I Don't Enjoy Minecraft Anymore - What Happened???
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- čas přidán 8. 06. 2024
- It's now been 2 years since I returned to my minecraft survival world. Where once I could spend hours, working away and completing various farms and builds, I now have no motivation left to play it. What happened?
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0:00 - My Minecraft World
2:28 - Why the Problem Exists
4:14 - Motivation
6:52 - The Never Ending Burnout
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@Raytheslay you fell off + no content
@Raytheslay I don’t remember asking. Also you look like the nerd emoji 🤓
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I’ve felt like this several times throughout the last two years, mainly because of the updates that have came out. 1.17 and 1.18, while they were not bad updates, we waited so long for the updates that almost all the hype was gone. The new terrain was amazing, but once you get used to it, you don’t really appreciate or care about it anymore 95% of the time. We waited 8 months for 1.19 to come out and all of the features in the update don’t change the way I play Minecraft. Ancient cities are cool, but they don’t have any loot that’s outstanding or new that would change how I play Minecraft. 1.20 needs to be game changing and impactful, like 1.14 & 1.16, so that players are motivated to play Minecraft, otherwise the downward trend we’ve been seeing lately for Minecraft will become even worse.
Minecraft is a dying game. The community are starting to get bored of the game, updates are slower (and arguably worse) and there isn't much motivation to play the game besides servers and mods.
@@BadWolfBlueForReal i hope it doesnt die!!!!!
@@BadWolfBlueForReal well, tbf that's what everyone said the last time it "died"
@@user-zo9ce9jp1q it was gonna die. It barely even came back and that was because of lockdowns and mass youtuber support. Lmfao
@@user-zo9ce9jp1q it's a cycle. not just for minecraft but for most games. They get hyped, plateaus, hype dies down, community dies for a bit, game revives and hype goes up. either that or the game never *got* hyped or it stayed dead once it "died". We don't know whether ot not the hype is gonna go up again or if this is the end of minecraft's rule as one of the most popular video games of all time.
I havent genuinely opened up minecraft and played on a survival world... ever. (maybe some creative worlds) I never liked the feeling of being truely alone in the game. Its why I almost always played exclusively multiplayer.
For me, I'm just fine playing in solo, but only as long as I get to share what I have created with others.
I'm the same, I feel bored playing alone in a giant world full of things I would never do.
Wow the horizon
Did you destroy p2w servers
@@atemoc same
A good strategy to avoid burn out from my experience is to avoid planing things put long term. If you allow yourself to have that spontaneity, then you limit yourself to small things and avoid getting overwhelmed and eventually burned out.
In particular, i suggest avoiding trying to build massive bases, and instead stay small and continuously add to the small one.
The problem is still the same tho, just in another shape. You'll either get burnt out of making smaller builds or just default back to a mega build after a while. I'm going through the same right now. Not even multiplayer is fun anymore. The only "solution" I can think of would be specializing in another area of minecraft. I, for example, am a builder, and the only thing that seems insteresting to learn right now is redstone and farms. But then other problems surface. When I finally learn redstone, will that satisfy me? When it inevitably fails, will I be able to at least enjoy multiplayer, or will I be "too good"? I have some friends that only recently got into minecraft, but everytime I play with them my first instinct is to speedrun the early game so that I can start making my complicated stuff. As sad as it is, I don't think there really is a way back that doesn't involve a random longing.
That happened to me, wanted to build a castle and burned out due to not getting it right, left the game for a few days, came back and just made a small medieval house with a garden in front and back and now I'm motivated again but this time I'll go the realistic route and start small, building just the walls, then the other stuff
@@1990EscortXR3i i had the same problem then i tried superflat smp, its so perfect you never burn out! Theres people to collab with, and its a new challange to play superflat!
What if we invent something like herobrine again a... myth so player would try to find it just lime good old days
this 100%, I really love "evolving" basses where there is this centre core that has been there since you first started the world. same with slight challenges, e.g. only building in a caves.
I've found myself modding Minecraft more and more over the past few years, so I feel this. While I generally go for the Vanilla++ kind of vibe, at this point I've added additional dungeons, mobs, bosses, longer progression with more ores, and even farming and food overhauls. Just added Origins to my Minecraft for a bit of additional spice too. They genuinely help, though adjusting the json files so all these bedrock addons can work together is absolutely a pain in the ass (and I'm pretty sure a few aren't even actually working at full capacity).
I recently abandoned the Grand Bastion I'd been building in order to go start a town a thousand blocks away or so. One with actual houses and shops that villagers can wander around in. Changing goals can help with the motivation, and give enough of a bit of a mental break to come back to an old project. I know me, when I start considering turning this town into a full megalopolis, I'll just return to the Grand Bastion.
On that town wish you well. For me that's what Minecraft's been for.
Ive always wanter to start a modded world but idk where to start
Could you give me the name of the mods you use?
@@pirilon78 origins is a great mod. Another cool one but not very vanilla friendly is ice and fire. 2 good youtube channels to look for mods is pwrdown and asianhalfsquat
I play modded too, but I normally play tech based modpacks. Like enigmatica 2 expert.
@@pirilon78 Use modpacks, they are many mods at a zip file, for people like you and me that doesn't know what mods go together great. Some of them even has maps like oneblock, Stoneblock, etc.
I feel like survival has gotten boring for everyone, what I normally do is go to multiplayer with my friends, that can help you and others.
yeah and trying to resist the urge to turn on creative is so hard also, ive had like 10 worlds which failed because i did that
Single player makes me feel extremely paranoid. Sometimes I genuinely feel like I am being watched every time I do play single-player. This feeling has stayed the same since 2015, when I was a kid. Just swore I had seen herobrine in a world. Was scared shirtless sense. I'd too rather play multi-player with friends
I never build automatic farms in my world because it always eventually gets to a point that u have easy access to absolutely everything and the game just isn’t fun anymore
can i join?
I’m in the same boat. Since it’s not hard to survive anymore, the game just doesn’t have any challenge to me anymore. It used to be more difficult to get resources or better gear. But stuff like Villager halls and automated farms ruined it for me.
I think part of why Etho has managed to keep going for so long is his exploration of new game mechanics and/or new ways to use old ones. Every few episodes, there's always some sort of new redstone or technical project. Not just copying off some useful design on the internet, but figuring out interesting and creative ways to make use of game mechanics to achieve an end goal. Add in some building, and of course showing off the process, and its a good formula to keep things interesting for years. Even then, Etho is well known for his unfinished projects (the library, Nexxus, and poor Wilson are well known for being nearly complete for many years, Wilson is approaching the decade mark at this point). Its just the natural way Minecraft goes, some projects just get too tedious late game and you have to find ways to keep things interesting.
uh im not reading that entire essay but based off of the first few stuff yeah like how fundy stays alive using datapacks and how phoenixsc does bugs and stuff
@@LitoMike it’s like one paragraph lmao
@@LitoMike you're reply is literally a third of his, you act like you were asked to read a novel, when in reality, you weren't even asked to reply at all.
@@LitoMike peak YTminecraft watcher
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I think everyone goes through burnout no matter what they’re doing. Sometimes goals can just seem unattainable. Personally, whenever I go through burnout or start to lose motivation, I lower the scale of my goals. Instead of focusing on that massive megabase castle that I always dream of building, I take it one day at a time, setting smaller, attainable goals for me to accomplish that day. This allows me to feel like I’m accomplishing something everyday, even if it is small steps. Eventually, these steps add up and allow you to finally have a staircase all the way up to your initial, super ambitious goal. Also, remember that breaks are perfectly fine. Just come back and continue a week or a month down the line. It doesn’t matter how long of a break it is, only that you come back strong. Don’t feel bad about taking the break, because feeling bad will only make you less incentivized to return, defeating any possibility of attaining your goals. Sorry that the comment was a bit long, thanks for reading!
fancy seeing you here minecars (im _Unbeatable_)
@@oliverplougmand2275 Fancy seeing you as well unbeatable !!
In situations like this mods can be amazing, something like the create mod that can completelly overhaul the way you play the game, or mods that add new dimensions, bosses, loot, etc
While definitely not for all people, I feel like Hypixel Skyblock can bring that "modded" feeling while still being fully vanilla Minecraft.
It's very grindy tho, but I enjoy it.
On the topic of mods, do you know what graphical mods aside from shaders were used in this video because in some shots where there wasn’t any crazy lighting effects, the water looked really good. Same with some of the textures. It appears he is somehow using Optifine with Fabric Loader because when he went back to the main menu it said both Optifine and Fabric were both in use. I’d really appreciate if someone could help me out.
@@caonac It looked like one of Sildurs Shaders or the Complementary Shaders (my personal favorite)
Me and my friend were playing minecraft on my server for hours on end every day. We had so much fun and thought we were never gonna stop playing that world.
But one day we were thinking about expanding our little village that we had built, but we needed skeleton heads for a small little build.
We grinded for ages to get a trident so we could build that little thing. I eventually got one but managed to lose it when I was having fun throwing it around.
Now when I try to get on the server and play I just don't have the motivation to do anything.
A small little design for a house killed our server.
Id advise scrapping the project entirely so you dont feel like you have to do it, blow it up with tnt if you have to and create a story build which explains why it looks like a ruin. Or just move to a completely new area of your world so you don't have to restart like Wadzee did in his hardcore world.
I like how honest this video feels. I thought this was gonna be another one of those videos where people just blame mojang for their lack of interest in the game. While yes, the lack of hype around the updates is definitely also a factor, it's mostly just that after a while we get bored of doing the same things over and over and don't know what else to do. I've been playing this game for over 7 years now and the main thing im still interested in is also making my own server. Though singleplayer survival was never that interesting for me in the first place.
i believe that this game can still thrive after all these years of playing still
and in the case of mojang the only way i can blame them for this that can make sense is how bad their Progression system is in the game
if people want a reason to continue playing the game and in their world or realms they have to at least add new worlds like the END and bosses in them
a way where the Ender Dragon is the First Boss in the game and afterwards there are tons of bosses that are way way stronger and Needs you the player to Grind and build farms that can help you become OP and go fight these strong bosses
Thats what the new updates should be instead of adding new blocks an biomes without a set Mega Goal like the ender dragon
I don't how naïve people don't put any blame in Mojang..
Same, I just none of my friends play Minecraft
@@Roonie.. I love the idea of strong bosses that requires serious preperation. Thats why I wanted warden to drop something valuable. Maybe an op item, a new armor type, a new block, a new trophie, a single fucking achievemen whould have been enough to encourage people that play minecraft religiously to grind but no. It was too much to ask for. A new item? They didn't even give us 2 fucking pixels. Instead they put all their effort and recources to a system that nobody ever wanted or needed. Now there isn't a single reason to play minecraft more than 2 hours and repeating that 2 hours gets super boring when you do it for 11 years
@@realfatihk9699 i actually a big amount of respect to Terraria's Devs Because they are doing something we wish Mojang could be doing instead of adding random stuff that only Cater to children heck even the warden isn't scarier than the Cave sounds for god sake and they have the audacity to say that they are entering the horror scene with the Warden
What minecraft needs isnt new blocks or Fancy biome updates or changes
its New Bosses New Goals that motivates the player to stay playing for a long time
Then adding new blocks and cool biomes Becomes A OK and no Problem
That is extremely interesting that you bring up this subject as I had the exact same thing happen to me 2 years ago. I had a massive 1000+ hour survival world that I would play in every day, but eventually my interest of building my insane projects faded away, and I moved to rocket league, a more competitive and fun environment. After playing that for literally 5 hours a day and getting to grand champ in less than a year, my motivation yet again faded away because my big goal of hitting gc was done. After that rocket league had kind of lost its interest just like minecraft had. and now I’m back to minecraft. So follow your trail and see where it leads you, wherever you go I assure you your community will support you
gc in a year is amazing!!!!! good job dude
@@youresomuchfun haha thanks! I played the game way too much in a year though xD
Your base looks absolutely stunning! I really like it myself because I like to build my bases in a similar way (underground and with lots of functionality). I think every player wishes to build any base so detailed and thought out, but rarely succeeds
The one thing that has helped me play Minecraft is giving myself a story. Don’t let the game give you the story, make yourself the main character. Edit: I didnt expect so many people to see this lol
Like in my survival world I'm the emperor of a large Japanese style kingdom, yeah I really like your idea
@@satnus3388 yup. Role playing in your own world is one of the best ways to play imo. Heck, if it was allowed on Legacy Edition, I would mod the villagers to tweak it some more. It’s fun.
@@crix_h3eadshotgg992 Legacy is the BEST. I honestly find it more fun to play legacy these days (on my PS3) which is stuck in 1.13, than to play 1.19 on my Nintendo Switch. This might be partly because of trophies. Still, 1.19 was probably one of the worst updates of all time. It added a crappy soundtrack which mostly replaces the old, nostalgic, one, and woodland mansions are now really rare (I’m pretty sure it’s been like that for a while, but not in 1.13.) And the mangrove swamp is kind of rare so you have to search for hours to actually find one. You have a better chance of finding the old swamp, WHICH THEY DIDN’T EVEN UPDATE. Why didn’t they just replace the old swamp with the new one? Also frogs are pretty much useless, except for froglights (but even those are tricky to get.) If you enjoy 1.13 more than 1.19, than you know something’s wrong.
best advice ^
That's what I do in my world too.
Making a story instead of finishing a story
Minecraft is an unlimited, you're free to put anything you wanted too.
When you return to your world, start small goals that are traditionally different from whatnyou would normally do. Instead of making a massive decked out base, maybe make it a goal to do community projects like making a massive path going to everywhere in the world, or start a war on the server, or something like that, something small to get your motivation back up. Me personally, I get alot of satisfaction when people use what I make. If I made a big path, I enjoy seeing people walk down it. Stuff like that
No I will make an iron golem farm everytime you can't stop me.
Anything different to keep one motivated
agreed, i do really like doing community projects, working on the general infrastructure of an SMP better than building my own stuff
Thats a good motive
Just play in a beta version, the way the game plays back then forces you to do these things.
Resource packs help me stay motivated. It's so interesting to play and see everything that's changed. And idk why, but as anxiety inducing as the deep dark is, I can't help but keep going back into it.
I can relate to this so much. Back in early 2021 when I ahd insane motivation Id be able to play for 18 hours at a time, almost daily. My whole life was just playing minecraft, then all the motivation died along with my friends' interest in minecraft. It's really unfortunate to see all progress go down the drain when its all been abandoned and you notice how much time you spent to just lose motivation.
yeah. This is why, though I love minecraft, I have to take a step back every once in awhile. If i have just spent 5+ hours, I have to think, Why? Using it as a tool for relaxation is good and all, But If i finish that massive megaproject instead of, lets say, a large art piece or a story I am working on, who would I show the minecraft project to, who would care? would anyone at a job care? Moreover, Rather unfortunate incedents can claim a world. Sometimes you have to step back and realize, it is just a videogame. I love it, but I cannot dedicate myself to it hardcore
@@donaldbothe3518 Of course you can, and if you do you can still give it a purpose by maybe recording it and making a CZcams video of it. So whatever you do in the game, others are gonna be able to enjoy that stuff you dedicated yourself too as well!
It's the fact that you feel like you HAVE to do ___ that's the problem, I've took a break from my mc world in 2019 and came back in 2022. Once I came back i started doing what I felt like doing everytime I played the game instead of doing what I thought it NEEDED to do. This has helped me keep going and I'm still playing on my 5 year old world till this day
Good point
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Same. I just facepalmed whenever he mentions goal. If you're playing Minecraft to only accomplish a goal then why the hell are you even pkaying the game in the first place. There are hundreds of better games for people like those.
bro I feel you so much on this! It truly is a challenge to keep yourself motivated and to keep setting new goals for yourself. I recently got into rocket league as well and I am having a blast just learning the mechanics! For some reason I do have more motivation to do that... Also your plays in rocket league look very clean I have to say :)
What is your rank?
I’m Diamond 3 in 3’s
I've experienced the exact same thing, and not just with minecraft, for example I stopped playing clash of clans about 1-2 years ago and a few months ago I came back more motivated than ever and I'm still playing it. But with minecraft it's different, even though it's my favorite game of all time I can never find the motivation to play again, I still love the game and watching minecraft videos and let's plays on CZcams but I simply don't feel like playing it. I hope you'll keep uploading because you make great, entertaining and interesting videos :)
I have found that booting up the old xbox 360 edition has helped quite a bit. It is a lot more limited but in the end, the simplicity makes things easier to break down.
Seeing as this video is new and has less than 1000 comments I will genuinely share this without assuming it's going to be lost instantly, I have always suffered this, I can't stick with the same game (or anything in life too long) without getting bored once my basic goals are completed, I'm not a youtuber who is forced to stick with them, so I don't know that struggle but I usually just don't play it for months or years until I come back and I'm pleasantly surprised how much missed it
If you can, what about it do you think you missed? What is it that you enjoy enough to come back and experience again? I think somewhere hidden in the answer could be what you are looking for for motivation.
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Same thing with me. I play Minecraft every year for about a month and then get bored.
@@jake-kelton usually it feels new and unique to me
I remember watching a video on gaming burnout, described this exact problem. The person said that playing a diverse set of games helps, could not agree more. I got into horror and tower defense, rythm, sometimes FPS, and I've seen a positive effect on burnout and enjoyment. Taking breaks and playing other games can make you miss the old game, strangely.
I feel like burnout with singleplayer is one of the main reasons multiplayer is so popular because it's harder to get bored with it
Exactly, and now Multiplayer has just become restrictive and maybe even dangerous to do
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That's exactly why I play on an smp
When I feel like I don’t have the motivation to do something in Minecraft, I just forget about it and start working something else, something little, slowly but sheerly I regain my motivation. Don’t worry about building something huge, just build onto it, bit by bit, because thinking of it as a chore or as something you have to do can make keeping that motivation hard. One thing I do is just not have a plan, once you have a plan, you tend to stick to it, making it harder to do anything besides it, so forget the build plan and just have fun, building what you thing would be a cool addition to your base or project.
Don’t know if this would help or not, but I hope it does ;)
Me and my group still play since 2011, but factions is what kept us going. The competition and unpredictability of online play really kept us going hard until that whole gamemode kind of died off. We still play occassionally, but never more than maybe a week or two at a time. We dont have any hopes that the same factions we played back then could work now, but its been depressing looking for ANYTHING remotely similar/fair over the past 8 years. Looking forward to your projects, OG server is sick
I go through phases of wanting to play Minecraft and then getting bored. But in the end I always come back to the game that defined my childhood.
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This is why I love minecraft's modding scene. Boundless new content to keep the game fresh
unless u playing on bedrock, then it's just crappy json api addons that mojang refuses to update and add basic features to it
Modding is the best thing to do to minecraft to keep the game fresh
heavily agree
@@pedro9698 dont forget its really funky
@@pedro9698 bedrock modding is just really bad
One of the reasons why I prefer to progress slowly is so that I can achieve personal goals before the ultimate goal of the game to help but not permanently avoid the burnout
I find having 3 or 4 simultaneous projects really helps, you can rotate where you work based on your mood.
Flying through the end raiding cities is also a great break.
Finally, I love building big farms, but I found they generate WAY more than I'll ever need, so I move to new bases, build villages with reasonable micro farms.
Having multiple bases is a good change of scenery
I agree with all of this. I haven't played survival in about a year because i just don't have as much fun anymore. I have just moved over hypixel skyblock but sometimes I just don't feel like playing Minecraft at all. Motivation is a big part of this game and sometimes I just don't have it.
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Then don’t play Minecraft at all, go try other games. Funny block game isn’t the only game .
Yea I agree I used to play survival but now I don't really enjoy it. I now play on servers and do pvp because survival has been so boring for me. And its so hard to die in survival as well.
im in the same boat. i stopped survival way back in 2019-2020 and ive been playing hypixel skyblock and anarchy servers (cause they are different). i dont play the game somedays cause im not in the mood, but then again, ive barely playerany video games the last 10 days
I can understand the lacking of motivation, one thing that helps me is to just take a break from my "current" project and try to build something that I haven't. For example building an underwater base using a conduit or a villager trading area where all the villagers roam free.
Yes I see the main issue here as him having the same goal all the time.... If you can't do that now just switch goals temporarily
#villagerrights
Same, I'll go off to different dimensions and see how good of a base I can build there.
i'd say this is the scariest aspect of a vanilla survival world, after you are done with the ender dragon, your goals become so absolutely ridiculous that it inevitably just burns you out, most people that keep going are either youtubers that have people watching their progress, or someone with WAYY too much time or patience on their hands, thats why most players resort to mods for more reasonable stuff to do, it gives you fun and challenging stuff to do, and still lets you do your crazy projects if you so wish to, i had a similar experience as of recently and its just so depressing, seeing your world catch dust as you have no motivation to do anything anymore, despite wanting to.
I get where you’re coming from but for me it’s different. The world is basically infinite there is so much more land to explore, places to conquer, bases to expand, and I’m also ready for the next update to add even more places to explore. Every ending is just a new beginning, which is also a good reason why you shouldn’t make a new world.
The biggest issue I face when hoping into my survival is wondering if what I'm doing is the right thing for my future, as even though playing Minecraft makes me happy and relaxed, the weight of an uncertain future and if I should be investing that time on something more relevant on the rest of my life makes it really stressful and depressing
entertainment is a valid thing to do as well. if you just work all day every day you will not have a good life either.
is just means that you're growing up and by sinking hours into gaming while feeling like someday you might be running out of wealth to put food on the table or even pay your rent/bills. All of these comes into play when you're about to reach adulthood. Those stress and depression are common for gamers who used to game a lot but couldn't find the time anymore due to huge amount of stress when it comes to being an adult
I think you don’t know how much time you have. Do both. Playing Minecraft and doing some things that night help you in your future. Doing that you’ll probably have a good future. If you just work all the time and never relax you wont have fun at that part of your life. Don’t concentrate too much on the future and enjoy the presence. Just remember how much time you spend playing tag when you were 6 or something like that. You could have learned for school doing thing like learning how to spell new words. But you didn’t and you didn’t care and just did your own stuff and it probably didn’t do anything bad to what’s happening right now. If it didn’t really matter then why should it now?
I don’t know if you did the things i said or just worked for school but that’s what most kids did and i think you did that too.
I feel the exact same way, to be honest... To the point where playing Minecraft has only served to overall increase the level of depression I have in my life... I'm approaching my senior year in Uni, after which I will be transferring to a different campus... meanwhile, my friends have jobs, relationships, etc., and it makes me feel like, even though I am doing extremely well in academics (as an engineering major, the work load isn't light in any sense of the word), simply doing something I love doing and have loved doing for over a decade now only makes me depressed, as if I'm wasting my life away.
I personally add lore to my survival worlds nearly right in the beginning, and develop the lore as time goes on, the goal being to make the best lore about your world as possible
In the late game I start doing challenges, like "No elytra and find a new woodland mansion", "eat [food item] for [x] days"
And if that world is along side friends we can discuss about how the lore us going to work out as well as a Olympics style tournament, featuring Parkour, PvP, Foot race, Horse race, pig race, Trident race, Swimming, Archery, a competition whose goal is to fly through rings in the sky with an elytra and fireworks, and as a finale we have to beat 10 withers together without enchanted gear and if we win, we make a party with fireworks, if we don't, we kill the withers with our normal gear, and the fireworks would be still launched but they would be black symbolising the wither won and we have to work harder and come up with a better strategy next time around.
If none of these work, start a new world, I would recommend hardcore or super flat, or both, because you'll start appreciating the small things and will give you more motivation to your main world as well as some ideas or builds you got in that world
And if the last advice I gave you wasn't still enough to satisfy you, you should step down from playing Minecraft for a while (like half a year at least), and in that time period you can focus on real life problems as well as ways that would satisfy your likings and give you motivation at the same time, because nobody knows more about you than yourself.
Great comment, has helped out many people including myself. Thank you!
Sage-level advice here, my man
that lore stuff sounds life changing thanks!
I love the first idea I’ve tried that before! Sometimes I make it my first goal in the game to get a book and quill, and turn it into a journal I write in every day. You can start to create a character and give the character things to do. Your new goals aren’t just goals but will also now make a great story.
I’ve dealt with this over the last few years, I was really into minecraft from 2012 to 2016, but then I mostly stopped playing. When 1.16 came out I played survival for the first time, and beat the ender dragon, and with 1.19 I now have a really great hardcore world. I think the best option is to allow yourself to take a break from the game, and only come back when you feel really motivated. It can take a long time, and may never happen, but allowing a separation from it can let you to change as a person. Change is important, and it takes time.
The best way I’ve gotten back into minecraft other than having a mod pack was playing older versions and trying to push the game to the limit on what I can build and find. My plan is to make a massive world that I bring up each version, as those worlds are always fun.
Your story is very relatable to me. I haven't played on my world since 1.16 and don't have the motivation like I used to have.
I loved that you put Alpha as your background music! It felt so nostagic
I've been feeling that way for a while about single player, but what really keeps me playing Minecraft daily and still enjoying it is the multiplayer.
Playing on a bunch of different servers (including yours) gives a sense of excitement and motivation that I think will never go away for me.
I feel your pain. Every update post-1.16 has just been a massive disappointment to me (especially as a Bedrock player) that have all continuously sapped my enjoyment of the game little by little to the point that I now haven't played in months. No matter how good my mood when I boot up the game, I no longer feel the same enjoyment I had for the game that peaked in 1.16.
honestly 1.16 was the best, I've made so much memories playing on that update
I dont like playing anything after 1.8.9 cause of the trash combat
@@DreadHalfling9 the combat past 1.8 is very fun try it at least before calling it bad because “stone axe OP” that’s like calling 1.8 trash because “it’s just spam clicking” which is obviously not true
@@oneboxboi1091 ive played beyond 1.8 ive played survival and its very annoying to kill mobs cause it takes forever for no reason. Swords should be better than axes as it was the staple of the game for years. 1.9 combat just takes way too long and is hardly something you can call intense. Also if elytras are allowed you just run away and theres no point. Theres a reason most servers keep the 1.8 combat even if theyre in 1.9 or above cause its simply just trash and not in the spirit of the game.
@@DreadHalfling9 swords have better damage per second (dps) so in lower tier gear like iron and unenchanted diamond the axe is the primary weapon while in better enchanted gear swords are still better also killing mobs really doesn’t take that long even with a wooden sword and while 1.9 combat does take longer once you get skilled at it, it is very fun and tbh I enjoy it more than 1.8 and I used to main 1.8
The Nether update added a lot of features to the game exploring the Nether is very fun in find
So perhaps an end update would revive a lot of dead world's
No the nether update felt very unfinnished like were is soul lava and soul fire mobs and what happened to blue nether wart?
@@Legendaryguyhomie pretty sure nobody cares about that stuff...
@@k0riz0na indeed
@@Legendaryguyhomie updates after 1.16 were way more unfinished..
@@balticthegrapher Exactly
i can't imagine how tedious the whole process must have been, but i just couldn't help but smile the entire time you were telling us of your build
I am in the same boat, I've been burnt out since late 2020, and while I love the game to death I just haven't been able to find that spark of excitement that I used to get while playing it and it bums me out so much because there is so much I want to do. I hope that a future update or my weird-ass brain reignites the passion I used to have with the game.
I recommend you focus on the little things. Make small things and focus on the small details. And it's ok to not build stuff to postpone it. Big projects are not always the best projects
This is one of the many incidents that just... happens when you try to push something that isn't supposed to be pushed.
I've had the same thing happen to me, where I burnt out of MC for a couple of years, probably around 4, playing Fortnite until around Chapter 2, Season 3 where I suddenly got the urge to start playing Minecraft again, and since then my motivation while playing has been through the roof.
It's one of those things that you can't fight, and you can't get false motivation, because if you do, you'll end up pushing the game away even further.
A good way to become refreshed in MC is just... not playing it. It sounds weird, but the more you stay away from the game, the more nostalgic it can feel when you finally boot up that survival world that you haven't played on in 3 years.
My point is to not rush motivation, because if you do, you'll end up continuing to burn yourself out. its what caused me to stop playing MC for the 4 years.
Recently i had a 2 month break from Minecraft because, just like you, i had really big projects going that i wanted to complete, but i became too overwhelmed to work on them. When i returned from the break, i literally just ignored the big projects, and decided to do some small renovations instead. The renovations actually gave me motivation and inspiration to start a new, smaller project that i'm currently working on (building a bridge). It's also given me some more motivation and confidence to work on the bigger projects later, once the bridge is finished.
Putting overwhelming projects on hold, or even outright cancelling them seems like it could be quite helpful if you want to continue playing on a world. I've done it quite a few times by now, and every time it has helped me work on other things in Minecraft that i care more about.
(For example: I cancelled a Nether Update showcase, and it turned into a Cave Update showcase instead. I completely cancelled the destruction of a desert. I paused work on a railway, and now i'm continuing it. I paused and resumed the construction of a castle many, many times over the course of 3 years and counting, but it is definitely getting finished, even if progress is slow)
I'd suggest you to just scrap the tree farm for now, and take a walk around your builds to find if there's anything you want to change. Take it slow as well. The small things do feel really rewarding a lot of the time, and maybe after doing a few small projects, you'll feel confident enough to pick up the big projects once more.
A thing about my play-style that might contribute to my motivation to play on the same world, and that is different from your play-style, is that i don't have an overarching goal. Almost every project i make is its own self-contained thing. Only sometimes will i make big coherent project with multiple complex steps needed to finish them, but even then, those projects aren't the main goal of my world.
The only real point of my world is to do stuff that could be fun, which mostly means building fun things. I don't need to worry about only furthering a single goal, so any project that i take up is valid. I think not having a goal might be something that could keep the game fun for longer, because i can choose to do anything and don't need to worry about whether i'm doing the "correct" thing, or the thing i "should be doing".
Finishing a standalone project also feels more rewarding than finishing a project that's part of something bigger, because you know for sure when a standalone project is finished.
I also write down a lot of ideas i have for things i could do, so i don't run out of project ideas and can always work on a different project if i get bored.
I'm feeling like that now tbh With creative and survival worlds. I've burned out a few times in the past, but I feel this is something different. I like your build and I can appreciate the hours you put into it. It's epic!. Great video dude. thanks
I would highly recommend playing mod packs they are very fun and have so much to do. My favorite one is Compact Claustrophobia but some other really good ones I would suggest are Skyfactory 4, Stoneblock, and if you want a challenge RLcraft
Hope this helps
Also rogue-like adventure and dungeons
Yes mod packs like Create 2 can revive Minecraft for many, because they add a lot of new content, which also can be complicated to figure out
They got me through 2021 becouse I was mega board
For modbeginners ibwould suggest better minecraft
If you want packs with goals I suggest looking for big quests pack. Like Divine Journey 2, Enignatica 2 Expert etc.
I'm honestly feeling the same with my survival world, I used to play on my world pretty much every day but now there is nothing to do anymore in my world. I'll only play on it once every few months or so nowadays.
Realistically you can just install modpacks
you need to start a new base or just restart completely but in the same world, go 100k blocks out with nothing except maybe your gear and start work on a new base or start some projects
also set yourself big goals you can work on per day like making a perimeter or building a megabase and when you need resources you build a farm for them. If the farm you have isnt good enough now tear it down and build a better version
I grind skyblock :/
@@SpringonMC i think big goals is where the issue comes from. you set a big goal, you work on it for a bit, but you just don't have the motivation to continue it. it's actually a part of a lot of school courses, smaller goals seem more achievable when you don't have motivation, so youre more inclined to do it.
I myslelfam loosing motivation for not just minecraft, but some of my other games aswell.
something that has helped me is starting a world but differently: play on superflat, one biome, amplified etc. It gives more of a challenge. Another help is to host the world as a server and invite a couple friends that might have some more motivation to play with you. Its really fun with the proximity voice chat mods- it leads to some interesting conversations hah
I've suffered from the same issue in my Survival World, but I find that writing down your goals and being able to tick them off gives you a goal that you can work to tick off.
I get these feelings every couple of weeks, I’m in the same boat as you, thousands of hours in my survival world. They pass very quickly, as I almost immediately see something I wanna make. Good luck on your journey
I feel you 100% about this. I've been playing the same world since 1.2.5 (May 2012) and I'd play avidly whenever I could, then around New Year time my motivation just vanished. What maybe doesn't help is the relative lack of content in updates- once you beat an ancient city, for example, there's not much left to do in 1.19.
This video is great, but that item sorter cave you built is incredible, it really creates a chill lush tropical vibe, which gives a lot to the build.
All this did was motivated me! Thanks so much, going to start a new world
It's nice that you feel comfortable to talk about smth like this with your subscribers, huge kudos!
but remember to just have fun, if it's not fun, why bother lmao
don't fret too much about building a super cool base or not, if it's a chore for you!
your right, i still regret deleting my smp.
@@geebrun lol 😂
God loves you, also please turn to God and not sin!
@@skither4305 which God?
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Honestly it gets to a point where you just have to stop chasing motivation and just let it go. Happens in many phases of life, trying to force it won't help.
This happened to me a few years ago, I used to be in one of the top ranking factions in a well liked server, i had a long break and come back and its a hollow shell of what it once was, All of my allies moved on too. I tried lots of other server types and none intrest me much anymore, its kindof sad in a way but having a life irl matters more!
This is why mods make me fall in love again with my favorite games again.
I have the same feeling, and with the interference from Microsoft with their moderation, I just want something new. The only time i play Minecraft survival is when my friends want to make a new world, but they have the same feelings and don't want to commit to another world we will just end up abandoning. Hytale is the only game that actually sounds fun to play and not a chore that I will need a second life to grind and it's not even out yet. The only thing that will bring me back to survival is a major update that adds an entirely new gameplay loop like npc factions or procedurally generated dungeons just something that breaks up the monotony of late game Minecraft.
From what I have learned from playing my first long term world, (since Release 1.14) is:
1. Always have multiple projects, it's okay to leave things unfinished.
2. Sometimes it's just nice to do casual grinding and goofing off instead of working on something useful.
3. Take breaks, don't force yourself to play. That's the issue I see with many people. They don't take breaks.
4. Change things up once in a while. For example: if you're a builder, maybe try and learn redstone for a bit as a change of pace.
But honestly, number 3 is probably the most important. If you're burned out, TAKE A BREAK. You're not making things any better by forcing yourself to play.
One of the biggest things for me was building for other people. I wanted to show my appreciation for one of my sophomore year roommates, so I'm building him a little adventure map. Even if he doesn't end up liking it too much, I love building adventure maps, and it has been a super enjoyable experience. I also listen to/watch CZcams videos or audiobooks while I do the more monotonous parts to make it more enjoyable
Having friends always play with you is the key to wanting to play more aslong as you don't play alone minecraft is fun you might event do tasks like farms with friends while talking that how i still play minecraft till now due to playing with my friends most of the time
I always struggled playing survival, as most of my friends play java edition and I bedrock. As you, I have a hard time re-engaging in the game, and part of the reasons might be underwhelming updates, as 1.17 was split, in 1.18 we didn't get the deep dark, 1.19 was supposed to be The wild update, even though in reality it was the deep dark update with a swamp and frogs. I belive 1.16 was the last update that changed the game in such a way, that it got more challenging, fun.. Becuse it took a realtivly boring nether and made it more diverse, more interesting and challenging as it added bastions. 1.17 and 1.18 failed in this, especially after dealying the deep dark twice, 1.19 again underwhelmed us, as for a wild update we only got a swamp and finally the deep dark.
I have the opposite, my friends play bedrock and I play java
TF do you mean? 1.18 completely changed Minecraft caves and world gen. Caves are actually cool now?
TL DR every minecraft version after 1.16 sucks. Seems like i should go back to modded minecraft 1.5.2. It was quite a time to be alive in.
@@tendo649 i still prefer older caves and having the ability to powermine for diamonds.
@@therealjanczareq4355 Old caves were so boring, they were small and had no diversity at all.
I recommend playing with mods that bring your focus to killing bosses to keep away from automatic farms
Could also play with mods bringing your focus to automation. It is quite different to automate something with mods and without mods. Even then, the mods used also provide their own ways of automation. It helps varying the game.
You also have plenty of content and exiting variations (changing the mod list/modpack), way more so than with vanilla
What helped me is making a new world where I made my goal something that directly isnt getting all these farms. Do some other massive projects that could be fun. Instead of your goal making tons of farms and such, do something stupid or fun. IBXtoycat is a player that's been playing on the same world for years and years as an example, but makes new projects from things like, trimming all the leaves off an entire forest.
Funny I stumbled upon this video. I just recently found my motivation again to continue my Let’s Play series. I started a new world and made a few episodes, then just basically ignored it. When completing a farm feels meaningless, it sucks the life out of the game. And having a gigantic todo list also demotivates.
It’s tough. It really is.
This is so relatable.
Last few years i have been demotivated with minecraft more than ever.
And its not like i dont wanna play it, i do.
I say to myself: alright, im gonna open a new world and start from the beggining.
And instead of progressing i just walk around like im exploring the world and not do anything.
I dont even have motivation to mine for resources.
Thats how bad it is.
Anyways, very relatable video!
Wow, this is exactly what I do as well
I feel like the exploration game is underrated in Minecraft. I've never built massive contraptions or farms or elaborate bases. Sometimes I try to build a small base, but often I get itchy feet and just walk.
It's not about boredom. I just like traveling in a world.
Write down what you want to do (tasks) and elaborate on how you would achieve that.
@@thegiantratthatmakesalloft9415 i wont listen to ur rules1!1!1!!1!
Omg, same! I just wander around and I don't even mine anything! Like, idk what it is... I used to love mining so much! Burrowing into the ground until I find a cave, exploring every last nook and cranny of the cave mining all the resources, getting lost, desperately trying to find my way out after my inventory fills up, but now I just mine for a little bit and just... Eh, enough of that. Like why? Why can't I enjoy mining like I used to? I barely even explored any new caves because I get bored before I even find one
The same thing has happened to me too! Minecraft just doesn't feel the same now.
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I've been in the same boat for years. While I still love watching Minecraft content I watch it nearly everyday I just cant bring myself to play how I once did. I've made countless new worlds over the years with plans what I wanted to do but after traveling the map for 20 minutes or so I lose interest and go do or play something else. It sucks because I want to make something but you put it in a good way that motivation is lacking. I think my problem is I have all these plans for what I want to do but in general I just don't have the motivation or time these days to commit to hours upon hours of building like I did back in 2012-13 and the things I want to do are simply just to big of projects for me to commit myself to.
I recently became intrigued with Minecraft again playing around with baritone, and coding my own clients for 2b2t, 2b2t is a very interesting server, I’ve watched videos for years but finally have started to play it and it’s just reignited my interest in the game.
I can actually really relate to this. I'm planning to build a gold farm after I'm done with helping my friend complete his drained ocean monument (adding trees, lakes, etc), I'm also playing on an SMP for context. But in reality, after that... I don't have much else planned. My gear is maxed out, I've aquired so many totems and emeralds from raids, have killed all the withers I'd ever need to, have aquired every music disc, weapon, multiple shulker boxes, elytra, the list goes on. I don't really see purpose in doing anything else, other than maybe fixing up an ancient city. I hope Minecraft makes serious changes in 1.20 to prevent this sort of endless loop and inevitable motivation killing.
Try making some mini games with your friends :D I'm planning on making a giant ice-boat race course, an auto-regenerating spleef arena, a mini golf course, and I have several other mini games planned. Once you hit the point I have in an SMP (we have over 20 fully automatic farms for just about everything imaginable), the only two things left really are building giant structures (but I'm not all that great of a builder), and experimenting around with other aspects of the game than just "mining" and "crafting"
@@oshotz like stampy great idea :D
I have a rather philosophical interpretation of that.
Minecraft is in many ways similar to life itself. Especially, the fact that both have no set objective (apart from the Ender Dragon, obviously. But no one really considers that the final goal so anyway).
What is the objective of life? Some might say it is to "be good" and go to heaven in the end (regardless of which religion you believe in), some might say it is to "be happy", others may say it is to exerce their profession. Some might not have an answer for that. It's really up to you.
What makes you get out of bed every morning?
You can try to apply the same logic to Minecraft.
You can try to "be good": free the end from the Dragon, save villages from raids, free Allays from their prisons etc.
You can try to be happy: do whatever gives you joy! Do you like music? Build a note block arrangement for your favorite song! Do you like drawing? Try map pixel arts! Photography? Screenshots!
You can try to exerce your profession: are you an engineer? Do redstone! An architect? Build your craziest ideas in your world!
You don't know what gets you up in the morning? Well, that's okay too. Think about it, it can really help you figure out more abou yourself :)
Not sure why or how I just thought of all of that, but hope it helps someone :)
Edit: spelling
The world I'm playing on currently is my oldest world and by far my most accomplishing world IV ever built. IV been playing since late 2011. This world has been up since early 2018. IV had months where it's all I play and months where I barely touch it. IV found having a goal that isn't related to farms or advancements has helped keep me more motivated. IV set goal for my world to have a story! build a kingdom, witches tower off in the distance. Awhole nother kingdom but in a different biome with a different theme and color. Make the world vast instead of making one giant super vilian base and in a sense having blinders on!
Love ur content! Hope u get back to ur world and can build it better and more vast!
around 2015 - 2016 i felt exactly this as by then i had been playing a survival world for around 2 - 3 years and i had gotten so burned out and bored that i decided to start from scratch and delete my now 9 year old world all those memories sacrificed for new ones but the cycle repeated over and over again and at some point it just got boring and meaningless
my solution to this was to take a break for a good month or two from the game and come back to start a new , this helped quite a bit as it made the game feel refreshing and new just as it did when i first played it
another way to get some motivation is to watch or listen to something nostalgic such as minecraft music , old minecraft videos , youtubers from your childhood , really anything old enough to be considered nostalgic for you
This is pretty much why I feel like Minecraft is at its best and strongest when it's played with the community. Mods, maps, servers, texture packs, gamemodes, etc.- they all make the game so much more entertaining.
@MY_ TH curse forge has virus ads, mojang doesn’t want to be associated with that
@@QUBIQUBED well they have to get money somehow and they cant just go bankrupt
@MY_ TH curseforge is not a good suggestion but i agree with making mods more easy and official to use
I have been having the same dilemma with Minecraft ever since 1.17, the game just isn’t the same as it was and no longer peaks my motivation to go and build. What I would suggest for you to do is something I’ve been playing for the past week now, that’s really kindled my love for Minecraft and my motivation to play. It’s called BTA (Better Than Adventure) and it’s a mod for Beta 1.7.3 that is supposed to bring a nice twist to “what could have been” if Notch stayed with the game. Who knows, maybe it’s just nostalgia giving me my motivation, and maybe it will die out soon, but for now I’m feeling the best I ever have playing Minecraft, a feeling that I would have paid an arm and leg to have back again!
literally was just going to suggest that lol, beta 1.7.3 has been really fun to play recently
that sounds like such a cool mod, i think ill try it out :)
for some years now I don't play minecraft a lot anymore. usually plaing a few days every couple of months and that's it. but in the last 2 weeks I've been playing only minecraft infdev and I am going through every updates ever on a single world until I get bored. I am building a city and documenting everything with photos, videos and saves and building what I can with the blocks I have. I don't even have stairs yet and I am already terraforming a lake on the side of a mansion I created. it's really a nice feeling to finally come back to minecraft after all these years. last time I played this much was back in 2014
My goal to my world, which has 3 years now, is to create a lore of everything in the world. I even started writing book and quills to the city archive with every story
Yeah I was kind of hoping this video would have a positive end since I'm in a similar boat. I want to play survival but can't fine the motivation. I've always wanted to play survival with other people but I don't know anyone that I could play with
Tons of public servers and minecrafter discords out there. If you don't want to be overwhelmed, look for a small creator under 10k subs or something and see if they have a small public server or discord you can join. Discord is the best way to make some friends and connect with people, even if you're playing in two different worlds, being on voice chat and hanging out with someone can make a huge difference.
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1.20 should honestly just be a huge quality of life update where they fix things that have been broken for years ect
And bring in the mob votes that didn’t make it in.
THATS WHAT IM SAYIN, it should also be a parity update so features actually are the same in both bedrock and java
no, end update its kinda boring exploring for ages and ages finding little to none cities/ships =(
Like the Nether Celling and Zombie Piglin Gold Farms? I don't know if Java Players want that ...
Part of it should be based on the inventory update like xumavoid's video
I spend more time watching Minecraft CZcams videos than actually playing, so I feel your pain. I gave up on my world around the same time playing 1.16 and haven't been back to it since.
I doubt a massive update can give you again the motivation, since the problem is coming from you not from the game; but be happy for what you achieved, that's massive !
True, it's not Mojang's fault you get bored.
I really feel your sentiment of not being interested in the game past 1.16, I burned out heavily on vanilla survival around the same time you did, It's part of why I ended up decided to trek out to the farlands. I enjoyed Beta's simplicity so much after that I haven't left to this day. I did notice you tend to view the collection of items and making of farms and a base as the main goal. I shifted my focus away from that a long time ago and simply see these things as a means to an end. That end being making art in the form of building. I hope you eventually find that spark again my dude.
Yeah, I don't even build that many farms (though I really should; my resources are a little drained after my most recent town). I don't build farms for the sake of having them most of the time, I build them to solve problems I have.
That being said, a wither skeleton farm sounds awesome. Being able to use beacons as a light source sounds like an amazing flex.
The feeling of beta is definitly something else, or maybe that's just my nostalgia talking.
I adore the beta terrain and the overall look of the game.
The fact that minecarts actually are useful for transportation outside a farm is amazing too.
Back then beta didn't feel like a beta. But now when you go back it obviously feels very barebones.
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@@alternateperson1840 I think automatic farms actually are what kill the joy of game for most people.
Part of the fun of Minecraft for me is just mining for hours and collecting a bunch of resources. I just put on some music or a podcast snd hang out. It’s really relaxing and peaceful. It’s like going for a walk.
There’s just so much more satisfaction after completing a build when you go out and collect all the resources you need. I’ll have entire play sessions where I get on for like 2 hours and just mine. Then I hop off to go play another game or do something else before I go back on and either mine some more or start building.
Automatic farms take away one of the core parts of survival, which is to go out and mine for resources and so it’s no wonder players start to get bored.
Every build in the world doesn’t need to have a use either. I can build a giant secret alien base in the mountains just because it’s fun and adds some life to the world. Minecraft at its core is just a game about being creative and building an actual world that should be full of villages, cities, magical castles, wizards towers, whatever a player can think of. I think there’s definitely some improvements that can be made to survival though to make it more separate from creative like adding some kind base defense system where you there are benefits to building certain things in your base that can help defend against mobs. Like maybe it would be cool if you can get a certain light source that emits light that mobs can’t walk into and it can only be powered by redstone so as a way to encourage players to build lighting infrastructure around their world. Maybe there are zombie hordes that will go towards your base so you build walls all around your base to prevent them from getting to your main house.
Personnally, I see my Minecraft worlds like a place where I can do what I want, and so I don't see playing in them like Work, and that's how I keep myself motivated.
Honestly I feel the same, and its not just limited to Minecraft. Its just the same pattern over and over and over with tiny variation, but nothing to really change what's happening.
The best ways I've found to regain motivation lately is to either just go to a different area of the world and start building a new, completely different project. Otherwise, stop trying to force yourself. Give yourself the gift of breathing room. On the other hand, sometimes forcing yourself is exactly what you need as once you parkour around your base being bored for a few minutes you find something you want to do.
i can't even describe how true, and sad i feel about this video, nor how relatable it is.
This is very relatable. Thank you for making this video. I’m subscribed, and this video helps me relate to my troubled and lovely times playing this age old game. Thank you for doing this! Anyway, you have such a point with this video, here’s some of my experiances with this in Minecraft. When I started playing, I played on Xbox. I had no PC, no nothing. I just kind of did what I did. I was new, inexperienced, and just rolled with it. Not knowing what was to come, I slowly figured it out, but it was so fun learning all the new things, exploring, and everything in between. I had no idea of all the biomes, mechanics, blocks, mobs, and I just explored and immersed myself till I got the hang of it. Those times were GOLDEN. me and my brother just explored endlessly, did what we thought worked, and slowly worked our way upwards. We soon learned stuff like building, (which would be the most crucial part of it later) and PvP, and more. Then, I immersed myself in MCYT and all that stuff. I learned everything about the game, and became really into it. It soon became a main focus of my free time. Years later, I finally got my first PC. this was a huge moment, as this is when I became really serious with building, redstone, PvE, PvP, and more. I had gotten my hands on Java edition, making it easier to play. I started this long term world in 1.14 and In the first day, had gotten full diamond gear. It felt good at the time. I felt like I was an actual “pro” and it seemed as though my days would be perfect, with infinite days to come. I slowly built up my world, traded with villagers, got enchanted, and by the end of the month, beat the dragon. That’s when things took a turn. You see, I have ADHD. This disorder has a wire in my brain that makes me lose motivation or have a short attention spam easily. This was more important later in the story.
I had a huge cobblestone castle made, (it was quite ugly) and it was my main base of operation. I was left confused with so many things to do, that I got overwhelmed. But I found some things to work on, but Found myself not taking my time at all, and making these rushed structures. This was in 1.15, and I started rushing my projects, getting bored easily, and I realized I was lonely. The game had nobody for me t be with, other than those AI dogs in Minecraft. I took a long break, until around 1.16 released. I rediscovered Minecraft as a whole. I had abandoned my world, come back to it and felt so lost. I had forgotten everything in it, and I felt blank. I felt like if I took a break I’d lose my motivation and abandon it again. I couldn’t handle it. Then, I finally found a server. It was so fun. I was with friends, but I felt as though I needed to rush and allocate all my irl time to be on the server so I wouldn’t miss out. I was torn between single player and multiplayer. Both had drawbacks and I couldn’t choose. I then took another break, only to rediscover Minecraft in 1.18. Then, I discovered modded Minecraft. This changed it for me. I had unlimited access to infinite worlds. The mods could be anything. I could have so many goals, not get lost in the blankness, so many blocks, dimensions, mobs, bosses, etc. modded minecraft made it so much more fun, and it wasn’t so empty any longer. That’s where I am today, and I’m glad.
I feel you mane it's been the same for me too. Last fun version to play for me was 1.7.10 and since then my interest in minecraft was on a decline to the point where i haven't even opened the game for almost 2 years now. I feel it's because the community has evolved a lot since. back then you would make a small home or a town and be happy, while right now you see all these super massive and detailed builds or efficient farms and you don't want to make such a big project but your small house isn't imperessive to you anymore. I miss the times of beta minecraft
1.13 was my favorite update, idk why but a tropical paradise is my dream minecraft base, so much so that if minecraft stopped posting updates after 1.14 i'll still be motivated lol.
but sadly i haven't done that yet and i feel so tired whenever i think of playing on that smol hardcore world.
Im glad that I almost always have motivation, even when mots of my friends have stopped playing. I hope you get that spark back :)
i hate that motivation too... i understand you ;)
Im in the same boat. Currently I’m playing a big modpack with the hope that the motivation I’ll get from finishing it will be enough to create a new vanilla world, world with the main goal of playing differently. I took a lot of inspiration from etho and loony and their play-style, building a build for each thing, instead of trading hall I’ll have a village, with villagers, cats and dogs roaming around, having a flying nether city for hub, having a space station for enderman farm, etc. I’m not really a builder so I’ll have to have lots of motivation to start with, but i know it would be way more rewarding afterwards. I know I can always go more and more technical so I’ll always have new farms to build and new building to host those farms. Maybe you should try doing it too. Changing your play-style, adding rules to limit your abilities and making sure you have even more of a reason to build stuff like infrastructure. Maybe even trying new side of the game, learning new stuff etc. I’ll suggest playing a modpack if you haven’t done it yet, it might be hard to find a good one at first but eventually you’ll find one that you like.
I feel what your feeling, too. I don't even try to defeat the ender dragon first thing in a new world anymore, I do it when I want to travel more and get more resources. Then after getting all those resources I get bored with minecraft and turn to different games. Only to return when there is a new major update, and even then I can't bring myself to play hours upon hours of minecraft like when I was younger.
I usually build big and fancy structures and as I play in time I start turning them into ruins or give them an worn out or abandoned look. My cities, I simply turn them into battlefield/no-man's-land when a raid happens.
I fully agree that single player minecraft has gotten incredibly boring. I think anyone who isn't new to Minecraft can agree that single player can get extremely boring very quickly. It's unfortunately true.
true it can get boring but with mods it can be a different story and endless of fun
Mojang is doing a great job. Making single player boring and making players scared to play multiplayer because of the 1.19.84 update.
Just be aware of what are taking on in a project. If it's absolutely massive, you have to do it slowly over time with breaks in between. Otherwise you WILL burn yourself out. And it's okay to want to play other games and worlds and servers. Your single play world is not gone as long as it's not deleted.
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For me regular Survival was boring because there were no risks or anything, you can just die for hunger etc. That's when i decided i wanted a challenge, started playing hardcore but not just any hardcore. Hardcore with tons of weird mods, i died multiple times in my attempts but never got bored, so far i am on my longest run right now and planning to build my base which is a giant crocodile laying on a desert, yes I want to live inside a crocodile.
good vid! love the content!
I had the same thing happen to me mid 2021, i got so tired and i didnt play for half a year. Then, one of my friends who im not used to playing mc with, and i started a world. No goal, just messing with eachother.
My solution was, have fun doing shit you wouldn't in a serious world. It works!
I started playing real survival last year, but only in the last 3 months really stuck to 1 world, so luckily i havent burnt out on survival hust yer. I have a few decent farms, overworld gold Farm, zero tick kelp bonemeal farm which feeds a mini sugarcane, or bamboo farm. A small iron farm/ trading hall, a self designed redstone cobblestone generator(Bedrock edition somehow always allows the lava to outrun water in standard generators). Recently finished a raid farm, and was about to start a GIANT trading hall, containing every trade imaginable.