8 Simple Minecraft Building Tips I've Learned Recently! 

Joel: it was pretty quick only took about *2 and a half* hours Me: gets bored after 5 minutes of building

It’s kinda sad that this is the *most* normal intro he’s ever done. Btw I did see the chickens

In this video you find: Joel roasting his past-self Hermitcraft simping

Joel: "Use everything" Me who only has dirt in my inventory: So uh, dirt hut anyone?

Joel: saying his old builds are bad Me: looks at my lopsided oak wood tower

Joel: **uploads** *JEREMYS ASSEMBLE!*

Joel and Grian are the reasons I have improved lots in roofs and building in general. Thank you Joel.

"Goodbye and.. Well hello actually- and thank you"

Joel: *kills chicken* Kfc: that's where they all go Joel and lizzie: *creepy smiles*

“Goodbye and hello” Joel this is my new catchphrase thank you

Some more tips I’ve learned recently *Use textured blocks before adding different blocks*: Don’t start with terra-cotta, start with brick or granite, then add terra-cotta and polished granite. *Use gradients*: Put darker blocks on the bottom to create a gradient that shows a more natural worn look. *Add trim and edging*: Use a different block on the edges, like what is shown on the roof and with the fences at the top. This can also be done with walls on the corners, or with roads use a different block from the road and sidewalk. Also, adding trim around doors will break up the build and make it look less plain. *Layer details*: When making a flowerbed, start with leaves or y’all flowers, then add small flowers in front. My favorite combination so far is leaves, then red berry bushes in front. *Add various custom plants*: When making palm trees, use different kinds, some with jungle logs that bend over, others with fences that stand upright. Bushy trees with hanging trees or for small trees like in cities, lollipop with oval/cone shaped trees. *Sightlines*: Have a focal point that your build naturally faces or as you walk up to the build it should compliment the view. This will make screenshots of your build much nicer. *Mix in non-full blocks*: Like with walls, other nonfull blocks break up a build and add detail. Fences, gates, stairs, slabs, glass panes, trap doors, anvils, and carpets are great additions to any build. *Build at an angel or have rounded edges*: Even for modern builds, there can be a cool angled roof or room that makes the design more interesting. *Add an interesting fence*: BdoubleO had an interesting fence/wall design for his mansion in Season 7, and in season 6 Keralis made a wall out of trap doors.

to think he used to think he used to take inspiration from the hermits and now he's actually in the server

Everyone watching the start of video: chilling Me looking at the chickens dying in the background: I m g o i n g t o p r e t e n d I d i d n o t s e e t h a t .

His Shrek skin will be missed by all of us. Now who is gonna be yelled out of his swamp?

"Don't be afraid to leave empty space on walls" Man I really needed to just hear this. It's such a simple concept, but I never really think about it and just use windows all around my houses to make it look interesting from the inside and outside. Leaving empty walls gives you so many more options! Thanks, that one was really helpful

My favorite thing for making floors is using furnaces. The top is such a good texture to vary stone floors

Joel : even diorite can look go- Iskall : *No*

ok but no joke- Joel’s building skills are on a whole other level

When it comes to medieval style. I personally love mythical sausage and bluenerd. They do great tutorials

I’ve taken a lot of inspiration from he and Lizzies builds and I’ve started to actually build interestingly so thank you guys

Joel: "I'm lazy..." Also Joel: *spends 9 hours to knock down a mountain, builds beautiful homes in more than two series, does youtube videos, and take care of two pets that love Lizzie more* Me, who gets mad after building for 10 minutes: HOW DOES HE DO THAT!!!!

“We want to keep a certain you tuber happy” - a reference to Iskall (one of the members on the hermitcraft server) For anyone who didn't know :)

Honestly Joel, most of my inspiration comes from your videos. You’re one of the best builders out there in my opinion

1:27 little did Joel know, both he and PearlescentMoon would be joining the HermitCraft server.

Me, building: My friends: Why are you using those blocks? why are you mixing them? Me: Because i’m not an *amateur*

Joel: I think I’ve improved my building skills Me: yea me too! I moved from a dirt hut too a stone hut

I guess another tip you could say is to just have fun with building. Don’t worry about everything being practical and useful. If you want to add a completely useless pile of leaves, then go for it!! Idk- whatever makes you happy with your build in the end is always the best! ✨😌

I have gotten lots of inspiration from this channel, but I don't know what blocks look good together! I think spruce and stone bricks look good together in a mountain biome, and their pretty easy to get in survival (hopefully). I've also found out that us bedrock players dont get world edit, so we have to work extra hard.

No one: Joel: makes an ugly mountain which no one knows what to do with looking absolutely beautiful Me: cries in dirt house

Where are all the Jeremy's at??? 🐔🐔

This is one off the reasons that you are one of my favorite building youtubers, you take the viewers on a journey of how you got to the final result of your buildings.😀

I love how chickens are just dying in the background

Comment: This may be his most normal intro Me: *Sees Chickens dying in Lava* Also Me: Uh.....

joel: *"i've been wanting to improve my building"* me: **can barely build a good looking minecraft house**

Oh myyyy, I really love your builds and tips, those help me a lot! Keep going dude :D

Bruh, you are way too humble, you do amazing at building! I actually learned a bit that I can use for my town! Thanks!

the aesthetic of joel’s builds are so so pleasing.. the overgrown plants, the lights, the shades of green and brown.. like a cozy cottage

I just noticed his voice drops an octave at the end of every sentence.

This actually helped my building skills alot! I am now capable to make lots of designs because of this video :D Tysm for making this video joel! :D

I personally use the Plains biome way to much just because of its mostly flat and blandness, but I am currently experimenting with building in other biomes. I've found a nice cozy island a couple blocks away from a Taiga biome and am building my café on it :) These tips are going to help me so much making it

Joel: "do you guys remember when i looked like shrek" Me: "yes-" Joel: "Me neither" Me: "i must be a genius-"

Me coming back from 2017 with this being the first video ive watched: Joel: hey remember when i looked like shrek? Me:👁👄👁

Very nice I really like your builds whenever I need inspiration I always come to your channel And don't worry Joel I have subscribed

this is really helpful, thank you for taking the time to make and post this

When ur so early that u can still see the bots comments

Me: *always looks at the backgrounds in the intros.* Also me: *sees chickens dieing in the background* Me again: Thats Joel alright.

Thanks man! This video improved my building and right after this video I got a world with some really good terrain.

I love this house so much! I’ll definitely remember the tips!

Why is no one talking about how Joel says “etcetera” like 20 times in this video

Joel: Let’s not use diorite to please a certain RU-vidr. Also Joel a few minutes later: *uses diorite* Iskall85: *angry Swedish noises*

honestly it's so cool to see how much he's improved in the last few years even from this

I don't really watch your videos, hck this one is half a year old. But it's really cool to see how your small tips make create an impact by taking it step by step. This is just a great video!

Joel: we don’t use diorite, to keep a “certain” you tuber happy. Me: Iskall85!

"maybe accept diorite. We want to keep a certain youtuber happy" Me: I wonder who is that XD

Thank you very much for the tip on how to make hills look great!

I actually got inspired of building things in Minecraft cuz of you ,thx so much Joel you are a legend and thank you again

"Apart from mabey diorite, cuz we wanna make a certain RU-vidr happy." *I got that reference*

“Very similar to the first side, but this time with a square window” Joel, this is minecraft, everything is a square.

Joel: "People put windows everywhere." Me: Is currently having a heart attack watching him break his amazing house.

I watch you when I need inspiration! I love you and all you videos!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

Joel: "Everyone always builds in plains biomes" Me and my weird desire to always build in spruce mountain areas, or just mountains in general: ah...

Joel's House style Terraforming: Scar House Walls: Bdubs Roof: Grian

Tysm for these building tips Joel! It helps a lot since I'm a noob at building-

these are actually great and clear tips, good stuff

Bdubs' season 6 castle :exist Iskall:faints Joel: makes a joke about keeping him happy Grian:Hold my pesky bird

The chickens casually dying in the back in the intro might be the most Joel thing I've ever seen

Spruce and dark oak logs blend together rlly pretty and nicely

Thanks a lot! This helped me sooo much. LEGEND

I googled SmallishBeans and it doesn’t say he’s a bed.. so why is he being slept on? Btw jeremy gang for lifeee

Did you know? In Colorado, USA, there is still an active volcano. It last erupted about the same time as the pyramids were being built in Egypt.

Thank you! this helped me improve alot!

This video was incredibly insightful so thanks Sir Smallishbeans

Last time I was this early, Joel was still Shrek Edit: “S h e r k”

Joel: It's A House With A Roof Me: iT's a gRIaN rOOf

I always seem to have a problem with building roofs, so this really helped ^^

“Dont use just one block” Tommyinnit:

0:11 Everyone: *Looking at Joel* Me:*staring at the chicken killing machine in the background*

Joel: Do you remember I was once Shrek. Me: *looks at you tube profile picture* Me: I remember now

Though there are certain type that are generally useful, is important to determine some things about your build before you decide which ones are useful. At epic scales, 5 blocks thick decoration in certain areas can blend in, but for Herobrine sized buildings, 2.1 layers is the most that doesn't look install and bulgy. Many other toys work better or wrist depending on whether you're going for modern or ancient, realistic or fantasy. I'm trying to show the context in which to understand what "works" for building tips. What other kind of building do you believe require distinctive building requirements?

thank you even just watching your vids improved my building a lot and that you take the time to make vids almost every day and it means a lot to me and meny others that you do this and I wish well for the future and Wish y'all a Merry End of the school year :) (edit) Me: *Builds for 10 minutes* "How is this even posible how do you last building all day?!?!" (edit again :P) Ik im 10 months late to this vid and ik *whats the point in commenting now one will see it* but its still fun to also who knows y'all might come look at these commets and see my really *really* long comment right here :D

The entire intro i was just watching the chickens die and. barely actually listening to what Joel was talking about.....

Personally I like to build in a plains biome because it has multiple options to terraform your surroundings however you’d like.

I like how every tip is very simple yet so useful.

Man, Thanks so much, its really helped me :-)

Me: thinks this is finally a normal intro Joel: 😏 The burning chickens in the background: 👁👄👁✌🏻

joel’s building has improved so much . i’m so happy for him . he seems to be having a lot more fun building lately . :’)

Pearlescent moon has been one of my faves. I knew her back when grian first showed her on his channel. I was even part of her discord server and got to speak to her directly. Both on discord and on one of her streams.

thank you so much!! your very good at teaching how to build better :D

"Do you remember shrek?" Me: *looks at YT pfp* I see him. He's right there. Edit: wow tysm for the likes!!!! xxx

When Joel and Joey post a video at the same time and don’t know which one to watch😙✌️

good tip if you dont like building a good looking exterior. just dig into a hill and essentially make a bunker you can add some stuff outside paths etc maybe something decorative outside but inside you can mine out whatever shape or size you want as many rooms as you want and you can do crazy shapes etc and not have to worry about extender appearance since it will just look like natural landscape

these tips were so usefull i have really improved because of them :)

3:57 Yes. Iskall must stay happy.

jeol : this did not take too long what so ever. me : yes finally something i can do in a short amount of time. jeol : it took two hours or so me :

I wouldn't think to use those blocks together but it looks so good!

When I build I watch you for inspiration because I think you’re a really good builder

Pearlescent Moon is mad underrated

Please continue doing these videos Joel! I love building as well and they’re really helpful! My friends think I’m the best at building and my dad is really proud of my builds but I’m always trying to improve my builds and I try to make new things and step out of my comfort zone :)

Thanks for the great tips!

Atleast I learned something. Thank you SmallishBeans. :D