In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss snapshot 20W15A, which introduces the Basalt Deltas biome, Blackstone, Piglin banner pattern, Soul Campfires, and three new tracks of Nether music. Also, there are many changes to Dispensers, Soul Sand can now be used to craft Soul Torches, Nether vegetation blocks are now compostable, and walls now connect to more things. Plus, If you bought the Java edition of Minecraft before October 19th, 2018 you have until April 20th, 2020 to claim your FREE Windows ...
Apr 15, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 40
In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo are joined by GruvaGuy to discuss the final update to Minecraft with snapshot 20W14∞ which adds over two billion worlds to the game. Also, DuDs and Jimbo go hands-on with Minecraft Dungeons and discuss snapshot 20W14A, which introduces the Zombified Hoglin when a Hoglin enters the overworld. Compasses can now be enchanted with Curse of Vanishing, changes to both the Strider and Warped Fungus on a Stick. Plus, GruvaGuy gives us the lowdown on parity between the Bed...
Apr 08, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 39
In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss snapshot 20W13A, which introduces the Lodestone for use with the Compass and the Strider mob, Mojang's answer to the 'Lava Boat' ideas from the community. Also, In Bedrock news, Mobs will now despawn when the player is 54 blocks away and block lag has been removed. Plus, How to get the best out of your trading system by using villagers with your farms. Minecraft 1.16 Snapshot 20W13A: https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-20w13a Minecraft B...
Apr 01, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 38
In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss snapshot 20W12A, which adds the Respawn Anchor allowing you to respawn in the Nether and the Polished Basalt block. Also, You can now use Bone Meal on Nylium to get Fungus, Sprouts and Roots, the Hoe is now the appropriate tool for Sponges and Wet Sponges and Bees will no longer wander off more than twenty-two blocks from it's home. Plus, Zero-tick Farms and AFK Fish Farms have been Nerfed! Minecraft 1.16 Snapshot 20W12A: https://minecraft.net/en-us/articl...
Mar 25, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 37
In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo are joined by Carl to discuss snapshot 20W11A, which adds the Soul Speed enchantment allowing you to walk faster on Soul Sand and Soul Soil, Twisting Vines that grow upwards in the Warped Forest biome and Gold ore can now be found in the Nether. Also, Bone Meal can now be used to grow Kelp, Weeping Vines and Twisting Vines, TNT and Campfires will now ignite when hit by any burning projectile and Mojang plans on fixing the zero tick bug. Plus, We discuss the result...
Mar 18, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 36
In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss snapshot 20W10A, which adds functionality to the Smithing Table, makes fish despawn if the player is more than 64 blocks away and Wither Skeletons now attack Piglins. Also, Minecraft Festival has been postponed till 2021 but don't worry the live show will still go ahead. Plus, DuDs top-five consideration when building a new base, Jimbos top-five beginner farms for a new survival world and this is your last chance to take part in our listener survey. Minecr...
Mar 11, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 35
In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss snapshot 20W09A which introduces the Target block and Crying Obsidian. Also, in a little bit of everything episode, they talk Minecraft Festival, there favourite part of 1.15 and what they are looking forward to in the Nether update. Plus, there's a bet about the release of 1.16, which you can get involved in on Twitter and in our Discord. There's also still time to take part in our listener survey - all the links you need are below. Minecraft 1.16 Snapsho...
Mar 04, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 34
In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss the smallest snapshot ever made with just one bug fix for Villager memory. Also, with Hermitcraft and some members of The Ripple Effect bringing their seasons to an end, DuDs and Jimbo talk about when is the right time to start a new world, how you keep it new and fresh from your old world, do you include new members if your on a server and more. Plus, Block of the Week, Listener Comments, and you can still take part in our listener survey, the link is bel...
Feb 26, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 33
In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss the second snapshot of Minecraft 1.16, the Hoglins from the first snapshot has been given some functionality and will attack the player on site. The Piglins have also arrived and will trade a range of items (including Quartz, Obsidian and Shroomlight) with you if you give them gold ingots but remember to wear your gold armour, so they don't attack you! Also, Endermen will no longer pick up Netherrack but will pick up some of the new Nether blocks, and we h...
Feb 19, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 32
In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss the first snapshot of Minecraft 1.16, and it's a big one! The Nether Update brings a whole new feel to the Nether with the new biomes Warped Forest, Crimson Forest and Soulsand Valley. There's a new rare material in town... Netherite, add it to your Diamond armour and tools and never lose them to Lava again. Plus, Patrols no longer spawn when the player is close to a village, and after a few days of it being a three-way tie, we have a winner for 'Block of ...
Feb 12, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 31
In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss the December and January progress updates from Hytale and the new Minecraft 1.16 screenshots, including what looks like a new gold sword. Plus, we find out which block won this weeks 'Block of the Week' and could we see a new type of boat that works on Lava? Blockbench: https://blockbench.net/ Hytale December Update: https://www.hytale.com/news/2019/12/progress-update-december-12-2019 Hytale January Update: https://www.hytale.com/news/2020/1/progress-updat...
Feb 05, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 30
In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo are joined by YDYT and Cass (Maizuma Games) to talk about the 1.16 Nether update, Redstone doors, storage system designs, and so much more. Also, Minecraft Java 1.15.2 is out and Jeb tweets about when we can expect the Mountain Biome update. Plus, we have a new feature called 'Block of the Week' where you can vote in our Discord for which block you want DuDs and Jimbo to discuss, they will look into its history, any fun/quirky uses for it and present their suggest...
Jan 29, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 29
In this episode, DuDs and our new co-host Jimbo discuss how to design the perfect world in both singleplayer and multiplayer, including a spoke pattern for your base and building in different styles to help your creativity. Additionally, you can add some Vanilla plus features like custom armour stands and loot tables. Also, they talk about Minecraft Dungeons gameplay, Java 1.15.2 and further information about 1.16 from Mojang Developer Henrik Kniberg. Mine-imator: https://www.mineimator.com/ Min...
Jan 22, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 28
In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss what they liked from Minecraft in the last year including the new villagers and their workstations, raid farms and auto shearing sheep using dispensers. Also, they take a look at some of the things they would like to see added to the game in the year ahead including new weapons and armour, new lighting options and more exotic and rare mobs like... I don't know... a Red Dragon! This episode is dedicated to Nikita who sent us a lovely e-mail over the festive...
Jan 08, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 27
In this episode, CarlRyds takes a look back at some of the best conversations and ideas from our episodes in 2019. We talk Dungeons, The Nether, The End, Redstone and more. Normal episodes will resume next week with DuDs back in the hosting chair. Discord: https://discord.gg/gqnKyeZ Website: http://rippleeffectsmp.com/podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/witheringeffect E-mail: podcast@rippleeffectsmp.com Voice Message: https://anchor.fm/thewitheringeffect/message Show Host CarlRyds YouTube: htt...
Jan 01, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 26
In this episode, DuDs and Jimbo discuss questions from our Discord, including what goes on behind the scenes of a multiplayer server, how to run multiplayer events, producing videos and live streaming. We also find out what their friends think of them playing Minecraft as an adult. Plus, the Bees are here with the public release of Minecraft 1.15. Minecraft 1.15 blog post: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/buzzy-bees-out-now-in-java/ Discord: https://discord.gg/gqnKyeZ Website: http://ripp...
Dec 11, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 25
In this episode, DuDs and CarlRyds get into the festive spirit to discuss getting together with friends on your Minecraft world by building a Christmas village and playing fun games together. There's also plenty of news with 1.15 pre-release 3, combat test snapshot 4 and a Tweet from Jasper about Red Nether Vines. aubni's Reworking Bane of Arthropods video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=fRO7nYMOlZU Minecraft 1.15 Pre-release 3 blog post: https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-1-15-pre-relea...
Dec 04, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 24
In this episode, DuDs and aubni discuss what they like and don't like about Redstone and what components and features they would like to see added to the game. Also, the first pre-release of 1.15 is here with optimized chunk rendering and explosions, recipe changes and much more. 1.15 Pre-release 1 blog post: https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-1-15-pre-release-1 Discord: https://discord.gg/gqnKyeZ Website: http://rippleeffectsmp.com/podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/witheringeffect...
Nov 27, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 23
In this episode, DuDs and Bank take a break from trying to improve the game by bringing you the top ten things they love about Minecraft. Also, snapshot 19W45A is out with improvements to bees, they will now search up to ten blocks in all directions to find a nest or hive to call home. DuDs has issues with Chunky and there's endless talk about crotches for some reason. Chunky Minecraft mapping and rendering tool: https://chunky.llbit.se/ 1.15 snapshot blog post: https://minecraft.net/en-us/artic...
Nov 13, 2019•56 min•Season 1Ep. 22
In this episode, DuDs and Bank discuss how to transform The End dimension by improving the block palette, adding more mobs and creating a better transport system from the overworld. Also, there's a new snapshot 19W44A with some subtle improvements to 1.15, including Honey bottles stacking to 16 and Iron Golem skin damage is now based on the ratio of current health to max health. 1.15 snapshot blog post: https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-19w44a Discord: https://discord.gg/gqn...
Nov 06, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 21
In this episode, DuDs and Bank discuss improvements to both the food and the inventory systems, remember to join our Discord so you can be part of the conversation and your idea might end up on the show! There's no new snapshot this week but Minecraft Earth Early Access is now available in more countries including Sweden, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and Iceland with more coming soon. Minecraft Earth: https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-earth-early-access Discord: https://discord.gg/...
Oct 30, 2019•57 min•Season 1Ep. 20
In this episode, DuDs and Bank come up with their own enchantments and discuss how the current ones could be improved with the help of our Discord community. There's a new snapshot 19W42A, the big news... Honey Blocks and Slime Blocks no longer stick together! Also, where would DuDs and Bank be without Minecraft and how do they feel about data packs. 1.15 snapshot blog post: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-19w42a Discord: https://discord.gg/gqnKyeZ Website: http://ripp...
Oct 23, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 19
In this episode, DuDs and Bank share some Minecraft tips and tricks for both beginners and experienced players on what to do on their first night, first week and beyond. There's a new snapshot 19W41A which adds the Honey and Honeycomb blocks. Also, I'm going to send Bank to the naughty step... just after he fixes his connection issues :P 1.15 snapshot blog post: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-19w41a Office USA meme: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KRDgUfM2I3CfH5tm_RE...
Oct 16, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 18
In this episode, DuDs and Bank try out the format for the secondary podcast they have been talking about doing, so stand by for pop culture, movie and more. Make sure you join our Discord to give us your feedback. They also go over the remaining news from Minecon Live 2019, what's changed in snapshot 19w40a and there's a Minecraft board game coming soon. Minecraft Dungeons video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJczpIdONjs Minecraft Board Game: https://www.minecraftshop.com/p/minecraft_builders_...
Oct 09, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In this honey-packed episode, DuDs and Bank discuss the announcements from Minecon Live 2019 including what they are looking forward to in bees and bugs (1.15), the nether update (1.16) and even looking as far as 1.17. Also, the Illusioner is coming to raids and there's going to be a real Minecon again and it has a new name, Minecraft Festival. Minecon roundup blog post: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/everything-we-announced-minecon-live-2019 Xisumavoid snapshot video: https://www.youtu...
Oct 02, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In this episode, DuDs and Bank discuss what they would like to see and what they expect to see at Minecon. The bedrock character creator is in BETA and we get more information on the new mobs and updates coming to mountains, badlands or swamp as part of the public biome vote. 1.15 snapshot blog post: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-19w38a Bedrock character creator: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/character-creator-now-bedrock-beta Discord: https://discord.gg/gq...
Sep 25, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In this episode, DuDs and Bank discuss how they put together block pallets for different building styles. The Minecon community panels have been announced and which biome would you like updated - swamp, mountains or badlands? 1.15 snapshot blog post: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-19w37a Biome vote blog post: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/which-biome-should-we-update-next- Minecon community panels blog post: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/community-...
Sep 18, 2019•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 14
In this special episode, DuDs and Bank are joined again by NynahNina, the owner of Lionheart SMP and a Twitch streamer to discuss how to deal with your community as a server owner. There is also a new 1.15 snapshot that fixes some bugs, helps with modding the game and improves parity between Java and other versions of Minecraft. 1.15 snapshot blog post: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-19w36a Discord: https://discord.gg/gqnKyeZ Website: http://rippleeffectsmp.com/podcas...
Sep 11, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 13
In this episode, DuDs and Bank are joined by NynahNina, the owner of Lionheart SMP and a Twitch streamer to discuss what it's like to own and run a Minecraft server. There is also a new 1.15 snapshot fixing some of the bugs with the Bees and the Minecraft Earth BETA is now available for Android. 1.15 snapshot blog post: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-19w35a Discord: https://discord.gg/gqnKyeZ Website: http://rippleeffectsmp.com/podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/wit...
Sep 04, 2019•49 min•Season 1Ep. 12
In this episode, DuDs and Bank check out the buzz around the new 1.15 snapshot which adds bees, hives, nests, honey and honeycomb. They also theories about what this means for the full update - is this the ambience update? Also, they take a look at the new Minecraft dungeons gameplay from Gamescom 2019, Mincon Live is just one month away and we reach 1000 listens on the podcast. Thank you so much for listening... join our Discord! 1.15 snapshot blog post: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/...
Aug 28, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 11
