How to Build MEGA BASES in Minecraft 

Grian: "My advice would be: if you are doing terrain..." Me: "Become Scar?"

idk man, i feel like youre giving the giant dirt block a pretty bad rap. That would be quite a power move of a base.

who else gets motivated after watching these kinds of "how to" minecraft videos and tries to apply what you have learned from that video, only to give up on that idea a few minutes later

I live like 30 minutes away from the Real castle in Normandy. This is cool that an outsider make that historical treasure from my region in Minecraft. nice job.

"Don't do this unless you want to excavate the whole world." Falsesymmetry: *Am I a joke to you?*

When Grian asks: "I'm sure you can figure out how to make a giant dirt block." Me: Starts sweating

yo imagine you built this in hardcore then forgot to light it up

One thing I would always like to see is having a running timer on these builds during time lapses Like I want to know throughout how long its taken to get to each checkpoint

Grian: Do not use mushroom blocks in survival you will not enjoy it The entire mycelium resistance: TRAITOR

Grian: you want to make something better than a giant dirt block Me: A giant stone block

Grian: find a real life picture for inspiration Me: furiously googles really big tree you can live in

The word “mega” in terms of scientific units, is defined as a million, so a mega base has a more specific definition as over a million blocks Well at least a million blocks in volume

You forgot the “leave-the-back-of-the-base-empty” step

“Don’t use mushroom block in survival, you will not enjoy it” Have you seen Ethos base?

Holy cow! It's exactly like drawing. Planning, then doing the skeleton sketch, then fleshing it out, then adding colour and texture. Really speaks to artists, makes me wanna try making something big too!

imagine grinding 10 years to get all those diamonds for this tutorial and then they tell you that they were using worldedit

“I’m sure you can figure out how to make a giant dirt block” You overestimate my power

2nd Stage: Terrain Grians Mansion in Hermitcraft s7:

That thing about "Don't think about the name of the block, just think about its color and texture" is amazing advice for me. That's my main problem with building. For example: I would never use grey wool as stone, because it doesn't make sense. But you helped change that. (Also i know I'm late, an i don't care)

“Aight, imma build a mega base.” “Dang, where tf did my motivation go?”

Grian is like my teacher- when he comes across an interesting topic multiple times, he makes a lesson about it

Pearl only saying two words in the entire video is a mood.

Fun fact: the island is connected to the coast of France, but the connection floods every tide, which is why they build the fort there.

Me using the /fill command: "You know I'm somewhat of a megabase builder myself"

Grian: “However, we want to make something a little more impressive than a giant dirt block.” Me: “You assume a lot, don’t you?”

Grian: "I can't draw" Also Grian: "Draws the perfect Elmo"

I've just remembered that grian is getting married... I'm watching a very very adulty adult play a game for a living and I'm loving it.

Petition to make Grian give us a tutorial on how to build a giant dirt block

He doesn't feel like making that mansion back so much, he would rather build a completely different mega base

Not every build needs terrain: THE BACK

As a French living in Normandy, I'm really happy to see that you got inspired by Mont-St-Michel. It really is a gorgeous place, I've been there dozens of times and it still amazes me that it was built centuries ago, on a small rock in the sea... If you have the opportunity to visit don't miss it. Thx for the video, gonna be useful for our kilo-base with my friends (do you say a kilo for a base less ambitious than mega butstill not a usual base?).

I know its been a long while, but heres som advice for anyone (like me) who struggle w motivation 1 set timers/pressures. This can range from an actual timer, a friend/friends to keep company and accountable, or even something as simple as self imposed pressures. do note if these pressures begin to seriously stress you, you should step away and take a break. Its a block game thats meant to be fun and relaxing, not a secondary job meant to burn you out. 2 set mini-goals for your build. Using an example from my own current project of a megabase dragon roost, I didn't build it all at once. I started with just the center piece, then pathways, then the larger details before anything massive. Setting more smaller goals makes the actual process of building much more manageable and digestible. Realistic and smaller goals are always the way to go. 3 Prepare to cope with uncertainty/build anxiety. Its entirely normal to feel anxious and uncertain while building, but many people can feel too anxious and indecisive to continue. If this occurs, it's important to take a break, step back, and relax. You should not force yourself if you aren't enjoying it. To help with uncertainty, it can help to draw it out, plan with others, and even create a duplicate creative world to plan ahead of time. Uncertainty is normal, but not invincible. Take time for yourself, plan ahead, and go in again. Its normal to be anxious, and tearing it down is normal and part of the process. tldr: dont force yourself, set manageable goals, create pressures, and plan ahead

“We’ve obviously gone a bit above and beyond what’s possible in survival Minecraft.” Literally every Minecraft youtuber: challenge accepted.

Grian: Here's my mansion from Hermitcraft Audience: You mean Zed's mansion

Thank you grain for giving us the video, it will help me a lot to built megabases, keep doing what you love.

“I can’t draw.” Yes Grian, my Elmo nightmares are proof of that

“We can’t build past 256 blocks.” 1.17: I’m about to *fix* this man’s whole career.

Grain: “I can’t draw.” Grians Creepy Elmo Drawing: “You can Draw amazingly.”

I honest to god think your Tutorials have made me a stronger builder than I was before. Your tutorials and advice helped me correct so many things I used to do, that I am now attempting some of my biggest build ever, thanks a ton man!

I love building in Minecraft, but I have trouble putting builds together, so seeing some stuff put together like this, and walking through it, and describing how? It helps a lot, and I genuinely thank you. I want to build, so having these guides to describe the thought process? It helps. So thanks, mate!

Instructions unclear: I can't finish the back of my base

Video: Took 18 minutes* Reality while building in Survival: Took 18 months to Finish*

14:45 ‘At the back here we’ve got’ Breaking news, Grian considers the back of the build

Grian: We literally can't go any higher Minecraft 1.17: Hello there.

"dont care about the name of the block , just the colour" iskall laughs while burning diorite

“Symmetry is very important” FalseSymmetry: Nah Uh

Me and 2 friends are planning on building a mega base together. I found this really cool huge cave and know I have to build an underground city of some kind. My friends decided that they will build on the surface and sky respectively. I'm so excited for this project!

The building that inspired this one came up on a photo on my PC lock screen today. I immediately recognised it from this video! Made me smile. xD

Instructions unclear, ran out of diamond blocks halfway through terraforming.

Me watching this with no intentions of ever building a mega build: interesting...

Rewatching this because I really wanna build something big and I gotta say, this is really great advice for what I was looking to do

Omg those "idea drawings" at the beginning are so good!!

Alternative title: what youtubers build off camera

Fun fact: the castle he is using as a reference, Saint-Michel, is both an island and a peninsula depending on the hour because of the tides :)

I know this video is 2 years old, but I think we still need a tutorial on a giant dirt block.

If only i had tools like that, ive chosen to do a massive mountain range, reaching to the new build height, with a mahoosive temple/castle thing on the tallest central mountain. it will take me absolutely ages, but this video will help out a lot. thanks so much G!

Would love to see Pearl for season 8 HermitCraft.

Im waiting for the “how not to give up building your mega base”

I'm glad that there was a definition for a mega base, I was hoping you'd bring that up.

I’ve been inspired by Michel for YEARS and it’s so nice to see a creator take inspiration from it!

I was genuinely expecting "audible" after "This video is sponsored by.."

Planing is important PACIFIC: ima ignore that

Thank you Grian and Pearl! This will be useful info for my next video

Mushroom blocks arent too hard to get with a proper farm. Pistons push them into a conveyer while all you need to do is place them, however as you need to silk touch make sure to redirect them to where a player can mine them, not a blast chamber.

Grian: “That is height limit” 1.17 update: hold my beer

Grian : we reached build height(says that in a sad voice) Minecraft 1.18 : allow us to introduce ourselves

Grian: "and n0w, we've m0ved 0ver t0 bedr0ck editi0n" Me: "y0u.. what?" (my 0 key is br0ken)

bro what- i've been working on my megabase in survival for a long time, and i was just remembered this video inspiring me a long time ago, and now just as i was about to look it up it appears on my recommended again.

Grian: "I can't draw." *ELMO INTENSIFIES*

Pearl is the best isn't she! ~Zlob

This really helped with a build I’m doing on a modded smp with my friends it’s a giant igloo (97 block diameter) but it’s still not done due to the amount of snow I need but it’s helped me realise some of The details I will probably upload a tour after it’s done

Thank you Grian for the tutorial I would use this to build a Swedish castle mega build

Me be like in a dirt shack “mmmmm”

Grian: If your doing terrain, do it on land. Scar: No. No I don't think I will.

Grian: **switches to bedrock to get ray tracing** Me: **laughs in optifine shaders**

Grian: hey guys here is my mega base from season 7 hermitcraft Me: The WHAT

There's no more incomplete feeling than when Grian accidentally doesn't include "goodbyeeeee" at the end. It cut him off at "gooood".

Grian: Now here is "MY" mansion Me: Taking credit of another hermit's base

Grian: And we need... Ad: Lays poppables, the perfect combination of a crispy and airy crunch

This helped me so much building my first mega base on the class smp

Grian: " Not exact but just close enough" *Makes exact replica of the sketch*

I'm imagining Grian and Moon recording them shifting and punching the air on the glass blocks for five minutes

The advice here actually applies really well to smaller projects. The over-arching theme seems to be Start at the Macro Scale, then work smaller and smaller to add detail. Rather then trying to act like a build printer and crank it out at full detail from the start

This is actually extremely helpful

For those who love seeing Pearlescentmoon’s building skills she has a RU-vid and Twitch channel. Started watching her when Grian had the Evo SMP. Thanks for the intro to her Grian. You are both MEGA builders.

Both Grian and Pearls heads are pristine waffles and I won’t hear a word against it.

7:23 oh but i do also this video gave me just enough determination to build a megabase in the form of a massive spike going upward and downward into the terrain and i picture it to look like one of Flowey's "friendliness pellets"

The dirtblock made me crack up. Thanks.

Instructions unclear: base was swapped before the back was finished

"This video is sponsored by NVidia" What a great ad, I'll go and buy some of their-oh, its out of stock

The best Minecraft teacher ever

Keep up the great work grain

Fun fact, 90 percent of us watching this are just here for entertainment and we are too lazy to make something that incredible

Grain: “I can’t draw” *flashback to the drawing badly series with taurtis* lies.

Does Grian build these with teams of people or by himself? These are impressive. Really cool!

One time I met pearlescent moon on your Minecraft server! She was checking out one of my builds. I'll always cherish that memory.

This is an example of a good sponsorship. It’s not lazy and it’s relevant. Grian still gets to have fun, too.

My singular Grass block sitting in the corner: hmmmmm yeeeesssss mega

Thanks for the content

I have that problem when I build often... I see a block, it would probably be pretty, then become aware that it is a melon, or sand or whatever weird material and don't use it. Then I kinda think I should do weird materials more often when I watch your video's or some other builders because it clearly works well.