The Fastest Nether Fast Travel! ▫ Survival Guide S3 ▫ Tutorial Let's Play [Ep.104]

The Minecraft Survival Guide Season 3 continues in Minecraft 1.21 - the Tricky Trials Update!
In today's video, we fly out to preview a new project area - but find an even faster way to get back! Boats sliding on ice are capable of travelling faster than even a player with a rocket-boosted Elytra, and Blue Ice lets you reach speeds up to 72 blocks per second!
Believe it or not, there are even faster ways to travel - but those aren't so easy in the Nether, because it requires Dolphin's Grace! We'll explore that in a future video. For now, we look at side-by-side comparisons between ice, packed ice, and blue ice, discuss effective ways to obtain the fastest blocks around, and cover the importance of spawn-proofing your nether highways as you zip from A to B.Survival Guide Season 3 world seed: 787419271612053211Music:Minecraft soundtrack by C418, Lena Raine, Kumi Tanioka, Aaron CherofSeason 3 of the Minecraft Survival Guide will teach you how to master Survival Mode in Minecraft 1.20 and beyond!Follow the Season 3 playlist here: • Finding the Perfect Wo... my streams live every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday around 3pm UK Time! / pixlriffsfollow Pix on Twitter for video updates, screenshots, and other fun stuff! / pixlriffsgnu Paranor001#Minecraft #Survival #Tutorial #SurvivalGuide #fasttravel

[@emmdeekaysays173]

Little note for people, advice I picked up from watching Etho. Placing rails on ice doesn't effect the speed of boats while also spawn proofing, so if you feel like you may ever want to move mobs via rail through the nether, planning ahead when building your roads would save you that effort later at the cost of using more materials. Might not be worth doing if you change worlds often, but if you plan on playing one world for several years, it'll probably come up eventually.

[@WildWestDan]

Although you now have the option of putting a lead on a boat, so you could potentially pull mobs in a boat behind you, also in a boat. (Not tested)

[@TheRealWormbo]

@@WildWestDan It doesn't matter how you move, the lead will pull entities along with you, as long as you don't start too quickly. Ice boat trains can totally be a thing.

[@jaywon6749]

I use glass panes on the sides. Cheapest option.

[@theboxygenie]

But you would still need to add a block between the packed ice (with Pix's method anyway) and then place rails on top of the block.

[@Dylan9664]

Glad to see you’re still doing survival guides. Can’t wait to switch between watching your videos on my second monitor; playing on my main, and watching you on my main; playing on my second for hours at a time

[@sunnyquartz]

Having a full warp tunnel where you get in the boat in the overworks and never leave it till your at your destination is pretty cool, seems very space travel like

[@Thomas_Wagner1786]

Lining the walls of the nether-side tunnel with Sculk makes it look perfect.

[@supermariowaker32]

This new area looks similar to your base erea

[@johnmorris8621]

When the emeralds start flowing I'll always pick up Blue Ice or Packed Ice from the wandering trader whenever it is in stock. Keep up the good work

[@cornerstatue8167]

i also get sand, red sand and small drip leaf from the trader

[@stlbuddhist]

Pixlriffs, thanks for not doing this on the roof. Being mostly a bedrock player, doing this in space just below the roof is so nice. I've been just using rail, but I'm might consider ice at this point.

[@rooodis456]

I used to play primarily on bedrock until I got a macbook, I highly recommend the ice trail. However on bedrock, you can’t space the ice out by one block unless they changed that, so keep that in mind

[@cleverhandle420]

They have not changed it. At least during 1.20 I was building mine and did some testing. I took a break when 1.21 dropped to explore trial chambers

[@kynston]

I’m on bedrock. I typically use the just under the roof as well but decided on my new world (old one got corrupted) to build nether hub and ice roads at y15. Works great and I found sooooo much ancient debris.

[@cleverhandle420]

@@kynston no lava lakes?

[@tctheunbeliever]

@@rooodis456 Yeah, it's expensive on ice but still well worth it. Is the hitbox smaller on Bedrock? I do a 2-block-wide solid blue ice roadbed.

[@riuphane]

As a bedrock player, i can confirm that ice boating works the same in bedrock.

[@polaide8036]

Last time I tried in Bedrock, buttons on top of ice blocks will slow down the boat completely, but perhaps that has changed.

[@riuphane]

@@polaide8036 I didn't have problems with it when I did it

[@tctheunbeliever]

For me it acts like the hitbox is smaller. I can't leave spaces in the road, and it has to be 2 blocks wide. It is still worth the trouble if you don't mind mining lots of icebergs.

[@JRMacdonald]

I slabbed the sides of the ice, but it seems to be holding me back. Is this just a bedrock thing or has anyone else experienced this? Are there any suggestions for me?

[@riuphane]

@@JRMacdonald did you put anything on top for spawn proofing?

[@enoiladoe]

Survival guide 🎉💜

[@yajatghule130]

Anyone remember the old ice highwat in s1 with the old nether

[@annarobison2546]

Hey Pixlriffs! been an avid watcher of this series for quite some time now, but I have a slight suggestion. Have you considered putting the episode number in the thumbnail? Since the title of the episodes is so long, I often don’t know which episode I’m on until I click on the video. Thanks for the education/ entertainment! Minecraft has updated so much recently and your videos help keep me up to date :)

[@remimcmahon9703]

"Hey babe wake uppppp. The new survival guide just dropped!" Girl ain't a fan anymore 😢

[@krishabordekar]

when are you making Survival Guide S4 ?????????????????????????????????? pleas respond

[@LegoboyDhhroov21]

Pixlriffs I just found a half oak tree on top of a cactus in a trial camber in your world. Coordinates XYZ: -1468.845 / -3.00000 / -4716.399

[@thatrandomguy1168]

Natural spawn

[@jackmurgy4067]

Dose anyone else think pix deserves 1 m subs

[@ZviDunner]

I thought you should build a medieval castle and village

[@Ninja-Jac]

I binged this entire season not long ago. I haven't played since the 1.8 update, It's been so helpful making certain farms in my world, as well as learning about different items. Keep up the great videos!

[@LizelVisser-t3t]

I'm a new subscriber just as you posted I immediately clicked on it

[@DiceGmd]

Yes, I really needed this to get to my guardian farm. Tysm

[@darknessblades]

Wouldn't this be the 2nd fastest. Like Doc from Hermitcraft, made that cannon shooting players to the world-border.

[@sandybrown8698]

Pix saying slippy just made me giggle!

[@crystalalpaca9859]

I cringed when Pix was digging straight up in the nether! that was risky

[@Pixlriffs]

I've got decent enough reflexes that I spot lava particles or can block lava if I see it. Using subtitles is also really helpful because even if you don't hear the sound effects, they'll be printed on-screen if there's lava nearby. :)

[@JohnEnerva]

​@Pixlriffs Get all dogs for Episode 105!

[@TicZulu]

Nice Video Pixlriffs and a Nice Majestic Location for a Majestic Castle build project I am also thinking of doing a Majestic Castle but I have a question for you Pixlriffs and everyone who is reading this. What is the top 10 Blocks to build for a Majestic Castle?

[@TName30]

Wake up babe, new survival guide episode just dropped.

[@riuphane]

There it is! Thanks babe

[@vishwamperiasamysubramania131]

Why doesn't he go to the nether roof

[@THE_bchat]

Because he is teaching people about the game, not showing-off his knowledge & skills.

[@Pixlriffs]

Here's a few reasons: Mechanics like these work perfectly fine without the nether roof, so there's really no need to go there - unlike projects like a gold farm where you're sparing yourself a lot of time and effort spawnproofing terrain inside the nether cavern. Despite this being a Java guide, I like to keep it inclusive where possible, and the nether roof isn't available to build on for Bedrock Edition players. It's harder to connect portals accurately up there because the lowest possible Y coordinate is 128, so overworld portals have to be built higher if you want them close together. Spawnproofing has to be much more accurate because you don't want ghasts or other mobs spawning. You also can't rely on natural terrain to guide the boat so a lot of extra building is required. And, honestly, the nether roof feels like a boring and sterile environment unless you want to do a ton of building there.

[@THE_bchat]

Question: In theory, wouldn't you only need to spawn proof the parts of the ice road that are within your simulation distance at the start & finish of the ice road, and not the entire length of it? I would think that, once you hit full speed, you would be moving faster than the game could generate mobs on the path.

[@Pixlriffs]

You're moving at 72 blocks per second, but the game makes a spawning attempt every game tick (1/20th of a second) and spawns mobs within 128 blocks of the player regardless of simulation distance (on Java, simulation distance only affects whether or not the mob's AI is active, not whether they spawn at all.)

[@THE_bchat]

@@Pixlriffs Thanks for the explanation. I play Bedrock more than Java, and I can't remember the last time I made an ice path on Java. Mob spawning is so different in Bedrock that I don't even bother spawn-proofing the ice blocks, since mobs rarely, if ever, spawn in front of me when traveling at full speed.

[@justinthibeault7212]

I only tested it once (by accident) in 1.21, but I think velocity is preserved coming back through the end portal, at least if you are using Elytra. 😕

[@cheesemaster450]

Hey pix, do you have a vods channel? Or is it just on twitch because for some reason my Internet makes twitch streams/vids buffer and I don't know how to fix that, so can you please let me know if you do have a vods channel👍

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

I'm always spawning in boring places. After pondering for 1 second I've scraped my 32 day first go at 1.21 borrowed your seedling and coordinates and started again. Forget about 20.6.

[@SamHill-f5x]

Pixs season 1 of the survival guide was full of bulf8ng and lore I loved that what happened because you don't build lots of towns and villages

[@kristajones7202]

Ludicrous speed! Watch out, you might go plaid.

[@JRMacdonald]

I woke up today thinking I need some help on fast traveling in the Nether, and you post this! How ironic! Love your videos!

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

Is there anyway of protecting rail roads from animals other than removing them form the game which ruins the game or am I clutching at straws. Oh and will the seedling work on 20.6

[@Acadewolf]

Responding to your "at least on Java" - Boats on ice works the same on Bedrock

[@spyseahorse4277]

Marty would make it to school no problem traveling at that speed does the boat use 1.21 Gigawatts

[@philmaunder7948]

What's the best way to slow down and stop at that speed, eg to get off at portals along the way without overshooting them? And if you hit anything head on does the boat protect you from damage ?

[@kameenavery9616]

Ahhh button this.... LUDACRIOUS SPEED GOOOOooooooooooooo. Pixelriffs has gone to Nether lol

[@ravenpaine87]

now I want the nether road to be plaid

[@mattsully5332]

do the opposite, leave the pillager outpost outside the castle as an invading force that keeps coming

[@rhodemarvin]

My poor MacBook can’t handle the speed of blue ice lol

[@concretel10n]

The blue, white, and pink are a very nice backdrop - oh my.

[@brokenstarfury4895]

Ender Pearls retain momentum when thrown through a nether portal.

[@JosephSchmidtfan]

I love ice boat roads. I was lucky enough to spawn in close to a vast frozen ocean in my current world, and building overworld ice roads has been so relaxing. I play peaceful mode, so this has been a brilliant option for fast travel.

[@potapotapotapotapotapota]

sick I'm totally doing this in me world

[@lckittyqueen]

two snowy peaks with cherry blossoms tho😍

[@scarlettquick4676]

I always laugh when UK streamers say slippy

[@tydesilompe2908]

I was wrong, precipice is better for the outro

[@samueltheblonde]

Kinda sad that you don't keep your momentum when you enter the portal

[@samueltheblonde]

You literally talked about this right as I hit send😂

[@M0U53B41T]

DUDE! I was just starting a system like this! And of course looking for a Pixelriffs video about it to help LOL thank you for your ... foresight? haha Great timing

[@deborahhulme5137]

Nice

[@Evodocturine]

Where on earth HAVE YOU BEEN?? THAT'S what I want to know....

[@kristajones7202]

Per his replies to other comments, he was vacationing in July, and as soon as he got back he had builders come to work on his home. So, basically, he's been busy being a person living his life.

[@AbdurahShameem]

Your the best

[@johanjansson2723]

Nice work! Have you seen Docm77:s pig boat cannon? It is actually a much, much faster travel in the nether. It will take you to the farlands in just seconds. Then you will have to build another pig boat cannon there, or drink some lava, to get back home from the farlands in time for supper. 😂

[@T33K4Y]

can anyone estimate when season 3 might end?

[@zombeef3074]

That is one adventurous cow!

[@tctheunbeliever]

I remember the first time I discovered that animals can steal your minecarts. I was building a roller coaster (I didn't yet realize how pointless that is when minecarts don't rotate) and a pig came sailing by in one of my minecarts. Charming, really.

[@hezaroseli]

SPEED. Man, I love the new song, Creator, SO MUCH. It makes me wanna animate a fantasia-esque animation set to music hehe.

[@Kize_Gaming]

Hey Pix, just wanted to tell you that I LOVE the new fabric fantasy mod pack you have been streaming. I am working my way through the 2nd stream when you mentioned that there would a new survival guide dropping today and here it is lol. Keep up the excellent work. Thank you for all you do sir!

[@Braxx-Vision]

one of the many great things about expansive minecraft worlds, you can always set up and found new builds/civilizations anywhere, even if they themselves grow to kilometers, love doing that :D in fact i've found a similar area myself to do so lol

[@rooodis456]

So excited for this build project because I’m abt to attempt the same thing, but I really wanna see how you plan a city. Can’t wait!

[@DoomWalker42]

Wow that's insane, I did not know they added this with portals. I wonder if you can take mobs by lead ropes on boats across an ice track? Or would that break because you are moving too fast?

[@kasibylas8872]

Thank you for the video! I tried to do the ice road on the nether, but it didn’t work… I start spinning like crazy… 😅

[@esk2k5]

eyup mate, would you consider doing a skyblock infinite playthrough?

[@ryanhessler8966]

I've seen the ice roads and built one in a previous world, but I've just taken to using horses in the nether for my world so far. The only issue I have is making sure they're tied up far enough from the protal so they don't go back though on their own and die when they get pinched in the terrain.

[@MamaMarti1974]

Would putting lights between the blue ice prevent (or at least reduce) spawning?

[@raymondstheawesome]

Yes that would block most mobs. So.e.mobs such as ghasts don't care about light level when spawning

[@JoelRipke]

Is carpet also acceptable to spawn proof the top of the ice? It seems as though that would be cheaper if you have an auto wool farm

[@Pixlriffs]

@@JoelRipke I’m not certain, but since carpet does have a collision box, it might change the friction the boat has on the ice. Even if it doesn’t, it’s about how the materials break down. You get 3 carpets from 2 wool, but you get 4 buttons from one log - so if you bring a stack of wool with you, you’ll get 96 carpet… If you bring a stack of logs with you, you get 256 buttons. Even though I harvest wood manually, it’s economical and just helps with inventory management

[@jaymismith196]

It would be super cool to transition to a river once you come into the overworld on the boat from your ice road in the Nether. Kind of another reminder of the differences between water mechanics between the dimensions. You’d lose some speed of course, but it would be worth it for the vibes in my humble opinion.

[@acrm-sjork]

8:41 Strange that having different speeds all three roads deliver the boat up to the falling moment at exact same time...

[@pratham0387]

Pixlriffs POG

[@Vivajurgen]

i need to build this!

[@jamesh3832]

How many times are you going to make “tutorials” explaining the same thing? It’s like you don’t care if you retain viewers past one season.

[@Pixlriffs]

The point of these tutorials is to appeal to new players, or people who skipped the videos explaining these mechanics in previous series. I figure anyone who’s watching beyond one season is here to see the long-term progress of this world, and would be more interested in stuff like the start of this video where I introduce areas for new build projects. But this really can’t be a tutorial series if I do stuff like this off camera and never explain it. By your logic I should just put 100 hours into a world before I ever start recording, which kinda defeats the point

[@jaymismith196]

@@Pixlriffs I have been a daily player for over four years now and learned everything I know from your survival guides. I actually re-watch them regularly also. I continue to learn little things that I forgot were in the game or don’t often utilize. They are still educational even for players who aren’t necessarily new. And I find them wildly entertaining and relaxing as well.

[@Ascreamz]

I like 118

[@debdrikdebnath9995]

the number of time he said "transformative" 😭😭

[@michaelsminecraftknowledge]

Brings me back... Used to watch season one

[@Dat-Boi3605]

oh my god i havent seen this series in years the nostalgia from s1e1

[@DanielKerby]

Wow, what a great spot!! Can't wait to see what you do with it.

[@user-th8dx4wn5t]

Love the videos, keep up the good work. Your videos help as background noise when I play Minecraft

[@aandykf]

lol, what a compliment! :D

[@shade.spire396]

Waiting for another castle build, like that of the Survival Guide Season 1. It is, till this day, my favorite build by you.

[@Komodo040]

Came here to say the same thing

[@elsalaiho1699]

Can't wait to see what you'll build in the new area!

[@ysmc2752]

Hey pix, just out of curiosity, what is your present upload schedule looking like? I have been a long time fan of this series btw, so keep up the great work 👍

[@Pixlriffs]

I don’t have a regular upload schedule right now because I’m having work done on my house. Difficult to plan content around builders making noise, but we’ll see how things go after that

[@zedd6257]

Skumpass! Lol.

[@TheRealWormbo]

He even originally introduced them that way, crediting the concept to Skizzleman. (I assume it'd be spelled "skompass" - Skizzleman's compass.)

[@Ritallia]

Very excited for new episodes 😸

[@abedkanan]

can you show us how to work chunk base

[@justinthibeault7212]

You're in luck! He does some stuff in Chunk Base in Episode 1.

[@SmallestBigAP]

Can I just ask, are you make vids every mon, wed, fri,or going back to every day?

[@Pixlriffs]

Right now I don't have a steady upload schedule because I've got builders working on my house. Don't expect daily videos after that though, because once a world reaches this point projects become longer and more complicated, so it's difficult to make daily tutorials.

[@nate6386]

The king has returned

[@johnnyrevenge2512]

Quantum pig anyone?

[@rockzalt]

Always helpful!👍

[@theloudtenor]

Hey Pix! I can't wait to see the projects you have in mind for such a lovey location! Why did you not make this highway on the roof? It would require fewer resources seeing as though the roof itself is spawn proof. Is it because you feel it will be inevitable that Mojang will nerf the ability to get to the nether roof, thus future-proofing your content?

[@Pixlriffs]

I prefer to do stuff inside the Nether cavern unless it's mechanically necessary - like a gold farm, which I guess isn't strictly necessary, but the alternative is spending hours removing or spawnproofing the surrounding terrain. The bedrock of the nether roof is spawnproof but any material you take up there is not, so spawnproofing would still be required (and I'd need to build walls either side of the track to keep the boat from sliding off.)

[@theloudtenor]

@@Pixlriffscheers!

[@Nobody-jo3tv]

Using a permanent blue ice road (not only every 2nd block ice) should be even faster I think...

[@jshburgess4172]

Because of how big the boat's hit box is every other block works the same as every block

[@Nobody-jo3tv]

@@jshburgess4172 yes I know but I saw another video where it was listed so...

[@gemini17mc96]

Love Love Love

[@TenkoBerry]

This is Great 👍

[@ion0057]

this episode just gave me an idea i need to go check if it works

[@ion0057]

i tried it and was unable to get it to work myself, but inspired by doc's astropig machine, i was thinking of using wind charges to launch boats down iceways

[@loctopod3786]

PIXIE MA MAN

[@jeevank.s]

Hai bro bigggg fan❤

[@Skylar-g5c]

🎉🎉🎉

[@danielgrice9288]

🎉

[@JudyLynn1949]

How do I go diagonally???? How do I place the blocks???

[@naumankhanpathan7396]

Make sure to place the boat at right angle (eg. 45 deg) and just move forward without using left-right buttons.

[@TheRealWormbo]

Diagonal boating is a big headache, as you will immediately loose all monentum in one axis when you hit a block, then shortly after you loose all momentum in the other axis as you slam into the next block on the other side. Don't bother trying, you can't place the boat perfectly diagonal. Instead you go straight in one axis, then in the other.

[@JudyLynn1949]

@@TheRealWormbo thank you

[@Woopah1210]

Wake up episode, new survival guide dropped just babe.

[@prajyotpandey8595]

Zoo Wee Mama!!!

[@sillymonkeyyy]

Not heard that in a while

[@greyzard3x]

2nd to liked. First time. 🤩

[@LizelVisser-t3t]

Third to like video

[@annerineburger5024]

Comment 4 of asking for Stardew Valley❤

[@TheRealWormbo]

Stream-only. On very, very rare occasions.

[@Nobody-jo3tv]

24th commnt