DIVING FOR PROFIT - 08 - HERMITCRAFT

[@xisumavoid]

Cleo... your trophies are back to front! But thank you for buying them

[@ZombieCleo]

They're nicer this way :P

[@tehNashty]

I thought, since we speak english as our native tongue, that we go left to right, least to most... Does X have a different native language, not the first time I have questioned this. 😂 j/k

[@TBSxDRUMS]

Just started the video, so maybe this comes up later, but is Cleo counting diamonds SPENT *in addition to* diamonds earned from their shop sales?

[@CamronJK]

​@@TBSxDRUMSIt's money spent from the profits that was added on. So, profits held + expenditures, which is total profits. Like, if Cleo earned 100, and spend 25, Cleo would be adding 75(held) + 25(expenditures) to get 100.

[@TBSxDRUMS]

@@CamronJKThank you, Camron! That makes total sense. I’d misunderstood the context of the spent diamonds.

[@chicagogr81]

Cleo is making a killing from the Kitty Cafe, and every time a hermit dies and loses all their stuff it's another jackpot. The S-tier books permit might be the best money maker on the server.

[@sleeplover8236]

why did I read “mommy makeover” instead of “money maker” 😭😭 (having a fewer probably didn’t help the situation) in any case, get that bag! 🥲

[@potatoskunk5981]

It will probably slow down as the season progresses and everyone has at least one full set of fully enchanted gear. Later on, the building blocks will be more important as people start their mega-bases. It's a great early-season money-spinner, but I'm not sure it has the long-term profitability of some of the other shops.

[@nmgg6928]

Impulse and keralis always make a killing selling books every season. And it never fully slows down. They were pulling diamonds til the very end lol

[@scauldfire3498]

​@@sleeplover8236uuhhhhhh

[@TheThursty100]

​@@potatoskunk5981Keralis once paid stacks of diamonds for a single piece rotten flesh and barely bat an eye at it. Probably because he sat in an office build out of diamonds blocks. All those diamonds came from a single book shop. Also, the initial comment literally said "people die and lose their gear". Full gear means nothing if you lose it anyways. Need to enchant an entire new set.

[@heatherdozier5]

In her defense, cleo did try to fire ren at the last meeting, she was just muted

[@jordanbutler8530]

Not only is she killing it with the diamonds, she did a blues clues reference when getting mail. Love this season so far.

[@cdgstuff7512]

That was a great reference! It popped into my head the first time getting mail, then she actually did it the second time!

[@Arkios64]

And then an 'amazing horse' reference right after, too!

[@kayleighlehrman9566]

Ren, season 9: installs himself as king, gets deposed fairly quickly. Ren, season X: "and I'll do it again!"

[@SKsuprakirby]

I think that he wants to be fired from the Minister of Administrating position

[@doornumb]

He ended it himself this time which is the redemption arc

[@wteff8586]

Interestingly this time he wanted to get overthrown and didn't succeed though :D

[@Van-dq4sw]

Swift Sneak being a limitedly obtainable item makes that price definitely worth it. And your side of the deal with XB only goes up in value the longer the season runs. He better hope he doesn't lose those pants now. The deal was for one book.

[@tehNashty]

And that's the facts, Jack!

[@timwoods2852]

I do believe, since they are very limited and very valuable, that the Deep Dark gets reset from time-to-time to allow for a steady supply.

[@tehNashty]

@@timwoods2852 Is that in the code base, or does Hermitcraft prune it?

[@timwoods2852]

@@tehNashty X goes through every few weeks and prunes.

[@Empedocles449]

​@@tehNashtyX goes through and resets the areas that people don't visit to cut down on the lag.

[@trapezetrouble]

It's funny that Xisuma was wondering if anyone would ever hit 10,000 diamonds in sales and Cleo is already so close to 1,000 within like 3 weeks of their shop opening. X is gonna need to make more trophies!

[@PiggyKillerQ]

The "There are CHAIRS!" yell in neighborhood meeting has made me smile in every hermits perspective of the interaction.

[@kinglycaon0024]

As someone who spent their childhood watching Blue's Clues, I could very much hear the teacher come out when you got your mail at 20:45...

[@Chilledfoxx]

It literally brought back FANTASTIC memories. It put a smile on my face instantly!

[@LordKronsell]

@@Chilledfoxx Same T_T Give it a week and Pearl will be singing Backpack Backpack next

[@ltskai]

13:18 “i’m not upset i’m just disappointed” 13:23 “ sounds like my dad” lol love it

[@maniahopelessapien]

Hermit permits are making some Hermits millionaires, and some grind away and leaving others with next to no chance of getting rich. Very fun and interesting concept for this seasons shopping district.

[@mackenziedrake]

Such is the way of Capitalism.

[@Amaze_me]

Just like real capitalism

[@murpledeer]

I mean like something like that happens almost every season, most hermits don’t create competition because it’s not really needed and the permits just made it formal and less first dibs

[@roscoeivan8739]

It isn't the existence of "capital" that's the problem. It's the unbalanced "rules" aka permit restrictions.

[@diddymouse816]

They decided together what S-tier would be and many willingly traded those s-tier permits.

[@Drew85420]

Ren's slight pause after "working really hard" followed by the "What!!" gets me in each POV 😂

[@GSBarlev]

I finally finished my own Cat Café in my single-player world and, in your honor, named it _Le Chat Mort-Vivant._ There's even a ginger cat named *Cleo* inside it-I found them next to a zombie villager while I was gathering resources-it really seemed like fate.

[@erinkarp]

You can also buy any 8 stamps for 1 diamond elsewhere in the post office

[@jimmyg3835]

was looking for this comit

[@Tunality]

4:01 while the stamp placement doesn’t matter for the droppers in game, in real life, stamps on letters typically go in the top right hand corner (at least in the US they do). I think that’s what people mean by your stamps should go there. They don’t literally have to go there for the hopper, just in spirit for how letters by mail are sent irl :)

[@maddmaxx5337]

Lol, the "did you die?" box is coming back I can smell it. It smells like profit!!!

[@neoo2631]

So much better when Cleo isn’t muted. I thought you were gonna sell the swift sneak as double expressos or something.

[@corytucker6788]

Don't you remember? Keralis had an entire office floor and ceiling of diamond blocks? You yourself owned the office for a short time. Just selling books

[@fashnek]

Storyline for Cleo: resell Xisuma's older trophies at a discount. He doesn't have a permit for them. Compete with him for a permit.

[@Tunality]

OHHHH so ZombieCleo is the hermit fast approaching 1,000 diamonds! Congratulations on the super successful shops!! The shops themselves are wonderful, especially the magical cat-book cafe!!

[@CheeseThePurpleDragon]

I see you’ve watched gems episode as well!!

[@Tunality]

@@CheeseThePurpleDragonI love seeing all the hermit POVs this season!! So glad I branched out from the couple few I used to watch. They’re all wonderful :)

[@MillicentOak]

Runs a cat café. Embodies cat: "How about I just get to take food whenever I want?"

[@demonkid8284]

Okay. Cleo having a v-tuber model is pretty iconic.

[@Anonyomus_commenter]

So the one time that Ren wants to be ousted is the one time he struggles to be 😂

[@Ligands23]

I honestly think your prices for Swift Sneak should be even higher! Not only is it non-renewable and very scarce, but it's also an incredibly sought-after enchantment for builders and pranksters alike. (And with how often the hermits in those categories die on the server, they'll likely be wanting more than one over the season...) No hermits actually like going to the deep dark, and people are willing to pay a lot of money for the convenience of not doing things they don't want to do. Once the Silence armor trim starts getting distributed around the server, there's pretty much no other reason for anyone to ever explore ancient cities besides Swift Sneak. And with the amount of diamonds people like Scar & Doc are able to pump into the economy, their value as a currency is significantly lower than it has been in the past. A pure Swift Sneak III book, freshly looted rather than anvilled together from lower levels, is honestly the single most valuable item in minecraft at the moment imo, in terms of scarcity + demand + usefulness combined.

[@comb-t]

Doc actually has a fair few Swift Sneak books from my understanding (due to hunting for silence armour trim for permit). Not impossible to get a reasonable amount of restocking.

[@Rhaifha]

Not after he killed the first iteration of villagers, lol

[@GSBarlev]

Just when she got out from Doc's thumb you want to rope her back in?? Honestly, same-I'm a messy man who loves (Hermit) drama.

[@Ligands23]

He also has tech to prevent the spawning of Wardens, which could definitely help with restocking - whether he's willing to share that tech with Cleo, however...

[@savasyn]

What Ligands said. The Warden switch Doc has makes collecting stuff from the deep dark WAY easier than the normal way.

[@fiddleriddlediddlediddle]

If XB contests your right to sell drinks you can argue that you can't actually drink them so they aren't food.

[@HeartGamer26]

Loving the trophies and I don't blame you for making swift sneak so expensive I wouldn't want to go back to an Ancient City to restock it constantly either

[@JasonICECarson]

After two episodes, Cleo finally dismissed class, which is good because I probably have a ton of backlog homework due next episode. Gotta get on Teach's good side if I want to keep my grades up this semester.

[@keithmichael9965]

Much love. May your couch remain comfy. Your 12 pack of soda remain stable. And your mic hanging over your head like the sword of Damoclese, stay put...

[@CamronJK]

They've already fallen, become unstable, and um... well, Cleo is in an entirely different country than that set up. That set up was from MONTHS ago, Cleo mentioned that in Mumbos vid.

[@LRosieB]

I feel like Pearl will either protest Ren being put in charge of mail or will just say go build the mailboxes, with or without training on how to do it

[@macieparmenter4544]

Cleo... there is a certain hermit who could get you a lot of Swift Sneak books... because the Wardens are scared of him...

[@FireMageLayn]

She's already established an antagonistic relationship with him this season, though. Not sure how she'd go from "SUCK IT" to "so... I need you now"

[@boxnhand7941]

Traumatic flashback to my perfect childhood. The blues clues hits hard

[@IsYitzach]

Keralis probably knows exactly how profitable books can be with his Season 7 Lookie Lookie at My Bookie.

[@RealCraftey]

Trying to find ren a job in the ministry felt like a mother trying to find her kid a job to do while she cooks dinner because the kid wanted to help but can’t do anything

[@Anna_Evan]

Cleo singing "We just got a letter" brings back memories.

[@bonsaibankai9933]

me too! I was grooving along ^v^

[@coolguy5133]

The Deep Dark Disk is more terrifying than #11 and the Broken Disk.

[@namedauuid]

Ward?

[@Federryan]

20:35 wow that song just bring back memories, im calling u cleo's clues from now on

[@cy8ercat771]

If you put a big, grey stained glass bottle over it; you could call it the grey poo-pond.

[@Bread22537]

Someone saying what before ten says “to be fired” is so funny because then it sounds like ten says “I have been working hard” background “what?”

[@timwoods2852]

To be fair, you _did_ try to depose Ren, your mute button betrayed you though.😅 Aw, X wants you to display the trophies in your shop so the other Hermits can see how cool they are and try to get them as well. 🥇

[@Cuestrupaster]

20:36 Oh... I see Cleo is also one of the kids that got really sad when Steve just vanished...

[@salamisofdragons4597]

Oh yeah. Everyone loves enchanted books. It does peter out over time but usually folks are willing to spend diamonds when they loose their items. And that can happen a lot for some folks. Impluse ran a shop last season and he always had cash because of it.

[@Matteo_the_Plague_Doctor]

Cleo siging the mail song activated some ancient neurons! Core memories unlocked!!!! ❤

[@Mkharis257]

Thanks for singing that blues clues, for some reason I feel happy about it.

[@anonymously944]

Man beef and cleo are the Richest hermits right now (Who have earned from shops and not mined their way to top)

[@shawnholbrook7278]

Nice design choice to turn the trophies around so you just see the pretty colours instead of the numbers as well. You know what the numbers are, and the trophies are just for you, not to brag or amaze the other hermits.

[@Kneoria]

i love the faux funeral dirge and iskall's lack of hesitation on letting him finish. I also love the idea of a tool specific whoopsies box and you got a glorious deal with the carrots i think

[@CuCuKM]

That blues clues mail theme was such a throwback. Hot damn. :D and you sung it so comfily

[@eddog6666]

I think you may be misunderstanding the concept of the trophies. The trophies are for how many diamonds your shops have made total. There is absolutely no need to subtract your spending from the total at all

[@dirtyscavanger]

I'm almost 30 and the letter song just threw me back to being 4 or 5 sitting in front of a huge screen watching blues clues!

[@citrisaurora1182]

I love how XB scares you then you get a great deal from him. Also, if Doc does decide to do anything more, blame Joe and his big mouth. Not saying any more.

[@wikiuser92]

xB's deal could've been much better if he had just paid like everyone else.

[@redstonedad6434]

You can spend the diamonds you amke from shops and still get the trophies. X said you just have to keep track of the grand total. He has said in his videos that they can be spent.

[@whosthis1330]

Now it sounds like Cleo just adds up the dia she spends with the total, but that can't bc those dia were already in the total

[@darkdragoness5]

Rule of thumb, Minecraft discs named after numbers are good for creepiness, not chilling. 13 is the only one that even counts as music. Plus Samuel Äberg was inspired by the broken disc 11 when he made 5 (which literally is a broken disc that you piece back together)

[@nasiskahn]

Yup! Impulse is missing his book shop this season! They are very profitable! Blue's Clues! LOL

[@AlperFKoc]

6:30 when you placed wool into sculk vine thingie it breaks the vine and places the wool and breaking the vine triggered it.

[@Aeroneffe]

I think it would be cool if you offered special, 'fancy' drinks for the Soul Speed and Swift Sneak books (stuff like macchiatos, mokas, cappucinos etc. And also maybe for the Whoopsies Box? I think that would fit the theme well :) awesome episode as usual btw !

[@tywyll6501]

Woopsie box is an espresso Martini maybe?

[@chaseohara4781]

The placement of the stamp does not matter. A dropper with only one item in it, no matter what spot, will drop that one item. That's just how droppers work. 😂❤

[@TheStorytellersTimeMachine]

it's not about dropper traditional letter requires you to put a stamp on right corner

[@chaseohara4781]

@@TheStorytellersTimeMachine OMG went right over my head Hahaha

[@mikeblank5734]

True. That was my first thought but then I realized Cleo was comparing to actual letters so she is in fact correct.

[@t.mendous7922]

By name that makes sense, but the address goes in the middle….

[@justpeachels]

you should combine the books in the whoopsie box so that the hermits can use an anvil just once per armor/tool. i bet that would make them a big seller because yes, it is more convenient to have a ready to go box with all the sorted books in it, but it would be even MORE convenient to have the books pre combined! or have the option of each whoopsie box and let the hermits choose if they want to buy pre combined or loose books and hike up the price. the hermits will see it and choose the easy way i know they will. especially grian.

[@ryudragon7]

Books and Haybales. Two things that are somehow almost as popular as each other.

[@Alice-not-Alice]

A Cleo update! Nice treat for a Saturday

[@NordicNioVODs]

Kitty cafe is a major success, who knew the Hermits would drink this much coffee, tea and hot chocolate

[@nicholasyoung4142]

It's not the books It's your amazing coffee shop idea. Building a coffee shop was genius.

[@villaindexhimiko5062]

11:35 the ring of fire of the mafia

[@liamr4117]

So glad I got caught up yesterday! Love the vids, Cleo!

[@charlielewis3261]

X was so chuffed you got all the details spot on with your trophy 🏆 request.

[@aiporia1284]

I’d like to imagine that when they were a teacher Cleo would look down at the ground before saying class dismissed to the confusion of everyone around lol

[@GreyOaka]

the books are always profitable (assuming notnall the hermits will have villager halls lmao) great episode thank you

[@itsholken]

you should build a warden switch. it’s fairly easy to do and pretty much disables all wardens for just you as long as the chunk is loaded with the switch

[@flywoods1785]

False hiding behind her chair xD

[@RoseWolf_Of_The_BDH]

Hehe, I can't wait for Cleo to experience the full Permit Office Experience with the new song.

[@desktopuser2912]

could work with Doc (again) for Swift Sneak. He has loads.

[@LA-qi3xq]

it’s always a good day when cleo uploads a video

[@yippee-i7t]

“that’s… more than two” took me OUT LMAO

[@evilchild79]

Cleo singing I just got a letter should be the you have mail sound

[@withered_wings1817]

Awww the letter song ❤❤❤ The nostalgias hitting right in the feels.

[@sodapopworks550]

the whoopsie boxes reminds me so much of the did you die boxes by grian a few seasons ago

[@krispdelta]

The Blues Clues reference (20:36) caught me off guard lol

[@cryomancer20x68]

"Look at my trophies, they are amaziiing!" You forgot the nest line, "Give them a lick!:

[@DioritePoodle]

With book sales going so well, Cleo is well on their way to being the richest hermit

[@Chlo_21]

Let’s go! I’ve been waiting for the next episode!! :)

[@Joesbadatlife]

A waterfall is just a vertical river, I'm sure false can manage it

[@bot34mfcr]

3:58 The slot in which you put the stamp doesn't affect anything, you just need the stamp in the dropper.

[@Furbylesbian]

I think it’s just a joke because like in real life mail the stamp goes on the top right of the envelope ^_^

[@bot34mfcr]

@@Furbylesbian Oh, that makes sense, thx for the explanation.

[@one_hoop]

ZombieCleo I don't believe you need to subtract from your ledger. The contest is for sales, not for profit.

[@BrotherlyBear]

cleo's excitement over the chairs omg

[@jht1712]

If you really want to get a supply of swift sneak books you can set up a deal with doc to sell them exclusively for sand. Would love to see you going to Doc two make a deal with books after everything that happened lol

[@jhm8614]

If you need swift sneak, doc can sort you out, but you’re just free.. ;) he has a warden blocker and looted tons of deep darks

[@paxielle]

I love the random thoughts you put up on screen

[@dragongamergorl9686]

lol if you want to restart your Doc nightmare, you could get swift sneak 3 books from him. He has a least one full schulker box of them (possibly more). I’m sure you could find way to swindle … I mean buy them from him for the cafe 🤔🤔

[@notagoat281]

Was not prepared for the Blue's Clues throwback.

[@YannickBo]

8:08 Doc has many swift sneak books. Maybe you can purchase books from him?

[@EpicMuttonChops]

stamps go in the top right corner cuz that's where they go on real envelopes? but the placement in the dropper doesn't actually matter

[@protocol6]

X seems awfully surprised by your ability to count in his perspective of the trophies by mail. I loved your Weebl cover.

[@moontravellerjul]

in the past, x has come up with various contraptions, games, and systems that are often misunderstood slightly once the instructions are read by other hermits. so i think he is happy to see something he devised being used correctly on the first try :D

[@mikeblank5734]

Loved the old outro music! Liking the new music too.

[@Anonyomus_commenter]

17:29 Otherwise known as any British body of water

[@maif5220]

Love love love the Vtuber model!!! I don't watch livestreams so I just never get to see it but it is looking amazing Cleo!!!

[@AjaxXavior]

Love the captions you put on your videos there so funny

[@blackbere666]

You could make "whoopsie bundles" and have them in that shulker you have in place.

[@DragonFruitYTUK]

The reference at the end “these are my trophies and they are amazing” ik that song i thought youd like to know

[@plageran]

watching Grian break the mailbox was epic XD

[@D0ppleganger36]

6:58, the delay in noises i was hearing makes it seem like someone else was in there with you