Upgrading Minecraft's Stronghold To This EPIC Evil Underground Fortress!

i'm on a quest to transform the entirety of minecraft [Music] so far we've transformed the desert temple and the jungle temple and this time we're going to tackle one of minecraft's oldest naturally generated structures which has been in the game for nine years now you probably guessed it from the title today i'll be giving minecraft stronghold a major update oh yeah also i'll upload the world download to my patreon if this video gets a hundred thousand likes you guys have absolutely smashed the like goal on all of these upgrading videos and it literally takes a few seconds to hit that like button and let me know that you want to see more of this kind of content also while you're down there at the bottom of the video you could also subscribe only 15 of you guys watching are currently subscribed literally what are you guys doing we're so close to reaching 1 million so let's get that bread gamers and join the blocks fam of course to start things off yep you guessed it we're here in world painter creating a seriously epic looking cave for this cave i'm gonna go through the same kind of process i used when making my underground kingdom cave although this time around i make a large crater in the ceiling of the cave opening things up a little bit more to the overground you think i'd be a professional in this program by now considering i have to use it for virtually every video but i'm not as you can see we've got a nice large open space to work with a bunch of stalagmites and stalag tights lots of lava and a big old hole in the ceiling now that we've got our new terrain it's time to extract the vanilla stronghold that is once i eventually managed to find it after placing down this absolute maze of a stronghold i had to somehow figure out how on earth was going to approach this transformation i mean just look at it okay so i figured the best plan of action would be to separate the stronghold into three parts and rearrange those sections around the main flint we've got in the center of our cave this way the stronghold can surround the main centerpiece of the build but we'll get into that a little bit later on now i've deliberately left each of these stronghold segments on different levels so that it sits staggered on the side of the cliff face i then build up a few smaller raised sections of land towards the main cave wall i figured the lava meeting with the stone at the bottom of the cave was too abrupt so i mixed in some magma-esque blocks to blend the two opposing materials before we get any further though we need a grand entrance for our stronghold upgrade so i make a cave entrance with a gradual sloping pathway towards the raised landscape near the edge of the lava now before you skip ahead to the rest of this crazy build please support the channel with today's sponsor dragon raja it's been a year since dragon raja was released and their first anniversary celebration is well underway the game has some unbelievable graphics for a mobile game and 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fire plinths lining the edges and including large black stone spikes protruding from the landscape to add to the evil menacing vibe we've got going on either side of the main island sit two stalagmites protruding from the lava lake so i decided to build watchtowers with large fire pits and embed them into the rock then building out on a diagonal to connect it into the stronghold i create a bridge mimicking the design of our main bridge currently these bridges just connect into the rock face but later on i'll adapt them and connect them onto our updated stronghold on that note it's time to start upgrading the stronghold starting with the entrance now this connects directly onto the end of the main bridge so i converted this first cluster of buildings into a gatehouse sandwiched between two watchtowers at first i wasn't really sure how to approach transforming the stronghold simply because it's mostly a jumbled mess of stone brick cubes but in the end i decided to create walled foundations and then transform the square clusters into gothic fantasy style buildings this way it matches the dungeon evil lair vibe whilst staying somewhat true to the original stronghold foundations again i chose to match the same grey tone colour palette and accent it with a green roof and windows this color scheme is often used in evil fantasy style kingdoms and castles and really provides a mystical element to the build with the first section of the stronghold complete i add a gatehouse to either side of the rock face and connect it to the second stronghold segment with a small bridge i continue the wall foundations around and into the raised cliff convert a segment into a building with another peaked roof and do the same with one of the smaller sections turning it into a diagonal building to sit up against the foundations i mostly stick to buildings on a normal axis for this build to match the stronghold design but occasionally add in a few diagonal buildings to break this up a little bit strongholds usually contain lots of spiral staircases that lead to upper and lower sections so i upgrade this tunnelled staircase section to an out building that connects onto the side of a steeply peaked building i continue the foundations around and create another bridge and staircase leading to another level of the stronghold as you can tell i'm trying real hard to keep things dynamic and multi-layered for this upgrade this building is on the verge of two different levels and includes a staircase so i simply convert it into a dungeon building which can easily double as a general staircase and access to the upper floor this large cluster of buildings was the most elaborate so far to help break it up a little bit and make a start on upgrading it i transformed the biggest cube which turns out was actually the stronghold library and convert it into a much more grand design this is the biggest building in the upgrade and includes an attached tower that bridges off to the cliff edge to tackle the remaining attached buildings i add another large sloping roof and make it part of the library building for the remaining small cube i again adapted to sit on a diagonal up against the foundations with another small building around the right side of the library i add another two-story building with a large sloped roof to again connect the lower and upper levels behind it in the remaining space i reuse a few of the building designs and lastly create a final grand building almost resembling that of a clock tower and then reposition it to create a little courtyard in the center for the final segment of the stronghold i repurpose some buildings i've already made to complete the remaining space these buildings if i'm being honest were very difficult to tackle it was extremely compact and complex i had to neaten up things quite a bit in this area and adapt the pasted in buildings to fit the foundations i just laid out this means making them larger or smaller and turning them on a 45 degree angle by repurposing the buildings i've already made and merging them with other designs they essentially look like completely different buildings before moving on to the main feature of this build i hop back into the village to add a little decoration i mix in some different materials to make the floor appear a little bit worn place down some custom lanterns cages and storage for some epic dungeon loot these little details always help to bring the build to life as you guys can see i've added a few mob spawners to kind of emulate what it's like in an actual stronghold and give things that menacing dungeon vibe i just wanted to show off this area in first person to show the scale of everything and how real it all feels before we make a start on the castle speaking of now it's finally time for the grand castle which will be where our end portal resides i start by mapping out foundations in a hexagonal shape creating tiered layers which gradually become taller and thinner further up the tower before adding details to the castle i add some foliage around the big old hole at the top of the cave with vines that draped down inside this was actually a technique that also used in the underground kingdom and it really helps to show a little bit of life creeping into the cave to start on the main castle i take the watchtower design i created earlier and adapt it so it can be embedded into the hexagonal foundations i then work on adding some ornate granulations to decorate the bottom layer of our huge cake-like castle making sure to include lots of spikes and make things look really menacing i paste around the adapted watchtower design and start working on the next layer this time i add some windows since we have a little bit more space to work with of course i have to use green stained glass to add a pop of color and the loud to the end portal we'll be putting up top shortly i paste around the design for this layer and include a grand doorway at the front for the next layer i create a new tower design to embed into the hexagonal foundations i add a few small windows to the tower and to the layer that we're on keeping them lit up with that green glow as you can see i try to stick to darker materials near the base of each layer and for the indented sections and then make the top of each layer very harsh and spiky this really gives off that menacing vibe which i try to enhance slightly with the green glowing windows now that we've reached the top of the tower i create large curved spikes in a design that's very much inspired by the eye of sauron tower from lord of the rings we'll come back to this a little bit later on to add the cherry on top before we finish up the tower i reposition it and embed it into the rock creating a gradual sloping pathway up to the main entrance i take one of my little gatehouse designs i made earlier and place it down out front to guard the entrance although to be honest i don't know if anyone would actually be brave enough to knock on the front door of this place especially when you see who or what i'll be building to act as guard dogs either way i place a few torches along the path just in case anyone plucks up the courage to visit so how else can we ward off any visitors you guessed it more spikes i create some huge black curved spikes and embed them into the rock just below the castle blending them in a little bit to somehow make these crazy structures look somewhat natural next up we've got to do a little something for the interior which i again took inspiration from the lord of the rings for i didn't want to spend too long on this so i create a sort of open plan shrine where you can teleport to the top this clip was actually a little bit glitchy so some of the building wasn't captured but you can see some of the banner designs i used to decorate the center piece which i found an instagram page called mcbanners they have some really cool designs and you should definitely go check them out with the basic interior complete i head up top to add in a giant end portal powered by a huge green crystal above which is contained by those big spikes we built earlier in true i have sauron style i finish up by adding a few torches to decorate and lastly as i mentioned before i've gotta add something crazy to guard this place so i take a dragon design from a previous build to adapt for this one this is one from my upgrading through every update video which you should check out if you like this kind of content i changed the materials to fit with the purple and green end portal theme and make the wings opaque this time around with green stained glass which is apparently my favorite block accent in this build with the first dragon complete and ready for anything i had another one on one of those large black spikes i created earlier again using crying obsidian for a little hint of purple on the body and with that this crazy build is complete [Music] [Music] i hope you guys enjoyed again thanks to dragon raja for the sponsor remember this build will be up for download on my patreon if we can reach a hundred thousand likes you then get access to this and all of my other builds for a couple dollars and it helps me out a lot apart from all that i'll see you in the next one [Music] you

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Length: 14min 0sec (840 seconds)

Published: Sat Feb 27 2021