LetsPlay S14E1 We're Back

[@Wolf-1911]

Direwolf20 is the root of my life tree. I used to watch over 10 years ago during the old days of industrialcraft and equivalent exchange. Many things have changed in my life, but Direwolf20 remains the same. He is the only constant in the universe, and I appreciate him for this.

[@Herbilizard]

same

[@MiguelAbd]

Same here. It's crazy we are all into our late 20s and Direwolf still makes us click the video as soon as it pops on our algorithm

[@rocksfire4390]

@@MiguelAbd 20s? try 30s =)

[@dessemiss]

@@rocksfire4390came to say the same thing! I learned modded Minecraft from him, he got me into it totally. 36 now

[@paulnieuwkamp8067]

@@rocksfire439043 here and still playing Minecraft, and I don't doubt I'm not the oldest one :) Never really played vanilla, I pretty much jumped straight to the dw20 pack.

[@parkerdavis7859]

I was just starting the 6th grade when I started watching your Lets Plays. I'm a lawyer now. I've never stopped. Just wanted you to know that you've been a really awesome part of my life for a long time, Dire.

[@casper75559]

For anyone who wants a beginner to in-depth guide, Direwolf is your man! Grew up watching and playing along with his Letsplay series.

[@JustKatoh]

Hey man, just wanted to say that way back in the day, I am talking before DIrewolf20 pack even was a thing, you got me into modded minecraft, I loved watching your videos and how intelligent and fun they were, this motivated me to write my own minecraft mods, then plugins, then, after learning how to properly write code I am now a successful developer and I can say that I am being paid a lot of money for work I love doing, and I just wanted to say thank you to you! Thank you so much for introducing me to all this!

[@Zadesniper]

Isn't it crazy to think about? I was in middle school playing on a random non name brand laptop that could barely run Minecraft when I came across direwolf's channel. Now my kids are starting to play Minecraft as well

[@teslagasoline5629]

That's really amazing to hear :) Cheers to your success and future!

[@TeixJT]

It's been years since I last saw a Direwolf series, gawd Im getting emotional hearing him talk about the mods for this one with the Minecraft music in the background Cant belive YT actually recommend thos Imma have that bell button on for sure, I am following this one!!

[@kevinclark5917]

Excited for mods in 1.21. I play every DW pack and try to keep up with the let's plays too. Hard to believe that I've watched Dire since I was in elementary school and now I'm less than a year away from a college degree. Time flies.

[@jonathanhart3526]

Just hit me how long I have been watching your videos. It was way back in the 1.6 or 1.7. Crazy. Keep up the amazing work.

[@samuelwilliams2266]

I love that you guys put this pack on both the ftb launcher and curseforge

[@randomramblings101]

Direwolf will always be a legend to me, finding you again in my 30s and can't wait to play along side you like I did in my youth 😁

[@Cloakarius]

Fargo’s is actually a very popular mod from Terraria. It would make you search the whole world to make very powerful accessories that could be combined to form one extremely powerful accessory. Neat to see it in Minecraft, wonder how well it’s implemented.

[@MoonrayDrake]

Hopefully a little less grindy than in Terraria. Some stuff required some rare spawns that would take *quite* the effort to get.

[@madisondampier3389]

I heard him say "Fargo's" and I was thinking "It couldn't be THAT Fargo, right?" "Maybe they decided to make their own minecraft mod!" They basically ported the souls mod into minecraft, love it, that's crazy powerful

[@ImMimicute]

​@@MoonrayDrakeI get what you're saying but that's 100% the point

[@runelt99]

From my experience, biggest issue were fruits dropped from hitting trees and those goddamned paintings. Playing it second time I downloaded mod that lets me move npcs instantly without guilt.

[@moonsalibi]

Hey Dire! Fargo's is a mod that started in (and is still updated for) the Terraria modding scene, and it does about the same thing here as it does in that game- adds charms (or accessories in terraria) with unique, powerful effects. The charms then get smushed together into clusters (usually segmented by categories, like "hostile mob" for example), which are also equippable, and basically just combine all the components into one uber charm. And then those clusters get smushed into even more op accessories, yada yada.

[@JennhasADHD]

Long time fan, follower, player of your packs. SUPER EXCITED to play this over my summer here in New Zealand. Have a great day!!

[@JosephMacKay-o3w]

Direwolf20 cannot believe you’re still making videos man that into is still nostalgic keep it up been watching since I was a kid

[@howester8446]

Great first episode DW. Excited to see you explore the new mods and show me a thing or two on how to do the modded things lol.

[@SS20x3]

The tree felling mod is a pretty good compromise between not giving the players super easy access to a vein miner from the start and also reducing the tedium of early wood gathering/tree clearing.

[@Nexadon]

Woot! I go on a week-long vacation and come back to this! I have been waiting for this for months now!!! Woot! Can't wait to see what you do in a single pack with all the mods you've developed. Keep up the great work DW20!

[@namonibblonian]

While I am excited about the new pack, I am also pretty bummed that you're abandoning project architect 2. It's a fun pack that I've enjoyed watching you play and was looking forward to the endgame. You were really just getting going on it... oh well

[@tyray3p]

He never said he was abandoning PA2, did he? I mean it's not super common but he's done two or three series at the same time, so I don't see what'd make you think he was abandoning PA2, especially as he didn't say anything about stopping PA2 in his last episode.

[@moomootwo2]

@@tyray3p He said in the announcement video yesterday that he was ending PA2.

[@namonibblonian]

@@tyray3p expirence lol

[@tyray3p]

@@moomootwo2 Aaah okay, thanks for letting me know. I didn't watch it, and at the end of the last PA2 episode he said he's usual "See ya in the next episode" spiel lol

[@Smokeywolf64]

same here

[@SummitSummit]

Bummer. I like to play along with Dire in the same world, but it seems some world generation mod changed from when Dire started to today. While I also started in a village using his seed, the village and the world around it are quite different from what Dire has.

[@ThedhHoly]

Mine did too. I was hoping to play through along with the series.

[@ockerspock3432]

You will always spawn in a village in this pack....a mod makes sure of it

[@touma-san91]

Meh... I would prefer a mod that makes sure there is no village anywhere near me.

[@iConGOML]

@@touma-san91 Then get that one

[@touma-san91]

@@iConGOML And which one that would be then?

[@mehni3291]

@@touma-san91 ur mom

[@touma-san91]

@@mehni3291 And here I thought it was ur dad.

[@dholihumbug4517]

Fargos soul mod from terraria now in minecraft. Noice!

[@Arturius_Rex_8]

The mod I'd love to see come back is the MeeCreeps mod. Dire had it in a pack like six years ago or something. It was a fun little thing.

[@ockerspock3432]

MeeCreeps was a mod imagined by Dire and brought to life by McJty... it was a bit of fun.

[@LadyCae]

Mister Meecreeps! Ah yes, fond memories!

[@Blahander]

What did it do? Maybe we can add it ourselves. Or has it not be updated?

[@Arturius_Rex_8]

@@Blahander I've never seen it since that pack. If you're familiar with Rick and Morty, it summoned a Meeseeks. If not, it basically summoned a golem that could do a simple task like chop down a tree, mine to bedrock and place a staircase, etc.

[@clnseat]

Yeeessssss! I talk about it all the time.

[@MeetHaoLi]

i agree: Direwolf20 is the root of my life tree. I used to watch over 10 years ago during the old days of industrialcraft and equivalent exchange. Many things have changed in my life, but Direwolf20 remains the same. He is the only constant in the universe, and I appreciate him for this.

[@JinSingh07]

I used to watch you all the time about 10 years ago when i used to play direwolf with my brothers and my cousin. Recently bought a pc and getting back into modded minecraft. Ill be downloading the direwolf20 modpack again and playing along with you :)

[@lonewulf0328]

Wow.... To think I have been watching you on here for over 10 years now, and I still never tire of seeing a new season drop.

[@AJKvideoproductions]

I missed this starting again. Thanks in advance for another series, will give it a watch now :D

[@Rowgue51]

Watching people play modded minecraft is what first got me using youtube when it was a fairly new thing. It's crazy to see people like direwolf20 and captainsparklez still almost exclusively doing minecraft content almost a decade and a half later and that they're still making a living off of the millions of people still watching them.

[@Sharkspartan6548]

The illustrations done for the first episode of these latest modded seasons is really charming and i hope to see it continue.

[@CarpathiaS]

New pack hype! very cool to see you figure out all the new things !

[@xiratak6429]

sev tech didnt start punching wood it was collecting rocks and sticks if i remember right and there are some skyblocks that have different starts suchas modern skyblock i think 2 its one of them that has you have an option to work towards a tree in various methods

[@akaipandatv7194]

Might have to take a backseat to this one and just watch your series this time around instead of playing along. Sad to see PA2 end before you really got to the endgame but hey totally understand, why not pick your own pack over another to do a series on. Excited to see it!

[@JoshSweetvale]

I actually spawned in a _ruined_ village, next to an ocean!

[@shreyanshsinghal1884]

Dire, Love the New Series! I would love it if you could bring back the viewer base builds and use it as your main base like you did in the old times in Engimatica Expert and All... Otherwise Loving the new series!

[@Pyronetic2]

Man, Direwolf doesn't play a lot of expert packs for him to say he can't think of mod packs where you don't start by punching trees lol

[@Gon.Freecss]

He's the kitchen sink master

[@KamuiPan]

Hey Dire, whenever you feel like not building a 9x9 structure anymore, you can offer the public to build a house or base for you, a starter one and a more advance one with other rooms too. Since there's several mods that can save entire buildings, you just need to get the resources and automatically build them! Just a suggestion! Never mind if you didn't like the idea. Waiting for another Dire Wire Series!

[@smartyheadysyoutube3399]

don't forget to use the extended pattern access terminal when you get into ae2, it's very powerful

[@stagelights_]

i really like dire's videos because they feel like the last bastion of old school youtube. lots of modern youtubers are very loud and have tons of bright flashy colors and interrupt the videos with sponsors for products that are usually scams, but dire just sticks to what works. it's funny because his video style has barely changed in 11 years behond maybe getting a better mic, but it doesn't feel like he's stagnated at all. keep doin what you're doin dire

[@sethmichener9871]

Saw the modpack on curseforge, reminded me that I used to watch these videos. So nostalgic

[@CarpathiaS]

Indeed, NTC#started off without you breaking wood ;) was a great series!

[@ockerspock3432]

pretty sure UniversIO is another

[@Saijansfavorites]

also the stoneblock modpacks.

[@uriahheep6730]

And who could forget Crash Landing :) lots of non tree punch starts....

[@jared_per]

Oh! I'm really excited railcraft is back! Rails have been severely lacking

[@kev5507]

Watching you play 11 years on from your Season 5 lets play ... when I started .. Yet still no fancy buildings :P The fantastic 9x9 I see coming .. Great Episode !!

[@ElderSivart]

really appreciate this modpack being on curseforge since it makes it easier to manage on the Prism launcher :)

[@eliolmos8497]

I've been watching since season 6 keep up the good work dire

[@cassanthemum]

Welcome back! SUSHI! Sushi is in da pack!!

[@JustullahHmmowski]

After randomly watching episode 30-ish 40-ish something that you were mining ancient debris in nether, I decided to start this pack and watch the whole series. I hate that ancient debris grind. That x-ray gadget is so good, I want to try it.

[@nathanaelhavlik4293]

Classic Dire. He forgets you need iron tools to break gold.

[@owenfarmer1588]

classic direderp to start off the series

[@cranberrysauce61]

only if there was a mod that could show what you are looking at and if the current tool your hold could break it properly or not to help the player to remember which tool to use and when. oh well. just the standard start to another of dire's series.

[@Minase636]

Dire, I am once again requesting that you explore ALL of Apotheosis and not just the enchanting.

[@Adventrous_gamer]

I think your a KZbinr I watched when I was younger a toddler the only episode I Rember was in a taiga like area and he had a mod that had a chunk mining area that added ores to chests from the chunk your voice is similar to the voice I Rember I think your him thank you for giving me joy

[@skodass1]

i think sevtech is one of the few mods that doesn't start with punching wood.

[@plushrei5926]

Modpacks* And as for mods TFC and NoTreePunching immediately come to mind

[@AleksandrWins]

And TerraFirma Craft!

[@plushrei5926]

@@AleksandrWins that's what I said...

[@Dourmouk1]

There was a pack that you did not punch wood, SEV TECH if i remember correctly

[@ZSanch]

Was waiting for you to start a new series for me to start watching

[@kingofandrew2]

And just like that I know what I am doing for a while. Dire the gift of removing boredom.

[@JamesStansell]

I love the start of a new world

[@SioxGreyWolf]

I always suggest in any modpack with minecolonies, first, make tools from a tool mod, then make either a supply camp or supply ship. You get only get 1 freebie, but it can get you a nice amount of supplies that act as a basecamp.

[@JumpShotHD]

Its always funny watching Direwolf start a new series he starts the way OG players start saves super slow insta skip night hide underground wont explore structures. Where as most people evolved their playstyle over the years to to basically speedrun to full iron gear before night 1 dire always gets iron gear on like day 6 or 7

[@Sworn973]

Dang, learned english watching you and trying to understand the mods, like back in 2010 or something. Still rocking it, have to say, still love it! Something you always said and I kind of agree about not having any shaders, but would be nice to leave some options in the video description just to make people life easier if they want have some shaders

[@adambrown8579]

Love the thumbnail mate

[@KushDid7-11]

so direwolf finally popped back up in everyones feeds... the world is right again

[@mikelees18]

It looks like fun never saw you setup home base in a jungle

[@SuperDreamWater]

Please don’t end the other let’s play series :(. We want to see more of the one.

[@gameguy0174]

He will upload both. Tomorrow will be the project pack. He's having fun with it. The only time he stops a pack midway through is when he isn't having fun.

[@camer5371]

@@gameguy0174 im pretty sure that he said exactally that he is ending pa2 for now untill it comes to 1.21

[@ArnoldQMudskipper]

​@@gameguy0174kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpSae5edo9OCipYsi=lmZcESfDPbS53yoK He said PA2 series is done (1:51 mark)

[@ArnoldQMudskipper]

​@@camer5371He did. I think my reply was removed because I linked to the previous video

[@releejr025]

Unfortunately he has already said pa2 is done.

[@Issa_eth]

Even if I am maybe on a new timeline, direwolf stayed same.

[@randomramblings101]

I really want to give this a go but I'm 99% sure my computer won't run minecraft past 1.7/1.8. Such a shame as Direwolf introduced me to modded Minecraft in my early adult years(maybe even late teens🤷‍♂️), I have very fond memories of the old packs and now years later as I reach my 30s(!)I'm finding him again and enjoying all the content I missed. 😁 Just wish I could follow along 😂

[@thederpykrafter]

there is always a bed in the first level of the dungeon the tower lead to, and usually a safe route to it with no spawners

[@S1ipperyJim]

RLCraft is a pack you don't start by punching wood. You actually have to punch gravel first instead. Punching a tree yields nothing.

[@ScottGodin]

7:00 Actually IIRC SevTech Ages starts out where you can't punch trees -- you have to first make a flint hatchet (this is one of my all time favorite modpacks mostly due to how its questbook worked differently as opposed to very nearly almost all other questbooks)

[@MatijaMedved]

Fresh new start with Dire

[@mininearby]

Im sorry dire that I've fallen off but i love that you are timeless

[@monsternoob1281]

After years of watching dw20, he crafted the axe to the right side, idk if i can keep watching 😂

[@Project_Niu]

At 30:10, go to your accessibility options and turn "menu background blur" off and that will fix the waystone and other things like building gadgets

[@simtimzero]

As to packs that dont start by punching wood...... Crash Landing?

[@artstrutzenberg7197]

Who was getting Bob Ross vibes from this chatter: "You should play all minecraft however you want." "Everybody should be able to play the game however they like..."

[@MartyrPandaGaming]

The only way I could, reasonably, think of to start by not punching a tree is a kind of Skyblock where you start with a bit of grass and need to get "tree seeds" like other seeds first, as a sort of alternative start method to Skyblock 4.

[@kvernesdotten]

What little ive tried of this so far, it looks like it could become one of the better DW20 packs, but its a bit hard to tell so far since theres really nothing in it yet. Apart from AE2, Mekanism and a half baked version of Ender IO, playing this right now kinda feels like playing vanilla with 200 support mods installed. I think I will stick on the 1.20 pack until this one matures a bit and gets a bit more of the staple mods one would expect to see in a DW pack, but I will be keeping my eye on it and it does look like it could be one of the better packs. Really hoping some of the mod authors gets motivated now that theres a lets play going!

[@clarkmeyer7211]

Have you guys considered using the capsules mod? So you can place down a camp in the early game just to store some of your excess loot. I think that would make the start a lot smoother and it makes it better for players to find a place to start their build easier as they can move their camp from one place to the next with all their early game essentials like a bed and some basic chests

[@skedone]

Nice work dire this pack actually runs great on steam deck did even need to install another mod to help with fps , just got to sort out the buttons now

[@RoraxPlays]

I really hope people pick up on 1.21, its where a lot of fun new refreshes for mods are happening, and also the first stand alone verison of Neo Forged

[@clarkmeyer7211]

Lol seeing dire walk into the bathhouse after dying many times from Atm9 in those things made me nervous

[@Manavine]

I think a modpack skyblock actually forces you to fall into the void to get enough dirt to start.

[@LeeRobinson-e4q]

I have been watchin your letsplay for years. Look forward to it everytime. There is just something about the Direwolf20 modpack that brings me peace. I do not really enjoy the adventure or skyblock modpacks. I will be playing this soon, and hope for the Create pack to release as well!

[@Cbingles]

The Fargo’s talismans mod is based on the Fargo’s Mutant mod from Terraria.

[@vhhawk]

So happy to see this.

[@artstrutzenberg7197]

Punching wood---skyblocks starting out using Garden of Glass starts out pulling pebbles from grass/dirt...

[@AttackGamingDog]

YES! YOU'RE BACK!

[@clarkmeyer7211]

I feel like easy villagers is not only very helpful as a quality of life mod but it's a performance mod as well seeing as you consolidate a lot of mechanics of the game into one block. I feel like it's a bit of a must have for most mod packs at this point. I much prefer it to making iron farms the vanilla way mostly because of performance reasons.

[@TheGildedMackerel0]

Time to play along, as I did when I were young

[@DemonicTheAngel]

He hasnt touched computer craft in so long. I really enjoyed when he would code some cool stuff. I get why some dummies wouldnt wanna watch it but coding can be really satisfying. Especially when he did the screens for his builds.

[@DemonicShadow_666]

this shadow also loved his computer craft stuff, i even asked him on his twitter to do something with it, also miss him doing livestreams its been like ,3 years, since his last one.

[@flexico64]

Man, I remember watching Dire back when Buildcraft and Industrialcraft were the big tech mods. It's been a long ride! I think my favorite thing he's made is that huge rollercoaster that incorperated all the different mods he used during the season! What was that, season 4?

[@Tutankhamun1333]

Got it ready on my Multi MC launcher imported from the FTB App.

[@TruckerSether]

Did sevtech ages start with punching wood?

[@HowGamersPlay]

I'm going to make a 3x3 of 9x9x9s here in a little bit on my personal pack I made :)

[@ockerspock3432]

Not happy. I always, since 1.3, have played the same seed and built on the same place but the "seed" is not working properly or maybe the mod that forces a village spawn is randomising the location.

[@jrealdeal2u]

World Gen had a massive over haul back in the Caves and Cliffs pt2 update. Seeds are different from vers.1.18 onward.

[@ockerspock3432]

@@jrealdeal2u i had no problem in 1.19 or 1.20. I have confirmed the village spawn location mod is not the cause.

[@PokeMasrerJ]

​@@jrealdeal2u pretty sure they mean the seed Dire put for his world , isn't making the same worlds if someone was trying to recreate it.

[@shipment7095]

Same here, pack must have been updated from when dire created the seed so we got a different one. Sad, but I'll guess I'll deal with it.

[@Raganui]

There are packs you don't punch wood. Typically the 'realism' ones, where you need to find twigs on the ground or punch leaves for sticks, then make basic flint tools.

[@RagestrikeOfficial]

holy moly i saw s1 but i had no idea there was 14 seasons

[@arturw8975]

Funny thing is that u got pretty lucky with the the seed because u actually can go to the nether from the beginning using only the nether monument and stuff in the chest next to it including the fire charge.

[@samuelplyler1511]

Direwolf forgot about the Stoneblock pack. Start by punching stone!

[@sonicdemon8692]

I do wish Direwolf20 would have included EMC 2 since I kinda wanted to see how crazy he would have made the EMC contraptions that he was starting to do last pack.

[@aertys12]

Ngl, i cheered a little when i saw super factory manager and hyperbox is in the pack.

[@pastorjustin419]

While I agree completely that mining 64 blocks from go is a little silly, I think something like Treecapitator is absolutely fair and isn't too game breaky. Not sure if it is on this version of MC or not. I'll probably add it to my pack, but I love the pack as it stands.

[@pastorjustin419]

Then I watched Ep2 and realized why TtreeCapitator isn't in this pacck.

[@XxOSTONEBENOTSOxX]

havent played modded in forever.. so just to make sure.. if i own minecraft java and download the curseforge app i can lauch the modpack from there? is it that easy?

[@JanHardeel]

yes!

[@JasonAldeen-ln8gj]

si bro!

[@XxOSTONEBENOTSOxX]

@@JanHardeel nice thanks!

[@XxOSTONEBENOTSOxX]

@@JanHardeel i tried 2 modpacks and none of them worked the game doesnt even start it just crashes.. the pack from this video said i need to update my graphic driver even though im on the latest version of it and i tried atm 9 and it just installs fine but the game crashes and i get error exit code 1

[@XxOSTONEBENOTSOxX]

@@JanHardeel im on my 5th modpock install i even tried different versions ...none of them ever works..always crash with exit code 1 or some other bs

[@rellsw02]

Immersive engineering has had a few updates since your last pack, so would it be possible to give it some love? Looking forward to the new version of your pack.

[@kiserlee5471]

The mic quality has not changed haha. Love it though, almost nostalgic