That Chief Guy makes every secret-base clue cost the hunters
Knarfy and Blockrat get an hour to find him in a Minecraft format inspired by Jet Lag: The Game.
That Chief Guy
Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 207,064 views a day, 5.6 times a normal first day on this channel (37,016).
They Have 1 Hour to Find My Secret Base
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- 0:15Chief draws a sculk-sensor entrance; hunters' questions grant him power-ups to delay their search.
- 1:13He anchors his hiding zone near a village and starts constructing the underground base.
- 6:26Chief accidentally breaks his sculk sensor and uses a house rule to replace it.
- 12:35"Soaked map" and "Burn your inventory" enter play as the hunters narrow their search.
- 18:11The decisive discovery and final chase begin here.
Asking where Chief is hiding gives him another way to hold you up. That is the catch in "They Have 1 Hour to Find My Secret Base," which turns a Minecraft search into a trade-off between useful information and inconvenient curses.
Knarfy and Blockrat are the seekers. Their question cards help narrow down Chief's location, but each question also earns him power-ups to slow their progress. Meanwhile, he has to build an underground hideout with a randomly assigned entrance mechanism: a sound-activated sculk sensor.
The upload has drawn roughly 172,000 views in its opening 16 hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience. Secret bases are familiar territory for Chief, whose catalog includes testing viewers' hiding places. Here, building and concealing one happens under pressure from players actively closing in.
Chief credits Jet Lag: The Game and EightSidedSquare's Hide and Seek mod as inspirations. The travel-game influence shows in the questions and restrictions: the hunters deduce a savanna location from biome clues, while Chief deploys curses called "Full stack," "Soaked map" and "Burn your inventory." His own preparations are less controlled. He accidentally destroys the sculk sensor and needs a house-rule replacement.
The comments get into game design rather than just guessing hiding spots. Viewers suggest giving the builder a head start and basic supplies, ask for the mod to be released, and debate the hunters' decision not to discard their inventory. For Chief's next hiding place, one commenter proposes a maze whose supposed key puzzle is really a misdirection involving a painting.
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He is officially... That Secret Base Guy
@MelechaiJohnsonSee it on YouTubeNice twist on the whole jetlag/hide and seek mod people have been playing. Though I think the secret base player should start with some basic gear and food and be given a 5 minute window to actually build a base before they start asking questions.
@burns0100See it on YouTube9 minutes is how fast I found this video, didn't even need an hour.
@GamemalcsGamingSee it on YouTube
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This lowkey looks like a fun game to play with friends. Please release the full mod
@charlsplayzSee it on YouTubeSecret base idea: Make a secret base where the secret base is at the start, under the grass using a hidden button to open it, and the button lasts 5 seconds then it closes, and put red herrings around it
@ThatOneNoravianEditorSee it on YouTubeIdea: make a maze, with a dropper at the start that says it needs a key. The maze has a bunch of secret paths hidden by paintings, and barrels with items that are renamed "key"
To open the base you need to put any painting in the dropper.@inferno234See it on YouTube
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- Channel
- That Chief Guy
- Subscribers
- 875,000 ▲ 4,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,457,321
- Channel views, pace per day
- 205,273 (on a normal day: 183,355)
- Video published
- October 17, 2026
- Video views so far
- 171,748 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 207,064
The numbers
The secret-base hunt has already passed Chief's usual first-day views, with several hours still to go.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which trees help the hunters identify Chief's savanna biome?
The hunters connect the acacia trees with a savanna biome while narrowing down Chief's location.