What is Hermitcraft?

🎶[Music]🎶 Minecraft is an ever-giving engine of creativity. Maybe not absolutely anything is possible within   your survival Minecraft world, but chances are,  many things you can think up will be doable with   the in-game cubes, with just enough challenge  to make things interesting. And that’s exactly  

Why making Minecraft videos for YouTube is hard.  There are tons of cool things to do, but the game   doesn’t really impose any of it on you. Sure, go  kill a dragon or whatever, but that won’t fill ten  

Years and nine seasons of content. The fun store  run out, you will have to make your own fun. And   that’s before we get into all the logistics of  running a YouTube channel and getting noticed by   The Algorithm. That’s why it’s very helpful for  YouTubers to get together and maybe have some  

Help with their video production, and hey look,  I wonder what that “start a server” button does? XISUMA: Now we’re all trapped in a hole  together. Worst thing we’ve ever done.  [others chattering and laughing] XISUMA: We’re supposed to be professional   Minecrafters 😓

>> This is more or less the idea of how  Hermitcraft came together. A group of   talented people doing Survival Minecraft  and making videos about it on YouTube. Making your own fun is hard! What if we make… each other’s? So without further ado: what is Hermitcraft SMP? DRACULA: A miserable little pile of secrets!

>> Actually, here at Hermitcraft Recap,  we try our best to make sure that there   are very few secrets left unanswered. And  whatever remain, at least aren’t miserable. DRACULA: But enough talk… Have at you! >> [panicked noises] At its core, Hermitcraft is a vanilla Minecraft  SMP. “Vanilla” here means that there are very  

Few mods on the server. What mods are there  only serve to help the server run smoother.  And maybe add some incredibly minor cosmetics.  Plus of course, there’s the voice chat  mod that just allows people to talk to   each other within the game. That’s why when  someone walks away, their voice gets quieter. 

Minecraft, of course, is the game. And  SMP stands for “Shenanigans, Mischief,   Pranks,” which captures the vibe of  the server pretty well in my opinion. CLEO: Oh… No! No!! They’re still coming! How- how many fish   is this? Are they still popping out from- they’re  still popping out from underneath the ground!

>> Keep in mind, the unspoken rule here isn’t  that everyone here is to help each other play   Minecraft. It is, however, that everyone here  is to help each other make Minecraft videos.  So if you do a community creeper farm,  that’s maybe two videos. Mmm, that’s okay. 

But if you instead direct the output of  that farm into somebody’s house? Well,   that’s a year long prank war, all pre-packaged. FALSE: This is a little bit  worrying, that I can’t see anything.  Ah, my god. Wow. Isn’t that a view  and a half. That is terrifying! 

That is the best! Ahh. I mean- I’ve gotta  give it to Mumbo, I’m sorry. GG dude. >> That’s not to say that Hermitcraft is  just a series of fire and chaos. Most of   the Hermits’ runtime is dedicated  to completing ambitious projects,  

Be it a complicated redstone contraption  or an impressive build of some sorts. This   actually becomes a problem every now and again,  because the advancement of tech and builds piles   up and gets in the way of dynamics between the  players. Add to that the file size of the map,  

The lag from the redstone projects, and  you’ve got yourself a serious longevity issue. PIXLRIFFS: Some item voiding would  come in handy for MumboJumbo when,   during one of his AFK sessions, he manages  to not only back up all of his farm’s newly  

Build storage with pumpkins and melons, but  on top of that, has 96,000 item entities just   sitting there in an infernal cylinder of lag.  Remember to always install overflow protection,   kids. Only you can prevent server fires. MUMBO: Oh dear. I’m sorry guys.

>> That’s why every year or more – but without  a set schedule – Hermitcraft undergoes a full   server reset. A new map is generated  on a brand new seed, and every player’s   possessions are cleared, and the game begins  anew. This is what they call a new “season”. 

It may feel disappointing to have all the progress  lost, but also very exciting to see what route it   takes this time. After all, it’s not like the  builds and the farms disappear completely! You   can actually download any of the old seasons’  maps on hermitcraft.com and explore them. Plus,  

It’s not like people’s relationships are  reset with it. People remember and frequently   reference the things from previous seasons. And  starting from scratch also allows new interesting   collabs and relationships to grow. As such,  Hermitcraft doesn’t so much have a story as  

It has history. Not so much role play as play  pretend. And only as much plot as, let’s say,   your average reality show. That’s why the server  resets don’t really hurt the spirit of things.   The true progress here is progression of the  players. It’s what we learn with them, and it’s  

What they learn about Minecraft, about making  art, and, in no small part, about each other. STRESS: We play Minecraft. TFC: Like a great big, psychotic,   dysfunctional family. [everyone laughs]  XISUMA: I don’t know about “psychotic” but okay. >> Another fun term you’ll hear a lot when  watching will be “base”. It is widely accepted  

In the Minecraft community that a player’s base is  the general area where they keep their stuff. The   Hermitcraft members however are well, Hermits,  in more sense than maybe is appropriate. More   often than not, their bases are significant  distance away from one another, which has a  

Lot to do with just how ambitious their builds  are, really. It doesn’t help that most of them   have some advanced redstone crammed inside, and  having lots of that in a smaller area would simply   hurt the server’s hardware. This eventually  even resulted in the idea of a “megabase”,  

A base so big it can’t just be considered a normal  build. Later, even a “gigabase” was dreamt up,   however that one is more about combining  several people’s giant builds together. And yes, all of this just confirms that the locals have very little self-restraint.

Counter to personal bases stands the idea  of a community district. These could be   many or could be few, but most seasons  will at least have a shopping district;   somewhere for everyone to try and pawn off  their resources. The currency of choice here  

Are diamonds, even if the whole group is usually  dressed in netherite by day four. This is also   where the players would build their starter bases. So, everyone will have a home, a base,   an assembly of shops for each of  thing they’re selling, a nether tunnel  

Connecting their stuff to the community  nether hub for easier transportation,   and whatever else they decide to build, really.  It’s not like land costs money in Minecraft.  And yes, Season 7, you *are*  a joke to me, stop asking. XISUMA: Basically, you know, how someone joins  a community like this is through reputation and  

Showing they can do what they do. It has to  take all of us agreeing that we feel like,   you know what? Some new life in here  is what we kinda need right now. >> The server features an evolving  cast of Minecraft YouTubers,  

With over 20 active members as of Season 9.  Some of them, such as Xisuma and Hypnotizd,   have been there since the very beginning,  and others have come and gone along the way,   with GeminiTay and PearelescentMoon being  most recent additions back in Season 8 [everyone greeting and heckling] PEARL: Just a little bit intimidating,  

With all these faces. Hello!  GEM: Hello everybody! PEARL: How’s it going? >> These members bring in a  variety of talents to the server,   ranging from to building to redstone  to just plain being weird, with some   even stretching the definition  of what “playing Minecraft” is. [stone door grinding]

TANGO: Yesss!! Hahaha, ohhh it’s amazing! Server restart in one minute. >> And listen, I could read you out the entire  casts’ names like this is Yakko’s World,   but the truth is, after ten years of Minecraft,  these players don’t necessarily fit into a   single convenient box like “redstoner” or  “builder”. Their skillset varies largely,  

So just summing them up in one or  two sentences would be a disservice. Besides, why do that when I’ve got an  entire interactive quiz video right on   this channel all about what Hermit  you should watch depending on what  

You enjoy in your Minecraft? If I did  this right, there should be a button on   your screen right now that you can click  and it will take you right to that quiz. Don’t forget to subscribe, because on  this channel we talk about Hermitcraft  

Every Sunday to keep you up on  the latest news and happenings.  My name has been ZloyXP. Thanks for  watching, we’ll see you next week.