Hermitcraft IX 1056 The Bone Mage Rises

[@xisumavoid]

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[@Direblade11]

Your tunnel would do great with added miasma. I'm thinking purple glass in little dusty clouds along the sides, a bit on the roof. Glass panes could be used for whisps of the miasma.

[@truefacts4723]

Yeah looks like Zelda lol

[@ashcatproductions-acpstudi6629]

Question. Isnt the freecam feature part of the hacked client called wurst?

[@bobgoboom5]

The bridge should be the other skeleton hand

[@sirago6411]

Yes, doesn’t look too bad, just reminds me that Microsoft is a huge part of Minecraft and really depresses me…

[@barelycompetentgaming1980]

An idea for the Nether tunnel, have a larger version of your crown, the beast skull sitting at the end that you walk in to get to the nether portal itself

[@xisumavoid]

YES! That is perfect :-)

[@Beeean]

Yass

[@duckd788]

Uh oh 😳

[@dr.pepperaddict8071]

@@xisumavoid you should put some spikey bones laying down flat on the ground like a tree that fell in a forest. Or you can add some giant fish bones or something? Half a rib cage with some broken bones? Edit: you could place a few item frames down and name some bones to put in them

[@larissalisse9754]

Perfect idea👏🏻

[@Xacris]

I just took on an ancient city in my single player world this weekend, and if you make your goal to eliminate all the shriekers then it gets a little more intense. The entire experience is like defusing a bomb, especially if you've already set off 3 shriekers. I removed all the shriekers and only set off the Warden twice, and am now gonna move in

[@caragrace5705]

Set out a “warden eviction notice” lol

[@java_addiction]

Power move: evict the warden lol

[@TimmyChUwU]

It's especially a gut-wrenching moment when you think you take them out and are now running wildly across the place, then you accidentally set off a shrieker you weren't aware of. Then again it isn't as tense because as long as you have cleared out an area, as soon as the Warden emerges you can immediately start running to that area without angering him. When he burrows up he can't sense vibrations, therefore the entire Ancient City looting spree just becomes a game of "oops I accidentally summoned the Warden, time to run now to not anger him." I feel like the Warden should be able to detect this if you immediately start running, it isn't as tense if the player can easily bail without penalty.

[@James_Moton]

1:42 They say the minimum light level for hostile mob spawning is a flat 0, but actually, hostile mobs can still spawn at sky light levels 7 and under where there is no block light. The underside of some of the forest has sky light levels less than 7 in some places; therefore, hostile mobs can spawn at these places at all times, at least until there's some block light.

[@luxembros6791]

Good to know. I play in bedrock and rarely see hostile mobs (I live in a Mangrove swamp) and it’s not well-torched. Maybe it’s different in bedrock.

[@SkyPhoenix_3991]

@@luxembros6791 they said, that the changes should be the same, but I have the same "Issues", I rarely see anything, I was quite happy to see a hostile mob yesterday xD

[@spencerjones7809]

I think that this was the case in older versions but has changed.

[@herzogheftig1479]

@@luxembros6791 The mud block isn't a full block. Just Slime can spawn on mud, no other hostile mobs

[@josiaserad6574]

So the 0 light level works only in caves when using torches?

[@blueblizzeralt]

Maybe add some floating candles to the pathway, I feel like the sky is the thing that's missing the flare.

[@gladehartdreamer5620]

i think he should add small polished andesite stumps with candles on them (or a different stony material) and put floating skulls instead

[@stormoftara]

I was thinking the same thing. Soul lanterns could add atmosphere too!

[@OpheliesHerbarium]

I love these ideas! I was also thinking about glow lichen, dead coral fans and some skeleton skulls here and there. These would complete the vibe ;)

[@dorotanovakova9071]

Or the banners to add a little something, they looked good in the creative mode

[@Edgemaster72]

could even move some of the bone bits along the sides to hang from chains from the ceiling instead

[@RigzDigz]

It occurs to me that since you aren't really supposed to face the warden, you could probably go into Ancient Cities with minimal gear (and MAXIMUM wool). That would reduce the risk of losing hard-to-replace items. Even in full gear, if you trigger the Warden, I think the optimal strategy is RUN!

[@superslimanoniem4712]

Yeah my strategy for looting the city was blasting out a big hole and elytraing out if I spawn the warden

[@rudrodeepchatterjee]

Even running is helpless if the warden has targeted you. It can literally sonically boom you while running.

[@jacobeaton4042]

@@rudrodeepchatterjee you can just stack up and it won’t hit you from what I’ve seen

[@rudrodeepchatterjee]

@@jacobeaton4042 only works if you have time enough to tower up like 18 blocks or so.

[@chrismarston4266]

I tested it in creative and found it took almost 50 hits to kill the warden with a sharp 5 sword, and it took two hits to kill me with full protection armor…

[@pesegolsson]

ancient city's are really cool and because no other mobs spawn there if you remove or disable the shreakers it might become a very cool place to build a base.

[@tyler_bt3326]

Clear out the shriekers, then build up the city using the existing structure. Maybe show an idea of how it could have looked brand new

[@ConnerOnega]

I don't know how hard it would be but having your elytra skined as "Bone Wings" would make your bone mage really pop

[@pennym1056]

They already have a vanilla tweaks elytra resource pack that’ll work for that I believe

[@fhtraveler]

@@pennym1056 You mean the Vex Wings?

[@nikunjchauhan3772]

@@fhtraveler no the phantom wings

[@itsflyguy5353]

Can we just appreciate that Xisuma used actual Minecraft music in the background, he is truly a man of taste.

[@thrifter1454]

Thanks for running the Hermitcraft server so well for us

[@plomek4706]

I read thanks for ruining the Hermitcraft server and I was confused lol

[@pbinspanish]

Xisuma there's an option in the freecam mod to use creative style controls when using it.

[@rubenenns7622]

Is there a link to these mods like the free cam and litematica that I could get a link to?

[@jamesmarshmallow5602]

@@rubenenns7622 They're by Masa. Search for his mods online - freecam is part of Tweakaroo which comes with loads of other useful things

[@ilynight8661]

can u tell me where can i change it? i played with tweakeroo a while and just found out i can change that but i can't find this option

[@earthbloodelf5289]

I absolutely love your whole aesthetic you've got going on this season X!

[@EssentialNPC]

Me too.

[@Jarrett.p]

So for your nether tunnel I was thinking a backbone that goes on the ceiling (curving) with rib bones and broken rib bones attached to it lining down the tunnel.

[@cosmodafox6768]

Perfect name for the new skin is Bone Crawler Xisuma. Xisuma lives in a giant skeleton so it's kinda like he's crawling around it to get the different parts of his base lol

[@pixelg5173]

4:00 my first reaction was “MAKE A REMIX ELY, PLEASE!?!?” And my second reaction was, “That would be an amazing remix….”

[@elodkovacs1405]

Tip: if there is only one shrieker in an area you can break it, it might set off a few sensors but it only matters if there are other shriekers nearby. When there are more you can do the wool spam (in earlygame you can mine the wool from the walkways), surround a shrieker and then you can easily break it. If you set a few of them off and you know that a warden will spawn (as theres nothing more to lose) break the shrieker you activated as fast as possible, then turn around and run until the warden finished spawning, then continue backing off while shifting, and wait a safe distance away from there until he despawns. I looted a city with basic equipment on my survival and spawned like 12 wardens but if you play it smart its just a bit of time loss I hope i could help!

[@Evan-yz7sf]

I feel like the Ancient City is a pretty good dungeon experience. It definitely could be harder, but forcing players to be stealthy is a decent idea in my opinion

[@_nathanb_1835]

I literally opened up KZbin and when I was opening it ur notification appeared and I accidentally clicked it but am here now which is good cuz I love these videos

[@georgebeswick7549]

Starting to get some Boiling Isles vibes from your theme this season with the large bones being incorporated into architecture

[@fredrikbreivald388]

You could make the opening on the non portal side of the tunnel really small so it feels like you are squeezing through a crack in the wall into this weird bone yard

[@DJDroz-tz4qc]

Fun Fact: Enchanted apples, yes I play Bedrock, are most common in Ancient Cities. I found two in the same chest right next to each other! I also got one in a dungeon 20 blocks east of spawn and on my way to an outpost up north, next to a zombie village, I found one in a ruined portal. Man I was lucky? Seed finder has a new option to show possible enchanted apple locations and none of those were mentioned? They have an 8-9% chance in Ancient Cities.

[@fireball67_88]

It's so fun to explore an ancient city in a big group without night vision, full bright or wool. I did it with 5 other people and it was absilute chaos

[@nath1cc]

I also use Freecam when building and there is actually a way to make it smoother in the mod settings. You may have to get a mod library to access the freecam settings though (I use Mod Menu).

[@abkestudio]

Your theme of ancient giants match perfectlly with XBs huge train cart underground... It would be nice to see a colab build between you two connecting the themes

[@blaze_85]

The pathway leading up to the bone shop is looking great! I’ve loved seeing the build brought to life on the server! A suggestion for the portal pathway, maybe a bit of an accent color like some dark red under the glass could be cool. Once the server is on 1.19 sculk block could also work as a very subtle pathway enhancement as it blends quite well with black concrete =)

[@Chalky2023]

Sculk would look great, also adds that small "star shimmer" into the walls.

[@NathanaelTak]

I like this idea, I was thinking that the bones are kind of floating, but are built like they're emerging from something, if there were a stone (netherack) base to pop out of, it might ground the build.

[@pheorrungurd8746]

Watch out, Grian or Mumbo might make a noise machine next to a Shrieker. If they do that with a water elevator, they could send them almost anywhere for a prank.

[@eloquentornot]

I love your Bone Mage look, and I'm excited to see what else happens with that! The tunnel looks really good, and I agree with the other comments that the sky is what's missing something. Also, I think another reason the deep dark didn't seem as spooky for you was probably the night vision potions, but I appreciate that you made the environment easier to see in a video!

[@ItsTank_]

I get that feeling of Litematica of constantly going back and forth and your inventory being full. I've built an auto tree farm and Bone meal farm (Currently working on it right now) with it and it has taken more time then I thought it would

[@DavyOordijk]

I love the skin, nethertunnel and shop! Great job! But i have a suggestion, for the left wall in the bone yard tunnel, you should add holes to the wall so you can still see the beacons from the hub.

[@ItsKyleBrah]

I appreciate the use of freecam. Obviously for finding caves and stuff that a different conversation, but to see builds from a different perspective is amazing!!

[@cray.cray.zay101]

I absolutely adore your videos its been 2 years tbh sense i watched any hermitcraft members vids but coming bacl to see you putting actual story into your builds just makes me adore you and ur work more ❤❤❤❤❤

[@masterpiece1817]

If you just surround the chest you can safely open it, just leave the top open. No wool spam needed

[@sheryali4904]

The reason for other mobs not spawning is that they are constantly going to activate skulk shrieker and skulk catalyst. With multiple mobs spawning, there is a chance that the constant fight between warden and other hostile mobs will distract warden too much and after a time, warden may die... What is worse that Wardens can be spawned as many as you want thus there would be warden on nearly every step... Xisuma... I think you never actually think anything through when it comes to deepdark and warden.

[@heckoff7904]

the mobs cant trigger the shrieker, though, can they? only player actions do.

[@CinemaSight]

In the Deep Dark, you don't have to sneak on carpets to avoid making noise. Also, if you are sneaking and you jump down while still holding crouch, you don't make a sound when you land. You can also jump while holding sneak and not make noise. I also recommend just breaking the chest and getting out of that area. If you trigger the Warden, you just have to run across your wool a couple of chunks and he won't be able to sniff you out. You can then wait the 1 minute for him to despawn and go back where you were. It does slow things down a bit, but I've found it cuts down on the need for an overabundance of wool. In just one plus a couple chests into a second Ancient City, I was able to collect one of everything that you could (2 enchanted golden apples, two full music discs plus extra fragments and just enough echo shards to make one compass. Maybe random was in my favor, but it was nice not to have to spend too much time down there.

[@screennamemissing]

One of the (many) things I love about Hermitcraft is that you'll actually showcase random peoples builds AND give credit!

[@Adam-kx6od]

For the nether tunnel: LIGHT is necessary for ambience. I think hanging soul lenterns with chains, some vegetation (like crimson roots and weeping vines or warped roots and twisting vines), maybe you can also use the glass fog trick on the walls so that it looks like the darkness (walls) is creeping in. Also maybe some campfire smoke or other particle effect.

[@altriish6683]

All the hermits should take on the first ancient city together! That would be fun!

[@twocatsinatrenchcoat2103]

I love the idea of the little town around your shop. These people came across this giant skeletal arm reaching out of the ground summoning dark magic, and they collectively said "yeah this looks like a good place to set up our village :)" Very cool video!

[@natncat]

some campfire smoke coming from around the bones in the nether portal could create some cool visual and auditory ambiance. name-tagging some witches to have hidden in the walls could also add to the menacing + magical quality it could also be cool to add some of the sculk blocks as they have a subtle animation that would look really cool in the pitch black; maybe on the roof of the nether portal path? or underneath the glass path?

[@arcehiero4796]

8:35 wow the bonemage really digging in to his boneMEAL

[@Am25_2]

I think the nether tunnel needs some candles, the floating ones!!

[@Tragicrk]

I’ve been to two ancient city’s on bedrock, and I always play on hard. And both times I had a ton of mobs spawning / finding their way into the city. And both times I just ran through and broke anything that could have triggered the warden. I died once, and well obviously spawned the warden in, and jeez. I learned my lesson after it tracked me, it wouldn’t go away even after killing me. And just kept his agro at me, after around 3-5 minutes he finally gave up. But the mobs can help distract the warden for the player, buttt at the same time. Keeps the warden around for a lot longer then intended, and makes the risk of spawning another a bigger threat than just then just one.

[@ateijelo]

With Litematica, the trick is to render only 1 layer at a time, starting from the bottom. In the material list window, use only the rendered layer and enable the HUD. Then it's a matter of going to your storage, grabbing everything for the current layer, going to the build, and building it. You'll blaze through those builds.

[@celariea.7513]

I absolutely love what you did with the terrain around your shop! All of it is sooo cool

[@tompopp10]

if you download the mod "mod menu" youll be able to change the flight mode from the default to creative

[@calebmufford2747]

Hey X! I just recently took on the ancient city in my survival world. A couple tips, you can surround the shriekers with wool instead of the sensors. Also, you can run on wool without setting sensors off. Sneaking on other blocks won't cause vibrations, (only walking will) so you're entire pathway doesn't have to be a bridge of wool.

[@Kablamityful]

You know what your Nether Tunnel bone yard needs? Skulls. Wither, Skeleton, Hermits. Pile them up behind the bone spikes, you could even make a throne out of them if your feeling particularly 40k. But the skulls would really sell the boneyard feel.

[@strings1984]

In the neither tunnel perhaps what is missing is some soul campfires would look great under the glass and hanging on chains some soul lanterns... For small details you could do normal and wither skeleton heads. I also like the idea of purple, black, and maybe blue or cyan colored floating candles.

[@charlie570]

the idea of placing something down to muffle your footsteps is straight out of A Quiet Place and i love it. maybe a scavenger hunt in an ancient city with some other hermits would be a fun way to kick off the new update, everyone goes in with wool and the goal is to bring back as many items as possible while soundproofing the areas they traverse

[@jennapothier7310]

That is quite the cool skull! Also, they way you tackled your want to take on an ancient city is quite interesting. Also, I love that tunnel concept! Good luck with collecting all the needed black dye

[@casarendse3248]

Love the work you did at the shop. You could do the bones ( ribcage) at the other side of the hill. Then it's really inside the ribcage

[@duck_supremacist]

I'll share my strategy here for the one interested: I looted two ancient city without taking damage and even killed two warden for fun. Ancient cities are really easy with elytras, you just don't care about the noise you make. 1. Target all the shriekers you see, when a warden spawn you just zoom away in another part of the city. 2. When there is near zero shrieker left, do the same with the loot chests and you're done. The warden take too long to be angry enough to be a problem and you have all the time you need to break the shrieker, open a chest and take off while it spawns next to you. I would advise you to try to explore at least one on foot to not ruin your fun (if you do, watch simplysarc video as it has a lot of great advice to get rid of shriekers and sensor quietly).

[@jordanian4477]

Absolutely love the story your telling with bones, think it’s a really nice touch

[@alexdimopoulos4684]

I'm pretty sure the area reserved for 1.19 is where grian and mumbo are, but I may be wrong

[@Shamacoo]

No they have shrunk the world border and will expand it in 1.19

[@vincentc.9730]

It's another side of Doc's perimeter

[@xisumavoid]

Its behind the world border, where no one can be

[@kacperdrabikowski5074]

Headcanon postulate: just like Ren's freecam is "really" a Gigacorp drone, Xisuma's freecam is a floating skull enchanted to look through. Because floting skull helpers are in that perfect spot between quite creepy and quite adorable

[@rkaidia]

Mumbo is going to have real trouble with the Deep Dark being an insane person that uses his thumb to press shift

[@Jackson_Mad]

his concert has evolved so much throughout the years. it's amazing, keep up the good work

[@FlintsInfernape]

I took on an ancient city and didn't use any night vision or nearly as much wool as you did. If I accidentally spawned a warden, I flew away until it despawned, but the skulk sensors will notice you flying and might trigger a skulk shrieker. If you do spawn a warden, you might be able to get the shriker that spawned it, turn to face the portal, and fly there. The portal is incredibly safe from the warden.

[@monicaf5906]

I loved the background music in this episode. I especially noticed it during the nether building, and it was just lovely.

[@coolguy5133]

Fun fact: Drinking a Night Vision potion while under the Darkness effect will result in some trippy effects.

[@BenCDawson]

For Ancient cities if you just cover every side of the shrieker you don't need to worry about the sensors and when shifting you don't need to walk on wool, I went without wool and was able to collect more than enough wool from the city, playing like that makes it feel a lot more intense, one wrong move will set off nearby ones.

[@mamode242]

Using some soul sand/soil might fit well with the bones, maybe for the path or to put blue fires around

[@fearofthechippan]

I saw someone say floating candles, maybe candles in between layers of glass to make a smokey floating sky. Did this in my library/house in my 1.18 world and it looked amazing

[@VENOMSURGE]

@xisumavoid I noticed you seemed to be sneaking a lot on top of the wool blocks up on the walls. IDK if it was for cinematic purposes, but since the wool already silences your movements you're free to sprint up on the walls. There was also a clip where you were placing wool down on ground that didn't need it just to move. As long as you don't step on the shrieker/sensor you wont set anything off. It'd take a lot longer to loot the city crouching the entire time. It took me over an hour to loot and I was already sprinting everywhere that was safe

[@JF743]

The bone helmet crown thing is absolutely awesome! I did spot it before it was mentionned. I really enjoy the lore and skin accessories with the pumkins.

[@DavidBrianDobbsArt]

Because you have the depth behind the bones in the nether tunnel, you could place another black concrete block in front of the back wall and then put a candle on it. It will look like the candle is floating in the darkness.

[@whiteboard_history]

So how many times are you gonna use the freecam mod? Xisuma: yes

[@IlakkiyaVenkatc2n3y]

I really like the bend in the tunnel, its so awesome how a simple change makes such a big difference! For the nether tunnel: soul lanterns, blue candles, skeleton skulls behind the bones, tombstones, and can you capture bats or spiders to create movement in the tunnel? Edit: if you could design player head skulls based on other hermit's skins, that would be a really neat addition to the boneyard!

[@YOEL_44]

Rather than a real skull, it looks like a motocross helmet themed as a skull

[@reonieBothma]

The ancient city I explored was full of mobs. And they kept spawning. Especially the slimes. At least they did not set of the Shrieker by themselves, but fighting them did.

[@lilliewarren4829]

Maybe put some lava beneath the black glass in the pathway to highlight the path? If it's too bright you could change the glass to tinted glass? Loved the video btw, your bone crown looks fantastic!

[@BenjaminGoldberg1]

X, some suggestions for your nether tunnel: Make the nether side of the portal bigger, and build in front of it the same magic skull/ankh/talisman which the bone shop hand is holding. Give the tunnel a creepy heartbeat, as if it were alive or undead. Make the bones of the tunnel expand and contract with the heartbeat.

[@Slackbot]

I've been mucking about in the Deep Dark, and I use wool blocks differently. There are just too many sculk sensors around, so I sneak like crazy and use wool to occlude the shriekers, which are the real danger. When the shrieker is fully blocked, I hoe it.

[@cthulhu1329]

The new city, once all the shriekers and sensors get removed, would honestly be a great place for a shopping district, of sorts. Or even a base location.

[@rainbow_blacklight]

hermits: hmm having a limited space for our shopping district forced us to build super small and cramped and we ran out of space hermits, now with a huge but still limited space: (starts building 5x bigger so that the space is running out just as fast)

[@ebsolas]

Imagine if the ancient city had evil sheep. They don’t set off skulk sensors, killing them doesn’t set them off either, but they make you have to think fast while avoiding. Perhaps they’re near sighted or something. They can’t see they player from far away.

[@daddyc2121]

A great center block for your path in the neither would be crystal blocks

[@michaelreeves2793]

I love how you use environmental story telling over a set narrative. It builds more of a cohesive feel that ages better than a narrative could

[@terminatora1249]

Wait Blaze designed the shop? This is amazing , I love his builds, he's a really underrated builder.

[@EssentialNPC]

It's the Eye of Xauron!

[@timwoods2852]

Some motion in your Nether path might help. Like have a few bats fluttering around and/or some spiders creeping around the ceiling or off to the sides with their red eyes glowering at the passersby.

[@icychips70w25]

When the server updates to 1.19, you could hide skulk sensors and maybe shriekers in your nether tunnel for some spooky sound effects :)

[@ajdowns]

An idea for the walkway in the rib cage: have some bone in the walkway (maybe short bits) to make it seem like the road is made out of the spine that the rib cage comes out from

[@SabotuerAssassin]

Maybe it just needs one more bone? One huge bone that looks like it's looming over the tunnel tucked up into the black concrete to look like it's really tall and high up. It could be a curled tail or part of a skull? An upper jaw or a giant spine curved over the tunnel at an angle? You could also use glow lichen on the backs of some of the bones, idk why but I feel like that'd give a cool effect.

[@castielangel2288]

You could add some chains with soul lanterns, and glass panes. Maybe candles too. As for the bones maybe try adding different shades of white like concrete, quartz and calcite. Just a few ideas that may work when adding detail. Also instead of all black concrete maybe add some black wool too. Or Blackstone too give various shades of black

[@keileon20]

I’m loving the bone mage and the builds! Maybe some soul lanterns, candles and mob heads in the nether tunnel? Glow lichen could add a spooky light too.

[@kyleprince4126]

Been going through the deep dark/ancient city with 4 to 5 friends on our server and that has to be the best way to do it, way more of a threat when 5 of your friends could set off a shrieker at any time lol

[@grantnewmark718]

I think maybe using the dripping effect from dripstone sparingly in some areas could look really cool as though there is some blood or an unknown substance leaking from the body. could look cool maybe. great stuff x

[@lyoukeefen7199]

10:16 wow, 1.19 really does add to the atmosphere and wildness of the game

[@MasterRobbe]

When you awake a warden, you just have to run through the generated wool paths to be safe. The warden digs down when you are too far away.

[@TOBYSHERIDANWHITEPOWER]

Love your work Xisuma. Send my love to the kids xx

[@AxolotlDreams-u-]

The tunnel feels like its lacking because its more of a bone gallery than a bone yard. The bones are all arranged neatly to each side like a museum tour. They should be strewn about slightly with a loose path through them. Maybe even one part going directly through hollow bones, like a skull or something.

[@toastedanarchist4162]

I think what's missing from the nether tunnel could be something above it. I dont really have any suggestions to change that, but stars like in the main hub could be cool, although maybe take away from the infinite feeling.

[@twomur_]

when i first went i didn’t take stacks of wool i just picks some up while i was there and without night vision it just feels completely different. i was getting lost in the city at one point a warden has me pinned in a building and the sound of him sniffing me out was just terrifying

[@xVIPER41x]

One idea is above the dark blocks making the roof of your tunnel in nether add lava to spots so you had a spot here and there dripping lava from the roof as it would from a stagtite. I just though a few bright lava drips in a dark boney tunnel might be a cool effect.

[@pandaeleven]

Hey X! Did you know that Litematica has a feature called easyPlace? You have to set a hotkey for toggling it in the Litematica Settings. It allows you to hold rightclick on the schematic blocks and it will automatically switch to the block type and place it for you! Makes building with schematics a breeze.

[@voikalternos]

I feel like some elements from Scar's tunnel in Grian's base could add in your nether tunnel, like flying candles.

[@tinver]

I think it's something that is either lighten up or red that's missing. So maybe red candles here and there? Floating ones would be great just as @Blue Blizzer mentioned

[@brandonc.5661]

I feel like doing a fog thing with glass on the sides of the tunnel could work. You could make it look like the bones are rising from that fog. And the throughout the tunnel add some candles, both floating and sitting on the bones.

[@Yuckomonco]

Idea: because of how the new items and blocks spread from dead mobs, they should add a tainted enemy that lurks around the deep dark. Could have various models for tainted enemies to reflect a tainted zombie, creeper etc. They could have low health to show that they are barely being held together and maybe to incentives you to stay away from them, they could give off a hunger ora or something rather than dealing a large amount of damage. This way you add a bit more activity to the deep dark but aren't making it too hard Incase a warden spawns