How to Build EPIC BASES in Survival Minecraft! 

Too late I just built my 100x100 cobblestone cube

06:55 One of the most English sentences I've ever heard.

Me after building a giant base: "So... What now?" Ilmango's insane farms: *"Allow us to introduce ourselves."*

Mumbo: * making big bases * Me: * still living in the same hole in a hill after killng the ender dragon *

I notice how he choose locations 1. Build in on water.

"use slime blocks for scaffolding" Scaffolding comes out 3 days later

i'm watching this after the big base swap in season 7, now mumbo and scar have actually swapped bases

Mumbo: "I am not a good builder by any means" Mumbo: *uploads this video* Me: So that was a lie.

Mumbo: Build with a purpose! Make sure everything you make has a reason to exist after you're done building it. Grian: *Cries in a corner*

Mumbo: "don't spend hours on small details that won't be noticed " Iskall: "I want to make smoke that turns on only when the machine is on.... and do it 4 times."

Mumbo: build things for a purpose, don’t just build pointless things for the sake of it. Ibxtoycat:__________________

Mumbo: Be smart with your materials Also Mumbo: Builds base out of iron blocks and concrete

1. Don't just be Mumbo. 2. Don't just be Grian Be *Grimbo*

My style is simple and underground. I either blow up the ground or find a cave

Mumbo, builds bases for keeping his resources. Me: Enderchest, 27 shulker boxes.

Mumbo: you shouldn't build useless things Also Mumbo: I love making useless redstone contraptions

Mumbo - "Don't make builds without a purpose Grian - "Hold my beer"

Forget about survival I can't even build these in creative

Mumbo: your sorting system needs to be smart and accessible . Grian s6: 😥

Mumbo:”Octagons, would have looked absolutely horrendous” Also Mumbo: **builds octagonal base in season 7**

Mumbo: You spend most of your time im your storage system Grian: What?

Mumbo Starter Pack: - Massive Farm - Massive Unused Farm - Massive Base - Massive Unused Base - Massive Storage Room - Massive Unused Storage Room

10:40 Grian joined the game.

I guess he took the line “the base is the heart” literally

You said that symmetry was bad except for hybrid symmetry. What about false symmetry?

Mumbo 2017: Diamond! Mumbo 2018: Sphere! Mumbo 2020: *All the shapes.*

he sounds like a grandma “higgledy-piggledy” “oh my WORD” “willy-nilly”

Mumbo: making a base with the brick block is a terrible idea. Also Mumbo: *builds entire brick compound during demise.*

is this a glimpse into a parallel universe where mumbo is a building expert and grian is a redstone engineer?

Mumbo: How to build EPIC BASES in Survival Minecraft! Grian: isn’t this my job…

1. Natural focal point(give building purpose) 2. Don’t limit yourself with borders 3. Don’t bite off more than you can chew(don’t build giant areas with nothing to fill them with) 4. Build with purpose 5. Not everything has to be symmetrical 6. Make storage system nice and easy to access(you’re going to be there a lot) 7. ALWAYS Test in creative before you build in survival 8. Look through RU-vid or other platforms for inspiration 9. Manage your resources( don’t build with stuff like netherite blocks too often) 10. Don’t build completely with brick(you’ll regret it) 11. Manage your time(don’t be unhealthy) 12. Know what you wanna build and if you’ll enjoy it.(adapt to your play styles) 13. Choose a block palette 14. Choose a good biome you like 15. Gather before building(it’s a demotivation if you don’t) 16. Build a “skeleton first”(base or structure) 17. Take a step back and look at what you’re doing 18. BRING SCAFFOLDING AND SLIME BLOCKS YOULL THANK ME LATER 19. After you’re done find some things you can redo or finish other projects 20. Not everything has to be in your base. I basically summed up the video. You’re welcome.

A few tips for everyone who wants to build bases inside a cave, this is all from experience: -Carve them out so they wont have absurd spurt outs -Make sure it fits with what you want, if you want overgrown, you should probably do a little more carving out -Dont hold yourself in one place, if you got lucky like I did with 4 massive cave systems, branch out slowly -If you go with modded like I did, make certain cave branches or tunnels designated for that mod and add signs or an item frame with a block from that mod. It makes it a lot easier, trust me, you will get confused if you dont organize it by mod -If you do Hardcore, get charcoal torches and light it up while you mine for coal, iron, and Diamond. Creepers even with full iron can still insta-kill you if you're not careful

Mumbo please, I have a request for you I have always wanted to see built, a very special and specific door. I would like to see an underwater airlock door. 1. a 2x2 piston door that opens when you swim up to it. 2. The interior space is already filled with water. 3. the water drains away (using dispensers to pick up the water). 4. Then (and only then) once the water is clear and the room dry the second set of doors open into a dry room. 5. The door should work in the reverse order too opening, closing, filling with water, then opening from the outside (underwater half). If anyone else would love to see this built please help him see.

Theory: Grian and Mumbo are the same person and Grian just posted on the wrong account

Mumbo: you will spend most of your time in your storage system Grian: the. *WHAT*

5:40 -Scar: hold my beer

Put a moustache on it. That always makes the base all the much better.

Grian redstone tutorial incoming?

Thank you very much!! This video helped me a lot, I wanted to make a base on a server where I play with some friends, but I didn't know how to start. And after a few weeks of work, I finished designing my huge base :D

5:43 If you've got infinite time, go ahead. Me In Quarantine: Let's Start!

All you have to do is become Grian

Im so obsessed with underwater builds and survival and that underwater base suits me so good ! Thanks mumbo dude !

note: when Mumbo said "test things out", I recommend actually testing things out instead of building the whole thing, I've built my bases in creative mode before and I got burnt out even before I started in survival

Mumbo: builds epic bases in survival Me: builds a dirt hut

Me watching Hermitcraft: Mumbo: This is a good starting base Me: This is a masterpiece that I will never be able to replicate

10:37 Herobrine Joined the game.

I built my base in a server as my version/vision of the stark/avengers tower, almost totally eyeballed. And I gotta say, its one of the first bases I've built in this game over a very long time that I'm very proud of. It has several floors where I can fit farms or decorative/trophy stuff, a very large underground area where I can still fit quite a few things, and I already made villager-powered crop farms on some of the floors of my tower that give me tons of food, as well as a supersmelter, XP farm, concrete breaker, and iron farm. Still plenty of space to fit small-ish farms/contraptions as I need. And plenty of space to make a couple annexed builds. I think your and grian's tips really helped out a lot. And its something I'm finally truly proud of. And the best thing now is, due to the massive rooms I dug up for my stuff, I now have plenty of random blocks to fill in the nearby ravines/caves. It was probably easier for me since the server has a shop system, but not everything can be bought from it, and slowly but surely I'm relying less and less on it.

Step one: Nerd poll up very high Step two: choose a shape Step three: Make a drone from that shape Step four: Forget to make a way up Step five: Maybe make the drone crash so it is on the floor... What does this remind me of?

GRIAN: makes a redstone video MUMBO: makes a building video ME: WOW!!!

Thanks for the tips! I'm thinking of doing something like this myself. Though I might get bored and build a colossal ship covered in buildings instead.

I always start my survival playthroughs in creative so I get the base out of the way. I do eventually add onto the base, but I always get a good starter done like a small fort or castle.

"Don't build a base without a point to it" meanwhile Grian keeps popping up massive builds that serve no real purpose XD

Now I just need to find hours of playing time

Look at the industrial district today vs back when Mumbo made this. This really gives me the courage to keep grinding away. I just finished sweeping all the water out of a monument. Now I'm preparing to build a guardian farm. Can't wait to tackle this and make it look awesome.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I have been struggling with upping my game as a builder. I haven't been able to complete a single castle! I think what I learned here will help.

Season 4: My next base will not be symmetric *Symmetric* Season 5: Next season, I will forget symmetry *Symmetric* Season 6: Next season, it will not be symmetric ...

I built half of a house out of diorite in survival once I gathered up loads Don't tell Iskall

Since figuring out how to progress to mid game play in survival I've spent most of my game time in creative mode trying to sort out how to: 1. Build bigger in my style 2. Ensure efficiency of the layout 3. Include all of the things plus their redstone 4. Leave room for expansion 5. Remember to have decorative spaces. So far it's a big puzzle in colorful wool. An aquarium is something I hadn't thought to add. One would look nice near the enchanting area and I can combine that with an afk fishing farm. Thanks for the inspiration.

Thanks for the tips! I have just started a new survival world which will be my permanent world, and I want to make my base big and beautiful. These were some handy things to know.

Rules: 1 *It's actually simple* 2 *Let it be symmetrical* 3 *Have a moustache* 4 *Ok*

Me: Seeing a building video from Mumbo Jumbo Also me: *_W A I T, T H A T S I L L E G A L_* The same thing is also said for Grian doing a redstone video.

Watching you makes me realize how much I need to up my construction game. Cheers, mate

Mumbo: “Don’t build things without a purpose” Me: “But what if the purpose of the thing is to not have a purpose?”

Mumbo: **unknowingly points out everything I do wrong** Me: **knows he's just pointing out general mistakes but still feels attacked**

Mumbo, in Sahara you should build a coffee shop so people could get some coffee while they shop

“Octogons would have looked horrendous”: Hermitcraft season 7

This actually helped alot thx mumbo♥️

Funny story for the "scale over detail" thing you mentioned. I was in a build competition hosted by MCProHosting, and the theme was "Winter". I decided that I wanted to make a detailed mountain range with a christmas town at the bottom. Upon completion of the mountians though.... they were exceedingly short. So in about 10 hours time, after already about 15 hours of work, I flipped the script and doubled the size of the mountians, put a massive bridge & train on them, and built the christmas village at the bottom like plan. went back and detailed it later, and after a few weeks, i won the competition. I even did a video on my channel showcasing the absolute scale of the thing in shaders, if you're genuinely intrigued by it (not trying to self promo, I'm really just proud of the work i did). Fifty hours of work, for a free Xbox One S, i"d say it was worth it! I can 1,000,000% agree, scale over detail, in any situation

my real epic base 2 chest 1 bed 1 crafting table 1 furnace a door without or with windows 3x3 glass window 5x5 wall ez base and ohh yeah a torch

Mumbo: "dont make a build without a purpose" His useless machine: "am I a joke to you?" Me: "ah looks like you UNO Reverse card's yourself to death"

6:03 best part, this is what helped me the most, thank you mumbo, best ytber

Ah, my 40 × 40 fortress with four small rooms and a tower is done, hey, i even put in a secret area to stash any valuable ore i found under the floor using a sticky piston, I'm so proud of- * sees mumbo's creations * ... * deletes save *

Hey, he is based in a flipping Camper Van. #1 BASE__

one thing i learned while doing a slew of survival playthroughs is build for utility first, THEN build for pretty. basically, build your farms, your storage, your "utility things" before you do any base designing (though it is also important to determine how thick your walls are going to be before you start placing things. are they going to be 1 block thick? 2? 3?). this will basically help you in the beautification portion of the build because you have a cohesive "minimum". another thing, don't be afraid to build vertically. in fact, it's encouraged you do so. this will allow you to afk and have more of your farms loaded. sure, it's not as useful when you have limitations (such as multiple mob farms), but i've personally found that when i overnight afk, i tend to end up with a surplus while specializing my farming (note mumbo's cobblestone farm).

ok i got so much inspiration from your spherical base i’m gonna try to build something like it in survival. (i’m gonna look up tutorials on how to build domes / circles in minecraft too)

Please make a endless flying machine spiral staircase. I've been trying for a while but it keeps falling apart.

9:05 "Remember to bring adequate scaffolding..." Ohh you bet! *TUESDAY HYPE!*

My base looks like a normal little mountainside hut but when you enter it's this huge base of caves, corridors, stairs and barrels and I love it

"Don't just build pointless things for the sake of it." *Keralis has left the chat *

Lets go bored out of my mind then mumbo uploads!! Yay 😀

I was literally just struggling with this in my world.. Are you a mind reader, Mumbo?

“Originally I was gonna go with octagons and that would’ve looked horrendous” Hermitcraft season 7: *”hold my beer”*

When you're building something like a village or base around jungle trees make different levels i made mine all one level and now i dont really have anywhere to branch out to maybe pick three layers and build on those layers so you still have a way to make building even more things fun and still entertaining:)

Mumbo: Today we're going to build--- Me: *waiting for Grian's new redstone video*

Mumbo : build with purpose ! Also Mumbo : *BuILd USelESs ReDSTONe ConTRaPtioN*

Taking these tips and tricks into account for my hardcore minecraft series

After not playing mc for like 5 years I finally got back into it, made myself a nice little farmhouse, currently working on making a "Evil" Castle on a mountain where I'll make my nether portal, I like to theme different parts of the base. Imy next project will be a medieval village/city to keep my villagers in.

7:02 ...Willy-nilly... Higgledy-Pigleddy... I need to go learn the British language, I love it XD

1:41 seeing the season 5 base again gave me flashbacks to when mumbo had a mental breakdown because he lost loads of sand trying to dry out the guardian farm 😂

See on your note of build with purpose I totally agree, I struggled watching the like 5 episodes or so in which he built the aquarium but very much loved the rest of that season and I wasn't even building it

Thank you for making this video. I have been facing some struggles when it comes to life and art and due to self help culture being so toxic and not caring for others well being i actually turn to videos about how to enjoy games and apply that to my life and my projects and this helped me beyond belief. I had been doing art for some time now and for years i had felt pressure to make stuff and be successful due to expectations put on me that i will do great. But as a result I suffered from imposter syndrome and didn't feel like a true artist, causing me to freeze and not be able to create anything without that external pressure. Luckily I overcame that somewhat, but then i was faced with another challenge this video helped me realize. I was making projects but i still wasn't feeling motivated. I knew it wasn't my lack of love for the medium because I would animate other small things and love to do it, but for some reasons these larger projects i assigned to myself to get back into art wasn't fun to do. But then i realized they had no purpose. Similar to your Fish town, my projects were just being made to do something rather than with an intended purpose like most art has. This led to not enjoying the project and having little motivation. Its as if i wanted to get back into Minecraft but only built stuff to build stuff with no purpose for what i was making. No Redstone farms to help others, or piston doors to solve problems, no buildings that make a world feel lived in with small details that tell a story, and no terraforming to make everything nice and smooth. Only fishing villages. You helped me realize that my projects need purpose to matter to me and others. So sincerely thank you for your accidental self help video.

10:36 *Grian* joined the game

4:44 no grian told you it was a bad idea

Mumbo In the Video: I was going to do octagons and that was going to look horrendous. Mumbo 2020: Builds HC 7 Base with a octagon.

tbh this video was really helpful for when I needed a base for my survival world on pc

5:32 Mumbo: horroble block for building Grian: Hmm yeah Sponge: Hold My Beer

Mumbo: Builds amazing things (including circles) Me: builds haphazard, offcentered circles and diorite houses.... RIP

Love the video. Brings back memories i would build in my sleep then wake up to grind the resources not to even build the thing i originally wanted to build .

That really helped me so much thx mumbo

I once tried making a big house. It wasn't too big when compared to your Megabases. Instead, I made my house of only the size of the 4 average ,,First Day at Minecraft" houses. And it still ended up very annoying to walk to the places I need to be. HOW am I supposed to create such epic Megabases when I CAN'T EVEN properly create medium sized Regular Houses?!