How I Restored The Ancient City In Minecraft! 

You mentioned something I love: The idea of the people spending the last weeks of their life ripping up carpets to mask their footsteps from the warden, sneaking around trying to scavenge what they can. I love it so much

I think the “social area” that was covered in wool might have been a tent built by new explorers while exploring the ruined city

If anything, this makes the ancient city even more haunting, seeing how nice it looked and how fallen it is now

It’s crazy to see the transformations how the city was almost unrecogniseable because of the sculk, it’s actually really creepy how powerful the sculk is

Can you imagine a mod with a rare chance of coming across a non ruined city like this?? Maybe not villagers down there, but some sort of inhabitants? 😍 I'm in love. Great build!!

the reason why ancient cities spawn close together, is because they mainly spawn under the 1.18 mountain biomes so you often find them bunched up under mountains. thx for all the likes 😊

Okay now hold on, the social space at 9:20 is so cool with all the wool around it... granted before the skulk they wouldn't have had the wool but after the skulk came they incased the area so they had a safe space to speak freely. Which is just such an amazing in universe detail to me.

I have a theory: what if the roofs were mostly flat to purposely collect water for drinking? Any additional source of water is great for survival.

The ice box rooms kept meat frozen, they were used back in the day before freezers were a thing, can still find them in european ruins, you would put a decent amount of ice in there and due to to the design of the building and the vent sysem the cold air would cycle, thus keeping everything cold - to prevent rotting meat etc.

the wooden watch towers and "social spaces" with the campfires were presumably from the pillagers that explored the cities after they were abandoned, that is why you can see similarities and how the pillagers got special items like the totem of undying etc., they looted them from the ancient cities.

Before refrigerators, all of the ice was stored in a giant insulated cellar. They collected the ice in the winter, and used it throughout summer. If you needed ice for anything you just hopped down to the ice cellar.

This is probably the best depiction of what the ancient cities would've looked like in their glory days. It really contrasts well and instead of the ruined hell that it once was has now been transformed and reinstated into this beautiful masterpiece. I definitely would use it as a living base because of its bright contrast and ease of accessibility. You nailed the center part of the city! Love the portal illusion and the way you managed to make this transformation possible!

What if the wardens were the guardians of the ancient cities but got corrupted as the sculk invaded it? They could've been a sort of golem!

You're the first one I see that actually restore this instead of transform it into something more creepy. I really like how it looks tbh.

I personally imagined that the ancient city bricks and structures were lighter in color and it became darker with time, moisture and stuff. But this is just another level, it looks so amazing!

I always felt like the Ancient Cities were populated by Dwarves before getting overrun with Sculk

the icebox was probably like a food storage place, and i can't help but notice you added magma blocks into the larger pool of the spa, which is based on a roman bath and the larger pool would be cool, or room temperature, rather than hot!

Beautiful work! I giggled thinking about maybe the “mysterious ruins” were places like a post office and DMV.

I love your style here. You took the ancient city the way it seemed to be intended to look, and added your own spin on it without going over the top. I love watching you and your friends doing those multiplayer games too!

When I found that place I was in awe, and fixed it up with every piece and claimed it my home on my creative world. This was awesome and I even put golems, villagers and allys even my statues down there, I loved it

I appreciate the practical design of this place like adding farms, access to water, etc. It really feels like a real city now, and the terraforming does a great job of showing it all off 👍

you have a great eye for design! i love how you considered the function of everything you added, it makes the city feel lived in

I like how the blocks, lighting and greenery turn the ruins from cold and desolate to actually a very nice place to live.

8:20 🔥🌲⬅️👀

An ice-box makes the most sense as a place to store food, like a big freezer

String should work for limiting the glow berries growth just place it on the bottom or down as far as you want it to grow and it should stop growing when it hits the string

The portal, the Warden, the Ancient City, the uninhabitance. Here’s my lore to all of this. The Ancient City was built by people, being my guess I’d say the Ancient Builders were the ones that built it and when they designed the portal it released the skulk which brought the Warden into the world. The Warden was too overwhelming for the ancient builders and murdered all of them. Or so would be thought, as generations go on time and time some of the original ancient builders could have escaped. So they went and searched for ways to destroy the Warden, documenting everything they have found. They found some interesting things, as monsters started appearing after the Warden appeared. Most appeared to be the undead whilst others appeared to be huge spiders. The scariest of them all was a pure black entity that was one block taller than them and another was a green creature that would explode when approached. Upon killing these entity’s they dropped a pearl and gunpowder. As the Ancient Builders have no home they seek a new one but to their interest they find another portal. They look down at the portal and see the pearl they have inside one of the 12 slots but the only difference is this one has an eye in it. They want more, they need to know how to fix the portal and so they seek out a way to finish the portal. Long and hard they search to no avail, they created Mineshafts to search for clues underground but nothing helped. Some Ancient Builders learned witchcraft to, in hope, have potions in their future fight against the Warden. Their potion making skills were amazing but they then tried a new kind of potion that exploded creating something that they have never before seen. It looked as if they ripped a hole straight to the underworld. They entered into this dimension which looked as if they were in Hell itself. They called this place the Nether because it gave off burning souls and forever pain. They searched high and low through the Nether, finding what materials they could. They found a mysterious looking area, it looked like an underworld Jail house. They fought deadly monsters, none near as strong as what was previously fought but still stronger than monsters in the over world. One appeared to be an extremely tall black skeleton wielding a sword. They destroyed this monster and took its head as a reward, whilst taking a couple more while they were there. Adventuring further into the area they found what looked like a spawner of some sorts and before they knew it they got ambushed by the monsters that came out. These monsters shot fire balls at the ancient builders and could fly. The ancient builders, frightened and scared, only killed around 7-10 and took their drops which looked like dust and rods. When they returned to the over-world they abandoned the portal entirely vowing only to go back there if ever needed. They then set back for home, with the third portal. They continued to document all their learnings and learned so much they made a library and filled it with all their books. They were not yet finished though as they still had so much more to learn and so some set out to Wander and search for new inhabitants to seek out help and they could trade with while others were over the plans and decided to leave and live a happy life in a village. The wandering traders, however, did plan on returning once they had news. Two or three would decide to wonder off together in the extreme cold climates so they wouldn’t freeze to death, they would build Igloos so they could stay warm until they were ambushed by monsters. They fought them off bravely until one was gotten, it looked as if he was normal but he wasn’t because he was dead. They locked the undead up under the Igloo in hopes they could find a way to cure him. If the Wandering Traders didn’t plan on going in the cold they would take a Llama or two to keep them safe from enemies. Some Wandered deep into jungles and far into vast deserts, both were on the verge of dying however and created temples for the future travelers that found them have the treasure they were hiding. Some traders traveled the ocean and traveled so much they became pirates, eventually crashing and dying leaving only their buried treasure and boat remains behind. The Builders that learned witchcraft, however, secluded themselves too much and with their potions gone insane and would kill anything or anyone that comes near. Finally after traveling so far a Wandering trader finds what looks to be a ginormous wall that leads to the sky. Everything about this place seemed odd to him and it looked like if it was the edge of the world. He knew it was dangerous as it was day out and monsters were everywhere, but what he learned was even crazier. Hurriedly he ran back to his friends and told them what he had learned, they instantly looked at the portal like they were ready to enter. They needed more materials so they returned to this massive wall and knew it wasn’t normal. Something big created it, the only thing they could think of was the Warden. They trained and obtained full Diamond Armor and Weapons with good enchants then returned to the portal room. The powder they acquired from the fiery beast ignited the eye and one by one they filled in the portal pieces until it was full. Then the portal opened to a dimension not set foot to their eyes. The place was full of those tall black creatures, possibly their home. They ventured further and saw great big towers of obsidian and in the middle was a pedestal, on top was an egg and the portal that lead out of there. They thought that only an egg and the portal couldn’t be all there is so they started to dig, they dug and dug and dug until eventually someone found something. It was a green chest, a chest none have saw before. Inside were totems, they had no idea what the totems were for and took the chest and all the totems and held onto them for safe keeping. As they tried to leave one tried to grab the egg, nocking it down cracking it. All the others leave as it’s a broken egg while the last one watches and see’s the creature inside open it’s eye and look at him ready as if it was going to kill him. He hurriedly gets out of there before it lets out a frightening roar and the portal closes. They all pass through the portal and because of the monster there closing it the eyes inside of it explode leaving only three left. As they had no need to worry they believed that they were ready for the fight against the Warden. They marched their way back to their city to take back what was rightfully theirs. They all charge into the city thinking they had a chance but no, the Warden booby trapped the whole place so he would know when someone was coming. As soon as they entered the Warden was already onto them, murdering them almost instantly however they didn’t die. They had something float over their heads and to their surprise it was their totems. They all fled or tried to escape from the Warden as he was still too powerful for them but little did they know as time went on the power of the totem that brought them back from dying slowly turned their minds to mush and became what is known as the Illagers. They went and made Mansions and Outposts across the world, ready to kill anything or anyone that is not one of them.

Restored ancient city layout looks like some kind of advanced tech city, where the buildings and streets are laid out according to some sort of circuitboard logic, centered on the portal because the very layout of the city is what programs such a massive portal to go somewhere.

I like how the ancient city turned into a brand new underground town so quickly

In medieval times there were ice houses to store food. It was like modern day fridge but a lot worse

The big "Ice box" was probably where the people of the city would store their food, meat especially to preserve it, think of it as a massive freezer

This is an amazing build. I sit here slack jawed in awe at what you've done.

The transition from a city in its prime to desolated is really creepy and cool

the ice building could just be a storage room for ice, I think in some places you'd store chunks of ice from winter underground or somewhere where it's cold enough so you could use it in the summer.

This is the most fantastic restoration I've ever seen!! It's both terrifying and inviting at the same time!! Well done! You got a new sub from me! :)

I love how you just go in to rebuild the place, but in the end putting all this time into making all the lore of who they were and how they lived. It's like writing your own bit of history. I like how you put down all the moss so it still has that shulk vibe. I was really hoping you would combine it with a lush cave theme, that was a nice touch. Good job though, your efforts are well rewarded.

Hey. I did the same thing, though I was going for themed sectors as the bleak colors made it difficult to navigate and rather boring. I added streetlights and blue flame gardens, though yours is far more impressive and visually pleasing. To brighten up the darker areas, especially the portal, I placed luminous blocks behind stairs and slabs instead of going the lantern route.

The before and after shots actually made me kinda emotional, like seeing the ruins of the city now that we've seen ur non-ruined version

With the massive portal like shape I feel as if maybe the inhabitants were experimenting with portals and opened one to the dimension that the wardens inhabited and the skulk started to spread through allowing the wardens to invade and take over.

you know the restored ancient city looks so beautiful like it looks like that million of people would love to live there you made a amazing job on making this city look beautiful and alive man

The ancient builders are proud of you transforming the city back into a city that can be lived in

Dude I wish I had the patience to make the Ancient City look this good. You did an amazing job, plus this convinced me that we need underground villages.

Hectic build Kim, your vids are really coming a long way. Keep up the solid effort

Love the idea of this. I’d love to mine and come across this occasionally in ruins and occasionally filled with live and a hidden civilization with no mobs in site.

"I'm here to answer none of these questions" lol I lost it not even 20 seconds lol

The best way to reconstruct an ancient city is by a datapack that also changes the size and attachment points of the said structure. I wouldnt mind if there will be a large town like living blocks 2 or 3 storie tall around the main walls that surrounded the city And as far as I know theres no such datapack yet for 1.19

Most people just redo it from scratch I love the renovation idea it's very unique from what I've seen so far

If their is one thing I like about the ancient times, it is their cities. Very nice renovation you've done here.

This is such a creative idea and I think you did a great job! I think adding some extra color and life to the city, like with the houses, really added a nice touch

This made me recall the days when I tried to rebuild the Nether Fortress.... Nicely done.

I loved the ambient sounds of the before and after shots, really immersive

Your building ideas and imagination are insane You have so much creativeness!

Wonderful! The restoration of this fortress reminded me of the reconstruction of the nether fortress. Such a simple idea and what a beautiful result!

Such an amazing work !!! I love it so much !

The ancient city looks absolutely incredible the work that you did

this...look's...BEAUTIFUL MAN i love it so much I'm actually gonna attempt to restore my ancient city as well wish i was looking for some inspiration and this helps me out a lot keep up the awesome work

You did a very good job restoring an iconic city of the ancient builders

It is proof that presentation is everything. Many people including myself did restore the city. Many made videos about it. But most are under noticed. Your video has such clean and cool presentation, it makes the difference. Ironic.

The before and after shots looked very cool keep up the good work

Absolutely incredible job bro fantastic work

This looks so warm, inviting and lively. I get why the ancient people lived here. Shame about what happened to all the others

Dude, you put in some serious work! It was stunning once you were finished. Great job Kim!! 👍👍

You did an wonderful job with that patience nice work and I hope you have a good day

This genuinely looks SOOOO good. Very underrated video

this is insane! great job. one thing i wanna point out is all the dark oak, so those watch towers, random bridges, blue wool, is likely the remnants of some illiger explorers

Beautiful!! Good work. I personally think more soul lamps would've been more faithful lore wise, but this does look a lot cozier

Unsorted, love the dedication you put into to your videos and I hope that you reach 200k subs soon

This was an amazing build to watch! And now I want this type of style for the Minecolonies mod too...

Once restored, it almost looks like a antique city, maybe built by romans

By far the best restoration I've seen yet.

The ancient city looks even better and great then before nice work keep it up

The foley you added during you before and after montage was pretty cool.

Video idea: modernize the old structures make them look like they've been altered to fit modern times Even though it doesn't make sense why someone would desecrate an ancient structure in that way it could still be interesting to see

Im pretty sure the "flat height of the stone structure thoughout city" is just the foundation, the building is possibly wooden - stone hybrid. It just that the wood rot/get consume by the sculk

This looks absolutely amazing 🤯✨

as far as i know, ancient cities spawn at the center of meadow biomes ( / the other mountainous biomes) that don't have an ocean closely adjacent to them. the double portal city was two seperate cities in the same cave, so i would assume that the surface area had two seperate mountainous biomes touching, or an exceptionally wide one. you can also prevent glow berries from growing too far into the build with string at the tips where you want them to stop. they'll still fruit and light up as normal. entire place looks great, and i could definitely see this as a structure mod or something similar, spawning in lush biomes rather than deep dark. very inspiring, even a year later :)

Nice to find another Norwegian on the internet 🙂 håper dagen din går fint

This is VERY cool, I love how everything works together as a city, so cool to see

Not gonna lie (NGL for short), it looks so clean and it looks so beautiful. You did a good job reimagining the Ancient City back to it's clean state.

Wow the city really looks like it was restored. Great job, unsorted guy 😲😄😁

Hi I love these videos! I can tell this is going to be so amazing!!!

0:01 who built it ? Me: the creators

It's so lively now, i liked it!

magnificent, a big BRAVO what a monstruous work !!

According to disc 5, whoever lived there fled thru the portal to escape some monstrous creature, presumably the Warden

I think many, many of us have thought of the same thing - clear out the skulk, light it up, bring back villagers. The trick is everyone's different vision for what a pre-skulk city would have looked like.

This was a cool video, for multiple reasons. One the talent, two just the idea that..maybe this is what an ancient would’ve looked like before all hell broke loose. Maybe it was this beautiful place, and as it got infected with skulk the ancient people had to adjust. The wool to walk on, the wool around social spaces. And they couldn’t upkeep anything. Any noise would draw a warden. After they were gone, it continued to decay. Wild to think of what could’ve been. Or what was.

This is such an amazing video to watch. You’re a great builder

I would think that the ice box would be a place to store food, or other items that need to be kept cool. It could also be a storage space for water or a place to make ice and ice cubes.

The choice to remove the sculk is actually rather interesting. From the portal, traps, and artificial nature of the Warden itself, it seems the sculk is some sort of defense system left by the inhabitants themselves. If you use that logic, you turn it around from an infestation to more like the city's defenses are dying.

This was better than other Excellent work made 👍👍👍👍

Thats beautiful man, love it

I've been working on this as my latest project as well, but these ideas take it further. I'll have to keep these sorts of things in mind. I expect it'll be a while, though, as I can only play for so long before my fingers start to hurt from all the repetitive actions.

Welp time to make the the ancient city like this guy did:)

the music change for the before after shots is really nice.

This was very interesting i love how you have 20 hours of dedication to this!!

Can’t help but notice that the color pallet of the original ancient city is similar to the Pillager mansions. Dark colors, dark oak, and most notably the blue and cyan wool, which can be found in the mansions as well.

You probably get asked this alot but what shader are you using? And list any other mods used that give this wonderful look.

The fact that you can make the ancient city into a oasis for dwarvens is a pretty interesting idea

Beat me to it by 8 months but you've given me some good ideas for my build, really like the grass idea been doing that in my cave bases for years but wasnt going to with this one