Sculk Research Dept (Mateo)

[sculk-research-team]

Hi! Welcome to the new Sculk Research Dept blog!

My name's Mateo (he/they), and I'll be posting research from our team on the Hermit Citizen Discord server, as well as some other stuff to support some team members and other hermitcitizens, which might be art or writing, etc.

Hope this helps you out with your infection, if you have one, or just alleviating your boredom! Please remember that very little of this is formally considered ""canon"", as we're all lil dudes having fun.

[sculk-research-team]

we wish you were here

[2dadsfromaz]

I do enjoy the angst potential of “redstone is a toxic substance and it’s slowly killing everyone who interacts with it and that’s why they’re Insane(TM)”, but what I like even more than that is the humor and fluff potential of “redstoners are Creechurs(TM) with alternate biology who need to consume redstone in order to stay healthy”. There’s some mineral in there that’s vital to their physical health in the same way that humans need a certain amount of iron in our diets.

Tango’s fire burns a little lower if he doesn’t get his daily redstone. Doc’s eye glows less brightly. Mumbo sprinkles a respectable amount of it into his tea every morning. Etho eats it by the block. Impulse’s great-great-grandfather on his mother’s side or something was a redstoner, so he doesn’t present a lot of the unusual physical traits associated with it, but he does have to take a small supplement every week to keep his immune system up. Unless! He builds a machine. In which case he gets his weekly dose of redstone just from breathing in the dust that’s floating in the air.

[2dadsfromaz]

@redbootsindoriath and I have been discussing this concept, and I’d like to add some bonus details and lore!

TL;DR: Is redstone bad for Redstoners?

Take a look below the cut if you’re ready for a looot of headcanoning and medical talk ;-3

As Redboots pointed out, everything that’s good for you is also kinda bad for you. Oxygen, the thing that makes our cells run, is also the thing that causes them to break down and age over time. Eating, the thing that our teeth are made for, is also the thing that slowly wears down our teeth. Sunlight is very good for you! It contains vitamin D, which is important for your mood and overall health! But too much sun can cause burns and skin cancer.

In the same way, redstone—taken in moderate amounts—is good for Redstoners. It provides energy for cellular processes and cellular reproduction, and also fuels the metabolism and immune system. Without it, Redstoners would become lethargic and easily fall sick, and it would take them a long time to recover from injuries and illnesses. Getting a proper, small dose of redstone in the system—whether through ingestion or inhalation—is as important to a Redstoner’s health as taking your vitamins is to yours.

However! Taken in too-high amounts, redstone can become a stimulant similar to caffeine. Yes, it’ll give you a burst of energy for a little while, but it’s artificial; the effect will wear off and your body will crash afterwards. If you want to avoid the crash and continue to operate at that artificially heightened level, you’ll have to continue taking redstone in high amounts, and you’ll become dependent on it—not in an addictive sense, but in the sense that much of the modern workforce is dependent on coffee and energy drinks. It won’t kill you at this amount, but it can mess with your circadian rhythm and lead to heart problems later down the line.

You wanna know why Imp and Skizz are parked so close to Tango this season? It’s because he took so much extra redstone and pulled so many all-nighters during the construction of Decked Out 2 that it destroyed his sleep schedule and tanked his immune system, and he crashed hard and got very sick after the end of Season 9. He took the time in Season 10 to recover—“only” building Hungry Hermits and the Tangler—but now that Decked Out 3 is underway, he (begrudgingly) asked Imp and Skizz to keep him in check and make sure he doesn’t fall back into those unhealthy habits again. To which they readily agreed, of course, because watching their buddy go through that after Season 9 sucked tremendously.

So you might be thinking, “Okay, so too much redstone can be bad for you, but it can’t kill you, right?”

Well.

Doc is the only one who came close.

Nobody really knows exactly how Doc’s body functions. Being a lab-created splice of a creeper, a butterfly, a Faun, and a Redstoner means that his system works in ways medically unprecedented and generally impossible to comprehend. Nobody knows what his limits are. Least of all him. And Doc has never exactly been the overly cautious type.

So perhaps it shouldn’t be a surprise that he once massively overdosed on redstone in order to finish a project he’d been working on for the past few months. He’d already been taking redstone in far larger quantities than the recommended amount for the past few weeks, and he’d been fine—aside from the twitching and the vision blurriness and the occasional numbness in one arm, but eh, he could ignore that. There was work to be done.

By the time one of the other Hermits found him, he’d consumed over a week’s worth of his total caloric intake in redstone, been awake for almost 80 hours straight, and created a world-eater powerful enough to fight God—but he was also in a state of manic hysteria, his liver had completely shut down, and half of his face and part of his arm were turning black and sloughing off like rot.

Basically what had happened is that the redstone in his body had reached toxic amounts, and his immune system had—in the words of Pokémon—hurt itself in its confusion. It attacked his nervous system first, causing the blurry vision in one eye and the numbness and loss of function in his hand; but then it moved to attacking the flesh itself, causing rapid tissue necrosis in his face and arm. By the time they got him emergency medical help, he was on the verge of total organ shutdown from sepsis. Had they waited an hour longer, he would’ve died.

Several days in the hospital and many intense surgeries later, they managed to flush all of the redstone out of his system, halt the necrosis, and reconstruct his face and arm with metal. To this day, his eye still glows red in its cyborg casing.

(It should also not be surprising that most of the other Redstoners, upon hearing this story, also cut back on their habits of treating redstone like coffee, because “oh geez we’re not doing it that much but boy we don’t wanna end up like Doc”.)

So. To recap.

If you’re a Redstoner, redstone is good for you!

(In small amounts. Too much and it’ll give you heart problems. But as long as you don’t pull a DocM77 you should be fine.)

Now, you’re probably wondering: what about non-Redstoners? How does redstone affect them?

Well! I’m glad you asked.

To non-Redstoners, redstone is a mild irritant when inhaled or ingested. Breathing in small amounts will cause you to cough and sneeze; larger amounts can irritate the nasal and sinus lining and cause nosebleeds, a horrible constant cough, and occasionally itchy lungs; and extremely large amounts can cause the trachea to become so inflamed that it puffs up and constricts the airway, requiring immediate medical attention and often intubation to breathe. (The lattermost case is not common, however, because you would basically have to snort redstone through a straw like a line of coke to achieve it and the Hermits can be pretty dumb but they’re not that dumb.)

Redstoners have something in the mucosal lining of their sinuses and airways that absorbs and metabolizes the redstone and makes it useful to their bodies. Normal humans and non-Redstoners do not have that. So it’s like breathing in itchy dirt.

Ingesting redstone is also a bad idea if you are not a Redstoner, because it will register as a foreign substance that your digestive system is not equipped to handle, and your body will eject it as soon as possible through whatever orifice is most convenient. Best case scenario, this means a case of the scoots rivaling the average night after Taco Bell. Worse case scenario, you will feel what it’s like to get the worst food poisoning in your life. The phrase “both ends” will be utilized. It will not be a good time.

Now, non-Redstoners can, over time, build up a resistance to redstone. It will never be a complete immunity, but they can reduce the negative effects of redstone through repeated exposure. (This is, in my mind, why Harley’s headcanon of Zed being curiously immune—despite not being a Redstoner himself—makes so much sense. He’s just been around redstone so much that his immune system has built up the antibodies necessary to deal with it before it causes any negative side effects.)

This does mean that non-Redstoners who often hang out with Redstoners while they’re working probably have built up this resistance. Grian has it from hanging out with Mumbo. Ren has it from hanging out with Doc. Bdubs has it from hanging out with Etho. Scar thinks he has it. He does not. And the one time he and Grian came to bother Mumbo like “hey buddy what’cha doing?” and Scar scooped up a pinch of redstone dust and put it on his tongue to feel the tingle, Mumbo bodily shoved them out the door like “OUT BOTH OF YOU GET OUT OF MY BASE YOU ARE NOT BLOWING UP MY LOO”

Skizz has it from hanging out with Impulse. (Betcha were wondering when the Blog That’s Totally Normal About Imp and Skizz was gonna mention Imp and Skizz. Gotta keep ya on your toes.) In fact, his resistance is one of the best on the server. He’s been friends with Impulse for 30 years, after all, and he’s been present for the creation of some of Impulse’s biggest and best machines. Skizz can sit and chat for hours while Impulse is working in an enclosed room full of redstone dust floating on the air, and he won’t even have a cough afterwards. He takes it as a sign of their bond and a point of personal pride.

But it is not an immunity. And it did not save him from the consequences that one time he took a fistful of redstone dust and shoved it into his mouth just to prove he could.

Impulse couldn’t stop him in time. By the time he’d opened his mouth to yell, Skizz had already swallowed it. And Impulse put his head back, looked up to the heavens, and asked Notch and all the gods of Minecraft why on earth he decided to be friends with this idiot—before resigning himself to a long night of monitoring his buddy to make sure he didn’t dehydrate himself from forcibly ejecting the contents of his digestive system at speed.

(Two hours later, Skizz was curled up on his bed in the fetal position with an arm around his middle, shakily raising a thumbs-up and croaking “worth it.”)

So. To recap once again.

If you’re not a Redstoner, redstone is not good for you.

(But it won’t kill ya. Unless you do something really really dumb.)

So yeah! That’s all the headcanons Redboots and I came up with for this. Am I ever gonna do anything with this concept?? I have no idea. But it was fun to come up with it.

Oh, and in case you’re wondering, touching a line of redstone while it’s powered will give you a shock similar to touching a live wire, regardless of whether you’re a Redstoner or not. Insulated gloves recommended.

Also the reason Tango’s hair is fire is because he’s from the Netherborn strain of Redstoner. Their species is just Like That.

[gremlin-shaped-asexual]

I had a sudden vision

[sculk-research-team]

Hey y'all.

We're moving on and going to the next season, so I've got another update.

The horns have gotten longer, so they're peeking out from my hair at this point. I kinda like them because they look silly and remind me of Ender but they are GETTING IN THE WAY of any hats or headbands I wear, so I've had to resort to some cheap claw clips to keep my hair out of my eyes, at least until I can cut it again.

More freckles are turning turquoise, I guess.

I've found, despite caves being the Warden's natural habitat, that I have been growing more and more irritated at cold and dark. Maybe it's a response to the changes and all that jazz, but I've just been avoiding enclosed spaces and cold weather more now than ever.

Hope everyone's doing okay with the move! I'll try to keep more active from now on.

[sculk-research-team]

Our Regulary Scheduled Horrors!

It has been a bit since I've elaborated on my situation sculk-wise.

I'm, thankfully, no longer infected. Avid figured out a cure that got rid of the rot and I took it, but we're still working on a more reliable way to remove the infection.

I have been experiencing changes, as of recently, about my body.

My vision, which was shitty to begin with, has gotten worse. Not as much as the worst point of the infection, but much more than usual. During periods of high negative emotion, the edges of my vision begin to pulse and darken. This is often combined with my voice becoming much louder than intended.

My eyes have changed outwardly, as well. They now seem to glow faintly, and the sclera have turned dark. What I can see looks kinda cool, but also concerning. I don't know much about the individual parts of eyes, so this might not be as bad as I fear, but in conjunction with everything else, it feels ominous.

Areas of my hands that were formerly covered in sculk rot are now a very dark turquoise, which fades into the original color of my skin as it gets closer to my elbows. There has been no loss to sensation, as far as I can tell.

Oddly enough, after times of high emotions, I will look around me and see sculk veins beginning to form. Now, these veins seemingly have no spores when compared to naturally occurring patches, and they appear in greater concentration after bad dreams.

My hearing has become much more sensative. I can hear people talking in other shops when I'm cleaning the Cafern during calm times, and snippets of other conversations keep catching my attention when I seem to be alone. Combined with the previous point, I have theorized a possible connection between my hearing and sculk patches around the server.

I am unused to these changes, and will continue to moniter them as I go along. I suspect that the potion merely removed the "malignant" areas of sculk from my body and began to adapt the rest of me to withstand further exposure by making me more warden-like, and as I do have ethics, I will be experimenting with my own being in order to learn more.

This is equal parts exhilarating and terrifying. I just hope that I retain my fine motor skills, because I would be HIGHLY irritated if I couldn't write, but—

Holy shit.

I have horns.

[sculk-research-team]

Are you craving some coffee with your chaos? Even though that's probably a bad idea, the CAFERN is here to help!

I am writing this through a massive fucking headache but who cares. nihilism is in full swing and we're aggressively advertising for healing purposes

Welcome to Season 10's Cafern! Yes, it's been around for a while, but we didn't really advertise much.

The Cafern is, as the name suggests, a combination of a cafe and a tavern, and it is located in a replica of the former Pharmacy™, although admittedly with far less sculk. The main focus is on providing food and beverages, but there are some potions that we will make for you.

Due to some ghostly shenanigans that have recently occurred, Avid and I might not be behind the counter as much, but we will be back as soon as possible.

Enjoy the stained glass windows in the front of the building as you sip on one of our delicious drinks! Have a terrifying conversation about mortality and Change as you enjoy a small snack!

for the love of the gods if you break anything i will FIGHT YOU and you don't want to go up against me motherfu—

HAVE A GREAT DAY! COME VISIT!

I will return to regularly scheduled Horrors™ as soon as I'm not battling a migrane.

[syn4k]

psa if anyone is ever writing a fic where their cubito eats sculk and wants a description of how it tastes:

don't. i literally cannot impress upon you enough how bad of an idea that is. that shit eats peoples' life force do NOT put it in your mouth that is the number one way to get them completely and irreversibly corrupted by the sculk. unless that's the point of the fic in which case remember to tag suitably for body horror and have fun!

it tastes bad

[syn4k]

i dont know i havent looked it up. rumor or not its not true however. sculk is extremely bitter and tastes like medicine, numbs your entire mouth almost instantly due to replacing your nervous system and the molecules in your body with itself, and is uncomfortably slimy before it breaks down at which point it's essentially dust and by then you have way bigger issues to deal with. 0/10 experience all around would NOT recommend. it doesnt even taste good

[ravenslikebooks]

Hey Ray how the fuck do you know that?

In a very much (actually) unrelated vein @sunofaraven I think you'd like this post lol

[syn4k]

dont worry about it.

[inanazuremoon]

@sculk-research-team

[sculk-research-team]

p sure we have loads of research on how that's a bad idea don't eat the highly infectious (and also pretty) fungus please

that's how it gets you.

[avidenthusiastoftomfoolery]

If you do end up managing to consume the sculk and don’t immediately start decomposing on sight please seek out your local biologist! You might just be their next research paper!

Sincerely,

Avid

[sculk-research-team]

yes do that that is a good idea. you may be doomed (depending on how long you wait to find said biologist) but you could help save future people! /silly

[syn4k]

psa if anyone is ever writing a fic where their cubito eats sculk and wants a description of how it tastes:

don't. i literally cannot impress upon you enough how bad of an idea that is. that shit eats peoples' life force do NOT put it in your mouth that is the number one way to get them completely and irreversibly corrupted by the sculk. unless that's the point of the fic in which case remember to tag suitably for body horror and have fun!

it tastes bad

[syn4k]

i dont know i havent looked it up. rumor or not its not true however. sculk is extremely bitter and tastes like medicine, numbs your entire mouth almost instantly due to replacing your nervous system and the molecules in your body with itself, and is uncomfortably slimy before it breaks down at which point it's essentially dust and by then you have way bigger issues to deal with. 0/10 experience all around would NOT recommend. it doesnt even taste good

[ravenslikebooks]

Hey Ray how the fuck do you know that?

In a very much (actually) unrelated vein @sunofaraven I think you'd like this post lol

[syn4k]

dont worry about it.

[inanazuremoon]

@sculk-research-team

[sculk-research-team]

p sure we have loads of research on how that's a bad idea don't eat the highly infectious (and also pretty) fungus please

that's how it gets you.

[elmhat]

I'll be honest, my mental health isn't amazing right now, so I'd like to (attempt to?) start a chain of people who make us happy. I guess you can tag more people if you get tagged? But you could also just tag people anyway lmao. I'll start:

@sumwan , @milktearosethorn , @bleue-flora , @rutadales , @catsandgoodbooks

And also everyone else :)

[anobnoxiousnerd]

@rat-rosemary @quinnonimp @swordfright

[bleue-flora]

@mistythedritten @voidpidgeon @jun-hug @nekioe @x-i-l-verify @simplepotatofarmer @midnight-fangirl01

[mistythedritten]

This is by no means an extensive list, but here we go!

@catsandgoodbooks @citrus-blade @pronounrespector @sliverstrands @v0idl1ng @the-final-sif @cleofast300 @raiweljace @veyette @harmingharmony @morgueofstories @too-many-th0ughts @thenaiads @negativepeanuthoarder and many more! Sending all the love on this cold, cold day

[catsandgoodbooks]

Pretty short list but: @morgueofstories, @the-final-sif, @thenaiads, @rivalsposting, @justcallme-ange, @hiding-in-the-vault, @justanoakbucket

[morgueofstories]

@simplepotatofarmer @sudspots-in-a-bubble @mpregconnoisseur @zuesue @baka-monarch @dreastmilk @mistythedritten @justanoakbucket @boahamcock

thank you for making me smile and happy when I was struggling in my life

[baka-monarch]

@w0rped-moss @darkeninganon @asmoluniversefan @boahamcock @skullsnbruises

And probably more but I'm bad at remembering urls

[asmoluniversefan]

@baka-monarch @random-tinies @hypseis-blog @imchildish8775

@shaklyart @bantaro-bird @foxxlology @cocoabats

[beepboopbittybop]

found on my dash, i haven’t been tagged yet but HERE WE GO

@justaleksey @nightraider19 @errornameredacted @mildlylesbian @scarred-keys @smalbox @eagle-warri @nova-skittle @rurus-kadoo @thegaythespian @briefdreamergarden @johnsonofdonut

there’re a lot more but i’m leaving these guys some options cause they’re all in the mafia server lol :P

[mildlylesbian]

*opens up the @ and gets called the fuck out about my mental health* BESTIE YOU CANNOT DO THIS TO ME

Anyway, @nova-skittle @x-ca1iber @kofitiamat @avidenthusiastoftomfoolery @z-alien-boi @fizzello @canadianketchup and many many more who aren't on tumblr who I'm not mutuals with and simply stalk their art

[z-alien-boi]

Dont care if im retagging cause aaaa

@nova-skittle @mildlylesbian @avidenthusiastoftomfoolery @x-ca1iber @kofitiamat

[avidenthusiastoftomfoolery]

@mildlylesbian @z-alien-boi @kofitiamat @x-ca1iber @nova-skittle @enderwoah @sculk-research-team (Mateo) @orinberry @melodicmoonbeams and many more of these funky dudes <3

[nova-skittle]

i love you more than anything

[avidenthusiastoftomfoolery]

Hey guys. Stop being gay on main it’s not nice/silly

[periwinklemoonlight]

farewell sweet girl

[floweroflaurelin]

Rest in peace, Jellie. I’m glad she’ll live on in every minecraft world ❤️

2006-2024

[hccn-overseer]

Issue 33, 12/27/2023 - The Overseer

Issue Masterpost About the Overseer

As Hermitcraft Season 9 has come to a close last week, our citizens are also wrapping up their business in preparation to the move to a new world. We have seen many of the Hermits already leave to take a hiatus before the new Season and the new year (aside from Impulse, the mad lad). Thus, we have brought a couple of recaps of the amazing creations brought on by the Hermits this season. Hope you enjoy!

The Wondrous World of Scarland

By Azure

This year, we saw the construction of Scarland, thanks to the creative mind of Goodtimeswithscar. For him, Scarland has been a longtime dream, and it’s amazing to see his vision take place. After completing his Elven Village, he soon began construction on the theme park. Opening to the public on August 25th 2023, Scarland is one of the most magical places on Hermitcraft.

Starting on June 20th 2022, Main Street was the first area to be completed. As you enter, you’ll see a statue of Goodtimeswithscar himself and Queen Jellie, holding hands and standing proudly as they welcome visitors into Scarland. The Main Street also serves as the first stop for Scarland’s trolley system, and is home to stunning shops and carts where visitors may purchase snacks, posters and even their very own pair of Jellie ears, amongst other things. Most notably, it is home to the Scarland Hotel, and the official hOtguY HQ! Many of the buildings were inspired by different styles of architecture, and the final stores were completed. 

Continuing down Main Street, we arrive at the Castle of Scarland. This magical castle is where Scarlands nightly firework shows take place in a dazzling display of color. During the day, it’s just as magical, with its towers on full display, reaching for the sky! It is truly a sight to behold, reminiscent of a fairy tale come to life.

Most recently, Adventureland cleared its vines to welcome its first visitors! Featuring an awe-inspiring volcano that towers over even the Scarland Castle, the jungle is home to the beloved Ellie the Elephant, beautiful jungle landscapes and more. 

Scarland truly is a magical place, and though it will never truly be complete, we are amazed by how far it’s come. 

Now onto other news under the cut!

Geminitay, Geminislay, Gem the Great

By Roo

Gem Geminitay is wrapping up this season with a total of 34 videos as of the writing of this article, and every single one is a joy from beginning to end. 

She began the season with her house in a tree, sparking the elven vibe for the season. She continued this with an archer statue, before taking on the large project of draining an ocean monument and turning this into a farm. 

However, we must mention the iconic trio of this season- or, at least, one of them. In the very first episode, Pearl, Impulse, and Gem grouped up to raid a woodland mansion first thing, armed only with shoddy tools and nothing to eat but soup, earning their name- Soup Group. 

Soup Group quickly became inseparable, building their megabases as close as hermitly possible, which is to say, with Gem on top of a mountain and Impulse inside it, Pearl across the river. Of course, with the rise of Ren the King, Soup Group took an entirely different approach, quickly becoming anarchists. 

This entire time, Gem’s megabase was quickly growing. With the completion of her prismarine farm, Gem could continue her plans, even going so far as to work a mob farm into her base. 

Said base quickly shifted from its original elven plans, with the addition of a head room in Gem’s basement, which gave Geminislay a chance to shine. Geminislay got yet another chance to shine at the challenge of Grian’s frog, Champ, who she defeated easily. 

Her neighbors contributed to the building of her megabase as well, from proposing messaging systems, to building a redstone smiley face (quickly dubbed McKenzie) in the side of her wall. 

The Soup Group did other things, though- Gem participated in the breaking and entering of King Ren’s vault, contributing her amazing PvP skills, no doubt collecting heads for her head room.

After the excitement of all that, Gem completed her megabase, and added a custom taiga biome to the surrounding area, adding countless details and custom trees. 

The biome wasn’t the only tree in Gem’s plans- the top of her elven megabase was given a magnificent cherry tree, surpassing her starter treehouse by approximately 284* times its size.

With the addition of the tree, Gem moved on to the inside of the megabase, adding cozy libraries, sitting rooms, and dining rooms, which were quickly house warmed by a visit from Gem’s neighbors, and they broke in the new dining room with a round of soup. 

Of course, Geminislay made yet another visit, absolutely demolishing Etho in countless rounds of PvP, making Gem the official holder of the most Etho heads ever.**

And then Decked Out started- giving Gem a lovely opportunity to use her PvP skills against ravagers, wardens, and- wait, the dungeon itself? Please don’t fight the dungeon, the dungeon master will not be happy. 

Gem also spent time working on her village down by the sea, redoing many houses, making docks, and building statues. In most circumstances, Gem’s elven village would be voted safest place to live on Hermitcraft, but given the *ahem* murderous tendencies of the local Hermit, it may not be safe if you challenge Gem to a duel. 

This article cannot sum up how truly impressive the things that Gem has built and accomplished are, and we at the news office can’t recommend that you all go check out Gem’s videos for yourselves. Despite this only being her second season, it’s impossible to imagine a Hermitcraft without her.

Grian Summed Up

by: Mateo!

Grian’s Hermitcraft Season 9 was established in the very beginning as a season rooted in nostalgia— evidenced by references to prior seasons through things like the designs on Dwayne, Grian’s megabase, the return of Grumbot, or a Hippie Bit.

The season started out with the creation of The Entity, which used the idea that everything sold at The Entity would have a visible indicator on the exterior of the shop like wood (a tree) and copper (stolen half of a water wheel from Grian’s starter base). Next there was a large farm dedicated to trading with villagers, then the creation of the Rift, established earlier as having tasted like grapes and battery acid. The Diamond Ore Race occured, then the Entity grew legs and moved, preparing the way for the megabase

Dwayne, Grian’s megabase of giant rocks both balanced against each other on the ground and floating in the air, had several buildings on it that resembled the architecture and color palette of his Season 8 megabase, as well as farms in several floating rocks, a broken bridge leading to Mumbo Jumbo’s vault, the entrance to the Rift and eventually, a rock dedicated to Resisting Creating A Resistance when Ren took over as king of the server.

Next came the reappearance of everyone's favorite Hermitcraft Robot. Grumbot was a big help in generating content, although he did seem to have a concerning habit of threatening the world if Mumbo wasn’t there. 

More buildings were added to Dwayne, with the back of the base unfinished as per the norm, more content was generated by Grumbot (a prank involving the one and only GoodTimesWithScar, his obstacle course, and a charged creeper), and Grian assisted Gem and Impulse in their resistance against King Ren, therefore not directly creating a resistance.

Then… the Rift allowed many of the hermits, including Grian, as well as Grumbot, to visit their friends in the Empires SMP. Grian and Cub collaborated to create a machine that shrunk the Hermits to ‘hermit-sized’, and the entire hermit ensemble created Hermitopia as their temporary home in the other server. Fun was had, like a tea party under the bedrock while sitting on llamas, and LORE! was dropped. Eventually, the hermits made their way back to Hermitcraft but not before several of the Empires players came through the Rift.

The Secret Santa occured, giving Pearl the chance to organize Grian’s chest monster on a time limit, and the Empires friends had to return to their server. A new development with the water highways made transportation faster and led to the iconic Grian Cackles™ as the chaos unfolded. 

The Incident, however, was a large change in pace. Grian and Scar messed up Doc’s world eater in a fabulous moment of miscommunication and double clicking a button, which led to the subsequent ban of the two from the Perimeter and the retaliation to the ban as Poultry Man and Hot Guy filled the Perimeter with chickens and created Lag Central. Hippies returned after this, as Mumbo, Scar, and Grian decided that Doc’s daily and nightly messages that ‘This is Doc’s world, you just live in it’ were annoying and needed changing.

The Buttercups, the hippies, created a camp on the edge of the Perimeter and several lovely design elements— ‘Live, Laugh, Love’ in yellow cursive on the side of the wall and a lovely cherry bonsai in a large pot that housed some giant robots that battled Doc and Ren’s robots, which generally caused destruction and chaos and laughter. The Buttercups also completed a monumental task in which they covered the entire surface of the perimeter AND terraformed it, which is a lot of time and a lot of blocks.

There were moments of hilarity strewn throughout the season as with the continuous back-and-forth of hermits messing with each other's copper as it aged, leading to instances like ‘sub[scribe to] scar’ and a large amogus, as well as the secret fools day that had Grian bringing back the infinity room to prank Impulse and Doc unleashing an unholy amount of ghasts upon the main starter base area and Grian and Scar, who were present at the time. The challenge of opening Mumbo’s vault, the trap of which Grian fell for every time and ultimately led to nothing; the episode where sand, gravel, concrete powder, or anvils falling all kicked Grian off of Minecraft; the chaos of Ren’s final day as King and hermits had to face Grian’s challenge, a very easy quiz; Hermits staging an intervention to get Grian to finish the back of his base; The Incident; the return of Decked Out, Grian’s iron golem experimentation room, and every Hermit’s addiction to playing the game. 

The season ended with a long episode in which Grian wrapped up loose ends and left lovely messages to each individual hermit, including the sorely-missed TFC. We hope he returns again next season, and hope Season 10 is as fun as every season before has been.

Fun and Games

This week's fun and games are brought to you by Rookie! We have a wonderfully cute Scar coloring page for the festive season!

[sculk-research-team]

bbbbrrreaking news

We have some updates!

if you get smacked with any cure for the sculk after a certain amount of time you can and will lose your arms/legs/anything-that-is-too-far-gone!

Hate wins is not just true for supernatural! We have a hate wins with some of our lil researchers so thats fun!

Anti-fungal infection soap/cream might actually work on sculk at least a lil bit! Eat lots of garlic bread as a way to combat it without all those Nasty Chemicals(/j pls use proper medication ;-;)!

Alternate universes where Nothing Goes Wrong and No One Dies are your friends! (cough cough @enderwoah cough cough @avidenthusiastoftomfoolery)

Step one of combating a sculk infection is DON'T GET INFECTED. wear gloves when handling. get a gas mask or something to avoid the spores. wash hands and don't touch your face after handling it. please for the love of god don't eat it.

Anyways have a nice sunday evening!

[shaneposting]

fuck it. worm on a string picrew chain. let's fucking go

happy worm creation my friends

tagging @areyoudoingthis @cursed-coat-of-homosexuality @peanutbutterex @tfemteach @piratecaptainscaptainpirates (no pressure 💛)

[foragergnome]

thanks For the tag mackie wackie :3

@elfboyeros @jj-pines @spiirals @jkl-fff @boyduroy !! if you Guys want to!!

[jkl-fff]

Thanks fot the tag!

@reynaruina, @tysonoffire, @change--of--heart, @geishael, @yamagache, @onecrazyralseifangirlnamedlexi

[reynaruina]

Ty so much @jkl-fff for the tag!! I love this lil dude 💖

I tag @izzydrawsforfun @panur @bonniecupcake @one-damned-fool @arneyblay2 :D

[panur]

such cuties, ty for the tag! Passing it to @spielzeugkaiser, @iwillbringyouruin, @sushiisiu, @lakka-arts, @flootzavut

[lakka-arts]

BEHOLD.

THE GREAT SUPER TRANS WORM

tagging @polarized-here @finleycannotdraw @gracieparkerr

[finleycannotdraw]

THREE CHEERS FOR THE TRANS SUPER WORM

behold: me

open tags :)

[mostlyonthefloor]

HIP HIP HOORAY HIP HIP HOORAY HIP HIP HOORAY

Behold: worm off a string. He is free. He is taking a nice little walk in the countryside.

Tagging @canofhappy, @twofoursixohjuan, @absolutely-existing come be worms with me

[absolutely-existing]

*crowd cheering*

⬆️ worm. she is pondering the universe and wants to commit arson.

I shall gladly be a worm with you, just let me invite @writingandwritten @mossonawindowsill @reine-du-sourire @victoriantreecat @the-turtle-fan @august-is-a-dragon

[august-is-a-dragon]

look at my worm boy

You gave me dragon options. I needed to choose the dragon options

@an1d10t @iwanttobepersephone @ anyone else :)

come be worm

[an1d10t]

I

I love him

@butterfly-with-wings-writes @matimatillda @cyborg0109 @ literally everyone else

This is awesome

[cyborg0109]

@chaoscallduck @jarenka @jelenina @nailpack and anyone else who wants to

[jelenina]

@singleteapot @vesivoro and anyone else :)

[tereox]

!!!! I love this so much

Dapper

@skylerskyhigh @starecontestwithanowl Come over here and make a worm

[skylerskyhigh]

Imma worm!!!

Come and try it! Not forced, of course.

@asterefflores @pillowdrawz

[newellthedragon]

[mildlylesbian]

Get wormed // @x-ca1iber @championofapollo @piney-45 @fizzello @z-alien-boi @chara--system and other people who I'm forgetting

[z-alien-boi]

Worm worm worm

@99redragons @chara--system @cr0w-covered0n-m0ss @nova-skittle @kofitiamat @avidenthusiastoftomfoolery @x-ca1iber @eagle-warri

Sir dig @sculk-research-team

[sculk-research-team]

you already tagged most of em so uh. @enderwoah

SIR DIG!!!!!

[hccn-overseer]

Issue 32, 12/06/2023 - The Overseer

Issue Masterpost About the Overseer

News from the Shopping District

By Mateo

There has been a lot of activity in the Shopping District as of late, with shops getting busier likely due to the time of year, so I’ve decided to make a little recap of the past few weeks!

Several newer citizens have been taking the time to tour around the shopping district to explore and meet potential friends, and many citizens are seeing familiar faces in nearby shops. There are people that may or may not be going on dates, and others learning that they have more freedom to be who they are and enjoy life more, and yet more who are just visiting their shopkeeper friends. 

Our own Roo has been venturing around, meeting new people and making friends, and we are all very proud because socialization is difficult.

Open Mic Night at Get Vexed Diner, run by citizen Atelo, is always an amazing option if you want to sing to your favorite song without getting judged. Citizen Stitches, a plushie shop, is temporarily closed so that co-owner Jax can have a day off. Nox, of Nox’s Flowers (and Sculk Clearing), could probably use some positivity in these trying times.

There are several shops open dedicated to clothing, a few bookshops with mysterious owners, places where art drives the entire shop, several bakeries, and the well known Overseer Headquarters, among others like the pirate ship off in the distance that sells various treasures and trinkets.

There are so many talented shopkeepers that if we were to name all of them, the list would be longer than the wait for someone to get home so you can see their response to your latest message.

Not everything is fun and games, however. A shop has had to close down in the past few weeks due to a shift in management and repairing damage done to various parts of it. The Pharmacy™, formerly run by citizen Ender, has been taken over by citizens Avid and Cordelia (a new addition to the server) because of an incident last week involving sculk catalysts, a frying pan, several unsuspecting bystanders, and a mooshroom island. The two have been giving their best efforts to de-sculkify the shop and fix it up so it can get up and running again, but it is a slow process.

Other places have been affected by sculk spread, with several shops, including The Pharmacy™ and Nox’s Flowers (and Sculk Clearing), being visited by a citizen by the name of Mos, who is having a midlife crisis at the ripe old age of seventeen, but that is about par for the course of the Hermitcitizen Lifestyle™. If anyone sees them, just be careful.

I also write bearing a suggestion from Raidne of Raidne’s: Tailoring and Outfits for All Occasions and a newcomer, a skeleton named Roman with a pretty cool cape and active hatred of the sun. Please consider, if you haven’t already, that there are a lot of people on the server who can’t be out during the day due to the lack of shade and being partially or fully mob. If you can, if you have a shop, it might be a nice idea to have covered walkways in the shopping district so that people who are hurt by the sun can still come around and say hello.

Now onto other news below the cut!

Affiliate Summaries

By Mateo

Mumbo: Send help they're making the Josh Hutcherson whistle edit with irl Mumbo and it's scary, and also they're luring British people with tea— OH GREAT HEAVENS

Pearl: Soup (in the soup bowl)! And Wet Cat Wednesday!

Scar: The Scarland art book has been released and affiliates are celebrating! Go check it out— it's full of very talented artists.

Grian: A chandelier with birds on it. Don't ask, it's just majestic.

Joe Hills: Joe Hills (Joevember has ended).

Anyways that's all that news! See y'all next week!

Weekly Weather Report

by: Mateo

These are in Celsius! Apologies, fellow Americans!

Wednesday: Temperatures will reach highs of -1° and lows of -12°. Light snow is expected with little wind.

Thursday: Temperatures will reach highs of 0° and lows of -9°. Skies will be cloudy with wind speed of 20 miles per hour

Friday: Temperatures will reach highs of -3° and lows of -11°. Expected flurries and wind speeds of up to 30 miles an hour.

Saturday: Temperatures will reach highs of 2° and lows of -4°. Skies will be partially cloudy with little wind, but about a 50% chance for light rain later in the day.

Sunday: Temperatures will reach highs of -1° and lows of -8°. Expected thunderstorms early in the day but clearing up in the afternoon. Wind speeds from 10 to 15 miles per hour.

Monday: Temperatures will reach highs of 0° and lows of -7°. Skies will be clear with little to no wind.

Tuesday: Temperatures will reach highs of -4° and lows of -12°. Skies will be clear with higher wind speeds of 15 miles per hour.

Wednesday: Temperatures will reach highs of 3° and lows of -10°. Skies will be cloudy with wind speeds of up to 30 miles per hour, with chances of snow later in the evening.

Scarland Volcano ready for action!

By Azurecake16

Following the recent opening of Scarland, work has begun on the park's next area, Adventureland! Alongside stunning gardens, and Ellie the Elephant, this area will feature the long awaited Volcano of Scarland! Made using almost 50 000 blocks, this attraction towers over even the main castle, and is surrounded by seemingly charred forests, and is buried deep in the jungle! Wander through Adventureland to see it for yourself, it’s impossible to miss!

With many rides, plenty more secrets to come and more areas being built up, we here at the Overseer can’t wait to see where Scarland will take us next!

ADVERTISEMENTS

By Jamie

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Greetings to all citizens! As you all very well know, Scarland is one of the fastest growing places of fun on the server, with dozens of our friends and fellow hermits working there! This past week the official Scarland Art Book was published and is open for FREE download. Please go check it out at the link!

🌸 The Art of Scarland is here!

60+ artists gathered together to conceptualize Scarland as a real theme park. The result is 181 pages full of care and detail, to show appre

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To all Garden members : This Friday there shall be a meeting in the sculk bolder amongst Dwayne (Grian's Base). Please bring a mandatory daisy for entry, as well as any other florals you deem fit. Do not be late. —————————————————

CALLING ALL AVIANS! There shall be a council meeting held at the treehouse in two weeks time to discuss the possibility of a flying (elytra) course! If you have any ideas on the theme or how the trials should be set up please be prepared to present them on the 20th.

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Fun and Games

This week's fun and games are brought to you by Azure and Rookie!

Brain Teasers by Azure

Coloring page by Rookie

And that's all for this week folks! Big thank you to our new writers and contributors and thank you to you all for reading!