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Grian builds a whimsy waterfall, then a room of nightmares

GeminiTay helps turn a giant Grian portrait into a scare trap in his only upload of the week.

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Hermitcraft 11: Episode 30 - WHIMSY WATERFALL!

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2:35Grian surveys the valley and cliffside before beginning the terraforming.
3:20The finished waterfall features end rods and water geysers.
5:30A door-lined hallway is prepared for Mumbo, but his departure interrupts the plan.
9:05GeminiTay helps build a trap room featuring a creepy customized Grian portrait.
11:20A water malfunction disrupts the teleportation setup; the scare attempt reaches its payoff at 13:20.
14:40The next attempt targets impulseSV, with an unexpected Creeper complicating preparations.

Grian starts with unfinished landscaping and ends up trying to frighten his neighbors. In between, his Minecraft valley gets a waterfall decorated with end rods and water geysers, a rather gentler spectacle than the enormous smiling face waiting in a dark room later on.

"Hermitcraft 11: Episode 30 - WHIMSY WATERFALL!" drew nearly half a million views in its first ten hours. It was his only new upload this week, bringing both a substantial building session and the sort of elaborate multiplayer mischief that has long been part of his channel.

The scaring takes more preparation than the title's cheerful waterfall might suggest. Grian builds a door-lined hallway for MumboJumbo, only for Mumbo to log off. He switches to PearlescentMoon, with GeminiTay helping prepare an Ender Pearl stasis chamber and a room surrounded by a creepy portrait of Grian. "It's so much more horrible than I thought it would be," GeminiTay says. Water trouble then turns a carefully planned surprise into a repair job.

Viewers are discussing the distinction between a planned scare and accidental chaos, particularly when a Creeper complicates the attempt involving impulseSV. Another running conversation concerns Grian shopping from Scar's storage rather than his purpose-built shop.

The new episode is comfortably the channel's busiest video right now. "Hermitcraft 11: Episode 29 - HAUNTING HERMITS! " also continues adding views, alongside Grian's sponsored Minecraft Dungeons II upload.

Across the channel, the week brought about 1.7 million views while subscribers held steady. Among nearby Minecraft channels, Skip the Tutorial had a notable subscriber gain; Mumbo Jumbo and LDShadowLady also held steady. For Grian, the fresh activity comes with a particularly recognizable pairing: making the server prettier, then making its residents nervous.

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What viewers say

Buying Scar's actual storage like it's a yard sale is the funniest thing to me but it works
@midnightumbrmoon3644See it on YouTube
Impulse was the only one who was genuinely freaked out. Despite the mess, I think that's the better scare.
@NyergudsSee it on YouTube
The most reliable way to jump scare someone is to walk up behind them and join their conversation
@Cody-5501See it on YouTube

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1 is the best prank, 2 is funniest, 3 is going to get the most fan animations
@LeatherKing6688See it on YouTube
he might not know what to do but i definitely know what to watch
@MuscularAxolotlSee it on YouTube
The unexpected return of the Moredoor
@IceColdSightSee it on YouTube
Grian getting scared by the creeper prank intended for someone else whilst attempting to prank impulse is too good! 😂
@SharmaYelvertonSee it on YouTube
GRIAN IT MUST BE CALLED THE "HENQUARTERS"
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