Let's Actually Play Minecraft Again: The Deep Dark World

It's time to discover Everything New in Minecraft. It's my first time seeing The Deep Dark of Minecraft, and many updates I've never played before. Let's Play Minecraft again
Watch my entire Minecraft Let's Play series in order here: • RTGame Minecraft Let's...
Thank you everyone for the support on this series and the excitement for future Minecraft videos. It's been so much fun to stream this on Twitch recently, and I'm looking forward to playing more Minecraft there soon. I don't know how long I plan to keep playing the game for, but I'm having a lot of fun.
Each of these highlight videos you've seen contain about one week's worth of streams on my Twitch channel. I didn't plan on making my Minecraft let's play a series originally, and I thought that I'd stop playing after defeating the End Dragon. But I had so much fun and it felt like there was more to still see. I never want to deny myself the fun I'm having, so we kept playing after the credits rolled. There will come a point when this series ends, but I don't know when that is myself. So for now, we're going to keep streaming Minecraft on a week by week basis. When it feels like I've played enough and had my fill, that week's worth of streams will be the last video of the series, and I think that's for the best. While Minecraft is basically endless, I don't want this to become just another Minecraft Let's Play that exhausts everything in the game forever. I want to really enjoy my time with the game while I'm playing.
The Chapters of Part 3 of my Adventure:
00:00 The New World
10:09 The Deep Dark
31:08 The Dig Site
38:03 The Mansion
46:41 The Goat Mountain
1:05:14 The Ruin House
1:21:19 The Deeper Dark
1:30:25 The Circles of Hell
Everything in this video was recorded live on my Twitch Channel. My schedule is Tuesday & Thursday @ 7pm, Saturday & Sunday @ 3pm - all times based in Ireland: / rtgame
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Edited by Ashtaric (Cloé), you can find her here: / xashtaricx
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Music includes the Minecraft Soundtrack, the Wii Sports Resort Theme, Animal Crossings New Horizons: Able Sisters, and of course the Wii Shop channel.

[@RTGame]

Thank you as ever for your support of this series! There's important info regarding the future of my Minecraft content in the description, which I'd strongly recommend reading if you've been enjoying these videos. I'll be streaming more Minecraft on my Twitch channel as well over the coming week. You can now watch the entire series in order in this handy Minecraft Let's Play playlist here kzbin.info/aero/PLliBvQE3gg9d3YWgJ11i7FDpWOT9lcPs5

[@huntervilus9065]

6000 views in 10mins u popped off Dan and Chloe

[@BigLesbian]

Absolute kingly descion

[@balladofthegoddess]

2 HOURS? Thank you king 🙏

[@mooredaxon]

Great series. I really hope you continue to explore the Deep Dark. I wanna see your reaction to finding "it," because there is actually something down there (although your treasure might be a different deep dark)

[@VindictiveToast]

I am up for this journey

[@BleydXVI]

"I'm gonna part the ocean like Noah" Spoken like a man who became Catholic for a Wii

[@TheFreakyFish251]

Man I love that story

[@agent__berry]

I’m sorry what 😭

[@Argenta_Rosa]

​@agent__berry it's true lol

[@TheMurrmursonbottle]

moses in shambles

[@moonlit_ruffles]

​​@@agent__berry he once said that i think it was his mom told him that if he became a christian and did one of those like parties or whatever (i forgor the name) his relatives would give him money, so he became a christian and bought a wii and a bike

[@r_kinesis8860]

Right after Dan ended this stream: he raided Shenpai while she was playing minecraft. Chat was going absolutely insane talking about the fact he forced them all to do math. She was so genuinely terrified.

[@TJ-Henry-Yoshi]

I need to see this vod

[@cameronweaver2013]

Which ShenPai stream was it?

[@LilChuunosuke]

And she started playing again because of Dan. Its all come full circle!

[@matolisk4011]

​@@LilChuunosukeenough about circles. Pls no more

[@TomBaito]

@@LilChuunosuke no... please no more... get out of my head!!!

[@patroka]

Aww man. Such a shame he didn’t even find an Ancient City, he really deserved to.

[@ThomasSantosCanal1]

Ikr and those deep dark biomes were so huge too i was really hoping he would find one

[@LordSusaga]

Narratively, it's better that he didn't. He talks about dwarves who dig too deep and got too greedy, but then he became the victim of that same greed. He becomes blinded by it, tunnelling furiously and screaming nonsense about how there must be a circle, even as those who love him tell him there can't be. He even has an encounter with what might as well be those same lost dwarves. Unable to tunnel deeper, he tunnels up and finally reaches the open sky. The rain falls onto his face, washing off the dirt and helping him to clear his head. He erects a monument to the experience, both in his adventuring spirit and the follies of greed. Then, he goes home. That said, if he does explore a different deep dark and quickly finds an ancient city, I will laugh very hard.

[@Nyahahameha]

I read in some other comments that apparently Ancient Cities only spawn in Deep Dark biomes that are located beneath mountains, so I think the second Deep Dark he found under Goat Mountain should have one.

[@nevaansbooks2078]

Oh, well. Maybe next time!

[@fishthefish1063]

Careful, if he reads this he may go back and we will have another 10 hours of cave exploration

[@forceofsilver5466]

Honestly: one of the cutest things during the streams was seeing how relieved, excited and elated chat got each time Dan would reunite with Butter after his long sessions in the mines. Melts my heart to see that Butter became part of the family.

[@SilentMeteorite]

Melts your heart.... like butter

[@germanscience7246]

As an archeologist, every time you destroy an artifact dan I lose a part of my soul

[@loah_1]

Watching the vod and seeing all of chat scream in anguish every time we heard the glass shattering sound was a uniquely painful experience

[@HerbMandoom]

It looks like it doesn't drop anything that good. What's the point of it?

[@dazeymazey3516dr]

@@HerbMandoomwhat’s the point of doing anything in Minecraft? To have fun! A feature doesn’t need to break the meta to be enjoyable.

[@Storse]

@@HerbMandoom whats the point in you?

[@codtime]

@@HerbMandoom Pottery & 4 different smithing templates are worth it to me.

[@nimoes]

watching someone experience the deep dark for the first time blind and still figure out the main gimmick of it (sound = danger) whilr also being scared out of their mind really goes to show that the devs succeeded with it

[@dazcar2203]

RT basically displayed the exact intentions the devs had with the deep dark

[@staticvitality146]

Well, with him choosing to RUN from the warden shows that maybe he didn’t learn fully

[@Endyre]

@@staticvitality146i mean with the warden’s sniffing mechanic running really is the best option

[@ImminDragon]

@@staticvitality146 Running is fine. Circling the warden as you slowly go up isn't. If you run *away* soon enough, you can get away before you're in any real danger.

[@alexsiemers7898]

@@staticvitality146iirc that was exactly what the devs intended from the start, for the warden to be something to fear rather than just another stronger enemy

[@malaizze]

Dan’s houses are so endearing because they remind me of the way I used to build before 1000 building tutorials. It’s that earnest desire to have fun with the blocks you have rather than my psychotic “I NEED to obtain SPRUCE because it CONTRASTS WELL with the INLAY” behavior

[@Hypogean7]

I can't even build a house. Every time I try, I just make a hovel and then fall in lava.

[@kennguin3797]

bro I miss having the simple box behavior now im just: "is this the right material? NO THEY DON'T MATCH AHHHHH"

[@allterran7093]

The curse of the greed of the better house aesthetic in Minecraft. Now I put the first 5 real life hours of Minecraft into obtaining the specific gradient I want for my house.

[@enricobaschenis4257]

will never ever be mad at people for being sprucemacists, keep fighting the good fight

[@TheNarrator6020]

​@@enricobaschenis4257 Dark oak will always be better than spruce.

[@Jethro-goro]

Fun fact! You don't sink into powder snow if you're wearing leather boots. Doesn't help Butter crossing the snow..... Other fun Butter-adjacent facts: - You can breed Butter and Toast together to get a mule (Jam?) - Donkeys and mules can wear a chest for some extra inventory while traveling, but can't use horse armor - Llamas (the wandering merchant's pack animal of choice) can also wear chests, but can't be ridden. Instead, if you have multiple llamas you can leash one and the rest will follow.

[@Bladehound83]

Leather horse armor will stop Butter from freezing in powder snow at least.

[@purplejellytotPJT]

You can also tame llamas (including trader llamas) and once tamed you can put carpet on them to change their look! My fave is dark grey.

[@purplejellytotPJT]

You *can* ride Trader Llamas btw, but only once you've got them off the Trader's leash (you can do this easily by getting the llamas into a boat, the leads will pop off). Then you tame/ride the same way as a horse, empty hand and hop on until hearts appear.

[@Statusinator]

Buttered Toast.

[@anniew8835]

JAM

[@StickMaster500]

You know that RT is going through his insanity arc when he has to resort to using advanced geometry in a game that doesn't have circles in order to find this hidden treasure more valuable than the One Piece. Maybe that shows how *we are the pioner!*

[@erikwikberg8049]

Hey, you can't spell pioner without pi and r

[@donanilao7724]

But he still didn't find the City. F.

[@mr.raphael1507]

THE CENTER! THE CENTER IS REAL!

[@msipp3790]

worst part is, there IS a chance that deepdarks can lead into ancient cities, which have a lot of treasures

[@hinasakukimi]

@@msipp3790 this is what drove me insane. little does he know there IS something to find (potentially) 😭😭

[@pitchvantablack7005]

Hey Dan, small game mechanic that not many people know: If you make a banner, name it using an anvil, place it, and right click it with a map! It puts a marker on the map, and may be nice for fleshing out your world map! (The marker will also be the same color as the base banner!)

[@rin602]

I was thinking he should use this as well

[@ViewingChaos]

Commenting to boost this

[@williamgrimes2014]

Boost!

[@javbooficial]

Boost

[@TheAncient_One]

even though he probably knows the places anyways, it would make the maps look a lot nicer. Also Dan you can copy maps in cartography tables so you can have copies of the full maps to take with you

[@thesnipenieer2144]

I love how Chloe edits the building montages. Often with minecraft youtubers it'd be sped up, with bombastic music and all that, which is plenty fine. But here it's so much different and reflects the slow, peaceful energy that building actually feels like. It's a great change of pace from other mc youtubers and fits this play through specifically so well.

[@PeterJoll]

The trend of skipping construction is one the biggest things I dislike about modern Minecraft videos. That and the classic "I did some mining offscreen" thing. Big complex buildings are cool, but sometimes they lack the "real" feeling that smaller buildings do. It's not always about the destination.

[@dallor09]

I don’t want to backseat so I’ll give you a riddle. Deep in the land where the dragon soars, the enderman raise their sails and lower their oars. They sail their vessels through the sky, and on it they carry the wings to fly

[@ur_average_simp5703]

oooh i really like that riddle!!!! good on ya for that one

[@tabboty]

YOOOOO HELL YEAH THIS IS SICK

[@komerihimura]

After reading this, I think the only way to effectively backseats is through riddles now

[@mrpersoonman]

naturally I see this comment when it's at 911 likes

[@giraffeguruvods295]

“Gotta make sure I destroy all these catalysts so the warden doesn’t spawn” *Warden proceeds to spawn*

[@dezcubing5844]

This exact sequence happens like 7 times

[@NEWGHOST9]

Just the normal deep dark experience

[@zoro4661WasTaken]

Oh my god We already knew his world generation was lucky, but to just _stumble across a woodland mansion,_ something that usually takes ages to find even _with_ a map to it, is just absolutely insane

[@randomdudd2611]

Tbf, he had travelled well over 1000 blocks from spawn, meaning it was in his favour for it to spawn by that point

[@Echantediamond1]

@@randomdudd2611Oh you sweet summer child

[@randomdudd2611]

@Echantediamond1 1000 blocks has usually been my sweet spot for finding them. Granted I still need to be lucky with biome generation, but I can find them

[@thepotatoportal69]

@@randomdudd2611 For normal people, it's more like 10000 blocks

[@randomdudd2611]

@@thepotatoportal69 oh yikes. Never really set out to specifically find one tbf, so maybe that's why I see it as the sweet spot. Didn't realise they were that rare

[@TwilightChomperEnthusiast]

They way how you deliberately deliver “MINECRAFT diamonds!” Always kills me. Don’t change, RT.

[@staci80]

I don't think we give enough credit to how amazing of a builder Dan is. He isn't sticking to established rules a lot of builders do (very closed palette of blocks, attempting to remain similar to real life, mimicking real world architecture), and it makes something that feels genuinely organic and unique at once. There are some amazing minecraft builders, but Dan doesnt seem to care much, and jumps straight into having fun and what he likes instead of fixating on what looks good, and it makes his stuff so so cool Its so neat :D

[@snailpocky]

i was thinking that too. i was really skeptical when he started the ruin house, because how could those blocks possibly go together? but it turned out so lovely, i really REALLY love it and it honestly kinda inspired me to branch out more when i build instead of just always using spruce and stone

[@KingsBard]

Chat: "If you drop the Axolotl the Warden will kill it" RT: "Ooh good idea chat I'll use the Axolotl as a distraction" THAT WAS NOT THE LESSON HERE

[@polelot5824]

He really is a pokemon fan.

[@crumblycookie3518]

This series is so beautiful for reasons I struggle to explain. I’ve seen people saying they want Minecraft content to change back to the old times, but I think what we really need is this. Not over edited content, but also not something so basic that even if it used to feel exciting it would feel boring now. This is a perfect middle way between the two, an adventure with a charming and heartwarming commentary. So thank you for this

[@thatguy1593]

Definitely. The reason I never got into Minecraft content back in the day was because it is WAY too over the top (and I just don't particularly vibe with roleplaying stuff), or people uploading unedited videos of their play session. This shows all the good stuff (which is a majority of the play time mind you!) without acting like it NEEDS to hype itself up.

[@mooredaxon]

Part of it is just not knowing everything. By the time an update comes out we know everything about it. There's no learning or surprise like there was back in the day

[@KarolOfGutovo]

The great joy of old minecraft videos is people discovering stuff they had no idea about. Playing new updates with things they don't know. Nowadays everyone and their mother knows about all the features that are going to come to minecraft

[@crepedoddles6148]

It kind of reminds of Pewdiepie’s series?

[@chelovechik]

Captainsparklez still streams minecraft in the same style on his second channel, although he mainly plays modded and maps.

[@jonasreese8689]

1:30:19 I can just imagine dan frothing at the mouth as he finds more sculk and diamonds, just begging to see his treasure appear

[@sharksuperiority9736]

I feel like a lot of builders with far more experience could learn some things from the way Dan builds, particularly in colour scheme. All of his builds have been so colourful and used so many blocks that people overlook, it makes builds that feel genuinely inspired and all their own. Too many people default to neutral tones and to repeating schemes people have already used. The ruin house is legit beautiful, and its cool comparing it to the tower and seeing how much he’s improved even by the third episode

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

this is how people built a decade ago when we didnt have a million different blocks to go for any aesthetic imaginable

[@tabboty]

RIGHT????? I feel like most people that often build in Minecraft stick to specific themes- mainly wood, stone, etc. (I'm guilty of this myself, most creative I been is making hay rooftops). People that don't play Minecraft often have more potential of using materials that are usually overlooked. I was impressed when he made the amethyst house look good, especially with the fact some kinds of the wood don't particularly look good together. This is pretty much true in every field, the people that are more inexperienced are more likely to get creative with their resources :0

[@Drakos2112]

Dan, no! Don't plant your flags the second you find an untarnished piece of land! You're supposed to be better than the British!

[@MrxstGrssmnstMttckstPhlNelThot]

He really did kinda let out his inner European by finding a brand New World and immediately ransacking it for his gain, destroying and/or stealing the historical artifacts and murdering all the existing inhabitants, huh.

[@crocodileguy4319]

Minecraft makes imperialists of us all 😌

[@StopSign692]

Better than the English* Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are technically part of Britain, and we don't want to be associated with the English

[@benjaminbittle8192]

@@StopSign692 Scotland tried to colonise Nova Scotia (new scotland) and Darien (panama) in the 1620-30s, scotland mostly did ‘imperialism by stealth’, look up Thomas Blake (Tomás Blaque) one of the first to own slaves. Henry Dundas (From Edinburgh was head of the East India Company), and opposed the immediate abolition of slavery. Robert Knox wrote works advocating scientific racism.

[@azurax9553]

Below many Frozen Peaks, in long uncharted deeps, the Ancient City sleeps, housing in it Silence.

[@coilovercat]

*housing in it circles

[@ThreeletterIGN]

That goes hard

[@dallor09]

bro nice riddle this is actually really good

[@Monkeyman-pt6gs]

Except Dan found a deep dark with no city

[@pompadorbz9168]

I like this idea of giving dan hints via riddles can we keep doing this

[@arcticwolfy1573]

I adore Dan's style of building. He somehow makes blocks and colour palettes that no one else would build with work. This also means he has so much fun collecting the most random blocks in the structures he finds and finding a way to incorporate them even though most people would throw them away.

[@Astral_Something]

Watching Dan see the text "warden takes notice angrily" while not knowing what in the unholy fuck a warden absolutely sent me

[@orangesilver8]

RT has some real "British gentleman that became an archaeologist as a hobby trying to find the site of Troy and blowing up layers of ancient historical ruins because they weren't the Troy he was looking for." vibes in the archaeology segment. EDIT: Okay that guy was german actually. Blaming the British for archaeology mistakes was just a force of habit.

[@jimbothetimbo6790]

Irish*

[@generalgongthehawkeye557]

NO ITS SCHLIEMANN ALL OVER AGAIN

[@lilchaos9212]

He's Irish, not British.

[@shotq8070]

Schliemann

[@UmbraBree]

​@jimbothetimbo6790 the irish are on the british isles. Its completely accurate to call him british

[@ratthrat2568]

With the wizard tower and the ruin home, RT is an annoyingly good builder. Dude doesn't play minecraft for years and makes absolute bangers out of whatever he finds. Edit: To clarify: it's very much impressive that he has the ability to build a great looking structure with limited resources and pure stream of consciousness. Meanwhile, it takes me building a trading hall and an iron farm for me to even consider making a base.

[@creeperking8702]

It’s so frustrating that he can make masterpieces like that having not played Minecraft for years while i’ve played Minecraft for nearly a decade and still can barely make a wooden shack look good

[@Nikko_no_Tabi]

Ever since the House Flipper tournaments it's been clear to everyone that Dan has remarkable sense for interior decorating, even if you don't play minecraft skills transfer

[@pul5egaming367]

Well, just rid it of the acacia and it'd be pretty good

[@onionrings5362]

@@Nikko_no_Tabi Comes with age i guess, isnt he like 70 now?

[@lucynsuns]

RIGHT MAN I haven’t seen many people talk about it but he has an incredible eye to be able to use such unique blocks (ex. odd terracotta blocks like who but him are gonna use those) and make it look cohesive His sense of just structure is also fantastic; all his builds look so natural in shape I have 0 clue how he does it. I’m genuinely impressed every time

[@idontknowwhattonamethis293]

Honestly Dan is so real for the generation stuff- I’ll never forget the time I was just walking through a small, tunnel cave and all of a sudden the wall opened up to see a massive ancient city. It was like a balcony overlooking it. BONKERS!!

[@creppruby]

cant wait to see dan slowly go insane for an hour

[@Ericmac04]

best part of the day. I can just sleep to his voice

[@LadybugSheep]

@@Ericmac04 oh i was at the stream and i'm so sorry for your sleep man

[@RatbagTCG]

The stream was 6 hours of this madness… and I loved every minute

[@sambailey566]

Slowly?

[@HarryPortfelGaming]

I'm also going insane. STOP MOVING AND MAKING NOISE

[@ethanotoroculus1060]

Dan missing the diamonds at 9:47 is emblematic of his later character growth, he won't repeat the same mistakes of the dwarves.

[@mememan5466]

Minecraft:diamond

[@steamkaptain9234]

Did I hear a ROCK AND STONE!

[@Luvilli]

​@@steamkaptain9234FOR KARL

[@blkids2736]

I wish you were correct

[@ringoferrer2343]

idk guys I think he missed some *_MINECRAFT DIAMONDS_*

[@tricksterzyro3230]

That entire segment with the Warden at the start at the video, yeah the START of the video. Was terrifying, and that moment where it turned to you and ROARED in your face before turning you into a stain on the wall was horrifically awesome, this game has it's moments. Even if unmodded. 50:03 This moment right here was beautiful, further enhanced by my favourite track in the entire game. Mice On Venus, the way that Dan's placement of his bed is synchronised with the piano notes of the song just makes it an even more magical moment. The Ruin House is now one of my favourite moments in the entire series, it's such a calming moment before the chaotic madness that Dan would spiral (circle) into while in the Deep Dark. And that ending of you finally returning home to the Wizard Tower felt so real, like just falling into bed after a long flight.

[@ghostmcghost3768]

50:03 is honestly one of the most beautiful unintentional moments i've ever seen in minecraft. it's just so simple

[@coopercowles5128]

Honestly, I think this has been a testament to us all. Not only do we get the chance to experience the world from your fresh and naive Minecraft eyes, but we also get to have our minds be blown by circles and Minecraft diamonds. But actually though, I have learned so much about being able to slow down the enjoyment of my world’s gameplay. So often I am just trying to go as fast as possible, or be as efficient as possible, when in reality, I will often get just as much from looking around me and taking in all the little things. This was not a man who found a lucky seed, but a man who chose to explore through a desert to find the beauty in his surroundings. Godspeed RT… Godspeed…

[@kevlar2037]

Well said

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

Its sad that there really is loot in the deep dark, its just that they don’t always generate in every biome

[@zekethenerd9296]

Hi there, someone who knows absolutely nothing about the deep dark here. So what you're saying is, that he was just unfortunately exploring the wrong deep dark? What kind of loot spawns in a "good" deep dark then?

[@sirnicholas528]

@@zekethenerd9296I'd rather not completely spoil it so you can experience it yourself, but a very special structure can spawn with very good and unique loot.

[@katsuofox]

​​​​@@zekethenerd9296 There's a whole city that's generated in the Deep Dark most of the times. There's some absurdly good loot in there, enchanted armor and the likes, but it's infested with Warden spawners. I think the structure is called an Ancient City

[@XanderIsALoser]

⁠@@katsuofoxThis is exactly it. Ancient Cities are absolutely MASSIVE structures with sprawling corridors, plenty of pretty damn good loot, and a ton of Sculk Shriekers.

[@percher4824]

"I don't wanna spoil it" immediately followed by an exact explanation of what's down there is such classic internet.

[@dekaboom5813]

Hey RT, I don't know if you you know this yet or even if you will read this, but it might be interesting to know 1) You can craft banners (which can have custom designs) 2) When placed, you can click on those banners with the map and they shall leave a marker on it 3) If you rename the banner using an anvil, place the named banner and click on them with the map, marker shall be named as well

[@Rev_Erser]

you can also put a banner on a shield!

[@dekaboom5813]

@@Rev_Erser yeah, that's pretty neat too :>

[@FelicityUwU]

I Actually didn't know that was a thing. Is it in Bedrock and Java?

[@dekaboom5813]

@@FelicityUwU oh, I'm not sure. I played only on Java, but if I recall correctly - it's supposed to be on Bedrock too Edit: also, I am not sure in what version it was added. I think after 1.13-1.14?? Edit 2: I've checked the wiki and I am wrong. Java exclusive :(

[@jesperwillems_]

liking this so Dan sees, it’s be so amazing to have him fill out the maps with actual names of landmarks

[@AikaHoshii]

I love how you make your building montages. No over the top hype music, no fast timelapses that for some reason always are way too long even though they're meant to shorten segments, no random topics or sponsors while its happening, its just calming music, relaxing block placements and a good time. Props to you Mr. Game

[@aether7005]

Next time you go into the deep dark bring a lot of wool, wool prevents the sensors from hearing you and you can place wool blocks without causing any noise. The warden is blind and can only hear and smell you. If you use wool you can prevent it from hearing you and you can also use snow balls to distract it if it has not spotted you yet. The deep dark does hold more secrets, there is a structure with unique loot that spawns there but not every deep dark biome has such a structure.

[@arterca]

Actually great tips. Hopefully he will explore Goat Mountain's deep dark to see if he can uncover the secrets.

[@Bluebatstar]

Honestly, seeing someone build a base just out of the blocks they found lying around by raiding structures really makes me reconsider base building in Minecraft as a whole. Instead of having a plan from the start and going out to seek blocks, just improvise with what you've got and can find, and that can lead to really nice structures like Dan has built. Seeing him get excited about stuff like Wool in the mansion is honestly really cool. That's not to say plans are bad, but I feel just going with the flow like Dan is doing is a really good way of playing this game and I think I'll honestly take lessons from this next time I play. I've been loving these videos.

[@Quang1999]

seeing him play made me realised how much of a min maxer me and my friends are. He got through most of the trouble just fine while we always look to be as overpowered as possible. Really nice change of perspective and pace.

[@crocodileguy4319]

Yea, everyone always trying to be as efficient as possible, consequence of too much multiplayer and competition I guess.

[@gianmarcoc7186]

The way that RTGame is taking the game slowly, and genuinely having a good time, and the way that most of the Hermits on Hermitcraft are just having fun, and not rushing to the late game made me realise something. The old style of chill Minecraft KZbin is slowly returning, as people are tired of the over-saturated content. Sorry, I know that this is kind of frowned upon, but on a comment this popular I can't help but do it. If you want to see more opinions/takes on internet-y stuff, I'd head over to the channel Nayomaise. Just thought this would be a good place to shamelessly self promote, just like how the big guys tell you to subscribe. :D

[@pirilon78]

Or people are nostalgic

[@waron4fun597]

@@pirilon78 both? both. both is good. both.

[@spookysomeone]

HERMITCRAFT MENTIONED 🔥🔥🔥🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@PowerHausMusic]

@@spookysomeone HERMITCRAFT-RELATED REPLY 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Jr837_]

I want a RT-Hermits collab asap

[@pompadorbz9168]

RTs highly improvised and off the cusp builds and the montages that accompany them are slowly becoming some of my favorite minecraft builds, despite their simplicity. They're just so full of life and personality with that classic spur-of-the-moment creativity.

[@MTN6516]

The fact that chat was gaslighting him about if there was treasure or not was my favorite. they could have easily explained that some have cities and some dont, but they chose to feed RT's insanity instead.

[@RAquarii]

That ocean part is peak Minecraft energy. Some random idea pops into your head, and even though it's a stupidly time-consuming task, you sit down and do it. I once spent several days terraforming a desert into a nether biome, replacing the river that ran along it with lava and building a nether fortress. Why? I have no idead, but it was fun

[@iniminimoshimo]

"why?" > "it was fun" there's all the reason you need friend

[@lasagna3289]

I tried to turn a desert purple once. I got really far! It was a very fun project. Tragically my computer died of unknown causes at the age of 1, I'll miss playing Drop Computer Several Feet Onto Floor with it

[@KahjalDragon]

me and some buds once took a giant desert biome and converted all sand into glass. in survival mode. it looked absolutely awesome when it was done. did it achieve any purpose? no, of course not LOL

[@Chameleonred5]

There never was a reason needed.

[@HazeEmry]

Got back into minecraft and am now currently trying to make a forest surrounding my base I made on the surface of a deep ocean with all the trees available in minecraft. Quick question, how do you grow a mangrove?

[@5-timez-backmultiverse846]

The fact that Dan kept *running* from the Warden and just letting it follow him is actually killing me

[@callumfinlayson-palmer8393]

Running is fine as long as you couch and stop running after you make some distance.

[@samsemy6825]

it gave me PHYSICAL PAIN

[@chillbizz74]

He was terrified and he has no idea how to avoid it

[@mixednarwhal]

@@callumfinlayson-palmer8393​​⁠​⁠ That’s a new strategy, build a couch before resting after running from the Warden.

[@Storse]

him constantly uncrouching to jump down 1 block ledges is also painful

[@Usual_Kook13]

Hey Dan! A quick way to tell what's solid snow and what's sinking snow is that sinking snow can't get the thin layers of snow on it. So when you're in an area with a field of snow, try to avoid the 'indents' in the snow and you'll avoid snow death :)

[@danWHY]

i absolutely love the idea of building little homes throughout a minecraft world using just the blocks you find from your previous adventures. the wizard tower was built using the geode found in the first cave adventure, the ruined home was built from the mansion and the lush cave.

[@Droub_]

Circle!!!!! Fun fact! After the stream, the discord lab *blew up*! we are now in a repurposed shipping container, and the discord union is running elections.

[@braydonmcintyregaming]

Gotta make sure no one votes for me

[@pilarwolf8818]

RIP to the original discord stream lab, gone but not forgotten

[@finleymorris04]

Disco Elysium moment

[@1th_to_comment.]

I... what?

[@ceph_and_seethe]

"How do all the squares make a circle?!"

[@nota_rabbit]

Dan will pay for the crimes he committed against the axolotol. RIP little brown axolotol, he didn't drop anything. RIP little yellow axolotol, into the hole he go

[@arandomcommenter412]

He will not

[@MiguelGonzalez-ow5pt]

The yellow one was flushed down the hole

[@kirby1225]

He will pay for the crimes he commited.

[@gavinhuttpacificrim]

Into the hole he go

[@gavinhuttpacificrim]

Into the hole he go

[@resinks2269]

Rt when watching people rebuild the Minecraft earth: "everyone build Tesco, why is there so much TESCO" Rt when playing minecraft Survival: " so this whole continent is basically a big trip to tesco"

[@outrageouslamp4539]

What's funny is there is actually something that can be found in the deep dark. just probably doesn't spawn in every deep dark biome

[@ofcalex]

The pictur of the square peg being hammered into the circular hole fucking sent me so hard on stream, honestly might be the funniest ends to a bit I've ever seen

[@drag0nerd]

I apologize to Dan for accidentally starting the trend of calling his end base "Olive Garden", mainly because he did actual cooking unlike IRL Olive Garden

[@YakitoriQueen]

I'm in a rough mental health spot rn and this series never fails to cheer me up. Watching you rediscover minecraft is a delight. Keep on gaming dan

[@Glory2Snowstar]

I love that Dan’s insanity got to the point of imposing circles upon a Minecraft world. Did those ancient miners go mad after discovering that same forbidden geometry?

[@bengal4047]

The grin that split my face when I saw this come up in my feed lol As a horror lover, I have a soft spot for the warden a mile wide. I love that it's there in vanilla as a creepy challenge for those who dare, but doesn't progression-wall anyone who wants to leave well enough alone. Can't wait to see RT stumble into an utter nightmare and just barely escape, like I have so many times ❤

[@itsumikoroko]

EXACTLY

[@cornstalks4122]

I usually turn warden spawning off because I just don't think they're fun (I primarily build, so I get extreme gamer rage when wardens kill me while I'm trying to get some cool blocks), but I do find them very entertaining when other people encounter them lmao

[@chrystianodell1344]

Hammer meets nail with this one, I adore everything the deep dark has to offer, especially it's leaning towards minecrafts darker(pun half intended) side

[@MarkusAldawn]

Dan I have to be honest, the deep dark segment was the most scared I've been in ages. Like, I've fought the warden a couple of times, both on Singleplayer and Servers. But I watched the update content get explained as it came out and I 100% cheesed it multiple times. There's no other way. I always tryhard myself up with as much protection gear as I could and I had golden apples and even enchanted golden apples on standby. Any time I died, I could tell that I died because I did something stupid, not because I did the most logical thing in the circumstances and I just didn't know crucial information which would have made me not do that. The warden didn't frighten me anymore because it was a known quantity. It's like if somebody asks you what you'd do in a zombie apocalypse, and you rattle off some plan that has 'dont get bitten' as a key element. This video was the scariest thing I've seen in forever. It's like watching a horror movie called 'Zombies' and seeing the protagonist with no cultural or implicit knowledge try to reckon with a threat they have no reference for. You did everything right. You had a base camp with a bed, you experimented and worked out how the sculk works, you took precautions. What scared me so well about this video and what made it so enjoyable is seeing how you approached it and realising that you didn't just do your best, you did better than I would've managed, and probably the best you could do. Super entertaining video. As always, yes, but especially this one. I have rarely seen the world through another's eyes more viscerally than this. Holy fucking Christ.

[@Bradboss10]

Through watching his series, I’ve decided I’m not going to watch videos going in-depth on new features, I’m going to figure it out my self

[@MarkusAldawn]

@@Bradboss10 honestly, I'd say you should record it. Even you decide never to put it up anywhere, you'll have it and in a few months or a year when it's become all second nature, you'll be able to look back and see how new and weird it felt at the time.

[@LilChuunosuke]

Yeah the Warden is fkn terrifying when you go in blind & play as "intended" (in quotations bc i dont want to imply that the people using exploits programmed into the game are wrong). Theres such a huge difference between slinking away silently through the caves past cackling skulk sensors and just placing down a piston hooked up to a repeater clock & walking past the warden as it stares at the device like an entranced puppy.

[@thanatos4610]

Yeah whenever I play minecraft I gear up to the max by mass kidnapping villagers and exp farms then literally just chill out and do chores.

[@2001Pieps]

If we are giving Dan hints via riddles: "Not every oyster has a pearl"

[@pidgegunderson5635]

As a geometry teacher this was so fun and infuriating. The center RT is trying to find is the circumcenter of a quadrilateral (created by perpendicular bisectors) which does not exist for a quadrilateral that isn’t a rectangle. From the circle perspective, he created two chords and assumed them to be diameters, which they are not. Still A+ for effort and for using Desmos

[@pidgegunderson5635]

Also, in case anyone was wondering how someone found the center, all you would have to do is make the inscribed shape a triangle instead of a quadrilateral (remove one of the points). Then you can use perpendicular bisectors to find the circumcenter.

[@alistair.404]

Can't wait for the next installment, where Dan finally finds the Underground City. I wanna see him attempt stealth in block game.

[@dallor09]

he’s gonna shoot the warden with a bow and then run away and set off every sensor and still survive somehow

[@overlordcrumb]

I actually really like Dan's building style in this series. It's VERY all over the place but there's so much style dripping from every build. The houses just feel very human for lack of a better word.

[@HarperNell]

It's so cool to see someone genuinely enjoying and complimenting the new features in the game after years of people bashing the developers and complaining about lost ones. Tbh I've loved all the new updates (even the bee one everyone hated) and don't mind them adding new passive mobs and things for ambience (not everyone plays aggressively!) It feels like seeing someone experience the game it was meant to be experienced. Minecraft content has sort of turned into this oversaturated content mill of seeing what game mechanics can be pushed to create more impossible successes. But that doesn't really speak to how I play the game or enjoy the way it's played- honestly I just like to keep bees and plant flowers.

[@polelot5824]

Down and down, round and round Cube of string masks your sound. Earthbound treasure to be found Buried beneath: the old compound.

[@jenkinsfamily2229]

As hysterical as the complete mental breakdown over the Desmos was, my favorite part of this video really just was watching Dan build a house with all the little bits and pieces he found (read: stole) throughout his journeys. Incredibly cozy, fun to watch and nice to see him not only discover but embrace the new side of Minecraft that has been added in these past few years.

[@isitlauren]

RT using seemingly random blocks to make a house but somehow managing to make it look good and feel homey is mind boggling to me. Well done!

[@macariodaal]

I do enjoy watching Dan cook in minecraft. At first it looks like he's making a mess, but when he's done, it looks like a masterpiece. If Kevin is a Military Genius, RT is The Architectural Genius

[@username5155]

I love how you can seamlessly go between suffering in the Deep Dark, a chill house building montage, and then the Deep Dark again.

[@daktotathecolossus7404]

Honestly, the ruined house feels so cathartically amazing as a chapter, rt game using every little piece he gathered across the previous adventure, through perils and explorations, he gathered the materials which culminated in this one house. After constant movement and danger, finally a peaceful montage. Every piece of the video coming together in one beautiful inspired building. Its amazing.

[@math9172]

1:06 Hering that, I thought you were saying "Many f****ng comments". You have successfully brainwashed me into reflexively considering "youtube" an insult.

[@anthropomorphicanimal2468]

Dan's building style is extremely reminiscing on how old Minecraft KZbinrs build their own houses during their playthroughs, it honestly feels nostalgic I can't but just enjoy watching Dan play Minecraft with joy and with no clear goal in mind and just go what feels best at the moment

[@Troggie42]

Cloe' I 100% appreciated your edit of RT breaking archaeological artifacts, that was very fun, thank you for being cool as heck

[@nqnt4161]

The build sequence at 1:06:00 genuinely made me tear up, both because of the evil music choice but also because it just brought back so many memories of when Minecraft felt new and unique and exciting to play, and when I'd just make the nicest home I possibly could with what I had lying around instead of just doing the bare minimum like I have done since then. Thanks for bringing back those memories.

[@MayaPapaya497]

That song is so beautiful, it really reminds me of Celeste's soundtrack. I always love when it comes on in game

[@Ayeryyn]

the anxiety i feel as rt just casually walks around the sculk sensors is so high makes it super fun to watch though, especially with you not knowing anything about the deep dark!!

[@Bradboss10]

The way he didn’t just jump wile crouching and uncrouched to go down a block really gave me a nails on a chalkboard feeling, but it was so hilarious to watch

[@modestmismagius105]

seriously my first time in the deep dark was spent placing single wool blocks and hopping between them, seeing someone just stroll on through it feels so wrong lol

[@fredface4939]

The extended peaceful silent building segments of these streams are so pretty.... one of my favorite parts for sure

[@gamethingstuff]

The evolution from building a shitty dirt hurt as your starter home to building an amazing cozy house just as an outpost is so awesome to watch in minecraft.

[@DeXyfero]

I think its genuinely impossible to overestimate this series. It has the most unintentional while seeming intentional charm I’ve ever seen in a minecraft playthrough, let alone a playthrough of most games. Another thing that adds to this is both that you can tell hes having fun and experiencing this for the first time. His world aids in it greatly as well, because it crafts a story for him as he plays, something I’ve rarely seen another do. He starts off in a bad biome, experiences all the old stuff he knew, leaves it behind and immediately comes across a new biome, which he makes his home. Turns out, there was a giant, gorgeous cave underneath it. So, he makes his house out of amethyst. He then explores just the tiniest bit and finds like 5 new biomes in 2 seconds, and another 5, and it just keeps coming. Narratives leading into narratives, everything just goes into eachother perfectly. This thing plays out exactly like a book, and I mean exactly. I dont know what else to say, its just that good. I’m on the edge of my seat waiting for the next, and while I’ve accepted it will end, I’m so glad I get to see one of my favourite INTERNET PERSONALITIES do a youtube. Can’t wait for the next one, thank you so much for this, RTGame, our drift king

[@lararys7765]

I watched the end the deep dark saga live and it was absolutely glorious. It was also maddedning when RT and chat were struggling to do the math for the "circle" cause I'm an astrophysics major and the math was so simple, they were over complicating it.

[@DOGMA20051]

it's like the monkeys and typewriters thing, give enough chatters keyboards and we can draw a circle

[@thatguy1593]

Also it was never even the problem to solve in the first place lol

[@Snow-im5wl]

The way you plat Minecraft it beautiful, its like every chapter it not just its own adventure, but each video is its own journey with the series itself being one long story your taking us on that never seems to lose interest. Thank you for that RT

[@p-bodee507]

Im very drunk rn But i just wanna say To RT/Dan This series has re-awakened my fire for Minecraft. Watching you play this reminds me of when i first started playing the game as a kid. It rekindled my love for this game. And i want everyone to think back,bring up those old memoeries of playing with friends,or meeting total strangers on this game and making the closest of friends. Thats what this series reminds me of. I love this. And as a rumbletumbler,i think i can speak for all of us when i say,this is one of your greatest series yet. Dan Thank you for all you do/all you create. Its has entertained us and made us feel at home through our the years. All in all Thank you for bringing this community of people together.

[@MikaHoppe]

The ruin house is genuinely so beautiful, it has such a specific kind of artistic vibe and expression to it! The leaf blocks also add so so much! I kinda wanna do some art of both this and the wizard tower xD They are both such beautiful and unique builds!

[@Hypogean7]

Kinda dissapointed he didn't plant the glow fruit in the Ruin House.

[@danooni]

We all learnt a very important lesson that day...minecraft diamonds are the true treasures (also maths is hard). I am the one who put the circle of trust picture in the dicord :) Thank you RT for making us laugh

[@AcePilot-mn2fj]

I think Dan is blessed with being in the sweet spot between knowing nothing about the game and knowing tons. He’s not in the “Blind, struggling newcomer” stage, but he’s been out of tune long enough where he can genuinely discover things for the first time, which I imagine very few Minecraft players have been able to do for a while

[@imkabochan]

The chaotic moments are incredible But I just love when he starts to build and it's just music and him placing blocks in this little bubble of peace and focus This series made me remember why I started playing minecraft 15 years ago and it made wanna go back and do it all over again today

[@RipePineapples]

He started in a village with sticks and rocks, and now he's changed the entire landscape and started fighting the abyss.

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

Him not knowing what he’s doing at all, even if that makes him miss out on new content he doesnt know exists, makes this so fun

[@juniebugged011]

This playthrough represents what Minecraft truly is: it’s your world, made for your adventure, for you to do what you like. It lets you explore deep caves you think are pointless, dig up ancient relics you think are worthless, and does everything it possibly can to kill you. But the world is also beautiful, and it’s so lovely that RT is able to appreciate that. Minecraft is a game that is truly yours, where you get to build what you want and do what you want. It’s not about being the best, it’s about being yourself. It’s about having fun and trying to make a house not look like shit.

[@alanam7272]

even though this video was… considerably more terrifying than the others (i haven’t played minecraft in ages so i had no clue what was happening), i really can’t overstate how much this series puts me at ease. i’m so excited to see what happens next, for however long you decide to continue with it. also, the last 10 minutes or so made me actually cry with laughter, so thank you for that.

[@TetraDax]

You would think that Minecraft playthroughs would be somewhat boring by now, but somehow when you add Dan into it, it becomes the perfect comfort view. Highly recommend watching this wrapped in a blanket with a big cup of coffee.

[@davidsymonds7090]

Chloe's shattering montage was somehow what my life needed today. Also Dan is braver than me, i wouldn't have been able to explore that place.

[@TheBillJohnsonVarietyHour]

all these squares make a circle all these squares make a circle all these squares make a circle all these squares make a circle

[@elderwolfhound9080]

The fact the warden has as much health as the java wither and ender dragon combined is nutty. What's even crazier is the bedrock wither has the same health

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

bedrock wither has 600 health

[@jenkinsfamily2229]

you better have included the Desmos mental breakdown

[@confusedforreal1534]

if Chole ever need anything, you Dan have a moral obligation to provide her with that and a lot more.

[@dumpylump]

Sometimes the deepest depths are found under the highest peaks.

[@milktoast8602]

1:30:00 Wow, Shenpai was right. You DID go insane!

[@thefreakasaurus]

i cant describe how much i love this series. its beautiful. the scenery, the pseudo-story, the absolute joy in every adventure. i can see concept art in my head, of dan in a wizards hat, in his amethyst tower, on top of his hollow mountain, of the ruin house, overgrown and sprawling across the biome. of dan travelling across the deep dark, fearing the mythic creature that is the warden. it feels like it could be a comic, frankly. also, daniel, when this series is done, i BEG you to drop the seed of both the untouched world and the one youve carved around yourself. its too fascinating to not be able to explore myself

[@jaimonlovins2250]

I really love how you play Minecraft- it feels very much how developers intended, in the sense that it hasnt been molded by meta gaming, which is very easy to do with Minecraft. I really love watching this perspective personally- it be a vibe! Also keep at it with the Deep Dark- the mines lurk for you yeet

[@BigLesbian]

Dan taking all the stuff he gathered from multiple adventures around the world to make one house felt so right and nice. Like the ending of an anime when all the pals fight together

[@crunchcrunch_]

I think these might be my new favorite series (though I do ADORE your Ace Attorney). We can tell you're having fun and it makes it such a wonderful viewing experience. Loving this series!!!

[@BananaWasTaken]

For me, Persona 5 is up there with the two you’ve mentioned as well

[@aclaymushroomwithaberet7084]

agreed

[@bluesheep4373]

god i wish he would play the next ace attorney trilogy, especially now that it got an HD remaster on steam. i dont watch the streams so i wonder if he's ever mentioned anything about that

[@therealmrboo9962]

Other than this, my fav has been Stardew Valley

[@blazichaos7181]

@@bluesheep4373 He has, sadly im pretty sure he explictly said he won't play it, I think part of the issue is that some people were backseating/spoiling the game and it got to a frustrating level, I think he mentioned somewhere he might play it in his own time, but unlikely to stream it. Which sucks cause that was likely one of my top (if not most) favourite series.

[@rainoffiretzizik3728]

How dan manages to make the most unique block pallets work amazes me. Genuinely impressed.

[@Kilojoules]

I think this might be my favorite series on your channel (and that's saying something, for the record). I am consistently floored by how good your final builds are, and the editing on these videos is phenomenal across the board. You're having so much fun, I keep almost buying Minecraft again so I can try all the new things too! It's been a pleasure to rediscover this game alongside you.

[@jacobbaer785]

The moment at 50:06 was genuinely so beautiful

[@copycalico]

The deep dark *sometimes* has a structure in it known as an ancient city. If you had found that, it would have been worth it for the adventure alone, nevermind the fact it has some of the best loot in the game. Unfortunately I don't think this deep dark biome contained one of those. You've been so thorough I really doubt you missed it if it was there. Next time you find a biome like that, don't be deterred by your previous attempts not yielding anything. Anything aside from Minecraft Diamonds™ of course. Don't worry about going there so often by the way, I found it extremely entertaining. Was on the edge of my seat for most of it, and the discord memes had me crying of laughter. I love you Dan, keep doing what you do.

[@lazersstuff53]

To add onto this, the ancient city has a tendency to spawn under large mountains