Etho Plays Minecraft - Episode 568: 1.19 Wild Update 

Just sat down with a hot cup of tea! I know what I'm watching for the next forty minutes :-)

that is a prettystone approved mud making place! proud of you

"We want a reason to come here, when sandy city is done." I presume that would be around the same time that the man cave gets finished

Etho the redstone expert looking at those simple redstone "tutorials" with great interest was something I didn't know I needed.

Honestly, nothing brings a smile to my face faster than seeing that Etho had uploaded

23:46 Might be a good idea to put a "Harvest Me!" sign on that clay pile. You know, just as a reminder ... ;)

everytime etho walks through "the door" i get excited, completely forgetting that he already has a completed build behind it

The Deep Dark City portal, I like a theory that the people of the city were trying to escape to another dimension like the people who built the stronghold, but when they opened the portal, the other dimension was the skulk dimension and it leaked out and destroyed the city. It kinda fits as the story of the new music disc.

“I don’t know anything about 1.19” Proceeds to give us an in depth look at the features in the update

"When we needed him the most, he returned"

Using chest boats for 8x or 9x hopperspeed output was quite a good catch, I'm sure the technical community brainstorming applications.

for the new "portal" I think they are doing the Notch strategy of tweeting "I'm thinking of adding a new hostile mob to the game" which lead to the community brainstorming ideas that lead to the enderman.

8:03 "There's this really neat section..." *flies towards extremely tall amplified section as it renders in just to 180 and talk about something else*

About the hardcore series, Etho also currently has four series going: his world, his hermitcraft, his modded, and his double life. Double life is a limited series of course, but if he added another series on top of his three "regular" series that'd be a big division of his attention.

Etho, I love that you still use the same intro / outro clip that you've been using for years. Its simple, never gets old, and kind of nostalgic for me. Its really nice to see a minecraft youtuber whose personality and video style hasn't changed much at all despite all the changes the world outside goes through.

2:22 The roots also seem to have a new model type. Leaves and whatnot are just six faces with transparency, but these roots have some inner structure too - looks like a couple more faces in there.

You probably won’t need it, but if you surround a compass with those shards you get a Respawn compass….might be called something else, but it’s for finding your stuff after you die. It points to the coordinates where you died so you can find your stuff before it despawns , hopefully. That’s the reason for the compasses in the chests.

The warden was so terrifying on Double Life. It’s really no match for a late game player. But that’s true of the ender dragon, wither, raids, etc. It’s hard to balance bosses in a sandbox. Perhaps if the Wither had a gravity effect to that cancelled Elytra, it would be harder to cheese.

Here is my theory for that portal structure First, the portal is definitely of a larger size compared to the other portals in the game. The portal must lead to something large. Second, the portal is located in a dark, scary area, perfect for monsters. The portal must also have to do with a monster. Lastly, the portal is indestructible. No ordinary person can overcome the contents of the portal. Keeping these points in mind, the portal must lead to only one thing... It is a portal to your mom’s house.

"Those aren't rare anymore" -Etho after pulling five notch apples in one city

Ah how I've missed color theory with Etho 🤣

"Let's make an in-game tutorial for redstone, so that new players can learn it organically!" "Oh, cool! Neat idea! Where can they find it?" *"The Deep Dark."*

I love all the hermits, but its a different type of happy when I see you uploaded a new video man. Im 32 years old, discovered you way back when my son got into minecraft in 2014, and can honestly say youre one of my favorite youtubers / humans on the internet ever. Thank you for years of entertainment Etho.

I really love the sound design of the warden, chills to my spine everytime.

12:16 Once Sandy City is done he says.... Etho never seems to run out of jokes :')

You've come a long way since refusing to harvest that clay etho.

Personal theory: I honestly believe that 1.20 is going to be a skulk dimension with a boss in it OR a stand alone boss fight. The new 5 disk at the end of the disc has the sound of a portal lighting the person stepping through and then a MONSTOROUS roar from nothing in the game yet, then out of abruptness the disk ends. The warden, IF you can beat it, drops a skulk catalyst upon death, which to me sounds like a place holder item, which going back to the 5 disk we hear the person encounter a warden before the ending and either outruns it or somehow kills it. If its not a new dimension, it'll be a boss that comes through the portal once lit, either only a section that can fit through (as I imagine the boss being huge, kinda like the destroyer from borderlands) or a boss that'll roam around the deep dark. The warden is clearly protecting something, hence the name. But, I also feel as though it protecting Us from whatever is in the portal since it is summoned by the shriekers and if you already have him activated and another shrieker he'll instantly spawn at the shriker you just activated, trying to heed your progress of lighting the portal. (Etho: If you want to sue this, feel free to shorten it to whatever you want, but I feel as thought this theory has some strong foundation)

something i love alot about this series is that i can just watch 1 episode randomly without needing to watch all the episode

At 8:05, The caved in section of the mangrove biome looks like the jungle biome from Terraria (with all the mud blocks and stuff)

I agree with you Etho, I don't really think hardcore adds anything to a normal series. For me, it's actually the opposite, I generally like to see the world evolve over time (like your world has for years), so knowing that it's going to end suddenly make it seem pointless.

that packed mud is exactly what you asked for a few episodes ago, you asked for brown sandstone and its pretty close! you could use that for the walls on sandy city?

This is my first Etho video, and needless to say I am definitely sticking around for more. That mud build left me flabbergasted- so simple, yet beautiful in a way. It feels incredibly unique

The pure excitement in Ehtos voice when finally getting the book gave me so much joy!

Watching him work through the logic and implications of an update is so satisfying. It’s like a scientific process.

Etho now has a new ultimate move..... Sneaky E Bridge Sliding! Personally I hope if Mojang does do something with the Portal frame, then they make it like a new Boss Raid event. Bosses would either have to have a swarm of mobs to distract spawned Wardens and/or have extremely high health to take being attacked by multiple Wardens & players. Would also play into the idea that the Warden wasn't in the Ancient City to keep trespasser's out, but to keep whatever is on the other side from coming in.

It's crazy how many years some of us have watch your let's play and videos. many of us dosn't even play minecraft anymore and I havn't for a good few years. I'm 27 years old now and I'm still looking foward to your videos. I have been watching your videos for over 10YEARS.... It is crazy how time flies. Thank you for everything.

I think the portal in the ancient city is actually the bezel of a giant flat screen TV.

Etho you are the greatest youtuber to ever live. I’ve been watching over a decade. You got me through some hard times. Thanks.

Finally! Someone actually went to find interesting stuff in this update instead of fiddling with the frogs. And what a huge load of info in this one. You made the update so much more exciting for me. Thank you!

Oh that’s cool, we get to see Etho use the redstone testing room that he built some time ago. Putting that room to good use with 3 test farms

Honestly it's crazy that there used to be llamas walking around sandy city. I have always wondered how he got those llamas to walk around in sandy city.

I think the structure at the center of the ancient city is definitely a portal (to what I don't know but hopefully a new dimension). At first I was a bit hesitant at the theory but as time went on and more and more evidence kept being added like Music disc five i've become more confident that it is a portal. Plus the timing works out fantastically. 1.20 is the next update and personally I feel like 20 updates is a really big milestone that should be properly celebrated and what better way to celebrate it than with a brand new dimension to explore?

Deep dark city portal theory; through the mouth of the warden is a skulk cave with twists and dives like cave generations. The only material is skulk with sensors and screamers abound. Endless wardens guard the true treasure of the deep. Where water generates in a regular cave the strange fuzzy cloud fills parts of the skulk world. Like powder snow it can be picked and placed with a bucket. A strange thing happened to such an item found in a quiet still place when music is played.

I realized that I’ve been watching you for years and years now…. Since the days of chocolate island I’ve been watching your content before I graduated university… before I started my career… before a purchased my first home and before I started my family Time flies and I really have to express how I am grateful for the DECADE of entertainment you have provided all of us. Thank you, Etho

The highlight for me of this is etho visits an ancient city first imporession: "Where's all the blue stuff?! I was promised blue stuff?!" etho, after sucesfully spawning a warden: "ohhh, he's making a smell for it."

Just took speedbridging to a whole new level! Really happy you seem to be having more time for yourself now. Thanks for the amazing content as always, Etho.

37:00 man the decked out 2 foreshadowing of etho taunting the wardens is hilarious

For the portal, I definitely think it isn’t a new dimension as the creators said they didn’t want to add any new dimensions anytime soon before really fleshing out the already existing ones. I personally think the portal is more lore based instead of being actually functional.

This brought me back to the old days when every new patch came out and you’d spend most of the episode testing out the new features. Loved the episode as always!

My girlfriend of five years left me last night. Looking back on it, I realize things had not been perfect for some time, but she just broke up with me suddenly. Never said anything was wrong, just told me that she didn’t love me anymore and had to leave. Anyway I am very surprised and heartbroken, but I am glad to have Etho who is like a longtime friend. Your videos are the only thing I can really keep concentrated on right now. Thank you for doing what you do.

The deep dark is coming out of the "portal" so what I would hope is some new endgame world you can teleport to. Someplace actually dangerous. It all seems to line up. They gave us wings so you can get around easier/fly through the portal. We got upgraded armor and weapons with the netherite. Now we got super speed boots and a whole teaching you how to sneak/showing you why it's important. I'm like 50% sure we'll get a new dimension in 1.20 or 1.21...

Hey Etho, this comment is completely tangent from the video. But I’ve been watching you since before I was out of middle school. I graduated High school with you, buried both of my parents with you, and soon will be graduating from college with you. When I didn’t know what to do, you were there. When I didn’t know how to adult, you came through. You have been the most consistent thing in my life for over a decade. I just want to say thank you.

I think of all the games I’ve played, Terraria has nailed how gui’s work. Being able to interact with the world with items in your inventory is an excellent format

The Sculk catalyst spreads Sculk around it (similar to how moss works) whenever an entity dies near it.

Everytime Etho shows in my notifications my entire day gets a million times better

I like how the first 1.19 thing etho did was play with mud, a feature most don’t care about but he does simply because it’s a pretty block

Great Video, Etho i just wanted to mention there was a weird audio sound at 2:53. hopefully nothing is broken!

Needed this. Etho always posting when needed

when I found out initially that sculk sensors had redstone functions, I immediately thought of Etho toying with them, didn’t get to see him do so but I know I will soon!

"Do we still have invisible beds around here?" I love how wacky and odd this world has become after all of these years. The longer etho keeps this world going, the more like a mad scientist lab it becomes.its fascinating, who ever thought after all of these years this simple let's play would advance and warp so much. It's also hilarious to me how ethos voice has changed over time just like the series, he started out timid, calm, collected and slightly deeper. After spending all these years with his wild experiments in this wacky world his voice has become more expressive, nerdy, confident and full of personality. Thank you for all of the time you have put in to this project etho, and thank you all of the viewers for keeping this going

My honest opinion is that they are leaving the deep dark "portal" as an open-ended thing so that if they want to they can go back and add to it later. However, lore wise it seems that it is similar to the end city in the sense that it is a now-abandoned structure with no clear sign of its original owner, now infested with some dangerous creatures. If they do make it into a portal, they would definitely make it different to the existing dimensions as the nether is the incredibly hostile dimension, and the end is supposed to feel alien and strange. It would be interesting if it was a portal to a "peaceful" dimension, with new non-hostile NPCs. It would be interesting to hear your opinions of the "lore" of Minecraft, as I think that everything they add has the same "feel" as all of the previous Minecraft content, even if it is something completely new and different.

WOO 1.19 ETHO LETS GOO so excited to see etho play with sculk sensors

12:13 -- Random Thought from a very old viewer! I think you should grow at least one large mangrove tree near Sandy City for added contrast and wow factor. I felt a disturbance in the Von Sway.

Love the longer episodes Etho, thank you. I brought snacks!

Only Etho can make 26 minutes of content out of mud Maybe Primitive Technology too but you get my point lol

I have 2 theories about the “portal” in the deep dark. the first is that the its going to open a new plane of the overworld, giving you access to hidden stuff in your world, and the second is that it’s a magical machine, giving you access to over-enchant your gear, or maybe they’ll make it the way to get mending because mending is really op.

The reason your Ancient City doesn't have as much skulk as usual is because something near it's bounding box has been generated before. In your case, the game sees the old bedrock level above. For some reason this prevents skulk from generating on the walls, floors, and ceiling nearby.

I prefer extra constraints when playing Hardcore. Like a “nomadic” ruleset, where you can only use your inventory and one chest. Or you aren’t allowed to sleep the night away. Minor changes that make the game more interesting in addition to the hardcore aspect.

Feel like they need to buff the wardens ability to chase people when they are making sounds. and nerf his ability to find people when not making sounds.. Also really hope there's a new dimension coming, maybe the "Warden" name is a hint? Some kind of prison dimension

Was rewatching Project Ozone because I needed my Etho fix and then this popped up! Good stuff, good stuff as Etho often says!

If you look at the other two potals the Nether portal is made of obsidian and fire. The end portal is made of the end frames and eyes of ender which are made of ender pearls and blaze powder. The both have heat and hard blocks. The fire (obviously) and the blaze powder made from a mob that actually shoots fire and swims in lava. The end portal even spawns over lava. So the frame in the ancient city is almost definitely a portal. With the soul fire and the reinforced deepslate. So I think they're either going to add a sorta skull raid like Etho suggested, or add a scult dimension. My issue with the raid is how would mojang do it with keeping to minecrafts style. They could spawn a bunch if mobs but that wouldn't be that new 100 skeletons are hard starting out but tedious with a shield. So I think it's going to be a skull dimension. Maybe like a corrupt overworld, like minecrafts upside down from stranger things. It's gonna have enderman, the aley (not sure how to spell that), a few new scult mobs, wardens and then a new boss. I think that the warden is actually only gonna end up a strong starter boss for the dimension. Like they sent him out as a general to form colonies or something. I believe they're going to add this in 1.20 since it's probably gonna be an event it makes sense for them to add something big. Also I believe in the files or one of the update features lists it as a portal. What do you guys think is going to be in the dimension, and what do you want? (Anyway sorry for the long comment if somehow Etho reads this it'll make my year, I've been watching since the early 100s and have never stopped watching. I hope you have a great day, bye bye.)

I love the detail of the mud moulds and having everything next to the wheat fields! It adds a lot to how realistic the build is, really cool idea!

40:46 that pathway is by far one of my favourite areas you have built. I love the overgrown nature style, I cant wait till I play minecraft again as I'm definitely going to build a path like that somewhere in my world. glad to see you coming back Ergo, I'm always happy to see a new video just because I know I will spend the next half an hour relaxing and not dyeing in tarkov.

Nothing can make my day more than an Etho video, especially a Let’s Play :D

Just caught up from ep 545 to here after not having watched Etho for a lot of years! Honestly, I enjoyed watching just as much as when I first subscribed back in 2013-ish? And honestly stoked that the intro/outro scenes are still the same! I can understand why people are asking about new singleplayer worlds, since the singleplayer has always been what content I enjoyed most, and the gameplay of the season 2 world has shifted so drastically, now that it's in something like a post-post-game content loop. I'd definitely enjoy a new side-series in vanilla MC to see Etho in the early game again! But I also understand why not putting himself into a position to redo a lot of the same or similar farms and concepts is on the mind. Ultimately though, I'm glad Etho is still enjoying the game, and I think that really shows through in the videos! I think that's the priority, over what content I or others miss or want to see. Much love everyone!

Etho be like a hardcore series is just like a normal series to me just because the fear of losing my old world is always real anyway

There definitely should've been more sculk in your deep dark, It must've been a generation glitch.

The giggle and amazement after experiencing the Swift Sneak enchantment put the hugest smile on my face. 😁 Thanks for all you do Etho!

An idea for the mud workshop, you could make a mini water wheel to “power” the workshop. Loved the video!

I really appreciate how Etho shows his approach discovering new things about blocks! It reminds me to hold off on googling immediately and to just test things out. :)

One of my favorite things is when Etho reviews the buildability of the new blocks, like what they go well with and stuff.

Etho!! Seeing the upload notification always puts a big smile on my face, I’ve been loving the content lately :D

This is actually my first time watching Etho, and I was really intimidated where to start since this series is very long, though I have decided to join the journey from the latest episode and onwards!

This is 100% minecraft content. Love your old school style.

Honestly it would be pretty cool to see Etho dust off the twitch channel and stream a hardcore series.

Been watching over 10 years, thank you for everything! Used to watch all the way in elementary school and now im going into medical school next year. Somethings never change, will always be watching Etho

watching this while a storm rolls over, the happiest i’ve been in weeks. so grateful to see a new episode of the let’s play. thanks, etho!

Can we just appreciate that Etho's uploads are getting to be more and more consistently on RU-vid's Top 100 Trending for Gaming list these days?

It still amazes me how long this series has been going for. I believe I was 17 when I started watching and now I’m 27 😂👏🏼 thank you for all the content you have put out through the years Etho! There were many MANY times that they were the only thing I looked forward to when I was going through hard times

I have a cat on my lap and Etho just uploaded. Perfect timing.

It is really nice that Minecraft updates add features that are wanted from mods and also not found in mods

I love these kind of update videos where Etho plays around with the new features. I love the mud making area. Looking forward to seeing how you'll use the mud bricks in builds!

every time etho uploads my day gets 10 times better

Betcha the ancient city frame is going to be activated in the next Live when they use an in game component. Could be as mundane as a means of watching Live in game or as cool as another dimension. (I'm gonna err on the side of the mundane, since I dont want to be disappointed.)

Everytime there’s an update I’m always so excited to see you explore it. I love seeing you test out and experiment with the new features :) Great episode Etho!

I really hope the structure in the ancient city is a portal to something like the "deep dark" or "underdark" dimension from Extra Utilities

I’m glad you ended up sticking with the amplified terrain, it looks so cool

This series is amazing, Etho your commitment is astounding!

Love seeing the exploration of the new features. I love the discovery process and even the little details are interesting!

So much fun watching this while its pouring hard rain outside. Awesome episode as always!