Hermitcraft X 1142 Farming Mobs & Teaching Tango!

[@Noo.Bita2000]

X when fighting zombies and skeletons: Aaaaaaaaaawwwwwwww X when fighting the wither: You are useless

[@ChrisBreederveld]

The wither is such a wimp in Java...

[@Bruno.GCF05]

​@@ChrisBreederveldAnd in Bedrock aswell... Barely an inconvenience in general

[@ChrisBreederveld]

Look at you @@Bruno.GCF05 with your fancy pants netherite armor and kitted out gear! The wither is easy enough when you are prepped enough, but it is objectively at least twice as hard on Bedrock edition. If only because it: has twice the health, does more damage, flies faster, has more types of attacks...

[@riztiz]

​@@ChrisBreederveldBedrock also doesn't have the better food/regeneration features so it's harder to heal

[@ChrisBreederveld]

@@riztiz indeed, and if you are unfortunate enough to play on an underpowered console, like the Switch. The amount of lag all the block entities laying about makes fighting at 0.1 fps that much more impossible.

[@albromandude3933]

X yelling insults at the wither was hilarious

[@voltmatrix1250]

Highlight of my day

[@Kombo4196]

Java wither really needs a buff

[@justyce_yt]

​@@Kombo4196As long as they don't make the Java wither like the Bedrock one. He's absolutely OP in Bedrock

[@Kombo4196]

@@justyce_yt No i think that bedrock wither is pretty well done. People just happen to challenge it unprepared and that leads to them losing their stuff. If the wither didint blow up items it would be a perfect boss for minecraft

[@PeanutwormZ]

“IM LITERALLY HUGGING YOU” was my fav bit, i hope someone animates this

[@Sweetarroz]

That Timelapse with your music at the start was something I didn’t know I needed. It was amazing dude

[@JustaFlooke]

Yeah I really like that song

[@bartekowca666]

Black Hordes Rising and Ensl are my favourites from the album

[@veyran8432]

he missed a block :(

[@YoavZilka]

@@veyran8432it bothered me so much you don’t understand

[@ninodv9839]

those fake diamonds are becoming a currency on their own, I see opportunities

[@sohanadhikari6739]

Flashbacks of S8

[@Purrfect_Werecat]

derprocks

[@artsybook]

loving the use of your own music for the timelapses this season!

[@hayden654]

For wither mining: Bring it to second phase with a bow so it stays on your level. Then use snowballs to hit it, since it breaks the blocks around it every time it is hit and snowballs will maintain the process longer than hitting it with a sword. Make sure to have a long tunnel prepped. Question: I haven’t tested can you do turns in the tunnel?

[@littlehellman8198]

Or you just punch the dang thing with an open hand, you can keep it going forever because the wither heals. IDK why hermits who play this game every day struggle so much with this lmao

[@Littleocht]

might be able to use a snowman on a lead, would be fun :-D@@littlehellman8198

[@zarda1484]

@@littlehellman8198 he killed it by punching it. the idea with snowballs is that you can spam to mine faster without having to worry about the wither's health. but to be fair not having a strength beacon and lowering its health all the way down would help.

[@Lahzing]

​@@littlehellman8198 with the snowballs you don't have to worry about your healty

[@cutebears2696]

Cant hit second stage wither with projectiles, i believe snowballs count

[@ubii4447]

17:08 Being locked by freecam is usually caused by taking damage while in freecam mode, and I'm guessing you were withered when you tried entering freecam. I can usually fix this just by quickly going back into and out of freecam, making sure I don't take damage this time.

[@TheMattSturgeon]

This issue was fixed in Freecam v1.2.3, if you're still having issues on that version let me know...

[@Samriddha_Chatterjee]

The music at the intro was absolutely heavenly.

[@didi81_]

It's Xisuma's own music from the Soulside Eclipse album, so good

[@Samriddha_Chatterjee]

@@didi81_ I know dude. He is so talented.

[@genuineBenFan]

that is some sweet tone on the starting timelapse - big fan

[@thomascherones3260]

Other Minecraft KZbinrs keeping a calm and relaxing Timelapse aesthetic and x opening with a sick ass electric guitar

[@noahjacobs7495]

Mining deepslate with withers is one of my favourite things! As long as you can get in a good rhythm with punching and have a long enough tunnel, it is so much quicker than mining it manually and very satisfying!

[@sethchristy3900]

I haven't tested it yet but maybe snowballs work?

[@SyRose901]

@@sethchristy3900 I don't know if snowballs thrown by a player deals damage. Snow Golems do it no problem, but I think player snowballs are different and work much like eggs.

[@sethchristy3900]

@SyRose901 ik they dont do damage, but I'm wondering if it still counts to make them break blocks

[@SyRose901]

@@sethchristy3900 By "not do damage", I mean it doesn't even make them flinch at all.

[@randomplotbunny]

Even the Wither doesn't like mining deepslate

[@breezer5969]

Hey X, just wanted to say that your music is phenomenal

[@Midnightmiaaaaaa]

X’s music in HC videos wasn’t something I knew I needed but daaaamn

[@villep7907]

There's a simple way to reduce the climbing spiders and kill them: signs and water. They climb up, hit the water and swim, then drown. Takes a little while but works if it becomes a problem!

[@rudrodeepchatterjee]

I am in love with the intro! Damn that was a surprise.

[@awerawer0708]

Pretty awesome how much personality your music has, could instantly recognize it as your own work.

[@NikoTheTerrible]

X. that guitar solo you made for the intro timelapse was amazing! Keep it up!

[@sargeyo3123]

Ive been using your music while studying and it is genuinely such a vibe!!! The time-lapse in the beginning was sick :D

[@tlgx884]

As others have said, I’m really loving the soulside eclipse timelapse

[@KumArmand]

use snow ball to trigger the "Wither explosion" it doesn't deal damage that's why we use them in farm ^^

[@cinplux]

You can place open trapdoors a block below the ceiling, and then place water on the ceiling above the trapdoors to drown the spiders! Their drops will fall down to be collected as well

[@mikeblank5734]

Agreed, and very similar to my lava ceiling. I would typically use open fence gates. I'll try trapdoors next time.

[@tonTeufel]

No 10 minute cold open before the intro? Someone must've replaced x with an imposter

[@nathanieldevries4285]

X insulating the wither was the best

[@bell2023]

Yeah it was hilarious when he exfoliated the wither

[@SuperMike2507]

I had to scroll all the way down to find this gem of a comment.🤣 Thank you, you made my day.

[@Smarucify]

Ah Netherack, the best armor in the game 14:22 if you want to hear him say it again

[@bartekowca666]

Quickest intro of the season!

[@AjaxXavior]

Loving that intro your music is so good X

[@50sRockChick]

I love that intro music, X. 🥰

[@sparklestar7852]

Me too!

[@jochem420]

can we take a moment to appreciate the intro song

[@maybethisway2125]

Dude, that opening track. Just chills man, I really mean it. Hats off.

[@UndiedGamer]

Ah yes, wonder where the xisuma before the intro went

[@andrewmasonwerdna]

An use instant harm splash on wither keep its health up, can go forever one guy leads, one guy digs, one guy cleans up with shulkers. When guy is done, have 4th guy come back with shulkers.... Repeat.

[@HeartGamer26]

Oooo starting the episode off with some wonderful Xisuma music during a timelapse

[@SkyfighterZX]

Ppl buying your stuff with the fake diamonds is hilarious😅 oh the carma, here's a retextured stick

[@mcu6023]

Maybe you can slightly relocate the item flushing water to a spot where the water only needs to come from one cardinal direction (thus not from 2 sides like it's currently set up), and release the water with a waterlogged trapdoor. Since the state of trapdoors depend on being (un)powered, they would be self resetting if they ever get out of sync due to partially unloading the farm.

[@Inktoo]

Because spiders have a tendency to go to certain corners over time, it can be helpful to put powdered snow (because it isn't solid, deals damage, and doesn't emit light) in those corners so the spiders don't build up and fill the mob cap.

[@ZachCogswell]

Precisely my comment, put more eloquently than I would have said it ^

[@Jbot123]

An alternative to the magma blocks at the bottom of the mob farm is campfires on top of hoppers. Which one is easier may come down to what you are trying to do with your items. I really liked that intro music, very Floyd-esque.

[@PeanutwormZ]

Xisuma! I also have this free cam glitch! Sometimes for me it helps going into freecam again, clicking, then exiting freecam again and im able to move. It’s usually caused by getting damage while you’re free-camming ive noticed

[@Stephen_Viele]

The Wither mining was actually an Etho idea from last season it is just in the redefining process by Tango and now you apparently.

[@lomiification]

Etho's was ridiculous though. Spam withers in the deep dark, and run around until you've got what you want

[@Therank2100]

Ill assume that was you playing in the intro there X? Not gonna lie it really gave me Steve Vai vibes! man i really need to find the time to go and listen to your back catalogue if thats what im getting every time for sure!

[@erher1433]

you can add water below the ceiling to drown the spiders putting it in each corner blocked by lichen would be the best solution unless you want to be fancy and use powdered snow but I don't think it's any faster

[@mprinkey]

X, spiders tend to climb up to the top of the wall. If you place powdered snow around the top of the chamber, it will kill the spiders or cause them to drop to the bottom. I don't know that it will significantly increase your rates, but it does reduce the annoyance of having them hanging around in general mob farms or spawner farms.

[@ForeverLaxx]

I almost wonder if you could set up a single layer of lava in the fall chamber with spiderwebs below it to slow their decent long enough to die mid-air. This would allow the items to fall to the ground and into water channels without having to worry about mobs surviving the fall in the current design. Still doesn't address the spider issue but in my mind is still a simpler kill method while maintaining your desire to not use hopper minecarts for collection.

[@DJDroz-gh5nt]

Tip: if you use this Wither mining method in a mountain biom you'll get a lot of wither roses as well because of all the infested deepslate you'll encounter. The Bedrock Wither gets you a lot more blocks of his charge attack after he's below half and the explosion that happens at that point and after you kill it. The Bedrock Wither is scary.

[@davidtauriainen9116]

Instead of magma blocks at the bottom, you can use mud with berry bushes to deal the extra damage, and the mud would allow you to use regular hoppers. unless you need the hopper-minecart item flow speed that is...

[@TerebraRobusta]

If you never take the wither to half health you can stand further back and just shoot with arrows. between each arrow and let the wither get health back and you can go on for however long you want. Ive always done a 3 high tunnel so i can stand even further back (idk if 3 high is necessary). While watching I had test it. I was able to get over 10 stacks of deepslate with 54 arrows in under 5 minutes and without getting the withered debuff. Thank you for the amazing videos!

[@Leonardo-cw1dd]

gem found out right away in her previous episode X about the 'diamonds'

[@TomSearle-xx6sc]

Maybe try making ur tunnel three blocks tall so the wither doesn’t break line of sight

[@akr4s1a]

I think the way to do wither mining is to go invis, spawn it and let it idle and shoot blue skulls (the non-targeted, they shoot in random directions if it doesn't see a target) which take out more deepslate.

[@jobelowe688]

Probably already mentioned by others, but if you threw chicken eggs into the tunnel (or any other means to heal the wither) you could get more bore for your skulls. Cheers, good video.

[@mikeblank5734]

Lava ceiling (or suspended/floating lava ceiling) I find is perfect for eliminating spiders that like to climb walls just to hang out.

[@PapaWoofs]

Food for thought, dig the spawn chamber for the wither deeper so that it does not explode as much ceiling and raise as high.

[@andrewmasonwerdna]

Put a piston extender at bottom level, make it off timed with water stop the mobs collect the loot. Simple solution no minecarts. Complicated "coolution" make the pistons do a circle and it chases the water around like a ballet. Stops mobs falling into water but let's them off after waters gone thru.

[@Riztard]

fun fact. you dont need to dig 2 block in front/back of the wall block to prevent it make a bump go all the way down, it only will make bump all the way down only if 1 side get the bump

[@jochem420]

perhaps you can use snowballs to hit the wither so you can stay at a safe distance and not damage the wither either

[@knowbrainer233]

I've heard your opening theme quite a few times now, X, but I gotta say... Something about this video made it really stand out and feel exciting.

[@Whitewingdevil]

You could set your item collecting water to run every 2-3 cycles of killing mobs instead of every cycle if the timing gets harder/awkward, it would leave more item entities around for longer so probably worse for a server, but a potential option if other options don't work out.

[@lepotat3700]

That guitar tone (and soloing) is chef's kiss. Love it man.

[@TheColorCraftMC]

I am sure it has been done because there is usually nothing new under the sun, but that was a super creative way to use water streams on the mob farm collection system. Gets my imagination flowing for other applications like that.

[@milseq]

Once again I have to state the obvious - your music album is great!

[@aidanvs8902]

The harpsichord was a little odd at first but sounded so good when the heavy guitar came in, love the mix

[@simonperreault6740]

If you want optimal result for the wither you take a weakness potion once it is at half Health with a wooden sword knockback 2 and resistance / all you can get as defense buff, then you wack it against the wall again and again

[@Patchnote2.0]

Hey X, spiders sticking to the walls isn't the only reason to expand out the walls! If the walls are too close then pack spawns will fail more often, reducing rates. 7 is my personal favorite margin.

[@dutch_and_dimes]

The Wither will not break blocks unless it maintains aggro. To aggro the Wither, all you have to do is hit it or have direct line of sight to it. Hitting the wither with snowballs doesn't deal damage, and maintains the aggro, so be sure to keep it in Melee mode and throw snowballs at it :D

[@annoyingalien2082]

I have been really enjoying your music in the time-lapses! P.S.: I really like Esnl and Stellar Ascension!

[@shaydedj]

Intro music reminded me of Joe Satriani, my favorite guitarist!

[@icypiston]

Hey X, you can use the Auth Me Fabric mod and you can re-validate your session without restarting the game, it adds like a little button where you can reauthenticate. 👍

[@justinhackbarth8147]

I regularly wither mine 100 block tunnels solo, its usually the perfect timing to collect the first blocks the wither breaks before they despawn

[@viktorphoenix0018]

The intro music remember me a lot to Steve Vai, just beautifull

[@luissmith9092]

i would recommend to alternate the floors for the water flushing in the mob farm so that there are always spawnable Blocks in the farm and no spawn ticks "go to waste".

[@mikeblank5734]

Unfortunately that would kill his 'water washing loot off the magma blocks on the bottom'; no time between drops to dispense the water without preventing safe landing for the mobs dropping down.

[@SyRose901]

Withers only explode blocks upon being hit- I think ianxofour's obsidian farm exploits this trait on the obsidian platform that loads every time an object goes through an end portal. Withers passively heal, so punching and slashing is actually pretty good.

[@daturtlegod-2387]

The wither went to anger management

[@sparklestar7852]

Yes, I agree

[@WideTinyDad]

I know it's only a recent change, but using your own music has really made the recent videos just feel more "Xisuma" to me and I love it

[@madeleineruusu]

I really like what you did with the collection system for the mob farm! figuring out how to use water is genius

[@_Zak786]

Decket out in netherack 14:22 ❤❤❤

[@JulioMercado]

I think the issue with the Wither is because of the changes to mob AI to not attack through trapdoors and other changes, it doesn't have eye contact with the player. Is the same with the iron golems on the end gateway portal, Wither's head is inside the block so no eye contact

[@jhjgames3842]

You could further prolong the wither fight if you used potions of harming, I believe that may heal the wither as it does with other undead mobs. Have not tested it, so it may not work on boss mobs, but thought I would throw that out there!

[@_ikako_]

surely if you have magma blocks, it doesn't really matter if some mobs survive when the water is active for drop collection - they'll just die once the water is removed anyway

[@heythisisreal]

11:23 "And we're actually gonna hook up with tango and show him how it's done" is such a crazy sentence that I did not think I would hear from Xisuma 😳😳😳

[@Emancy3]

😂😂😂😂

[@Emancy3]

Tango: "are you front and I'm behind or?"

[@radar9790]

That opening guitar riff had such a Joe Satriani feel to it. Amazing stuff Xisuma.

[@real1cytv]

You can also use snowballs when fighting the wither. It will act the same as your punches.

[@LetterThirteen]

I really enjoy your music you are using during your timelapse’s.

[@syndahra]

X! I am so glad to be hearing your music in these videos!

[@ember_ella]

Love the extended intro timelapse this episode, always love hearing a bit more of your music in your episodes!

[@gerobi1233]

I read the title and thought we would have dancing lessons this episode lol

[@omichromium]

Oh yeah i've had the issue with freecam locking up the player, i happened when you get damaged while you're in freecam. To get rid of it, what you need to do is very quickly double click the f4 or whatever button is your hotkey for freecam between the damage ticks OR wait until the wither runs out and then go into freecam then out again, because if you just go freecam then get damaged, you'll get locked up again.

[@thebooduck]

It somehow feels like this episode got an exceptionally good flow, did you change something deliberately?

[@kjono4611]

You could use powdered snow to deal with the spiders that climb, saves needing to do too much additional work.

[@tomdaturtle5792]

I'm loving the edition of his own music, it's so amazing!

[@zmeel4330]

you should use waterlogged trapdoors instead of dispensers at the bottom of the mobfarm to prevent unloading of chunks from breaking the sequence!

[@jmnero4447]

I'd replace the dispensers with waterlogged trapdoors. That way, no matter what occurs, the redstone will correct itself instead of desynced dispensers.

[@ItsEalain]

its so funny seeing how you and tango did the wither strip mine, after a long time on my server, i have already taught all my friends how to do it, and that's' how i regularly strip mine, because normal strip mining isnt interesting enough xD

[@TimmyGC]

You should be able to place obsidian above the wither skulls to keep it from floating up at the beginning.

[@AmIne-wl1zk]

For that wither trick try damaging it with snow balls from a bit far he will try getting to you and break blocks in his way

[@atharvabamnodkar8190]

What could be better is having a longer tunnel and throwing splash potion of healing to continuously heal wither so you can get much more stone

[@NFann]

it looks like the wither is losing line of sight, maybe make the tunnel 3 or 4 tall. I can never get over how easy the wither is on java compared to bedrock. loving the backing tracks, awesome job with them

[@jennareally]

Your wither fight versus Tango and Gems wither fight was comically different.

[@sparklestar7852]

Yes!

[@jindmen]

If you want to keep the wither for longer time, you can throw snowballs at him. They do not damage him but he should be breaking blocks.

[@zarda1484]

Crazy how much the auto-crafter adds to Minecraft. You could assume it'll take away from the game but it makes you want to build a giant factory that crafts everything. You could play for years building factory after factory and interlinking them all. The 'crafting' in Minecraft becomes what you do to the world around you and not what you do in a user interface.