It's so cool to see people still doing the 404 Challenge. I remember when this was a huge thing in the Minecraft community back during Beta.

It's not just the beta gameplay, there's something in your calm tone and open dialogue that delivers the feel of what KZfaq felt like around 2011-2012. Thanks for introducing me to this challenge

the lava walls give off such a nostalgic feeling.. back then lava was "fancy" as lightning

Brings back memories. I remember doing the 404 at college LAN parties - and seeing who could last the longest.

It's nice to watch a let's play where someone just, yaknow... plays a game. No cutaways, no exaggeration, no clickbait, just playing a game. This was an enjoyable watch. ❤

Refreshing to see a Minecraft challenge that isn’t presented over enthousiastically. Just a guy playing Minecraft like the old days

Things like this challenge make me wish Minecraft had a "cave only" world gen option, especially post caves and cliffs update with all the new underground biomes and generation. It'd be so cool! Especially since there are so many new ways to get food underground

8:49 When lava flows, it firsts set the block to magma, then sets the data value to one to signify that it has flown away a single block from th source. After this is causes a block update The act of destroying a redstone dust, causes a block update in the water tile, at which point the lava still thinks it is a source tile. This causes the water to turn the lava to directly change into obsidian. Then it sets the data on the obsidian to 1, which has no effect on the obsidian, before updating the water again

You use lava falls for light in your basement too! That is GREAT! *UPDATE* Made this comment about the thumbnail before i watched the video. The video was amazing. That is all lol

"the enemy of art is the absence of limitations" -orson welles

Another rule i remember from the 404 challenge was that you need to be in the cave by day 1 nightfall. You didn't break it anyway but it limits your ability to gather food.

This just feels like a very classic Minecraft playthrough, and I love it. Kind of taking me back to the Yogscast days. Ah memories...

Your videos are the perfect balance between engaging and comfy, I cant wait for more of these episodes!

Remember, crops grow faster in rows! If they're in a massive clump of a field like that, they actually grow slower. They prefer to be in isolated rows, not entire grids.

this content goes so underapreciated, its crazy how such great content gets overlooked

I tried this challenge without knowing half of these rules... Looks like I'm gonna have to start over!

Possible goals for this series: - collecting every block and item available in the game (excluding ones from the surface) - mining entire chunk (up to the surface level) - creating "ancient" underground city - creating every possible farm - finding slimes (without exploits like slime chunk finders) - finding every type of dungeon (zombie, skeleton, spider) - collecting cat and 13 - creating minecart system - building a giant tree

Omg. I remember watching niche(at the time) KZfaqrs doing the 404 as a kid. And now here I am watching it with my son lol

i really like the classic style of this video, mostly simple jump cuts with no over the top editing or music just you, the commentator, and the gameplay :)

Never heard about this challenge, despite it being 13 years old, and it feels so interesting. Not being allowed to use torches kinda reminds me of when I was playing with the "from the fog" mod and I was desperately trying to find ways to light up caves without Herobrine destroying my torches. That world is gone now cuz I gave up, modern Minecraft is already too complicated for my simple brain

with all the string you're getting you can make wool and put ducks there too :3

I miss the f3 key showing mob ids above their heads. Yeah it was so OP and needed to be removed but it was so convenient for troubleshooting mob farms :P

Lighting your base with nothing but lava and fire is metal as fuck!

Seeing the old nether is also nostalgic

This video reminds me that of how great, beautifully simple and refreshing minecraft playthroughs can be. Thank you for keeping minecraft youtube special, your audience (however much) are a devoted bunch :)

Love this challenge such an interesting part of minecraft history

Oh my god this brought back so many memories. I completely forgot about this challenge, but the second I saw your title I knew exactly what it was! Fascinating piece of Minecraft history!

I love how calm and simple this is, gives really comfortable vibes!

i just happend to stumble upon this, but with the beta minecraft/textures and how your comentary., it is super relaxing and just a comfy and cool watch! im going to see what else you have. im excited! ^-^

I don't know why but when you first landed at the bottom of that cave, I felt a wave of nostalgia.

the only sad thing about this challenge is that its hard to follow along as its so dark

Opened KZfaq and saw this first thing on my recommended page! Had to check it out because I LOVE the 404 challenge. Liking it so far, you're very pleasant to listen to.

Yay! Glad I found you, I've been dying for a new "old school" Minecraft series. What better than 404?? Thanks for the upload, you have a great vibe and nice voice to listen to! I hope to see more!!!

Those diamonds were a blessing from the gods

"you guys got any water?" "give me some water, please" the giant waterfall: *sad water noises*

Just had this pop up in my recommended. Got a real nostalgic feeling seeing some old-school Minecraft as someone who started playing way back in early beta. Definitely gonna have to catch up on the other episodes tomorrow!

Awesome vid, looking forward to more of the series. Recently came across your world tour and have been really enjoying what you make, keep it up:)

I've just found this and I'm really enjoying it. I hope to see more in this series!

Great content creator. Im suprised to see this kind of content to go unnoticed. I hope more people click on your videos, you have a very calming voice and playstyle and I hope that more of your videos pop up on my home page!

Great video! Loved watching 404 challenge videos back in the day.

These is amazing, looking forward for the upcoming episodes! Saw your post on Reddit

Instant sub! Never saw this challenge back then, but your style of video just takes me back to the best days of my childhood watching bananapielord, X's adventures, caliform and a bunch of others.

i'm living for this series please keep it up long term.

It's weird that this actually has that old playthrough energy. Super fun watch, good job

That is actually so fucking cool, I've never heard of this before also, your new banner is sick i liked the old profile picture more tho, it was standing out more

I remember this challenge. Brings me back even though i never tried it myself. Thanks for the vid

This is this first video I've ever watched from you I find it a very interesting video you got a sub and like thanks man!

I'm sold with this video, subbed

Great video! Really takes me back to those early 2010's let's plays. Chill vibes.

like #200, thank you for bringing back this all time classic

Thank you for reminding me of this challenge! Super nostalgic

This is really cool! You have inspired me to play beta Minecraft!

Lovely nostalgic challenge. Tis is a really nice video! Very laid-back, just like the old letsplays from back in the day.

It was such a nice episode! This challenge sounds very interesting, you've got yourself a new suscriber :)

real entertaining and cool to see the old stuff, you've grabbed a subscriber

“I’m just a dude without pants” 😂 11:38

holy shit man was that obsidian generator widely known in the old days? because that woulda been huge

I never thought I'd see the Minecraft 404 Challenge again. Good times spent trying to survive that challenge. Btw, the caves lit by the sun was pretty much a rule AFTER you went into the caves. I'd like to see the challenge updated.

I love that more and more people are getting into the old versions of Minecraft. Been thinking of doing it myself and doing similar to Zisteau when I would start in a really old version and work my way up all the way eventually to the current version.

im totally going to sub and see what is in the next part

I was hit by a truck of nostalgia reading that title omg

This is so cool and luckily i'm so late i've got 2 more episodes to watch:)

finally some good fucking content. subscribed! 🍻

Man, this is a real throwback. I never played Beta myself back in the day but I was very active in consuming content about Minecraft and I always loved stuff like the 404 challenge. It's been so long I completely forgot some of this stuff, like that old obsidian generator glitch. Maybe I should go back to this challenge myself some time?

Man this is a nice challange and the seed make this more interesting i mean a giant cave sign me up And btw i love the lava walls

what a throwback. nice video

Just stumbled upon your channel now, I remember doing this challenge back in the day. You've got all the right things to have a million subs! Happy yting!

Good voice and microphone haha, also great choice of a challenge

Love this video, good vibes c:

finally a minecraft video i can watch as a teen and not feel like i’m kinda watching kids content :) just relaxing and enjoyable to watch

I probably won't continue watching this series, but super nostalgic, thanks!

I absolutely dig the series. I hope there's more (didn't check yet)

super nostalgic. I remember doing the 404 challenge waaay back in early highschool when beta was first launching. Very cool to see someone doing it today, all these years later. Makes me miss the early days of Minecraft.

this gives me the vibes of early MC youtube series :) love it!

I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE A *NEW* PLAYTHROUGH OF THIS

its awesome seeing casual content of old minecraft.

this is really cool, i need to look more into minecraft challenges!! it's stuff like this that keeps the game interesting :]

The 404 challenge was one of my favorite things from early Minecraft and I had no clue it's still going today. I was talking with my friend the other day about how cool it would be if this challenge made a comeback even if it's in some sort of modern equivalent.

I tried to do this challenge for a little bit.. It is pretty challenging since you need to gather a lot of essential stuff in the first day before going to the cave to officially start the challenge. I wish you the best of luck in this challenge!

This video feels like an oldschool lets play. In a good way. Its actually refreshing to see content that doesnt try to be eye candy ať every second.

Your voice is really sexy. Good Minecraft gameplay too. I love unique challenges that allow you to re-experience old versions of a game.

Lava pillars are a clever lighting method.

This sounds like the perfect setup for an ARG

I swear I've seen this thumbnail before

Your voice is awesome, very entertaining video, I'll definitely check out the seed as well

This takes me back. I remember doing this myself after PaulSoaresJr first posted it over a decade ago.

This type of 2013 like minecraft videos are my jam😩❤

You have a cozy style that reminds me of the more genuine days of KZfaq.

completely forgot about this challenge! it's so interesting seeing beta gameplay for the first time in like 10 years

You should really take a look at what this challenge would have looked like on 1.20.1. The seed is absolutely beautiful both above and below. I didn't know this was a challenge myself until I watched this video, so thank you for the knowledge. :D

I remember Etho mentioning this challenge when he first started his current LP world!

I started with early beta Minecraft when i began playing. The fact that I didnt know the F3 trick is making me rethink the last decade

Some of these textures hit me in the feels like the diamonds and the glow stone dust.

I remember doing this challenge back in the day, it was one of the first Minecraft-esque sort of KZfaq videos I tried producing back then. Clearly I didn't remember the rules though because I pretty much just walled myself off once I got into the cave, but to be fair I was terrible at the game back then and probably would've died instantly otherwise. Glad to see the challenge still remembered though.

That's really cool video!

I subcribe! This video radiates early mincraft youtube energy! I miss when all the minecraft vids were chill and entertaining to watch. This is a great video, and I would love to see more! Fun fact: i had never ueard of the 404 challenge and i clicked because of the lava falls in the thumbnail, as I utilize lava falls as a way of lighting my storage facilities.

I love how this video has the same experience as classic Minecraft let's plays where you don't watch just for the concept, but the entire things content: the gameplay, the commentary, the editing, the jokes -- it's all like going back to 2012 where you're couped up watching the yogscast and captiansparklez highlights. The challenge was good but I appreciate the fact that you don't overhype your video, you just play fun things, share them on your page for everyone to see, and add your commentary. Thank you for reading my very long winded comment, just know that if not many people like your content, those who like it love it. So just keep up the grind, and whatever you do, don't make 100 days videos.

You are so wholesome and calming

I'd never think I'd ever see another one of these.

Cool video, different from the usual, ill wait for next episode Now build a lava duck for every new sub