How To Use The Ender Chest! ▫ Minecraft Survival Guide S3 ▫ Tutorial Let's Play [Ep.21]

[@imperfectimp]

Another note about Ender chests on multiplayer: it's not just an ATM, it's a vault too. Especially on less organised servers, thieving and griefing can't happen to anything inside there, since no one can access your Ender chest.

[@CZghost]

With the exclusion of players with the permissions to look into ender chests of other players. But first of all, that's not vanilla, that actually is something that is supported by Bukkit servers, but not accessible in pure server, you need to install a plugin for it that implements it (like CMI), and this permission is often given to administrators and moderators/helpers. Those players however can mostly be trusted they won't abuse this power to steal from ender chests. The thieving aspect is especially problematic, because ender chest can be your saviour for protecting your items from stealing, but this is exactly what a thief can do to protect their loot (items they stole). And all it takes for the thief is to simply steal the item, put it in their ender chest and even after killing them, you won't be able to retrieve the stolen item. You won't find the item in any regular chest, or barrel, or any kind of container. Ender chest is pretty much a virtual vault. What the permission to access ender chests of other players is intended for is exactly this scenario. Somebody steals something of yours, puts it in their ender chest, and then claim they didn't even steal anything. Admin can simply just log on, gather more informations and evidence, ban the thief, and even if the player is offline, an admin can access the player's inventory and their ender chest. Which is very convenient. But this isn't possible on a vanilla server.

[@kidnezha]

@@CZghostWho

[@CZghost]

@@kidnezha An admin. We actually use CMI on our server, and we can access inventories and ender chests of online and offline players. If someone steals from another player, we can ban the thief, and return the stolen item(s).

[@starsalight]

As someone who's played Minecraft for years and only recently started using things like ender chests, shulkers, and elytra, the ender chest propaganda is amusing. Not everything in the guide is for everyone but it's all stuff that was new to everyone at some point. Thanks for being thorough, Pix!

[@Drey_doll]

Fr man I’m just now starting to get into enchanting and getting deepening into the game. I was playing as a kid back with it was 6.99 on ios 8 on my iPod 3. You could copy your friends world but only way to play w your buddy was to be on the same Wi-Fi. Lmao. Then onto the reactor core. Those were the good ole days. Now I feel I’m supper behind but now I don’t have the brother I played the game with anymore or anyone so I’m just here searching for everything trying to do it all step by step

[@gunwoo1727]

That iconic pixlriffs intro never gets old

[@cosmicaruar]

Fr

[@ahoyitslexx]

Fr

[@Nehemark_Debbarma]

INDEED

[@elliotgandersen]

It’s really soothing, and something I look forward

[@ahoyitslexx]

@@elliotgandersen his voice and calmness is soothing since he never rages and screams loudly like a typical gamer does.

[@legendracer4861]

Thing to notice here. At around 14:10 pic doesn't put his shield up by himself, it happened on its own. This is a glitch that can be used to your advantage. When switching dimensions using a nether portal, if you keep your shield held up till the "loading terrain" screen shows up, you will block any attacks that can be blo ked by a shield as long as you don't right click again, as that will fix the glitch. It's been in the game for quite some time now.

[@Raskolnikov70]

Sounds like yet another MC "glitch" that has become a useful feature.

[@ahoyitslexx]

@@Raskolnikov70 yep true lol.

[@akshatchheda1102]

6:12 the audible gasp. LOVE IT 😂😂

[@BrijeshChowdary]

The best minecraft lets play series on youtube!

[@The501stspecialist]

Agreed

[@Differentthings2006]

yes

[@ahoyitslexx]

Exactly, this is one of the best Minecraft KZbinr’s since he never gets old

[@Zawnpuia1640]

100%❤

[@indeed260]

@@ahoyitslexxEveryone will eventually, if they get to

[@haz6908]

I saw both a comment that said the pacing is too slow and a comment that said the pacing is too fast. To which I say, you've been doing this for years, I think whichever pacing you choose is just fine. Love the vids!

[@OrigamiMarie]

Like politics, when people are mad at you for opposite reasons on KZbin, you're probably doing it right 😆

[@neilorose]

Whyyyy have I not used this yet?? It would have saved my butt yesterday when I died in the Nether and couldn’t survive trying to get my stuff back without armor or weapons…. Crafting one of these asap! Thanks for the very detailed and fun video to learn about this amazing block 🙏

[@CastIronWarlock]

Only pix can make a 15 minute video about a basic block everyone uses, and still keep me hooked in the entire time

[@Kamorzy]

In my 1.20 world, I played it slow and didn't go to the End until >500 days. Realized when I found an Enderchest there that it never crossed my mind to make one. I was very efficient though, I'd developed a new world routine to get the most powerful farms up insanely fast. Focused on building exclusively with blocks I had easy access to for those 500+ days, so I didn't need to explore much. Its by far the longest I've gone without one though, they're incredibly useful for how cheap they are to make.

[@craigds3745]

Always have at least two ender chests with you. You'll find out why when you break one with your non-silk touch pick.

[@lckittyqueen]

or just bring some spare eoes

[@Raskolnikov70]

I have a full stack of them in the ender chest itself and usually grab 8 or so for my inventory. Should probably pay a bit more attention to which pick I'm using.....

[@L.Mitchell]

thats why I have 40 to a stack of them.

[@Patryc]

and always keep more enderchests inside your enderchest so you can restock your second enderchest after you destroy your first enderchest

[@big0ben209]

Yo dawg I heard you like ender chests…

[@C30948]

The fact you’ve found two enchanted apples blows my mind, keep up the great work, Pix!

[@StuartdeHaro]

I can honestly say I've learned something new from every one of these videos, even after playing for years. Thanks for making them!

[@SonnySee]

one of my favorite enderchest uses is as a quick trip home from far out exploring. I will go out to the end islands and, once I've gathered all i need i will put everything in the enderchest and then jump in the void😊. right back home with a full enderchest

[@thejonbmc]

I do this, too, but it's also worth noting that you lose your levels when you do this.

[@Raskolnikov70]

@@thejonbmc After you've been playing for a while it doesn't tend to matter. Especially if you've built multiple XP farms.

[@Flowrezz]

It's only a bit of a problem in my Hardcore world :)

[@AaronNelson-p2y]

@@Flowrezzwhat will happen in hardcore?

[@Flowrezz]

@@AaronNelson-p2y Jumping in the void is not a good idea in Hardcore 😉

[@callmemiku]

6:15 that gasp when he found the notch apple seemed so real

[@ahoyitslexx]

Yea fr.

[@Pixlriffs]

Because it was, lol - these things are still exciting to find!

[@ahoyitslexx]

@@Pixlriffs True, I always find diamonds where and when least expected

[@akshatchheda1102]

when i first started playing Minecraft, I had no idea about ender chests and had to figure them out myself, since i couldn't find any appealing videos. this video would've REALLY helped me back then

[@psychotic2563]

10:55 I recommend using a fortune 3 shovel. Mining down low and finding gravel gives you an instantly mineable block for uncovering reduced air exposure ores. Diamonds and ancient debris are the obvious motivator. Now after digging up 5 gravel blobs underground you'll have like 7 stacks of flint that are easily sold to a fletcher, leather workers or to tool smith's (don't recommend tool smith's because they want 30 instead of 26 flint for an emerald) I use this strategy all the time when I'm mining late game just do it It's worth it.

[@chadsamuels6512]

One useful thing I do at this point in the game is when I mind I use the Silk touch pickaxe since I'm getting extra drops off the fortune one it takes up more inventory slots but if I just take the block it saves space. I can always lay them down back at my base and use fortune on them there

[@gunwoo1727]

But it also has a bad side that silk touch seperates non deepslate and deepslate ores sooo

[@matthewparker9276]

You can take a crafting table and turn them into storage blocks as you go along if you're going on a particularly long mining session. It's slightly more space efficient than silk touching the ores, with the exception of lapis, and I think copper.

[@gunwoo1727]

Thats still useless unless you get 3 or more stacks of ores in the same form

[@primapolaris]

Something in Mondays I look forward to: Pixlriffs videos 😌

[@M0U53B41T]

Ender chests are an absolute blessing if you love to explore - even if you lose it, getting lost or whatever, you don't lose your stuff. Also +1 for emergency supplies. Before shulker boxes I kept a lot of "build a temp shelter" supplies in my ender chest so when exploring, I could just make one up right at night fall and continue in morning.

[@roberthiltz2741]

I hope people aren’t too acidic about your choices when playing; everyone has different priorities. My daughter gets excited about finding bones and immediately locates wolves to tame whereas I can think of a few better uses for them! Play styles are as unique as us all

[@pixelcat4187]

I saw you use the enderchest during your copper vein mining last week and i was mind blown, never thought to use it like this, and YES ill be using this trick!! Because im one of those accident prone player!!! So thank you Pix!!

[@another_jt]

Ender chests are so useful. I especially liked how you can use them as a storage block for obsidian, which is best done if you've got a reliable source for ender pearls and blaze powder. Mining a bunch of obsidian but don't have space to store it all? Compact it 8 to 1 with ender chests, then break them (without silk touch) when you need the obsidian again.

[@Raskolnikov70]

Only issue with that is the main use for obsidian is making ender chests.....

[@unmeclambda5837]

​@@Raskolnikov70nah, I build way more nether portals than ender chests

[@another_jt]

@@Raskolnikov70 then if you've got a stack of ender chests in your ender chest, you're all set. But if you suddenly need to build a portal, you can pull a few out to break a few. Or if you need a non-pushable or a blast-proof block for some reason, you can break a few to get what you need. Either way, that stack of ender chests can come in rather useful in more ways than one.

[@timohara7717]

ive got tons from destroying a magmafer to one day build a mega platform for idk stuff

[@riuphane]

I always keep a full stack of ender chests in mine and 2 in my inventory. If I ever access it and don't have 2 in my inventory, i just grab one from the stack. And in a pinch, i can break one for the obsidian (if needed for a portal or other use) and I'll still have plenty

[@soultundra7869]

Putting everything in your ender chest is awesome... until that moment your level.dat file gets corrupted and you lose all your player data - meaning all the stuff you've carefully stashed in your ender chest is lost. Back-up your worlds regularly folks! And then back them up again on a different storage device!

[@etherealg3940]

I mean, if your world gets corrupted it doesn't matter if you had all your belongings in an ender chest or not. This comment has nothing to do with ender chests.

[@soultundra7869]

@@etherealg3940 It absolutely does. Because if your level.dat file gets corrupted, you can absolutely recover the world, but you CANNOT recover the stuff that was in your ender chest when the file was corrupted. You wanna know how I know that?

[@Alex-02]

⁠@@soultundra7869Well, it’s been 9 months. Seems like they don’t wanna know.

[@tnichols312]

Later on, when shulkers are intro’d, will there possibly be an episode on “Ender Chest Organization?”

[@lpsjewel]

13:30 Piglins also see Shulker Boxes as chests, I learned that one the hard way.

[@benish3890]

Pix, you're too relaxing to listen to. I fell asleep twice while trying to finish this video!

[@C3_Jay]

All up to date! My favourite series on KZbin, so glad there is a S3

[@jo2k459]

Even if I think I know everything there is to know about a certain topic (come on, I know how to use an ender chest!); I always get something out of Pixlriffs videos! Like smelting the unwanted gold tools and armor for nuggets :) Thank you Pixlriffs, you are awesome!

[@vnchry]

I already know a lot more than the usual playerbase and everything in these videos, but they're so entertaining I never stop watching

[@vradenknight4872]

I wondered why no one else could look inside my enderchest, now I know! I constantly learn new things from your vast knowledge. Thank you 😊

[@dr.jigneshpatel1250]

the best guid ... your voice is so calm .

[@lolli_popples]

Also; If you want to get back to your current spawn point really quickly (say you’re far out in the Nether and don’t want to walk home) you can put all your items in an enderchest and die intentionally to get home instantly. You will lose levels though.

[@mertkid1]

But in the late game it doesn’t matter too much. Especially after going to the end

[@timothyromich3673]

Like watching that great movie over and over. A new little nugget just pops out every time. Then you watch the old ones 🤯. Thank You!!!

[@Thomas_Wagner1786]

I personally prefer the Smite enchantment over Sharpness. • According to gut feeling, *87% of all attackers* in the Minecraft world *are always undead.* • Against _Creepers_ & _Enderman,_ the _Axe_ makes more sense, if only for the way you approach these challengers: While the _Axe_ has _less damage per second_ than the sword, it does *more damage in a single hit.* *Perfect for fighting Creepers.* In addition, the enchantment *Sharpness V,* which can only be applied to the Axe with the help of _Enchanted Books,_ *also fits on the axe.* • Finally, in the Nether, a _Diamond Sword,_ with _Smite V_ enchantment, can take down a _Zombiefied Piglin_ with just one single crithit (jump up, then hit while you fall back down again). As a result, this _Zombiefied Piglin_ cannot spread its aggression, and you remain safe.

[@Pixlriffs]

The problem I usually find with this argument is that it always assumes the reason you’re fighting mobs is to deal with a threat. I prefer a more versatile sword because I’m often interested in acquiring mob drops, and Looting is a sword exclusive enchantment.

[@Thomas_Wagner1786]

@@Pixlriffs Chapeau.

[@TName30]

Wake up babe, new survival guide episode just dropped.

[@jafferjamal109]

How many babes u got 😂😂

[@TName30]

@@jafferjamal109 just one, she sleeps alot so i have to wake her up every time pix uploads. *shrug*

[@Alejandro192011]

"Things that you personal dont find that useful but the community wont get off your chest about" 🤣 that felt personal

[@64bit_link]

To build off the sidenote from the end of the episode (although not relevant until you actually go to the End), honestly the best part of being able to swap armor items in the hotbar is being able to swap your chestplate and elytra with a single click. I honestly think with this ability it can be worth keeping your chestplate in your inventory once you have elytra if you go caving, etc. to save yourself from a potentially sticky situation, or to keep your chestplate on with elytra in the hotbar in case you take a wrong step and fall into a one block gap. For so long in minecraft having an elytra basically meant giving up an armor slot, but if you're clever about it you can almost get the best of both worlds.

[@waveclaw]

As someone who uses the Ender chest to exclusively hold valuables, the idea of using one to help mine was always novel. And with the trade for Ender pearls on cleric villagers, now, I guess they really are early-game tools for inventory management. But that compact extra storage is super helpful even if you have shulker boxes or bundles. As a bonus, since Ender chets stack to sixteen is that you can stuff one into a bundle without issues. That does require you to enable the Experimental features, which are basically just bundles at this point.

[@AshleyIsArtsy]

I might have to draw Pix the door to door ender chest salesman, lol. Great episode as always!

[@dukeandnukem9654]

Veteran, and I love it, I'm keeping my 1.18 world bc of this,thanks boss

[@ahoyitslexx]

4:09 - 4:11 gets me laughing so hard since I can relate to that when I go on a mining trip

[@talhaiqbal6798]

It is sacreligious to leave any horse armor behind, thank you for picking it up lol

[@AceOfFools]

I only just recently learned how useful and valuable an ender chest can be... through watching Hermitcraft videos. Before, I'd keep them stashed in various places with backup gear or useful stuff--at my base, my slime farm, my iron farm, etc. Now I keep one on me at all times, and it's increasingly filled with shulker boxes, some of which contain backup gear and useful stuff, most of which are empty for resource gathering, adventuring, or building. Very useful indeed!

[@johanputter5061]

Hey Pixl, Thanks for the eps and some useful info. Much appreciated

[@tannerroberts4140]

I’m a technical Minecraft player, and 97% of this is old hat. I keep watching for the accent, and for the three percent. Very thorough canvassing of most features.

[@hypotheist3737]

10:04 "...and spend those levels just in case something happens to them" Spoken like a true elden ring player 😂

[@CZghost]

Nice. End visit, dragon fight and end city looting next time, right? Talking about elytra, talking about the shulkers and shulker boxes?

[@mysticfox9718]

Pix has been giving us all so much helpful information about something in Minecraft. Thanks Pix! 😁

[@1_yottabyte]

I remember your death in SG2 in the bastion when you opened your ender chest near the piglins and they instantly ambushed you

[@unmeclambda5837]

During almost the entirety of the episode I was like "okay thats an episode where I already know all of it", then right at the end i learn about the armor trick which is amazing (yesterday I was just thinking how it would be useful to have something like that to swap between elytra and chestplate in case of emergency)

[@Pixlriffs]

Even better, try swapping out your elytra mid-flight for a sudden drop, then swap them back in and hit space to resume flying. Bedrock players have been able to cancel flight for ages, but on Java we had to go to the trouble of opening the inventory and removing our Elytra. At least, until now…

[@Magnetar47]

Yeah Pix, you sounded EXACTLY like a door-to-door salesman, in an attempt to explain how Ender chests work. :P I started a (different-seeded) 1.20 survival world along with you, and until I saw the title of this video, I completely forgot about Ender chests. The moment I crafted two of them and starting using them, my life became so much easier; mining, villager trading, you name it! Wait, have I also become a door-to-door salesman now...??? 😱

[@auntiex5343]

I hope you have plans to talk about all the things you can use for fuel and self-feeding furnace arrays.

[@arismancer]

Ah yes, good ol' cloud storage

[@madieg]

cant wait for the redstone episode(s)!! :D

[@WyWid]

6:11 the gasp😂

[@sarahaufssri4529]

It's always a good day when we get a Pixlriffs episode

[@austingoodbrand6378]

Great series, got me back into Minecraft after many years. Hoping eventually you can talk about nether highways and linking portals. Have two bases pretty far away but my portals aren’t linking properly. Been on forums and still can’t figure it out. They should be good. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@billmaharjan2229]

At this point pix is basically speed running through the tutorial. Still the best season 3.❤

[@rnicolin]

I recently did that armor swap trick on binding boots. Now I know how that happened. I’m not convinced I like the feature lol

[@bradleyj.fortner2203]

The only thing I put in my ender chests are shulker boxes. I keep 9 of them in the chests and theres one chest in every camp. So, it's sort of like a bank in an RPG.

[@Lee-mmg]

I did not know we could smelt down gold armor for gold nuggets. I'll be!!! Wow. All this time I would just let it sit in a chest or not take it. LOL See, I am finding out a lot of things I would never have known. Thanks again Pixl

[@akshatchheda1102]

the pacing of these videos (since the PC is gone for repairs) is relatively fast for being a Pixlriffs video. Not complaining. Just an observation

[@breninznx]

imo the pacing feels the same as all the videos of this series

[@skaphanatic5657]

Because they stack, I generally carry a full 64 with me. Because I can always break them with a non silktouch pickaxe if I find myself somewhere needing obsidian to make a portal.

[@imover9999]

You can swap armor in your hotbar now?? Does that work with Elytra / chest armor swapping as well?? If so, imagine all the hardcore worlds that could have saved. Haha. Amazing change if so.

[@wildencliffs]

Pixlriffs you are the best one of all at guiding in Minecraft. And do you know you have the highest knowledge of all in Minecraft?

[@finnleyflint]

Such good video about enderchests.

[@indoorjetpacks]

lol the horse armor joke is great, idk why people get so up in arms about 'em, i think bdubs is the only one ive seen use horses regularly in a long time

[@Kuzumai]

lmao i feel called out about having Echests in my Echest

[@goodboi650]

I love that apparently the comments basically bullied Pix into hoarding a bunch of horse armour he never wanted. Can't wait for the episode all about the useful properties of that one poisonous potato.

[@THE_bchat]

He can always smelt the iron & gold horse armor into nuggets.

[@wolfegaming4144]

Hello Pixlriffs, my name is Michael and welcome back TOOOO the comment section.

[@TugiFox]

In Survival Guide Season 2 you built a wonderfully simple iron farm in the world's spawn chunks. From that tutorial I built that same farm in my world while in 1.19. I have now moved to 1.20.1, and I've noticed recently that the farm is not as lucrative after AFK sessions now as it has been in previous versions. I've changed a few things now that I've updated the world - moved it from a server to my own pc, changed my mod client, etc - but before I go exploring the effects of those I was wondering if you'd noticed reduced rates in that particular design yourself? I've been watching the series since Season 1, and loved every episode. This one has been particularly handy!!

[@janusofborg]

Wattles mentioned a bug that has reduced rates. I think he mentioned it was getting fixed in 1.20.2

[@TugiFox]

@janusofborg ahh right. I'll go check that out, thank you!

[@TugiFox]

@janusofborg the iron farm bug being fixed in 1.20.2 is one from 1.18 xD. They're upping the rates of golem spawning, as well as reducing batering time with piglin

[@Enderkilla101]

Does the hopper trick stick work to unload chests without making the piglins agro?? It's my goto for raiding bastions

[@Pixlriffs]

Yes, but they made it harder by making gilded blackstone appear more frequently under the chests, and if you break that it aggros the Piglins

[@Enderkilla101]

@@Pixlriffs sneaky sneaky Mojang. So just a bit more finesse and caution, but still a legitimate strategy🤙 Good to know. Thanks😁

[@katgrace8834]

I’m also pretty sure that ender chests are blast proof since they’re made of obsidian although I’m not 100% on if I’m remembering that right

[@Pixlriffs]

They are blast proof, yeah!

[@suzannastivell2566]

Might have been worth mentioning that blaze rods are not obtainable by people who play on peaceful which some do as they have a phobia of spiders.

[@timohara7717]

phobia of spiders is a reason to lock yourself? really?

[@johnmatuszak3252]

I would have tried to get the magma cubes into a hole somewhere, since they are needed to get froglights.

[@thejonbmc]

I once intentionally broke an ender chest without silk touch because I was in the nether and didn't have any other way to get obsidian. I needed one more block to make a portal to get home because I got incredibly lost lol

[@silenceddark_2239]

Hearing your absolute and shear excitement when you found the notch apple

[@BoneDeadFossil48]

Let say after you a butch of shulkers box’s after you crafted need getting of overworld of certain item but for got get at home base. Stuff your inventory back into ender chest then die sent overworld(not in hardcore)

[@abluerainbow]

Hey Pix, will you ever play a hardcore series with a survival island at any point?

[@alexxmas4457]

Throw out the diamonds? Yup, let's get rid of the trash :)

[@LeMan12349]

I found out about the armour swapping feature on the weekend when I right clicked on my elytra & my chest plate came off now I used it all the time.

[@alexanderkesterson6338]

For the horse episode does the splash potion of swiftness and then breeding the horses still work to keep it permanent?

[@lanefrost5721]

This feels like a sales pitch on like shark tank

[@melaniemills3733]

If you die in lava & lose all the gear you're wearing/carrying, will the contents of the ender chest disappear too?

[@mischi33vious83]

This video got me stuck on enderchest paradox, does an endless chest placed inside an ender chest equal infinite ender chests or are you viewing a 'picture' of your ender chest with the knowledge of what is stored in the chest un the picture ... also if you place a hopper between 2 ender chest are they in a transfere loop?

[@telioty]

I'm surprised you didn't talk about bundles, even if they are still experimental for Java.

[@nova31337]

I think because you can't yet craft them without a datapack installed.

[@Property_DamagePSN]

Can another player break your ender chests? Silk touch or not, can someone remove your ender chest from its placement? What happens if another player breaks your ender chests, say you have 2 and they smash both, are your items permanently gone or will they reappear if you place down another ender chest?

[@Pixlriffs]

Any player can break an ender chest, but items in the ender chest are stored along with your player data. It's like a second inventory. Items are not erased if you lose access to the ender chest, they will be there next time you open one

[@laineywright2696]

I think Minecraft should make the Ender chest hold double the items.. They are not good for holding extra armor and weapons because they takes up about a third of the available slots.

[@Mr_Creeper1234]

Wait so if a player goes to your chest and he put his stuff in the chest. Would you be able to see it then even though your chest

[@wilbibe]

Hey everybody! Survival guide is here!

[@artevar_]

I'm gonna be honest, i still play survival like it's 1.12

[@kelvinsparks4651]

I've never played multi player but what if another player breaks your ender chest ? Does your stuff disappear or spill out ?

[@Pixlriffs]

You can just get your stuff from another Ender chest!

[@greenwitchnutrition7860]

I didn't even realize you could smelt old armor or weapons!

[@re.liable]

Think of Ender chests as the cloud 😂

[@gregoryroberts3132]

Nice :) 👍

[@MrDavidwilson86]

??? If your only ender chest gets destroyed does the inventory survive until you make another one?

[@matthewjarrad]

Can we filter out or in to an ender chest?

[@LanaKratos]

I'm playing at the same seed, but couln't find this other mineshaft. Someone have the coordnates?