I love seeing Bdubs rubbing off on everyone’s building skills. High tides raise all ships

2:29 Not a mission. Cub sued her. Pearl complied 😂. Cub dropped the lawsuit.

"I never considered myself a builder" I may not be a professional in the field, but dude, you made some magnificent bases in your hermitcraft series and I really strive for your level of creativity :)

Tbh since the shopping district is a lot more spread out this season I actually like the idea of having a south portal too

"I never consider myself a builder" bro casually built up the server

Mumbo: NOT ENOUGH REDSTONE, TOO MANY BUILDS Grian: TOO MUCH REDSTONE, NOT ENOUGH BUILDS Xisuma: Chill out guys just watch the pro at work

The purple of the Nether portal really adds to the palette.

Oh, I just noticed the XP bar getting close to the episode number. Now that would be a cool easter egg!

Can I just say that X is always so wonderfully engaged with the chat in his twitch streams? Also he must have the most friendly mods as well. I dare anyone to find a more engaging hermit stream. It's no surprise he's so popular. ❤ X is my favorite hermit.

Pearls malicious compliance wasnt a Mission Possible Mission, it was in response to Cubfan attempting to sue her over not having built the portal after all this time. Just so yah know.

While I agree that you used some fantastic gradient and color-work in general, I think the portal build is lacking in visible purpose: It's not integrated into its surroundings, both build-wise and narratively. It kind of just stands there without a visible reason. Maybe you could come up with some szorybeat that then inspires a way to add some more detail to it, to make it look lived-in and used. So far, it's kind of like a nice-looking non-descript Lego-Set in an empty room.

did you see the Hermitcraft Recaps suggestion to use zombies and make it look like the copper golems are moving around in the shop? It sounded really cool.

only started watching this season, but easily my favourite hermit now, here early every time 😀

4:13 that transition was SMOOTH. Great work as always xisuma

"Never considered building one of his strengths." Yeah right man, you're incredible! That's one thing every Hermit has in common, building!

I know Bdubs has done 'build inspections' to guide other hermits to elevating their builds, or even just seeing them from a different perspective. Is love to see his reaction to this build bc it reminds me so much of his style. Well, color-wise that is. Great build, and cool furnace design, keep it up, X! (:

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Oh I LOVE the glow at nighttime. The soft orange windows make it look like warm lighting coming from inside the building, it looks so magical! Reeeeally pleasing colours. I disagree with the people saying it lacks detail. I think the simplicity of the shapes is part of the charm! It has enough details in the block variations already, adding shape details on top of that would cause pixel fatigue.

In the past week, I’ve binge watched your whole season ten and Grian’s season ten series, and doing this has really helped me to understand color palettes and red stones whole lot more. It’s an amazing build X!

I really like how you showed the build process for your new build, rather than just a timelapse. It looks awesome!

I love it when you build in the episodes, I think you’re a really great builder! And this build came out awesome !! It looks really good with the copper bulbs especially

the build pallet, the way the portal compliments the build, the faint glow on parts of the walls... beautiful. you've made something amazing again, xisuma!

A thing i always tell people when they start Minecraft is to never dig up copper because it’ll became an addiction

Hey X, props for discovering a building process that you mesh with! I know how satisfying that can be. I have a suggestion! you're using worldedit, and I've also used worldedit for a long time. I highly recommend adding the Axiom mod to your toolbelt. I find it's really useful for building at a small-medium scale. It allows you to stack, copy, paste, build with symmetry, erase, etc, in a very intuitive and fast visual manner. It also has a really powerful painting mode that's honestly way too overwhelming, I really haven't messed with it much. It also has some good features like replaceblock mode, placing in mid-air, flying through blocks, etc. It isn't a replacement, because there's still a bunch of stuff that I prefer doing/can only do using worldedit. The only feedback I can think of really is just keep learning any and all design principles. It'll apply to anything remotely creative you do in your life, and MC building I think is a good medium to learn it through. Learning it thru photography is kinda how I was introduced to a lot of them, even though I don't really do photography.

My thoughts on the Portal build... the block palette is great, the building layout is great, everything is great tbh... The only things that are maybe missing are some texture-y details on the outside of the building itself (feels a bit too 'smooth' and 'flat' and 'perfect' at the moment - maybe the sparse use of warped buttons here and there to add some texture/depth? or something like that), and the environmental details surrounding the build... If you sort those two things out, the build will be elevated to an even higher level, which is saying something because it looks great already... nice one X!!

Mumbo: it's actually quite simple Grian: so I did just an easy building X: you see I'm not very good at building

the oxidized copper gives a otherworldly look and love the false machicolations at the top, supernatural spooky fantasy Castle keeps is underappreciated dare I say a rare build style, Great night vibes

I think the roof needs a pop of color, maybe some kind of flag or banner, but apart from that it's really cool!

20:57 crenels, or crenelated parapets/battlements, crenels are the "squares" parapets/battlements are the combination of all the crenels and adjoining blocks

That building is one of the most beautiful ones ive ever seen, that color palette is amazing. 10/10, insanely beautiful

The portal looks like it belongs in Disney! Good job, X

I love the nether portrait! It's imposing and beautiful. It really looks like a castle from a Disney movie.

I just wanted to have it mentioned how amazed and impressed I am by X casually consistently dropping one wonderful episode after another, each one with great genius Redstone or beautiful buildings or funny interactions without being a dramatic banger but collected and calm and consistent. It just gives me a feeling of reliability and trust and like he's truly the mind and spine and strong shoulders of this server

I love the cyan castle, it's so cute!! Such a great build for the purple nether portal, and the lights at night definitely bring it to the next level, and it was interesting to see your thought processes as you get more deliberate about building - I've never thought of you as not being a builder, your bases are always lovely, and I'm looking forward to seeing what comes next if you want to focus more on building and learning about building going forward!!

If i remember correctly, Scar has the same issue, or kind of the same issue with the portals, and he with Cub discovered that if you enter in the portal about y:68 you will go to the nether top, if you enter bellow, you will go to the mail portal system

If the night time is your favorite view of the shop you could force a permanent night time effect with a large tinted glass roof near build limit. Etho had done this in a prior season over Shade-E-E's

X your versatility in Minecraft is so impressive. You’ve become such a good builder and your amazing redstone projects are so entertaining to watch!

"I never considered myself a builder" You and Mumbo really said "hold my redstone" this season, but seeing both of y'all's building skills improve has been fun!

X, the shapes at the top of castles have a name: MACHICOLATIONS!!!

I really love the light that comes out of the building at night!

I love when people build with copper. It’s one of my favorite pallets. I agree I think you need more environmental details but I love it!

Building an entire "castle" out of copper is such a flex

I love this build so much! I wasn't so sure about chiseled copper, but how you use it has really turned me around! You're builds are so impressive and I love watching the process!

I often feel bad abt my building but i find looking back on rlly old builds allows me to see how amazing i am and how much i could change and improve. Youre an amazing builder X and an inspiration

3:50 Despite the name of it, the NetherPortalFix mod doesn't actually fix a Vanilla bug. There is no Vanilla bug to fix. The mod even still uses the 1:8 ratio from Vanilla Minecraft. All the mod does is remember 'pairs' of portals once you step through one, rather than basing everything off of pure math. Vanilla portals are not bugged, math is just hard. Installing it would not actually move your destination to the roof; Etho's chunk loaders would still be closer, so those are the two it would pair for you. (Unless you started on the roof of the Nether. Then the mod would break normal Vanilla mechanics and cause the Vanilla portal to take you to the roof. Possibly only once. Probably only for you.) Taking a quick glance at the code, it appears to save these pairs *per player*. Which means different players would end up with different behavior, depending on which portal they used first, further confusing the issue. Without seeing the coordinates involved, I can't help more than that, but the simple fact is that (unless y'all are already changing portal behavior with mods) your Overworld nether portal *destination* coordinate IS closer to Etho's chunk loaders than the portal on the roof. As others have said, the problem is likely the Y level. Your portal is probably aiming to a location far enough below the roof that the chunk loaders in the Nether are closer than the area over the roof.

This build is stunning, as soon as I saw the thumbnail I knew I wanted to watch this video!

Very nice result XSwamy - can't wait to see it after the vegetation is done. Also - perhaps consider varying the crennelations at the top? By having a slightly different style, each tower will show a distinct identity.

The explanation of your building process is awesome, and it's almost exactly how I approach it. The only main difference is that I try to blend squares, rectangles, ovals, and circles for the floorplan. I also think about the rooflines and the various shapes they will make as I'm laying out the floorplan, which helps me figure out how they will mesh. And, for the record, I don't usually build stuff in creative first and prefer to do everything in survival. It takes longer, and it means accepting the moments when I have to tear something down and redo it. But, for me at least, it's a really fun way to build. And I'm known as an amazing builder, so people don't have to do the creative mode thing first to make builds.

The trailing minecart just wants to hang with its friends

Well done! The block palette you picked worked so well together and it looks soooooo good! In the right scene…..it could totally and easily turned into a spooky castle!!!! But it looks so great! And it is perfect as a structure!! To tie it in with Tango and Ren’s builds and that area you could throw on some copper bits and bobs. I struggle with adding “texture” to builds because sometimes it looks sooo “pixelated” up close, but even when you went up close the gradient went smoothly and tastefully together! Well done!

I really love the gradient of the copper, it's such a smooth transition all the way. If I were to criticize one thing though, it would be that it doesn't really blend in with the rest of the builds nearby. The castle is very fantasy-like whilst it's also beside a bulldozer and crane. To give an example of tying things together, Ren has talked about how he built his crane to tie the surroundings together such as the colour palette with Tango's redstone shop and the crane to give the area the industrial feel (Rendog episode 30, 19:45). I absolutely love the shape and profile of the building though so if you could make the roof darker, add industrial stuff to it to make it look more steampunk/repurposed, or make the building a little more worn down like it was there before everything else moved in then it would blend in better. See BDub's huge industrial temple build in season 9 (episode The Ultimate Minecraft Base! 11:40). Gah, it's so nice as is that I would feel bad changing any of it. It just isn't in the right area.

That build is EPIC Xisuma! You’re an amazing builder!!

That really is an absolutely stunning build. A castle fortification that any King would be hono(u)red to call their own. What *can't* this legend do?

If you have a permit, you could use the interior. Or maybe it could also be a house of yours

It looks great!! Would love to hear the story behind it, like it's purpose and history! Because of that aqua colour, I get an under water feel from it(which, I love underwater aesthetics so that's a compliment!).

4:13 Love this transition!

Using actual walls mixed with blocks is a great idea to add texture. I'm going to have to remember that!

With the new portal in place, i think there is some sort of "Copper Corner" in this part of the shopping district because of the shops tango, ren, and you build.

I really like that build. For me, personally, though there could be more contrast between the different towers, maybe the exposed copper would work, but still, it looks marvellous. It's great to see how far you've come as a builder

that build looks really cool!

For making the charcoal, consider using said charcoal as fuel for making the charcoal instead of burning logs for fuel.

Aside from the entire industrial revolution in Loglands- still blowing my mind- the portal is so lovely! The alterations in pallette between each tower, and how it adds to the shape of the build is

Hiya! Your build is beautiful with the glow, and colors. It's only going to get better with landscape and interior added. Thank you X!

Your builds have always been great, X. That being said, this build is definitely on the top 5 of your builds for me!

That's a great build X, however since back when you did Tag HQ in season 6 that was when I got a schock and i've considered you a top tier builder ever since. This is just more greatness :)

Great build! Absolutely love your build at night with the lighting.

Reminds me of the season 9 horse course! I would personally add a lot more exposed copper, to me it’s just a mass of teal, maybe try defining each building with the exposed copper and then filling in the areas that would likely receive more rain water with weathered and oxidized copper

Your last few episodes have been exceptionally excellent xisuma! Keep up the great work!!

That thumbnail grabbed my attention, I've made the exact same build on my world lol. Saw the design on Pinterest and wanted to make it as well. Had to double take for a second when I saw my own build on your thumbnail.

Just FYI the bits at the top of the castle are crenelations and in medieval England you had to have a "licence to crenellate". Perhaps you need to speak to the Permit Office about this build?

I believe you can fix the portal by temporarily breaking the frogger chunk loader portals, then lighting the portal you built, then relighting the frogger portals

This is such a cool redstone project, it's always these kinda videos that get me loading up minecraft again.

Love the nether portal build. Great texturing and block shading. The features at the top are called crenelations and are made of merlons (the uprights) and crenels (the gaps).

your build style is always so recognizably you and I love seeing it grow to be more beautiful throughout each season. love this build, but your rooted dirt shop still competes for the top spot for me!

Props on discovering an awesome new build process, the portal build looks dope especially in its texture and structure, one thing I think could make it look even better would be adding some more contrasting block to the build, the tuff is a good start but it kinda has the same green under-tones as the copper, maybe try adding something even more different as a trim or in the details!

THAT LOOKS SO NICE???? oh my GOD i love how the gradient goes up and stuff and the bulbs work so well with the build . holy crap

I love how proud he is with this build 🥹

The build is absolutely beautiful!

I love the texturing that you did Beautiful and when it lights up at night Wow Fantastic!!! The whole build is Gorgeous You are definitely a Builder!!!

amazing build x, you are truly gettin better at building, and you were already very good at it, so i cant wait to see how good you will become!!

I love it. You are the best overall Hermit. You really are! I always enjoy your videos and how you teach and inspire us.❤😊

I’m a little behind but loving your farms. That smelting array is massive!

The build looks fantastic! Really enjoy how you take us behind the scenes and show your thought process for the build and redstone contraptions too

Well done X, the build looks wonderful. A bit of terraforming and it will be perfect

I see X is using some things he learened previous season. I love watchin Xisuma because you can see how his play evolves over time.

Now that's something. Beautiful build X, I'm amazed at your skill this season. The energy you put into your episode...outstanding.

I love that you showed your processes and mistakes. Great video as always

I love how spiders move with all their legs

Just a heads up if anyone is building the mechanism in his furnace array where it detects if items are still in the hopper to determine if it needs to continue looping around. It DOES depend on the direction you build it( at least for me). You can build that turn with the detector rail junction any direciton as long as it is NOT south to east or south to west. The rails don't cooperate when the original direction is south for some reason. Other directions worked just fine for me. Tested it all on a server and a solo test world

The build’s texturing and gradient is genuinely some of the best I’ve seen… and i watch bdubs! It just feels a bit unfinished overall without much detailing. Still beautifully done :)

I love the build Xisuma! The colors are truly magical together, and the style is really unique and creative. Never really seen anything like it!

Wow… 7:12 This reminds me of a furnace array I built years ago… not quite sure where, what server, or who’s server. I want to say that was one of Kingtuthmosis’s Pixelmon Servers… 2014~2016. I’m not entirely sure though… I do remember the sever mods were notified and concerned about my redstone causing server lag. 😅 Thanks for sparking a memory, Xisuma.

The depth variation with the walls on the creative example was really cool

Build looks really good. Loving all the new copper blocks

Adding diorite to a build is like adding Iskall repellent

My brain went off when you started with the redstone, but the build is beautiful! The texturing is amazing. I love it!

I retyped this out too many times, I'm just grateful for what you do man.

Your builds are getting better and better!

I enjoyed that you showed us the process of how you designed your build.

I've love to see the new build with lower brightness settings too, see how much atmosphere it has with more atmospheric lighting. (Like Bdubs' 30.)