up, but it would enter sword mode, and then fly into the air so you couldn't hit it while it regened health. Bedrock wither is no joke.
Here is my theory for that portal structure First, the portal is definitely of a larger size compared to the other portals in the game. The portal must lead to something large. Second, the portal is located in a dark, scary area, perfect for monsters. The portal must also have to do with a monster. Lastly, the portal is indestructible. No ordinary person can overcome the contents of the portal. Keeping these points in mind, the portal must lead to only one thing... It is a portal to your mom’s house.
"Let's make an in-game tutorial for redstone, so that new players can learn it organically!" "Oh, cool! Neat idea! Where can they find it?" *"The Deep Dark."*
It's crazy how many years some of us have watch your let's play and videos. many of us dosn't even play minecraft anymore and I havn't for a good few years. I'm 27 years old now and I'm still looking foward to your videos. I have been watching your videos for over 10YEARS.... It is crazy how time flies. Thank you for everything.
I agree with you Etho, I don't really think hardcore adds anything to a normal series. For me, it's actually the opposite, I generally like to see the world evolve over time (like your world has for years), so knowing that it's going to end suddenly make it seem pointless.
@@boiledegggaming8424 Yeah, Hermitcraft isn't hardcore but if it's at all like the mindcrack servers then each season they start with a different map and all the previous builds are gone
Finally! Someone actually went to find interesting stuff in this update instead of fiddling with the frogs. And what a huge load of info in this one. You made the update so much more exciting for me. Thank you!
Now I hear the Jungle theme playing.. doo-doo doo DOO-doo, doo-doo doo DOO-doo (it's hard to type out melodies.. maybe I should just use actual notes lol)
I realized that I’ve been watching you for years and years now…. Since the days of chocolate island I’ve been watching your content before I graduated university… before I started my career… before a purchased my first home and before I started my family Time flies and I really have to express how I am grateful for the DECADE of entertainment you have provided all of us. Thank you, Etho
This is my first Etho video, and needless to say I am definitely sticking around for more. That mud build left me flabbergasted- so simple, yet beautiful in a way. It feels incredibly unique
Just took speedbridging to a whole new level! Really happy you seem to be having more time for yourself now. Thanks for the amazing content as always, Etho.
Etho now has a new ultimate move..... Sneaky E Bridge Sliding! Personally I hope if Mojang does do something with the Portal frame, then they make it like a new Boss Raid event. Bosses would either have to have a swarm of mobs to distract spawned Wardens and/or have extremely high health to take being attacked by multiple Wardens & players. Would also play into the idea that the Warden wasn't in the Ancient City to keep trespasser's out, but to keep whatever is on the other side from coming in.
I think the structure at the center of the ancient city is definitely a portal (to what I don't know but hopefully a new dimension). At first I was a bit hesitant at the theory but as time went on and more and more evidence kept being added like Music disc five i've become more confident that it is a portal. Plus the timing works out fantastically. 1.20 is the next update and personally I feel like 20 updates is a really big milestone that should be properly celebrated and what better way to celebrate it than with a brand new dimension to explore?
I think it’s a portal to the past , which would be the ‘4th dimension’…. Time travel would be an exciting addition to the game! The warden could be the ‘protector’ of the gateway.
Personal theory: I honestly believe that 1.20 is going to be a skulk dimension with a boss in it OR a stand alone boss fight. The new 5 disk at the end of the disc has the sound of a portal lighting the person stepping through and then a MONSTOROUS roar from nothing in the game yet, then out of abruptness the disk ends. The warden, IF you can beat it, drops a skulk catalyst upon death, which to me sounds like a place holder item, which going back to the 5 disk we hear the person encounter a warden before the ending and either outruns it or somehow kills it. If its not a new dimension, it'll be a boss that comes through the portal once lit, either only a section that can fit through (as I imagine the boss being huge, kinda like the destroyer from borderlands) or a boss that'll roam around the deep dark. The warden is clearly protecting something, hence the name. But, I also feel as though it protecting Us from whatever is in the portal since it is summoned by the shriekers and if you already have him activated and another shrieker he'll instantly spawn at the shriker you just activated, trying to heed your progress of lighting the portal. (Etho: If you want to sue this, feel free to shorten it to whatever you want, but I feel as thought this theory has some strong foundation)
Just caught up from ep 545 to here after not having watched Etho for a lot of years! Honestly, I enjoyed watching just as much as when I first subscribed back in 2013-ish? And honestly stoked that the intro/outro scenes are still the same! I can understand why people are asking about new singleplayer worlds, since the singleplayer has always been what content I enjoyed most, and the gameplay of the season 2 world has shifted so drastically, now that it's in something like a post-post-game content loop. I'd definitely enjoy a new side-series in vanilla MC to see Etho in the early game again! But I also understand why not putting himself into a position to redo a lot of the same or similar farms and concepts is on the mind. Ultimately though, I'm glad Etho is still enjoying the game, and I think that really shows through in the videos! I think that's the priority, over what content I or others miss or want to see. Much love everyone!
This brought me back to the old days when every new patch came out and you’d spend most of the episode testing out the new features. Loved the episode as always!
i took a break from watching etho just because i was so busy. i’m still busy but now i’ve since remembered how much watching these videos helped my mental health so i’m back lol
40:46 that pathway is by far one of my favourite areas you have built. I love the overgrown nature style, I cant wait till I play minecraft again as I'm definitely going to build a path like that somewhere in my world. glad to see you coming back Ergo, I'm always happy to see a new video just because I know I will spend the next half an hour relaxing and not dyeing in tarkov.
The highlight for me of this is etho visits an ancient city first imporession: "Where's all the blue stuff?! I was promised blue stuff?!" etho, after sucesfully spawning a warden: "ohhh, he's making a smell for it."
Honestly it's crazy that there used to be llamas walking around sandy city. I have always wondered how he got those llamas to walk around in sandy city.
that packed mud is exactly what you asked for a few episodes ago, you asked for brown sandstone and its pretty close! you could use that for the walls on sandy city?
My girlfriend of five years left me last night. Looking back on it, I realize things had not been perfect for some time, but she just broke up with me suddenly. Never said anything was wrong, just told me that she didn’t love me anymore and had to leave. Anyway I am very surprised and heartbroken, but I am glad to have Etho who is like a longtime friend. Your videos are the only thing I can really keep concentrated on right now. Thank you for doing what you do.
I've never experienced exactly what you have, but I have been in a similar situation. It's fine to just distract yourself from the situation for a while and let your mind and body calm down, then you can think it through later if you need to so that it doesn't keep hurting you from the back of your head. I wish you the best of luck with your future Noah. Take it easy for now.
Deep dark city portal theory; through the mouth of the warden is a skulk cave with twists and dives like cave generations. The only material is skulk with sensors and screamers abound. Endless wardens guard the true treasure of the deep. Where water generates in a regular cave the strange fuzzy cloud fills parts of the skulk world. Like powder snow it can be picked and placed with a bucket. A strange thing happened to such an item found in a quiet still place when music is played.
That was the first thing I checked out, too. It's an integral part of my new base. The raw mud and muddy roots goes really well with deepslate and basalt for texturing.
Hey Etho, this comment is completely tangent from the video. But I’ve been watching you since before I was out of middle school. I graduated High school with you, buried both of my parents with you, and soon will be graduating from college with you. When I didn’t know what to do, you were there. When I didn’t know how to adult, you came through. You have been the most consistent thing in my life for over a decade. I just want to say thank you.
I think of all the games I’ve played, Terraria has nailed how gui’s work. Being able to interact with the world with items in your inventory is an excellent format
Yeah, terraria can pull off having so many items because there isnt really a hotbar. You can use anything in your inventory really easily without hassle
GUI that lets you interact with the world while it's open: great GUI that makes you scroll/click through a list/grid of items that are craftable only using the materials in your inventory while standing next to a specific crafting station: not great
11:53 Buddy, you're a boy, make a big noise Playing in the street Gonna be a big man someday You got mud on your face You big disgrace Kicking your can All over the place, singing We will, we will rock you We will, we will rock you
Been watching over 10 years, thank you for everything! Used to watch all the way in elementary school and now im going into medical school next year. Somethings never change, will always be watching Etho
I haven't played minecraft in years but I still enjoy watching other people play. I appreciate how etho investigates new updates and tries things out in an easy to understand way
My honest opinion is that they are leaving the deep dark "portal" as an open-ended thing so that if they want to they can go back and add to it later. However, lore wise it seems that it is similar to the end city in the sense that it is a now-abandoned structure with no clear sign of its original owner, now infested with some dangerous creatures. If they do make it into a portal, they would definitely make it different to the existing dimensions as the nether is the incredibly hostile dimension, and the end is supposed to feel alien and strange. It would be interesting if it was a portal to a "peaceful" dimension, with new non-hostile NPCs. It would be interesting to hear your opinions of the "lore" of Minecraft, as I think that everything they add has the same "feel" as all of the previous Minecraft content, even if it is something completely new and different.
i really want to see a Update to the End first because it is such a boring and plain place to go to like how the nether was before they updated it they have to do the same for the End also
leave it like it is until they actually have a good idea what they want with it like when the End was just a dumb boss fight to add an "end" to the game before the 1.0 release but otherwise had no real function until later
I really appreciate how Etho shows his approach discovering new things about blocks! It reminds me to hold off on googling immediately and to just test things out. :)
This is actually my first time watching Etho, and I was really intimidated where to start since this series is very long, though I have decided to join the journey from the latest episode and onwards!
I have 2 theories about the “portal” in the deep dark. the first is that the its going to open a new plane of the overworld, giving you access to hidden stuff in your world, and the second is that it’s a magical machine, giving you access to over-enchant your gear, or maybe they’ll make it the way to get mending because mending is really op.
I'd take a guess and say it's the portal to where the screeching stuff and wardens come from and that's what made the place abandoned as this corruption came out and attacked... more of a lore thing but it makes sense to me
Everytime there’s an update I’m always so excited to see you explore it. I love seeing you test out and experiment with the new features :) Great episode Etho!
Feel like they need to buff the wardens ability to chase people when they are making sounds. and nerf his ability to find people when not making sounds.. Also really hope there's a new dimension coming, maybe the "Warden" name is a hint? Some kind of prison dimension
Watch matpats video, it came from another dimension. In the files the mini versions of the big structure in the middle are called portals, but Mojane probably won’t make it accessible because 3 dimensions are enough.
I don't think they should nerf him when people aren't making sounds. At least not a lot. This is to promote sneaking around and be silent. Not just a hard mob just because. Now.. if they are close enough, he should "sniff" people out better, yeah
when I found out initially that sculk sensors had redstone functions, I immediately thought of Etho toying with them, didn’t get to see him do so but I know I will soon!
The deep dark is coming out of the "portal" so what I would hope is some new endgame world you can teleport to. Someplace actually dangerous. It all seems to line up. They gave us wings so you can get around easier/fly through the portal. We got upgraded armor and weapons with the netherite. Now we got super speed boots and a whole teaching you how to sneak/showing you why it's important. I'm like 50% sure we'll get a new dimension in 1.20 or 1.21...
Oooohhh, theres a nice idea. Perhaps it could be a dimension that further explores the wardens style of "nearly impossible to fight" so that its much harder or impossible to reach that point of "nothing can hurt me" if a lot of work behind the scenes has been going into this dimension, maybe thats an excuse for the... lacklustre updates.
I think the ancient city portal will be an overworld fast travel portal. I think it'll take you between ancient cities. Basically the same as nether travel but without having to go to another dimension.
12:13 -- Random Thought from a very old viewer! I think you should grow at least one large mangrove tree near Sandy City for added contrast and wow factor. I felt a disturbance in the Von Sway.
Maybe its just me, but this really felt like a classic Etho let's play episode. I've always been a bigger fan of the multiplayer stuff but something about this one really felt... normal, in a way that almost nothing has in a year or two. Really glad to see you back in the swing of things Ergo!
I hope you know I mean this genuinely... nothing in this world brings me more joy than having a full video of yours ahead of me yet to watch. Thank you Ergo
For the portal, I definitely think it isn’t a new dimension as the creators said they didn’t want to add any new dimensions anytime soon before really fleshing out the already existing ones. I personally think the portal is more lore based instead of being actually functional.
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that is a prettystone approved mud making place! proud of you
How doesn’t this have more likes?
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hey Bdubs, looks like Etho needs your redstone help; he was a little rusty this episode.
agreed
It’s really wholesome seeing other hermits (and friends) watch content that isn’t hermitcraft
Etho the redstone expert looking at those simple redstone "tutorials" with great interest was something I didn't know I needed.
Just sat down with a hot cup of tea! I know what I'm watching for the next forty minutes :-)
Same!
Enjoy the tea! Have a great one Xisuma. Listen to some good music too maybe!
No tea for me, but there is definitely something to watch while farming XP in my world!
Same, Earl grey with extra bergamot
Ooo what kind of tea?
"We want a reason to come here, when sandy city is done."
I presume that would be around the same time that the man cave gets finished
Etho will finish a counterstrike map in a server game before then.
Or Wilson. Or the Nexxus. Or the library. An Etho project is never truly in its final form, just a perpetually changing art piece.
Etho: *99% finished with Man Cave*
Game: *Doubles world height and removes existing bedrock*
he can give a world download of the finished sandy city and release it along with battle bane
@@ovencake523 Ouch! lol
Honestly, nothing brings a smile to my face faster than seeing that Etho had uploaded
Especially 40 minutes!
True
I get irrationally happy whenever I sit down for lunch and see an Etho video just uploaded
@@Shdnfncidjen especially a lets play
Since 10 years the best feeling✌️
everytime etho walks through "the door" i get excited, completely forgetting that he already has a completed build behind it
Me too :D
same lol
"When we needed him the most, he returned"
Reading this brought me to tears
The Deep Dark City portal, I like a theory that the people of the city were trying to escape to another dimension like the people who built the stronghold, but when they opened the portal, the other dimension was the skulk dimension and it leaked out and destroyed the city. It kinda fits as the story of the new music disc.
game theory right?
23:46 Might be a good idea to put a "Harvest Me!" sign on that clay pile. You know, just as a reminder ... ;)
Yes!! This!
yesss!
Hahaha that's be awesome! Never forget about the Clay...
Absolutely!
hahaha
Etho, I love that you still use the same intro / outro clip that you've been using for years. Its simple, never gets old, and kind of nostalgic for me. Its really nice to see a minecraft youtuber whose personality and video style hasn't changed much at all despite all the changes the world outside goes through.
“I don’t know anything about 1.19”
Proceeds to give us an in depth look at the features in the update
There's quite a few things he missed, such as the fact that skulk blocks drop xp, and how the catalyst makes them.
big facts. of course not every mechanic can fit into the episode, but personally, i can’t wait to see how swift sneak interacts with the project underground path
@@dishward His underground path already uses soul speed (the 1.16 enchantment) - there is soul soil underneath the brick slabs. The new 1.19 enchantment is swift sneak if that's what you meant, which he'll be able to use on his path already just by sneaking. It'll be slower than sprinting but it'll still be cool to see how fast he can move while crouched though!
@@sam_c95 thanks! i forgot he sprints on the path!! i’ll edit that comment to say swift sneak
Delicious sculk.
I love all the hermits, but its a different type of happy when I see you uploaded a new video man. Im 32 years old, discovered you way back when my son got into minecraft in 2014, and can honestly say youre one of my favorite youtubers / humans on the internet ever. Thank you for years of entertainment Etho.
8:03 "There's this really neat section..." *flies towards extremely tall amplified section as it renders in just to 180 and talk about something else*
I really thought he was gonna talk about the mountain thing instead 😂
Using chest boats for 8x or 9x hopperspeed output was quite a good catch, I'm sure the technical community brainstorming applications.
The tech community has been working with it since chest boats were added in the snapshot.
they already know, I saw it utilised in ilmango's furnace arrray a few weeks ago for the fuel loading system
About the hardcore series, Etho also currently has four series going: his world, his hermitcraft, his modded, and his double life. Double life is a limited series of course, but if he added another series on top of his three "regular" series that'd be a big division of his attention.
I definitely agree about the time management aspect, i know Gem and Pearl had 2 SMPs at once and Pearl decided not to return to Empires because of workload reasons.
But i personally think the only thing that should determine if Etho works on a series is if he is having fun, because when the creator is having a good time the audience has a good time, nothing else really matters. (With the exception of "torture the creator series" like most horror games where the audience eats popcorn as the content creator gets murdered by ghosts and wears a heartbeat monitor)
Also, hardcore only means anything in risky scenarios like raiding a structure or existing in a hostile biome like the nether, deep dark, or end. If you are just base building, once you have enchanted diamond armor the fear of death is basically just drop creepers. I think the life series being a quasi SMP but also PvP really makes the best use of hardcore, you get enough to be invested but are constantly in danger from being in a tiny cage with everyone else and red lives being agressive. I don't see how an Etho single player hardcore would be meaningfully better than that, mainly it would be lonelier.
I would also not being able to keep track of what happens in each series anymore tho. I would confuse all series with each other.
Don’t forget the map making series!
Good enough reason to use the ethotv twitch profile lol.
Yeah I'm fine with his current series
2:22 The roots also seem to have a new model type. Leaves and whatnot are just six faces with transparency, but these roots have some inner structure too - looks like a couple more faces in there.
They look like 8 cubes stuck together, such that each cube is an eighth of a block. Or possibly could be 4 cuboids going all the way through the height of the block; I couldn't see if there was a horizontal division inside the root block.
You probably won’t need it, but if you surround a compass with those shards you get a Respawn compass….might be called something else, but it’s for finding your stuff after you die. It points to the coordinates where you died so you can find your stuff before it despawns , hopefully. That’s the reason for the compasses in the chests.
That’s so cool! I didn’t realize how much stuff they added
Recovery compass is what you mean
@@termin29671 Yes! That’s it! Thank you! Lol! All I could think of was respawning after you die…totally blocked the true name…smh…lol!
Becomes less useful because you loose your compass if you die as well, you'd have to keep multiple copies at every spawn
@@andrewding746 Or just keep an ender chest by your beds?
"Do we still have invisible beds around here?"
I love how wacky and odd this world has become after all of these years. The longer etho keeps this world going, the more like a mad scientist lab it becomes.its fascinating, who ever thought after all of these years this simple let's play would advance and warp so much. It's also hilarious to me how ethos voice has changed over time just like the series, he started out timid, calm, collected and slightly deeper. After spending all these years with his wild experiments in this wacky world his voice has become more expressive, nerdy, confident and full of personality. Thank you for all of the time you have put in to this project etho, and thank you all of the viewers for keeping this going
The pure excitement in Ehtos voice when finally getting the book gave me so much joy!
This whole episode was filled with happy Etho.
for the new "portal" I think they are doing the Notch strategy of tweeting "I'm thinking of adding a new hostile mob to the game" which lead to the community brainstorming ideas that lead to the enderman.
I mean they already have hell and the end. I think that if they are going to do something with it it needs to either be a heaven dimension or a different planet with gravity works differently.
I think it'd be cool to have a dimension where "light doesn't work". The renderer is fixed so that you can still barely see things (as if at nighttime) but mobs always spawn and torches etc won't increase light level. Soul torches maybe help?
There could be unique stuff like access to bundles and archaeology which follow from there, using relics found in the deep dark dimension.
@@bananya6020 I wouldn't like a night time dimension as I think there are accessibility reasons not to do it. I mean they made minecraft night brighter already.
It would be cool if they maybe hired Mashpoe and made a world with a fourth dimension.
So you could play it like you suggest with special torches so it's like you just can't see the enemies or touch them and can only stop them spawning.
Or you could unlock the secrets of the fourth dimension and battle creatures who exist in another plane of reality.
This could then let you do a quest to unlock teleportation between markers you set down.
@@farshnuke They could do some mechanic where it goes completely pitch black based on certain conditions, eliminating the accessibility concerns.
The warden was so terrifying on Double Life. It’s really no match for a late game player. But that’s true of the ender dragon, wither, raids, etc. It’s hard to balance bosses in a sandbox. Perhaps if the Wither had a gravity effect to that cancelled Elytra, it would be harder to cheese.
The wither idea is great. I wouldn’t want to make the bosses impossible or anything but they just seem so pointless when you have elytra haha
The only way to make the Warden actually scary would be to find the person responsible for the Wither on Bedrock and have them design the Warden
I've played long enough and saw enough withers gone loose to say thats a horrible idea
I’m as late game as you can be and a fair fight with the bedrock wither still scares me
@@ceepuck1511 My first time playing through on bedrock, my friend and I got to the wither, fully geared up, and decided to put it on hard (Because I was used to java, and wanted at least a little challenge.)
Wow... That was a bad idea hahaha. It killed us tons of times, and we just decided to switch it back to easy.
We were literally fully geared up, but it would enter sword mode, and then fly into the air so you couldn't hit it while it regened health. Bedrock wither is no joke.
Here is my theory for that portal structure
First, the portal is definitely of a larger size compared to the other portals in the game. The portal must lead to something large.
Second, the portal is located in a dark, scary area, perfect for monsters. The portal must also have to do with a monster.
Lastly, the portal is indestructible. No ordinary person can overcome the contents of the portal.
Keeping these points in mind, the portal must lead to only one thing...
It is a portal to your mom’s house.
Fuckn hell. I was about to start picking apart what you were saying then you hit me with the your mom joke
very logically derived, like it
Now it all makes sense. The reason the portal doesnt work is because yo mama so fat she will crash the game
"Let's make an in-game tutorial for redstone, so that new players can learn it organically!"
"Oh, cool! Neat idea! Where can they find it?"
*"The Deep Dark."*
It's crazy how many years some of us have watch your let's play and videos. many of us dosn't even play minecraft anymore and I havn't for a good few years. I'm 27 years old now and I'm still looking foward to your videos. I have been watching your videos for over 10YEARS.... It is crazy how time flies. Thank you for everything.
Ah how I've missed color theory with Etho 🤣
"Those aren't rare anymore" -Etho after pulling five notch apples in one city
I wish they brought back the old recipe although it would be overpowered.
12:16
Once Sandy City is done he says.... Etho never seems to run out of jokes :')
I have started and finished 2 degrees, and had 3 different jobs since he started sandy city. I don't think it's getting finished any time soon :D
@@cosmicreciever hey, atleast we have those llamas :)
37:00 man the decked out 2 foreshadowing of etho taunting the wardens is hilarious
I agree with you Etho, I don't really think hardcore adds anything to a normal series. For me, it's actually the opposite, I generally like to see the world evolve over time (like your world has for years), so knowing that it's going to end suddenly make it seem pointless.
True but it gets views
It's why I can't find it in my heart to watch Hermitcraft videos, the knowledge that it will all be lost is too off putting.
@@farshnuke hermitcraft isn't hardcore or am I missing something?
@@boiledegggaming8424 Yeah, Hermitcraft isn't hardcore but if it's at all like the mindcrack servers then each season they start with a different map and all the previous builds are gone
@@boiledegggaming8424 Essentially each season they start in a new world like dying in a hardcore map and having to start over
something i love alot about this series is that i can just watch 1 episode randomly without needing to watch all the episode
You've come a long way since refusing to harvest that clay etho.
Of that brings one back! 😄
Finally! Someone actually went to find interesting stuff in this update instead of fiddling with the frogs. And what a huge load of info in this one. You made the update so much more exciting for me. Thank you!
At 8:05, The caved in section of the mangrove biome looks like the jungle biome from Terraria (with all the mud blocks and stuff)
Good spot! It totally does :)
I really wish to see him make a terraria series again possibly with calamity.
@@মেহেদীহাসান-ষ৭গ Etho playing Calamity would immediately become my favorite play through
This game is slowly becoming 3D terraria
Now I hear the Jungle theme playing.. doo-doo doo DOO-doo, doo-doo doo DOO-doo (it's hard to type out melodies.. maybe I should just use actual notes lol)
I really love the sound design of the warden, chills to my spine everytime.
Watching him work through the logic and implications of an update is so satisfying. It’s like a scientific process.
I realized that I’ve been watching you for years and years now…. Since the days of chocolate island
I’ve been watching your content before I graduated university… before I started my career… before a purchased my first home and before I started my family
Time flies and I really have to express how I am grateful for the DECADE of entertainment you have provided all of us.
Thank you, Etho
Etho you are the greatest youtuber to ever live. I’ve been watching over a decade. You got me through some hard times. Thanks.
Man me too. I been watching this dude since I was like 7 or 8. He got me all throughout school and will get me thru college too :)
@@couch3urner428 bout to start college too man. Etho videos got me thru it all. Good luck to you
@@metrowarrior00 man good luck to you too :)
Etho's got one of the most loyal fanbases out there. There's a reason for it.
Same here. Been watching him for over a decade now since elementary school, still watching in college
This is my first Etho video, and needless to say I am definitely sticking around for more. That mud build left me flabbergasted- so simple, yet beautiful in a way. It feels incredibly unique
Just took speedbridging to a whole new level!
Really happy you seem to be having more time for yourself now. Thanks for the amazing content as always, Etho.
oh hey jearelle! (you don't know me I've just seen you on techno streams I think)
@@yolingc6589 I also have seen em in technos comment section lol
@@yolingc6589 Hi! Yes, that would be me :)
Etho now has a new ultimate move..... Sneaky E Bridge Sliding!
Personally I hope if Mojang does do something with the Portal frame, then they make it like a new Boss Raid event.
Bosses would either have to have a swarm of mobs to distract spawned Wardens and/or have extremely high health to take being attacked by multiple Wardens & players.
Would also play into the idea that the Warden wasn't in the Ancient City to keep trespasser's out, but to keep whatever is on the other side from coming in.
I think the structure at the center of the ancient city is definitely a portal (to what I don't know but hopefully a new dimension). At first I was a bit hesitant at the theory but as time went on and more and more evidence kept being added like Music disc five i've become more confident that it is a portal. Plus the timing works out fantastically. 1.20 is the next update and personally I feel like 20 updates is a really big milestone that should be properly celebrated and what better way to celebrate it than with a brand new dimension to explore?
The new disc 5 tells us it is a portal indeed. But to a dimension we should never enter. The disc serves as a warning to what's on the opposite side
five apparently depicts the historic setting of "Minecraft Legends", so I wonder if it might actually be a portal to the past…
I think it’s a portal to the past , which would be the ‘4th dimension’…. Time travel would be an exciting addition to the game! The warden could be the ‘protector’ of the gateway.
Kingbdogz made one cool dimension, he can make another, especially when he's not the only one working on it.
@@Anaklusmos42 Why is the disc a clue? I don't actually play a lot of minecraft myself so I'm a bit lost on that!
Personal theory: I honestly believe that 1.20 is going to be a skulk dimension with a boss in it OR a stand alone boss fight. The new 5 disk at the end of the disc has the sound of a portal lighting the person stepping through and then a MONSTOROUS roar from nothing in the game yet, then out of abruptness the disk ends. The warden, IF you can beat it, drops a skulk catalyst upon death, which to me sounds like a place holder item, which going back to the 5 disk we hear the person encounter a warden before the ending and either outruns it or somehow kills it. If its not a new dimension, it'll be a boss that comes through the portal once lit, either only a section that can fit through (as I imagine the boss being huge, kinda like the destroyer from borderlands) or a boss that'll roam around the deep dark. The warden is clearly protecting something, hence the name. But, I also feel as though it protecting Us from whatever is in the portal since it is summoned by the shriekers and if you already have him activated and another shrieker he'll instantly spawn at the shriker you just activated, trying to heed your progress of lighting the portal. (Etho: If you want to sue this, feel free to shorten it to whatever you want, but I feel as thought this theory has some strong foundation)
Needed this. Etho always posting when needed
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@Don't Read My Profile Photo ok
Back in 2020, my dog and cat both died a week apart. But on the day one of them died Etho uploaded an LP and it was just what I needed.
Just caught up from ep 545 to here after not having watched Etho for a lot of years! Honestly, I enjoyed watching just as much as when I first subscribed back in 2013-ish? And honestly stoked that the intro/outro scenes are still the same!
I can understand why people are asking about new singleplayer worlds, since the singleplayer has always been what content I enjoyed most, and the gameplay of the season 2 world has shifted so drastically, now that it's in something like a post-post-game content loop. I'd definitely enjoy a new side-series in vanilla MC to see Etho in the early game again! But I also understand why not putting himself into a position to redo a lot of the same or similar farms and concepts is on the mind.
Ultimately though, I'm glad Etho is still enjoying the game, and I think that really shows through in the videos! I think that's the priority, over what content I or others miss or want to see. Much love everyone!
This brought me back to the old days when every new patch came out and you’d spend most of the episode testing out the new features. Loved the episode as always!
Yeah i got that feeling too. Also that mangrove terrain depression was a really neat moment for me.
This, i really enjoy etho unravelling mechanics and thinking about how they can be used
Also you know you're an OG minecraft player when you still call it a patch
i took a break from watching etho just because i was so busy. i’m still busy but now i’ve since remembered how much watching these videos helped my mental health so i’m back lol
40:46 that pathway is by far one of my favourite areas you have built. I love the overgrown nature style, I cant wait till I play minecraft again as I'm definitely going to build a path like that somewhere in my world. glad to see you coming back Ergo, I'm always happy to see a new video just because I know I will spend the next half an hour relaxing and not dyeing in tarkov.
Oh that’s cool, we get to see Etho use the redstone testing room that he built some time ago. Putting that room to good use with 3 test farms
The highlight for me of this is etho visits an ancient city
first imporession: "Where's all the blue stuff?! I was promised blue stuff?!"
etho, after sucesfully spawning a warden: "ohhh, he's making a smell for it."
Everytime Etho shows in my notifications my entire day gets a million times better
Honestly it's crazy that there used to be llamas walking around sandy city. I have always wondered how he got those llamas to walk around in sandy city.
yeah I always wander how the city gets etho to walk around the llamas.
that packed mud is exactly what you asked for a few episodes ago, you asked for brown sandstone and its pretty close! you could use that for the walls on sandy city?
My girlfriend of five years left me last night. Looking back on it, I realize things had not been perfect for some time, but she just broke up with me suddenly. Never said anything was wrong, just told me that she didn’t love me anymore and had to leave. Anyway I am very surprised and heartbroken, but I am glad to have Etho who is like a longtime friend. Your videos are the only thing I can really keep concentrated on right now. Thank you for doing what you do.
Big up my man Noah hope ur good
Don't worry scars heal take your time things will get better
Noah keep you head up. It was just a woman. You are you
Relationships are temporary
Ethoslabs is permanent
I've never experienced exactly what you have, but I have been in a similar situation.
It's fine to just distract yourself from the situation for a while and let your mind and body calm down, then you can think it through later if you need to so that it doesn't keep hurting you from the back of your head.
I wish you the best of luck with your future Noah. Take it easy for now.
Deep dark city portal theory; through the mouth of the warden is a skulk cave with twists and dives like cave generations. The only material is skulk with sensors and screamers abound. Endless wardens guard the true treasure of the deep. Where water generates in a regular cave the strange fuzzy cloud fills parts of the skulk world. Like powder snow it can be picked and placed with a bucket. A strange thing happened to such an item found in a quiet still place when music is played.
The Sculk catalyst spreads Sculk around it (similar to how moss works) whenever an entity dies near it.
watching this while a storm rolls over, the happiest i’ve been in weeks. so grateful to see a new episode of the let’s play. thanks, etho!
Great Video, Etho i just wanted to mention there was a weird audio sound at 2:53. hopefully nothing is broken!
Etho be like a hardcore series is just like a normal series to me just because the fear of losing my old world is always real anyway
The giggle and amazement after experiencing the Swift Sneak enchantment put the hugest smile on my face. 😁 Thanks for all you do Etho!
Love the longer episodes Etho, thank you. I brought snacks!
WOO 1.19 ETHO LETS GOO
so excited to see etho play with sculk sensors
I like how the first 1.19 thing etho did was play with mud, a feature most don’t care about but he does simply because it’s a pretty block
That was the first thing I checked out, too. It's an integral part of my new base. The raw mud and muddy roots goes really well with deepslate and basalt for texturing.
I think the portal in the ancient city is actually the bezel of a giant flat screen TV.
Hey Etho, this comment is completely tangent from the video. But I’ve been watching you since before I was out of middle school. I graduated High school with you, buried both of my parents with you, and soon will be graduating from college with you. When I didn’t know what to do, you were there. When I didn’t know how to adult, you came through. You have been the most consistent thing in my life for over a decade. I just want to say thank you.
I think of all the games I’ve played, Terraria has nailed how gui’s work. Being able to interact with the world with items in your inventory is an excellent format
Yeah, terraria can pull off having so many items because there isnt really a hotbar. You can use anything in your inventory really easily without hassle
Idk. I have played terraria 4-5 times and the crafting/inventory system has always confused me. I kind of figured stuff out but was never sure.
@@andrewbieny4564 It was definitely a learning curve for me too.
Even when I figured it out it still felt kind of clunky
GUI that lets you interact with the world while it's open: great
GUI that makes you scroll/click through a list/grid of items that are craftable only using the materials in your inventory while standing next to a specific crafting station: not great
11:53
Buddy, you're a boy, make a big noise
Playing in the street
Gonna be a big man someday
You got mud on your face
You big disgrace
Kicking your can
All over the place, singing
We will, we will rock you
We will, we will rock you
Nothing can make my day more than an Etho video, especially a Let’s Play :D
Can we just appreciate that Etho's uploads are getting to be more and more consistently on UA-cam's Top 100 Trending for Gaming list these days?
Been watching over 10 years, thank you for everything! Used to watch all the way in elementary school and now im going into medical school next year. Somethings never change, will always be watching Etho
40 minutes, oh mann we're in for a treat, glad you are back and seem to be enjoying playing as much as we enjoy watching you :)
Only Etho can make 26 minutes of content out of mud
Maybe Primitive Technology too but you get my point lol
I haven't played minecraft in years but I still enjoy watching other people play. I appreciate how etho investigates new updates and tries things out in an easy to understand way
Was rewatching Project Ozone because I needed my Etho fix and then this popped up! Good stuff, good stuff as Etho often says!
:) I’m in the middle of a walk, but now I have something to look forward to when I get home.
I've literally lost count on how many times I've watched the Project Ozone II series.
@@BonedollPlays I'm on at least 5
An idea for the mud workshop, you could make a mini water wheel to “power” the workshop. Loved the video!
My honest opinion is that they are leaving the deep dark "portal" as an open-ended thing so that if they want to they can go back and add to it later.
However, lore wise it seems that it is similar to the end city in the sense that it is a now-abandoned structure with no clear sign of its original owner, now infested with some dangerous creatures.
If they do make it into a portal, they would definitely make it different to the existing dimensions as the nether is the incredibly hostile dimension, and the end is supposed to feel alien and strange. It would be interesting if it was a portal to a "peaceful" dimension, with new non-hostile NPCs.
It would be interesting to hear your opinions of the "lore" of Minecraft, as I think that everything they add has the same "feel" as all of the previous Minecraft content, even if it is something completely new and different.
i really want to see a Update to the End first because it is such a boring and plain place to go to like how the nether was before they updated it they have to do the same for the End also
leave it like it is until they actually have a good idea what they want with it
like when the End was just a dumb boss fight to add an "end" to the game before the 1.0 release but otherwise had no real function until later
I really appreciate how Etho shows his approach discovering new things about blocks! It reminds me to hold off on googling immediately and to just test things out. :)
Etho!! Seeing the upload notification always puts a big smile on my face, I’ve been loving the content lately :D
Memento Mori, friend
This is actually my first time watching Etho, and I was really intimidated where to start since this series is very long, though I have decided to join the journey from the latest episode and onwards!
One of my favorite things is when Etho reviews the buildability of the new blocks, like what they go well with and stuff.
I have never been more proud of the evolution of builder etho than I am right now. An aesthetic clay maker shop, perfect!
I have 2 theories about the “portal” in the deep dark. the first is that the its going to open a new plane of the overworld, giving you access to hidden stuff in your world, and the second is that it’s a magical machine, giving you access to over-enchant your gear, or maybe they’ll make it the way to get mending because mending is really op.
They can't go any deeper right? Skylands?
I'd take a guess and say it's the portal to where the screeching stuff and wardens come from and that's what made the place abandoned as this corruption came out and attacked... more of a lore thing but it makes sense to me
@@Xeno-The-Wanderer Love that theory!
This is 100% minecraft content. Love your old school style.
every time etho uploads my day gets 10 times better
Everytime there’s an update I’m always so excited to see you explore it. I love seeing you test out and experiment with the new features :) Great episode Etho!
Feel like they need to buff the wardens ability to chase people when they are making sounds. and nerf his ability to find people when not making sounds..
Also really hope there's a new dimension coming, maybe the "Warden" name is a hint? Some kind of prison dimension
That sounds like a perfect change to fit the warden better
Give him a hookshot that slows and/or makes flight impossible.
Watch matpats video, it came from another dimension. In the files the mini versions of the big structure in the middle are called portals, but Mojane probably won’t make it accessible because 3 dimensions are enough.
Make it like the tank in left 4 dead
I don't think they should nerf him when people aren't making sounds. At least not a lot. This is to promote sneaking around and be silent. Not just a hard mob just because. Now.. if they are close enough, he should "sniff" people out better, yeah
I love the detail of the mud moulds and having everything next to the wheat fields! It adds a lot to how realistic the build is, really cool idea!
I have a cat on my lap and Etho just uploaded. Perfect timing.
when I found out initially that sculk sensors had redstone functions, I immediately thought of Etho toying with them, didn’t get to see him do so but I know I will soon!
This series is amazing, Etho your commitment is astounding!
I'm so happy you're back Etho. You really are a superior minecraft player! So knowledgeable, entertaining , and genuine. Thanks for being you!
There definitely should've been more sculk in your deep dark, It must've been a generation glitch.
Got an Etho ‘eh’ and him giggle over setting fires. Good episode. You’re now an even sneakier ninja :)
The deep dark is coming out of the "portal" so what I would hope is some new endgame world you can teleport to. Someplace actually dangerous.
It all seems to line up. They gave us wings so you can get around easier/fly through the portal. We got upgraded armor and weapons with the netherite. Now we got super speed boots and a whole teaching you how to sneak/showing you why it's important.
I'm like 50% sure we'll get a new dimension in 1.20 or 1.21...
Oooohhh, theres a nice idea. Perhaps it could be a dimension that further explores the wardens style of "nearly impossible to fight" so that its much harder or impossible to reach that point of "nothing can hurt me"
if a lot of work behind the scenes has been going into this dimension, maybe thats an excuse for the... lacklustre updates.
Would expect it to be much later. More like 1.24 or 1.25
I think the ancient city portal will be an overworld fast travel portal. I think it'll take you between ancient cities. Basically the same as nether travel but without having to go to another dimension.
12:13 -- Random Thought from a very old viewer! I think you should grow at least one large mangrove tree near Sandy City for added contrast and wow factor. I felt a disturbance in the Von Sway.
Maybe its just me, but this really felt like a classic Etho let's play episode. I've always been a bigger fan of the multiplayer stuff but something about this one really felt... normal, in a way that almost nothing has in a year or two.
Really glad to see you back in the swing of things Ergo!
Honestly it would be pretty cool to see Etho dust off the twitch channel and stream a hardcore series.
That's what I was thinking they usually stream it to show it's legit
I hope you know I mean this genuinely... nothing in this world brings me more joy than having a full video of yours ahead of me yet to watch. Thank you Ergo
Was making some midnight noodles and found the perfect video to go with it. Thanks Etho!
For the portal, I definitely think it isn’t a new dimension as the creators said they didn’t want to add any new dimensions anytime soon before really fleshing out the already existing ones. I personally think the portal is more lore based instead of being actually functional.
The nether and the end feel pretty flushed out at this point.