Grian: We are gonna rid of pop-up shops... Scar: With fire! Grian: No. We also are going to punish people for not making shops for their permits... Scar: With fire! Grian: You're *fired* .

Yay, Grian is back from Xisuma's basement! Also, I love the recent upsurge of larger length Hermitcraft episodes, going from ~24 minutes to ~36, give or take.

This episode was like pure ADHD representation without even grian realizing it, from the "putting off organizing" chest progress, to randomly popping in on people, to getting distracted by caves to not being patient enough to wait for scar. I loved it!

Grian, I'd like to let you know that the shape of your new storage facility is classified as a Squircle, or in 3D form, a Squilender. What is a Squircle? A Squircle is a shape that has characteristics of both squares and circles. In order to find the area of a squircle, one must solve the equation (pi*r^2) /2 + (length × width) /2 Since your building is both circular and right-angleish, it makes it a Squircle. Thank you for your time. (This is all made-up by the way)

Thank you, Grian, for making a proper closed captioning and even going the extra mile with proper, color-coded formatting when multiple people are speaking! It’s so refreshing when so many other people nowadays do this baked in (can’t be turned off), overly animated, jumpy, word-by-word/line-by-line subtitles that only serves to visually yell at the viewer in the face rather than being there for accessibility purposes. Even though I might not have hearing difficulties, it's still useful to me as a non-native English speaker as it helps me better understand what was said.

Scar "Then we burn their base." Grain "You are fired"

"Reactive Building" is a real concept in other parts of life. If you keep chucking your clothes in the same corner, put a basket in that spot and that'll be where your dirty laundry sits. If you're stacking random pocket junk (keys, wallet, etc) on a specific surface, get a bowl for that spot and maybe run a cable to charge your phone while you're at it. etc etc

Joe at 34:45 with the "yay ladders!" is so cute souunding ahaha

The timing of Scar saying "So what should we blow up first" as Grian's flying away is too good 7:38

"What doing" should be part of EVERY episode. That way we get to see a bit more from the other's bases and a bit more interaction. Seems perfect.

I love how grounded this series is. These builds are gorgeous and creative but it also feels a lot more accessible to what I’d do in Minecraft

Grian: That's the reason this video has taken a while, because of building. Also Grian: Let's go play a game of What doing

Imagine the lore if other hermits start selling stuff without permits in a secret location cheaper than the actual market price as a way to protest against the permit office

1. Take the time you need, it helps no one if you’re under constant stress 2. Has anyone else noticed that Scar‘s mountain kinda looks like the Eifel tour or something like it if you squint from very far away?

I've already noticed this from S9, but I am happy that Grian walks us through the building process. It felt like I was watching Grian's build tutorials back in 2016.

For squid farming, just put a bunch of one block waterfalls, each a block apart, from Y:45 to 63, and have a drop platform with a hopper minecart at the bottom. Squid can’t spawn in bubble columns, and they fight against them when they get into them. They can’t fight gravity though! Source: tested this extensively in skyblock while trying to make fish farms. If anyone is interested, a checkerboard pattern of bubble columns and fence gates at the bottom layer is the way to go

“Don’t you hate it when real life gets in the way of your videogaming?” ~Grian 2024

Scar Skizz and Grian playing the role as Popo and Permit office officials make for some great interactions

0:36 "The most competent men on the server are Scar and Skizz" At 5:35, after five minutes, "You know-Scar you're fired."

Grian's timing in this episode is pure comedy gold!

9:25 "There is a cubfan... and hello cubfan" sounded like Nilered for a moment there XD

Missed opportunity to call those diamonds "Pre-Murder Diemonds"

Storage areas are such a grind, I personally don’t want multiple separate storage areas (excluding stuff like farm collection areas for obvious reasons), but being able to compact everything down into an organized, cohesive space with room for most (if not all) items is such an art in and of itself, i’m always interested in seeing what other people’s ideas and methods for it are.

Normally, when falling even with an elytra, you can't exceed 78.4 blocks per second, but maybe flying in a ladder exploits this.

so glad to see the "ehh maybe i'll dial back the permit office stuff" quickly change to doubling down and hiring more people to do permit office-related work, hopefully the supportive comments gave grian more confidence in the permit office shenanigans as its genuinely one of my favorite hermitcraft things in general, especially this season

Morals? In MY permit office? Impossible!!

I like how Impulse just immediately thought of Etho as the guy that does incredible, interesting things haha Etho really is just incredible, to be an OG minecrafter STILL innovating the game

Yet another banger with the relaxed approach to this season. The giant roster of creators is probably Hermitcrafts biggest selling point so What Doin'? is a perfect segment to slow things down between the more concentrated building and interactions.

9:54 this whole interaction, but especially the “n…yes” and monotone disappointed “that’s not my face, Cub”

Honestly, the random everyday conversations between the Hermits are probably my favorite thing about Hermitcraft. Its just nice to see so many people of different backgrounds and ages and stuff build a community and friendships. "What Doin'" definitely brought this to light for me. I would literally just watch, like, 10 min videos just of that or of random conversations taken out of context and stuff. I love these videos, always the highlight of my week/month.

Last time Grian asked ‘What Doing’, he started a war... Im concerned...

We appreciate you, Grian. Take whatever time you need whenever you need it, and disregard that entitled few that feel you owe them entertainment on demand

"Hey there little guy", was a Horn of the Month offering. 5 people signed up and received it. Now it's gone.

What i love when grian builds is every new season he has like a new kind of building style

I guess that sometimes you just need to put us on hold.

Giran voice sounds so calm and peaceful. Love you grian.

7:42 Scar saying "Dude, what should we blow up first" right as Grian leaves is gold

I think the storage building looks really cool. It’s also a smart move to, well, put your storage where you keep your stuff! I’m excited to see if it effectively reduces the chest-monster-ification of the area. Love the “what doing?” game as well, of course. Hermit interactions give me life.

At 26:30 I though grian wasn’t going to be family friendly for the slightest moment and my heart actually dropped

36:31 hey grian, you should watch this guy, called grian. he made a tree tutorial not too long ago (i think it was 9 years ago?) but it still holds up to this day. pretty solid basic tree tutorial, if you wanna know. highly recommend!!!

I didn't even notice the gap. I'm just always happy to have a Grian video. As long as you're happy Grian, I'm happy.

Don’t worry Grian! We uderstand that you need some breaks and I hope you’ll be able to rest a bit!

The storage building reminds me of a clam, which fits the fishing theme very very well.

Did you know that Nile is the longest river and no one has fished a mending book from it?

The “Let me turn on the lights” bit never gets old.

22:34 she definetly cursed for grian to cut lol

I really like the roof of the storage building, it looks like a mussel shell which fits the fishing vibe nicely

Riptide + an Elytra is actually one of the fastest ways to move in entire game to my knowledge. (If you're not counting Ender Pearl stasis chambers.) If it starts raining you can move at absurd speeds and gain/lose an absurd amount of height in seconds. However moving at these speeds is so absurdly deadly that you'll die instantly if you hit pretty much anything. The fastest way to move in Minecraft is what Doc built last week. (He made a pig launcher that sends you to the world border after a 10 minute charge up.)

ITS THE P.O.P.O!! (Permit Office Police Officers)

I think this little storage house might be my favorite build that you’ve made out of all the 5 seasons you’ve participated in.

For long distances the fastest way is actually a boat because it can speed up indefinitely

21:36 - 5 stages of Hermitcraft player: 1 - There are so many things happening here! 2 - What is happening here? 3 - What *the hell* is happening here? 4 - Something is happening here. 5 - I don't want to know, what's happening here.

5:38 “No uh defi- you know what, you’re fired” LOL 😂

Commission the other hermits to each build one tree, so there's a piece of everyone in the base

at start of this episode, grian mentions how long it takes to travel by foot. I actually recently started a server with buddies, where nether travel is 1:1 to the overworld, and elytra's are a no-go. it's super refreshing and fun to pretty much HAVE to build roads and bridges to get places more efficiently

Idea for next What Doin: After you ask the first person what they're doing, have them join along to ask what the next person is doing. This cycle continues until you have 5 or 6 people all appearing in front of somebody and saying "what doin?"

Can't wait to see someone getting bamboozled by the "What doin'?" Goat horn sound.

Pre murder diamonds and the pit with eldritch being… sounds familiar… hope episode 8 is coming out soon Permit officers is step 1 to Grian doing the following: 1) exploiting the easily exploitable power given to become one of the dictators he used to fight against 2) becoming the government

I still can't believe that @Grian actully finisht the back of something willingly

Grian's "I'm being paid by the hour" voice is absolutely hilarious

"Scar and Skizz" The duo i never knew i needed. (jk Life series has been feeding me)

I used to play with minihud on, and I noticed that fireworks seemed to cap velocity at around 32-34 blocks/sec. I could trident to 50 with rain, but then I slowed down when I used a rocket. Tridents don’t have that cap (in 1.18 anyway), where I reached 250 blocks/sec before the server I was on halted my momentum when chunk generation can’t keep up.

Grian I’m v rery happy that u realized that having ur mincraft bases clean just makes ur mincraft experience way better

I love that the captions are color coded and also the fact that the people talking are shown in the caption. Its just that touch of accessibility that makes my heart happy

I love how you're leaning into letting the practical function of the world guide your progress and letting your creativity thrive in that more confined space and especially that you're sharing the process. It's so easy to burn yourself out with overambition, and you're helping yourself as well as some of the rest of us who might benefit from the technique.

i believe the fasted way to descend is to fly down with an elyta while it is raining so you can use a riptide trident which gives insane speeds.

Grian can you make a super smelter with a wonky chimney or two on the top to fit in your build as I feel it would bring lots of character to you base/village build!

Take all the time you need in-between videos Grian, especially if it means more awesome quotes like “Don’t you hate it when real life gets in the way of your video gaming?”

It's official... we need a horn now of Grian saying "WhoA! LoOk aT tHe SiZe oF tHaT!" XDD

I love completely forgetting a series exists, re-finding it, and there was a single new episode 2 weeks ago.

20:04 Grian’s Tigger impression is spot on

Impulse's "I have some pressure plates if anybody wants them" cracked me up

GRIAN next season of hermit craft, NO SHOPPING DISCTRICT, have every shop be at each players base. Therefore everyone has to visit each others bases. Would bring more viewers to everyone, and we get to see everyones build styles

I think this is my favorite storage system you ever done

i appreciate the captions so muchh i cant even express it in words

Player terminal velocity falling = 78.4 m/s Gliding straight down with elytra = 78.4 m/s Trident with Riptide III = 125.0 m/s Direct from the Minecraft internal figures.... Seems pretty straight forward to me.

For the popup enforcement if someone doesn't remove their popup shop before the deadline you should take all of thier stock and store it in the permit office "lost and found" section

In terms of the descending and teleporting, teleporting with an ender pearl should still count cuz you have to through it.

I thought that it would be really cool to make like a market over the storage with dangling rags on lines and small fake fish mongers so that it blended with the aesthetic of the build.

Grian: 'Scar, you've been to space on this pig' Doc: *challenge accepted*

Me after seeing grian’s tidy base: WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH GRIAN!?!?

The thing I like about the premurder diamonds is that you track where they've travelled through the server, as everyone who's received them has commmented on them, and then gone and spent them somewhere else.

Honestly Grian I’m glad that you took time in between your episode because I was genuinely worried that your outside life was in need of attention because you’ve been SO dedicated to your videos lately.

This is the benefit from following multiple hermits. When someone needs a break there is always someone else to watch. This season is about taking things easy so let's lay off the hermits and just let them do their thing, no pressure!!

The pre-murder diamonds were originally from Cleo to Doc. Cleo tricked Doc, who killed then killed the villagers, but Cleo gave him the diamonds from before then.

The storage building looks like the Halo helmet and I can't unsee it.

So proud of you Grian!! Congrats on the clean up 😁

I find it funny how Grian has so much blind trust in the hermits: from general red stone stuff, to the bed thing, to cub he just believes.

Cub DOES do duplicates, sort of. If you sign up for the "Horn of the Month" club, everyone gets the same horn that month. But that horn is exclusive to members.

Yeah, I too hate when real life gets in the way of my job!

@Grian maybe a trip to the Caribbean might help with the headspace. Might I suggest the Grand Cayman. Beautiful beaches and the inclusive packages make it worth it. It was one of my better trips. Going to Jamaica this year, might update my recommendation after the trip

Grian: I need you to set my expectations correctly. Cub: Allow me to set your expectations as badly as I possibly can. Grian: I need a passive ink farm that works in a unmodified river biome. Next Episode Etho: Allow me to introduce myself. Also, JoeHills science for the win!

I love that the pre-murder diamonds are still popping up occasionally and confusing people :D

I really liked the what doing, and the stop what doing 😂

34:54 yeah please, I believe we need entertainment from building things

Grian. You need to get two sniffers for the permit office and name them Flash and Priscilla as a nod to Disney’s Zootopia. I would love to see that happen.

You seem to have two modes: 1) a strangely chill flow even when you’re excited and 2) TOP OF THE LUNGS SCREAM YELL EXCITEMENT AND OR FEAR and I love them so much

The cops riding on pigs is very fitting XD

The storage shack shape is what we like to call a spartan helmet from halo😂