Riches and Ruin | Ep. 4 | Minecraft Empires 1.17

[UPBEAT INTRO MUSIC] Hey guys, what’s up LDShadowlady here, and welcome back to my Ocean Empire. Where there have been a few strange occurrences since last episode. First of all, I logged in to see some out of town visitors in my villager market place

And then just moments later, I activated a hidden boobie trap. [POTION BOTTLE SMASHING] Somebody around here is trying to kill me in my own secret bunker, but whoever it was is clearly a bit of an amateur, because their boobie trap didn’t even work.

I was about to analyse the crime scene and look for clues, but then I heard a weird rustling sound on the surface. Joel: Hello Lizzie Lizzie: [QUIET SCREAM] Joel: Do you like my villagers? Yes, thank you for supporting the Ocean Empire by coming to the

Market place to trade. I’m so happy to see some of your minions here. Joel: Do they not terrify you a little bit? Have you seen MY villagers? Nothing scares me any more. Joel: I thought I’d just do that for you, bring some trade to your trading district

Well thank you very much. Erm, say… you didn’t happen to attempt to kill me, did you? Joel: No, someone tried to kill me though. Joel: Did you have like a pressure plate? Lizzie: Yeah! There was a potion. Joel: yeah it didn’t do anything to me. Did it do anything to you?

Yeah it didn’t work on me either So it seems we have a serial boobie trapper on our hands. But who could it possibly be? With no physical evidence, the trail has gone cold. So I’m moving on with my life because we have an empire to build here.

I think it’s about time that the Ocean Empire had a resource to export, so I thought as the Queen of the Ocean Empire, it would be only fitting to amass large amounts of prismarine, and sell it to the other empires. So I’m going to build a Guardian farm, and for that I’m going

To need some potions, and to brew those potions, I need some ingredients from the nether. [DRAMATIC MUSIC] But I’m actually quite excited about my first nether portal, because I got this really cute suggestion to build a nether portal in my secret grotto. So hopefully this is as cute as I think it’s

Going to be. We can even add some amethyst crystals, and now we light the portal to hell. Wait, hang on a second, I can’t go in there! I’ve got iron armour! What am I doing?! Oh gosh, get me out of here. What a fool!

If I went in like this, they would eat me alive in there. I’m going to need some upgrades. Okay first, I will take all of my precious diamonds, of which I have many now, and I will craft myself a full set of diamond armour. [BIG SIGH]

Next a diamond sword, and finally I will enchant these things. Ooo, fire protection, that is perfect for the nether. Yup I’ll take that. Protection one?! [QUIETLY] Pathetic. Okay, I have enchanted full diamond armour and a looting sword. Now I think I’m ready. TO THE NETHER! Ah! Ah!

Hang on a second… is this a nether fortress… I can’t believe it! Wow! I am the luckiest empire ruler on this server. Oh somebodies already been here though. So first, I’m going to look for the nether wart that I need, to make these inadvisability and water breather potions.

Hopefully, whoever raided this nether fortress left some nether wart behind. [ZOMBIE PIGLIN NOISES] [QUIETLY] Oh no… [DISTRAUGHT] No! They took the nether wart. They just don’t want me to have nice things. Like potions which keep me alive. Okay I’ve searched this entire place and I can’t find any nether wart.

So I tucked myself away in a corner and I tried to negotiate with FWhip for some nether wart. Luckily he had plenty, and all he wanted in return was some blaze rods. So I tried to collect as many as I could with my looting three

Sword, unfortunately though I also had the knock back enchantment. Which proved to be very inconvenient [DYING BLAZE NOISE] I collected about half a stack of blaze rods, until I ran into this guy, and he started causing some trouble. [SHORT SCREAM] I tried to calm him, with a shiny object, but it didn’t work,

So I just ran back to the portal and got out of there. So back in the overworld with 33 blazes rods, I decided to head over to FWhips Empire for a trade. And I travelled through night and day across the continent

At one point I got a little lost and started climbing a mountain, but I eventually found my way, and I arrived in FWhips far away empire. Erm, I’m picking up some hostile vibes around here. Where is he? Oh, there he is! Oceans greetings, Count FWhip.

FWhip: Nice to see you. Welcome to the land, how’s it feeling over here? It is magnificent over here, I have come for a trade. I require some of your nether wart and I have in return, some blaze rods. FWhip: We can head on down this way. We can

Fwhip: go and naturally harvest you some nether wart for you. Okay Am I going to die down here? It looks a little hostile in your area. FWhip: No it’s fine See? It’s just a basement where I grow nether wart I was getting dungeon vibes. FWhip: So how much were you hoping to get?

I just need a couple to get my little farm started and I can give you in return, 12 blaze rods. FWhip: Ooo, I like that. I like that. FWhip: How about half a stack of nether wart, because FWhip: that will be able to get you a lot growing there. Deal!

FWhip: Thank you very much, I really do appreciate it. Nice trading with you Count FWhip, I’ll be going now before I become a permanent fixture of your dungeon. Nether wart obtained. Now lets get out of here, because I’m starting to get a bit land sick.

Now I have everything I need to craft these potions. So I’ll use my clerics brewing stand, which is a little bit cheeky. And here are my water breathing potions, and my invisibility potions, and now I think I have almost everything I need to start my invasion on the sea temple.

Ah, we meet again, sea temple! [DAMAGE NOISE] Oww! My old nemesis, except this time, I’m prepared. [BELL CHIME] [SHORT SCREAM] Oh god! [BLEEP] So first I’ll drink my potions, and now, now this should be easy. I have a new sophisticated strategy for taking down this sea temple.

I’m going to try and bust into the temple. Here we go. [EXPLOSIONS] [GASPS] Did it work? Oh my gosh, there he is! The big guy. [SHORT SCREAM] [DYING NOISE] [EVIL MANIC CACKLING] Now where are the other ones? [DYING NOISE] Ah ha! [MORE DYING NOISES] [QUIETLY] Yes! The sea temple has been defeated

Now most importantly, I can mine to my hearts content. So now all I have to do is build my Guardian farm, upon the wreckage of the sea temple. So I followed a very elaborate video guide by ShulkerCraft to construct this marvel of engineering.

And now that we are at this point, it is time to go into the nether, and make some arrangements, on the other side. Ah! Oh thank goodness. It is nice and safe out here, but I do need to dig some holes. And down this hole we must place a bunch of chests,

Some hoppers, lots of campfires, and we surround it with glass, so there is no escaping. And finally, I must now collect 484 blocks of soul sand. From right here in the nether. So wish me luck. Now I don’t feel very confident about this, wait…what the heck? I didn’t make this…

Is that soul sand? [GASPS] Perfect! Please, I come in peace. I’ve just here to harvest some souls. Oh this is easy I thought this was going to be the hardest part. [EERIE NOISE] What’s that noise? [EERIE NOISE CONTINUES] [BIG GASP] [EERIE NOISE CONTINUES] [DISTANT GHOSTLY SCREAMING]

Okay that was actually really easy, we have all the soul sand and apart from being a little freaked out, nothing went wrong. So I’m just going to grab a few of these bones on my way out, and simply leave the nether unharmed. Easy.

Now all I have to do is place this soul sand, like so, and this is going to make the Guardians rise up to the surface. It’s getting a bit laggy now, I think it’s all the bubbles. Bubbles are causing lag! Oh gosh…what have I created?

And finally, I must now remove all of this dirt. [BREAKING DIRT NOISE] [GASPS] My first catch! And off he goes into the nether. Blooming heck, it’s working! [TAKES DAMAGE] Oww! [GASPS] I’ve nearly died, I’m nearly dead! Oh my gosh! I cannot die at the last second. [EATING NOISES] [CAUGHT BREATH] Oh no!

I can’t believe it! I was so close to finishing. Oh no this is bad, this is really bad. Where’s all my stuff gone? At this point, it was imperative that I get back to the sea temple to retrieve my items with haste, but what happened instead is that I lost my mind.

♪ This is really bad, this is really bad. ♪ I can’t believe it, how could I be so foolish?! Silly me. I thought I had it under control. Of course I didn’t. ♪ At first I was afraid, I was petrified ♪

♪ kept thinking I could never live without you by my side ♪ Where the hell am I? I need to get back there, oh my gosh, I cannot dilly dally. I’m lost! How have I got lost? That Guardian knocked the sense out of me. Where even am I?

Where’s my stuff? Where’s my stuff? ♪ Where is my stuff? ♪ ♪ Where’s my stuff? Where’s my stuff? ♪ ♪ Where are you hiding my stuff? ♪ [GROWLS] There it is! How did I go all the way past it? What the heck? Is it in there? Is my stuff in there? Hello?

It’s not there, oh no! Abort the mission. [PANICKED SQUEAL] Don’t kill me again. You fiends! My stuff… is gone Where did it go? It may have de-spawned. I took a really long time getting back here. But we’ll see, maybe it went to the nether? Oh [GASPS] Wait, some of it is here!

Oh my gosh! It made it! It made it all the way to the nether… well not all of it. Some of it is still missing [BIG GASP] OH NO! Only one axolotl made it. [SAD GASP] Sir Strawberry… is dead. Well this is terrible news. How am I going to tell his family?

No! I’ve decided he’s simply not dead. Look… here he is! Alive and full of life Now lets pray to the gods of the ocean that never happens again. Now I need to go up Oh geez, wha… how does this… how d…. oh geez, what the heck? How do you do this?

[TAKES DAMAGE] [GASPS] I just want to scaffold. I need to practice. This is so embarrassing. I don’t actually know how to use this. [QUIETLY] What? No way?! That’s amazing! We need to make a tower into the sky, that is really really high. That should do it. Now we ascend. Yes.

My safety platform of safety, with a view. There! [GASPS] Oh my gosh, look! It’s working so well. Are they all going to the nether? I’m going to get some much prismarine! Let’s go and check, If I’m now, super rich. Weeeee! Okay, moment of truth, let’s find out… [GASPS] Wow!

There is so much prismarine in here. I don’t even know what to do with all of it. Let me know in the comments below if you have any ideas. Because that is the end of this video.

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