Hermitcraft 10: Episode 16 - THE FOREST 

Thank you all for your lovely messages about my recent building episodes. I am now home from my climbing trip so will be back to more regular Hermitcraft episodes - cool to hear how many of you are boulderers too! 🪨

I just realized, that since the permit office is only open 1 day a week, 3 business days is actually 3 weeks.

Now if the Permit Office calls your iron shop a pop-up shop, you can act offended as if they've insulted your building skills.

20:20 Cub’s death message (being blown up) as the firework salesperson, and then immediately typing “no regrets” is the funniest thing I’ve seen

16:03 That binary code that being translate to "I MISS MY DAD" really hit me.

Mumbo has to be the most grass-touching minecraft youtuber out there

Mumbo: Builds a base where you have to die to get in Also Mumbo: “I absolutely *CANNOT* lose these 300 levels!”

New backstory idea! Remove some of the trees and make them as cut down ones and build a crane in front of willys picking up a tree and transporting it to his shop!

Use galvanized square steel, some screws you borrowed from your aunt and eco friendly wood veneers to expand your apartment.

I find it so funny that, in both the short and long term, every interaction between Mumbo and Iskall always comes down to "I'm going to add something until he notices"

Grian trying to maintain order and mumbo verbally rebelling against the rules is frying my brain right now…

"Custom trees" and "terraforming" are two phrases I never thought mumbo would utter. You are doing great with the builds this season. Excited to see what you plan to do later in the season.

15:34 after working for 342years Little Mumbo finally gained 32 diamonds enough to buy an apartment only to find out it is only 6x6 blocks wide, using galvanized square steel extend the room by 1 block using bolts borrowed from aunt then cover it with Eco Friendly Wood veneers durable for 1,000 years

One thing you might want to consider Mumbo is that most trees actually have quite a lot of air in them. If you look at Bdubs's forest, you'll see that his trees aren't filled in completely with leaves, but have pockets of air. That may help to keep your forest looking a bit more leafy and realistic.

Mumbo is truly a MASTER negotiator. First he almost makes Grian give up ALL his permits and his mending book, and then he gets a mortgage down from 315 diamonds to 32!

The forest looks really good! Some tips that may help improve the busy-ness you mentioned: -Leave some gaps in the leaves so that the trunks are more visible through the leaves -Place fewer leaves and leave air gaps as much as possible so that the canopy doesn't look as solid -Use azalea leaves towards the top of the tree and mangrove towards to bottom to get a gradient effect which also looks like sunlight hitting the tops of the trees. Also, mixing in additional leaf types to make this gradient transition even smoother Again, I think the forest looks really good and I'm so happy you went for the grey trunks. Great job!

I live close to the Fontainebleau forest, and I used to go climbing there when I was a child. To be honest, even though it's not a perfect imitation, I can feel how that forest inspired you. The trees, the sand and boulders and everything. Plus your build looks really cool! Maybe just a tiny bit too much moss on the rocks. PS: I've been watching your videos for several years now, and every single one of them gave me so much inspiration...

Mumbo, you can pull a Pearl and change some leaves to colored glass (it makes the leaves less busy and airs them out)

20:25 Cubfan was blown up by Cubfan Cubfan: no regrets

I feel asleep watching your video last night (not because it was boring, I was tired) and I woke to the muffled sound of mumbo jumbo talking about bombs. It kept playing, and I spent about 10 minutes digging around my bed and sheets and pillows trying to find the source. Turns out, my phone had fallen into a crack between my bed and wall, where it somehow managed to get under my mattress sheet while I was sleeping. This was one of the most unnerving experiences of my life and now I have dreams of mumbo jumbo hiding in my bed

It's kinda funny to me that you took inspiration from a forest with mostly european red pine and then made trees that have a leaf crown (actually needles for both trees) looking much more like a european spruce 😄 Not saying the trees look bad, just amused. Also the reason the canopy is so flat and the trees so knobbly is the fact the pine are acclimated to very arid terrain. Remember all that sand? And so they're very economical with how they grow. They shed all but the branches that can have needles in direct sunlight so they have maximum photosynthesis with minimum evaporation. This can result in some really funny stuff though. I've seen a pine that had a "branch" as thick as a small tree growing to the side at a 90 degree angle for a few metres because there happened to be a hole in the canopy of the small copse of trees it was growing in.

If the iron pile counts as a popup shop then you just need to make it needlessly big Take a page out of scar's book

Love the trees! I think using a mix of podzol, rooted dirt and path blocks for the forest floor could help make the ground look very distinct from the trees, and make the mossy stuff you proposed for rocks and stones pop out even more. But carry on your artistic visions for your area have all come out so well so you don’t need any advice from us. We are all chuffed to bits that you are enjoying all this building progress as much as we are!

17:36 Mumbo really needs galvanized square steel and eco friendly wood veneers

Mumbo needs some galvanised steel and some eco friendly wood veneers for his new 1 block apartment.

Gotta hand it to Iskall. Not only does he make heaps and heaps of diamonds off a stupid joke somehow, he also now has his customers build the aprtments for him!

Mumbo your builds have been so insanely good these past few episodes. The details, the drawings, even just your energy while building has been amazing. You should be extremely proud of yourself man (Edit: the photos are also bangers)

5:00 chapter tree lmao

This forest was brought to you by the deaths of BbubbleO (the second) and Flapper 14 (Scar’s dolphins)

20:03 honestly "boulders & bits" would be a great name for your stone storage shop

Mumbo! The "hole" you were talking about at the bank of the river lends itself much better as a natural place where a river would flow. Also to break up the environment and compliment the scenery you could build a small wooden bridge over it (maybe rich in details)

Thanks for the shoutout at 20:39! Did a proper double-take.

Just graduated with a degree in forestry. I approve of the trees. The reason why Scotts pine tends to only have leaves on the top is because they self prune so that they can put there energy into growing taller to outcompete other trees in the area.

The "Hole Thing" at 8:08 would make a great place for the water to come down to. It already looks like it has had some erosion from flowing water.❤

10:02 You can farm them by using bonemeal on moss blocks (random chance of a few items).

You can bonemeal the moss blocks themselves, and when they spread they can create the azalea saplings. Easy renewablity!

This video is brought to you by 2 dead dolphins

i audibly gasped when i saw that tree design in creative. i’m taken back to s7 when you went to scar for help with building a tree and it’s just incredible to see how much you’ve improved since then. it’s been said so many times but i’ll say it again, seeing your building improve over the episodes and seeing you share the process has just been so much fun. it’s so amazing to see the development of the “mumbo style” and how it changed from older hermitcraft bases that were very symmetrical to trees like this that are just so organic and natural and the usage of gradients is just so incredible. i cannot wait to see what you do next ❤

It’s a bold man that sets out to build a forest after Bdubs has done so. Looks fantastic so far Mumbo!

One of my favourite things about your season 8 base was you showing your real world inspiration for it. I am delighted to see you doing it again, and to see you incorporate other mediums of art into your base with your storage builds. I already admired you as an artist before, but seeing you have the bravery to experimenting with your craft makes me do so even more

Mumbo has gone from the Redstone king to my favorite builder on the Hermitcraft server, even from the thumbnail that forest looks epic!

Mumbo is the only youtuber that can fill a 20-minute episode building a dozen trees and I love it

i love the new approach you are taking with your episodes this season. you have branched out of your comfort zone and have been creating some beautiful builds

i love how mumbo was explaining his build and cub just explodes in the background 20:20

"Am I the only business owner ever who is excited when their shop is not sold out?" Bernard Black: Manny, hold my wine

The trees are actually marvellous! I absolutely love the color palette, the details and how warm they look!

i love how bdubs builds a forest and inspires a bunch of other hermits to start building trees as well

Pearl’s beach gradients would look beautiful as the forest floor. It’d contrast nicely with the lush trees while still having that warm feel

Hearing how happy mumbo is with his builds this season has got to be my favorite part of this season

I'm so proud of you, Mumbo!!! It's so fun to see you go out of your comfort zone while doing these trees ☺️✨️ THEY LOOK SO GOOD!!!! I had so much fun watching your thinking and building process!!

the progress is mumbo's building over the past few seasons has been insane

"Try not to die for as long as i possibly can" We'll see

Mumbo: *goes to stock up his shops* Skizz: *slaps Mumbo with permit violations--but somehow misses the glow item frame absence* Mumbo: *fixes the errors in both of his shops, and even attempts to side-step Grian's pop-up shop purge*

Mumbo, every episode you amaze me by going outside your comfort zone, doing the building, and it all looks amazing. I know it stresses you out, but you have come a long way from your mountain armchair build, and that wasnt too long ago (season 8 i think). You have made incredible progress. Keep up the good work, but dont stress out. Believe in yourself.

Mumbo, you should make the ground under the trees out of sand, make the boulders out of granite + terracotta, and use packed mud around the boulders to transition to the sand! I think that could look really nice with the trees, and hopefully add some more contrast with the cliffside. :D

17:50 mumbo is expanding his apartment with GALVANIZED SQUARE STEEL NOO WAYYY

Fun fact about the trees with bark around the base and nothing at the top. In Australia we have similar trees called half butt eucalyptus, and they have thick bark around the base of the tree primarily to protect from fire. Once the tree gets to a certain height there is no more need for fire protection, so they’re able to put more energy into growing. I’d wager a similar cause for why there’s no leaves until you reach the top of the tree. They likely put all of their energy to growing with their leaves at the tops of the canopy that way they have the best access to sunlight in tight knit forests.

Man those trees are looking real chuffly Mumbo

Omg, Mumbo is a climber! Climbers represent!!!

I am pleased to see that you appreciated our magnificient city (and castle) of Fontainebleau

You probably should add a depot to refill the gold minecart when it returns inside the mountain, 1 chest's worth of stock will go very quickly

"This is the most facade-y facade I have ever seen" is impressive and scary to hear from somebody that has been a neighbor to Grian so many times

Hey Mumbo. This last month and a bit I have been itching to play Minecraft again thanks to you. I got a server, organised a few of my friends to play and set up a date for server launch. I prepared a small server event and even just a nice landing area for everyone. After about 2 weeks of planning and effort in between my normal job, everyone suddenly had excuses. I spent the day playing alone and just thought about how lucky you are to have a group like the hermits. I know you probably know. I really just want to say thank you though, because after a really disapointing day, I just watched a bit of your Hermitcraft videos and I felt better. You change many lives. Thanks for who you are. We love you

I think to totally finish the trees you need to add sea pickles, I've heard gem loves when people buy them from her

As an American rock climber, gotta say, I'm super jelly of your trip! I hope it was truly fantastic.

Having been around since s6, it's wild how much mumbo has evolved as a builder Love to see

This episode was brought to you by two dead dolphins. RIP Bbubble0 en Flipper14

Have a minecart deliver iron and one deliver gold. Two shops in one. Thanks for being mumbo-jumbo 😂

Here's what I'm thinking: Firstly, I think if you would leave a few open patches you could male space for the boulders, and secondly, I think it would be nice if you change the ground to mostly sand gravel and coarse dirt, and than a little bit of grass that would make it feel more like a forest you would find in fontainebleau.

As someone studying environmental sciences and seeing you talk about the Scots pine was amazing! I thoroughly enjoyed your description and was tempted to send it to my prof, you did a great job with the bark changes and the branches that the tree self prunes

I love the fact that you are actually really trying really hard to build good stuff, and it does look good! I mean, 3 years ago you would NOT spend this much effort into building. I love it!

I was just hit with some of the best nostalgia listening to the ProleteR April Showers introduction and then the Mumbo notification pops up

Mumbo slowly changes minecraft playstyles. Its amazing how good he is at everything

Mumbo could be in the middle of antartica and would still make a hermitcraft episode. gotta respect the dedication honestly.

I'm feel like a proud parent, Mumbo is a proper builder now, those trees look amazing

first tango then scar and now mumbo? what a day

I really like seeing you "branch out" into making trees and other more organic items! I had a thought about the transitions from tuff to jungle wood: maybe some silk touched iron or even copper ore might look good?

Bdubs will probably proud of your little forest.

The way the leaves are placed makes it look like sunshine hitting them.

I think it would be great if mumbo had a massive tree in the center of his town when he finishes because I personally would like to see what a giant circle top on a tree looks like in Minecraft.

I like that boulder. That's a nice boulder.

Going rock climbing with Mumbo would be such a dream come true lmao. Maybe someday if I ever win American Ninja Warrior

What is so fun for me about him describing the Scott trees is I was staring directly at One while he was describing how the bark and the leaves look and I was like yeah he’s right. That is what is happening.

8:26 You should just size up the statue and make a Statue of Liberty but with Mumbo

I love how the "high definition general doodle capture device" isn't even used for referencing off doodle images.

"chapter tree" well done mumbo. You have truly outdone yourself 👏👏 (keep up the good music with the heavy bass clarinet)

As someone who studies geography, little hole thing is a perfectly apt description.

R.I.P. to Scar's dolphins

For the trees, ive found that using walls as the main tree bit looks quite good!

When you build Mumbo, think less, feel more. you will see that feeling a build improves it dramatically.

The forest is looking amazing! Can't wait to see other Hermit's reactions to walking through it!

Honestly, Mumbo is such an inspiration to me creative wise. Whenever he shows his creative process, it really motivates me to better my artwork. His photography has always been beautiful, but by putting so much love into his builds these past few seasons (even just months) has shown his style. Keep up the amazing work!!

Starting the episode in the nether with over 300 levels is nerve wracking

Mumbo, you cannot say that you're not a builder anymore, sorry to say but its sooooo good, youve grown so much and im excited to see where it goes and how much youll still grow from here, youre amazin'.

I think the main reason the trees don't look 100% realistic might be that real life forests are often realy dark, and it would be really cool if you could simulate that in minecraft, by actually making the ground just beneath the trees a darker coulor.

I love how he made a base that he has to die to get into, then went and got 327 levels.

I really like the random-ish pattern of the tree leaves! The lighter ones on top make them look like they're lit by the sun!

Cub totally stole my attention around minute 20 when he blew up himself. :D You're doing great Mumbo. I think there may be too many trees but you are definitely on the way to a beautiful work of art this season. Thank you.

Love the trees Mumbo! I've also been loving how much you're stretching your creativity this year, it's awesome! Your reference photos are beautiful as well, and I look forward to seeing the forest floor, it's going to be amazing! For your trees, you could consider asking for pointers from Pearl, Gem or Bdubs as I'm sure they'd love to give you suggestions if you want them. Also if you want to mess with Gem a bit, you can join Pearl in buying out her sea pickles shop to put them in trees as small branch details.

18:57- I've never seen trees