Spying on Hermits!!! - Minecraft Hermitcraft Season 9 #5 

Now we can play 'spot the Zedaph' in all the other hermits videos 😄

“I have a secret weapon! And that secret weapon is… lower expectations.” -Zed 2022 I’m 100% gonna steal that line and store it for future use in my tool box of self-talk haha wonderful 😂

watching you sneak around inside pearl's base felt a bit like watching a horror movie in the best way possible lol. awesome video, zed!!

Zedvancement idea: secretly take a part of each Hermits’s base (e.g. a chimney or a door) and fit them all together to make a house - A house of houses!

"Lovely, weird stalkerish memories." That sounded completely normal and harmless coming from Zed.😂

I love the little dioramas for each trophy! For the death message, maybe some kind of mob with a crossbow is revealed long enough to shoot the player once? I'm imaging a block sliding out the way to reveal the mob!

Here's a suggestion Trying to be a spy guy Distract your target

Zedvancemente idea: "Good 'ol tricks" - get a curse of binding pumpking on the head of each hermits

I'm surprised Zed doesn't have more subscribers and viewers...he's easily one of the funniest and most entertaining hermits in my mind!

I'm in LOVE with the creative time lapses! Awesome job, Zedaph!

A zedvancement for “creating the worst redstone contraption on the server” complete

Zed, to make your life easier, you should use a skin that camouflages in the background, like a stone texture skin for example.

20:55 "This time I have a secret weapon and that weapon is... lower expectations." This is my new life motto 😆

Every season the level of silliness increases. Well done Zed! Bonus points for the effort to add the closed captions 👍

as an idea for the stuck it with a bucket diorama, could you use a slime block to bounce it up and then have it get caught by the water? that feels like it's be easier to execute and a great deal quicker - full disclosure, this idea is essentially just a modified version of the crowd-reaction contraption mumbo made with armour stands :P

11:36 You could hide some Dispensers filled with Rockets behind that wall that shoot anybody who activates the button

Hello, friends! It's Ness, here again to chronicle the accomplishments and adventures of Zedaph. Today begins the Spy Games, in which Zedaph must photograph each Hermit through a spyglass lens .. whilst being a sneaky spy. His first attempts are discovered, and I do hope that my tagging along hasn't hindered this Zedvancement! I may need to use some invisibility potions so as to not be detected and spoil the fun. The base sees the addition of some item flingers for an upcoming storage system. The science involved proves that you can take the Zedaph out of the lab, but you can't take the lab out of Zedaph. One last attempt at sneaking rounds out the day...is it successful? You'll just have to watch to find out! Ness Note: apologies for the text at the end of my last report. I've mentioned it to my supervisor and they're looking into the security of my network. Sorry! //CONNECTION EST...very good. It appears y...read somew...// [INTERRUPT NOTED] . //RECON...Ness, we must meet. Spawn. Tim...not on m...ide// [TERMINATED]

Zedaph needs the tree hat from last season to spy on the hermits. 😅😉

I was going to recommend the carpeted powder snow technique for entering the base, but then you beat me to it! Good job reading my mind before I even had the thought. 😄

Instead of the glass panes to hold back the water, you could also use glowlichen! it's even less visible and may add some visual interest. For the "longest death message" diarama: Why not have a dispenser filled with (named?) arrows, that shoots across the room at a well placed Scars head?

When the server gets Allays, you can make it a fairy fountain where it drops the items down the hole, then Allays reload the system.

I love this "spying on every hermit" thing!! A fun way to bring every hermit into a little game without them needing much commitment. Excited to see it progress!!

That diorama is such a great idea! I gotta grab my redstone building hat and work on making that a little more compact

I spy a brilliant zedvancement idea! Great one Dot! Loving this season so much.

Zedaph, your editing game is ON POINT this season!

Zed! What about a reverse ore vein mining achievement? "Completely expose an or vein" imagine how cool that would look!

That place is so pretty. I imagine a large wooden trellis/pagoda over the whole thing. With vines glow berry's and spore blossoms all over

Another zedvancement: collect every hermits head and make a totem pole, you can kill or bargain for the heads

Idea for an Zedvancement: remove a single piece of each and every game generated structure. Put them in shulkerboxes and try to sell. "Here is a pillager outpost in pieces, is anybody interested?" (Lovely jazzy tune playing in the background) It is long term project, it is quite dangerous (deconstruction of nether fortress for example) but it is fun! I love doing it on my server. Just chill, relax and destroy!

I just recently started watching zed’s videos and all I gotta say is - I wish I started watching earlier I’m way too addicted to these vids!!

Rockets in one of the water stream loops would be a nice rocket restock station :)

Zedvancement idea: "Boxing champion" -You must kill all hostile and friendly mobs in the game. The final blow must be done with your fist ( you can damage the mobs with any other weapon before that). - And yes, the Wither and the Ender Dragon are included. I feel like its a fun but difficult challenge.

I’m so glad we’re seeing Zed do a playthrough of Pokemon Snap

I'm so impressed with the accuracy of the water flow items.

Zedaph has to be the hermit with the most creative episodes

Zedaph - I Spy with my little Super-long-ranged-optically-enhanced-eye, something beginning with you! Viewers - You, Me, Him, Her, Them! Me - I Spy with my little Eye something beginning with H! Zedaph - Hermitcraft!

One more Zedvancement idea! Create an 'Old Macdonald Farm' of deformed animals! In one of your halls, gather one of every mob and replace their heads with a different mob head using a dispenser!

Base is looking really good Zed! (And editing is phenomenal as always)

The spying challenge is very funny xD Good luck!

We've had the glassy dome home vibes going on and now i'm reminded of your ZSMA Ender ender *and* the jungle base! Such good memories now in even better packaging

20:20 - Waiting for the items to be fling-inated feels like playing "Pooh-sticks" Fantastic editing as always!

If I may make a suggestion: Invisibility Potions You get better photos, plus since the spyglass/camera is visible it's still a challenge not to get spotted.

I love Zedaph's little onomatopoeias when he does stuff!

I love the spying zedvancement already! I wonder though, there are 26 hermits and only 22 in the zedvancement. Zed is missing of course, and then probably Etho who is on family leave. But the other two hermits on a break (afaik), Mumbo and Ren (maybe wels?), will both be back within a couple weeks - do you plan to finish the zedvancement before that?

Zedvacement idea - have a secret room in every hermit’s base for spying

Idea for Zedvancement: Reach the maximum possible speed, it doesn’t have to be for much time, put at least 1 tick at that speed, anything can be used, such as slime blocks, explosions, potions, dolphins, exploits, etc…

I really love the spying on other hermits, I sat on my tip of the chair to hope u didn't get caught! Love the idea and how it's working out! Goodluck trying to get them all hahaha It is really exciting to watch hahha

“This time I have a secret weapon: lower expectations!” 😂 love it!

Zed of course the spying didn't work! You didn't use your spying outfit, something to blend into the environment with 🤔(make a sleuthing skin) great videos as always

This is great. Hopped on to youtube being like "i feel like watching a Zedaph vid rn", and literally one had been up for a minute. Perfect timing.

Zedaph! What a fun episode! May I suggest another zedvancement? Complete the 'Oh Shiny' advancement with every tradable golden block/item in the game.

That's the best Stuck It With A Bucket contraption I could ever imagine. Your imagination is inspiring Zed.

Had an idea for another Zedvancement - how about a Giga-pie-eating contest with the other hermits, to see how many you can eat within 5 minutes? Could be a really interesting challenge, given you have to make yourself hungry!

A zedvancement idea, how about “All in one” use 1 of each block in a build

Pearl is so cute "Get your spyglass out of here :D"

I think a cool Zedvancement would be to visit very single structure! From a jungle temple and fossils, to every Bastion Remnant, there are so many cool structures seemingly without a purpose, and I believe we don’t appreciate them enough!

One more zedvancement idea! Throw a 'Alice in Wonderland-style' unbirthday party for the Hermits. Use a cake and the armor stand mod to put candles on top of the cake!

Love the fling streams, they are brilliant, and the hall for the trophy's is beautiful, it has unfortunately made the hall of all look rather drab by comparison The diorama for the water bucket is perfect, may I suggest moving the sign crediting Scar for longest death so it's not hiding behind the nametag Really looking forward to seeing your project complete, it's an awesome idea!

Crafting tables and such are probably gunna be your best friend for this Zedvancement. The hermits probably won't be as observant if they're doing stuff at a crafting bench and you could probably get a god full shot of them

Your stuck it with a bucket redstone looks like a perfect job for Bdub's PERFECT REDSTONE!

I think you should use various precious blocks ass accents/"tier" indicators for the different Zedvancements! The harder (rarer) the Zedvancement is, the more precious the accent should be.

Zedvancement suggestion I know there's already a achievement in the game for this but I still think it's a funny idea, have every effect at once.

Pranks, deaths, spying.... dangling bits .... this season has it all!

Hey Zed. ZEDVANCMENT IDEA: place a build in every biome. Be it a statue, a well, a bridge, little houses in the middle of nowhere. Let each biome speak to you! You could do sub biomes too if you want to go crazy with it. It would be a good opportunity to just exersise your building skills and just pump out random pointless ideas. And a simple excuse to get an elytra.

Love your creativity. I wish there was a dialogue with Gem. Great episode!

Zedaph - Just trying to get a bit of height, Maybe we can see in, Through the window? Pearlescentmoon - I Can Hear You! 🔊 Zedaph - 😳 Woah! Oh! She Can Hear Me!🎤 Viewers - You have One Job, One Job! And you forget to turn off the Mic! 🎤🔊🔈

What if the little water paths from the outer wall to the inner one were Deepslate Brick Stairs instead of Cobbled Deepslate Stairs? Using a SLIGHTLY different material, because that's specifically where the water will be running, so there's a bit more effort trying to keep the water from eroding the bricks.

You know this is the interaction that makes hermitcraft so special the fact that you tell them what your foinf to be up to then go around spying as like a challenge and it includes all the hermits it’s amazing when you hermits do these fun challenges that includes everybody!!

If the sneaking gets to hard, maybe use invisability potions.

"And PearlecentMoon is a bush." -Zedaph, 2022

Oh the tension! can't wait to see more attempts on this zedvancement

Zedalph never fails to entertain! This spying advancement is brilliant! And a little creepy… Creepily Brilliant!!!

Timelapses are absolute gold, they're so unique!

An idea I had for a Zedvancement was one where you have to leave a message along the lines of “Zed Wuz Here” at every hermit’s base. You can do it in any way as long as it’s not obvious, impossible to find, or written on a sign because that’s boring. It’s called “Graffiti” and I think the trophy could have some dye in it.

For spying you should try some camoflague suits - outfits which blend into the background of the hermits you're spying on

I feel like Zed's time lapses are so under appreciated. It must be soo time consuming to basically build in stop motion 😂😂

Ah yes, the zedvancement that started it all off: Stickin' it with a Bickennit :'D

IDEA FOR ZEDVANCEMENT: Place curse of binding on specific items for that Hermit only WITHOUT THEM KNOWING! Example: Scar’s elf ears, Impulse’s Dwarf Beard, Grian’s man bun/easteregg.

Hey Zedaph, here are 10 ideas for Zedvancements. If you have ideas how to make these even better, funnier, etc. you can write it below Let´s start basic: 1) Experience(d): Reach level 1000 2) Borderless: Reach the end oft the minecraft map 3) Worst best equipment: If you have the best worst equiptment, you surely need it’s counterpart Some funny ones: 4) Soup Fasting: Craft all different suspicious stews and put them in a dispenser. Whenever you get hungry you eat a different one. Maybe then next time you won´t try such a weird idea from the internet and stick to normal food. 5) Exoskeleton: This wither looks a little bit strange. He has three normal skeleton heads and bone blocks as body. And somehow he doesn´t become a mob. Well I guess he looks like a trophy A little more effort: 6) The Hermit Bible: Write 100 pages about your experiences, thoughts, wishes, etc. of Hermitcraft in a book and quill and sign it with Hermit Bible. (you could even multiply and sell that afterwards) 7) Picasso, what a pain-t(h)ing: Create a beautiful 256x256 map art of your choice 8) Collector: Man who collects gems nowadays, when he can have all unique banner patterns. You need to find two patterns: one can be traded with villager, the other can be found in a bastion. The other four patterns can be crafted with: enchanted golden apple, creeper head, witherskeleton head and an oxeye daisy. Really Challenging: 9) Paparazzi, (In)famous Trio: Make a screenshot *with* the enderdragon, the wither and the elder guardian at the same time (you can push an elder guardian through the end-portal) 10) Flying with a pointed broom: Built an elytra parkour, but wait for a thunderstorm and complete the parkour only with a trident (riptide 3 during a storm and you can fly through the air/rain)

The candid photo challenge is a great idea, most entertaining. And the redstone for the water streams was nifty, GG.

Idea for Advancement that can be season long. "Hostile Zoo" Capture all of the hostile mobs that you can. It'd exclude boss mobs. It'd take a lot of time, as it could include Zombie Villager of every profession, Spider Jockey, Baby zombie on a chicken, Skeleton Horseman, Elder Guardian, and maybe some other not easy to get mobs

This wouldn't be a "Zedvancement" because you already had a death message one, but you should still do this anyway: "Death.Fall.Accident.Water" The only glitched death message possible that I know of.

That picture of Pearl was easily a solid C+, but the film Noir music that you picked to accompany your spying deserves an A.

you deserve so much more attention on RU-vid! The quality of your editing, the amount of work put into an attractive time lapse, *chef's kiss*

Expanding the dribbling? Mambo would be so proud! 😊

An idea for an advancement: fly as high as possible in the game, the y coord. You would have to figure out the right combination of elytra and rockets to fill your inventory. Once one elytra dies, you switch for another one as quick as possible and keep going up until you cant anymore. You could also label this as the farthest you can fall to your death lol

I think something help get a closer picture is stay zoomed in. The spy glass sound effect seems to happen when you either zoom in or out. Only real way around that, if the other hermit doesn't have their sound off while building or something is to just zoom before you get into sound range.

3:42 you could always put a waterlogged slab down there to avoid fall damage! :)

New zedvancement: Make the combrewter 3.0. Maybe not a zedvancement, but it would be nice to keep it going.

I love the creativity with flinging items around. Also, great video editing! The time lapse and other transitions were awesome!

He's still doing the Cave of Contraptions with The Thing Fling!

That spying one turned out to be better then I expected. Nicely done. Keep in mind you should priorities the Hermits that don't tend to last an entire season.

I really have to compliment you on the animations this season. They are very entertaining.

Zed said Roman bathrooms when he was adding the waterfalls. I could have sworn he said it was going to be the child of a Greek bathhouse crossed with the straightened tower of pizza inside out.

I love the little aqueducts and can't wait to see the auto farms hooked up and flinging items. It wouldn't be a Zed base without some wacky flying items :)

The additions to the base, the diorama, the spying, the video editing.. I love absolutely everything in this episode!

Zedvancement idea! Every hermit on a lama train taking a tour around the shopping district! (grian also has a train whistle)

I think as the season progresses zed will lighten up the 'grade' requirements because as he's already seen it is very hard to sneak up on someone and get a snapshot of them with the telescope.

Zed spies on Grian with an eyeglass. Grain spots him. 'A-ha!'

that timelapse of enlarging the bath was *chef's kiss*. for the death message diorama, you could have a button that will then shoot a firework rocket in the face of anyone who presses the button. You could name the rockets after the piglin in the nether haha. I think the bucket diorama looks great