Let's Play Minecraft Hardcore! Trails and Villagers Ep.5

[@HomeSchooledWizard]

Thank you gem for looking at the loot at the level you’re meant to be taking them on, they made the loot for your situation, lots of food cuz you’re gonna be going through a out of it, enchanted iron tools, iron ingots, etc. things that are useful for you a few days into your Minecraft world, you’re not day 1, you’ve got some armor, but definitely not rolling in the diamonds with crazy enchants. Not everything needs to give enchanted golden apples and netherite ingots.

[@schrodingerskatze4308]

I agree. If you want better loot, that's what the ominous potions are for. So basically, there's an easy mode for this level, and a hard mode for later.

[@SnyperMK2000JclL]

Loot from the Spawners sure, but let's be real the loot from regular Vaults is kinda lacking even "for the level". Personally I'd like to see some of the junk items be removed from Normal Vaults, I really don't want a couple arrows and an emerald from a SINGLE time use Vault, that loot isnt even on par with the other Overworld Structures like dungeons, temples, mineshafts, etc... Trials Chambers take far more effort and should yield loot better than the random zero effort chests in other structures around the overworld.

[@josephb.1425]

​@@SnyperMK2000JclL All structures have junk loot, and most chambers have multiple vaults, spawners, and pots, so if all of them give good loot, the structure as a whole quickly becomes overpowered

[@owlplaysgames3910]

I agree with both angles. I think the amount of junk needs to be tuned down a little, but probably not as much as most people are asking for.

[@juulig18]

I feel like part of the problem with the loot is that they don't come in enough quantities to actually make a difference... like, iron ingots *are* useful but realistically even in the early game just 5 iron ingots won't do a lot for you

[@shrub2146]

The two fletcher's who accidently share a house, one bed. They hate each other but they have to live with it. This is my head canon.

[@GIIIRRRRLLLLLLLLLLL]

i love this lmao

[@MoldyRainbowButter]

And they were roommates

[@mrmissingno10]

@@MoldyRainbowButteromg they were roommates

[@3th0lvr]

Sounds like the start of a love story to me /j

[@saidsarapng]

enemies to lovers

[@webuiltthissmitty]

Ah yes the ol'd one bed trope. Those fletchers are gonna open a cute little map making store in Portland one day.

[@ohhmangos]

I love the netherack! It adds a bit of lore too-- since it is from the nether it is safe to assume it is a very warm block to the touch, making the houses insulated and have a natural cozy temperature inside!

[@alexisgrunden1556]

GeminiTay, you can (humanely) harvest scutes from armadillos with brushes, but be careful, you'll need a LOT of brushes! Armadillo scutes are _rough_ on the durability. They can be bred with something you have plenty of: 🕷👁 One your mangrove tree has grown, you can get as many propagules as you want by bonemealing the underside of a mangrove leaf block~

[@alysoffoxdale]

You don't even need to brush them at all, given enough time. They simply shed scutes as regularly as chickens lay eggs.

[@ShiroiKiba]

​@alysoffoxdale I've been wondering (haven't found a way quite yet), but Impulse made a sheep farm early in Hermitcraft Season 10 where the hit boxes of all of the sheep overlapped; so one shear use produces quite a bit more wool. I wonder if there's a way to force the armadillo hit boxes to overlap in the same manner; then you could just put a hopper minecart underneath and wire a clock (for high speed production). I just don't know how brush durability would interact in that situation; is it durability gone per use or per armadillo?

[@alysoffoxdale]

@@ShiroiKiba Just because you can doesn't mean you should! Honestly, at 16 durability per swipe, it's simply not worth either the effort or the resources of using brushes on armadillos. At least with shears you get 238 uses before they break, not just 4. You truly are better off just doing an egg farm design to collect the naturaly shed scutes. IIRC, it was Ianxofour's wool farm design that Impulse used, but I can't swear to that.

[@ShiroiKiba]

@@alysoffoxdaleI just like building farms, and already have pretty much everything else I need set up in my world; I provide materials for friends also, so it's nice to have a lot on hand. There's no effort that goes into brushing armadillos, and Trial Chambers made copper obscenely abundant (plus, sticks and feathers are easy to get in large quantities as well). Even if brushes break quickly and even if lining up hit boxes wouldn't save durability, an autocrafter with a comparator circuit would ensure stock is maintained. Thank you for the name of the farm creator; I'll look into it to be sure :)

[@alysoffoxdale]

@@ShiroiKiba In that case, then, up to 24 armadillos can be dropped into a 1x1 hole, or more if there's a vine or ladder to prevent entity cramming. Because yeah, the best farm is the one that makes you happy to design, build, and/or run, regardless of efficiency or resources used, and I apologize for telling you earlier that you're doing it wrong!

[@ClareDonovan-ng3lt]

Gem yelling at the spiders and cave spiders “you’re f tier!” Is going to be my Roman Empire for the next week thank you gem! 😂

[@PerfectAlibi1]

What do you mean it's going to be your Roman empire for the next week? 😅

[@jordannnk]

@@PerfectAlibi1Roman empires are something you think about a lot, it’s just internet slang

[@PerfectAlibi1]

@@jordannnk I literally never heard of that... 😅

[@DH-xw6jp]

​@@PerfectAlibi1the meme goes that men can't go a week without thinking of the Roman Empire, and that most don't go more than a day without pondering it. "It's my Roman Empire" is just a silly way to say you are obsessed with something.

[@PerfectAlibi1]

@@DH-xw6jp I mean, I'm a guy and I don't do that. Well not in general. I'm currently playing CK3 with a restored Roman empire taking over the world... 😅

[@011v14]

its a shame your hardcore series arent as popular as ur other videos because these are the only ones im interested in, as someone who has been watching since your survival series since the giant aquatic palace years ago

[@marieleelee]

I did a trial chamber on day 3 of a new world and you're right, with early game armor and tools it is so much more fun and I could really appreciate the loot a lot more.

[@lemett_6411]

Im loving this series so far, it always accompany me through crocheting and homework. Love your content gem

[@daisyrobinson4326]

Omg that’s exactly what I’m doing as I watch this video!

[@lemett_6411]

@@daisyrobinson4326 yoo thats so cool

[@JessMilford-p6e]

Omg sameeeee!!!!!

[@Getsugaru]

16:52 Gem, honey, don't lie to us. We've seen your heads collections. 🐍

[@xPhlyt]

The welcome sign into her Hermitcraft season 9 castle, ya know the one with the dungeon fill of player heads, was something like "how many player heads can you find" lol also, the other hermits didn't nickname her GeminiSlay for nothing 😅

[@sillygoofywackyduck]

my day instantly gets better when gem posts, if even only for 35 mins and 38 seconds

[@mai_sketches]

frr

[@capngoose6154]

So glad to see netherrack and dark oak getting some love! I can’t wait to see what style the castle is going to be in!

[@Ins0mn3sia]

If you want an "in world" lore reason for the presence/use of woods not present in the biome. You could park a merchant's cart or two outside the gate, carrying logs, planks, a barrel with fruit, a few saplings to sell the vibe. As an aside it makes me wish you could bundle leaves or have leaf "carpets"..or even just leaves of varying "decay states".

[@titushonorius]

When Rome was powerful, it was able to ignore landscape features when building roads. A Roman road did not care about rivers or hills, but simply followed the destination in the distance. Every bend would have meant a loss of time and a disregard for the terrain. So they built costly bridges and high ramps to avoid having to deviate from the straight line. The straight line conquered the space, it structured it and its course was an indication of who built it. 😉

[@ambm05__]

I have been obsessed with this series and hermitcraft lately!! I just love your content Gem :)

[@Livurochy]

I really needed a comfy Gem video today…only a week & a half into my first year of teaching and coaching, & I am beyond exhausted and stressed. Thank you Gem for existing. You are great.

[@mysticfox9718]

“You’re going to make me fight cave spiders. Then give me bread? That’s rude!” I agree Gem! You should have gotten cake instead of bread!

[@johnofthenorth6653]

Early Gang because rain is stopping me from mowing. What's really crazy about glass trades is that the Librarian gives you glass and the Cartographer takes glass panes. So getting the trades down cheap enough a few sticks can turn into all the items that villagers can give you. Grian pulled it off with two pumpkins at one point.

[@Empedocles449]

I don't think that works in 1.21 because they've changed how low you can get tge prices with curing.

[@johnofthenorth6653]

@@Empedocles449 If you're talking about the "trade re-balance" that's still experimental and being worked on.

[@elsalaiho1699]

This was fun to watch! And I'm actually very glad that Mojang is adding features like trial chambers into Minecraft that are accessible and fun to play and maybe specifically geared for early/mid stage players and casual players who maybe never really play to the endgame (hi, i'm one! i enjoy just building little things and planting fields and i'm a coward who doesn't often do enough mining to have full diamond armor or go into the nether or beat the ender dragon, i'll just get iron armor, maybe enchant it, that's usually enough for me), it's just that I think a lot of the people who are really active in the minecraft community, let alone big name enough to get their voices easily heard, are people who get through the early game stages very quickly and spend most of their playtime in the endgame fully enchanted diamond gear and all that, so a lot of the comments and feedback on new stuff is from that perspective, and i think some people might forget that not everyone plays like that. But, yeah, idk. I think it's nice to have features like this that a casual not super skilled player like me who never really gets super good armor or weapons or things can still have fun with

[@Sapphic_Schedule]

“Trials” is misspelled in the title. Love the video! I love how relaxed Gem makes hardcore feel. Absolute goat.

[@juniperjenny287]

A covered market or longhouse would be cool for a frozen village. Let these guys warm their feet!

[@trevorromero7741]

Hey Gem. Your video just helped me get through a big anxiety panic attack at 3AM. Thanks a bunch!!

[@ve_videos2313]

34:52 Gem you forgot the windows!! Poor villagers gonna be freezing lol!

[@Admiral_Lynx89]

The 'raw meat' vibe of Netherack is pretty much intentional, but at least it doesn't look like it did in 1.12 which was very ick. The Nether was way too busy looking with that old texture. The now softer, smoother netherack may not be all that appealing _still,_ but at least it does work as a splash of color for builds. Especially true since Mangrove was introduced; they work really nicely together. While the roof is small enough scale that you need a bit of time to get used to it, imo it looks great. When more of them go up, they'll all harmonize, and warm up the winter-y chill of your second biome home.

[@shannonphillips5004]

Hey gem! I'm so happy that the trial chamber went well, oh and heres a tip, in the bed room the copper grate on the wall is actualy a entrance to a secret room.

[@jordannnk]

This series made me so nostalgic for the last hardcore village that I rewatched the whole thing between this episode and last one 😭

[@ZoeyMcKeith]

Gem: "I'm not really a pvp kind of person..." Me: "... um EXCUSE ME!? YOU ARE LITERALLY THE BEST PVP-ER THAT I KNOW!"

[@jamesswartz4110]

I don't usually comment, however I have to say I love the approach you've taken with essentially starting over with the second village and breaking up the progression a little bit. It's not a constant build or explore, it balances everything out and keeps things interesting. And I'm sure the end will feel a lot more rewarding when you link the villages together. Looking forward to seeing what you do next

[@timwoods2852]

I really want to find a Trial Chamber of my own now! GeminiSlay saying she isn't good at PvP. 😏 I also employ the straight line method. But I do take a compass with me, just in case I get turned around. Armadillos will naturally drop their scutes in the same way chickens lay eggs. You can also brush them, but that eats through the brush like acid!

[@Sunshine_Radio]

In my last Minecraft world, instead of murdering armadillos or using brushes and loosing like all my copper to replacements, I just collected a LOT of armadillos. They drop their scutes naturally, albeit slowly. Having as many armadillos possible mean that their drops kind of time themselves to always give you scutes

[@riuphane]

You mentioned not being able to craft webs, but did you know they can be farmed now? Tango and others have already built farms on hermitcraft. Even taking a more manual approach could be a lot of fun!

[@DexH-f3x]

Did you know that you can tell what mob will spawn from each spawner by the block that's around it? For example, mossy cobble for zombies, ice for strays, and sand for husks. Hope this helps next time you do a trial chamber!

[@XanOdd]

If you wanna know about armadillos, visit Pearl next episode of Hermitcraft. She's got a lovely little farm and can tell you all about them for your education and our entertainment.

[@beez1717]

I don't know if anyone mentioned this yet, but you get scutes by brushing an armadillo with a brush, but it does take the durability of the brush down quite fast so you should have a few brushes.

[@EtrianDinoval]

Having trial chambers only spawn undead (and breeze) would be a neat idea. It would give Smite a purpose and spiders already have their own structures.

[@SnyperMK2000JclL]

Not gonna lie... bringing a Smite sword to a Trials Chamber is actually pretty brilliant... like 80% of the possible mobs are "undead" with the last few being arachnid or something else (slime, breeze)

[@evanc.8169]

Can't wait for Gem to start including red glazed terracotta accents in her builds. ❤

[@Rrahimxr28ms]

Omg gem posted on my birthday 🥳 Best birthday ever 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 It's been the best 3 years of learning how to build from your channel

[@bayloe6442]

Happy birthdayyy!

[@sanjaygowthaman2426]

Happy Birthday @Rrahimxr28ms

[@keiraandmiasongs4442]

Happy birthday

[@niiikaaa21]

Happy Birthday! :D

[@olivercorrigan9169]

Happy birthday

[@johnemmanuelrey747]

This series is really great, it reminds me of the time where I discovered your channel a long time ago when you built a jungle village then I watched your 1.16 survival which i really enjoyed and followed you along really enjoying your contents thank you for teaching Minecraft to me even though I only played on my phone

[@sanjaygowthaman2426]

her 1.16 series was the first video I ever watched of hers

[@AzuriteWings9815]

Hey Gem, brilliant idea for using mud for the sugarcane, because sugarcane actually grows faster on it than it does on sand or dirt :) Also I absolutely love your content, I went off it for a while, due to college and an 800-900 video long watch later list, but I’m back and loving the chill and cottagecore yet sometimes chaotic vibe in your videos, you are such a Queen/Empress, and we all bow down to you. Thank you Geminislay, for existing and making our lives happier, one video at a time 💗😊✨⚡️

[@niiikaaa21]

oh my gosh Gem the timing could not have been more PERFECT, I just sat down with my food and was wondering what i was going to watch - this is a no-brainer, of course I'm gonna enjoy a hardcore video while eating lunch :D

[@flamingtorrent2109]

Same, but with breakfast!

[@mojoseph9p859]

I am always amazed at how you can just blend colors together with such ease

[@eirianrobotto]

A village in a castle. Can't wait. !!!!

[@TikiManTime]

This is a NO SMOKING village 🚭 😅😅 "I confiscated so many smokers"😂

[@eloquentornot]

Exciting trial chamber hardcore adventure! And I'm excited for the castle, I love the combination of mangrove and netherrack!

[@hackspider]

"I'm more a kind of a builder, not a mini game person ..." - Gem (Decked Out Addict)

[@ekrak0ski87]

I am bugging out that you traveled so far for mangrove wood and only took ONE propagule home with you💀💀

[@mrshiccup82]

aw man, this is coming along so well! i also was going to say that the roof doesn't really look like raw meat, because there isnt any white in it, but then i remembered that there will be snow on it. still looks awesome though!!!

[@crabantics4145]

Yay such a good video, Gem! I love watching you explore and build. The way you interact with villagers is so cute. They're just little guys who need some help :)

[@CaronPascual]

It's so pleasant to watch video creators have fun and challenge themselves! I also loved how there was a first half of the video, and it was around twenty minutes long, so I have the choice to pause it there and come back later!! I'm choosing to watch the whole video though, because I have the time now, but very nice Gem!

[@birthunstoppable-hm9we]

i LOVE this series man im even more excited for an episode than an hermitcraft, not that i dont love the others

[@lin1vetss]

Castle is such big project. No wonder it already has been 2 months. U r doing great 💙💙💙💙

[@xThatOneArtistx]

Love this series so far but thr strays in the trial chamber are supposed to be this new type of moss skeleton that shoot poison arrows so you are quite lucky you are in a snow biome! And for those trial chests whatever the object inside is and whatever moment you click at is what you get! Love all these hardcore series!!!

[@isthiscer888]

15:23 THAT TRANSITION?!?!?!?!? WHAT?!?!?!? THAT'S SO AWESOME GEM. I'm deffo stealing that in the future! That's so clever!

[@ItzRosePlayz51]

Who else is watching Gem and making you wanna do your own let's play? also Gem keep up the amazing work! I love your videos and I've always missed your single player world

[@peacefully.]

This episode just gives me winter cosy vibes :)

[@tayelisa2002]

“this is why you’re f tier” is diabolical

[@yinnamikaze]

MORE HARDCORE CONTENT!! ♡ LOVE YOU GEM! 🫶🏼 Thank you for posting 🥹

[@ltskai]

After coming back from holiday, it’s nice to have a backlog of things to watch!

[@Gr8tsastro]

Love Gem's "walking the dog" voice when dealing with baby zombies. Hilarious.

[@kairon156]

oh, You might know this but there's a glass trade loop you can get to where one villager gives full glass for emerald and the other buys glass pains for emerald. The recipe cost to result is what makes it an OP trade.

[@Aw267-zb3sn]

I love the new build! Its giving medieval vibes and i love it!

[@meadows4088]

"This is why you're F-Teir" to the spider is the most youtube I've ever heard Gem be.

[@majaizingerchristensen5716]

Take the armadillo home!! (Use spider eyes to guide it, like wheat with cows) and make an armadillo farm🤗 btw, you can get the scute with a brush, but it breaks really fast!!!

[@maajidahs]

Cant wait for the castle!

[@sarahannspivey5667]

hey algorithm! we love Gem’s hardcore series! the algorithm should love Gem’s hardcore series, too!

[@skylalee-wu8tl]

Stripped oak and spruce work well with spruce in my opinion it's what I like to use in my village builds your work is amazing gem!! :)

[@Nxmii.Idk_.]

Your reaction to the trail chamber is much different from when you did it in hermitcraft (obviously cause you were rich there) but it's definitely easier to appreciate what it gives you during the early game and it is nice to see it from 2 povs (rich and poor?) And just overall J love the viddddd!!!

[@imperfectimp]

I somehow missed the previous 2 episodes, so now I have 90 minutes to binge. Gonna love every second of it!

[@johnyoon1136]

I’m so excited to watch today’s video! Thanks for posting gem!💗

[@warblingelephant]

Thanks for uploading gem! Your builds are always so awesome! Also, if you drink ominous bottles the mobs have a chance to spawn with diamond armor.

[@Neva252]

Gem: Im more of a builder than a pvp girl- *Ma'am, your head dungeon, fight club, and bloodsoaked beach says otherwise*

[@ceciliemariehvringlarsen1282]

When is Ep. 6 coming out? looking forward to it!!

[@Sharrplays]

Absolutely love your builds Gem!❤️

[@Stay_in_the_Corner_M.A.X]

Gem: Break the pots! Link: Approves 👍🏻

[@UnofficialTranslator]

Gem, you should put a second bed in the fletcher home. They might be roomates, but they need the space

[@DestinyObake]

It’s super funny to me that you made a whole farm tier list including silverfish in it and said “who’d make a silverfish farm?” Only for me to immediately watch a Tango video where he showed off his silverfish powered cobweb farm. I laughed for a whole minute.

[@analedaconsultoria]

I just love gem and her builds

[@sophiemcclayy]

Literally after yesterday/last night this HELPS so much to just clear my mind

[@olivercorrigan9169]

What happened yesterday?

[@jazor4545]

so hyped for this castle the palette sounds amazing 😍

[@ThePurpleGoblin-glark]

14:56 I am happy she’s having a breeze😂 O and btw why is this like decked out but your artifact is a backed patatoe

[@the_book_dragon6825]

OMG, I love how Gem hypes herself up at 8:26.

[@dimitrikemitsky]

8:30 Team Infinity be like "I told you!"

[@charli216]

Lmaoooo

[@Mysterious_Crow1]

another method to finding trial chambers: pieray, to open it press f3+1, then go to tick , level, entity and block entity via pressing the numbers next to them on the bottom right corner, when you are there you will be looking for a vault and trial chamber related stuff, you can find the exact chunk of where it is (or other stuff) by doing some things but im aint good at that.

[@docter_wolfmaster9697]

I love this series, as I miss the simple peaceful playthroughs. Keep it up Gem, it always makes my day🥰

[@RockYourWorld12]

Starting the day with a new Gem video is the best way to start the day! 🥰

[@Lyric_rays]

"You're F tier, you're F tier!!" I love your content so much Gem ❤

[@kcawood89]

loving that I get to start my day off with a Gem video!

[@CopCat]

Sometimes I'm amazed by my own stupidity. I saw the beds in the trial chamber and thought "oh nice, now you can set your spawn in the trial!" and then I realized what series I'm watching...

[@ArtsyEstelle]

You know the day is good when geminitay posts a new video⭐️

[@Kenjiiseverything]

All your hardcore series never get old I love ee

[@twillyspree484]

Did anyone else think they were about to witness the end of this world at 34:37 when Gem broke the archery table with the iron golem on top of it?

[@Icefoxz-zv3jx]

you should use the netherack to make the bucher's roof! Or, you could also just make it where every house has it though it seems like you want to use red nether brick so I would just say to use it for the butcher. I also hae almost NEVER seen such a nice Comment section!

[@foccie]

I will be making fanart of the two fletchers in love no one can stop me

[@Mal_hunny]

Slayed

[@I_am_in_your_walls3]

I wake up and first thing I see is a Gemini Tay video! ❤🎉

[@Leonardo-cw1dd]

gem to get scutes off of armadillos you need to use the brush. prep many brushes with or without unbreaking 3, without un breaking though you will go through brushes very quickly

[@BatchMage]

The theme is so cozy ❤

[@eleana4251]

Loving this series!

[@wteff8586]

Just what I need after a weird health day that still saw me working quite hard

[@sodasip_]

ACTUALLY GET TO SEE A GEMS VID AFTER 30MINS OF UPLOADING!! also love ur vids gem, ive started to use ur building tips in my builds!:3