How to play through most of Minecraft from one grass block 

11:35 "There are so many useful trades offered by the wandering trader". This has been the first time anyone has ever said this.

"hey guys welcome to my new, one grass block challenge" day 11245:*after all of this time, I finally have wood, this is the best day of my life*

It would’ve been funny if an endermen spawned and just stole the grass block

this is how minecraft was always meant to be played (they literally use this entire survival map as the minecraft icon)

Crazy thought. Can't wait for some absolute madlad with mountains of free time to take this theoretical playthrough to it's absolute limits

You can actually get more grass blocks! The wandering trader can sell rooted dirt which you can right-click with a shovel into a dirt path, which you can then mine back into dirt. This allows you to spread more grass and therefore get many more passive mobs.

This video feels like a nostalgia trip, a video with just a simple concept follow by a rabbit hole of information and with the mic quality, it just feels soothing listening to him talk. Just feels like a classic informative minecraft video that would blow me away.

Hey all, future me back to say thanks for the recent blow-up and update this video with some new facts. - 1.18 introduced the moss block which basically overhauls this video. It costs 1 emerald to buy two of these, and if you bonemeal the moss, it can create trees (no saplings required). Very big route-change that pushes things slightly towards human-completable. - Around 12:15 I get confused as to why podzol isn't increasing the passive mob spawn rate. Turns out podzol can't spawn passive mobs like grass can. After looking at the games code, I found that podzol is only able to spawn in foxes (happy little coincidence???). Also this issue can be resolved through the next point: - A lot of people have commented that I can make more grass from the podzol by tilling or path-ing it then letting the grass spread. This is something I was aware of but didn't make super clear in the video. I implied it at around 19:15 but I should've used it in my comparison at 12:15 - Finally, a really good comment that came in early was that I could get gold by killing drowned. This was absolutely true until 1.17 where drowned started to drop copper instead of gold. I also found that there was no overlap between when moss blocks became tradable (21w13a) and when the drowned drop table was changed (21w05a). This means you can't have both drowned dropping gold and traders selling moss unless you're willing to downgrade (which is fair game IMO but just saying) Also final note, this video had 1500 views a month ago lmao (350k now). Thanks for all the support and please do check out the follow-up series where I do the bedrock thing :>

"Skyblock's starting items are often seen as the fundamental elements of Minecraft" Ah, yes, my favorite fundamental item, *turtle eggs*

Creator of the modern Skyblock 4 map here. I just want to say that this is amazing. Even if it is unrealistically grindy, it is still theoretically doable. I love seeing people figure stuff like this out. I would have never figured this out!

Godspeed to the poor dude who's eventually going to do this.

You could easily make this into an ultra-hardcore mod pack by tweaking some of the big issues with this challenge, such as increasing the distance you can fall before a hostile mob despawns, reduce player knockback, increase the chances of foxes spawning with emeralds, increase the chances of wandering traders and their useful trades, etc. It would still be absolute agony to play but it’s be great for some masochist RU-vidr to suffer through for our entertainment.

This is some insanely clever theory-crafting. This is so barebones I've never even considered if it'd be possible. On top of that you've got great quality narration/editing. How do you only have 1.8k subs?!

Finally! The true one block skyblock! No more of that "regenerating block clickbait"

I appreciate the simplicity of the editing and respect for the viewer, most minecraft videos are edited as if they're jangling keys to keep the attention of toddlers

Not only is it crazy how much of minecraft is available with a pretty simple starting requirement, but it's also crazy how much of it is locked behind a single lava source block

when trying to get the fox to spawn, having killed a witch to get a redstone dust can speed up the process a ton, since iirc foxes are the only passive mobs that can spawn on redstone dust, therefore making the entire process go a lot quicker. I am pretty sure the protosky players used this to their advantage.

An easier way to get gold is to drown zombies but they only drop the base drops. No fishing rods or tridents

I really believe that someone out there saw this video and is stopping at nothing to complete this challenge

This is what all of those "I survived 100 days in one-block Skyblock" videos should actually be. Amazing video!

I think a datapack/mod to fudge loot tables and spawn rates would make this a REALLY cool challenge map. Get rid of all the bullshit numbers against you and just keep the fun of building everything from one black. I think anything other than number fudging would really break the spirit of it though.

Alternatively: wait until enough bits flip until a endportal spawns inside of you, then beat the dragon by hand

This video made me realise just how great and broad the scope of this game is despite its simple intentions. Like this game is so complex it's insane, yet it's also simple. This game is a double entendre in itself. The experience of this video mirrors the experience I got from watching A Tribute To Minecraft by jschlatt 4 years ago, it awakens the feeling of astonishment I got from Minecraft as a kid. I'm forever thankful to the game and the people surrounding this game. And especially thanks to the creator of this video because it was clearly well thought out and brilliant. Side note I've probably wrote the most emotional comment on this entire video I'm sorry

You forgot something: You can use bonemeal on the grass to grow tall grass to get seeds

Breaking podzol with you fist for dirt? Grass can spread to the dirt for extra grass.

By killing drowned, you can get copper to make lightning rods. This allows you to speed up the process of making pigs into zombie piglins.

If at some point we get an Artificial Intelligence to perfectly understand the gameplay of Minecraft (being able to reason as well as a human, or even better) this would probably be one of the most interesting experiments we could do with it.

Dude this was an amazing video. As someone who does not usually have the patience to watch normal videos this one got me watching the whole time, which is really cool. I also enjoyed your video making style and way of doing things, not really cutting any corners, but doing things right, which you don't see often in a ton of these somewhat industrialized Minecraft videos these days lol. Keep it up man :) .

I would recommend checking out ProtoSky, as it is a super similar thing, they started with a Nylium and Lava, and a grass block in the overworld. They currently have villagers, dirt, witch farms. They have defeated the ender dragon and done a lot more.

as of 1.17+ its possible to obtain dripstone and most of the lush cave items/blocks from wandering traders, and probably a lot of other new items.

"there are so many useful trades offered by the wandering trader" previously unsaid sentences in history

this video is so well put together and calming. its not too slow or too fast and im entertained the whole way thru

"No human should ever try it." *switches to 2nd-Person POV* "Fortunately for me, _I'm_ an echidna."

2:24 i tried this out, and i think i got a method that, with some practice, could be reliable enough so that in a hypothetical human attempt of this challenge you wouldn't have to risk spawning in a creeper or relying on rng to get a bow and arrows to get blocks. Basically this method is very similar to what you tried here with a few modifications. The first thing i found is that it is essential to release sprint before you hit, because you deal much more knockback with sprint. Second: it is much easier to move the sheep to the corner of the block without shaders, because you can rely on the circular entity shadow to judge how you need to move the sheep(or if you should at all). Third: it helps to do a pretty big circle jump instead of risking it by jumping close to the sheep, you're more likely to push it off accidentally if you do that. I also noticed that, at least for me, it is much more reliable to let yourself fall for quite a bit before doing a hit from below, this in theory allows you to position yourself more accurately relative to the block and the sheep and maybe even subconsciously judge whether you should punch or not. Last tip is to, of course, count the punches, do five and for the sixth just do one while remaining on the block, having the wool fall into the void is not something you would want i think. First big issue is that it is rather easy to accidentally punch the sheep at an undesirable angle and instead of punching the sheep to the opposite corner it will end up closer to one of the sides of the block, this, in a lot of situations, makes it pretty much impossible to move it to a corner when you want to go for the next hit, instead you're more likely to end up pushing it off. The two solutions are to either wait and then reposition it when it starts moving or to risk it and try to get a hit in anyway, this has worked for me a couple times, but again, big risk. Second issue is that this all kinda takes a while and there's a good chance that at some point during this the sheep will just randomly decide to end your run and eat grass. Those are the two issues i noticed so far in my tests, i've yet to(and to be honest probably won't) attempt this as part a real run, so i might be missing something that could make this not viable, like for example the sheep despawning when you fall or something silly like that, but i have gotten 6 consecutive hits before and found this to be more or less reliable as long as you know what you're doing.

Bro this is some crazy ass video for a channel as small as yours was. Big respect for putting in all that effort. This right here is what RU-vid should be like. You have my respect!

Best video 2022 by far!!!!!! I love your humor cuts, and overal originality and effort pyt into the video!!! Actually insane, thanks

One more thing to note is that by drowning zombies we can get drowneds you can drop copper ingots meaning we can also make a lightning rod to simplify the process of obtaining zombie piglins

This doesn't feel like a video from someone with only 1000 subscribers, genuinely fantastic, I'm so glad this was recommended to me

Holy shit dude, i kept waiting for you to make some compromise be it gamerules or mods but it never came. Big props for doing this the hard way

I can't express how much I enjoyed this video. the whole outlandish concept and the production, time and effort put into this vid is insane. i can't imagine how long it took to figure all of that stuff out! Seriously awesome! also even though youve updated your mic quality in your future vids, i actually liked the poor mic quality. It made me feel like I was watching old YT back in 2011. so all in all, Great vid, cool concept, insane effort, much nostalgia, awesome!

You can get more grass by 1. Buying Podzol 2. Mining it (which gives you dirt) 3. Placing it next to the grass block 4. Waiting for the grass to spread

Normal Minecraft: Wood in 4 seconds. One Grass Block Minecraft: Wood in 4 months.

Subbed immediately. Fun theory crafting. Tons of effort. Well explained. No empty unanswered questions. Fantastic narration

YOU made the one block survival? Thank you so much! The port to pocket edition was the basis for every skyblock survival and pvp map I ever built there.

You'll be happy to know that now foxes can spawn on snow blocks, the emerald grind would take way less time! Also, since 1.17 introduced dripstone you only need one lava source to get any extra lava/obsidian you need :] also, no idea how the mobs cooperated so much in this vid without falling to the void x]

At one point I had a similar idea except the starting point was a blank superflat world (no decorations, no villages, etc). i ended up discovering the same things you did here, that you can get emeralds from foxes (thus, make biome taiga), to trade to a wandering trader for essential items, get iron from zombies, gold from zombie piglins when lightning strikes pigs, etc. i never put the pieces together for converting zombie villagers via a witch, though. that was clever. its unfortunate that you cant actually go to the nether or the end, though. you can make this a possible almost 1 block survival map where you can beat the entire game by having a chest with end portal frames and a lava bucket. then, with the most-recent changes, you can infinitely duplicate lava with dripstone, which is now a possible trade from Wandering Traders, so you can make nether portals. depending on what you do with the Nether for the survival challenge, you _should_ be able to beat the game from there. place the portal frames down somewhere, make your eyes, and you can go to The End.

The effort, quality, and originality you brought in this video is outstanding, well done!

What a beautiful video you made! Really enjoyed your mind process and its presentation, well done!!

[0:00] Intro: Skyblock [0:48] Spawning [2:08] First Item [5:45] First Block [7:46] Next Level [11:15] What a Deal? [13:44] Getting Wood [14:35] What a Deal! [17:17] Limitations [18:01] Showcase [19:26] Errata: Turtle eggs [19:43] Recap [19:55] History

I can just imagine some sort of immortal being doing this playthrough as like an idle game while sitting on the toilet or something

new to your channel but ended up subbing super quick. i have no clue how tf you managed to think this so far but super glad i found your channel. keep it up

Insane work man, this is the most interesting and mindblowing Minecraft video i have seen so far. I really appreciate these mathematical explainations, I love the way you use probabilities and all the infinite complexity of minecraft to theorically prove this is actually possible. This is stunning. I am a french math teacher and I wish I could use this video in one of my lessons to explain how to multiply fractions and percentages for exemple ^^ This video is giving me a lot of inspiration thank you :D

Genuinely one of the best videos I've seen in a while. I absolutely love absurd challenges that push the limits of games

The only thing you need to add is one lava source block inside an end portal and have the lava inside 10 obsidian block... To make it more painful to obtain. you can have it all at the same place and far away from spawn at least like 100 blocks and you have the most technical, playable, beatable, sky block in minecraft... That's amazing.

I love how creative you are. I love how you (and other gamers) are testing how far you can stretch the limits of the game. Don’t stop. This is awesome!

If you did get any lava, it would be functionally infinite because you would be able to get a dripstone spike from the trader and make that lava generator setup with the lava and a cauldron. Buckets would probably also not be a problem at that point all things considered. Your progression would also be a little bit faster, because the second you get any water having a furnace enables you to smelt down armor from zombies with a blast furnace and get gold and iron nuggets. Of course you would need wood before this became useful, though.

You've legitimately just simulated evolution as a coordinate-tethered immortal god of an entirely alternate universe. That's horrifying.

This would probably be a lot of fun to actually try, so long as you amp the tick rate up to hundreds or thousands of times what is normal.

Wow, this was awsome You have perfect energy and calm voice, you can still make jokes, you explain why the time is what it is...awsome

You're content is brilliant and I genuinely wish the best for you and the future of this channel :)

I love this! I’m actually really tempted to do this live on Twitch but I would have to use Tic manipulation for the more grinding things

“No person should ever do this” A certain genius RU-vidr: Ok, I’ll start in the nether

I am consistently blown away by the nexg thing you do

This is still one of the best minecraft vids I've ever seen. Props

This was actually really interesting! Great effort!

This was a genuinely great watch

This would be a great thing to see as a TAS.

Idk why but I love this videos with bizzare consepts that noone even thoght of before. Minecraft is truly - a masterpiece, ahah, u can play however u want. Very nice job on the video!

Remember , with curing villagers , the glass buy and sell prices , essentially , infinite emeralds

the most likely way to get lava in future updates is to cure a zombie pig and barter a piglin. It's also somewhat rational to make an exception to have an end portal, since the end is the only real goal of the game. This would gauruntee access to obsidian (and I also, uh, silently assumed for a couple seconds that it would be unmodified, that would mean a lot of stuff)

I remember discussing using the iron from zombies to make iron trapdoors to spread out, but just making shears for wool makes a lot more sense. Great video!

This is my favorite Minecraft video hands down.

This, and your Factorio video, are the sort of content I adore. Thanks for making them!

Finally, an actual gameplay and calculation if an actual 1 block game. Well done!

Bro this is so cool! I appreciate how much time u put in it! Brilliant work

The success of this video goes to show how good this video is. As far as i know this is the first video of this channel. Way to go!

12:36 Spawnrate likely isn't increasing because you're limited by the passive mob mobcap in the testing

Nice vid! You can also get phantoms to spawn too, though in the beginning you would need the initial block higher than y=64, so not very useful ( or consistent) for player damage!

This was sooo fascinating yo. Plz make more!

Amazing video. Very well made and cool concept

This deserves so much more attention

honestly with a combination of keep inventory and some kind of mod that increases mob drops for early game would make these sort of fun

Great vid, real dedication! Hope you grow out to become a large RU-vidr.

Reminds me of an even harder version of runescape tileman haha, well done my kiwi bro this was phenomenal

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As someone who has done this research as well, here's a few additions: - If you play multiplayer, you can kill sheep with your fists, if the other player punches them back onto the platform. - Spiders drop string, which you can also use to craft wool blocks. This is probably faster than waiting for sheep, if you can kill them reliably. - I actually played on a vanilla skyblock server where we had to go the fox route. It took us about a month to get the emeralds for podzol. Since we also had access to the nether though, we could get the remaining emeralds much faster (since we had basically Infinite dirt). - starting in the nether is probably the better option, if you can somehow figure out a way to kill mobs at the beginning (e. g. in multiplayer) Very well made video though! I didn't think of using bows for one-shotting sheep, that's smart. Also snow is a great idea. I totally want to try that at some point, maybe with scripts and the option to speed up the game. I would love to chat with you about this stuff sometime :)

Thanks for doing this for us so we don’t have to, yet know it can be done. I honestly hadn’t even considered the thought. When I saw the video I expected the first 2 seconds to be “you can’t”

I had pondered the possibilities from bare bone situations, but I had never even imagined anything this extreme. You’re a genius!

you can make a ceiling on the grass block so only foxes and chicken spawn, which makes it way easier to get emeralds

The podzil could be mined up and turned into dirt, allowing for trees to be grown without sacrificing the grass.

this idea and video is one of the most beautiful elegant things ever to cross my life

Great video! Seriously kept me hooked

1.18 has made one part of this challenge much easier. Foxes can now spawn on snow blocks, as can rabbits and wolves. Some napkin calculation tell me that a large enough platform of snow will spawn on average 3.6 foxes every 20 seconds. That's a bit faster than one every 75 minutes.

I thought this was going to be a typical clickbait one block challenge video, this was super interesting

Very awesome video, glad the algorithm blessed you.

I'm truly astounded by how far you can go with just one block. Jeb and Agnes should add a lava bucket and pointed dripstone trade. On start up, the map should consist of: one grass block, one end portal frame. You've shown me that it's possible to beat the game under the aforementioned circumstances. Well done!

This is actually extremely well made I would like to see similar videos. One idea is seeing the limits of the rarest possible occurance in a single gametick on a single block or chunk. My idea would be a mob spawning while getting struck by lightning. Or passive mob behavior like chiken egg drops or sheep eating grass.the idea and limits are up to you though.

12:04 if you break podzol it turns into dirt that can then be placed next to the grass and let it spread… now you have more grass blocks. BIG BRAIN!

This theory is so intriguing! Subscribed.

This was a journey, great vid.