HermitCraft S9#1: Thrown Into Exile

Welcome to Season 9 of HermitCraft! I hope you join me and the other Hermits for whatever shenanigans we get up to this season.
Today I opt into the path of hardships by choosing to have Tango kick me into exile and get geared up in a fresh new area. The only way home is to trigger and defeat the final wave of a raid, or else through finding a stronghold.
Tango: / tangoteklp
HermitCraft Website: www.hermitcraft.com
HermitCraft Reddit: / hermitcraft
Twitter: / etholp
TwitchTV: / ethotv
#hermitcraft #etho #minecraft

[@docm77]

Welcome home. Welcome home buddy 😉

[@evertprince1704]

Aww.

[@rudrodeepchatterjee]

@@evertprince1704 uhh I think you typed it in the wrong spot.

[@smilelily]

Yes welcome home 🏡 .

[@celardoorhorse]

Aww Isn't Doc the best, man I want to live on hermit craft where everything is beautiful and the people are so nice.

[@fittony]

I hope we get much Doc and Etho do redstone mischievousness this season

[@iJevin]

Welcome back!!

[@curiouslad9154]

Hijevin! 😁

[@marklytical410]

Wonder what his base is gonna look like

[@hermitcraftsnippets]

​@@marklytical410 I can guarantee its gonna be a good one, you can see it from all angle and outside and on top 🤭

[@Jacj_]

Yeah! Welcome back, Etho!!

[@LaurenT3G]

Tango "I'm not a builder" Tek just takes Etho on a tour through one of the most impressive Nether hubs I've ever seen

[@minetech4898]

"it's not much but it's mine"

[@ValentineC137]

"Well, you tried your best Tango"

[@LossyInput]

20:39 the boat trick, the quick reaction to the surprise creeper, and the leap of faith into the water bucket; you're just flexing your gamer skills on us at this point etho

[@grant8653]

Or his intimate relationship with Lady Luck also known as Domino.

[@Mogswamp]

Good to see you back on Hermitcraft! Was definitely missing you during these last few months

[@shronk9463]

Mogswamp+etho collab would go so hard

[@hoodinithegreat5674]

What's up mogswamp

[@FlourishPorridge]

My goodness, It's that flat guy.

[@ifyoureadthisv1]

Nice to see you with a checkmark!

[@arsebiscuitsandwine]

Wait OFFICIAL Mogswamp? Hype! Gratz dude! Much deserved!

[@Exayevie]

Defeating a raid to get out of exile just seems particularly compelling, considering the advancement for getting bad omen is "Voluntary Exile"

[@tylerrichardcarstens4683]

You have a poetic mind ⚔️

[@rudrodeepchatterjee]

His exile is voluntary, so that's a parallel!

[@Jacob-uv3vm]

It has always been “don’t tell Etho” but with this episode we finally got a “don’t tell Bdubs”!

[@AlexNightmare20]

Why did I hear “don’t tell Etho” in Bdubs voice-

[@ryukyoutubes]

​@@AlexNightmare20same dude

[@whysitthat3515]

“Well, you tried your best Tango” made me laugh so hard. So good to have you back Etho.

[@SeanFerree]

Lol!! Same

[@wearymelancholy]

"The worst thing to do with endermen is panic." I feel like this comment was somewhat inspired by double life. Just a feeling.

[@ZNotFound]

He also got distracted by something else and didn't finish off the enderman immediately.

[@Workhorse1011]

Things I’d like to see Etho try: - Setup a pyramid scheme and try to get hermits to invest - Shopping - Messing with the new mobs - Maybe a interior decorating business

[@GhostBombGames]

I love that last idea. It really bugs me how many bases are mostly facades.

[@adamfuller1189]

Etho needs a place to live, other bases need interior decorating, seems like these problems could solve themselves at the same time.

[@StuffandThings_]

Maybe make the interior decorating business some sort of prank. Like the interiors all end up looking hilarious, or upside down or something. Shade-E-E's has been my favorite *ever* Minecraft shop.

[@quentinjohnson-ronald1266]

Id love to see etho make a gambling game and keralis just loses all his riches 😂

[@beeeean]

interior decorating would be cool

[@tylerwood8710]

"Don't tell BDubs" is one of the funniest lines I have ever heard you utter, Ethos. Amazing to have you back. Hope life is grtting closer to a form of normalcy for you.

[@RuthTheBananaDuck]

Lol usually it’s Bdubs saying “don’t tell Etho”

[@Robozgaming]

21:28 “The worst thing to do to with endermen is to panic “ Etho Secret life session 7

[@teshtishtoshtesh3218]

There's some beautiful symmetry in the "Don't tell BDubs" to finish the episode. Good to see you having some fun with the other Hermits again! Here's hoping life treats you well.

[@justin.booth.]

Yesss! I was laughing so hard!

[@nihalpatel3209]

What do you mean, is it like something he says every season?

[@Kraenesk]

lol how bdubs leaves empty space under his terraforming every season and says don't tell etho... probably how etho knew there would be room under the monolith

[@myunghun7506]

@@nihalpatel3209 kkikmo kkmkk iio

[@CalistoiRedux]

Etho living in bdub’s haunted basement is a setup for one of the best Minecraft let’s play plots ever. Hands down. On par with the bdubs/Genny B trail back in the day 🤣

[@crunke]

I would love to see a vonsway themed base, but I also think living in other hermits bases and having secret connecting tunnels would be fun.

[@siannamercado]

Isnt that what cub is doing? I think???

[@kyrroti9921]

@@siannamercado Build secret tunnels within Cub’s tunnels.

[@Legendarydave76]

@@siannamercado that is what cub did

[@minionno2]

@@kyrroti9921 then cub will build secret tunnels in the secret tunnels in his tunnels

[@TomasPiliponis]

You are such a badass when it comes to PvE/survival. That jump over the 50block deep ravine into a zombie-filled waterfall while being spawned underground without any tools or gear was most Etho way to do it. Welcome back, King, we missed you. :)

[@markm0000]

He’s played the game so much I don’t think anything short of spawning in lava would prevent him from starting.

[@trottinboots]

"blink twice if you don't want me to live here!" "well I didn't hear anything, so" I laughed so hard I spat out my coffee, pLEASE-

[@sunlitmoonshine]

Tango's "I'm sorry what" response to ethos request for exile is GOLD

[@loladaylight]

such a small thing yet so hilarious 😂

[@deivarchangel]

Tango was flabbergasted LOL the exile thing just came out of nowhere

[@seiromem5708]

It's amazing to see how scarcity affects the gameplay- when you're so deep underground and there's no coal to mine, those minecart chests filled with torches are sooo satisfying.

[@Jet-Pack]

I find it quite annoying that in a game with mine in the name i am forced to stop mining after 20min just to get coal… and to clear the inventory

[@colewilliams3621]

Just stock up on coal and throw out the stone

[@glowerworm]

@@Jet-Pack pack coal before mining. And spend more time above y=0. You used to find all your coal over y=0, and now you still do, so nothing changed except you got the freedom to go even deeper.

[@Jet-Pack]

@@glowerworm correct me if I'm wrong but didn't coal used to generate at the same rate regardless of y-level? Now it gets rare towards level 0 and to find enough coal you need to go up way higher than level 0. So mining above level 0 did change...

[@paulelderson934]

@@Jet-Pack you're still mining coal, it's just that the best coal mines are now higher up in the mountains.

[@s3pulcherrra652]

You had me at Von Sway. Medium? I’m ready for some HEAVY Von Sway: 9 randomized blocks in your hot bar, an extremely vague concept of what you are doing, and possibly some nearby hermits heckling from lawn chairs.

[@sgoldendragon3603]

I'd say combine both ideas and do Von Sway, but in the sky. That way the base not having proper walls or floors or a roof doesn't really matter. Maybe just find an unfinished house at spawn and call up Beef for another Fun House and go from there!

[@PleiadesRuby]

Beef and Zed helping out

[@LadyVineXIII]

Am I the only one who enjoys the irony that Etho had to build a literal trident farm last season when he was based in a shattered Savannah just to get one trident and this season he bases on the ground at the start and insta-gets the trident from the first drowned?

[@user-kp8dh5wu2n]

copying from other comment it's the first try-dent.

[@ramza314]

The hermits have been resetting outer chunks so guardian temples have had multiple elders. I imagine that's what spawned multiple chests in the mine shaft.

[@bsidethebox]

Thanks for explaining--that was really confusing me! :)

[@BertramBonde]

It's happend to me to in my singel lp without chunk trimning

[@3lapsed]

I was thinking the exact same thing. Lots of entities doubling up

[@UchihaRyoukon]

@@BertramBonde It happened in my server too, the minecart chests multiplied up to 5 times in the same place, as well as passive mobs, and that happened from the moment we created that world!

[@TheRealWormbo]

There are tools for clearing chunks (although people could do it for entire region files as well), but they might not have been upgraded to also handle the separate region files where entities are stored.

[@wend4004]

Because all of the other Hermits have massive amounts of diamonds because of the diamond tower war - I think a cool idea for some of your first episodes would be to make some kind of shop that severely overcharges to balance out the server economy. Maybe an auction format? Something that would involve other hermits and actually help out the server from its current problem of inflation haha another idea would be some sort of gambling based game which would obviously clear out 1 particular Swedish hermit but others would also partake

[@KiRAyylmao]

have it visibly toss the diamonds into lava (with a few scraped off the top to pocket)

[@radio_marco]

Like a stack of diamonds for four sticks.

[@impockets]

@@freighter1097 diamonds can be used to buy goods or services. it’s the same as a real economy, except instead of being backed by gold it is the gold. it’s an i game economy. just to clarify i hate nfts. just wanted to say that it’s not really “pretend” that’s like saying the tf2 or csgo economy of skins and stuff is pretend.

[@sbsftw4232]

@@freighter1097 diamonds are the generally accepted currency in most Minecraft economies. Don't be ridiculous.

[@KaneOtonashi]

Blind Auction where you give away your Diamonds permanently? Ye ... best to sell some "Legendary Exiled Etho" loot xD High Auction Value. I know a couple of people who would give away their last bit of redstone for that

[@loganmontuori]

21:08 that was the sickest escape I’ve ever seen, well done Etho

[@seeyou6707]

What

[@theAstarrr]

Followed by 21:28 “the worst thing to do with an enderman is panic” while he does a masterful job of staying alive and checking what the enderman is doing. Meanwhile: “I BROKE THE BOAT ETHO”

[@Ethobot]

Big fan, mr. etho

[@FlourishPorridge]

seems that way

[@Synetik]

Return of the king!

[@qqruzkin609]

whats up checkmark.

[@PerfectAlibi1]

King?! More like jester...

[@JBantha]

don't tell rendog, then :P

[@Americanbadashh]

and just in time the server has a pretender to the throne

[@lexerphthisi8743]

When I realized you were starting out mid-season, I really hoped you’d become a true hermit…living in secret in other people’s bases, sneaking out to do your builds, and moving on whenever you get discovered. Kind of like Sneaky-E’s but as an entire way of life! The end of the episode gives me hope that this could still come true

[@augustaseptemberova5664]

That is such a cool idea, but there's the downside that he wouldn't have the freedom to build his cool larger builds.or if he does in someone's basement that might interfere with what they want to build.so this might lead to conflict.

[@andrewbieny4564]

@@augustaseptemberova5664 These guys are professionals. I don't think there is conflict other than for narative. If Etho did do this (which i adore this idea), and he DID build something in a no-go area, they would ask him to move it. Additionally, it would be free content for them when they found it. I would love to see an "Exiled Sneaky E's Von Sway Style Tunnel Network". He says he dislikes building exteriors. He can mess around with travel systems. Have a horse riding tunnel, an etho road tunnel, a dolphins grace tunnel. I dunno. The idea lends itself to Etho so well.

[@calebnix3403]

I iik

[@E-Box]

I absolutely want this.

[@AnotherDuck]

Etho living a sneaky life is very Etho-like.

[@dandymcgee]

The only thing you absolutely must do this season in my eyes is completely destroy all the other Hermits at Beef's card game and Decked Out 2.0. Other than that, I'm here for the ride. :P

[@Cat-cj5uq]

are you by chance a prophet lol

[@stopmotionbrickstudios4855]

One down, one to go!😂

[@sankang9425]

Wow.

[@kmay7134]

both of these things have occurred

[@jordanrusso597]

As much as I love the idea of floating islands, mid von sway sounds terrific, I loved your season 7 base

[@DarkOverord]

I won't lie, as a way to get yourself in to Hermitcraft that was genius. Like you said, stories, and now you have the story of "never do raids with a village with a giant cave complex next to it" lol

[@CommanderWiggins]

Etho: "Remember the time that I joined HermitCraft season 9 late, only for Tango to ruthlessly banish me to a deep cave mere moments after I arrived?" Tango: "If I remember correctly, that was your idea."

[@WanderTheNomad]

@@CommanderWiggins "That was a horribly difficult trial that Tango FORCED me to undergo, but I made it through with pure skill and wits"

[@yolms539]

Living in other hermits bases sounds like an amazing idea. Connecting tunnels can be chaotic von sway themed. It would be so unique and funny

[@emmaparkin8543]

Cub is living in Scar’s basement too so together they can undermine the whole of spawn!

[@jaydenr9904]

He could be a literal hermit

[@gmalivuk]

I was thinking the same thing. Etho could squat in everyone's abandoned Spawn houses, and have a personal goal of never being found by the owner of the place he is at the time.

[@nolansprojects2840]

I love this idea

[@WashYourHands__]

Grian did this in season 7

[@Jenna-qp1bf]

Etho! 2:10 was single handedly the funniest thing I've ever watched, and I don't know why but it just hit different lol. Super excited about this new season! Just because we started late doesn't mean we cant build some awesome things! It just sounds to me like we get to start new projects that probably wont be finished lol also, don't stress yourself out with uploading. we know you love making videos for us, but id imagine your still busy in your personal life. don't worry about us, we will always be here waiting. I cant speak for everyone but personally, im not going anywhere!

[@vikingshaman3079]

Welcome back Etho, Hermitcraft isn't really the same without you.

[@IndyJay53]

"Don't tell Bdubs" is the new "Don't tell Etho" Also does that bow have like a thousand durability?

[@NamaSayaAkmal]

nah.. just 2 thousand durability

[@markm0000]

Etho is the enchanted book whisperer.

[@uniwolfgamer1094]

@@markm0000 the enchanted bow: flame.

[@Tophatpers0n]

Seriously tho how did a flame bow last so long -

[@Ithenna]

@@Tophatpers0n He could have repaired it at some point between cuts.

[@IGLFunzie]

Let’s gooo etho I’m so happy that your back on hermitcraft can’t wait to see what you have for this season

[@WilisL]

@Don't read profile photo I read it and then reported you

[@kanayaki1536]

​@Don't read profile photo jokes on you profile photos aren't loading for me

[@deathninjamaster]

Etho is the kind of youtuber that when I’m doing well financially, want to join him, because he’s very up front that it’s not a bribe. I’ve been watching for years and the channel I’ve rewatched the most times. So excited to see you playing with the other hermits Etho!

[@SirChaosS]

i had so forgotten Etho got such a late start to HC9. But thanks to his DO2 runs, i'm here now, and planning to binge his whole season (so far). wish me luck! --and snacks, gonna need lots of snacks, it's a year+ of content folks. :D

[@cadentan9083]

I think another Von Sway base would be really cool. The season 7 one was one of my favorite bases in HermitCraft. I can only imagine what an even more unhinged version would look like.

[@asc3nded397]

Yeah lol how would he make an even crazier base than that one? J always loved that base too and would love to see another take on it.

[@king_mosabi]

I think it'd be cool if he combined the ideas. Unhinged floating islands maybe with items and entities flying through the air. He wouldn't have to worry as much about the terraforming and sculpting the islands.

[@BlahCraft1]

Since it had no exterior, technically the whole world was his base.

[@aji_jacobson]

For real. The fact that somehow the inside of the s7 base feels like its outside, when the base itself has not outside, I've watched him build it a couple times and have toured it myself on the download and I still can't wrap my head around it. Can't begin to guess how he could build something MORE chaotic!

[@thiccityd9773]

20:58 this was the most insane thing ever, and how you handled it was immaculate. Blocked the creeper at the last second, remembered the enderman, nailed the bucket drop, and used the water to stay safe? Legendary

[@JBantha]

when did I read that message I didn't realize the episode was like 40 minutes long lol went in a flash

[@volbla]

I was seriously impressed by that. Etho is like the McGuyver of minecraft.

[@Zv0nk3]

That's why some think Etho is the best minecraft player.

[@StuffandThings_]

Just goes to show that while he's a tad rusty on new combat mechanics, Etho still has the skills of a true Minecraft veteran and legend deep down.

[@nathanfrancesco8596]

20:40 this sequence of action is one of the best display of Minecraft skill I've ever seen from a LP Minecraft KZbinr. I LOVE ETHO SO MUCH

[@ThreeEyedMonkeyMan]

Etho makes a really solid point here. We may appreciate things given to us, but the things we earn are what we cherish.

[@foul-fortune-feline]

My first hex casting CAD artifact was a gift and I care about it more than any CAD artifact I've made myself (Then again that's lit the easiest artifact to make, it was just ur standard scribes-hermes)

[@ashlyy1341]

unless the gift has a particular story to it

[@glowerworm]

@@foul-fortune-feline we appreciate and cherish those things which were earned by a loved one and then gifted to us.

[@knitterknerd]

@@foul-fortune-feline Yeah, I think there's a difference between "given" and "gifted" here.

[@domspeller6474]

We find meaning in life through love and endeavour.

[@Cow-Moth-With-A-CRT-Head]

Tango's message when Etho beat the raid is probably the most wholesome thing I've seen today.

[@x-ca1iber]

"is it's a special porkchop, then it'll mean something to me" the dark oak tree in third life...

[@ikan3296]

15:19 that "yes!" clap for the tall grass loot genuinely got me excited for that lol

[@wariodude128]

Etho, I'd like to see you take over an ancient city and use that as a base. And hey, the shriekers could be your alarm system whenever you leave in case someone wants to come visit.

[@bloodwolf2609]

and terraform some kind of underground mushroom biome like terraria around the city would be pretty cool

[@StuffandThings_]

TBH That's what I've been thinking he should do in Double Life xD

[@CascadePSA]

I voted for floating island on Twitter, but I’m 100 times more interested in seeing a mid-von sway theme for your future base. I feel like you’d be enjoy building your base more if you did that, and that really makes it more enjoyable for us.

[@peteman-ur9gi]

Yea and I don't know if I could handle High Von-Sway. I'm not sure if I can concieve of that!

[@Numbabu]

I am here to add my support. The last hermitcraft base was literally one of my favorite Minecraft builds ever.

[@Harlizarrd]

I did not expect s7 to be considered von-sway lite, I can't wait to see more.

[@MagnorCriol]

"As long as we're swimming sideways, he can't hit us" - thoughts you'd echo much later when dodging One-Eyed Willie in Decked Out...

[@Hollow_Phoenix]

"Floating library in the void" Tango straight up built the Vir Dirthara from Dragon Age Inquisition's Trespasser DLC Also, welcome back :)

[@Qu33nOfN3rds]

YO I DIDNT EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT

[@TonyStorm21]

so cool of bdubs to accept misfits into his home, he now has an exile living in his basement, as well as a lost dog in his attic. what a kind soul.

[@_mwk]

--When you realize Tango's decorative stars aren't end rods, but actual nether stars....

[@derrickstorm6976]

Yesh I suggest watching his videos they're light =)

[@DonastriaLyons]

Etho you are a genius! You did what nothing else has been able to do. I have had Minecraft as long as it has been a thing. But I have never PLAYED Minecraft. Kinda like Sims I just build. I think I am pretty good, but don't have the nubs to publish anything because once it is out there it no longer matters what you think anymore. But I watched this and decided to follow your lead. First time with the cheats still on in case I wanted something I didn't have. Second time with cheats too, but I forced myself to actually LEARN the recipes for the things I used all the time, but in the same village. This time no cheats, village start like you, and I am half-way! Thanks for giving me a new love for a game I use everyday. Now I can PLAY!

[@harrysheppard3745]

17:17 when the hermits can't help Etho the Minecraft god's do😊

[@Luscitrys]

I don't mind what you build, but I want to mention that I would REALLY like to see you collab with Cleo and Zedaph this season. Your dynamics with Cleo in 3rd/last life were impeccable, and Zed is similarly crazy as you, so I'm interested in seeing more of your interactions with either of those two

[@firepowder]

I was just thinking the other day how cool it would be to see a Zed/Etho project!!!

[@lisa_wistfulone7957]

I might never forget the image of Etho, unarmed, unprotected, racing through the mob filled darkness of that first cave, leaping a ravine into a waterfall, the fearless hero! (Wise to get some Tango Delivery Service, tho!)

[@TaIathar]

The trident drop was clearly compensation for last season. Don't forget to thank RNGesus.

[@jacoblarsen93]

I remember your floating islands in mindcrack ftb. The one with genny and bdubs doing the Bee stuff and riggedy biuldings. Loved that season. It really Was special to me.

[@Astrophysicist21]

I really want "Don't tell Bubs" to become a running joke in Etho's videos now.

[@deino1121]

bdubs does the same thing

[@thedarkreunion.9696]

finally! so happy to see you on the hermitcraft server again!

[@clawhausers]

THE DARK REUNION

[@Your_Face]

Disagree. Would rather see him do his own thing and not waste videos on hermitcraft which we all know will only be a few...

[@good_8]

Indeed

[@thedarkreunion.9696]

@@clawhausers THATS ME

[@thedarkreunion.9696]

@@Your_Face well, if you think so then why are you watching this video.

[@saaros]

your season 7 base was my favorite and it has giving me endless inspiration, it seems to fit you, so i'd love to see more of it

[@rawbitsMC]

I love it! You finally moved into Bdubs' basement. Altough, he doesn't have 5+3 spawners close to each other this time. :)

[@NeverWillTell]

I really love the exile story that you're telling! Minecraft is a storytelling game and even if the server doesn't have that as a specific goal it still happens. I also really loved the style you did in Season 7 where you built semi-randomly, your builds always had a lot of character. Looking forward to any new episodes!

[@apersonwhomayormaynotexist9868]

I mean minecraft isnt a storytelling game. It can be a medium for storytelling, but it's not a storytelling game

[@NeverWillTell]

True, it's not designed as a storytelling game. But when the game relies so much on your imagination for how you want to play, stories start to come out naturally. At least, that's what I like about it. I just wanted to explain that I liked what Etho was doing.

[@janea.5893]

It’s not random , it’s *von sway*

[@corncutter]

Exile was a great idea to get a "proper" start and avoid all those riches of the fellow hermits :D Glad you finally arrived on the server!

[@sepiasmith5065]

Ikr!! fantastic idea to make a more natural beginning

[@Toxtube]

How I like to start a world: 1: Make a wooden pickaxe and mine straight down to get stone tools 2: Find exposed caves for iron 3: Find a village to settle in 4: Make a villager breeder 5. Make an iron farm 6: Get diamond gear from villagers to avoid painful deepslate mining 7: Build a little base 8: Make other farms 9: Gather rescources for big base 10: Get stacked in every way (Tools, villagers, farms and rescources

[@user-kp8dh5wu2n]

that's a kind of grindy and boring for youtube video. etho is kind of adventure loving guy. he doesn't even wanna build afk farm.

[@mauricio.mc21]

bruhhh, that bat at 29:13 got Hanzo'ed xD I am actually on the floor xD

[@kariallen4022]

I was looking for comment about the bat😂

[@mauricio.mc21]

​@@kariallen4022 I had to go back and look at the video because I forgot what happened😂

[@CanesCap]

As someone that’s only watched hermit craft through Etho’s perspective, seeing Tango’s nether hub for the first time was literal JAW DROPPING

[@irissupercoolsy]

Time to start watching Tangos videos too 😉

[@simpson6700]

just wait till he has finished his new base.

[@quinive9812]

i watch 4 hermits pov and it still amazes me

[@ovencake523]

and decked out will be several times more massive

[@savdebunnies]

Hermits: We're going to spoil Etho so much when he gets back. Etho: Exile time!!

[@joshinils]

what do i want to see? well, something with the other hermits, not necessarily base building, farm building, etc. since you can do those things on your own. so playing with hermits, pranks on them (offline and online) like anvils on-stream or flooding a base with cobwebs

[@benjaminadams9607]

One of the most entertaining first episodes of Hermitcraft yet! Glad to see you back on, Etho! Also that was just straight up adorable at 11:41

[@drwazzic3855]

I love the idea of building mini-bases / abodes within or under other peoples structures. Most hermits build massive and visually pleasing builds but never actually live in them. Etho could become a house sitter and interior decorator if he wishes. Living within the structures and furnishing the interiors with all kinds of shenanigans.

[@wickedfast2166]

Brings a new meaning to hermit craft!

[@LeopardMask12]

yesss, that would be cool! Hey, most of the hermits aren't really using their starter bases anymore... and even if they are, I'm sure they won't mind a new basement they don't necessarily know about :)

[@RuffinItAB]

Ethobo

[@JairisOdd]

A house sitter? I think this would make etho a squatter lmao

[@peta5254]

This guy…a new server, and rather than taking it slow, or building a little starter base, he decides the spend the episode gaining death and near-death experiences. That whole part where he angered the Enderman, then caught a skele, then got exploded by a creeper, freeing the skele and the enderman, water bucketing down to hide from the enderman and heal?? That was insane. How did Etho live? And if that wasn’t enough, then he goes to fight a raid…or two. That was a great jump cut back in time to the first raid lol, and I was cackling at the hide and seek game that was going on in those caves. Evokers really are no joke! The enchanting gods really weren’t on his side either today. So many single enchants, but that was quite amusing to watch anyway. I loved the lil sign above his tiny tiny village house too, noting it was Etho’s Exile. I’m not sure why he picked the smallest house in the place, but I’m also not surprised by the amount he managed to hoard in that small stretch of time…rip nameless donkey, 2022-2022. Scar will either find it hilarious or devastating that the donkey died to the portal, although I’m not sure which yet! Anyway, I had a fantastic time watching this episode. I love Etho caving, and whilst I look forwards to seeing what he gets up to next, this was a great first episode! So glad he’s back :)

[@neurospicypisces]

Glad to see you back Etho! What about a base that doubles as an escape room? Invite Hermits over and tell them that if they pay you a diamond block you will give them the first hint on how to get out, kind of like Saw style lol Good way to make some quick diamonds!! Hermits are literally throwing them away right now!! 😂

[@vendoskeleton]

Loved watching you start from scratch and do it right! Starting new worlds is one of my favorite things.

[@charlottenelken]

You had me at Von Sway. I love that you're still conceptualizing this stylistic and architectural movement, and an unhinged mid-Von Sway base is what dreams are made of tbh! Your season seven base is one of my favorite builds of yours, and favorite builds of all time too, so ya know... skybase sounds awesome too, I'll be watching regardless. Glad to have you back on hermitcraft, you were missed. Oh, and that first trident drop? that's proof of the game's love for you. >:)

[@limitedtozero5864]

would love to see some some von sway!!!!!

[@uniwolfgamer1094]

Not to mention how much durability that trident had. That's the most I've seen right off the guy.

[@StuffandThings_]

The FTB floating islands were also super cool and very nostalgic. A floating Von Sway base seems very very difficult but also could go all sorts of crazy!

[@joaky1989]

Tango's "Welcome home" even hit me! Welcome back Etho.

[@MrEightygrit]

Oh yea! So awesome to have you back! I only started Hermitcraft when YOU started it! Now I watch practically every one of the hermits and it’s all because of you! I can’t wait to see you catch up and inspire these guys to bigger and better things. You are still the coolest guy, in my estimation! Love ya, dude!

[@TheXTopher74]

Watching Etho deal with derpy ravagers....so much foreshadowing.

[@Daxti]

Unhinged von sway would be a great base style for this season I think, really works theme-wise with the chaotic start haha

[@megamert2848]

Especially if he says the Monstrosity was light and this will be even more extreme and look good because it is etho.

[@matthewnel714]

Fully agree

[@JaMaMaa1]

Etho, I think it would be great if you made a programmable note block display. All of the note block pitches for each instrument are laid out and in view of the player, with redstone leading back to the programmable section, that way you are able to listen to the whole song without moving, and can have multiple songs stored at a time. For maximum style points, have certain tunes be able to be called back upon like a function and looped for baselines as a way to save on memory. Maybe not for this series, but it's a fun project I've wanted to do myself if I only had the musical and computer engineering background to make any decent attempt at it. Glad you're getting back into the groove of making new videos.

[@Roescoe]

If only I had the patience for that, but it would be neat.

[@EthosLab]

That's a great suggestion! This is actually an idea I've experimented with a few times over the years, but never fully cracked a good way of doing it. Basically the goal would be to have songs programmed with items that are stored in shulker boxes. The main challenges are making it fast and flexible enough and also keeping the item sequences in proper sync. Plus if you don't want the songs to take a huge amount of space you need to invent a compression system to reduce the information you need to store.

[@StuffandThings_]

@@EthosLab Perhaps the compression system could be in the form of recycling shulkers. Like, the items go through a hopper to read the sequence, are re-packed, and then the shulker could be run through the system again to avoid having a duplicate. After all, many songs contain lots of repetition. It would almost run like Wintergatan's Marble Machine, with various items looping through again and again to play repeated patterns. Plus, then you won't have to manually re-pack shulkers after each use.

[@oldsoldier4209]

@@EthosLab You should have just moved into cub’s basement, under Scar’s tree. It’s already we’ll set up, and has convenient secret passages to several other bases. 😁👍

[@Tsharkeye]

@@EthosLab Maybe some sort of punch card system like music boxes use. That is i think the most compressed way of storing "music"

[@VyrussGG]

I like the von sway idea, especially since Grian as already doing kind of a floating island base

[@teentraveler1790]

This was so enjoyable. The parkour you did in the first underground cave while trying to outrun the mobs was heart pumping! And like others already said, we're super glad to see ya back.

[@kitecorbin3914]

Etho went full Spartan - went out into the wild with no clothes and could only come back after proving himself through battle. Love it! Also love that he's living in B-Dubs' basement because it is such a gorgeous place and am excited to see it more 😁🌻

[@felixq723]

Welcome back!! I'm happy that you're back on Hermitcraft, but I'm *much* happier that your life is finally settling enough that you even can be back on Hermitcraft. Please remember to take it easy, to put you and your family first, and that just because you're committed to doing Double Life once a week for a bit doesn't make you obligated to do this or any other series.

[@Gurchen]

Well put! Couldn’t agree more!

[@devilsadvocate6381]

Etho: I can pay in Gold! Tango: you're talking to king Midas over here.

[@jangtheconqueror]

Hey etho, just wanted to say, I've been going through some stuff. Nothing major, just little things that have been making me sad, but your videos help me forget. So many of the other Minecrafters are so focused on big, tall, fast, complex things in the game, which is great, but your videos help me remember that it's fine to like the simple things and take your time with them. I'll never forget my first Minecraft world, where I just chilled out, took care of my farms, built my dirt castle, went exploring every now and then to find new places to make separate bases. Didn't even get diamonds until way later, and never entered the nether or beat the dragon. That was my favorite.

[@Jake_the_Brick]

I'd love to see a von-sway build similar to what Team Canada did for Guude's house way back in Mindcrack! Colors and shapes all over the place! With Elytra in the game now, a build like that could really go wild among all the intricately detailed stuff on the server!

[@TackerTacker]

If he does that it would fit when he invites Beef to live with him there since he helped back then with the Guude's prank, has no base yet either, and has a lot of wool, and we all know rainbow colored wool is the main building block for a real von-sway build. 😅

[@barelycompetentgaming1980]

What I would like to see in the short term, is if you take a tour of the server and spend a bit of time with each Hermit see what they've been up to and show off their builds and redstone contraptions. I imagine this is something you'd prob do anyway to an extent even if off camera but I think a tour episode would be good. The season has been going a while and I don't believe anyone else has done something like this yet and I think it would be good for posterity if any hermit did it but it has that added benefit of getting you situated as well. Great to see you back Etho!

[@volbla]

List the top 5 redstone builds on the server!

[@jakovmatosic4890]

Yeah this is a great idea. To piggyback, maybe squat in a bunch of hermit's houses

[@FallenDanish]

11:42 the baby talk cracks me up every time lol

[@squoshi307]

"a special porkchop" Etho you just made me cry looking back at my childhood and remembering Minecraft Story Mode

[@Kleph.]

20:18 the way he said "crazy" actually made me cackle out loud. Had a bit of a long day and seeing an Etho vid was a huge mood boost. I also love the premise of exile, it was one of the few times where I've actually enjoyed watching the first hours of the game.

[@dorithegreat6155]

First of all ETHO'S BACK!

[@KrystianaVichan]

But the donkey in the nether was the best part. Especially cuz it got through the nether just fine but then died because Scar's portal design is so intricate that it's deadly.

[@lilajean8146]

Smiling like a fool all through this video!! Good to have you back, Etho!!!

[@BobCCLIV]

LOL this is such a great start to the season. The exile was really fun and made me want to start a new world. Living in Bdubs' basement is such a good setup for some future laughs. Really happy to see you back and having fun.

[@MinimalisticWolf]

For the base I would love to see something just nonsensical, crazy and almost surrealistic. I loved your only inside base you made and the creative process was a joy to see. So something that lets you just do crazy creative stuff would be so fun to see :3

[@liamengram6326]

12:55 The double minecarts are from the chunks being reset. Most of the ocean monuments are tripled up and have 9 elder guardians.

[@donzid9180]

I love that you actually wanted to play the fresh start! Always my favorite part too! So great to see you again Etho! Welcome home! We missed you! Can’t wait to see BDubs reaction to his new tenant!

[@theungodlytroll]

I'm so glad to see someone use cubs Parker across the river

[@Hellrage5076]

17:13 The legendary First Try-dent makes a comeback! Just as Etho talked about items with a story :)

[@eydeet914]

Everyone: "I wanted to go caving, I wanted get the joy of finding your first Diamons" Etho: "your first REDSTONE!" pure Etho moment there xD 14:10

[@faeriehearthwitch6185]

So very nice to have you back! It is always fun seeing early game grinds again! Cub is still using his base at spawn if you need company! Look in the basement of Scar's Tree. I think there might be another apartment for lease! I am sure Cub would love a neighbour! Those double mine chests were crazy!! Looking forward to more adventures of the "Damsel in Distress"! Wishing you the very best!

[@BriefCry]

Vonsway has always been my favourite building style I’ve seen from Etho. Absolutely loved it in S7. Please bring it back this season, i want to see how crazy it can get!! 😄

[@kynston]

Having a hermit start this late actually injects fun new energy. It was great seeing early game play. Kudos to you etho for building more attachment to your season.