How To Not Get Bored in Minecraft! ▫ The Minecraft Survival Guide (Tutorial Let's Play) [Part 288]

The Minecraft Survival Guide continues! Today we get theoretical, and I outline how not to get bored in Minecraft - or how to avoid burnout - and whether or not you should worry about that.
The series will teach you how to master Survival Mode, and will also be my Single Player Let's Play series!
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[@hellsterp1893]

I've gotten bored with minecraft a few times, so i just took a bit of time away from it doing other things, and came back to it

[@XxJetGxX]

Me too and im not a creative person i get burn out so fast :(

[@islandwarriorxgaming9613]

@@XxJetGxX play survival then lmfao

[@mati5185]

@@islandwarriorxgaming9613 LMFAO I played survival for not a long time, beat all the bosses and that's it. I am not a creative person too so I just stopped playing because I just had nothing to do

[@SunroseStudios]

oh yeah, taking breaks definitely falls under step 5

[@kuzuyeah8226]

Play hardcore to get a little bit challenging to survive

[@noenAndre]

Mountain update: "doesn't exist" Pixlriffs: Fine, i'll do it myself

[@adrianpaul1985]

the snow is snowier than before

[@adnan4112]

Mountain snow update: pix doesn't spread snow in mountain SNOW: fine I'll do it myself

[@dankcraft7386]

hehe thanks

[@36mystic727]

Mojang said there will be one soon

[@_Joshua1004_]

Yet

[@YouTube]

All these tips 👏

[@sheerabdhiniranjan3501]

Oh wow KZbin noticed pixel riffs!!!

[@Rea_per]

Is that the real KZbin ?

[@Candybaum]

KZbin why are you here

[@eliastta437]

OmG youtube watches Pixilrffs???

[@redrockbro3679]

Bruh KZbin be playing Minecraft

[@fWhip]

This is a great look into the topic of not getting bored in Minecraft! Really cool to see the original build screenshots Pix! Keep it up :)

[@ryanlam213]

@fwhip no way! When I started minecraft you were the first youtuber I followed. I started watching your videos around source block and took a break. Recently I have come back to your channel and cant thank you enough for your great content. We luv u and you too pixlriffs :)

[@micahleinbach5329]

Technoblade in MCC 8 Called you (this is a pronunciation) Eff Wip also he said to kill you after quib so he thinks ur good :)

[@ameerdahbour8794]

@@micahleinbach5329 Is he called fwhip where you combine the f and whip or is it f (eff) whip

[@micahleinbach5329]

@@ameerdahbour8794 tbh depends on the person I dont know what the official pronunciation is tho.

[@Miguol641]

Hey Fwhip

[@noafproductions6144]

Replace every time he says "Minecraft" with "Life" and you have yourself a free 20 minute therapy session.

[@madisonc6371]

noafproductions step five “you don’t have to play life” *incoming depressing thoughts I’ve suppressed for 7 years”

[@robertsanchez3876]

that just makes this a very dark video

[@yanskidoodle]

Good thing I don't like PvP then hehe.

[@dalek3273]

7:28

[@ssprytecranberry4094]

Life is a sandbox game

[@northwoodshaman]

Anyone else feel like they kinda get overwhelmed rather than bored? Like what to do, harvest my crops, go to the nether, adventure some more, go mining, expand on my house, decorate, landscape? There’s so much to do at any time you want that I find myself not being able to pick and just running around my property in circles looking at everything

[@flyingdoggo9887]

Depends on what your mood is, If you want an adventure or an adrenaline rush then I strongly suggest the nether. If you just had a near death experience and need to calm down, harvest your crops. If you're just bored and/or have no ideas, then go mining. Whatever fits your mood.

[@pizzapug2663]

i feel the same way

[@Sean-hc6bh]

Space it out, don’t do it all at once. Automate some of your farms so you don’t need to keep harvesting. Use the nether system to travel long distance in minimal time. take months to enjoy. Instead of weeks :,)

[@BENJA021100]

@@flyingdoggo9887 nah the Nether before 1.16 was very tame, if you want difficult figths and exploration you play Terraria and if you want to just relax go for Minecraft 😎

[@Brandon-yd3rk]

Honestly no. Quite the opposite. The game has nothing to do. Thats why i play MC with 200+ mod modpacks

[@Dokumashin]

I think my main issue, other than pilling things up, is that I can't get things to look how I imagine them or i can't get clear images of things I want to make.

[@Boosher_]

you just make stuff however you want , you should still have a vague idea of what your doing but i mostly do stuff as i go so you could try that to or something like that

[@jcipo6951]

just try, and you practice and get better at getting what you want

[@itstrending8440]

@@Boosher_ i only thing is i get bored by not imagining houses and stuff i copy from youtube every time

[@flavor6631]

Compromise

[@chrisserna2688]

go to creative first and keep building what you want to build till you get it right it might take 2-5 times to get it to your liking but everything good takes time soo

[@devaadityas79]

I respect you for saying "don't play Minecraft",even though your career suggests to maximise the amount of Minecrafters.

[@rosbyduhart5884]

thanks....I'm a 62-year-old player. I love starting a new base..I was just doing survival. Right now I'm messing about in creative and using it to become a better builder. One thing I did was build my own village from scratch and then turn the village 'on' in survival and let it run. I tagged my villagers and gave them names watching their progress. I also have tried new mods like the one with the built-in map so I can retrace my steps without using F3. You're right there are a lot of diffrent ways to switch up the game.

[@aduptuniform2647]

62!! Omg much love my man

[@_Abjuranax_]

59 here. Catching up quick, lol. Who says Boomers don't know how to play.

[@wlll1235]

Wait, what's that map mod?

[@mongocom1735]

I found recreating my corrupted world really entertaining and nostalgic

[@lilz9944]

Dude, y'all older people who play Minecraft are the coolest... Much respect to y'all

[@psyo_nade3177]

In my personal experience, Leaving the game for sometime helps. After a while I missed the game and got back on.

[@purplefire2834]

I agree, even if it's just for a few days. Depending on how your burnout feels, it can also help to stop watching Minecraft content as well.

[@donyx0604]

exactly, i would feel tired to juts keep on playing minecraft so i would just not plya the game for couple of days and then play it again after i feel more motivated. if i still feel bored, i would just walk aroun my base and think what i could build

[@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock]

And yeah, honestly, one of the things I love most about this game is the amazing community. People like yourself, mumbo jumbo, silentwhisperer are seriously talented teachers.

[@Boosher_]

i exist to lol but im trash

[@eisaranderee610]

Are you a bedrock player

[@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock]

@@eisaranderee610 yeah. You can tell right

[@lowmid9427]

@@Boosher_ i sAW YOUR CHANNEL IT IS GOOD

[@filbertovandette]

Pix: "...find out what the SciCraft guys are up to." SciCraft Guys: *flips switch* "it's a machine that removes the world using cake and fishing rods."

[@christopherderaadt4367]

Lol, yeah that sounds about right

[@new2pc960]

They can turn their server to peaceful by flipping a switch... it crams the world with bats so no other mobs can spawn lol

[@onlyarham]

@@new2pc960 Actually its shulkers from the End, I think.

[@sergiormusic1221]

@@new2pc960 shulkers

[@theholyhay1555]

This is like when you and your dad have that one deep conversation

[@wlll1235]

The deepest conversation ever

[@matty_daddy]

TheHoly Hay what’s a dad

[@ohsh3t314]

@@matty_daddy your father. the one who raised you

[@rosendanailov3238]

Imagine having a dad, lol

[@ngthwjwjk2870]

@@rosendanailov3238 why does your profile pic look like a zombie gerard way

[@Frothiesac]

I found out that playing with friends is my thing. Also a couple months ago i was getting bored, so i started a new world and found a mushroom biome, that encouraged me to play.

[@baranorak4080]

I can never play with friends because whenever I do I always end up being way more dedicated than them... So what if I beat the ender dragon in a few days? (Jk I understand why they take it slowly)

[@skepticmonkey6923]

@@baranorak4080 I know what you're saying, im the same, always a step ahead of them in some area, but i still enjoy playing with friends, firstly you get to divide tasks between each other, but its much more fun and allows for some interesting projects ( ex: a PVP arena. )

[@mrthomas2635]

Hello Pixlriffs, I just wanted to say that your series is really awesome. You’ve inspired me, I came back to minecraft because of you. I really hope you will read this Have a good day

[@stupidbot7447]

Me too

[@melaniep.]

I love Minecraft! My son loves that I do and we play together often in the 2 years since I got it. That being said, I still haven't fought the dragon. The first year and a half I only explored or used creative mode without even knowing what I was doing. I'd watch your videos and I still didn't know what I was doing but the exploration was my biggest tear of the pyramid. Next was finding villages. I love villagers, even the wondering trader with his silly trades. I've only recently begun actually building useful things such as storage rooms. Building is becoming my second tear and I'm learning that it's best to build well away from a village. My current goal is to start a new world and try to follow an organized way to the End dimension finally. We truly loved this video Pix!

[@MaMaTArtlife]

My adult Neice & Nephew got me into it when we were moving away. It took me 9 months before I would play survival with mobs turned on, it's still on easy mode however I am more obsessed now. This game has so many different ways to keep entertained, and if you get bored you just make a lil change and it's an all new game for you. I hope you enjoy playing for years to come. Game on sweety

[@jessicawerner1297]

Thats perfectly okay! i've played since 2011 and i still havent fought the dragon. GO at your own pace!

[@N8Harris99]

Let me just say when you do beat the dragon it is the most satisfying moment in a video game ever

[@MaMaTArtlife]

@@jessicawerner1297 I have been playing almost a year, and I have only fought the dragon in creative mode. I 100% agree with you play the game at your own pace. I think that is part of the reason so many people world wide, and any age group love this game.

[@_Abjuranax_]

I've just recently defeated the Dragon after playing the game for a couple of years myself, but I needed to go to the End to find Elytra so I can Map my Oceans before 1.16 comes out and makes Shipwrecks and Underwater Ruins more rare. The main project I was working on was to move out of my Spawn Chunks as it was getting too laggy to stay there, and I always knew the End wasn't going anywhere. So I guess my favorite part of the game is prepping for the next updates, and having the best gear and weapons in the game. I even have a complete catalog of Librarians and have recently moved them to the Nether from my Spawn Chunks. By working on projects until they are done, or at least until other projects start to feel neglected, I can always have something to do and to come back to when I feel like it.

[@divinehorror2543]

I'm an explorer at heart, I love lassoing my first horse and crafting a map to explore. I always try to make my worlds different but I always fall back on a Central Hub (Usually a Spire or Castle depending on terrain) and then explore the surrounding landscape, interacting with the villagers and collecting plants or animals for my gardens or zoo's. Minecraft to me is a feel good game, its easy to get carried away and bite off more than you can chew, but at the same time theres no pressure to succeed. This is your world, if you can't finish that city or tower, just smooth the rougher edges and call it a ruin.

[@Villle89]

I just build farms I like the tecnical part of the game

[@purplefire2834]

I like this way of looking at it, thank you!

[@travisstroman-spaniel6091]

I do love turning bad builds into ruins

[@unrealpigzgaming8014]

@@Villle89 I love hoarding stuff for building farms.

[@tonythegreat4275]

5:01 Damn my first house was a dirt hut, I made dirt huts for like a year of playing, before I actually started making good looking houses, now I make redstone survival castles.

[@Julia67838]

Pixlriffs: I’m going to build mountains Me: destroying mountains bc i hate going across them

[@naemek9675]

Maybe dig a tunnel?

[@mr_niceman]

lmao I am still playing minecraft, and...my tip is: when you play til a point that it feels more like a job than a game, take a break

[@DavidLatham-productiondave]

That's good advice. In my single player world at the moment I'm not rushing for the dragon. I'm focusing on building a useful spawn area and then eventually I'll kill the dragon and grab some wings and move out to another place in the world and start a new base. Then I'll have a need to make a nice nether hub etc. This way, I can kinda tinker in the world without feeling stressed. Some days I grab a copy of the world and fire it up in creative to develop my build skills. (I'm not a great builder but am getting better) I find that being patient is helping me with getting the planning and design right. My environment has more of a considered feel to it now. The main thing is, for the first time in ages, I'm excited about the long term prospects for this world.

[@zedcloud4252]

if you ask me 'what's the best (the most useful guide) episode of this series?' my answer is 'THIS IS IT !!! thanks Pixlriffs and keep going with this series!! XD

[@purplefire2834]

I've seen a lot of guides for "how to start inspired/not get bored in Minecraft" but this one is absolutely the best. And frankly, this advice can apply to a lot of other things too.

[@SA-vl9dr]

My 9*9 layer is Redstone 7*7 layer is Progression 5*5 is building 3*3 is Exploration and the beacon is Combat

[@aduptuniform2647]

Wow

[@myheadbro6214]

Same

[@_Abjuranax_]

Combat is probably my least favorite aspect as well, but I really enjoy having the best weapons and armor available, and I like accomplishing other goals besides just killing mobs. Like in my recent Dragon fight, I also managed to pick up 3 stacks of Dragons Breath, and I plan on doing that every time that I fight the Dragon.

[@Anonymous-dz8nh]

Same

[@Ivan-jt1gz]

My 9*9 layer is exploration 7*7 layer is building 5*5 progression 3*3 redstone Beacon fighting

[@AlleyDev]

I first played minecraft several years ago but found it difficult as I had no idea what I doing. Decided to buy it for my switch and after finding this series, I actually feel there is a purpose and I love learning all the things that can be done. My husband has now got back into it and we play on a realm together and both my young daughters love playing in creative on their iPads. I’m not very good at building but I’m enjoying the challenges of learning and exploring. About to undertake my first red stone project soon.

[@Pixlriffs]

Family servers are so wholesome :)

[@scott040877]

Wow @pixlriffs ... I think that may have been my favourite episode thus far. Bravo. I got to a stage where I wasn't sure what I wanted to do next in my game, so I did two things - one, I went into my daughter's creative world and built a giant Spongebob and left it there for her to discover. Two, I pulled out my art supplies and started doing a new illumination / calligraphy project in the evenings. Switch it up - I still have a creative outlet I can go to, and when I'm done with it, I'll go back and pick something new to challenge myself in Minecraft... :)

[@phrebh]

Since my third world, oh so long ago, my goal has always been to flatten a normally generated, legacy console-sized world. I played a single world for almost 4 years on my PS Vita before starting a KZbin series with a new PS4 world. Coming up on two years later and I'm still not done, but the goal keeps my interest alive. I spent hours last night nibbling away at a mountain and repairing tools and wasn't bored at all. Or on drugs, thank you very much Randall. :)

[@fallonfireblade4404]

Or on drugs 😂 The fact that we need to specify that shows the problem in our society... But anyway, nice job!

[@phrebh]

@@fallonfireblade4404 It's a reference to an old xkcd comic, but yeah. 😀

[@MakusinMeringue]

@@fallonfireblade4404 Reference explained: person gets wisdom teeth out and is going to be on painkillers for a while, friend suggests they get set up on their minecraft server. Hours later, the person has flattened the entire world and put it into layers. Friend is confused and astonished.

[@sorry2104]

16:06 "The controversial step 5" *plays stal* I see what you did there

[@islandwarriorxgaming9613]

lOl

[@fIamangoes]

jschlatt is *Q U A K I N G*

[@bluehawaii30]

the way I found to keep me interested and having fun while playing was to allow cheats and start using the creative mode. I`m a building guy too and after I managed to construct all the simpler stuff, I found myself with no free time necessary to gather resources for the more ambitious/sophisticated project. and with no advancements on those, I found me starting to get really bored and frustrated. so I decided to start using creative, because you know, it is not a crime or anything, and found myself having fun again now that I don`t need to spend X hours gathering all the resources.

[@John69420]

Same

[@troutdude123]

If _I_ build something _without_ cheating, I feel success, and some sort of accomplishment. Thats probably the main reason that I like survival more than creative

[@Luca-zw9fc]

Your videos are how I not get bored in Minecraft

[@holo379]

I'm not gonna lie, mining is kind of my favorite thing

[@baconcool5834]

Ye same i like finding diamonds

[@shubhambhosale7043]

What I love in Minecraft is it’s survival aspect, the hunting, cooking staying alive, really grinding and scavenging for resources, etc. what happens is when i get to mid to endgame, the game’s help like stuff starts to get over, looting on sword, fortune on pick axe, and everything then has mending. At that point 99% for me the grind is over, I don’t have to hunt for food, loot for resources (because I already got diamond armour and don’t need more) I started a new world and got full diamond set with tools and weapons all enchanted to max, just within 4 day. I don’t have a roof on my head I sleep in open fields, have a storage room with no roof. And now I’m thinking twice before playing Minecraft that do I wanna play that world? Because I have ideas and plans like building a kingdom of mine full of villages and have villagers with mending and all available, just the building part is left. But the grind is done, of survival. I really want to survive on the edge. I tried adding mods for the game, but there are no mods for 1.15.2 like thirst and temperature (tough as nails is perfect but discontinued and only available till 1.12.2) what I can do now is just wait I guess for a thirst mod to come out for 1.15.2 and higher or play the game with self limitations to the enchantments and stuff like that to keep me on edge, like only using iron tools and below. Mending is great but that thing takes the grinding out for me. Sorry if I’ve made to big comment, I tried to tell my point and take my frustration out a little bit by talking to you guys 😅😅😅

[@tombignell]

This helped me get back to my “finished” op world. Thank you

[@zeda9513]

THANK YOU i needed this! love the vids dude keep it up

[@MaMaTArtlife]

Great questions to ask yourself to keep playing. I love doing it all, I love to build, absolutely love mining, and even love tinkering around with redstone. That's why I love your videos, cause you have it all.

[@TheAnnyParker]

I've been binging this series since Christmas and just finally caught up. What a perfect episode to end up on

[@triciajones7604]

Pixlriffs just wanted to thank you. A year ago I was looking at minecraft and wondering why anyone would want to play a game basically made of blocks. Now after binge watching your survival guide, i am starting to explore red stone and auto farms. I am not really into the combat side of the game, so just prefer to explore and build. When I get bored or start to lack inspiration I either watch videos from content creators like yourself or I hop on a creative world with my 5 year old grandaughter and build a pixel art penguin just because we could. Also you want to say binge listened to The Spawn Chunks and loved it. Keep up the fantastic work you do.

[@diobrando6245]

Even for me that play creative mode and creates many things with the help of command blocks and more, there's still times where I can get bored and abandoned my work. This video is surely help a lot for not just Minecraft survivor but also for Minecraft creator. Great guide mate

[@darthlynx5792]

Right when I abandoned my world! Love you pix, you give us what we want!

[@eminebiu438]

Thank you Pix, for all of your videos.. Minecraft needs a lot of work and you have a great passion for it!! Hope you are well!

[@MathFarawila]

This series has really given me inspiration and showed me the extent I can accomplish in Minecraft. Thank you!

[@themcmonty9604]

I love how you used the "beacon pyramid" to describe your enjoyment of the types of gameplay. Although I am not playing at your level, I would have to say, my pyramid of enjoyment would look the same. Thank you for this video, Brilliant!

[@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock]

A much needed coffee and a chat with Pixlriffs. Great video. As a viewer, too, of the survival guide, I appreciate the diversity of the videos you've been producing lately.

[@passioninmyeyes555]

Honestly Pix, this is exactly the video I needed right now. Extremely important words and with all said, I think its time for a break. But I will be back and I will still keep up with your videos. They are what first got me inspired to play this game initially. Thanks for the amazing content!

[@Iselihome143]

this helped inspire me to play survival so thank you so much, it also helps me feel less “guilty” from needing a break from the game. it feels like taking a break from a game that doesn’t end feels like quitting but this made me realize no i can just come back more fueled and more inspired.

[@kate6904]

I think the reason why I like your videos so much Pixlriffs, is because I seem to have a similar set of interests in the game... I'm definitely a builder, I get bored with the grind and progression after a while and tend to switch to creative so I can just build stuff, but watching your videos, I've kind of been inspired to stick with survival and build IN survival. I'm ashamed to say, I've been playing since alpha, and I've never fought the Ender Dragon, or the Wither... the Dragon is my next challenge lol

[@Lenicyl]

Nice video....like said, multiplayer is actually awesome 😎 ....u don’t get bored, trust me...u won’t even go back to survival, it’s that good Edit: Multiplayer is the largest part of my pyramid

[@user-tt9cr8pv7l]

But I have no friends :(

[@rhamby3470]

@@user-tt9cr8pv7l there are servers online with unique games , you don't need to get your friends to play minecraft

[@user-tt9cr8pv7l]

@@rhamby3470 yeah but it's not that fun, I prefer playing with friends on a sever or a realm

[@AysaMetric]

@@user-tt9cr8pv7l agreed. My burnout is caused by the server I admin though, so it's kinda hard to have any inspiration to play. So I'm playing Sea of Thieves for now.

[@lyvaellaevans]

Multiplayer absolutely changes everything. Being a part of that community brings so much more to the experience. As much as I love multiplayer, though, I still love single player as well. I tend to bounce back and forth.

[@mattsully5332]

good episode, and important ideas for literally anything you do in life. Love your series, thanks for everything you do.

[@proamazingmk3747]

I just love this dude he’s so energetic and it’s so helpful! Thank you for all of this!

[@noahraikes9374]

Him: "eventually you will get bored of eating the same thing over and over again. Even if it's something like Pizza." Me: "impossible"

[@TheCelticTrio]

Depends on the pizza

[@bullcipher]

Noah Raikes bruh pizza is one of the foods im never bored of

[@LilGril10]

I was searching this a few hours before you uploaded. This is sooo wierd. Great video btw.

[@KCS4LifeOFFICIAL]

I really like what you did with this video! You went over your past builds and did a ton of work getting all those clips together 🔥🔥🔥

[@rudydaninja1351]

I'm a technical player at heart, I love making any and all kinds of mob farms. I recently finished an enderman farm and will shortly be moving on to a wither skeleton farm (both based off of your videos). Love the series man, keep it up!

[@chadessjazz780]

Needed this thank you for being an inspiration😂😂✌

[@JustFun-eh2es]

I just loved how he sounds "Redstone Guru" 😂♥️

[@_pranavgoyal]

This video was really needed for me.. Thanks a lot pix, amazing vid

[@12wilsode]

Great video!! Super well thought out and love the consideration you put into thinking of the different types of problems players run into. Really appreciate it!

[@timbroski4487]

Very good video! My pyramid looks exactly the same as yours does. I like how you look at all the aspects, and not forcing an idea upon the viewer. Everytime I see a survival guide video pop up, I get excited to watch it and play MC myself (tbh Mojang should pay you, I bought the game because of your videos). Thanks for all the things that you have done, and are going to do. Best of luck and I hope your channel will grow! Edit: I love the podcasts btw

[@alphaarcs1611]

Don’t normally comment but great episode Pixlriffs!

[@herculean616]

You can also do a soft-restart. Starting all over again without deleting your world. Put all your gear, tools and materials in a chest with just leaving yourself with a stack of food. Then just continue walking in one direction until you your food is finally finished. Back to square one. This is good since you can always visit your old bases and enjoy the memories.

[@tracycolletta]

Great video! Exactly what I needed right now in my Minecraft adventure... some perspective :-)

[@SandyMergui]

uploaded 40 minutes ago and 3880 views! Thats impressive and its 6:40 in the US! Its my lunch time here in South Africa I watch your videos everyday! love them!

[@siqeth7840]

hes from the uk but its cool knowing people from SA watch him too

[@SandyMergui]

@@siqeth7840 yes I know he is in the UK :) I just thought it was an interesting time of day to be posting a video as most people tend to wait for the US... It's nice to see a KZbinr load a video when he is ready - which feels like my lunch time most times.

[@diegosantacruz5676]

I've been waiting for this video title my whole life.

[@clairwilliamson7577]

This video is such an encouragement. Thanks for making it. I love your channel. It helps me to enjoy the game.

[@villep7907]

This was such a great video, edited so well, to make it interesting all the way through! Also some great points that came up. Good work:)

[@lyvaellaevans]

Thank you so much for this video!! I've played Minecraft for nine years now and yet I still learn something from you. Personally, my problem is not boredom or burnout. My issue is staying focused. Minecraft encourages creativity and imagination. There are so many options that I find it difficult to sit still and finish one project before I have twenty ideas for more. Once I allow myself to get sidetracked, I have a hard time going back and finishing a previous project because that's an "old" idea. That being said, Minecraft is meant to be fun. It's a game. It is entertainment. Whether I finish a project or not, I am having an incredible amount of fun and am most definitely entertained. In response to your inquiry, my "pyramid" is builder, exploration, progress, and combat. I enjoy the benefits of redstone farms when I'm on a server with a friend, but in single player I rarely do anything redstone related other than a simple smelter or minecart rails. … Oh and the frequent updates are wonderful and fun, but also just give me more distractions. lol P.S. Actually, my pyramid would have villagers squeezed in after builder and before exploration. They bring more life to the world, in my opinion, and I thoroughly enjoy interacting with them, "refurbishing" their village, etc.

[@lyvaellaevans]

@@ann_onn Excellent idea. :) You are right, of course. Iron farms are so much easier now even a non-redstoner like myself has a shot. :)

[@_Abjuranax_]

Projects do get broader as you progress through the game, and there is literally no way that you can start and complete each project as you get to it. After awhile, you just have to work on a project until something else demands your attention. Cows and Crops grow, smelters smelt etc. and you have to feed them, quite often it seems.

[@salemwhite2446]

I’d say my beacon piece is PVP, not a fan of fighting things in general, not very interesting to me. My diamond layer is Redstone. I use it if I have to but I actually prefer keeping things manual, it makes it all more fun for me to feel like I’m gathering resources all the time, like my hard work is paying off again and again. Gold is progression. I love checking off objectives but it’s not a make or break part of my fun. Emerald is building. I adore taking an area of cool landscape and making it into something beautiful. I sometimes just spend twenty minutes or so running around my realm and standing on high ground to look at my builds from above because I’m so proud of them, even if they aren’t perfect or expert level. Iron is definitely exploration. I love filling in maps, finding shipwrecks, exploring ruins, mapping out caves, and discovering villages. I’d spend all my time exploring if I knew I could get back home to my builds easily, but since I haven’t quite mastered the art of making a nether hub that’s tricky to do. I usually end up downloading maps from other people and exploring those when I have free time just to scratch that itch.

[@old_man_lag]

Excellent video. I enjoyed your illustration of the food pyramid.

[@Fire32Ball]

Oh my gosh, I’ve been looking for a video like this! My friends won’t play for long because they always get board and we run out of ideas. This is perfect!

[@greenstonegecko]

Beacon: Progression (I despise the first few days in minecraft... their worthless in the end, they dont contribute to my larger goals, they don't have purpose imo (this is why i play more minigames than survival and why I have such hard time playing singleplayer)) Diamond layer: PvP (yes I like pvp but ive gotten bored of it) Gold layer: Exploration, I like to go caving, find landscapes, villages, dungeons etc (I map every place I go to) Emerald layer: Building, I'm a perfectionist, everything has to be perfect (this why first survival days are annoying to me: I can't perfect it because I don't have the resources to perfect it, I get frustrated and stop) Redstone: Prototech, SciCraft is a dream to me, they perfect everything, optimize everything and nothing better exists, small scale farms aren't good enough for me (Singleplayer gets frustrating because of this) But If you give me redstone I'll for sure know what to do with it! In creative world I built an AI that recognizes numbers :D (inspired of Vsauce) or a virtual pet (Etho made Wilson for example) Get me on an end-game level and I'll be happy (I dont really care about the first days: Where to build a base for the long term, What to build in the first days, how I can become End-game etc

[@sloin3913]

I'm trash at redstone

[@bills1377]

@@sloin3913 been playing for ages and still cant do it lmao

[@maggiedineen6877]

I love red stone but I suck at it, building is my favorite

[@alexedinborough8040]

Currently rebuilding my village close to my base on my realm I share with my daughter and her friends. Came up with the idea after watching some of the videos she watches of changing it to an oriental themed village with pagoda's and more coloured trees. Ties in beautifully with Japanese folklore of 5 realms - Earth (the village), Water (my base is supposed to be an underwater base overlooking a coral reef), fire (Nether Hub castle design), Air (I've always wanted to do a floating Island) and Spirit (another floating island full of undead). Current project is two multi-drop waterfalls, one either side of the cave complex I'm building in the foothill by the village for the Blacksmiths in the Earth Realm. Also want to zombify and heal every villager for cheaper trades :-). so quite a bit to keep me entertained ;-)

[@_Abjuranax_]

Before Minecraft, Dads used to build Doll Houses for their Daughters. Welcome to the digital age.

[@NichtNafe]

This is the best guide I have seen so far! Thank you for this video

[@triskalion9627]

I LOVE YOU FOR DOING THIS, i think you put a huge amount of thinking into this video and it noticeable, it's an amazing video!!!

[@maxplayer7956]

love your content..hope they take you in hermitcraft season 7 :)

[@tahliaborck]

Constro Gaming yeah that’d be amazing

[@Pixlriffs]

Not happening, but hopefully you continue to enjoy Skyblock and the Survival Guide!

[@kool-aid1824]

Who's gonna do the recap?

[@yogitshankar6348]

@@kool-aid1824 it is a show for the fans by the fans someone has to step up

[@Maheesha]

@GamerGee512 1 beacuase joinng a SMP would ruin his current series beacuase he has to devide attention. and we know how uneffiently deviding attention and closing a series out of no where could affect a youtuber (like mr phythonMC for example) 2 who would do the hermtcraft recap....

[@lepaondesalon]

When I get to the point of saturation, I switch to another game but still watch minecraft videos. The ideas still roam in the inconscience.

[@arinyates6886]

Absolutely loved this video. Just what I needed to hear at this moment in time.

[@peanut_1088]

Thanks, Pixlriffs. Really some great tips they are!

[@necrofear9896]

This is what pythonmc needs. Dude starts and gives up on series faster then me. Lol

[@BuilderJay29]

I stopped watching him a long time ago because of that

[@nickkyri1870]

This video is incredibly important! To add to Pixl's amazing points: Even if you take on a bigger project than you should, you don't have to force yourself to carry through with it anyway, ignore it and do other things that you enjoy more, eventually you're gonna come back to it with the will to finish it! If you think you're gonna lose track of the projects you leave unfinished, grab a book and quill and write them down!

[@KCS4LifeOFFICIAL]

I got to episode 30 on my youtube series before I got bored. I salute you for the dedication. All I did was take like a week or two away from the game, and I got inspiration back. Doing big projects, you just gotta keep pushing and thinking about the final product. Thanks for the new video Pix

[@TalenLee]

A thing that Pixlriffs misses - which is understandable, it's kind of invisible - is that looking at what people are doing is a level of playing this game. If you're having fun watching minecraft videos, or seeing things other people do, that's fine. Lots of times there are going to be comments on these videos that kind of bemoan 'oh, what he's building is great, what I build is a dirt box,' and that's kind easy to give into, but if you see someone doing something in a video and you're impressed or enjoy it, _but don't want to make it yourself_ that's absolutely fine and worth respecting. It's an amazing game and there's no real wrong way to play

[@Pixlriffs]

That’s kind of a point I wanted to make within the “pace yourself” point, but I figured it’s kinda counterintuitive for me to say “hey, you don’t have to follow what I do” in a tutorial series 😅

[@sheilaarmenti5321]

That’s an easy one... Ruin you’re friends beautiful dirt house.

[@ShockingRotom]

My favourite thing to do in mc is build auto farms. Idk why i just find it so cool it all started when i build an simple automatic sugar cane farm then did the same thing but for bamboo and i expanded from their. A big reason i stopped playing very much on my world was iron. I kept running out an had to mine for it which i would never get as many as i needed even after a hour of mining. I put off building an iron farm for one reason... Villagers have always been hell to work with my villagers breeder is always not working (idk why and idk how to fix it). Just yesterday i worked up the motivation to build the farm and i did now i have crazy iron and im finally able to continue building different auto farms without running out of iron.

[@silverw0lf243]

Awesome episode! This taught me so much and really helped me! Everything you said was so on point and it just made so much sense everything you were saying! Thanks pix!

[@bradstrong6152]

Awesome Pixilriffs bloody awesome, I look forward to your videos always.

[@HW-wz3gp]

Pix: "Ask them why they dont play past 1.8" Pvpers: *laughs in 20 cps*

[@witherflower42]

To me, the most important part of playing a game is having fun. Ask yourself if you love the game and you're playing it for your own enjoyment, or if you're just trying to play it to be like someone else or impress other people. I stopped playing Minecraft seriously 2 years ago because I just couldn't get enough enjoyment out of it. Since then I've switched my focus to other games, like osu! for example, and I love playing it. Maybe the game you'll enjoy the most is not the one you think, so trying new games and new genres is the best advice I can give to people that are getting bored of Minecraft. And remember, if you're not having fun, you're just going to get more and more bored, and eventually hate what you're doing. Hope this helps adding more details to Step 5 !

[@deanslyrics8797]

literally love this chap while a lot of this advice is at least /somewhat/ intuitive, sometimes you do noeed to be told "hey, take a break". i got bored building a castle in creative recentyl but one of my first projects was building a mountain base (in creati e, and it was barely more than a spicy pyramid tbh). its definitely important to remember that i don't have to play for hours at a time if i don't want to, i can just tend to my farmland and animals for a while, if i want to.

[@couchlion]

Really great video. I see very often people that forget to just enjoy their time with the game and instead stress about getting the most out of every farm or space in the world

[@Blustreakfreak]

i like just being a farmer in mc and owning every single kind and skin of animal. so i guess i fall under building?? or progression?? bc i jsut... collect things. blocks, villagers, biomes, cats, diamonds, emeralds,..yeah i just like being a rich farmer, powerful overlord of the land, with the fastest horses imaginable and the prettiest farmland

[@Blustreakfreak]

i also like to avoid dying (pseudo-hardcore?? i guess?) and make underground tunnels and rooms, and fortification. this is good that im listing so much bc ive been feeling quite stuck on what to build first in my current mid-game solo world! gosh i love mc. thanks for the vid pixl!!!! you are a fantastic content creator

[@Blustreakfreak]

exploration is still very fun to me rn also- i only started playing this game in 2019!!! sandbox games are my favorite and i was really missing out

[@LetustheDragon]

My "food" choices: Hot Pockets Pizza Calzone then again I just started playing this year.

[@spellcastingprofessional]

r/hmmm

[@islandwarriorxgaming9613]

Wat

[@spellcastingprofessional]

@@islandwarriorxgaming9613 do u not get it

[@divyanshh07]

Thanks Pixl For Motivating To Do More Things😊

[@arcticwolf2424]

This really inspired me and changed the way I see Minecraft thank you GREAT VIDEO

[@ltrafael]

Pixlriffs endorsing pyramid schemes. What has become of this minecraft series?

[@ashutoshverma7682]

The title should be "how to get bored from Minecraft"

[@anantvartak6335]

Building, exploring, fighting these activities always make my day in in minecraft.

[@zacriffell720]

The issue I have is that if I don't have friends to play with, I get bored after diamonds. I feel like there is no point to continue if no one else will see it

[@lyvaellaevans]

Easy way to get people to see it, make a channel and upload. Share your world and possibly inspire others. It's a way to enjoy single player without feeling alone.

[@zacriffell720]

@@lyvaellaevans Thanks for the advice. I love to play online with my friends, but they know me IRL. I feel that I dont know where or how to start a channel, or that I might be uninteresting.

[@lyvaellaevans]

@@zacriffell720not everyone expects you to be a super star. Just be yourself and have fun. :)

[@keytenrandall8399]

This video really helped I’ve started to get back into Minecraft but I get bored to fast so this gave me some inspiration

[@LM43243]

Great video, really enjoyed it. Got some new inspiration and new ideas for my world and helped me narrow down what I actually like to do in MC :D More of these!!!!

[@YoToffles]

Wow episode perfectly timed for my world once again thank you pixlrifs

[@hideyspideyownaw]

Thanks, Pixlriffs. You're amazing