The Hardest Modpack of All Time is Over a Decade Old...

12 Years Ago, Minecraft players were just built different i guess. This ancient modpack actually surprised me in how unfairly difficult surviving was. No magic, OP creatures, just pure unrelenting survival.
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This modpack is insane, called Better than Wolves, and made 12 years ago. I run it on MultiMC - here's a link on how to download it, don't ask me cuz I forgor it was complicated asf but WORTH. PLAY ON HARDCORE FOR THE PROPER EXPERIENCE NO EASY B S.
• How to Install Better ... (download tutorial)

[@DonnaPinciot]

2:54 You've probably forgotten that tools/weapons in this old version of Minecraft deteriorated even if you hit things while invulnerable, so you completely wasted that club on 2 hits when you could have gotten a dozen or so.

[@itsmeadam_]

not even dream can stop this man

[@TdLmcwastaken]

Frs put me on that manhunt team 😈😈

[@user-dm2kp3vo2u]

@@TdLmcwastaken Honestly, now that I think about it, how about you make a manhunt video? We do trust you enough to know it's not scripted.

[@malegria9641]

prob cuz he isn’t a 13 year old neurodivergent kid

[@TdLmcwastaken]

thats the problem, im dead 2 minutes in BROTHER haha TIME TO SCRIPT DREAM TACTICSSSSSS@@user-dm2kp3vo2u

[@thefamiIyguyshow]

a pedophile?

[@maciekkozicki3379]

I'm so happy this mod is finally getting the recognition it (doesn't) deserve ^^ More grindy than Gregtech New Horizons, but fun to visit every once in a while when you forget how hard it is.

[@frag8476]

That sounds like lies. Knowing GregTech:New Horizons. That's impossible

[@maciekkozicki3379]

Having played GT:NH for 380+ hours and BTW for... long enough to die over a hundred times... GT is progression grind, BTW is survival grind. In GT:NH, you gotta spend hours studying it, getting a degree for it. But at least you have something to show for 20 hours of play time - a base, some basic shelter, maybe a few machines? In BTW, you're never getting far. It's so easy to run out of food, or get jumped and die. And when you die you respawn like, 5000 blocks away, with no idea where you are, starting from scratch. Once more punching threes for minutes on end just to get a few sticks. The road to complete New Horizons is a decades long study, but BTW keeps resetting you to the "minutes of punching trees" start over and over, therefore earning the title of "most grindy" in my mind.

[@frag8476]

@@maciekkozicki3379 BTW is just practice and error and learning, one will eventually manage to complete it after some weeks or a month or two with help of guides or not. While GT:NH just doesn't let you complete it as of right now. Adding that most players play GT:NH on peaceful or easy, just imagine in Hardcore and Hard Difficulty. GT:NH obliterates grinding over all things. And the difficulty is hidden because of the need of playing in peaceful or easy, otherwise, GT:NH would be impossible to beat

[@maciekkozicki3379]

@@frag8476 Well, I see. Still, I believe trial, error and resetting to nothing despite being so close to the finish is more grindy, since you have to do the same things all over and they take a long time. BTW is just less varied than GT:NH and that's grindy to me. Also, I think I played GT:NH on normal. It's mostly working with machines, so difficulty of mobs didn't play *that much* into it. (Also who the heck is playing on peaceful when you *need* mob drops to progress?!)

[@FyreofShadow]

@@frag8476 I play in Hard for GT:NH, that's sort of exaggerating. As soon as you make a crossbow you're essentially completely safe, my crossbow in LV one-shot every mob I came across that wasn't infernal.

[@thetky_clan666]

Now if/when people find this mod pack, they're gonna say "How bad can it be?" and immediately regret it not even a few seconds in and apologizing to you for not knowing how to do certain things.

[@RavenGamingOverLord]

It could be worse

[@blakeyoung8791]

I got good at the the pre-iron phase But anything after getting iron rlly sucks.

[@donjohnson4906]

This mod really demands an acquired taste to be fair. I've been playing it on-and-off for a decade. The mod really expects a lot from you since a momentary lapse in judgement can screw you over really badly. But after the first night the tedium eases a bit if you can get some stone tools. I would recommend carrying dirt slabs around to reduce the need for jumping and using the world generation to your advantage for hunkering down for the night ie. natural caves.

[@gatinhu_br]

one must imagine TdL happy

[@Miyomi5]

-Random Ass Guy

[@leletavares566]

Gatinhu BR é um bom nome

[@pilatoavi]

Haha, ancient philosophy: sisyphus and absurdism lol. That's gonna go over so many people's heads.

[@blakeyoung8791]

@@pilatoavi Oh hush with yo ancient Greek nerdin' ass, its because Sisyphus lives in the present moment OBVIOUSLY.

[@DonnaPinciot]

I'm a bit annoyed that it's being called a modpack, when it's really just a single mod. There are community mods for it, but they're not part of the experience. Hardcore Mode is also entirely not recommended, and actually ruins part of the experience of the mod. You're meant to die a few times, because you respawn in different places each time. It's like starting a new world, but actually has a purpose. As you die, rebuild, and die again, you start to build up a collection of bases, and you'll begin learning the land. Eventually, you'll be able to return to bases, letting you build up much faster, and maybe eventually you'll build a central base connected to key areas for when you respawn.

[@probablynotalatexshork5495]

glad to know i wasnt the only one annoyed by that.

[@TheGateShallStand]

Yeah but thats cringe

[@HowSong]

Yeah. That was the era before mod"pack". Even before Forge or Modloader existed, which was annoy for a kid like me to install this mod.

[@meokayenglish8361]

let the man rise from his ashes of failure to stand on the podium of glory and madness

[@protogionlastname6003]

By this point and the fact that it was pointed out multiple times under different videos it's safe to assume that tdlmc is keeping on calling it "modpack" just to piss people off.

[@genghisdingus]

TIPs for surviving first night: You can get sharp stone with sharp stone way faster than with sticks The best first base to make is to dig 3 trenches that are only 1 block deep and place the dirt you get on the middle two blocks. Be mindful of the ends of the trench as zombies and skeletons can often jump in from there if you didn't round off the ends. Don't jump at all. Just make steps with slaps every where.

[@graup1309]

watching this back is such a fucking experience. My sweet summer child you have no idea of what is to come. Although the insanity is already beginning to poke through.

[@Happy_Smiles246]

Crash landing, a hardcore questing survival modpack from like 8 years ago, it needs some of the most arcane knowledge of some of the most OG tech mods for you to survive/thrive, if you can do all the quests I will literally touch grass irl

[@fractalgem]

Some of the last quests are an absolute pain to actually complete as they require going out thousands of blocks before the cities MIGHT generate the reactor building you need.

[@bobbech9571]

lets gooooooooooooooo, i remember when you did the video about the "hardest modpack" and i commented you should try this, thank you so much fr, seeing youtubers suffer in games brings me joy🥰

[@madprincebalmonk7908]

This isn't even Minecraft, this is just torture.... Maybe I should download it?😂

[@muhammedmuha4846]

go for it man i told him to do it and he did suprisingly....now it says ive spend 2d 10h on this mod...bro ive downloaded it 5 days ago im addicted

[@fastral7769]

@@muhammedmuha484611.6 hours a day during the week? That’s a lot even when you have time off.

[@regis360q]

Link to download?@@muhammedmuha4846

[@GamingGuy16_]

​@@muhammedmuha4846what mod is this bro??

[@thefishyminer3572]

Better than wolves

[@Niyucuatro]

The mod is 12 years old. But the current difficulty is not that old. At the start it only added new machines and stuff. Then a few years later came the hardcore updates. That rebalanced the game, increasing the challenge. Then came 2018 with, after a long-ish hiatus, the AAAAAAAHH update, the current dificulty you are playing now, after a few more balance passes.

[@fractalgem]

That explains much, thanks! The OG version of it is the one I remember hearing about way back when and involved stuff like massive passive animal spawning setups to fuel a meat grinding factory, which no doubt influenced/inspired better with mods and maybe Create. And then there's THIS, which makes crash landing look like its barely even trying to kill you.

[@Niyucuatro]

@@fractalgem better with mods definitely was q complete rip off, feature by feature, of how the mod was right before thr AAAAAAH update. Made to spite the mod author. As to wether it inspired create or not. Could be. They certainly share similarities when it comes to building machines with both of them.

[@ManikFerret]

I knew this would be hilarious watching you lose your mind 😂

[@funky555]

Do this again but dont paly hardcore. Build a little dirt shithole with a fire in it and get creepers to blow up trees and cobble

[@muhammedmuha4846]

if he dies not in hardcore he spawn randomly around the world....like RLcraft

[@shapeswitch_mood7221]

What is your skin? Have you descended into madness after so much struggle, resulting in physical and mental shifting, explaining the intro and cutscenes?

[@RavenGamingOverLord]

Yeah probably

[@rin_reverie]

Two corrections/notes: - Better than Wolves CE isn't a modpack, but a single total conversion mod - You REALLY shouldn't be playing in hardcore mode. BTW has a feature called 'Hardcore Respawn' that basically acts as a pseudo-hardcore mode, where you'll respawn somewhere entirely different upon death-playing on hardcore gets rid of that gameplay loop.

[@Speed001]

10/10 intro, i like it, good introduction and framing

[@dufcow9345]

one of my fav youtubers rn fr W content

[@user-cr6yz7yw4i]

i love your vids,will allways support your good work

[@bqueenlittlesweet]

eu só tenho 20 anos e me sinto um idoso vendo mods incriveis sendo esquecidos, como o MO creatures

[@chasethemaster3440]

No way mo creatures is forgotten by anybody it’s a classic and great

[@Derekthewolfbruh]

im glad ce version of better then wolves is getting some recognition

[@nathenc1]

I remember playing this, got quite far in to end up not having enough food for winter and dying 😂

[@Satoshi_Yume]

FINALLY, YESSS, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG

[@muhammedmuha4846]

i told him to do it...he repleid but i didnt expect him to do it this fast

[@SneedFeedAndSeed]

Very realistic, I also die instantly after I don't eat anything for 24 hours

[@adrianvenegasmendez7708]

You could try an old game called UnReal World, it has that tipe of premise of frustrating realistic survival game (and its free on its website). the controls can be frustraring at first so if you do try, i recomend making a cheat sheet with all the controls. It is fun and the grafics are decent enough

[@attempt58]

imma need the background music man. it's so good

[@NickSocial]

Bruh I was laughing at the intro! XD So good!

[@saunorine]

2:55 was a certified manhunt moment

[@mrkeller8000]

I'd love to see you play something based around the Terrafirmacraft mod.

[@blairdactyl]

not the aussies joke at the start while the smoke blooms up outside my window 😭

[@HoldingThisHandle]

Great video, as always, this time i only lost 65000 braincells. Have you heard of scramblecraft? It can be diffcult and its just really fun. Essentialy, its a bajillion mods but every recipe is random(except the crafting table) and a bunch of other things are randomized too. You should give it a go!

[@maybeaviolinist]

The beginning of an era

[@Ace-xr6hs]

him jumping around makes me ick 😆

[@xidemonslayerxi4510]

6:38 mix that with either the Cave Dweller or the Man in the Fog(Night Dweller).

[@LordTimothious]

"300 iq!" Followed IMMEDIATELY by Ooh Ooh caveman noises. Fekin unhinged. I love it.

[@GamerBoy-tx3mc]

When i started btw i thought it was a early game mod but i was wrong... i did get to the crafting table and stone pick but it was a nightmare

[@TheDoomCompany]

damn how far he has come..

[@Chalala884]

0:09 TdLmc in the future after getting kidnapped and sold in the black market

[@peety0792]

If you think this is bad, wait till you play divine journey 2

[@itsmeadam_]

bro didnt even see the entire video yet 💀💀💀💀

[@hadessardineslol3593]

this mod pack looks way harder

[@muhammedmuha4846]

wtf is divine journey 2

[@peety0792]

@@muhammedmuha4846 it’s a Minecraft modpack

[@Beckysantti]

@@muhammedmuha4846 1.12.2 pack

[@neighborboar744]

Troll incident people taking notes on this monster that you made in the start💀

[@kijeja]

you can cook more than one item in the camp fire

[@brutalbubby_]

the inro is a fever dream

[@thekingofcats27]

After it's all said an done, you can have a full compilation to upload of deaths that are either dumb or unfair

[@aruntimewell9182]

artistic and regarded

[@Kaelicles]

This mod is heavenly for people who watch Primitive Technology. I never thought a game that was this similar to it would ever exist, let alone be a mod for Minecraft.

[@arturnicaciodeandrade9861]

If you like BTW for the tech tree than there is even cooler mod: Terrafirmacraft. Its much less sadistic then BTW, although it is a more realistic approach focused on survival instead of making "vanilla minecraft what it should have been"

[@frostbitedragon9]

I also start fire by eating sticks

[@GiantBeardedFace1]

this video goes so crazy after the demise of attempt 81

[@The4DRY4N]

banger video

[@mtjoell8783]

I know even more difficult modpack - GregTech - New Horizons, After 9 years it still not beaten yet

[@SomeGuyWithaFez]

I’m pretty sure a couple people have gotten stargates, unless there’s something further than that?

[@uohhhhh-sob-]

@@SomeGuyWithaFez you cant beat greg tech... with every update the stargat will be harder to reach... the circle of suffering

[@godofnumbersakausername5226]

try terrafirmagreg, that's true torture. If you want more pain, then do it without the quest book (aka no guide, yeah guys ima make a fusion reactor with nothing!).

[@User19232]

1:10 Terrance? We want lawrence not some budgeted version

[@Chrom420]

underrated

[@KAPTEIN...]

9:11 what’s the song ?

[@ericsoucie2865]

create a server that a bunch of people can join for free using this mod pack. So then everyone has to team up to survive and prep for new player. (Keep inventory is a different server connected to that server)

[@octopuszombie8744]

When "back in my day" was actually accurate

[@cocacola4blood365]

Don't worry, Son, you are destined to get revenge. When Dad's on his death bed, you're ordained by prophecy to chew on the plug to his life support.

[@lilwoo2034]

you should look up about why this modpack even exists then everything gets increasingly funnier

[@denoskaka]

3:06 caveman when he realizes they can create a comically large bone club

[@robo8478]

You can put leaves in firrs instesd sticks

[@noctusdoesthings]

You should play TerraFirmaCraft

[@King-oy7wm]

bro really put an effort on the intro

[@Speed001]

3:36 from what i know, the meta is environmental damage

[@RavenGamingOverLord]

The beginning of the video is me whenever I decide to beat elder ring and telling everyone about it irl and then someone tells me that I should play BloodBorne if I want to experience eldritch horror and “real” difficulty

[@lyrebird5982]

ER is by FAR fromsofts worst game

[@Lilbeaniboi]

Heck yeah

[@unknownreaper7105]

I like that he had hope in some of them and that hope died

[@epicmeme3264]

will you make a series on this

[@AJ.Productionss]

nah. Don't delete your channel. You are too funny

[@spnginator]

the intros are getting more and more feverish each episode please stop this madness my life is being ruined every second my retinas consume the light being exuded from my monitor as my pc computes this absolute NIGHTMARE of a video, as my throat dries up out of exasperation, while my toes begin to bleed as though they were the source of some sort of hellish river, with my lungs slowly expanding, fighting to stay inflated in the face of the overwhelming pressure presented by this "content", as my brain ultimately gives way to the severe brainrot overtaking the rest of my body nah but fr editing feels a lot more natrual than before and the contents wayyy more interesting than "ARK NSFW"

[@TdLmcwastaken]

just you wait till the insane edits we cooked up for the next vid gonna multiply brainrot by 5 💀💀

[@CM-NightDK]

normally in these modpacks you start in peaceful mode, still this one's early game is indeed quite hard, try gregtech new horizons, it is time consuming for other reasons

[@Katmer54]

Please continue to BTW

[@RichieBre]

1:31 yes

[@Opotteq]

Old man with dementia tries to survive a simple mod pack

[@bird9188]

honestly you might as well vintage story

[@TottalyKunsung2223]

The only way to survive you need to know how to make trench which need atlest 4 block down form grass and start dig up and make you room

[@JGT-yd2wx]

The start

[@Professional_Amikisser]

"did we pull up to the furry convention" SENT me ya got a new sub

[@ronity123]

more infernum!!

[@karmaneverdies]

How parents explain they went to school😁

[@itsmeadam_]

gregtech new horizons next?

[@thecondiffs]

I remember when this mod was like create

[@curiousneko5397]

This harder than real life.

[@GamingGuy16_]

What mod is this? i need to try it out for my self,

[@Niyucuatro]

Better than wolves.

[@kristapskrumins5676]

You should play Hollow Knight, it isn't extremely difficult and torturous like most things you play, but it's just a really good game.

[@thewitchidolsachika6682]

how is HK extremely difficult and torturous lmao, stop baiting him to play a metroidvania and drop it after hornet. 💀

[@seanseen_]

@@thewitchidolsachika6682 bro they literally said "it isn't extremely difficult and torturous"

[@darksanity]

Would you please explain how to download and play this modpack?

[@mothaiba8020]

give me your discord i will help you

[@NinjaRuby-tk3fx]

I feel bad so I will subscribe

[@camtechxbox79]

i tried it and (because it is minecraft 1.5.2 ) chuncks kept dispering and textures turned to concrete

[@sookypook3archived]

watching this as an australian doesnt help

[@arandomboi3353]

Funny asf

[@KolonelCeanders]

What happened to Lawrence why was he replaced with Terence

[@Changecogs2821]

There are people that are younger than the mod pack aswell

[@mihaitoma4144]

i saw the title and expected terra firma craft

[@AnatoliasAce3341]

What's the song around 1:20?

[@mihaleben6051]

0:44 ...which jessie?

[@ericsoucie2865]

5:55 - (they died by this game mode)

[@tewkie7955]

this video is how people describe playing rlcraft

[@thatguyjared8560]

Man, I remember back when Blood ‘N Bones was one of the hardest modpacks. How the times have changed.

[@mctripleA]

This came out before blood n bones, it just wasn't popular

[@cheesydinos]

uh oh

[@thequackyest3604]

do parasites

[@klhoierichburg6457]

try 100 days hardcore mode

[@klhoierichburg6457]

oh I forgotten you must use the mod if you accept my challenge