Starting an Ancient City Base! ▫ Minecraft 1.19 Survival Guide (Tutorial Lets Play) [S2E112]

[@clellbritt3434]

When you mentioned the doors opening and closing with the sensors, I immediately thought of a ever changing maze. A Maze that could only be solved by sneaking and not sneaking in just the right places.

[@tibola_]

That would be fun!

[@_duane_joshua]

That sounds like a great idea

[@gaabrrable]

It would be a neat idea to restore the entire city and repurpose it as a big village with villagers roaming the halls

[@ParakeetDSi]

Don't forget digging a gigantic hole and making the Ancient City exposed

[@drewstaser9726]

I restored an ancient city myself and it is pretty cool!

[@gegenbauer]

Hrm…

[@cb3846]

That's exactly what I'm working on just now on a Realm

[@LordSmyrnian]

Oooo, I'm borrowing this idea. Thanks!

[@pathtoredemption6643]

You could add skeleton horses in stables or just roaming around the area. Creates a dreadful atmosphere of the deep dark. Man made altars of ancient civilization and soul fire as light source.

[@rudrodeepchatterjee]

Gotta say, Even if the Loot isn't good enough for the work required to obtain it, Mojang definitely provided us with an amazing mob-free(java atleast for now) structure to renovate, which would make it an amazing project, and give you a super awesome base as well!

[@Pixlriffs]

Once you understand the mechanics, I don’t think these cities are as dangerous as they seem, which actually makes the loot pretty balanced.

[@rudrodeepchatterjee]

@@Pixlriffs yeah, but the skulk sensor generations really messes you up sometimes.

[@x2gaming825]

The excitement of getting loot is far better than having actually getting something good

[@CaptainCooky]

@@x2gaming825 Well said!

[@marshalllee6376]

@@Pixlriffs true. The warden seems to be kinda odd to tell where it would be on a difficulty scale. On one hand, the warden can 2 shot Netherite, on the other hand, I started a world where a city can be accessed right from spawn, I summoned a warden, angered it, and still surived by just accidentally running into the redstone room and ceiling off the door and waiting at the back wall for it to go away while I had like nothing In my inventory.

[@Titter2]

In my first ancient city, the first side room I went into was a trapped room like at 3:25. Scared the crap out of me when I went over those pressure plates and the shriekers all let loose at once. Set the stage, that's for sure.

[@1688_R3]

lol, i went into one without knowing anything.

[@kestrelgaming554]

Crazy to see someone just walking around in the deep dark and city. Everyone is currently fighting the warden not revamping the city. Keep up the good work 👏

[@traeghniwwingyl8167]

There's actually a neat implied lore thing with the sculk and endstone resemblance: Endstone's inverted-cobblestone appearence implies a kind of pitted structure like bone or coral, implying that sculk may actually be native to or related to the stuff native to the End before the dragons arrived and destroyed most of it.

[@velvetvioletta]

Love the underneath texture on that sculk catalyst. Sort of funny that you said you weren't sure if anyone would want it as a ceiling, because my literal first thought on seeing it was 'oh wow, perfect ceiling boss'. That's ceiling boss as in the architectural feature (fancy carved bits in vaulted ceilings) not some kind of scary monster that drops on you from above... in case it wasn't obvious.

[@cloauldew]

I was thinking you could dangle end rods from them in the ceiling or use them for a lampshade for two stacked end rods.

[@danielfc]

It just occurred to me that the combination of the skulk catalyst with the skulk block on top would make a cool curtain design. A 1 meter thick curtain, but it works 😆

[@Werewolf914]

That Catalyst and Endstone Brick combo is amazing I love how it looks like it has depth when it really doesn't have any

[@paulgrotebeverborg1119]

Idea for the dripstone base: A settlement at the entrance where lore-wise the miners would live

[@trahh5844]

I never realised how good glow lichen on end stone looks. Definitely going to be copying that.

[@SilverGuy144]

YES! It looks so amazing!

[@ColinPaddock]

It looks amazingly organized and swirly-scrolly(to coin a term, lol).

[@tctt185_dg]

Something to think about that would pair well with the build - Soul Torches. The blue light fits well with the theme.

[@RobertStoddard]

The catalyst's bottom texture would be great as a ceiling block with a suspended soul lantern. I was playing around with a complementary palette and quite liked using dead coral overlaid with glow lichen for the ceiling, interspersed with catalysts + soul lanterns.

[@_Abjuranax_]

I've actually been working on a Red Netherbrick Base and was planning on incorporating some Ancient City designs into it, only with a red theme Pallet. So don't forget to add some more Candles to your build please (and they don't have to be red like mine, lol).

[@norbucso]

Mate my Nether is just like that. Red nether brick cavern as far you can see.

[@Quackle88]

12:35 it only spreads to naturally generating blocks (not crafted) so it doesn't destroy player builds too much. cobble only generates as a dungeon so it is classed as a building block and doesn't get taken over :)

[@JosephSchmidtfan]

Always happy when you do a building episode. Loving your colour palette. Great choice of blocks. Really inspiring! Edit: Could occasional features of light grey glazed terracotta fit in too?

[@atzatziki]

I like the feeling of this transformation, excited to see more!

[@mineralnoodles]

Hi pix I just wanted to say thank you so much for working so hard to bring us an episode almost every day, your calming voice really makes my day

[@steIIarsanctuary]

I would like some of the features of the ancient city to remain because some of them look liked recreational areas (like the water thing but I doubt it's used for saunas despite the fact there are candles under it lol!) Or let it be some sort of religious structure because ancient cities gives a vibe like that! I am loving this project and looking forward to it!

[@hitclub-F4]

heyy nice video. Keep on this series, i love it

[@cameronlang9711]

Definitely worth staying up till 5:00am just to see you post!

[@ReaperX7]

This would be a perfect place for a trading hall, with kiosks around the hallways, houses or shops, maybe a tavern, an eatery, a hotel... Really turn it into a tourist destination of sorts!

[@Raining4rain]

i am glad you are adding your own spin, as opposed to just restoring the ancient city

[@marshalllee6376]

6:47 I’ve played this game for like 8 years and today I learned you can put Efficiency on shears. This an absolute game changer for me and can I finally use wool comfortably.

[@Komodo040]

They only added the feature recently lol don’t feel too bad

[@turtle-bot3049]

A really neat idea (and one that I might do in my world) could be to have the sculk be the floor surrounding the corridors and to create so small bridges to the structures that aren't directly connected to the corridors, that way it's almost like looking out into the void when you look out of the corridors with just a "floating" city in it. You could also cover the outside of the corridors with deepslate to keep that dark feeling of the ancient city, while being able to decorate the interior any way you like.

[@NoOneYT1]

Having an underground space that is mob proof can be a great way to start your base early in the game

[@rohanhughes9144]

If you're willing to clear out an ancient city early game

[@cerealkiller7143]

You have to work around the Warden though.

[@Red_Firefly]

First you need to locate an ancient city - without tools, weapons and armor that task itself is difficult. Then put on top of that clearing out all of the shriekers and making quick escape if Warden spawns - and even if you're super careful it will spawn sooner or later. My advice - early in the game stick to the Overworld.

[@_Abjuranax_]

The Warden actually has a switch that you can toggle on/off to keep it from Spawning, but finding and getting to an Ancient City can still be quite hazardous early game.

[@pkay6144]

It can also be a great way to end your play through

[@angelahegemann]

Hi Pix…I have been a longtime fan and supporter of yours. I started watching your videos when you were at around 40,000 subs, from what I can remember. I was even a member of your Patreon for quite a while, but I had to stop for financial reasons. I then felt kind of guilty watching your videos since I stopped contributing. However, I started watching again and have mostly been listening to The Spawn Chunks lately and am making my way through the older episodes. I just finished listening to your 100th episode, and you and Joel are like friends as I make my long journey to and from work every weekday (nearly 3 hours of driving per day!). As I listen and watch you play Minecraft and see how much you love to build, I have found myself often wondering if you have ever considered playing The Sims 4. I kind of got my answer at the end of that 100th episode in the after-show when you talked with Joel about how you are hesitant to get involved with other games for fear of getting sidetracked from Minecraft, your bread and butter. Joel was talking about how much he enjoyed playing Satisfactory, which is what led to the discussion. I understand why it would be difficult to take the chance of changing your focus, but I am still very interested in whether you have ever played and what you thought of it. I was first and foremost a Sims player until I discovered Minecraft back around the transition between 1.11 and 1.12. I find that they are both very different games with a lot of the same themes…creativity, building, a backstory, and lots and lots to do. I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts if you have played. Thank you so much for all of your wonderful content. It has been and will continue to be, I’m sure, a wonderful experience consuming your content. I also wanted to mention how impressed I have always at your ability to talk as you play rather than doing voice overs. I don’t know how you do that!

[@easternv1lle]

The skulk catalysts blending with skulk blocks make it look like the skulk is taking over the end stone bricks. Well played!

[@Dizrak]

What about using some candles? They naturally generate in this structure and fit it quite well. Also I think more contrast accents with blackstone and occasional bits of guilded blackstone will look good. As well as some basalt.

[@BMarie774]

I like the idea of this being what a base would look like for someone just overcoming the warden. You’re able to use the blocks for decor, but still, the skull spreads a bit out of control at times.

[@yeudler41]

Yes! Restore it please! And adding your own twist would also be cool.

[@dewdrop6346]

Unfortunately, on Bedrock, there is a bug where hostile mobs can still spawn in ancient cities and the deep dark, making exploration and perusal of said structures a fair bit harder. Luckily, I was just able to acquire a recovery compass, a bunch of enchanted gear and amethyst shards, and the two latest Minecraft music discs from the city while only triggering 2 shriekers in total. It wasn't super fun trying to deal with mobs while crouching around the ramparts and especially the loot chests, but it was worth it lol

[@CATLOAFMAN]

placed sculk shriekers actually change block state when activated and they only activate when a player triggers them so it can be used for player only doors for something

[@lilruni]

I never thought of making an ancientcity into a base.... I always thought of making a woodland mansion into a base, tear down the inside, rebuild it

[@silehpanda]

Imagine an ancient city in your dripstone cave. That would be cool! 😁 Love your videos bro.

[@ColinPaddock]

I’ve been finding a lot of things that benefit from adding Lush Cave elements. Jungles with dripleafs, glowberry vines and maybe azaleas(particularly trees) are pretty good looking. I also like to terraform parts of the jungle floors with the terraced pools separated by clay that are characteristic of lush caves. Nice little glades for axolotls. Adding a few lush cave plants to a dripstone cave can literally and figuratively brighten the place up. In his dripstone cave I’d only do that in moderation. Add a little light toward the ceiling and in patches on the surface. I think you’d want to keep some dark spots(with other means of spawn-proofing…)

[@mikewill18]

In 2 of the Ancient Cities I explored there was a sculk sensor and 2 sculk shriekers inside the icebox. I had warnings and it was a great, sneaky way to trigger a warden warning. I wish they did this more, 4 shrieks is too easy to avoid spawning the Warden in my opinion, I think on Hard mode it should be 2 or 3. Another great video Pixlriffs!

[@vipergaming1338]

I really enjoy what you are doing the block palette is super cool!! In the windows maybe you could add some black, grey, or cyan candles to add to the vibe but keep the candles in the ancient city. Thank you!

[@Xacris]

Love what you're doing here! Giving me some real inspiration for my own Ancient City renovation project

[@nathan10njb]

Thank you Pixelriffs!!!! I love this series 👍😁❤️✅

[@LogiPogi]

20:02 what if the candles are making the pool of water a hot tub? That would be cool

[@thomashealy5990]

Birch planks/stripped logs work well with the endstone brick as well as ties in the wood theme especially if you incorporate warped wood as well.

[@02bigkev]

I love the way Mojang has incorporated the deep dark. great that it can be used to avoid the the warden and then build a new base. great vid pix.

[@Dr.Create]

I've been wanting to do this since we first saw the ancient city. Not only restore and repair the broken parts. Not only replacing all the cracked deepslate bricks and tiles. But also working to improve the ancient city and turning it into my own survival base. I am currently doing that on my realm and it is hard but also so rewarding.

[@whovian809]

I would love to see you build a dungeon-esque structure around the skull heads. I think that would be fun!

[@timothydiliberto6734]

love all your content, both now and from the last season! can you do a video on shulker farming? it'd be cool to see your take on that

[@Justmebeingme37]

Haha I'm so glad you explained the ancient city building with ice and note blocks. I literally just found while watching this and you saved me

[@jaywon6749]

So I am sure I’m not the only one to think this but what about placing moss blocks down bonemealing them harvest the moss block. Would that set off a sensor?

[@joelmcfadyen]

The ruins could lend themselves to the same treatment roman ruins get when discovered beneath buildings, there are some really beautiful integrations between old and new out there!

[@solarwalker1044]

Love the glow lichen on the endstone bricks!

[@norbucso]

Calsite and sculk veins are awesome together. Like a brand new block.

[@DaltonHBrown]

I have three ancient cities near my base. One of them I'm definitely going to rebuild as I think it would have been before it became ruins. One I might rebuild as an archeologist might if he found it, with wood and scaffolding every where.

[@norbucso]

In my seed I found 12 city clustered together within 1100 blocks. Which is nuts. So dense it's almost unreal.

[@DaltonHBrown]

@@norbucso that's pretty cool, you will never need new diamond hoes or pants ever again. Also, what's interesting about my world is I originally generated it in 1.17 and didn't update to 1.18 because I wanted the possibility of a city under my base. And I ended up with 3.

[@norbucso]

@@DaltonHBrown Man that's pretty smart that you didn't update so you get 2 updates in 1 go. Caves and cliffs and deep dark. Wow. And you get the desired outcome. Nice. Just stay clear of the Warden. 😊

[@Fernandino25]

I love to see warped forest tree as decorations for that, it think it will compliments the color scheme of deep dark

[@gamevidsnstuff5805]

I found an ancient city with a zombie spawner right next to it. Thinking of making some kind of zombie warden killer. Cool work on your ancient city so far! :)

[@bowenchanel]

i think if you move the catalysts down a block, and don’t have them on top of the end brick but rather have two blocks of skulk above them, they might look like curtain drapes! the bottom half texture reminds me of very luxe droopy curtains !

[@cindyhargan7844]

The tall square tower things make great fire pots. I dug out the center blocks on top added nether block and lit it on fire. There are 2 rows of 3 towers. They look awesome all lit up.

[@thenamesandounts9807]

I feel like bone blocks would mesh better with skulk catalysts than endstone

[@ColinPaddock]

You would think that. Logically, it does, but color wise? Not so much. You can’t make bone bricks and slabs and stairs and such. It’s limiting that way…

[@deesnaillooks5041]

so cool! I've started a similar project, just with a slightly different premise (and need to find ungenerated chunks to find an Ancient City lol)

[@NicoTheCinderace]

I love how not even ten seconds into the video, Pixlriffs is just not used to swift sneak. haha

[@reykaye6096]

Dried kelp blocks would look great, and spruce leaves for mossy patches! If the city was in a swamp biome you could use the greenish water as a cool focal point but it looks like the water is clear and blue 😅

[@buzzman4860]

Silent Whisper did a Warden farm video right before 1.119 release

[@fallonfireblade4404]

Yesss a new Pix video just as I was hoping for one

[@scott040877]

Very pretty and I love seeing you playing with aesthetics and showing ways to make stuff look cool...

[@TheSapphicRaven]

you could renovate it with blocks not native to the deep dark. like having some spruce trapdoors over holes in the ground where youve cleared out skulk or over any holes in the arches

[@BooksMusicMe17]

Finally a palette that works well with end stone!

[@jafferjamal109]

I feel like a mixture of endstone walls and endstone bricks would add more depth to the walls, and try using some pink terracotta, purple glass and basalt, my favourite combination, you should try it

[@ColinPaddock]

On the outside, I’d use blackstone walls to accent the deepslate brick columns. I think that would look good and add depth. Harder inside, but maybe endstone walls over the deepslate bricks🤷‍♂️…

[@quantumpuddles7591]

I was really skeptical with the end stone but it actually kinda looks good to be honest. I kinda like it

[@ColinPaddock]

Something that looks good with endstone. I’d like him to do purpur next…

[@tahleasinparker3660]

I wouldn’t mind seeing a warden farm of some kind because that wall with the catalyst looked AWESOME

[@thelandmann08]

Awesome design. Im doing something similar stuff but with deepslate only and im giving all buildings unique purposes

[@islamophobic97]

Idea: You can make a warden farm I love this series

[@Isemenuk27]

Wardens doesn't drop anything useful, but you can make a mob switch, to disable hostile mob spawning.

[@islamophobic97]

@@Isemenuk27 1 hour afk gives 300+ catalysts and fortuning them gives about 60 levels, i tested it

[@gaman8576]

I think the wall design could look better with the skulk shrieker on top of the catalyst. Then with more end stone at the top. I think this would provide more depth and look good because it would transition from end color stone to skulk color then back again.

[@audanbarotilla1378]

Hi pxlriffs!! I just subscribed to you and the other empires players😊 but I've known Lizzie for a long time now

[@tanyascoggins637]

My son loves your videos. You're his favorite you tuber. He has learned so much about minecraft from you.

[@JonathanKayne]

I would think it would be cool to have it be a combination of both options. Do a bit of renovation and restoration. Also, really like how you are using the skulk in building. Honestly I think the skulk looks incredibly ugly when it forms naturally since it seems messy and dark. When it's used it a more cohesive manner it actually looks semi decent though

[@Pigborg]

The outside of the new corridor looks a lot like a train… possible inspiration for further construction, perhaps? I think you could make a really cool medieval/fantasy transportation system broken down there, or at least somewhere in the structure.

[@yassinabdelrahman4754]

I missed this series ❤️

[@ethanwebber3929]

A purpose for the sculk catalyst bottom texture is to hang a lantern from it.

[@thelanavishnuorchestra]

I want a Deep Dark City base now. That's cool.

[@cindyj64]

The bottom of that skulk catalyst just screams hang something here to me. :)

[@yk_King2811]

Just thinking of the base future at the start

[@NYlocked]

Copper in both colours, cyan and red works very well... purple too.

[@aliphamarrel1979]

The way you're alerting the structure reminds me of traditional east Asian architecture.

[@Irdanwen]

When I cleared my first Ancient City this weekend there was this one spot where I put a wool block and it kept disappearing. I place it, jump up, do my thing and on the way back it was invariably gone. Took me the longest time to realize that lava burns wool.

[@DoomWalker42]

Since the shrieker and catelyst match so well with the end stone and one of those skulk things with the swirly animation looks like an end portal I wonder if it's meant to imply that they come from the End? Maybe hinting at an End Update?

[@c.s8391]

The Ancient City with all of the wool bridges and stuff kinda reminds me of Bedwars or a PvP map.

[@Michelleowo]

I wish they had added a new ancient flower in this update, similar to a wither rose with the particle effects, but maybe a blue/black chrysanthemum or daisy

[@NICK23_Yt]

hi Pixlriff I love your videos I watched them all the time😃

[@devdpro]

Great Approach!

[@princesscadance197]

Imagine how much of a dirty trick Mojang could have pulled by having the sensors and Warden listen in on your computer microphone, and any sound it heard there would translate to in-game.

[@aryamehendale9925]

Hey Pix! You haven't really shown in this whole series how to make a world backup right?

[@Pixlriffs]

I showed how to make backups in a couple of videos, most recently the video about editing chunks of the world ready for 1.19

[@nikos.r]

@@Pixlriffs Hey what about retrieving the backups? I think many people can make backups while not knoing how to taking them back into the game.

[@aryamehendale9925]

@@Pixlriffs Oops I didn't watch that video actually because I just started playing Minecraft and didn't really care about trimming my world you know

[@jafferjamal109]

I just wanted to ask if your in empires season 2 cause I heard it starts next week I guess

[@biryanilover7147]

Yes he is! I'm so excited for next season of Empires.

[@mikebaker2436]

7:11 Honesty, Pixel, these choices are the same things. Archeology has shown that restoring ruins to their original status means adding color, art, and beauty.

[@MasterRobbe]

I don’t realy like the copbination of deepslate and end stone, but I’m curious how you will make it look good.

[@Big_Computer]

How I would do it; 1st I would just restore 100% of the city and remove all the sculk everywhere, and have every structures properly repaired. Then once it's done, I would bring back some sculk and start to add things, or transform stuff as you wish. It will be easier once everything is already fixed.

[@brokenstarfury4895]

Remember the witch farm you built in the previous Survival Guide? You can now power it with the sculk sensors! Also, I saw somewhere that soul fire can hurt the Warden. Is this on Java or Bedrock?

[@lynnaekenzington]

I conquered the ancient city on bedrock a while ago and finally got it all lit up. I had a mineshaft on top which I based in and there was a single shrieked in there where I can summon the warden without getting caught- - -which is helpful because I keep stepping on the shirkers and sensors. Currently the last thing I did on the world was keep copying the backup as I have a ruined portal with lava under water and I really want that lava specifically so I can get to the nether already. I can get lava in the city but I see it as a challenge.

[@lynnaekenzington]

Also for city raiding I only used three stacks. Not sure if having the mineshaft and being able to have a water elevator up and down contributes to that though. My city oddly didn’t seem all that hard.

[@lynnaekenzington]

Like I haven’t died to the warden once yet and now it can only spawn in that one spot. I have no clue if this counted as cheesing it.

[@mrnobody2873]

Have you noticed the Wool piles in the ancient city are the same palette as the ones in woodland mansions?

[@ryanzutell1423]

My favorite season 2 battle. *Pix vs. the Flint and Steel*

[@somratkhan8688]

Pixlriffs a few episodes ago: We're gpnna avoid the Warden as much as possible for respecting the developers' intention. Pixlriffs now: We might farm the Warden in the future. Ah yes, my favorite game. Minecraft: Farming simulator, when you can farm virtually everything!

[@NotaroName]

I think you should add another chapter to the imagined legend of the deep dark in which a group of scientist and archaeologist enter the deep dark trying to understand what happened by performing experiments and research. Perhaps their experiments expose them to unpredicted dangers. Perhaps they learn the source of the skulk virus and try to prevent it from destroying the world.