Custom Sculk Farm! - Hermitcraft 9: #19 

The shriekers actually do have some hidden functionality- Skulk sensors can detect motion, but they can't tell the difference between a mob walking and a player walking. If you connect the sensor to a shrieker, then an observer to that, you can make a redstone system that triggers for players but ignores all sorts of mobs, or the other way around! Who knows, might be useful for decked out? Don't want your ravengers setting off the traps, obviously.

1.19 comes out for HC, instantly Tango: Skulk farm, Doc: Warden farm..

The amount of times I've heard other hermits say "This has to be Joe Hills" is hilarious. Joe definitely has a brand 🤣

Dude this is such a cool farm :)

Tango.. Brings a warden on the surface in a harcore mode.. Is afraid to summon one in normal survival..

Tango don’t forget that you gave Hypno 5 future Decked Out keys (in season 7) for when you finish decked out 2.0.

The sculk can spread across any uncovered, full-block surfaces. This includes things like the bottoms of stair blocks or trap doors. To keep it from spreading, things like glass panes, fences, walls, are your best friends because the sculk can't grow on them OR pass through them.

Honestly, I am most hyped for Tango’s base this season, it’s going to look sick when it’s done

Tango, you need to properly name each of the towers on the Citadel, such as Tower of Lore, Tower of Pain, Tower of Overflowing Toilets - give each tower a name (if not a function, other than looking wicked). Keep up the great work!

player placed shriekers can be good for pranks, they can recieve signals from sensor but dont have the same limits that a naturally generated one has, like the 10 seconds cooldown and the limit of only 1 activated per sensor, so you can make a 5x5x5 cube of shriekers with a sensor on top and when the sensor detect anything all shrikers activate at once making a really loud noise

'I'm supposed to be a redstoner, I'm itching to do some stone redning' would have been such a Tango sentence I was expecting something like this 😂

I feel like the sound of a shrieker going off would be a really good sound for generating clank

You'll still get the darkness and the sound from a manually placed shrieker! Perfect for spooking decked out players!

Love the problem solving always. Don’t ever let Grian know about this machine.

Tango: An enderman farm is almost too easy. Also Tango: *nearly die in the process*

Ilmango did a few videos on skulk during the snapshots and experimented with skulk spread. Might be a good place to start

Tango: I'm basically a noob (in 1.19). Also Tango: *names a Warden and takes him up to surface*

I love how technically advanced Tango’s vocabulary is, “whooa, I need a new flighty thing!”

Watching Tango build in the void is terrifying given his unique ability to fall through any and all 1x1 gaps! :D. Awesome redstone-ificating! Love the farm. And skulk vein looks amazing on ice....might look cool in or on a tower somewhere.

Tango: "I'm basically a noob" Also Tango: *builds an enormous game within a game*

Weird redstone farms are definitely my favorite thing Tango does. Skulk farms are still pretty new so I’m interested to see how the designs develop.

The amount of work Tango did this season is just mind-boggling

Shriekers only activate from player actions, which means they make for good player detectors!

Tango: builds a skulk farm. My 6 year old: Oooh! An Enderman bubble bath!

I must say that you've become an excellent builder. The Nether Hub is a Wonder of the Minecraft World!! 🥳

I haven't tested anything yet, but my instinct is to cover surfaces in trap doors; they work the same as buttons but don't get popped off when the block next to them moves.

HERE WE GOOOOO BABEY Decked Out 2 is coming closer.... oh man, the sculk blocks would be a really cool addition to the Astral Library sky. (could maybe replace a few item frames and help w frames haha)

I know the particles showing up on the blocks has something to do with how it converts blocks into sculk, and when the particles can't pathfind to an area without sculk, it has a chance to spawn the sensors or shriekers. I think that you break up the skulk spawning platform enough that it breaks the connection to the stone blocks that are able to make their way through - if you were to add another ribbon segment to move the sculk away from the spawning platform you shouldn't have any more problems with stone getting through

Nothing brings more pleasure as much as seeing a tango upload 🌸

I'm loving how the castle/citadel looks :D The shapes remind me of the buildings in Oblivion, just in a different color scheme. Definitely nailed the sinister vibe with all the spikey bits!

Tango place the Sculk Catalyst on top of the platform right above your head when you are in the cart. Should still spread with the added benefit of it being further away from the stone gen.

The shrieked could be a good tool for an alarm, or tricking people into thinking a warden will spawn, sensors could be used with that And sculk could be a good money maker?

Idk why, but that "ouch" at 0:29 when Tango flew into the tunnel really made me laugh 😅

I've been playing in the ancient city and the skulk blocks a lot and I know that the sensors can be used for almost wireless redstone functions but to what extent is beyond my capabilities. I know that you can also send the xp bubbling through a chain of the skulk blocks and ilmango did a great video showcasing some new farms for this patch and one was showing how the xp travels through the skulk and it might help with your issues. I also just learned that shriekers also activate when just simply being walked over and even work with a carpet on top as well.

You can still use the Shriekers, maybe! They could alert the named Wardens to your location…

Ilmango did a series a videos on the transition of the skulk charge, and his design process for a similar farm to avoid the issues with it crawling into the mechanics. Highly suggest those. If I remember correctly, the completed version even has a world download you could poke around in to see what he did differently.

You could use the Sculk Shriekers to lead the Warden around within Decked Out. Make it more punishing for if they accidently activate one.

Using a system similar to Doc's (or just his if possible) to get Wardens for decked out would be pretty interesting and spice things up quite a bit.

Man, I can't wait for all the sculk blocks to be used in builds and as decorations, they are just so good! I am so excited for your base this season. Looking at the active farm, sculk with the extra xp bubbles going through it would look so cool in a build! Idk how, but just imagine having walls/a ceiling of skulk that's just alive and animated with those bubbles.

I love seeing new Tango videos pop up on my feed!

Tango, just want you to know that you're on fire this season dude. Videos are great, content is great, pacing is going good as well for the stories you're unfolding on all your pojects. Super sweet watching ya flourish this season.

Can’t wait to see what you do with the sculk! Love your work tango

Amazing farm! I didn’t know it bubbles when death happens. I love how cool the Citadel is looking! Super evil and menacing. It was a fun stream yesterday. I love spontaneous Hermit shenanigans!! I was laughing so much. I needed that.

Tango. The speaking mod you use reacts to the Skulk sensors.

My thinking is that the best way would be to separate the stone geration from the dropshoot, have the endeeman land on a shrieker have the skulk charge follow a one way line of skulk that can be made using skulk blocks and stairs. Ilmango made a lot of explaining of this stuff during snapshots

I love that tango was laughing at how easy the deep dark was- but I’m wondering if doc had already disabled wardens

The farm getting "infected" looks hella cool!

TANGO YOU HAVE MORE DECKED OUTY THINGS TO DO NOW 😆 🤣 😂

Catalysts actually work a bit like hoppers. With the exception, that they only transport XP. If a monster dies near a catalyst, and the surrounding blocks are also catalysts, then the XP, will be transmitted through them like electricity in a wire. And first, once, they touch a block like stone then the stored XP will be released in form of veins and then sculk. Furthermore, you can with either TNT or a Wither similar to a wood farm actually make automatic sculk farms. If you move the XP from the Enderman farm to another location, where you by the very start of the piston push have catalysts, then with clever waterlogging, you can make a system, where TNT can be dispensed but not destroy anything else, than the sculk.

Place a line of trapdoors on the first line of stone as it comes out of the generator

For atmospheric spooky sounds for decked out, you could have chambers hidden in the walls with one silenced chicken that occassionally walks over a shrieker to make them go off

Ilmango used a basalt farm instead and it worked very well, so maybe give that a try? Otherwise he does have some videos on how sculk spreads.

Serious TMX theme vibes when he blew that first goat horn. I love nostalgia:)

After seeing Doc farm the warden as soon as he laid eyes on it, seeing Tango scared is refreshing

"Do I have...?" *checks inventory for fire resistance potion* "I've got the noob juice"

You’re farms never cease to amaze me.

Getting major season 5 base vibes and I'm loving it

I'm so hype to see how you use the skulk, it's such an atmospheric block.

I honestly can't wait to see what the redstoners do now there's sculk sensors to make things wireless.

Tango literally has the best intro and outro music

ilmango made a sculk block farm during the snapshots and was able to come up with a reliable stone generator as well as a way to separate stone from skulk using noteblocks. He explains it all in his video "Nice and Fast Sculk Block Farm" and the stone sorter video "Sculk Block Sorter". His farm design is definitely overkill, but you can just take individual components and put them in your own farm.

For a moment I thought something caused the piston-moved skulk to not drop exp... then I remembered Tango had silk touch

Trick #1 for a skulk farm. Use basalt generators. They don't get jammed and they still convert.

The fact that Thx also can mean thanks is amazing

Love this concept. Straightforward-ish and great execution.

I just love how the hermits instantly recognize Joe's Humor on an instant

IlMango has a great video showing how to use stairs to channel skulk charge (the process of a catalyst converting blocks to skulk)

To turn off the warden from spawning... A Shrieker is prevented from shrieking, while another Shrieker is activated within the last 10 sec. It is a player cooldown, that prevents you from activating two Shriekers at the same time. Normally a machine for this only works on a single player, however, as you on the HS have individual mob spawning rates, then this method will also work for you. Basically, you have a long elevated tube of wool with a Shrieker at the end of it, and with a wool platform underneath it all, carpets are your friend. More specifically it is a 1x9 hollow tube, with a block at both ends. Where you place carpets on top of all the tube. On the 7th block in the tube, you have a Sculk Sensor, and underneath the 9th block in the tube a sticky piston. In the spot of the 9th block, you will then fire off 5 arrows. The piston is then set up to a Redstone clock, that fires off exactly 200 ticks = 10 sec. At the end of it, set up a chunk loader through a nether portal. You can now explore every ancient city on the server. Furthermore, Ancient Cities are the perfect spot for bases. One they have the new portal blocks, for whenever the portal in implemented. And secondly, no hostile mobs can spawn there, no matter the level of darkness. It is actually really fun to implement natural darkness and the shading, that it allows to give off to all of your other blocks. Boom your colour pallettes just exploded.

This skulk farm is INSANE. Epic episode as always, tango! I really enjoy seeing your builds ^^

The way the bat lights up the place is actually pretty satisfying since you can't see the bat too well as well xD

The ender-ender as a sculk farm is actually genius.

Awesome video! Nice to see you experimenting with 1.Nine-tiny! Can't wait to see you build many more farms and builds with the new stuff!

Shriekers are a great player detector since a shulk sensor can be activated by mobs while a shrieker only activates when a player is nearby. This makes player detectors way more consistent.

Tango, you are very inspirational. Your work ethic is unfaltering, your creativity is genius and your ability to have so much sheer joy while doing it is simply admirable.

The first 1.19 episode is episode #19

I know that the base is going to be inspiring in the end. Sculk is the coolest thing in the update and Tango will definitely make the most out of it.

Doing the design on screen instead of building something designed off screen...so much more relatable

Shriekers could be useful under carpets in Decked Out. Walking across them would cause them to shriek, scaring the player and creating the darkness effect temporarily. It might also catch the attention of the wardens and draw them to the player. Maybe even over time, players would learn to avoid certain spots, or you could move them around to bring some new fear and unknown into the game.

I am loving the Hermitcraft mad scientists diving head first into new Minecraft technology. With all of these new weapons available and the server under a new monarch, war seems inevitable.

The base is already looking so cool! I can’t wait to see it finished!

I mean if you're really looking to learn watch a couple of Ilmango's videos. He's done a lot of the scienceing already. Keep up the good work! Episodes are amazing :D

Whatever you do is always so cool.

Shrieker would make for an epic jump scare in decked out.

such a fun idea ! cant wait to see how it all works out !!

You should scatter some sculk blocks around the walls of the astral library because they would look good as tiny stars.

You aren’t a red stoner. You’re the total package man. Those builds you’ve been pumping out are some of the best around.

Love watching the learning process! Definitely an adequate first pass!

As SOON as tango hit that horn, I was like, "hey, is that the THX sound?" X'D

Tango-not-a-builder is killin' it with his base.

Tango, I build a similar set up on my world. But I used multiple stone generators to build a three walled plus floor setup under a normal mob farm. I knew you’d make it so much better. I’ve been waiting for this video since 1.19 came out! My only advice would be to block off the catalysts from you accidentally breaking them. Love it!

Love how wholesome the hermits are. 😭

You could always ask Ecks-eye-zee-oo-mah-void and/or Mumbo Jumbolio for advice; they made some crazy redstone contraptions back when 1.19 was still in snapshot.

So in the warden stream you mentioned there were two ways to handle him for decked out: 1) Use shriekers to summon the warden. Or 2) Use a nametagged warden. Why not use both? Have one permanent warden with a silly name roaming the halls; and then summon reinforcement wardens if the player is too loud. You could use a sculk sensor chain from decked out to the closest natural shrieker to summon a 2nd (or 3rd etc) warden. Then all you need is a water stream to get the reinforcement warden to decked out. Also are you going to leave eggs in decked out so that players can spawn in a chicken to distract the warden? That just seems like a fun mechanic. Love how your base is coming along btw.

Added bonus of having a ton of sculk for building is that any time you need to repair your tools or elytra you have a supply of XP right there!

19:00 always reminds me of the THX sound

Finally 1.19 is here! Love the videos!

20:00 Anyone else think Scar looked like he was in his red life skin for the Double Life series...?

Pixlriffs had a great sculk farm video, Tango.

Did great with as little experience with the blocks as you have! Keep up the great content!

Ilmango did a great video on I think catalysts being the best portable xp storage in the game.