Level 0 to 100 in SECONDS??? - Minecraft Hermitcraft Season 9 #17

How fast can you get 100 levels, starting with nothing? I think we get the world record for fastest ever!!!
Thanks @cubicmetre for the inspiration!
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Season 9, Episode 17.
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[@cubicmetre]

Awesome idea scaling this back to just a hundred levels for vanilla survival. You technically had the max speed possible of 89.172 million xp per hour, albeit for only 1.2s. But anymore than that and you wouldn't be having much fun. I reckon with a deicated tech server it might even be possible to break the 1000 level milestone. Might have to try that project at some point.

[@scottgeorgeson8035]

O

[@samspenguins8975]

For anyone curious, we did the math for 1,000 levels, and that would have required 4,342,181 cacti smelting in 1,753 furnaces. Seemed like a bit much :)

[@Someonethatshandsome]

16 hours ago??? In 20 sec

[@immineal]

Doesn't every xp orb have a specific amount of XP assigned to it and not a range of XP possible? I thought that was the thing, that you can construct any amount of XP with these orbs

[@samspenguins8975]

@@Someonethatshandsome Patrons get early access.

[@samspenguins8975]

@@immineal Yes, I suppose technically the ranges apply more to creative, where you can generate a single orb of any XP and it will select the size based on the range. Doesn’t change the 0-100 results, of course.

[@QueerJade]

Just a touch

[@shunnedtomcat]

Next episode - Zed opens a minimalist dye shop "Any colour as long as it's green"

[@wandamaximoff9895]

Named Any Natural number as long as it is under 101

[@BabaTova]

wings, things & greens

[@Firebuilt]

Call it the Model G shop, in inspiration of Henry Ford, who offered the Model T in any color you wanted, as long as it was black

[@williammansfield7576]

I was gonna say the same thing

[@dooda9566]

@@wandamaximoff9895 "guide to green 101"

[@skycherryyt]

This zedvancement was absolutely insane, but my favorite part of the episode has to be zed reprimanding xisuma like a cat that ate plastic for killing the cow and then proceeding to kill the cow again, peak comedy

[@mswifeycatlady7583]

I watched Xisuma’s episode earlier and it was hilarious

[@SolZaer]

All those arrows and one made it thru perfectly.

[@kellymiller6737]

Haha. Great comment

[@Zordlistair]

A cat that ate plastic? Has this happened to you?

[@mewtation]

@@Zordlistair my cats are always trying to eat plastic. gotta keep all bags and stuff hidden away

[@moonythesly]

I absolutely lost it when Xisuma lowered his head while being scolded. Amusing episode, loved it Zed! Also? That gradient? Amazing, sir!

[@theofficialdboy2240]

Correction it’s called grey-dient lol

[@MynameisnotRenold]

@@theofficialdboy2240 Correction it's called a great-dient lol

[@DJTerrorByte]

@@MynameisnotRenold correction it's called Grian-diant

[@EvesterBee]

Watching that timelapse did weird things to my brain… it looked different at the end yet I saw nothing change!? Magic!

[@kellymiller6737]

Yeah! That was wild. At first I didn’t like it, but then… I liked it a lot. And the greatient (gradient) looks amazing!

[@alyssa09485]

LITERALLY same!!! Zed's timelapses are UNMATCHED and UNPARALLELED

[@Ju-bz7yt]

YEAH EXACTLY

[@adrianvincentavhub]

Not going to lie i had to look away started make me feel sick lol, but the end result was SICK! :)

[@diggoran]

It's an editing miracle that he was able to do the transitions of the backgrounds with no noticeable jump cuts in the bouncing animals :O :O :O

[@tiktak7956]

Zed im sure youve gotten comments about this before but if you get a llama to spit at you it will cause a bit of knockback. if you can land on a pressure plate that triggers TNT you will get a death message that says you've been blown up by a llama! I think this can be used for your zedvancment on getting rekt by every mob! :D

[@oliveeater9604]

Cleo is about to open a dye shop, she may be able to use some green dye. Also, Zed's righteous indignation over the cow was so funny

[@messynessie4417]

Came here to say this as well. Perhaps a trade or a cut of the diamonds.

[@Morgoth_Ariendi]

If you pause it/slow play...looks like there are 2 arrows that made it through the glass...determined to end a cow.

[@chubbyanimalenthusiast70]

(terminator da don don da don)

[@gnomeathome1736]

If you need to die to a Ghast, there's still at least one in the overworld somewhere! Recently spotted around Doc's perimeter! Honestly, it might be more work than dying to one in the Nether, but it'd certainly be cooler!

[@recurvestickerdragon]

Mini zedvancement to do something with that ghast

[@prplzbr]

@@recurvestickerdragon Yes! there's a vanilla advancement for bring a ghast to the overworld and killing it. What about a Zedvancement for catching the one in the overworld and returning it *safely* to it's home?

[@Lectrikfro]

@@prplzbr Conservation of Ghast, as a play on both Conservation of Mass and like conservationists returning animals to their natural habitat

[@horizonpenblade1288]

@@Lectrikfro YES

[@penguin4265]

a challenge: try to get a diamond block from a stick by only trading up with hermits

[@ej558]

This season too easy given the dare stick is a stick….lol. Maybe a Neterite Block from a single Dirt Block

[@penguin4265]

@@ej558 also works

[@gaygoddess139]

Like bigger or better! We used to play that as kids! Once got an entire bag of popsicles from a banana

[@clutterbot7279]

@@ej558 i imagine the dare stick doesn't count since that's it's own thing haha

[@williammansfield7576]

@@gaygoddess139 I did the same thing, got 4 pizza boxes from a spoon

[@ej558]

Seriously Zedaph has the best Production Value in all his Episodes. Your arrangements and graphics have always been top notch

[@dmittleman9757]

“That technically worked!” and “It kinda worked.” are two phrases that sum of Zedaph perfectly.

[@justcallmeness]

Welcome once again to the greatest show on Hermitcraft! I'm on the job once more to bring you all the news from our bold Zedaph as he looks to perform great feats of Minecraft! The Zedvancement for today requires quite a bit of grindy work, and Zedaph has expanded his cactus farm for the occasion. As we wait for the spiky dye-stuffs to stockpile, Zed continues his stop-motion-y goodness by giving his base base a facelift, and even adds a lovely dithered gradient! He then works with a chastened Xisuma to replace the cow he killed with the deathwall...what could go wrong? Hilarity ensues as something indeed goes awry, but I won't spoil the fun! The succulents have been collected, the fuel is bucketed, and it's finally time to get 100 levels of XP in seconds...after waiting about a half day for smeltage. How will he collect all the levels? How long will it take? Will he miss an orb as it falls into his base and have to start all over? Find out in the conclusion of the episode!!

[@josebachedltorre6]

Made it 101 likes

[@theonebman7581]

"Greatest show on Hermitcraft" Is That Sheep Looking at Me? It's gotta be ITSLAM

[@hezaroseli]

What I love about your Zedvancements is that I learn so much about Minecraft! I didn't even realize there were different sized XP orbs before.

[@jayrodgalaus6243]

Zed hands down makes the greatest and most creative timelapses of all the hermits.. seriously underrated!

[@thegeneralnapolean]

Your Base is looking better and better with every episode. I never knew all the things to know about experience. The more you know!

[@ThatRipOff]

Honestly I'm just impressed that single arrow managed to perfectly thread the needle through the glass to kill that cow.

[@sirbabybee6267]

I love how even though Zedaph frames himself as a silly jokester, but his vast knowledge of technical Minecraft is extremely impressive

[@islaburchell-gray3048]

Zed! I just wanted to say, your subtitles are really cool. The clear detail was really nice. I don’t always use cc but when I can’t concentrate on the sound because there are lots of others I use it and it was super helpful to be able to have just in the bottom of the screen to help with taking in the sound. Thanks Zed. Very appreciated to whoever does them.

[@sebitealeaf5207]

i love how the incredibly chaotic zedvancements actually teach me about game mechanics! i would have never thought the sizes of the XP orbs actually represent the amount, I always thought it was just a stylistic choice :D

[@dezzyly]

Watching these Zedvancements I’m constantly learning new things about minecraft despite having played for a long time! It’s really entertaining to watch you do such fun challenges like this XP one! I never even knew XP had different sizes!

[@chubbyanimalenthusiast70]

I played Minecraft for years then found hermit craft and wow have I got better at the game

[@marieleelee]

I just want to say that you have a real talent and skill at explaining things in an entertaining way that is pretty rare for minecraft youtubers. Thank you.

[@cress7507]

for the display of this zedvancement, maybe do like a glass thing with the 100 numbered cacti floating up, like what Ren and Doc had in the stock exchange with diamond water thingy.

[@codex4046]

I'm actually interested in seeing if it's possible to make this into an actual usable XP farm somehow. Once I'm out of projects on Zedcraft I'll give it a shot :)

[@immineal]

Yeah, but it's complicated. You can see Cubicmetres video for more info, he discovered this mechanic as far as I know

[@michaelcherokee8906]

For just one player, it might not be that bad cause after all how often do you need 100 levels? And 100 will last a pretty good time regardless of what youre doing. But if you have multiple players having need of mass amounts of levels, the logistics could get pretty expensive FAST. I can only imagine. Cactus farms the size of End islands. Supersmelters upon supersmelters upon supersmelters running 24/7/365 because they take seven hours each so that hopefully at any time one of them will be ready to go.

[@valdirbruxeljunior]

this is not really anything new Xisuma had a XP Furnace system at spawn on season 6, iirc hop in, pick a dye from a furnace, and you would have any tool repaired in no time.

[@codex4046]

@@valdirbruxeljunior Oh yeah, I'm using furnace XP myself for years as well. Though I'd like to make an explosive version which only breaks the furnace and gives you both the XP and the furnaces to replace, potentially with a counter showing how much XP is in the system

[@kohuded]

Friend of mine set up a smelter set-up, a (massive) cactus farm and a bamboo farm for fuel at spawn and just let people buy a furnace worth of xp at a time to repair gear.

[@tldr9989]

Zed, your base is in desperate need of a glass dome on top. The dangling mobs need to be protected from lightning, HOTGUY! or any other potential harm.

[@polelot5824]

That rotating shot was insane. the fact that the llama was in the frame the entire time and can be seen bouncing blew my mind.

[@LisaMiza]

As per request in the video I think it'll take a bit longer than one would expect since the xp orbs have a certain rate at with which they are collected. You somehow need to gather all the highest value orbs together, then slurp them up in as little a space as possible, as to give them less momentum when they fly around you. My guess is juuust about 1 minuet of slurping! Edit: oh waow xD yea alright. I knew they were the hot thing for a while. Didn't know they were _that_ fast!

[@heighleybaily8037]

I love zeds approach this season, he always thinks outside the box

[@snigbylife]

2 hours to build the 20 level cactus farm (low estimate) 1 hour gathering lava 30 hours growing cacti 7 hours smelting 40 hours prep + 1.2 seconds to go 0-100 XP. Loving it. One of the best Rube Goldberg invention I've seen in a long time.

[@SeaLevelTZ]

"Welcome back, to another episode of , there's a roof, on the Hermitcraft server." Interesting name for a series!

[@lajawi2115]

I've got another Zedvancement idea! Collect all full (solid) blocks and build a gradient map out of it. The advancement should be called "Great-dient"!

[@squid_skip3298]

1:19 this is so simple but it absolutely blew my mind. Figuring out how many blocks it would make just by laying it out in the inventory. It's the simple things man

[@ekaruna42]

Lol me too 😂

[@arielgalles2107]

As a possible zedvancement, perhaps you could try and grow every tree at once. Maybe include mushrooms as well since they function similarly to the tree types (and what are the nether trees but giant mushrooms).

[@MarcuustheMoose]

"Channel your inner nugget when smelting cactus." -Sun Tzu

[@thedrewsephYT]

Battling the power of PTSD, thank you Zedaph! You've been keeping me laughing and smiling a lot lately. Your videos mean a lot to me for that, and so do you kind sir. Thank you for being you.

[@emiliaolfelt6370]

zed's use of singular "they" warms my heart

[@misterirrelevant2525]

Zed you should make a shop out of this. Sure it isn’t THAT hard to get up to 100 levels on the hermitcraft server, but what if you could pay 50 diamonds (.5 diamonds per level) set up two of those cactus farms, and when one side fills it starts smelting and doesn’t accept cactus, once that’s empty a light switches on telling the hermits it’s ready and time to buy. It definitely could have some fun redstone involved and would make a great shop for the other hermits. And if you don’t want to be the one tp actually build it, you could create a shop where you sell your experiments from seasons past and present as patents. So you have exclusive rights to a Zedaph exclusive invention. Obviously it needs a solid hermitcraft spin on it, but I think you get the idea

[@etunpeudevitriol]

You know an xp orb is juicy when it starts taking a red blood cell shape

[@aligalad9907]

Your new entrances in the downstairs looked like great big fireplaces to me - I was thinking you were gonna make them into ‘secret entrances that moved the fire to get to the back 😂

[@erinasnow]

Your base is looking really great! Loved this layer

[@Dark399]

IM LOVING THIS ZED! Your channel is honestly amazing and I really enjoy your hermitcraft episodes, they are full of so many jokes and fun times! Thanks for making these vids Zedaph!

[@bmktdan]

Ah yes, the classic elocution example: "Don't drown now, brown cow."

[@Wumf]

I think we need a unique server quest from the king: Throw 25,000 cactus green dye into the pit

[@GravityReboot]

Man your timelapses are seriously the best, it's always a blast to try to work out how you did them.

[@tylerdavid1442]

How about some sort of Zedchievement that involves creating a “Hall of Hermits” where either: A. You create a sort of monument to each hermit Or B. Each hermit creates a monument to themselves They would need to each be within a 3x3x3 space, so it would be minimalist but would be instantly identifiable as a specific hermit.

[@skydragonfire93]

Zedaph, I've got to say, I love they way you edit your transitions as you build. It's very cinematic. If you haven't talked to or show Mumbo about the way you do it you should. He's big on filming and I bet you two would have a blast talking about the cinematography of it all.

[@theonebman7581]

Ngl, Zed's lifeless face gives me life

[@pianopolly]

I have to say, maybe repeatedly, that I absolutely love the editing techniques in your videos. I'm always completely blown away by the ways in which your time-lapses have an actual artistic value.

[@mishirish]

Scientists, for years, Have sought the god particle. You slurp it like soup.

[@HollowQuest_KoseiZero]

20:40 that transition had me rolling

[@electra310]

That entire bit with the cow was so funny, can't believe you instantly shot it again. :D

[@andrewbloom7694]

"You can see the difference between them" Me with eyesight so bad that even -9 diopter contacts with a huge astigmatism correction can't give me full 2020 vision: No, no I do not....

[@RaisansGrapeon]

I loved the timelapse this episode!! I'm reeling over how it was done and clearly you are a master of editing!

[@redford4ever]

That timelapse was so creative, OST was a banger. Possibly your best episode, the trick is super cool.

[@kellymiller6737]

Started watching ZedaphPlays actively this season. No regrets. Love the editing, the music and timing of music. Animations are on point. You get a good sense of the effort. I did not give this man the respect he deserved until this season for whatever dang reason, but I enjoyed some of his creations in previous seasons. Nice idea samspenguins.

[@gnorpgnarpgnerp]

this guy's humour is dad level humour and it's definitely one of the most entertaining parts of these videos.

[@RossLemon]

The transition with the gradient was absolutely amazing.

[@SenketsuFi]

a good Zedvancement is The mile high club: breed every breed/duplicating mob at sky limit hight you can also do 6 feet under club, breed every mob at bedrock in both overworld and nether. so breed each twice names of zedvamcements can b changed xD

[@FromTheFOD]

Amazing work! One of the most original Hermets, unique style going from strength to strength from the cave to the lab and to now - each season getting stronger! 💪

[@Mr.Pickles075]

A really cool zedvancment would be: you build a very secret vault(like at the world border, so nobody finds it, then you would steal a big thing from each hermit, of value ( for example, a diamond throne, a pet, a charished item. Ect.) You could make a cool hiest for an episodes or two. After a while bring each hermit to the vault, and show them there stolen thing. But dont tell them why there going to this vault, they shouldn't even know it is you who stole it. You could make a little PI shop to fool them into trusting you. Love the amazing videos. P.S the vault could have a cool door, and that could be a zedvancment too. The most dramatic redstone door ever.

[@trollar8810]

I just watched CubicMetre's video a few days ago, felt so smart when i knew exactly what this video is gonna be about

[@WackoMcGoose]

Zed in server chat after he ends recording: "So uh... anyone need 30,000 green dye?"

[@Chrysanthemumsie]

Thanks for including captions in your videos! They really do make it easier for me to watch, and subtitles are usually really helpful for ESL learners as well!

[@dorashelburg109]

That time lapse was so clean oml!!

[@asexualbert7262]

I love how falling through the cactus farm looked like falling through looped portals

[@AlanBowker]

Being able to destroy an empty furnace for the XP is way easier than trying to leave a single smelted item locked in there. I didn't even know that was a thing until this episode. Anyway, I enjoy these crazy videos. It's a nice change of pace from some of the other hermits (not that I don't enjoy those, of course). It's always nice to see you just playing the game in a random way without any official goal in mind. Let's dangle animals upside-down. Let's send 100,000 arrows through a nether portal at once. Let's spy on other people working. Let's die by random creatures. Lol. It's fantastic. Keep up the awesome videos.

[@joshuas.4969]

I really like these zed-vancements. They dig into Minecraft's obscure features and teach you a lot.

[@grondhero]

When Zed didn't place glass panes over the half slab, you could just see tragic comedy incoming. 😄

[@diggoran]

That build timelapse was amazing! It's an editing miracle that you were able to do the transitions of the backgrounds with no noticeable jump cuts in the bouncing animals :O :O :O

[@RedWinterRoses]

I love Zedvancements and I love these videos, but I think my cat likes them even more than I do. Most things I watch, she couldn't really care less, but the minute she hears "Hello, hello, hello," she's in my lap and watching intently. XD

[@BEETLEDJUICE]

You rock man! Keep being dope! Always love your episodes! "Hit the Books. Sorry Books!" -Zedaph 2022

[@sarahcutieartist865]

With every Zedvancement you learn something new! Never knew about the expierence points being bigger when there's more exp

[@homelaptop4510]

That circular spinny timelapse was joy to watch, cool

[@ceciliadicesare2574]

I just wanna say, your grey-dient is FANTASTIC. I took a screenshot for reference for future builds; it is beautiful

[@sullivanworkshops710]

Can we all agree that Zed's time-lapse are the most unique and interesting out of all the hermits? Got a bit dizzy from this last one XD

[@SupachargedGaming]

14:02 that was such an impressive fade effect.. and the transition from the quartz to the deepslate looks amazing! :D

[@addivf2911]

that timelapse was a delightful game of spot the difference

[@Lazymindflayerwithcofffee]

How about ,,scare a hermit" where you need to suprize (may be something wholesome) every single hermit

[@vestofholding]

I just want to say that I absolutely love the different creative ways you're trying to do timelapses! It's really inventive. One critique is I'm not sure this one was as successfully. While a cool idea, I found it harder to track all the details that changed.

[@MrTaskmaster1]

You earned a sub today. Everytime I watch your episodes they seem very chaotic like ADHD(which I have so no insult intended) Hermitcraft. The bottom of you base with the squares is awesome and inspired me to do something similar. I like you may honestly say more words in a episode than any other Hermit and should be recognized for it.

[@ovadiadan]

9:45 that was an awesome time lapse. You weren't in it, but the camera turned around as the background changed. That was subtle, but awesome. Hard to see what changed at first tho.

[@PsiVolt]

I loved how you did the timelapse this *time* around! You always are creative with them

[@brujosol]

I'm really digging the build transitions you throw into your episodes! Keep up the great work!

[@piress9229]

You always have such creative timelapses! Blows my mind every time

[@Justmebeingme37]

That made me laugh so much. All that work just to rename green dye is definitely a zedaph thing.

[@maestro4287]

Zed's build time lapses are the best

[@elbona279]

This zedvancement makes me think of one king's quest in particular: the "score a world record" one, why don't you claim that and also make some diamonds? :D

[@RobotProctor]

Zedvancement idea: break every kind of armor as fast as possible. You'd need a 4 dispenser setup to trigger every 4 ticks, and something to do a tiny amount of damage to you every 4 ticks. You'd also need to pre-damage your armor ahead of time. Chainmail, leather, iron, gold, diamond, and netherite x4 pieces = 24 broken armor pieces in about 1 second.

[@aleattorium]

This is the perfect engine for a game that could use a mending bonus in the middle of a match or round , could even be used on decked out

[@penguingamer8832]

I have a zedvancement idea “Fight and flight” Kill 1 of every mob that can fly while flying with an elytra without touching the ground. (All damage to the mob must be done while flying) This includes the bat, parrot, bee, vex, phantom, ghast, blaze, wither and Ender dragon. If you’re up for it you could even do a player

[@leoraphael1]

I've gotta say, this season has been top tier, both with Zed's editing skills through the roof, the challenges pushing the limits of the player, and never knowing what's coming next. It's been a long time since a hermit has been able to achieve that level of video mastery. Very happy to be along for the ride, and can't wait to see what you do next, Zed!

[@mdansbyjr]

I have wondered about the XP mechanics in Minecraft for years! Thank you so much for this Zedvancement! It has taught me a lot!

[@elliemj21]

Just gotta say, I absolutely adore your videos, and they somehow always manage to appear just as I need a good laugh, thank you! :)

[@mavericktheace]

I hope the technical community is paying close attention to Zedaph this season. There's tons of useful information that could potential be used for new concepts and contraptions!

[@arielgalles2107]

It's inspiring to see your improvement as a builder since you began hermitcraft.

[@Whitefish41]

Zedvancement idea: most simultaneous vanilla advancements. As an example if you shoot a mob and kill it with the first arrow you ever hit with, you'd get take aim and monster hunter at the same time. If you used a crossbow you'd also get old betsy, and if it was a skeleton 50m away you'd get sniper duel, for 4 advancements at once, I imagine there's better though. You could use your cam account since it (probably) doesn't have any advancements and set up whatever the scenario ends up being that gets you the most.

[@dami4945]

I'm going through some stuff at the moment and you uploading was a good distraction. Thanks for making me smile Zed

[@aussiefangirl183]

TIL that XP comes in different sized orbs! Huh! lol. A fun episode as always, love the gradient on the base and the editing is great!

[@codingpupper3033]

I was building some cottage houses in my world, and I made a gradient pole just like you, and with similar blocks! Very cool!