Hermitcraft 9: SPREAD THE SCULK! (Episode 46)

In today's Hermitcraft episode from Empires Season 2 SMP, we build a storage system for Hermitopia, then visit Shubble in the Evermoor to help her figure out what is causing the fog near her base. Things go really well and we end up spreading Sculk and souls to every empire on the server.
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[@520TDM]

Man built a warden farm off cam so he could spread over 2000+ catalysts on the entire server and didn’t even show the grind until the end. What a legend!

[@Elias___]

Sounds about cub tbh.

[@ivyp0si0n81]

I never realized you could make a warden farm

[@MrEvanNoyes]

@@ivyp0si0n81 I mean there’s a block that’s sole purpose is to spawn them

[@mianmuqaddam4190]

Spoiler

[@NegatywnieJebniety]

And there is Jevin with 10min of building timelaps lol

[@Emmy-ul8ht]

Just remember: whenever you think Cub is putting a reasonable amount of effort into a series, he’s probably building a secret warden farm off-camera

[@MindlessTurtle]

☑ Private Lair ☑ Origin Story ☑ Crazy Agenda 💀 Cub is officially a villain.

[@JacksonOwex]

That's BLASPHEMOUS!

[@masonpower7186]

The corrupted villain army *insert evil laugh*

[@SkSkNutella]

“I’m feeling a lot more powerful” yeah you see, that’s EXACTLY what Gem said last season when she got corrupted

[@LRosieB]

When did Gem get corrupted? She was one of the leaders against Xornoth in S1 Empires and I don’t remember any corruption in season 8 Hermitcraft

[@SkSkNutella]

@@LRosieB Empires S1 episode 20 of Gem’s POV tho you might need to go back an episode to get a back story on it if you haven’t watched it :D

[@theinsaneperson8021]

Oh-

[@halmittens]

@@SkSkNutella that was when she was always going in the nether right?

[@SkSkNutella]

@@halmittens yep! It was! (She got soup from shubble who at the time had the Xornoth crystal)

[@heidic2472]

I appreciate you taking the time to demonstrate how a person should do a prank while remaining considerate and respectful to the other folks on a server. It’s a good lesson in creating chaos without actually harming anybody. But man, you placed so many catalysts! They’re going to keep finding these for months even after you all go back! What a way to make a mark on the server! 😆

[@keithgraham8588]

you must not know about the Convex. Cub is probably one of the best pranksters lol

[@gristen]

@@keithgraham8588 the man recently admitted to be the jingler literally years after the fact. he could've took that to his grave

[@fumarc4501]

The Sculk must spread

[@iloveowls90]

@@gristen i think i remember that, but i dont remember where it was lol!

[@Idontwantahandleplease]

@@iloveowls90 season 6? kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIrNaZRngMxoh7M

[@lightning_11]

Me at 9:55: Oh no, he has 142 catalysts. _That's so many._ Me at 10:00: ... *we're all dead...*

[@thecrimsonking3823]

Friendship ended with Spread the spores now Spread the sculk is my best friend

[@xymoth_]

fr XD

[@cydanite]

If I had a nickel for every time cub got possessed by a malicious blue entity, I would have 2 nickels… which isn’t a lot but it’s strange that it’s happened twice… probably because cub knows which mobs look the coolest to get possessed by #SpreadTheSculk

[@robertperrin751]

What was the other one? Sorry, I don't know much of the previous lore

[@cydanite]

@@robertperrin751 All good! Cub and Scar got possessed by the Vex during seasons 5 and 6!

[@chicagogr81]

Cub's villain arc is long overdue! His genius level intellect makes him an extremely formidable big bad.

[@Gandalfa82]

That’s why they had to wait for a cross over, to much villain for one server to handle.

[@bleep_4]

nah he kinda copied eggpire from the dream smp where they allso get possesed by the egg and were spreading the server with red vines.

[@ThePotskur]

@@bleep_4 that idea has been done many times, not just eggpire, it’s not trademarked lol

[@ItzJosh55_ZR]

@@ThePotskur Typical Dream stans...

[@DebyBright]

@@bleep_4 As a eggpire lover this isn't "only eggpire can do this"

[@draisu]

I love how the reaction to your corruption from the other hermits isn't "oh cub is corrupted!! (Panic)" and more "oh... cub is corrupted *again* (sigh)" which is very telling how much they love your shenanigans cub LOL

[@Dandygirl_94]

The Empire members: You mean this is normal?

[@Tyxaar]

@@Dandygirl_94 Hermits: Yeah Cub getting possessed happens like twice a week, usually it's the Vex tho, we don't really worry about it anymore.

[@normiesalvador1854]

Astronaut 1: "Minecraft is a horror game?" Astronaut 2: (points gun) "Always has been."

[@SapphireSeahorse494]

there were many theories about who the villain of empires season 2 would be. Would Xornoth come back? Maybe Skeletron would be the bad guy? Perhaps Joel or Joey? But I don't think anyone expected Cub (possessed by fog) to be the villain. Amazing. I've always liked sculk and soul lights because they're pretty. Spread the Sculk! Spread the Souls!

[@nothing88372]

Joey. He is clearly the evil toy

[@thecrystalliaguild]

And both times it started with Shubble's character

[@nekoyume5096]

Maybe shubble is the mastermind

[@AlexEatsCats]

I just hope it’s not cringe and edgy like xornoth..

[@south452]

I mean, he isn’t the only possible villain (false’s whole deal is.. strange, the whole evil au sausage shenanigans) but I do think it’d be funny to have two corruption-based villains in esmp.

[@emberdragon3436]

This. This is what a legendary prank looks like. The kind of thing that's just remembered for ages to come because it's so big, well hidden, and long lasting. And then all the lore that was put behind it and connecting it to Shubble's fog problems. Plus the acting was impressive. Hats off to you, Cub. I loved every second of this.

[@emmaparkin8543]

My youngest when the fog swallowed Cub: “oh dear me!” I had to pause the video because my eldest and I were laughing too much! Spread the skulk! Xx

[@TheGrumpBunny]

Mooner, Skulker, Cub’s collecting cults, and I’m here for it

[@andrew3139]

Don't forget the bees! Bees are coming!

[@-FutureTaken-]

Also the ConVex!

[@LRosieB]

It would be very ironic if Gem managed to convince Cub to join her church of the sun

[@isitreallytho1649]

King’s man-er

[@LordBrimstone1]

I’m getting Convex 2.0 vibes and I am all for it! Spread the Souls… Spread the Skulk… ??? Profit!

[@lomiification]

I'm getting mycelium resistance - spread the spores, send a message!

[@SkSkNutella]

@@lomiification ITS ABOUT THE PRINCIPAL! >:D

[@Dandygirl_94]

If the Convex is the thing Ren and Doc were doing in S8 where they killed specific people then that's what I was thinking too!

[@LordBrimstone1]

The Convex, also known as ConCorp, was a storyline group composed of Scar and Cuban I believe spanned from season 5 or earlier to season 6. ConCorp also had a cameo mention in season 7. ConVex was cub and scar with vex mob heads on, playing two evil, greedy, corporate CEOs who wanted to control everything on the server by underhanded and amoral means, but also behaving like a WWE heel faction with their pranks and skits. Basically they were a big source of fun chaos before Grian arrived and established himself as the Chaos Bringer.

[@thecrystalliaguild]

It would be cool if later they have to fight Cub to defeat the sculk but he has saved up a bunch of XP and when they kill him it will cause a bunch of sculk to spawn

[@riasimpson3874]

I hope he put loads of the catalyst in Joel's arena. Loads of death there to spread the sculk even more. I bow to Cub's supreme deviousness. XD

[@citra1885]

“You're going down with me!” Cub's last word before being killed, ultimately summoning the real villain

[@kelleroid]

sadly players only drop up to 100 XP per death, so the puddle will be way larger than a mob but not quite big enough to be truly epic

[@mahamkhan2247]

I've been wondering for days how Cub got Sculked and the answer was better than I expected xD I'm loving this dabbling in Lore from the hermit's side with the Empires. Cub makes for a terrifying villain/pawn of dark forces!

[@MugzD]

oh jeezus...i had a hunch you where responsible for all those antics...but no one ever anticipated how massive this one was.. but also bdubs being the champion for sunlight and cub for the darkness, interesting

[@fredii2025]

Great to see Cub 100% committed to the Empires storyline 🤣

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

5:48 man, those dense frogs will get ya

[@carolchavez5213]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one to notice cub for possessed by a very dense frog

[@_kaleido]

@@carolchavez5213 Shubble found a giant frog in the episode she uploaded today. Coincidence?…probably

[@davidroddini1512]

@@_kaleido I don’t know… was it smart… or dense?

[@lolli_popples]

Everyone on Empires wondered which Empire would get a villain arc first. No one expected it would be Cub.

[@eskarinakatz7723]

Cub, you should probably up the gamma or whatever setting to a ridiculous degree in post, so that it really looks like your eyes are super-sensitive to light. That would add some interesting lore to the skulkification.

[@morezoeyness1093]

You can clearly see that Cub has so much fun with the lore and the pranks!!! Props for the dedication as always!!! hahahaha

[@mrfoodarama]

I'm surprised Shubble didn't tell you to "Get the Fog outta here" 😜

[@robertperrin751]

The only reason you have more dirt placed than catalysts is because for so many of the catalysts you've had to replace a dirt block on top of it. In reality catalysts are probably your most placed block. Spread the sculk!

[@isitreallytho1649]

If Cub had a sculk themed elytra, I think that would be amazing.

[@budgie0003]

Cub gets possessed by an evil fog and he still acts so chill as he brings chaos to the entire server xD This is such a fun prank and story(?). Evil Cub - hell yeah!

[@bloodreign4206]

May the deep dark reign Supreme! #spreadtheskulk

[@candace2022]

Cub is probably the best prankster ever and I love how he works storytelling and roleplaying into it. I love this.

[@izzyliberty8720]

I, for one, welcome our new dark overlords, the Skulk & the Souls.

[@haskasimo]

loving this villain arc. SPREAD THE SCULK!

[@DahliaInPurple]

The shulker outfit looks great. Looking forward to see the emperors reacting to the prank!

[@Dandygirl_94]

I'm definitely looking forward to more evil Cub laughter for sure.

[@theindependentclause3948]

Love the storytelling, Cub! You've always shown fantastic ability to tell a story with editing, but you're a great narrator and lore (law?) builder! (I don't know if I'm alone here, but of all the Hermits, Cub seems the least likely to ever turn evil; he's just so lovely!).

[@gozzilla177]

The dense frog of the forest gets us all!

[@footlonghawk3960]

I love the story telling aspect of this video it's a storytime with cub lol you love to see it also did he say the frog grew denser ? At 5:47

[@AruthaSilverthorn]

I so want all of them to make the hermitopia tower into a sarahra style shopping mall, run on diamonds after they leave, the empires economy isn’t usually diamonds but after the hermits leave they can always visit the “timetraveller’s Mega Mall” to get whatever resources they need going forward

[@galaxy-starheart1545]

This is SUCH a delight. I've been waiting for some sculk corruption :D SPREAD THE SCULK

[@SenketsuFi]

"you've met with a terrible fate, haven't you." *skull kid laughter*

[@juliajp7240]

I love how this season's (of the empires) corruption is now blue as their last season also had a corruption but with red nether wart + warped wood stuff. different, yet similar Spread the skulk!!

[@oldsoldier4209]

I hope Tiny Timmy has added doors to his villager trading halls. This could really cause issues, if creepers and zombies start wandering in. 🤣😂🤣

[@ainateer1260]

Spread the sculk, embrace the souls! The darkness will show you the light! The fog will clear your mind! Love the video, great work Cub! If anyone questions the sculk they can just look deep into the sculk and see for themselves, it's quite mesmerising

[@DarkAngel-ki3co]

The Hermits leave and just leave LAG behind as their Hermit tower impacts the Empire Server. The tower looks like it's going to be cool though.

[@Disearned]

the hermits and not lagging servers just do not go together

[@liamengram6326]

I mean, all the farms have off switches and they're using every lag reduction technique around (e.g. putting composters over open ended hoppers that don't need top access, using magma blocks and carpet to prevent villager pathfinding, no use of item frames for storage identification, etc...).

[@ellevictor474]

Empires season 1: Corruption by Xornoth Empires season 2: Spreading thr Skulk....via Cub

[@AreJayMC]

your videos are always awesome, love the use of the replay mod during the conversation with shubble!!

[@shuyongbey8372]

the thunderstorm fading in when talking to shubble is a chef kiss

[@one_hoop]

Could have gone with "Spread Our Sculk" and had fans post #SOS on videos where the skulk spreads! XD

[@lisab5497]

Well.. My time has finally come. I'm gonna draw possessed Cub until I can't

[@jena1833]

i really appreciate all the hard work that went into this video, cub

[@dougf1249]

I love the evil laugh when Grian started it with the creeper explosion. This is going to be an epic story that I’m all for watching. Keep it goin Cubfan!

[@holly2786]

I mean when is cub NOT possessed at this point. At least this one is as chaotic as convex, we love it when a possession is fun!

[@flobiish]

@5:46 "I quickly became disoriented as the Frog grew denser."@5:55 "The last thing I remember was being paralyzed by fear as I was consumed by the [unintelligible, as frog sounds get louder]."

[@danimessina9210]

the fact that they added lore in so cub could do a slow burn prank on everyone gives me life

[@just_some_donkus]

possessed cub still placing blocks: 'bada bing, bada boom', I love it SO much

[@Sylvarile]

Cub has gone down the eldritch terror route and I am very excited for it.

[@fumarc4501]

The Sculk must Spread. The Souls must Flow.

[@LufianCloud]

Cub is good in making lore, looks like he fits in Empire. If there's a season 3 of Empires, looks like he can easily fit in.

[@thunderblaze9997]

Oh man, what an episode! Absolutely incredible! I never thought Cub would have such epic lore! I really enjoy how Cub has been trying new things with his videos recently with all the different short stories in the last episode, and the incredible lore, acting, and cinematography in this one! I can’t wait to see what’s in store for Cub next! Maybe he’ll come into conflict with Gem’s Sun cult, it seems like they’d be natural enemies! Seeing Cub go on his big villain arc is epic, and if done really well, I could see this being what finally pushes Cub to 1 million subs!

[@Knight_Fury_007]

Goosebumps. I loved the story telling in this episode :")

[@Yirggzmb]

I wish I could hit like more than once. No one grinds like Cub, and knowing so much about the game means the pranks are extremely clever. They're going to be finding skulk until the end of the map. It's evil genius. The skulk skin is super cool too.

[@disturbed_puppy]

Of COURSE Cub takes an RP way to prank people.

[@whasup1177]

"As the frog grew closer" -cub 2022

[@jamisenjohansen]

You're skin's amazing, Cub. Love it. The darkness thanks you.

[@CrystalGeode]

I love at 4:30 how cub and shelby are just chatting and some of the Sun worshippers are talking about sunscreen

[@Klikez2draw]

I have a lengthened sculk poem that I made based on this: *ahem* Spread the Souls, Spread the Sculk, Possess all of the common folk. Seeping deep into your head, It will not rest until you’re dead. Who you are now; who’s to say? You’re a different soul than yesterday. Enjoy the spoopiness 👻

[@misucats]

The pure chaos Cub bring to this server... I just loving every part of it

[@CaineDM1955]

While CubFan is the "obvious" villain, we need to ask ourselves who is the SOURCE of the fog which has corrupted him. It looks like poor CubFan is just a pawn, while the REAL villain is still waiting to be revealed!

[@GrouchyHaggis]

Cub has basically restarted the mycelium war. And I love it.

[@notagoat281]

So last season of Empires there was a problem with "corruption" spreading everywhere. Now I guess we've got sculk.

[@RosileeJe]

Okay but NOW I'm just imagining a player coming back from an afk farm or something with a decent amount of levels and then dying just a liiiittle too close to one of those catalysts, since iirc the spread scales with the amount of XP. That'd be quite the surprise for someone to see from the death screen lol

[@amauryclain-lamarque5835]

Cub doing some lovecraftian story telling was the best thing ever ! Remind me a bit of darkest dungeon vibes :)

[@darknessblades]

I love how Grumbot Beta is looking at the rift

[@Monarchsfan02]

So much respect for empires creators more than ever.. best crossover.. hopefully one day empires crosses over to hermitcraft.. from empires.. I love mythical, fwhip, Katherine, shubble, and fwhip so much more now watching videos

[@ahmed4363]

saw the xisuma video and was wondering what happened to you lol

[@juliahackworth_]

This storyline keeps getting better and better and I don’t know how you do it. This is great😂

[@_sunnday_]

Look,atleast the fog should spare Shubble,because without her this wouldn't start.

[@GvinahGui]

Oh Cub, the true mad scientist/villain!

[@alyssiasmith9207]

Cub is nothing if not thorough! Let the chaos begin! 😈

[@seanmcnally6658]

Cub’s approach to story line is soo Cub and Hermitcraft. I’m now a subscriber.

[@MermaidHair5091]

Cub, we knew you wouldn’t be happy with the vex changes but we are glad you’ve found a new motif (also skin looks amazing)

[@jazkamiyadark619mj]

Cub always been kind of villanious this is just a new phase Im all here for it!!

[@NinjaBearFilms]

An episode demonstrating entertainment first, survival Minecraft second.

[@CreatorOfInsanity]

I had been wondering why suddenly things had been soul torched with skulk catalysts under the bridge. This is so cool and gonna be hilarious adfgsdfgsdfg

[@LEGO-pu8om]

Congrats! You got SOS! Spread Out the Skulk! Thanks Daniel Thrasher for the sketch!

[@michielfrankema8281]

Spread the skulk, spread the souls.

[@zpoohead]

The powers of the sun god BDubs will bring the light to the darkness! Lol I can almost see a climactic final moment where the sun gods power washes away the darkness

[@grondhero]

This arc is going to end with Cub summoning a Warden, name tagging it with his name and then unleashing it in a high-traffic area.

[@Paego_]

once a monster slayer now a monster upriser? the princess is gonna have words

[@autumnpaige1650]

oh my gosh that little segment of like story telling was so... beautifully done, mannn definitely should start a podcast with that!! Haha!

[@leo1bueno1]

I LOVE the story line that cub is taking

[@augusta131]

This was a very chobblesome video

[@eg_manifest510]

this is why Cub is one of my favourite Hermit's. He's such a troll while also giving it a good story and not actually causing too much damage

[@Kiwimarauder]

What a twist! I love this! One thing I was wondering though, is whether or not the creators on either side of the crossover have noticed an increase in subscribers because of it? Cant wait to see how this storyline unfolds!

[@rosegirlz88]

The sun and the dark moon cults wind up for a show down on the empire server wooo!

[@markusdavis3044]

I remember when the sculk infection was just a image that was recommend to me on twitter it’s pretty surprising how popular it has gotten.

[@danayleelong1923]

Hey Cub, I started watching your videos about 9-10 years ago back on your let's play when I was in 5th/6th grade. Life got busy so I've watched on and off for a couple years. Recently got covid for the first time and have been binge-watching all of your videos! Although I'm now a sophomore in college, and my life is completely different, it's crazy how your personality and videos still bring me the same level of comfort, one I didn't realize I had been missing. Enjoy the upcoming holidays!

[@SnyperMK2000JclL]

"A standard item sorters that exists" Sir Cubalot, that would be the Impulse Item Sorter... xD

[@moonlight_kitten8665]

The fog feels like a cult

[@Kaikaku]

Your long-term prank shows effects pretty quickly 😆

[@percymalice3587]

Cub is such a good narrator, I'll gladly listen to a horror narration by cub, same goes to scar.