Hope you enjoy today's video! Something a little bit different that I think is really important to talk about for Minecraft players! Did you find this helpful? Or anything else you do to stay motivated?

@NUTCRACKER3000___

6 ай бұрын

This has let me get some inspiration to start a long term world! Thank you so much :)

@ArunPlayss

6 ай бұрын

I mostly just get bored after I've made a starter base so ty ❤

@heyhellyco

6 ай бұрын

Honestly this is a video that I believe many of us needed. Getting burned out or bored of the game happens often, so starting small, pacing yourself, not cutting corners, setting up future projects and goals to achieve, can genuinely improve one’s experience. I’ve recently been doing multiple smaller Minecraft projects, so I don’t find myself getting bored with the bigger ones. Thanks fwhip for the inspiration and the awesome builds, looking forward to the next project!

@alexbenitezortega835

6 ай бұрын

Please, add a papyrus monument on the center of new papyrus

@mason24dman93

6 ай бұрын

In an old world I had in 1.17, I for nine months I had made roads branch from each village on a starter map, start to upgrade each village and make them look better, did out huge mines and have a interconnected mining network from my castle toward each village and other castles in the future I build.

My issue is that I'm just so uncreative, I simply don't have the brain to create ANYTHING like this world. 😢

@anycoolgamer

6 ай бұрын

I feel you mate

@fast-toast

6 ай бұрын

But you don't have to create this world. Your comparing yourself to someone who plays the game FOR A LIVING. Maby start small like a vilage inspired by one of the natural ones that you can find. Then think "what else should a vilage have" and just build it.

@anycoolgamer

6 ай бұрын

@@fast-toast amen 🙏 thats what im doing now too slowly but surely

@deadhelix

6 ай бұрын

this is why I have way more time in terraria and dont starve over mc (excluding the childhood golden age of opening the game getting nothing done and think i had the best day ever) because most of the content in minecraft is what you make not stuff that is there to acquire or conquer. Once you get iron armor you are 2 upgrades behind the strongest gear so you aren’t in much danger, and there isnt much putting you in danger anyway. I prefer terraria where there’s always more stronger items to get to take on the next boss in a linear progression. Dont Starve has the same horizontal progression minecraft has where the difference between the worst and best gear is not much, but theres so many things that you have to constantly manage to stay alive and the default mode being hardcore (1 life but some respawns can be found) makes it feel like a loop of learning and getting better.

@harold963

6 ай бұрын

Think about what you need to build and how you can make it look good, like a wheat farm can have a storage barn and you can have a silo.

Takeaways list: 1) Play in a way that makes you feel happy with what you've done--singleplayer vs multiplayer, hardcore vs peaceful, creative vs survival, keepInv on or not, it's all up to you. 2) Play slower; stop to enjoy things and don't let "progress" be the metric for having fun! 3) Start small and upgrade farms/builds. 4) World maps and dense building regions help you be aware of your own achievements and feel attached to them. This may require terraforming, but that's okay! You don't need to explore for the perfect biome, MAKE it. 5) Set larger goals that give you something to build toward, and break down the smaller things that will build towards it. (Each step becomes meaningful to your ultimate vision) 6) Use datapacks or mods if they reduce unpleasant grind or add aesthetics you enjoy. No right or wrong here. 7) Let your buildings tell a story and use imagination! 8) Do the mindless grind when you need relaxing and recharging, so that you're not bored by it. 9) Taking breaks from Minecraft make the game itself more enjoyable. Here's my own advice: a) If you have a vision but you don't know how to execute it, just do it badly. It is okay to tear down buildings because you have something better. It can hurt to "throw away" work BUT you haven't ever wasted your time because you learned something from it and that build still exists in your mind. This is also applicable to other projects, like writing or exercising. b) Do something intentionally ridiculous. Build pointless farms or builds and enjoy the silliness. Especially if you notice MC being less fun as you get older, it's possible that you are taking things too seriously and ruining your own fun. But kids can play with *anything* because they have fewer expectations for themselves. So remember just to *play*! GLHF and if you're wanting more advice leave a reply :)

@WillSar

6 ай бұрын

i also want to add: if you wand to use in keep inventory, do it because ppl who say it's bad are dumb, we always play in keep inventory because it reduce the stress of the game so much and we enjoy it so much more than in simple survival

@fWhip

6 ай бұрын

This all sounds pretty great! Definitely some good adds too :D

@snipergaming9542

6 ай бұрын

🎉

@Colxy-

6 ай бұрын

@@fWhipyou gotta fix the hole in th industrial district it really bothers me.

@Kleph.

6 ай бұрын

@@Colxy- Haha that stuff gets me too! Keep in mind that fWhip sees it even more than we do and probably doesn't feel excited about it or doesn't have a clear idea on what to do. You ever get told to do a chore you were going to do anyway, though? And then you're like "I was going to do it, but now I don't want to"? Telling fWhip to fill it might actually be demoralizing, so consider suggesting ideas that would inspire him! Unfortunately, he's also got pressures of making content that interests a large audience, so that might also affect what he prioritizes. But please be patient and suggest ideas and I'm sure he'll get to it when he can. ^_^

I usually play alone so I find myself just narrating world tours and explaining my world to no one sometimes and it’s a nice way to remember everything you’ve done

@deem05

6 ай бұрын

cute

@AdawaShiwani

6 ай бұрын

I’ve been doing that around 13/18k hours on mc, since when i started. I hadn’t had any friends with a laptop to play with, on the 360 my acc was bugged and i couldn’t get xbox live, so the only time i got to play with people was when i went to the USA to visit my family or when i finally got my xbox 1 and then eventually downgraded to java edition. (Java is literally bedrock on easy mode)

@Jukebox707

Ай бұрын

@@AdawaShiwanifr java is so easy 💀💀

As an idea- you could make your nether portals reflect the places they connect to in the overworld.

@fWhip

6 ай бұрын

I definitely want to do some builds around those! Just need to plan out the hub a bit more

@hughg.rection8567

6 ай бұрын

@@fWhipmaybe on the nether roof u can build the terrain of the Overworld but simplified

@ZorillaMyrid181

5 ай бұрын

When I had a world in the version of Minecraft where Immersive Portals was still supported on Forge, I had a plan to make each portal be seamless as they connect from one dimension to another (like the basement of a cabin with a hole in the wall that leads to a warped forest) Admittedly I never played long enough to do that and now I play on versions that aren't supported, but the dream was there from the start

@kazmiz01

5 ай бұрын

@@ZorillaMyrid181 It probably won't be as good looking, but I recall one YTuber building a miniature of the ecosystem he was going to in the overworld, behind the portal. That way when going towards it, you could still see that warped forest behind the portals animation. It obviously requires a bit of free space to pull off.

@lilhero7916

15 күн бұрын

@@fWhip Netherite Sword Portals look dope for specific places, the guardian farm sword or trident for theme would look sick

My daughter got me into minecraft during early covid. As a almost 50yr old I thought it was a kids game, but it was something to do with my daughter. She's since abandoned minecraft but I'm still going strong. Imo it's the best game ever made. I'm a terrible builder but I love redstone. There's something for everyone in this game. I may walk away from it for a while here and there, but I always come back to it. Loved your goblin(?) base Create mod was sooo fun too!

@3000gtalex

6 ай бұрын

Same here haha, son got me hooked!

@MatthewCornish

3 ай бұрын

I played Minecraft before my son was born and it wasn’t really until he started school and they had education edition that it got serious for me 😅

@SDAWG-69

2 ай бұрын

@@MatthewCornishmake a world with him it would be so great!

@xykane

11 күн бұрын

that's beautiful. I hope you keep your passion for it and continue learning redstone!

I started a single player world a couple months ago and I’m still pretty engaged with it, but I was worried about what to do if I started to get bored. This really helps!!

Something I did to help ease the pain of not having the patience to build certain large farms, was to make a custom villager that would sell what I need/want. Like I can't be asked to make an farm for prismarine. So I made a custom villager that sold all the blocks, in exchange for copper ingots. I have metric craploads of the stuff, not using it, and can turn it into something I use a lot.

@fWhip

6 ай бұрын

that sounds like a really fun way to play the game! Gives a great excuse to build more villages too :D

@decimatestudios7686

6 ай бұрын

How do you do this?

@Saythra

6 ай бұрын

@@fWhip it does! My current survival world, said villager is "the last of his clan" lives on a little farm on the edge of a village as a bit of an outcast. Trades "precious stones" for copper. All around the farm there's small boulders of prisma everywhere. Was a different take to world building to ease a personal pain point in the game.

@arcehiero4796

6 ай бұрын

@@Saythra so cool!

@Boyhoody

6 ай бұрын

That's awesome! I've also been trying to play this way where I build villager houses uniquely (ie smithy, library, barn, brewing etc) and have villagers with the desired professions live in them. This way it would be almost like many mini trading halls while maintaining the village aesthetics😄

My goal for my single player world is to build a city or town in each biome. Slowly working away. Your world is very inspiring 💙

@Skeddsyy_Gaming

2 ай бұрын

Taco

I think a lot of people needed to hear this ❤️ When it comes to minecraft, I play mainly single player (mainly because I can only play bedrock right now), and I do get stumped a lot of the time - But taking long periods of time away from minecraft genuinely gets me excited to dive back in again. I’m an avid reader and the worlds I read about inspire me to build what I’ve just read 😊 I find it also helps, me personally, to move away from my own projects and build alongside creators I genuinely enjoy, not only does this keep me entertained, I learn from the creators and how they would build also 😊 Keep up the good work Fwhip 😁

@fWhip

6 ай бұрын

That sounds awesome! Reading is fun because your brain still has to piece the information together to create your own picture which could be totally different to someone else reading the same thing! :D

@unboxing_legend7708

6 ай бұрын

ive personally tried to steer away overtime from books explaining each area in my minecraft world because then it breaks the imagination and people have to read 100 books to understand or get tired and leave before seeing all they want to see and stuff like that. i dont really see a use for them anymore then an artistic choice. until we end up getting the update with the bookshelves to put books in, i dont feel inlcined to use books to create stories and legends and stuff like that to store into some library either than to use it for decoration purposes. when i think of books i think of the hour long time on xbox it takes to type it out switch pages and only making a 11 page book in which uve given up on because ur character is starving dying, skipped multiple days, lost interest due to boredom or cause it feels like no progress is being made. despite saying this, i have only 1 reason at this current time now to make a book and to place it in a stand or something for people to read despite playing singleplayer and this is because i can use it to explain how i came up with the idea of the build that it is near or infront of and how to build it for others to use.

@blu.berrii

6 ай бұрын

did you maybe reply to the wrong comment ? @@unboxing_legend7708

@Phantom0218x

28 күн бұрын

@@unboxing_legend7708No where did he say that he wrote books for his Minecraft world, he stated that he read books and took what he read and applied his imagination into his builds. You completely misunderstood…

These tips apply to any creative project btw like drawing, break down big ideas into smaller simple tasks, don't rush, find enjoyment in the repetitive grind, try something new everyonce in a while etc I cant play minecraft without an idea of what i want to do in that world I personally started a project to build a walled city that extends both upwards and downwards making different layers of the city, with waterways, railroads etc But I didn't immediately start planning the city, making the walls etc that would have made me burnout before even starting, instead I've started with my house, then the road connecting my house to my mine, slowly I will build houses and farms alongside the road and then branching outwards, and when I find a problem or obstacle it's an opportunity, need wood? maybe I can make a treefamr and disguise it as a building. need smelting a lot of stuff? let's make a blacksmith house etc etc

@fWhip

6 ай бұрын

Sounds really similar to how I plan things out! Definitely my favorite way is to naturally expand the world and let my brain figure it out as I go. Especially for non-modern builds it seems like the more natural way to do it.

Perfect timing, as I started my new world after deleting 5 worlds I spent 3 mins in because I got bored. I loaded up a random seed and immediately saw my vision - a swampy fishing spot that leads into a mountainous hobbit hole and a base at the harbour. The most important thing I did was to not rush, being in a situation where I was just building with stone tools and having a good time. Edit: I started a new world like a week after I made this comment lol Edit 2: I made another world after that like a week ago lol I need to watch this video again

@C44st

2 ай бұрын

lol

I definitely think adding a narrative to your world can help a lot with making it feel special. In my latest single player world ive been keeping a journal of events so the history of my world feels like a story, and also naming every cool echanted piece of gear like its a artifact in dwarf fortress to give them extra character

Your last world tour vid inspired me to start my first long term world...personally I don't get board but I loose inspiration sometimes....then I just look to the Minecraft Gods...Fwip, Sausage, Gem, beans, Mumbo, Avo, Tango, Etho, pix...you and the others keep me entertained and inspired....can't wait to see how far you take it!!!

The issue with the multi player world shrinking to a single player is totally valid. It's how I started playing the game after learning the minimum basics only to find out that the world really only had 2 active players. It really knocked the wind from sails as all my eagerness was about other player involvement. I am now looking forward to going single player mode and will take your advice on board so that I don't just sit there like a bump on a log!

@EG-cm5th

3 ай бұрын

Lol, I had a similar experience with a Minetest server, and I had to intentionally shift the way I was looking at my playing experience. I basically ended up making it more of a “let’s pretend we’re in a ghost town” type of mindset.

Thank you so much! I’ve been not playing Minecraft for months now because I just get very bored very quickly! This helps a lot! ❤️❤️

Thank ou! that was very insightful! i honestly think one of the best things to do is taking a break whenever you find yourself struggling to find anything to do. you come back with so much inspiration and renewed passion for the game which always leads to better better and a lot more fun! Maybe another tip i'd say is watch other people and take inspiration from them

This video showed up at the right time! I've been getting burned out on my current world, which I love, but I've been feeling like I'm not making progress fast enough. I needed a reminder that its good to take things slow and enjoy the process. Thank you!

these are some super helpful tips! i started my survival world in 2018 and fighting boredom is a struggle when i don't know what to do. personally i think a change of scenery really helps with inspiration, so between building projects i'll explore far out and hopefully come back with a clear mind and some more materials.

For me an early goal of a massive project gives me something to work on and reasons for me to build everything else. I need farms to give me more renewable blocks. I need to do smaller projects to break up the work on the big project. I need to explore and expand to get new or more resources. And every once in a while, i see something that i just have to work on. But keeping a list of things i want to do or make gives me a never ending lost of ideas. Also playing with others. It gives you a drive to accomplish your goals, you can always help others with theirs, and make things that are more fun with friends

Hiya Whip! I don't get bored either playing Minecraft. I take inspiration from almost anything around me like history, books, artwork, cultures, new tech, imagination, and from collaborations. I don't have to copy other people's builds even if they are inspiring. The challenge is my very own, and not just what everyone else does because it's popular. Great video of sharing your own thinking in playing Minecraft!!! Thank you!

you’ve inspired me a lot with the world i’m currently playing on! i’ve really been experimenting with building and getting a lot better at it, and i really like how every build you make has a whole story behind it, not just a reason you need to build it. it really does make the game more fun!!

Thank you so much for the wonderfully inspirational vid eh! I'm really wanting to start up a minecraft series of my own, and like all folks just way too nervous about hitting that record button and giving it a go! I'm gonna take the time to go back and watch your earlier long term series, to hopefully get that kick in the tail I need to get started! Your world is absolutely gorgeous bud, and I hope you are so heckin' proud of what you've accomplished!

Honestly watching you’re videos inspired me to keep my world and create stories with in it, I’ve slowed down a bit cus of other games but my worlds coming along

"How to NOT get BORED playing MINECRAFT" answer: build forever and do nothing else... HMMM

Honestly, one of the best ways I stay inspired in Minecraft is by watching creators I love! Seeing other people build cool things gives me so many ideas for what I could do in my own world, and sometimes, playing alongside a long video or stream to keep me company really helps! (Especially fWhip- thank you for being such a cool and inspiring creator. The amount of times I open up my game after streams, feeling inspired to create, is more than I can count )

Truly thank you fWhip. I was a avid animal crossing player before stumbling into MC myself. I noticed very similar parallels when it comes to creative games with endless options. Sometimes its just creative burn out and its okay to step away from it. Love your Empires, new life videos, I often get overwhelmed with new blocks when it comes to the game, but putting your videos on in the background is inspiring and gives various ideas about what to do.

I have a modded world with my brother, and just being smaller (because of our origins using pekhui) made it so much easier to spend forever in the same amount of space that many players might only ever use for a starter base and then move on. We enjoyed it so much, in fact, that we kind of ignored the usual progression of the game and have only really done things when we need to. I intend to keep playing on that world for a long time.

As someone that just started, what I hope to be a very long term world, this was very nice to hear and gave me even more motivation than I had 😊 good job fwhip!

Different projects at the same time...its like reading different books at the same time, love it!

I get bored in my worlds, cause I just don't have the motivation to make things look nice. I usually afk my farms most of the time and there's really nothing else for me to do, since I'm the only one seeing my worlds, sans for a pixel world I dip into every so often. I don't stream or make videos, so I find making things look nice kind of futile, especially with the time it takes me to build making me feel like I could be doing other, more productive, things. Hats off to people that can stay invested in their worlds for a long time! You've got a lot more willpower than I do.

Couldnt have found this at a better time! My current health problems have left me feeling down in the dumps and my game was starting to reflect that. This video (and binging your hardcore series for the second time) have definitely lifted my spirits and inspired me to play in a new light!

I wanna see what fWhip could build with mods like chisel and CTM. Having a brick outside wall and a wooden inside wall is amazing stuff! I spent hours making a wire chicken cope out of bits.

@fWhip

6 ай бұрын

I've tried those mods and I actually don't enjoy them much haha I like that minecraft forces us to use large blocks and just go "yeah that's good enough!" whereas individual pixels I will be stuck designing a table for a week and never get anything done lol

I think videos like this are always good because it makes you feel less like it only happens to you.

@fWhip

6 ай бұрын

Happens to all of us for sure!

I finally managed to stay interested in 1 world in my own modpack, and even dared to take the world with me when I finally took the leap and updated my pack from 1.12.2 to 1.18.2 Never been both more happy and proud, and I've managed to get hooked like this by actually following almost all tips you've given today (but then 1, 5 years ago lol)

The idea of pacing yourself is the best point you made, it’s so true. I paced myself in Minecraft and I’m loving my current singplayer world!! I waited till day 500 to kill the Dragon, meaning I used horses to travel my interconnected world for over 350 days alone! I’m now I’m looking forward to what comes next!!

this video is more like 17 minutes of fwhip flexing his building skills

I always appreciate these types of videos, it always gets me and my friend back into our world

Genuinely such a good video (which is no surprise) but more than anything so much respect for gently giving ways to better your minecraft playing experience w/o going online to complain (if u browse community posts u already know why that’s so important to remember even more lately 💀) Will never get tired of the sandbox experience and how much power each player has to enhance (or nOt) their experience as well as tailor it to whatever goal they set!

This is really inspiring, Fwip! Really makes me want to boot up a new world for myself, I haven't played Minecraft since my last multiplayer world with my friends died, but this makes me feel rejuvenated and ready to play again :)

alternative title :how to get addicted

yo fwhip. i have a suggestion. i want you to make a new giga project, and make it arctic themed. idk. maybe an aurora mountain with a glacier village and magical boreal forest. maybe a viking settlement at an antarctic shore. maybe a giant dwarven keep on a snowy mount. i think it might be a huge grind, but worth every snow layer.

Something that helps me is to have two (very different) worlds going. For example, a world where I try to take things nice and slow, and then a multiplayer where I try and grind out the biggest whatever to flex. When I get bored of one, I hop to the other, when I get inspiration from one, I bring it into the other. I build in very different build styles, and focus on different things. Helps me alot.

I appreciate the work you do in your worlds. When I used to play I was a creative only. But since I found your channel, you really made me switch to regular. So I am new to the whole building iron farms, xp farms and so on.

Hi fWhip!Just came to mind would be really lore friendly some sort of giant sistem of scaffolding running on the side of the tree facing the city like for sort of manteinence to keep branches from falling, as alwaus love your videos

My tip is: don’t build farms, that way you will really appreciate what you have and how hard you got it and enjoy your progress even more

I listen to YT videos all day while I work. Sometimes a MC tuber will have a relaxing build video that’ll get me excited to do certain in-game projects. Also, going around one’s local town or city IRL can lead to discovering neat buildings or wild areas that may inspire. Yesterday I took a back road on my way to a destination and ended up in a small town I’d never heard of. They had a cute Main Street built around abandoned farm industry structures. These dilapidated old buildings had really cool architectural details newer buildings don’t have.

I really enjoyed this video, i’ve felt this way about minecraft for a long time now. and i’ve tried getting back into it. I love grinding but once I do it then everything becomes boring. now i am working on a secret vault for my netherite armour sets, thank you for the tips and way to make this amazing game fun again

This video is keeping me not bored in class 🙏

Me who gets bored before I even went to the Nether

I have a Minecraft world from 1.13 with a friend and because of you and other creator builds we are inspired to create more. We are currently in the process of rebuilding our village. Great job on the series and keep it going!

You're very inspirational fwhip :D I have ADHD but I LOVE the long term game... As I improve as a player I love to challenge myself in different ways, like working on big, beautiful themed builds. BUT it gets boring, and I find as I get toward an end of a project I start running out of steam SO to re-motivate myself I'll often go do a "side quest" :D like raid an ancient city or excavate an ancient ruin, or breed the best horse possible, or build a random civilisation somewhere in the end, there are any number of ways to keep entertained in this game, please keep doing what you do, love your stuff

hello fwhip

Can we just appreciate the time and effort that he uses to make us happy ❤

@blahthebiste7924

6 ай бұрын

Begone, bot

Thanks! I think this really does help. I like to think about my server as mostly just for me and my one really active friend, and other people pop on sometimes to play for fun. And I agree!! I’m quite sick of people complaining about Minecraft updates and stuff instead of just playing the dang game. Less fun for everyone, and Minecraft is SUPPOSED to be casual and fun at the end of the day, no matter how much you dedicate to the game. A labor of love, not a chore :) nice video!!

You are the reason I am making a fantasy world in Minecraft! Your videos are my inspiration and motivation!

I finally built my first real nice looking base area after years of playing. Now I'm done with the base and everything to do with it... But I still want to continue the world I was in. So I left the home base area and travelled to a different area 5k blocks away and started fresh. Also, I linked the two with nether portals so I could use my old supplies. Then I took a 4+month long break. Now I am back to wanting to continue it, but feel like I need to fully finish my Starfield runs.

I love using glass in my floors and recreating parts of the structures upside down for a mirrored effect. Lets me build without planning for a little bit on those days after work where you dont want to think too much.

I habe planned out my world for years. Yet never started. Bcs am playing modded 1.12.2 to avoid farms. Reason being i have a potatoe laptop. Now am geared out, but due to the difficulties of some mods like ancient warefare 2, it feels like I achieved anything. My world itself speaks out a story despite I haven't even built a house. Now I am overwhelming for hours now just having the thought of opening minecraft to start building that village. Thank you for the video. I know understand what I have to start with

Good for you guys that build huge cities. I lived in a two story dirt house 15X15 until I beat the dragon. Haven’t played for years.

This helped so much I’ve been making a new world almost every 2 weeks because I’ve been playing so fast and I never got to enjoy the early game

obsessed with having multiple projects going at once, as someone who gets bored easily, this is a big one that helps a LOT :))

I have two mega builds going, well I started my second one because I wanted to build underground for once. It's not something I've really done so I thought it would be fun with the cave and cliffs update. I'm currently burnt out on both at the moment, but I've started doin bits of terraforming above ground. Decided to clean up the area and work towards building a dock, which will be attached to farm area. A few warehouses, farm house, a few ships maybe. So I'm slowly getting back into building again, I keep going from one project too the next, then go back again. Rinse and repeat, going on 5 years I think but I've had a lot of big breaks. Video was great, keep up the good work.

ive been feeling a little burnt out on one of my worlds, so i added that "from the fog" mod to it, so i could feel the eerie, creepy vibe i used to get when i was a little kid playing after hearing those creepypastas. ive been imagining more of a story to my world that i can think on when im bored of my "set building" (currenting working on two busy towns and one outskirts area with a few cottages, farms, and camp sites)

I've tried getting into minecraft again recently, and most of my worlds have ended once I made a house, farm, and gotten iron tools. Mostly because, there is not really much else to do, no story to explore. Recently, I've downloaded a modpack that makes minecraft alot more high fantasy. Dragons, Knight Armor, NPCs that actually do stuff, pre-generated castles, and even AI that you can upgrade to be like knights and stuff. This is the first world in months that I've spent more than a couple days on, and am going a two months strong. I've built farms, houses, recruited knights, started slowly expanding out, getting more resources, and I've been enjoying every second if it. Vanilla Minecraft is just that, Vanilla. But, you can always add your own toppings to make it you.

The first world, back in 2012, I did single play on was peaceful. It was a small house and when I needed bones I would change it to easy, then return it back. The second world, in 2013, I was in a snowy biome and built a cobble castle on hills with a rail between. Then I started digging out a mining pit level by level. I left those worlds, along with some others, after many updates, in the files of my Save folder. I also was playing on a server at this time and much preferred playing and talking to people. Have been with that same server all the way to now. My building skills have so much improved. I find working alone and with others, is what helps me not get bored. If I get to the point were I don't know what to do next, I start a new project or go off to a friends place to help build things there, till I get motivated again. It's just like having that break from Minecraft, but I am still in that blocky world. And I Love It.

I started watching stuff on my 2nd monitor while playing and it helps keep me entertained so I don't feel too bored

I actually found a purpose in building in minecraft thanks to everyone in the empires server i used to be a PvP player but after I found your channel firstly the empires season 2 it was so cool that a small group of people can individually transform such big areas and make them look amazing. I’ve also been making my way down the list watching each channel separately from fhwip,smallishbeans, and mythical sausage so far and they’re all amazing. I also started experimenting with some modding mainly cosmetic like the mob animations and water animations but it’s been way more fun nonetheless so thank you to everyone in this group.

Really loved this video. My kids got me into the game over the holidays last year. I'm definitely a builder, but I really love the early game of finding the perfect spot, getting the basics under control, etc...then I start a new world. I'm not sure I get bored so much as I have some new idea, and my brain always thinks a new world is the answer. (Or my kids join my world at some point, build something that throws off my plan and I'm like screw it, and move on.) I recently started a world that I really love so far, and I'm hoping to make it my first long-term world. I started a Realm for the kids to play in so they'll stop begging to join mine, ha! I just have to switch back and forth so I'm playing with them between working on my world (which has proven great for breaking up boring tasks).

the flexing thing is too real lol. I've never been able to stick to a single player world, but it felt so good to start a realm with my friends and have them compliment my builds and ask how I did things, what blocks I used etc. It just feels like you have something to show for it

Thank you for making me feel better about having so many projects.

I’ve been meaning to catch a stream to ask this exact question! You read my mind, love the videos.

What keeps me interested is connecting villages and building on those villages to create a world that has a story. As time changes, I update designs. Ching functional for more aesthetic and add more lore.

You are such a great guy , you were the reason I build my world and love monecraft ❤

FACTS. You basically covered everything i could've thought of when it comes to this topic, good job

The way i keep motivtion is streaming my progress i might not be a big streamer but haveing one or two people that are watching me play and making sure i dont cheat really helps me to come back to a world and also takeing breaks is very inportent play for like an hour or an hour and a half so you dont feel like you have to do something but instead you feel like you want to do it.

I like playing Revelations, part of the FTB collection because it has so many mods to keep us occupied. Sometimes it is the case that after playing in a world for months with all of these mods, the game becomes glitchy. Sometimes there is an excitement just to begin a new world. Sometimes we play in creative mode to speed things along, sometimes we play mixed and sometimes we do it all in survival mode. I often find myself enjoying survival mode the most, simply because it feels more satisfying to know you created everything from scratch and at a certain point feels like you are playing creative as you automate the processes for collecting and using materials. We have done the cities and towns with trains to get us around. I particularly like the technical mods such as Immersive Engineering, Big Reactors and Applied Energetics. Even though there is plenty to do, we still find ourselves taking breaks when we lose interest but eventually come back.

In my favourite seed at the moment I'm working towards building a small town that I want to establish trade routes with other towns and villages, I'm planning on using the vanilla village blueprints on the wiki as a base for each of the builds and village sites will be selected based on where I put the bolt holes I make use of, If I can't ride my horse back to the closest bolt hole then I need a new one, and I plan to build proper inns and castles along the roads I build. That should keep me fairly busy. 😊

I 100% agree with these facts but taking a break was essential for me and helped much as a builder

I follow a youtuber, Dallasmed65, who has been running his lets play world for nine years and he still has some of the old stonecutters despite updates (like before they were removed and then the new ones were introduced).

I wasn’t particularly bored of Minecraft before coming to this video but it definitely gave me around 23 ideas of what i could do, I’ve always taken Minecraft at a very slow pace and i usually fight the enderdragon by the time i got full enchanted diamond (pre netherite) or netherite gear, hell i remember in my 2012 world from the 360 i ported to the xbox one it took me until 2020 to defeat the ender dragon. And by the time i got an elytra my world was already quite lively, its a shame i lost the acc the world was on, as Minecraft’s current updates would’ve had me updating my builds like its nothing, especially adding more blackstone (i love blackstone sm, dark oak is also very underrepresented).

Honestly the biggest thing that has helped me in the last decade of minecraft is literally making a board or a book with goals to cross off. It's an additional layer of dopamine crossing off a big project or even a small to do, plus it helps if you are in a multiplayer world.

I have 5 worlds that I started on Xbox one edition. The 5th one has been going since 2017. I switched to java when xb1 edition was canceled and recently connected all 5 worlds so I can have all my builds in one place. Definitely a fan of long-time worlds.

For me if the villager update comes. I'll probably be slightly excited as then you get to move around your world more and you can decorate villages to represent the books you can find in that village. So example. Mending books you can build a big library in a village or small town or books for pickaxe you can have a mining village.

I've played in the same world for about 7 years. I usually don't build anything too crazy, I like to stay relatively simple, sometimes I go big, but when I do it's pretty simple, like a big pyramid or big netherrack cube, with a nether replica of my house in it. But otherwise it's a few little houses scattered around or just some random idea I got, and that's what 's fun for me. I personally like the jumbled up look of a ton of random stuff built next to each-other, compared to something more organised like in this video (No offense btw, I think it looks amazing)

I needed a message like this. I recently reached the end game in 7 days to die, which is basically like Minecraft but more realistic and with guns. I’ve got most of the best gear, I’ve maxed out most traders job levels, and I’ve got all the farms I need set up. All I seemingly had left was the castle I’m building, but it’s become a massive slog and what used to be an organic free flow as I put the first part of the complex together has slowly turned into a death march as the castle grew in scope and size. I need to take a step back before I burn out completely and just smell the zombies for a bit, we’ll see if that helps. Thanks Fwip!

I started playing Hardcore Minecraft 2 years ago and i am still building my ozean base ,my creativity was just gone the last few months. When i work on a big Projekt i always have a picture in my mind of how its loking but this time the picture was unfinnished bacause the Projekt was so big so when you work on a big projekt maybe make a plan or draw it on a piece of paper so that you dont forget your ideas. Another tipp is to only build farms when you really need the materials so that you can slowy build more farms and not everything at once otherwise you would have a lot of farms and the materials dont really have a use. Hope that helped😊

This is why I play gregtech, its so I have a long play world, where there's always progression options. And my starter house is already on the size of what used to be bigger builds on servers before. I played around a lot until I had the perfect idea and just enjoy myself with a ton more content, block variation. Once in a while I fizzle out and do other games. Until inspiration strikes again

I do the multiple projects thing. I love writing but I have so many ideas and fluctuating motivation if I just had a few I'd probably like it significantly less. It really helps

1st video I've watched of yours and I'm left inspired to do big things, thanks fwhip your now on my subs list 👍

I have started to build a sky island in legit survival but it’s still in the very early stages I’ve only had this world for like 7-8 months. Really loving the minecraft grind knowing I placed every single block, have a lake at y:100, different levels of the island

i have a survival world on my ps4 that ive been playing on and off for about 4 years, ive taken breaks that span a few months, ive taken breaks that span a couple of days. i just play it really slow because i want to enjoy it, i have enough diamonds to make a full set of armor, but i havent done it, i have more than enough iron to last a good amount of time. the only thing enchanted is my diamond sword. i havent killed a wither, havent even searched for the stronghold. im playing it at my own pace, usually spending a couple hours just doing small a few small things each day. while playing the survival world, im also building in a Creative world, trying to get a feel for some new builds, and just letting my mind run wild like i used to do as a kid with Minecraft. its really nice coming back to it all after a few months of not playing it❤

What me and my friends realized for our group, was that when the dragon got slain we would all slowly lose interest. So we tried not killing it and it worked however it made progressing different builds very slow, but I think it was a worth trade-off 😅

i lovee the multiple village and biome idea, i play modded and when i get a better pc im totally trying that with biomes o plenty! i feel like that would be really awesome and long term

Over a year ago, in a world with my friends I built a huge castle, it took me several days to make space for it since there was an iron farm on top of the mountain. I got so into it that it took me 8 hours to finish just the walls and another 9 hours to build interior. My friends werent playing much but one time they logged in, they were shocked that I terraformed an entire mountain and all surroundings and build a castle. They called me crazy but I was just that much enjoying! And everytime we start new world they wanna speed through the game but I just take time building and get carried away.

I been feeling like always creating a new world everytime, this video genuily felt like a good way to solve this problem fr :D

When having a world, I always tried rushing, and doing everything so quickly, but now in a new world I've had for a couple days I'm taking it so much slower and its alot more enjoyable.

This will help. Well once I first get better at building I'm stuck on building, well, buildings. Worried they won't look good plus don't have much time to design so free building is what I have to do. Right now stuck on villager trading hall designs.

Thank you, it was needed❤

4:15 the citty still floating, and the city without interiror makes me sad. But the fact he survived this long in his hadrcore world is something truly awesome. Each part and detail has a reason behind, and HOURS to create.