Empires SMP returns for Season 2! In this episode we meet the group and welcome a newcomer for Season 2! I establish a base, go caving with fWhip for my first diamonds, then explain my plan for this season - which might be a little different to what you see from the other Empires. After changing into some new clothes, enchanting some tools and exploring the Nether, the group reunites for a meeting, and a mystery begins to unfold...

In this episode we raid the End Cities with Joey Graceffa and MythicalSausage, then turn a triple cave spider spawner into "The Machine": an xp farm with a sinister backstory. More light-hearted fun arrives when GeminiTay visits to trade for some string, MythicalSausage returns with a fresh Elytra, and I decide to pull my first prank on Sheriff Jimmy!

In this episode we trade with Shubble for some Mangrove propagules, build the first ruin of an ancient capital city, explore the Nether looking for locations for Froglight and Wither Skeleton farms, and take on the Wither to claim our first beacon!

In this episode we level a Basalt Delta biome to encourage magma cube spawns... then encourage them to jump into a pit with a bunch of frogs, so we can farm my first export - Froglights! The Froglights are an instant hit, and we're able to fulfill one trade request from GeminiTay - but then The Sheriff gives us the coordinates for an important historical find...

In this episode we embark on one of my biggest builds ever - an ancient bridge spanning the lake near Spawn! But before we can do that, we need to mine a LOT of stone, visit an Ancient City to grab a Swift Sneak enchantment, and do a quick Froglight trade with Scott Smajor. Once the Greatbridge is finished, I unpack all the details of the build, unpack all my shulker boxes, and go sneak a detail into someone else's base which they'll hopefully thank me for later.

In this episode we check out MythicalSausage's addition to the Greatbridge, then build a new road leading off the bridge and down to a fountain where people can exchange silk touched emerald ore blocks for a reward of emeralds! Finishing the pillars for the Greatbridge has needed a lot of mud, so we head back to the ruins and set up a mud factory.

In this episode we trade Froglights to fWhip and MythicalSausage in exchange for wood and stone, deal with the issue of missing calcite from the mountain near my base, and start a new storage system - a set of catacombs with a few redstone secrets hidden within them!

In this episode we flash back to a bunch of collabs I've done this week! We help fWhip sneak a Warden into Joel's base, fight the Warden with the help of the group, then trade froglights to Lizzie and Katherine, Deepslate to Joey, and an Allay to MythicalSausage!

In this episode we finish up the Ancient Capital catacombs - which is actually my storage system! We build an angelic statue watching over the tomb, then add item filters and water streams for some automatic storage. While working on the Nether and End storage rooms, we get news about the new server laws laid down by Sheriff Jimmy, and decide to patch things up with Smallishbeans.

In this special 'Behind The Scenes' episode, I build a pirate hideout inside a GIANT SKULL - all so Joey Graceffa can raid it on his quest to re-assemble his crew! After a time lapse build of the skull exterior, I explain my process of designing a pirate fort with puzzles, parkour, secret chests and loads of loot! Oh, and I also pack it with nametagged skeletons.

In this episode we get a visit from Pirate Joe, start laying out roads for the Ancient Capital, build a tower around my Nether Portals, judge the 'toy barn' case between Smallishbeans and SolidarityGaming, then complete the Gatehouse - an entrance to my empire from the Greatbridge!

In this episode we build a Museum at the Ancient Capital, and look for artifacts to fill it! Jimmy's fossil discovery is an obvious choice, but what else could we put on display here?

With multiple projects happening behind the scenes, I take some time to work on the main road leading from the Greatbridge into the Ancient Capital. And along the way, I stumble upon the mathematical identity of my empire.

We all know how froglights are farmed. But how are they grown? Today I bring the natural world to the Ancient Capital, planting a Froglight orchard in the farming district, just past Ratio Road. But then a new creature comes back from the pasture, and we have to select the ideal animal companion.

In today's episode, after a successful cleanup at the Ancient Capital, I help out my fellow empires by taking my sculk catalyst cleaning service to them! And all they have to do in exchange is help me complete the elusive set of Rendog's giblets!

In this 'Behind the Lore' episode, I create a group of Bandits who have been bootlegging Terracotta in Jimmy's mesa, as a way to set him up with renewable Terracotta. It... kinda works.

Today I reveal the final exhibit in my Museum at the Ancient Capital, have a long-awaited meeting with FalseSymmetry, finish a few incomplete sections of the Greatbridge, and throw eggs at something I'm pretty sure Lizzie built.

Today the Museum gets a visit from the original owner of the Megabase exhibit. I help fWhip and Katherine with their redstone projects, and we all gather for a festival around the mysterious portal that appeared near spawn...

The Rift opens a link between Empires SMP and the Hermitcraft server, and a bunch of Hermits arrive through it! The rift flings them to the far corners of the server, and one of them ends up running into me... In the meantime, I get caught up rebuilding my copper aging machine from Empires Season 1, trade with Lizzie and Gem for slime and honey, and work on the Froglight Orchard some more!

A group of Hermits came through the Rift from Hermitcraft, and I wanted to make them feel welcome! So in this video I trade Keralis a Dodo, give JoeHills a tour of my copper aging machine, make an important discovery mining with ImpulseSV, help GeminiTay with her identity crisis, and become Cubfan135's wingman on his quest to get Elytra! Having finally got my hands on the rarest ore block in the game, I create a Deepslate Emerald ore wishing fountain with some rare and valuable prizes!

With the Hermits getting established, I team up with some other MythicalSausage, Oli TheOrionSound, and Katherine Elizabeth to investigate the Rift and figure out the L.O.R.E. behind it shutting down. FalseSymmetry joins us, but which FalseSymmetry is it? In the meantime I give iJevin a tour of the server's farms, teach Grian how to use my copper aging facility, and finally get a bit more building done on the avenue of buildings that leads to the Ancient Capital!

I need a Recovery Compass to complete the Ancient City exhibit for my Museum, and iJevin is ready to help me raid the City! But when I return to the museum, something tragic has occurred, and the Recovery Compass might be my only hope of solving possibly the greatest crime in Minecraft history!

Investigating a zombie noise from my catacombs leads to an epic discovery: Rendog has been buried there this whole time! After digging him up and letting him loose on the world, I meet up with Xisuma to build Ianxofour's next gen copper farm in the End. Along the way we discover the most convenient zombie spawner ever, X falls into the void for a laugh, and I create a perfect circle of Drowned!

Photo-sensitivity warning! In today's episode, iJevin swings by and wants to team up on an Enderman farm, but I have a couple of twists to throw in! I'm in the middle of filming my Dodo short, so we bring two Dodos to the End and fight the dragon from 'horseback'. Once we're done, we trick Minecraft into spawning an End gateway in the void, so we have a direct portal to the Ender Ender! Back in the Overworld, my Deepslate Emerald is still missing, so I hire JoeHills to help with museum security (at this point, anything to stop him breeding more cats.)

In today's episode, I spend most of my time working on a super fast Wither Skeleton farm in a distant Warped Forest. But back in the Overworld, Rendog offers me a piece of history for the Museum, and our new security guard Joe Hills sounds the alarm when Sculk starts to spread around the base! We also get a visit from Xisuma, who offers to help moving the piglins into the Wither Skeleton farm in exchange for a few skulls of his own.

In today's episode, the Sculk spread has gone too far. Cubfan135 is possessed, and has been hiding Sculk Catalysts and swapping lights for soul torches in an attempt to spread sculk throughout the server! With the infection now reaching the Museum and the Greatbridge, I confront Cub about the Sculk menace and recruit Falsesymmetry and Shubble to help me restore Cub back to his old self again. We also get help from cleaning lady PearlescentMoon and museum security engineer JoeHills to fix up the Ancient Capital!

In this episode, the LORE team discovers the construction of Grian's new electronic son Grumbot might spell the end of the world. The Hermits try to head home, and Fort Riff-less is there to stop them! When push comes to shove, the Hermits make their way back through the Rift - but what's to stop us from following them?

In this episode, I wake up in the Crastle and craft some diamond gear! Meeting up with Joel in the shopping district, we make plans to transform a nearby mountain crater into a Christmas Empire. Xisuma stops by and gives me a tour of his base, and we get to work hollowing out his mountain for a copper aging machine - then I run into ImpulseSV while upgrading my enchantment game!

In this episode, I work on my contributions to the Christmas district - a Santa's Workshop build and a frozen river - before Xisuma swings by and we take my copper aging machine to the next level! David the Fifth is a massive redstone build, capable of aging 468 blocks of copper at full capacity. Xisuma helps me prepare, build, and set up the machine in a massive time lapse. Meanwhile my Secret Santa reveals himself to be iJevin, and I draw a name out of the Secret Santa sleigh for my own christmas gift!

In this episode, after witnessing DocM bring the Ender Dragon to the Overworld, I pay Zedaph a visit and he proposes his latest Zedvancement - stringing together the longest possible team of pig riders for an epic dangle and an obstacle course! We gather 13 players from Hermitcraft & Empires, and try to set a world record for the longest pig train. Let's see how we do!

In this episode, after finishing my Santa's Workshop build and trying my best to spread a little christmas cheer around the Hermitcraft server, the Rift's shrinking becomes unavoidable and the remaining Empires say their farewells.

In this episode, after returning from Hermitcraft, the looming monolith of Hermitopia needs some attention. That's right, we're covering the whole thing in glass so it can be preserved as a site of historical interest!

In this episode, while working on some terraforming around the Ancient Capital, Pixlriffs goes looking for the missing artifacts left behind by Rendog - and discovers a stolen artifact in the depths of Gobland!

In this episode, Pixlriffs digs up an artifact that might change the balance of power between the Empires. Tribute begins to arrive at the Museum, and a huge castle build takes place on the newly finished cliff-top.

In this episode, King Pixlriffs continues work on the Ancient Capital Castle Base, appraises tribute left at the Museum, is invited to a Princess tea party, and dies in mysterious circumstances. Long live the king!

In this episode, I return as a ghost to haunt the other Empires! But there's no reason I can't be a friendly ghost, so I help Oli TheOrionSound with his redstone and build a froglight tree for the people of Chromia. Then, returning to the Ancient Capital, I build the first towers of my Grand Castle!