Are you Bored of Minecraft? 

I just accept that sometimes I won't want to play Minecraft for months at a time, but I will eventually get back to it, in sort of waves

"A base that feels alive is much better than a mega base that feels dead." I think probably the best possible example of this is Grian's season 8 base compared to his season 7 base. His alley wasn't big at all, but had so much detail and life. In comparison, his mansion was massive, but felt dead.

This feels like a "how to play minecraft with depression" video and im all for it

It's funny because you can use his advice for pretty much everything in the real world... not just in the game

This guy went from a redstone engineer to a philosopher.

I feel like Mumbo has personal experience in this subject Edit: sarcasm

As a player for 12 years and a builder for 10, I absolutely agree on building in chunks or stages. Don't try to do all of it at once and if you're playing survival, then always try to condense your builds as much as possible, if you're not comfortable doing singular projects over several years. Cause the reality of mega builds like _thatoldkid_ - *Center of Valhalla* is that those kind of projects take 3 months to do, full time, 12-15 hours a day, every day and still needs a helping hand from WorldEdit to complete on time. You're not gonna be able to do the same in the weekends over a couple months. Even servers like SciCraft and Hermitcraft would take months of full time work to replicate such a massive project in survival. So I guess the 4 core rules for doing builds in general are: 1, Build in stages. Always. Long time builders typically start with the blocks that make up the majority/foundation of the overall build and then add details in layers. Think of building like painting, but in 3D. It's a lot like that. 2, Scale down your ideas. It's super easy to find inspiration for epic builds, but super hard to actually accomplish them. Scale them down and do a little bit at a time. If you dream of a mega base, start with your entrance, or your storage room, or something entirely else. If you want to build a city, do one house at a time. Don't try to do it all at once. You will burn out. 3, Use a building palette. All builders use a building palette. The vast majority use a visible one, but there are builders like myself who uses an invisible one, aka our palette is in our heads and it changes according to the style we build our build in. Say you have an idea to start a medieval build, but while you build it, you find yourself wanting it to be more fantasy inclined. Here an invisible palette is easier than a visible, as you simply change the blocks in your palette in your head, rather than having to replace them in-world. It is though a bit hard to learn, so if you're new in building, then always use a visible palette. It makes it _a lot_ easier to accomplish your dream. 4, take breaks. Don't try to stress things through. Take your time and take breaks. Your breaks doesn't necessarily have to be breaks from the game, just breaks from building. Go on an exploration. See other places of your world seed, maybe get some inspiration from there. Or go on a resource gathering spree, a mob grinding/killing spree, whatever you feel like doing to get some off time from building. If you want a good example of what burnout of mega projects looks like, I have a video of an update I did to my cathedral project, 7 years ago. I still haven't progressed that project any further than it was 7 years ago. Instead, I started another build project (that have yet to be released) and which I have been building on progressively over the past 7 years. It's gotten so close to completion, but I need a new PC to complete it. As of right now, my FPS drops to a complete slideshow the moment I attempt continuing the build. And that's despite giving it 16 GB of RAM and running a rig with an i7 6700K CPU (granted, it's a bit dated now) and a 2060 GPU. I'm confident it would fry the average laptop.

Changing the random tick speed to quicken things up helped me invest more time into my world. I know it sounds counterintuitive, but it helped me achieve my own goals quickly and motivated me to move up to bigger and better projects

Mumbo’s tips feel a lot more different than most, considering most RU-vid videos on this topic recommend either making entire cities or _interdimensional conquest._

I just wanna say, one of my favorite things about Mumbo is his integrity. I’m p sure without fail, every time I’ve watched a mumbo vid and thought “well, that kinda missed the mark”, he either revisits the concept having felt the same, or if it’s a series or whatever just does better in future parts. Like, just constantly seeking to improve and wanting to deliver quality content to the audience

honestly i turn on keep inventory every time bc running back to get my stuff before it disappears is just not my idea of a fun time also using chunkbase to look around the seed i’m in has been some of the most fun to me, it makes me more excited to look around and go out to travel and find new areas. it also made me start using maps more which is another fun extra thing to do

I started playing in peaceful survival mode because I like working for things in a way that creative really removes the point of, but I was so tired of mobs. I realized my experience is my own and I don't have anything to prove by playing on actually difficult modes. Being able to enjoy the night in Minecraft without ensuring proper lighting is up everywhere and worrying about my freeroaming villagers has been a wonderful experience.

i started playing with keep inventory on and it immediately brought back a ton of my minecraft motivation. i’m an overly cautious person, and i realized i wasn’t being as adventurous as i ought to because i was worried about losing the gear and resources i’d worked super hard to get. there’s no wrong way to play minecraft!! do what makes it FUN for you!

I’m very glad he said something about alternate crafting recipes for things like elytra! I’ve used two for fun. First I make a “Herobrine Altar” to sacrifice the items for the good thing. I will take lingering potions of regen, health, and fire res plus a diamond and a golden apple for an enchanted apple as one of the ideas I use. The other that I want some help with is a spawner+egg. I think it needs iron ingots/bars and I’m not sure about the center item. I don’t want to do netherite ingots, but I do think it should be moderately expensive. Eggs I’ve just grabbed for free, and I’ve used an enchanted apple in the past for the center, but I’d like your thoughts too!

i remember traveling over 30000 blocks away from my base to find a goat horn, and i ended up in the most beautiful mountain range with a village i’ve ever seen. all i did out there was sit in a tent i made for a couple hours and sing to my friends.

I'm struggling to study for a linear algebra final, and in procrastinating I started watching this video. This advice can be applied to most anything, and now I'm a touch less likely to fail this one. Thanks, Mumbo.

Just seeing Grian, Scar, and Iskall in the "play with your friends" step warms my heart

I’m glad Mumbo is again feeling motivated enough to share how to get feeling motivated again

I liked the tip to make things easier for yourself if it makes your gameplay more pleasant. The only way I ever cheat is to give myself a lot of torches when I go caving the first time because I've found the experience of being jumpscared by mobs in the dark simply unsustainable for my enjoyment of the game. After that point I can collect my own coal and make my torches legitimately, but for the sake of not playing in a way that's literally detrimental to my mental health (my startle response is extreme and can have long-term effects on my mood for the rest of the day if triggered severely enough) I always cheat myself the first batch of torches. I've always felt a little guilty for doing this, like it takes away from my legitimacy as a minecraft player, but when it comes down to it, my ability to play the game in a way that isn't harmful to me is more important than a fake and arbitrary rules system perpetrated by people who think they're better than me for how THEY play the block game.

Personal tip: Create a base right over your world spawn spoint and make it mob proof with enough lighting and fences around your base, eventually you might expand it more and more so you will able to enjoy to take a safe nocturnal trip within the protected area.

It’s really validating to hear someone with way more experience express the “do not cheat” thing. It’s something I’ve always felt pretty strongly that cheating saps my enthusiasm for a world or server.

7:14 what my friends and I have always done is similar but more harsh - we'd take only necessities with us (food, maybe a stack of dirt, stone tools, just enough to survive the journey), then leave our old base behind and wander until a new place looked super cool, then start anew. Doing that a few times meant we had multiple cool bases strewn across the land over the years, and it was always nice to stumble across old builds vs a new world every time.

One thing I really love to do when exploring my world is to make a map. Maps can be connected by placing them on item frames and it’s really satisfying to just have a map board somewhere in your base.

Love this video very educational in general. I just got back into Minecraft after maybe 5 years. Last time I played it was so different and at first it was daunting, like I tried playing a few years ago after the nether and aquatic updates and I was overwhelmed by new mechanics I hated how much the game changed. Now I'm enjoying the learning and seeing how the new things work through RU-vid.

The fact that you storyboarded this video *in Minecraft* is incredibly mind-blowingly meta and hilarious to me. Kudos, man. Kudos.

Mr. Jumbo’s an absolute gem. So hopeful and friendly.

Another tip that kind of adds to the modifications, is find a modpack, preferably one that has a linear progressing because then you have goals that are set for you, but that really depends on the person. I definitely recommend skyfactory although it is a older modpack

Thank you for sharing these tips; I’ve used some of these myself in the past. Nothing like grabbing a horse and some gear and going off on an adventure to get the creative juices flowing! And it makes such a difference to do little quality of life things for yourself (keep inventory, vanilla tweaks/QoL mods).

Heres a tip: go into minecraft, creative flat world, and make an exact replica of your house, i find this really fun and i do it every few months or so to see what changes and to just enjoy seeing your room where you are sat whilst playing minecraft, its one of the few things i enjoy building

Just died in my 2000+ Days Hardcore World a few days ago, and nearly lost all motivation for hardcore. And this gem launches. Thanks Mumbo for helping The Wilde Adventure Season 3 start!

This video was actually ridiculously motivating, I haven’t played for a few weeks and I now fell like playing again

I remember playing with my friends building massive towns and all that but after graduation everyone stopped and now its a dead place with nothing new

I'm so glad you included mods in this video, as this is what saved Minecraft for me. It felt new again rather than repetitive.

I was bored till I found the create mod. Now I’m busy destroying my entire world with a giant world eating machine and I can’t stop watching it

one thing that i learned is to have 4 things that u can jump betwean on if u ever get bored on the main base u can take a break and work on farms terraform road layout and the main base. You can also have a Second Base on the side just to relax from all the building

The part where you write down the lore about your world is very cool, that can really give inspiration! ( also when I played with keepinventory i always felt like I was cheating, but it could make things more enjoyable for me!)

Mumbo, I'm so glad you have realized you don't always have to top yourself with bigger builds! That idea would burn anyone out.

The fact that Mumbo still has the waffle makes me far happier then it should.

Some really good advice, especially pushing yourself out of your comfort zone. I did that one year ago when pretending to start a new world for a new series: clearing recipes and advancements, moving to a new spot and starting the series there with cutting my "first" tree 🙂 With some added lore to find the original place eventually. And I used voice for the first time, which was way out of my comfort zone, but made things so much easier, when I didn't have to type anymore. And it made me a little more confident when speaking English ^^ Doing all this has helped me tremendously, I felt more creative, I enjoyed building again, adventuring in the new caves, getting all my advacements back - and it was an emotional moment when I found my way back home 🙂 So yes, trying something new can bring a new perspective into the Minecraft experience!

I'm never bored of minecraft. I just get burnt out, take a break, and because of other games, that break tends to be longer than I wanted it to be.

Packing light and just exploring a world is something I did when I was bored of Minecraft. It really helps out. And it was then that I realised that I find enjoyment in animal farming. Another thing that I did was just taking responsibility over a village ( in a non-farming manner) by growing and expanding it.

I got bored of Minecraft a few years back and I stopped playing for ages. It was actually hermitcraft that got me back into it. I started watching Grain and I realised that all these massive ideas I had for impossible builds in my head were literally smaller than what you lot call a "starter base" and it made me feel like building wasn't so scary so I started doing it. Turns out I'm not half bad lol.

Thank you so much for posting this! I haven’t played in ages because I was bored of Minecraft and I was inspired to start playing again ❤

thanks for this mumbo. i personally havent played minecraft since 2020 and thanks to this video ive joined a server with a few of my friends and am starting to play again. and ive even started trying out redstone a little bit and have my own little testing world for it, gonna be fun trying to fit these things into my builds since i usually am a builder and my interiors are considerably small lmao

I’ve never really gotten burnt out or overly bored, but I often struggle to stay dedicated. Some of these tips really got me thinking about what I want from the game, and has given me more motive. I don’t need to know exactly what I want to do, I can just do things as I go, with rough ideas and planning to give structure.

This is exactly what I needed. I love that Mumbo is coming back now, we have missed you Mumbo!

I’ve noticed my biggest problem is that my mindset in Minecraft has always been practicality and getting the most op stuff quickly so building things large or adding detail was so foreign to me because it never made sense to me. I tried to step away from that but for whatever reason I can never get out of my old mindset and end up not creating something original

Thanks mumbo, your videos are awesome, keep up the great work

That bit about “writing the story you want your world to tell” is a large part of why i struggle to play vanilla Minecraft in single player- because then i dont have any friends to build for or to have come over and check my stuff out

Some of the builds I've been happiest with are small huts, hotels, things built in circles, and lighting up forests with glow vines. Simple things that still satisfy

For building: A good way to go about this is to make a large shell. If you want a huge base, make a huge shell. Not full walls, but rows/columns of blocks that all connect to points. Start with an area somewhere inside and when you feel like it/when you need to expand, build outwards and fill said shell. Eventually, you'll end up building enough to take shape of the shell and you can then fill in parts of the walls when your base gets to the edges/ceiling. It works well. If I don't do this, I tend to end up building loads of separate buildings that all end up being useless as I build them purely just to use space. Making villages just isn't it for me, because I end up building things for the sake of building them, just so things look better, but then it feels like a chore. However, I never feel like making megabuilds either. However, if you build a large shell of rows/columns (to get an idea of the shape/size), just use it for everything you need and keep expanding it but by bit until you're able to fill in the walls. Or, use the shell for a general idea of how big you want it and then alter the shell as your base takes shape, as your base doesn't have to align perfectly with the initial shell you have. The shell are like blueprints for the shape of a house I guess. I wouldn't even say it's unreasonable to make one in creative mode and then switch it to survival and go from there. Tbf I think that would make a good mod. People that are good with large bases could build blueprints/shells for building said base(s), and could put them into a mod for people to build with. Sometimes it's hard to get motivated when you look at a load of grass and don't know what to envision. However, if you have a big shape there to give you an idea, it can help a lot and it makes you want to fill it out. (By shell I mean where the walls and ceilings meet, so just rows/columns like I said, not full, solid walls.) However, depending on the size, or who you are, you could use creative to make the walls too, and do all the decorating and interior yourself, as those are the most fun. Terraforming & building rows upon rows of blocks can get very boring, very quickly. There's no harm in getting those parts out of the way in creative mode if you want to.

To answer the question, yes. I don't have friends to play with, and single-player is rarely entertaining for a while. Though, the "adding a story" idea is one I may take. I somehow instantly thought of, "Someone wanting to go home." As if Minecraft, or at least that world, isn't their home, so they build places to get home. The limitations idea sounds fun too! And of course datapacks (like new recipes) are always a go to, even if they are a huge pain to find if they aren't on VanillaTweaks.

it's been 7 months since the last hermitcraft video from mumbo. i miss him. but these small videos make me so happy because mumbo is so much happier than at the end of season 8. if he doesnt go back to hermitcraft i will still watch all these little videos and still support him.

Minecraft, for me, is a massively phase based game. I'll spend hours and hours of playing for weeks at a time and then will drop it for months. Glad you're sharing these tips for people!

I can truly say you've inspired me to play Minecraft again, also for the first time in 6 months, and I cannot thank you enough! I've been having a bit of a dry run in my life but recently got my first paycheck in a while and can finally afford a new phone and a Minecraft Realm once again!! Thank you Mumbo for bringing me back into the swing of things! I'm also quite looking forward to the new 1.20 Snapshots once they start releasing soon, too!...

Excellent video Mumbo. When I get bored I play a Hardcore world for as long as I can. And watch Mumbo's videos to cheer me up!!

The most fun I've had in a while for playing minecraft was a few weeks ago when I wanted to build a realistic functional prison, and coming from a long history of being the best builder in my friend group to having to learn how to use redstone efficiently and hide it in a small area was challenging but definitely made the building more fun. Remember everyone, if you only ever do something your good at, you could get burnout and you'll also never be able to see if a different aspect of the game or even real life is for you!

I hope Mumbo realizes a large majority of his audience would happily watch him play other games

One of my fav vids in a while. Direct experience, openness about that & some super unable & transferrable tips :)

I accually had a 2 month break from Minecraft and this vid might bring me back to my favourite game

Waiting for a Hermitcraft episode feels like an eternity but I'll gladly accept this video as my motivation to play Minecraft again. Glad to see you back good sir.

I really miss the Endbusting raids with Mumbo, Iskall85 and Grian. Their crazy interaction are the best! I would even watch any content with the three of them together up to mischief!

This was a fantastic video! Listening to the outro of the video really made me focus in on what you said. It made me want to watch the video a second time just to see how I could apply these thoughts to different things than minecraft. Very insightful information from a veteran content creator! Thanks for the words of wisdom Mumbo

Im so glad for youtubes recommendations, cause i have been working on my base and doing separate big tasks and it takes forever and it ruined my motivation and i see this video. Tysm cause now i can go easy on myself

A word further word on the mods advice: Vault Hunters completely revitalised my interest in minecraft. It changes it so much I had fun learning new things, but it's not so different that I felt alienated from minecraft. I'd certainly give it a go, and there's a ton of videos made by the devs to help if you get lost :)

this video feels like a therapy session. it's fun, but it also kinda hits hard. i feel inspired and this video kinda reinforced my new years' resolution which was to actually finish a filmmaking project

A point about sharing what you've done with others resonates greatly with me. I never liked singleplayer minecraft, in fact, i have never built anything big/good or beaten ender dragon in singleplayer mc, only times I've built anything great or even beaten the game is when I was among my friends and I had someone to show what i've done to. Really good tip, share your work, play with others, guys.

I love how he shows buildings of what he’s talking about

You know it’s a good day when you get a mumbo notification

Got into Hermitcraft from empires and grian’s double Life series. Got into red stone from your door video. Been playin since minecraft came out. And all through it, these are great tips. But mainly; it’s good to see you back Mumbo

I tried for so many years to enjoy minecraft, and it took me way too long to realize I was just hyper focusing on "beating" it - getting the best gear, the best enchants, knowing all of the information, beating the ender dragon, etc, and I was ruining the fun of it for myself. I found your little crew from the Hermitcraft series by stumbling upon it, and I've started building in survival mode and just...not caring about what my time goes to. Did it go to redesigning the same gazebo idea 3 times over the course of 2 hours? Maybe, but I enjoyed it and the time flew by. I deeply appreciate your group for helping me find the fun I knew I could have with this game ♥

The Create mod has reinvigorated my love for the game. I enjoy building, but redstone logic eludes me, so I'd get to a certain point and hit a wall. Create uses (sort of) real engineering principles with more moving parts, that allow you to really be creative in new ways that make sense to me. And watching some of the Hermits do their Create series has been a ton of fun, too!

Yes! The 'wander off' suggestion is great! Starting a new base and linking it with the old ones is just always entertaining. 👌

Bro I haven’t watched a vid of yours in forever bc I had a kind of falling out w Minecraft but bro I swear you’re the best Minecraft RU-vidr and this vid proves it. Keep on rocking my man!

0:33 this is extremely relatable, I never feel like playing Minecraft, but when I muster the motivation to play, it's an absolute blast.

I've been binging all your Hermitcraft episodes ( I do mean ALL) and got inspired to make my first megabuild after 2 years of gameplay. It's coming along nicely. Thanks so much, Mumbo 😄

Another great one for improving motivation, is to not force ideas. If you don't have any ideas, just take sit back and chill. I often find the best ideas, normally come at random moments during the day when I'm not really doing anything. Oh, and write down your ideas!

Thanks Mumbo, you inspired me to play again. I love playing survival mode and do redstone but I’m tired/scared of dying because I keep losing everything. I’m going to put it in keep inventory even though it feels like cheating

I only started a few weeks ago and tbh it's given me that "I can't wait to finish work to play more" feeling for the first time in years :)

Leaving your comfort zone and trying something new is honestly such a helpful thing. I’ve always considered myself a builder, although I do a bit of everything. Recently I’ve felt pretty bored, so I’ve decided to focus on pvp and practicing to get better at it based on the progress i’ve already achieved, and it feels great to learn something new and to have a goal in mind again :)

My dad is a teacher and my younger siblings are still in school, anytime they get snowed out for a day or two we start a new family Minecraft world. Yesterday was our first one of the year, and I had a blast, usually im more focused on giving myself farms that allow me to not play the game, but this time I decided I was going to do some personal role play and whatnot. I was the leader of a Viking village who was on the move to pillage, but our ships got capsized by massive sheets of ice and while the rest of the village held out in a nearby cave I had the responsibility to build up shelters from scratch. From there I played the game how you usually would but just that little bit of flavor gave it a whole new feeling, I highly recommend something like it :)

1:00 I swear that about enjoying the process of working for it, and getting out of your comfort zone, some great overall life tips right there.

Modded Minecraft, with quests, is how I've kept myself entertained with it. Mods add new content and the built in quests help direct me towards goals I have trouble making myself. I also like automating things and factories more than just building which makes modded minecraft much more appealing as there are many modpacks around this idea.

9:27 If you wanna do this one I highly recommend a mod called Mythic Upgrades, it's pretty vanilla-friendly and allows you to upgrade Netherite armor with newly added ores. Each ore spawns exclusively in a different biome to make you explore more.

Glad mumbo mentioned mods, which have been such a big aspect of my Minecraft experience as of late

This video restored my love for Minecraft, thank you Mumbo Jumbo. Got a ton of ideas now.

Adapting the game to how you can play it best is key for me. I love survival but I suck at actually surviving. Which makes early game exceedingly difficult for me. Keep inventory on and the minimap mod were game changers for me. Turns out my biggest issues were dying constantly, and getting lost, lol.

Comparison is my largest issue. I love resource gathering, and finding new structures, and what not. However, I find myself using a lot of building tutorials because I’m just not the most creative person and I feel guilty sometimes because I want to be a better builder.

You know I actually used to enjoy minecraft by myself, and it was pretty fun. Then I started playing with my friends, and we all had an even better time. Now tho all my friends either stopped playing, or don't want to play with me anymore. When I'm playing single player it gets kinda boring

Oh my goodness, the music choices in this were great. Fantastic video!

always coming in with the finest minecraft content! these tips were absolute gems 💎

2:14 "Im looking at you Grian"

I haven’t played MC in years, but this has helped me with considerations towards writing my visual novel that I wish I was done with. Thanks Mumbo.

That "so, you're bored of minecraft" gave me chills

This made my wife want to start playing again after awhile of struggling to enjoy herself. Thanks, Mumbo. You got us through the pandemic with your wit and humor Please note we wrote this at 3:01 into the video

2:06 Now I kinda wanna see Mumbo speedrunning minecraft lol

the only thing I cheat in (bc bedrock so can't/have no desire to mod) is an elytra, because exploring the End gives me vertigo and triggers my fear of heights/voids. I love that you include the 'whatever makes it fun for you' caveat!

If you want to train the "build your way through; don't cheat it in" aspect of it, I suggest playing Vintage Story. You'll feel it.

I actually think PewDiePie's playthrough was a great example of what it should be. Exploring the game, and just having fun with it

I feel like MC is one of the best games every made. You can make anything you want out of it. I still have my first world I started in January 2012 and never beat the dragon on it. I've always felt sentimental toward that world because the game held my attention for so long. Something I've been doing lately is working toward villager trading in new worlds to get fully equipped that way before going to the end. There's a lot to do in the game, but it can be easy to get burned out on too. Probably best to take a break at that point lol