Minecraft Empires Start a Resource War (the Great Golden War, Part 1)

See the rise of the West- Ardat Mosul, the Empire of Uldarash, the VAWR, and Bardonia, as they all come together to start a hemisphere-spanning war.
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[@veriss6814]

I was a part of the illegal mining operations in the mesa for Escharia. Fun times, many stacks of gold acquired

[@t6amygdala]

Wait how do illegal mining operations work? I’ve never heard of a way to break the rules mining besides X-ray

[@veriss6814]

@@t6amygdala It had to do with playermade agreements regarding the mesa biome, not cheating

[@drippydrip4663]

How is this one month ago when this came out 3 days ago?

[@greeboart3620]

@@drippydrip4663 the video came out 3 days ago it didn't happen 3 days ago

[@citrinefool]

@@greeboart3620 the original comment was made a month ago

[@zachrobinson8357]

“Jesus Christ this is Minecraft” Rathnir in a nutshell right here.

[@abdulh9493]

Are there any mods for war that is used or is it all vanilla mostly

[@Georges_IV]

@@abdulh9493 im pretty sure its all vanilla

[@Yental]

@@abdulh9493 plugins for claims and such but no hard mods you need to install

[@manwhodoesthings]

I know people can make some incredible things on this game but jeez. I can barely form a functioning village in the base game and people are doing THIS?

[@Georges_IV]

@@manwhodoesthings lol

[@-Faris-]

This “building a wall around your enemy” Tactic was actually used by Julius Caesar at the Battle of Alesia, where he besieged a Gaul stronghold, and prevented the numerically superior relief forces to breach and interfere in battle.

[@brandonprendergast8342]

Yeah but Caesars ring sounds like a doughnut shaped pizza

[@brianlowe904]

Julius Caesar also had a wall war with pompy during that civil war

[@delusionalnoodles]

and then he fought on two fronts, the reinforcements tried breaching the outer wall, and he fought them off, and then the sieged soldiers tried escaping by breaching the inner wall, and he fought them off too, with less men, madlad

[@dragooll2023]

Yes, but why use a encirclement wall on a numerically inferior enemy? There's a bunch of ways to end the war quicker.

[@jota357]

@@dragooll2023 There were many reasons for this. He needed to make sure that he completely cut off the enemy from the outside world to keep them away from potential supplies and reinforcements. Caesar wanted to end the war as quickly as possible, bjt didn't wish to storm the city because of high casualties that that would imply. So this was the fastest but safest way to do it. When gallic reinforcements came he wasn't going to give up on his plan so he built another wall around his first one.

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

Ahh a resource war didn’t know it would be gold thought about netherite.

[@fabulachimeric1651]

Gold is part of the netherite recipe, making it as valuable as Diamond.

[@mufradr]

@@JADBeats no its now since the world map is old

[@Whisk3yKnight]

It wasn’t even about gold, originally it was supposed to be called the Great Western War

[@baekry3876]

@@Whisk3yKnight you mean the poo war

[@strmi0074]

Its gold war cause you trade gold for money and you cant trade netheride fro cash

[@MagicGum]

Love the storytelling!

[@intan6676]

Look who late?

[@Anatoles]

ha youtuber no likes

[@someone-vg9pq]

Bruh

[@Stoneworks]

Is it true you can do chewing gum magic??

[@spacemanspiff7222]

From what I hear indeed

[@allmektig3604]

"Gold mines, trade routes, friendships, war" Yes. Yes I would expect this out of Minecraft.

[@Stoneworks]

Lmao you're right. You're the first person to point this out

[@somedragonbastard]

I've established theocratic puppet governments in minecraft I cannot be surprised

[@clufiy]

Golden war is probably the most important and influential war to ever happen on the server. I'm glad there was a video made on it!

[@ijon-y4549]

True, can you image a world where Uldarash won the war? A world where Bardonia is just an unimportant footnote in history, while Uldarash become a world spanning empire?

[@clufiy]

@@ijon-y4549 It would have been a way different world we are probably far from imagining it

[@ijon-y4549]

@@clufiy A far more Based Rathnir

[@zachrobinson8357]

And yet here we are again. Bardonia and Uldarash, back in business. Only with more dudes and material this time. Something’s gotta happen. Tensions like this ain’t good for peace

[@rileynoonan1355]

I’d say the Dandelion war was a slight touch bigger mate

[@dexterog5354]

I remember spending the entire meeting in which world powers debated over the issue of the mesa gaslighting people and messing around with parrots

[@ghastlybespoke9541]

based

[@josephr1421]

Based

[@trollololol7882]

based

[@CailinZwarts]

Based

[@dairbeag5302]

Based

[@Zula_The_Squid]

Imagine being a Roman general and you build walls around stuff for ages to do combat thingies and a solid 2k+ years later you have to find out that Minecraft players copied those ancient Roman ideas and named the strat 'Dalatra's Ring'.

[@universenerdd]

Imagine being Julius Caesar and people just call you a Roman general 2000 years later

[@yigon5412]

@@universenerdd lmaooo

[@kopi6850]

Imagine being a general and being offended when the enemy actually repel your defense

[@jota357]

Would be quite annoying.

[@roderickpixler3239]

Caesar is rolling in his grave, especially because it failed

[@CoffeeSuccubus]

The true victor of this war was me Because I was secretly mining out the gold on the western AND eastern halves of the mesa

[@Blackern5000]

Genius

[@NeonRahkshi]

the crow cares not from who they take, only of how shiny there trinkets are the smart one chooses no side, but instead uses the chaos of the battle to make off with both side's loot lol

[@JoshuaCrook250]

mission passed respect+

[@centric3125]

Ah, the scavenger life. Fun, risky, and strangely rewarding...

[@limo1324]

hell yea Petyr Baelish moves

[@ArgusStrav]

Did you intentionally have the same opening music as Historia Civilis? xD I don't even play on this server; I'm just here for the maps and the history stories :D

[@moritz-4742]

Haha i thought the same

[@pierresihite8854]

same here!

[@thefustilarian8346]

I can't tell if it's an homage or copying.

[@legoforbeginners6950]

Same here.

[@JuTakii]

​@@thefustilarian8346 either way it would be a bit of both. But does it matter?

[@peeteisacutie8645]

This is the type of server that is extremely cool but you know its useless to join because everyone is so developed and everything is so complex, meaning that the new users will have a hard time starting.

[@randomgamer3964]

Plus the queue is too long

[@mycaleb8]

Only if you have big ambitions. There's plenty of jobs, work, and places in the hierarchy to take part in.

[@bopt8879]

Biggest problem is actually getting on the server

[@alexeyamosov664]

@@mycaleb8 still. The nether is almost empty. Nearly every cave, every ravine, almost no resources left. I think world shall be wiped after some cool finale (maybe not soon)

[@Sn1ffko]

@@mycaleb8 thats not true. you can always set big ambititions. I started today and already have a "tribe" or town of 12 people. Our plans are extreme and we are planning to become the last standing empire in this land of terror and chaos. Update: We are working with the Forge on establishing a huge nation and might buy lands from them. We are at 25 members.

[@CaioRodrigues001]

While everything happened the mamaco tribe was literally undiscovered and living in the jungles of vastallos, this lore is so complex

[@msepulveda]

Mamaco

[@minidwarfdude9230]

Joe mama

[@alt1f4]

Mamacoooooo tinha brasileiros nesse server kkkkkkk

[@CaioRodrigues001]

@@alt1f4 KKKKKKKKKKK PQP

[@battlements7649]

No they were not.

[@spicylemon8501]

What’s lovely is I owned a small farm in the Mesa so both sides were really friendly with me. I made them a cake after they finished battling. I still own the farm if you want to visit =)

[@nc0607]

I remember experiencing inflation in my old world server a few years back. I just kept pumping the playerbase with our currency because I wanted to see people expand the cities faster. We kept having to create and use larger and larger denominations of the currency to keep up with the expenses of the ever-growing builds. After about 4 months of frequent play, the economy crashed and the money became worthless.

[@ChristianAuditore14]

Lmao

[@siiriheikkinen2071]

German can relate

[@GrilledCheeseObamaSandwichMMMM]

man imagine if persians sent a war declaration saying "/war declare Greece"

[@Kakarot64.]

/war declare This_Is_Sparta

[@robot_girlyman1556]

Damn, this one came out quick!

[@astapf3240]

I once sued my friend on the server cus he stole some of my gold. It was only like 10 gold but I ended up getting half a stack lol

[@TheDragonfriday]

Next time put them in end chest

[@sirresigmenduken5033]

@@TheDragonfriday End chests are not allowed on the server

[@TheDragonfriday]

@@sirresigmenduken5033 aw why?

[@sirresigmenduken5033]

@@TheDragonfriday I don't know, it's just one of the rules. They outlawed elytras so I think it is to make it more realistic for rp purposes

[@TheDragonfriday]

@@sirresigmenduken5033 make sense

[@lmanproductions8680]

Historia Civillis Aesthetic is awesome!! I just started yesterday and the server really is great

[@tingothing7614]

Looks like someone else noticed! Has that charm to it

[@chickenman6308]

“I prefer the term “autocrat.” “ - Mr. House

[@jordanhatch4856]

It's not like there's gonna be war for resources in a world of kingdoms

[@crystalcat1002]

Hi, I'm a cringe 8th grader. I would love to join the Stoneworks minecraft server, but I play minecraft on my nintendo switch. I would like to thank you for the amazing documentaries you make about history from your server. It's very interesting, and way more fun then reading the wiki!

[@Stoneworks]

you're very welcome, I'm glad you enjoy these!

[@crystalcat1002]

@@Stoneworks :D

[@astr0fr297]

pog, hopefully you get a coputer soon

[@mst7274]

Same applies to me but I have a PlayStation

[@crystalcat1002]

@@mst7274 #Relatable.

[@hitthepin5487]

Back then, there were epic wars that shaped history and nations. Now, we still have that, but with CHEESE! What more can you ask for?

[@dude_1234]

Nothing more (:

[@lancetheking7524]

*TNT CANNONS*

[@lancetheking7524]

*AND DESTRUCTION*

[@anonymousdonkey9121]

I love how these are premiering close together, honestly a 10/10 idea

[@jordanpatrick2627]

This is the most epic-sounding minecraft server ever. I need more history of Rathnir.

[@nicholaslokin9171]

“A new challenger approached, Bardonia.” If you are Plagosi you can agree this was a terrible thing.

[@flyinggorilla8265]

Definitely joining the server this is exactly the type of game I was looking to play

[@luisarnold3454]

He kinda downplays how cool this server actually is. I joined a few months back and now I own my own province, soon to coown another one, and my nation is having a civil war because our capital fell and our sultan retired so we had to elect a new one and people weren't happy about it, the politics there are very similar to medieval politics

[@itsjustalf7747]

When a Minecraft server has better conflicts and history then most books-

[@bankcolgate2155]

Positively adore that Historia Civilis homage. Great content too!

[@ghastlybespoke9541]

that ghastly bespoke person seems pretty cool

[@Daark_Karma]

Video: "Introduces unicornboy" Me, who vaguly remembers that name from that old starquest server where a player who may or may not be the same person would occasionally log in and terrorize people before dipping for a while: "oh no..."

[@gamerinc7410]

Me: Wow this game looks interesting im gonna try to get on *Sees 600/500 maxinum players in the morning* Nevermind

[@Byte-Breakdown]

frr its 11 at night and the queues are full by 50 players

[@mostdefinitelynotadurian1043]

honestly you can just get on the queue and afk till you get in

[@mostdefinitelynotadurian1043]

if your lucky enough you'd get 30-40th place on the queue

[@francis9428]

My advice is to start reading Sun Tzu's "Art of War" you're gonna need it.

[@brandonprendergast8342]

Just binge history civis and watch battles...you'll Probably get the same result

[@SikkeOst]

The Escharian Volunteers are shown in the pics. Chad. Trillium was founded in secret as this was going on

[@dukesouleater7028]

How is this comment 1 month old, also it’s Sieg POG

[@jacopofolin6400]

What they did in the Battle?

[@SikkeOst]

@@jacopofolin6400 Assisted the Bardonians. There was Yaykei and Debi for example.

[@MrChopstsicks]

I thought I was watching Historia Civilis. That intro theme will always stuck in my head.

[@highgroundgamer1435]

The Great Barrier is literally Hadrian's Wall

[@Whisk3yKnight]

We built it cuz most of the Western Mesa border wasn’t on the river and thus the Ardatian permitted-miners couldn’t tell which side of the mesa was off limits😂😂 That being said, yeah it pretty much is exactly that😂😂

[@generalmolotovv]

Me who plays fallout after he says sanctuary: 👁👄👁

[@Loosak64]

No but my whole body went into shock for a moment

[@conversation670]

This is actually amazing! I never thought Minecraft players could get together and do something as monumental as this! They built towns, religions, cultures. It's amazing that you managed to make something that brings Minecraft players together like this. And the people are so friendly, too. Keechoo gave me a tour of Palovina! I was so surprised, like "wasn't this the guy from the video?!" And the concept of the people having different religions and cultures. I'm sure people have tried it, but the way you managed to do it, it's just very well done. I'm currently looking into Anglism. It was recommended to me by a friend. Again, just... amazing.

[@benjaminklaassen4722]

This anthology needs to be an animated TV show. Like, not any sort of Minecraft Machinima; a full-blown show.

[@tiredluka392]

bruh just after I headed the intro I knew I would love this channel

[@cruzaider5339]

I always wanted to experience something like this ever since i discovered minecraft Making kingdoms in minecraft multiplayer

[@e.m.p.3394]

Oh my God! I've been waiting for more lore type stuff! Thanks man!

[@yoyodada230]

12:24 I love how there is reason not to just go full on war and destroy everything, like there is lore in everything and not one sided choices

[@jvukovic4]

"Patrolling the Uldarash mines almost makes you wish for a nuclear war"

[@oreo5769]

No joke, I have ran a minecraft faction that runs like a genuine empire, and we have been looking for a server like this for almost a whole year. Thank you for making this.

[@Markuthecreeper]

Everyone else is fighting wars while I’m stuck in a players base and can’t get out

[@Stoneworks]

if you dm me on discord I can help you out

[@jacopofolin6400]

Ahahahah rip

[@lnx2262]

Teacher: What is an important war? Me: World War Two? Teacher: Then why did you put *the Great Golden War?*

[@joaopedrocunha5968]

Man, I love these Minecraft server complex stories and wars.

[@actingapple3607]

I love watching lore recounts of minecraft servers, it's beautiful, makes me want to spread the Cult of Ender there

[@slambotv1334]

Love your videos. I’m in Stoneworks but haven’t played in so long, this has reminded me to play lmao. Great vid

[@ZexyAdventures]

I could listen to you telling stories all day of the epic wars fought by people named "Senior poopypants" and "xX_Tight_Bussy_69_Xx"

[@humorsue8548]

Who the hell thought it'd be okay to have a capital that handles law and military operations right near the enemy?

[@Stoneworks]

wouldn't you want the military to be stationed right near the enemy?

[@humorsue8548]

@@Stoneworks Yes but also having law being handled in that same area is a serious issue.

[@actes_3751]

Yo let’s gooooo, I am excited to see this

[@petrovec3898]

I just fricking love this war roleplays in minecraft

[@prime1173]

I remember when I first logged in into the server and started playing into the map I met a player who fought in the resource Wars and told me all about it from his experience got me really engage into this game much much more

[@tablecat6687]

Wow! This looks so fantastic, I love every bit of this story. I can't wait to join

[@inedible806]

Can’t wait!

[@jaylytical2271]

This server is amazing, I gotta get on here sometime

[@healyhurst8159]

This is the kind of server I've been looking for, I'm 100% joining to see something like this

[@mattfx324]

Dude keep making these, they are amazing! I can see these videos blowing up.

[@Luke-bf1wt]

The weirdest thing for me is that Bardonia is a town near me in real life.

[@robot_girlyman1556]

CC: at around 9:00 turn down the mix tape

[@pidgeypodgey]

bro this video popped into my recommended and it's sooo good not only just the quality of it but the story those players created :)

[@rhamkin1336]

In the scene of the carrot fort there are some "steampink" thingys, i made them while i stayed there for a couple of weeks, i tried to fix the fort but at last i was called to a new city and had to leave it behind, its good to see that the carrot fort its still doing well

[@wezinald5335]

Wish I could watch this so I can become cultured, but I live in a different time zone and this happens at 1 am for me

[@joshiuchiha2928]

My man almost at 100k let's gooooo

[@mr.klodovik8144]

This is the most interesting and most amazong servers I see right now. It's just perfect and great and I love it. Can't wait untill I become part of it.

[@Fyvie]

just stumbled across these videos and I haven’t a clue where to start I love it

[@caveblind]

jahseh dwayne ricardo onfroy (real) has blessed us

[@marryman927]

Bruh, I watched on of the other war videos. I knew he said there were rising tensions but to lead to a war, Jesus lol

[@i-k-t-vthick7380]

This is so good oml bro your videos be so amazing I like how you describe everything good job keep up the good work!

[@atheisticgreyblob3284]

Oh my lord, As a historian, i absolutely LOVE your intro for these video. Thanks for the nod to the Historian KZbinrs!

[@penkus5902]

I'm new here, I was looking for some lore smp content, and looking forward to getting introduced to yours!

[@funnyman6415]

epic video, didnt even have to pay

[@aminu6266]

Sounds Great!

[@evilmurlock]

You are doings gods work my friend, the world would be less brighter without this project you made with your own hands.

[@ChaoticTabris]

Just want to congratulate you on not allowing Fascism.

[@basedtvrk9125]

Would have been far based if he did allow it, though.

[@nurakid]

Stoney try not to forget about silver coalition challenge

[@stevenswitzer363]

Love it my dude what a perfect video

[@incap6038]

I'm surprised the Duchy of Belka didn't start this war, or was actually behind it the entire time.

[@Stoneworks]

That’s a name I haven’t heard in a looooong time……

[@primebandet8937]

Using the Historia Civilis music I see. It fits well.

[@user-yw3ic8qc1h]

actually a good chanel

[@alphatommyboy6576]

Amazing, absolutely amazing.

[@GrasslandsStudio]

A secret coup just took place in the Batu empire. It hasn’t been reported upon but it resulted in the destruction of one of the first super powers in Eldham. The southern stars dissolved and now the ETC trading company, led by Bardonia, has seized the assets of Batu. BallMasterz9009 and CCmasi are holding out as the owners of the town PlainesAgreables and seek to create a place of peace from the coup that resulted in an authoritarian regime. Not sure how Vulpinia and others will react to this. Would love to see a video on how the first superpower crumbled in a week

[@8Delian8]

"Minecraft is just a kids game" Players:

[@davedan274]

Take your bets here gamers, do ya reckon war crimes shall be committed?

[@GidonBelmaker]

Yes definetly

[@joeybrown9952]

love the historia civilis inspiration, it’s a great channel

[@thomasthepaintrain8880]

This video has so many historia civilis vibes with the intro music and those sick square unit icons

[@navyflamme3438]

A state system came to my mind and I would like to hear everyone's thoughts about it. A Doucratie, two Monarchs that balance each other, they can share opinions and cast a vote, if something should happen to one, the other can take over for the time being until a new monarch rises through Merit. If both sides disagree with each other, a council of 3, 5 or 7 members would cast a vote and decide which monarchs will shall come through

[@cheesuschrist4473]

I believe that's called a Diarchy

[@Stoneworks]

This is the greatest resource war of all time. Watch part 2 here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZPRqGecq6-Dfqs Join the server today, NEW IP! IP- Play.Stoneworks.GG Discord link- discord.gg/wDPzdKaeca

[@mst7274]

Good Soldiers follow orders.

[@suprafluidhd7239]

Cringe, this whole video overplay generic mc interactions and you cant even join the server. This is barely worthy of mention before the gaming community, Dammit this report will cry about me saying this.

[@Stoneworks]

@@suprafluidhd7239 This is literally what happened, maybe a bit dramatized in my intonation

[@brgbrgnrgbbgdbfgrnntyj5yrdhegj]

*tell me where there souls are*

[@brgbrgnrgbbgdbfgrnntyj5yrdhegj]

@@Stoneworks *THE QUEUE THAT NEVER ENDS IT WILL GO ON AND ON MY FREND*

[@Beppaduck]

This is incredible man

[@tokenu6910]

I ve been searching for so long finally I found the perfect server il join after I come back from my vacantion... I ve been watching the worlds history for so long im so exited to actually play on this server

[@commencat9827]

this would have all been solved if someone built a gold farm

[@nanochad2979]

1. there aren't enough mobs spawns for an effective one 2. that would violate the fundamental rules of the server

[@eternalyoutube9343]

I stopped playing rathnir after the queue implementation. Itwas fun while it lasted :(

[@talonkaine7121]

It's become better, you can do /server rathnir.

[@Byte-Breakdown]

@@talonkaine7121 nah its way bad

[@talonkaine7121]

@@Byte-Breakdown it's the video waves

[@GhostyRandom]

This exactly what I wanted to see

[@prisonnightmare5852]

Holy shit this was so interesting to watch, can't wait for more man!

[@zurkazin646]

Long Live The Jabal

[@mistaeli1684]

Historia civilis but minecraft

[@thewittywhygaming6487]

It amazes me how conflict in a block game is more interesting than most dramas.

[@natpat6394]

I’ve been waiting for this!!!!