How Hermitcraft Became Unstoppable

Minecraft SMPs, a viral topic in the minecraft community with varius SMPs like the Dream SMP, Lifesteal SMP and many more being extremely popular. Although these SMPs took over the community by storm, they eventually lost popularity and ended. But how did Hermitcraft manage to last for so long and how is it still extremely popular after 12 years? Stick around until the end to find out.

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keep in mind that i had a few issues and had to change out the song in the intro so it isn't exactly perfect but anyway sorry for the reupload and the long wait
Also i think at 5:49 i got confused with season 3 as thats when etho, impulse and doc were all added, NOT season 6!

[Spiney]

Another thing about Hermitcraft: when people get involved in prank wars or PVP, generally both sides are very clear it’s all in good fun. Like the Turf war, for example. When scar dies in the vault, even though he’s annoyed for losing his stuff, you can hear the audible smile on his face for having been bamboozled. When they covered the perimeter, and Doc is swearing revenge. You can hear the audible grin on his face looking out over the perfectly normal terrain. Everyone knows it’s all in good fun, and even when there’s a genuine accident like the tunnel bore incident, most of the hermits know how to take something like that and turn it into content rather than hold a grudge.

On the flip side, servers like the dream SMP don’t really acknowledge the role-play aspects out of character (unless you’re technoblade, which might have been why he was so much easier to watch imo). The story is the server on Dream SMP, rather than the server members inventing the story as the go, which makes for more compelling narratives but sacrifices the humanity and relatability of just playing on a Minecraft server. You could totally have a turf war with a friend over a public area of a server. You couldn’t have revive books, or mind-altering eggs in-game.

[captainomc]

Genuinly think its because the youngest players on hermitcraft are the same age as all the oldest DreamSMP, Lifesteal, and all the other Smps. (Exceptions apply) They are just more mature people, and they are less likely to do something that would get the Internet to hate them, therefore preventing controversy

[UniformAnimates]

The controversies and wars on other SMPs: HE BLEW UP MY HOUSE
The controversies and wars on hermit craft: Grian: Mushroom good! Scar: No, grass good!

[xiersome.]

the hermitcraft smp is prolly the only smp to be unaffected by drama after technoblade's death

[MrBrineplays_]

I think one of the reasons why hermitcraft lasted so long and is still going is because the members don't take wars seriously. Everything is for fun and games, no grudges on others. Dream smp and other similar smps also have wars, but sometimes it goes too far to demotivating the members, and making the viewers treat the other side as true enemy. It just goes serious so fast. Grian always causes war, but every war is all fun and games. All of the hermitcraft members say to the viewers that the war isn't really serious and that the viewers shouldn't treat this seriously. The wars are also not that insane (like blowing up someone's base, or burning all their items, or killing all their pets). Rather, they're tame and funny (like placing a ton of boats on bdubs's town but still helping clean it up, or fighting doc by making a silly slimestone machine. They're also not violent (killing each other with op weapons, using end crystals, using pearls, cobwebs, and all other pvp tactics).

[Nezumi--]

i might be biased lol but from my perspective, i also feel like season 6 was more of a .... grian's fault. lol. not only did he join and bring with him his massive viewership, but... he went full gremlin mode and created wars ever since.. which just made it even easier for new viewers to get to know others on the server etc.

i say i'm biased coz that's how i found hermitcraft, through grian and his collabs with the others.

and there's the chill side, definitely, the maturity of the members, and with many being PG content creators i think it's just easier content to view for a wider range of people.. like parents will watch with their kids. and those kids grow with it. and the older hermits mean there's humour for the older ones, but between scar's comedic timing and grian's infectious cackling at his own goofy antics, it's all still entertaining for younger ones too...

[DiamondDepthYT]

Bro made a video about Hermitcraft and briefly went over the history of SMPs without mentioning Mindcrack, the SMP that inspired Hermitcraft and the SMP that really started that sort of genre.

Anyways, amazingly underrated video

[samchristianlazarra]

hermitcraft, a server where a civil war is fun (Grian is definitely not poultry man)

[PeoplecallmeLucifer]

another big part of Hermitcraft success are the seasons which gives the players a lot of creative freedom.
Like take Grian.
Season 9 = Peace love and plants
season 10 = rugged fisherman who built a shrine to a mending book + a bureaucrat in the permit office

also if I'm not wrong to add someone to Hermitcraft it has to be unanimously approved by all members

[KayleeAndSkye]

Grian has helped out a lot with this. Many of the server wide drama was started by him, and he always makes sure things are fun and not serious. Along with this, he created the life series, which meant that if there were members of the server that wanted a general fight and survival type thing, they could join that SMP. Because the life series has an end, it’s clear that all of the things that happen are just temporary, and many members end up becoming allies with someone that killed them the season before. Even during these short seasons, going over to the members channel and the hermitcraft videos really show just how much these people are friends, and hold no grudges

[decadeultimagamer]

I started watching from season 8. And I love the interaction these creators have.
It's like just friends hanging out, doing pranks and just making their own thing all in a centralize location.

[imMittensKitten]

The fact that I recognized every hermitcraft clip and identified which season it was from and whos pov it was and what time period in the season it was :'D

Also- Etho joined in season 3, and was absent from season 6, so 😅

[MinionNumberQ]

I think another reason they avoid conflict so well is because they're all either builders or redstoners, possibly both. While they can be good at PVP or other competitive aspects of the game, all members seem to share a like of making grand projects. Since they all have projects on the server they aren't inclined to start conflicts which could damage their builds or take away from time they could be making stuff. Basically, they're more builders than fighters, although they can fight... **cough cough** Lord Grian Dreamslayer

[aldrinmilespartosa]

Grian bring so much to hermithcraft when he joined in season 6. I think he is pretty much the equivalent of technoblade in hermithcraft, being the driver of many events throughout the season.

[Sarah-Hall-]

Doc, Etho and Impulse all joined Hermitcraft in season 3 - not season 6 as this video suggests.

[evrenisprettyuniversal]

he starts talking about hermitcraft at around 5:20 . you're welcome

[eduardpeeterlemming]

Hermits are just some old homies hanging out and having fun while being bit childish at times

[PokeInspired]

How mermitcraft became unstoppable then spends 5/8 minutes talking about other SMPs

[darthraiden]

By the way, you show that season 6 was the most popular season in a part of the video, when it is in fact season 7, with Grian’s first episode sitting at 19 million views! Obviously not a big deal, but I think it is interesting how popular Hermitcraft was over COVID. Another interesting fact is that on TangoTek2 (Tangos second channel), there are around 20 multiple hour long livestreams with millions of views of his game Decked Out (a mini game on season 9). Anyway, sorry for the essay lol.