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Instead of this animal pen, try out this diagonal design. Or instead of building a
rollercoaster over water, you should bounce it across like so. And today, we're covering the cheap yet easy ways to upgrade your world. And hey, according to the YouTube King no one's ever subscribed to the channel using their right pinky finger. So if you're up to the challenge, point your fifth digit to
that red sub button below. It's free and it helps out a ton. (ding sound) A secret entrance is a great
addition for your house. But with redstone in that it
could be an expensive one. Enter the painting. Now I know paintings are the white bread of the secret entrance world. But this user had an idea
on how to spice it up. And by adding simple
things like trap door gaps, specific jumps, and slabs to crouch under, we can make this old favorite
a lot more effective. And that way we make
sure that this painting doesn't go to waste. And we do it all without
needing to learn a full course on redstone. (ding sound) Clearly it's tough to build
anything realistic in Minecraft. But that doesn't mean that we
shouldn't try where we can. So for a start, let's take these hillsides and transform them into
a classic grassy hill. See, since there's only
grass in the top texture of our grass blocks then a simple solution
would be to take some moss and place it around the dirt
parts of the hill like so, and that way the
distracting dark brown dirt gets replaced with a
more complementing green. And while it's probably still
too boxy to look realistic up close, if you zoom out, it's a
marked improvement for sure. And it'll be worth trying at
your next hillside cottage. (ding sound) Lava seems like a pretty
expensive fuel to use. But in recent updates it might
be more economical than coal. Consider this: if you're having difficulty
finding coal ore nearby, then the simple drip stone set up lets us make a renewable
lava farm for a fuel source. And since lava burns for 1000 seconds, by the time that your fuel's up, one of these basins should
be good to go for a refill. So while it might
require some startup iron to get this running, it could be a solid fuel farm
for your early game exploits. (ding sound) Beds are a staple of the game, and they won't be going away anytime soon. Though a little variety would be nice. So, what about a sleeping bag? Well, we can pull this off
by solely placing slabs around the rim of the bed, which is super easy and it doesn't require a lot of material. And while I'm not saying
that this is gonna work out if you place it in a castle, it might fit in for a
temporary base in the mines. But for any bedrock players, beware, because you might not be able
to respawn on top of the bed like we can in Java. (ding sound) You never want your house
to feel too cramped. So, to make every block count, why not opt for trap doors
instead of blocks for your walls? Now hear me out. The idea here is actually pretty solid, because while the regular
blocks fill up the space, trap doors take up just a fraction, which makes for a roomy inside without sacrificing the exterior. And as long as no hooligans come by and flip open the trap doors, your base should be just
as safe as it was before. (ding sound) By now, you've probably seen
one of these piano before. And while they're nice,
obtaining just one dragon head in survival can be tricky, let alone this many. So, lucky for us by using
looms and some wood, we can save ourselves the trouble. And since the texture of the loom looks like piano keys from this angle, we're capable of building
a much cheaper version of the traditional dragon head approach. And while it might lack
some of the detail, it is easy to make. And that way we can also
save those dragon heads for something extra special. (ding sound) When you're making a big build it could be common to use any
and all blocks as scaffolding, except, oddly enough, scaffolding, because bamboo can be tough to find. But while dirt or cobblestone
are the usual suspects, consider snow for a second. Because, with a simple farm like this we can power the system and let the snowballs
flow into our chests. And hey, being able to get all of this without wearing down our shovel
is another welcome edition. Just know that this only works on bedrock where the snow layers break into snowballs when they're moved like so. (ding sound) You know, some say it's a small world but I think this might be smaller than what they had in mind though. Though, with a cartography table it's much easier to have
a globe in your house. And all you need to do that
is some dark oak to go around. That way, the table itself can fade into the background blocks and
let that globe really shine. And even though it doesn't spin very well, it does make for unique decoration. So without custom player heads in survival this is the closest we've got for that. (ding sound) What's the best way to get sugar cane? Well, this user might have the right idea, and it's cheap too. See, when you etch out a
design like this in the ground and then place one block
water in the center, the water will space out
evenly throughout the canal. And that folks lets us
plant our sugar cane at maximum capacity. So if we're playing
something like sky block where you need to be real picky
on how you use your water, this might be a way to cut back without slashing your paper profits. (ding sound) Baking a mini game in Minecraft can be quite a technical problem. And that's in no small part
thanks to the tremendous amount of command blocks and redstone
that these things require. So if you're like me and you
can't manage to pull that off in your survival world, this community pick might be a good call. Here we can just use
differently colored candles to mark the buildings
for a game of monopoly. And then if you just have each player move to the space that they're on, this might make for a simple
yet effective game to play in your realm. Just make sure you don't
ruin any friendships. (ding sound) Spamming around a bunch of
torches is effective, but ugly. I mean, let's just be honest. But thankfully with the new
mob spawning changes in 1.18, we now have a way to spawn-proof our base with a few pieces of glow lichen. See, instead of placing these in the caves we can use them over the
top of the soil like so, to make an effective yet subtle way to keep the monsters at bay. And for the right atmosphere that does offer a nice change of pace. So if you have a farm as
efficient as ilmango's that should be an easy switch. (ding sound) Keeping your animals in the
pen could be a real pain. So to cut back on materials
and still keep them in place, try this pattern. Apparently when you place
down fence posts diagonally it still keeps the animals in. This is because the animals
are registered to be one block wide, but using them diagonally
goes less than that space, which will prevent our
animal friends from leaving. But if you build this, just keep in mind the babies are still able to escape. So if you do this just make sure to look at
out for the little Rascals. (ding sound) It's tough to make Minecraft feel scary. I mean, this is what the world looks like. What would you expect? But to add that vicious
flare to your nether base these nether wart blocks
can really sell the image. Taking after this user, we used the block for
something of a blood canal to fill out our altar room. And if anything, it lets
us finally have a use for nether wart blocks since we can't un-craft
them into nether wart. And when they're this is easy to come by in a crimson forest, I think that's a win-win. (ding sound) Have you ever thought of
using a mine cart as a boat? Because, as it turns out, it is possible. See if we were to drop our mine cart track into a roll of soul sand bubbles, like so, we can effectively bounce
across the body of water without any rails, which is a lot cheaper
than building a full track across the ocean, let me tell you. But not only that, but we're
also sure to have a good time while we ride it. (ding sound) What looks different
between these two logs? Well, even if you can't
put your finger on it from this angle, you might feel that this
one is a bit more realistic. So, how does it work? Well by placing an item
frame on the top, like so, we get a sneaky bit of
detail to our tree trunks. And with this, we might be
able to get away with leaving a few more trees chopped
down like so in the forest. And hey, it looks better than yet another barren forest biome. So, it might be worth trying. (ding sound) Candles are a relatively new creation brought to Minecraft in the 1.17 update. And seeing as they're new,
the capabilities and new uses for them are still being explored. Take this for example. Here, this user found a
way to take our candles and put them on a lever
for a shelf of sorts. And while it might seem silly,
it definitely is possible. All we need to do is
place down a support block and then lay as many candles
on top of it as you want. And then, even when you break the block they'll stay in place, letting us use the lever underneath for our own kind of decoration. (ding sound) This user used an armor stand as a lamp which sounds ridiculous,
but consider the benefits. Now, obviously we need
to light up our base but standard torches are just so boring. So for that we'll create
a much more stylish way to light up our home. But instead of using expensive blocks like glow stone or sea lanterns, we can do this all with a
piston and some slabs like so. And that seems a much more
economic solution if you ask me. So, as great as those lamps look this is a welcome replacement, for sure. (ding sound) We've all seen chests by this point. And more accurately, we've seen what it looks like
to have way too many chests. So this offers a way to make
that chest monster of yours look a lot more presentable. Using the small space
left between the chests, we can place item frames inside to make it seem as if
they're glued together, which is a subtle fix but
it might be all you need to spruce up your standard storage. And hey, the item frame inside might also be a secret hiding spot, if you ever need that too. (ding sound) Wood is a tremendously
common building block. But maybe not like this. Though while this seems
rudimentary, it might be ingenious. See, by placing in a
ring of saplings like so we can bone meal them up to adulthood and all of a sudden have
a ready made shack to use. Now, I'll admit, it's
by no means a looker, but it's definitely functional. And for quite a bit of
safety before nightfall that might be all you need. And hey, it still technically
counts as a tree house, so that's gotta amount to something (ding sound) Furnaces are functional but they're not the most interesting. So this offers just the way
to turn your bland set up into a top tier grill. See, if we were to place our
food into item frames like so and lay out some rails over the top, we get ourselves a head start towards getting that
family gathering going. And if we want to go a bit further, we can even put some
actual furnaces underneath, adding in some extra functionality to boot (ding sound) Trap doors are a solid way to come and go when it comes to a hidden base, but when used on the wrong
spot they do stick out. Like, a lot. Which is why this big drip leaf might be a better alternative. See, drip leaf placed like so forces us to crawl when it pops back up, which means it works as an
automatic trap door of sorts to allow us to enter our secret stash. And hey, since these can
be waterlogged as well they'll look even less
noticeable in a local pond, letting us swim to safety
without any of the complicated redstone or trap door eye sores. (ding sound and upbeat music plays) And with that folks, have
a good one, all right? (ding sounds)
