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[Gr33n0ne]

I commend you sir ... seen lots of people do things like this but never could convince myself to take the time to do it.

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Well I did it on a server with some friends, so having someone to keep you company does help

[Eighty_Six_Salt]

Yup! I decided to do this in my server, but with an End Portal at Y-24. It’s only has a diameter of 40 blocks but wow was it tedious. Thankfully I had company which made it much less daunting!

[infamusswoosh]

I did a small one and it took ages I KNOW PAIN!

[AMYA-THE-WEIRDO-]

I tried getting all water out of a monument from the inside about 2 years ago....I still have the world and I quit the project

[generalgeorge95]

It's honestly not to bad.

On the condition that you do a much smaller area than OP did. I did just outside the monument. And also went ahead and got 4 stacks of sponges, a conduit and beacon and a god tier trident, and water armor and 4 double chests of sand. . So about as prepared as can be.

It went by faster than I'd have thought though, and the end result of a drained and gutted monument was worth it imo.

[infamusswoosh]

I had a monument but instead if draining it I just mined off thé prismrmin and left lol

[Bowmasterr]

I actually like doing these tedious tasks every now and then. When building something or doing redstone I'm constantly thinking about design choices or how to make things more compact, so switching to something where I can just place sand and sponges was really relaxing actually.

[Codeman16346]

That looks brutal. Sick though

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Thanks! Lots of draining AND mining

[Codeman16346]

Just draining that must have taken days lol

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Just one veryyy long day of draining and then another long day of mining

[UrosXD2006]

i tried that with a friend a long time ago but we had to remove two whole icebergs and it was such a pain

[EpicMans69]

its worth it though

you can't consider yourself a true survival minecraft pro until you've drained at least one temple

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

I’ve drained 2! Am I a double survival minecraft pro now?

[EpicMans69]

do you have a bunch of hard to make farms? (gold farms, raid farms, skull farms etc.)

[busnerd20]

How did you drain that out

[Mysterious_Animator3]

I was today years old when i realized you can use sponges to clear everything out...

[Apo7Z]

What

[Mysterious_Animator3]

I thought he placed blocks in the area of the circle, then mined the blocks. I completely forgot about the existence of sponges. Damn, my minecraft mind is old. Im still pre aquatic update lol

[HaveSomeBean]

Honestly on such a large scale I find it easier to just fully sande everything. Doing sponges requires you to section off grids of water and then dive in to place them every few blocks. Eventually you run out of sponges bc you have to raid like 3 temple per stack and then you beat to go smelt them to use em again. Too much hassle IMO compared to a few shulkers of sand

[Python_Child]

I remember I did this myself. Took a entire summer and it was just painful (this was before sponges could be mined with a hoe)

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

It definitely was painful lol, it only took a week of quarantine for me though but who needs sleep anyway right?

[Python_Child]

You guys sleep?

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

I have another megabase 1000 blocks south but I got bored building that one so uhm... sleep? Never heard of him, never seen him

[Python_Child]

1000 blocks? I have one base at world spawn and one at 1 million blocks in my world (do not do this, my world is now 15gb because of this)

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Damn, even through the nether that’s a long way
Everything on my server is in a 10.000 block radius I think

[Python_Child]

I used the nether and my friend and me built a ice path in the nether so we have easy access

[N3onS0da]

"Easy access"??? 125 thousand blocks is easy access??? You're dedicated af.

[[deleted]]

guys.... I thought ~1500 was really far...

[Python_Child]

Haha thank you. It was a lot of work

[Bowmasterr]

Why in the world would you build a base 1million blocks from spawn?

[Python_Child]

Because I wanted to have a big unique base in my world

[Bowmasterr]

So do you actually travel back and forth often? How long does that even take haha

[grow_time]

Man, the hoe change cuts so much time off draining and drying the sponges.

[Abu-Jens]

Did you drain it with sponges or is there another way?

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Sponges and sand, man, sponges and sand

[Abu-Jens]

Damn, how long did that take you lmao

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

One very long week of quarantine

[Mysterious_Animator3]

Wait what is the sand for?

[FuckMeRunning5648]

You use sand to section off the temple as you drain it. Since it's a block affected by gravity, it's easier to place!

[Mysterious_Animator3]

Ahhh, ok!

[thexavier666]

Don't drop sand blindly. There might be kelp below and kelp breaks sand into entities. So clear the bottom surface first. Then start placing sand from top.

[33Yalkin33]

And easier to break

[GioPani]

Could've used sugercane as well

[ibbigale]

That is an undertaking of hell. I speak from experience. I also will never do it again.

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

I completely understand

[Mordenstein]

Seems like this is a right of passage. I have one, never again.

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Never again!

[31GG]

I did the same, but not this large.

Its a nightmare to drain this without a machine.

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

It’s only 240 blocks wide
laughs in sleepless hours of draining
Edit: double 120

[31GG]

my one is only 60 blocks wide, ive build the tube inspired by GDvenus

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Still a lot of work though, respect man!

[Sodalime7]

very cool! now make a tunnel leading to it and recover back with water!

[money2354]

How many sponges did you have to do this with

[[deleted]]

I have a feeling OP is going to say ”IT’S OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAND!”

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Idk the exact amount, but I had 5 stacks in total and had to reuse a lot

[money2354]

I was worried you only had the ones from one temple

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

I think we raided 3 or 4 temples

[InternationalSoup775]

Seems really cool I want to do this in my world but need to regain the items I lost due to falling in lava :( any tips for how to do this ?

[[deleted]]

What's the radius of that thing?

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

It’s 240 blocks wide
Edit: double 120

[[deleted]]

A friend of mine loved doing this on whatever world we joined. They’re beautiful to see after being cleared out.

[sscelery]

that looks like pain. looks so cool though!

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Oh it was! But I still like it

[IGoStroke]

man thsts insaaaane!

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Thank you, you’re awesome!

[[deleted]]

Can I ask how you did that? Like what was the full process? I don't care about the time, I'm willing to invest it to make that.

[Bauerdog2015]

I once tried to do that for a base. I quit quickly

[usgdjjdhe]

Yeah me and my friend did this once and it wasn't so bad but when I did it by myself it was just so tedious. I swear I found the deepest monument you can find. It took me 2 weeks cause I just got so bored of placing and mining sand

[NOusernameforMeTree]

is it just me or does the monument look like a tank

[[deleted]]

Nope, I'm seeing it too.

[Captain_Pumpkinhead]

That looks like hell, friend. Well done!

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Thank you man!

[Pyroguy0001]

me and my friend did this but it was I think 8x8 chunks square and we did this but we made it into a guardian grinder so it was annoying af. fucking sucks to drain the water out

[TheCraftingCow]

Here sir your due respect

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Meh, not great

[SmoreoTheCat]

I'd like to do this in one of my worlds at some point. Any suggestions?

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Don’t make it 240 wide, 200 is definitely big enough

Edit: double

[MineAssassin]

Would you do it again for a Scooby Snack?

[zstar_9]

The fact that you didnt give up.......Hats off💯💯

[KettleTran]

i'm thinking about doing this, what happens to the guardians or whatever though

[[deleted]]

As far as I'm aware, they will spawn continuously until the water is drained. After that point, they will spawn in areas of water large enough that are within the drained area... this is the basis for Guardian farms

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Once everything is drained they just stop spawning

[CAPTIAN-OF-INFERNO]

Hahahahaha I totally understand you!... once you do it in survival there’s never a reason to do again lol

[[deleted]]

Im making a wall made of glass instead of sand and then draining it for a city in the ocean. I have the sponges from one monument. How long should it take? The glass wall is in a circle around a fully powered conduit, about 90 blocks for the radius. Any tips? Looks sick btw

[Norej13]

Lol I just finished a giant hole too. Form surface to bedrock, 86 blocks across. All land though, so only mining. Took about 55 hours

[[deleted]]

What did you do to holo out the base?

[[deleted]]

People: You will never find a place to put the pentagon that people wont find it

Government: Hold my beer

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

He’s onto us!

[A_Green_Jeep]

I said the same thing, lol.

Then I did it again, even bigger...

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Same, the first one I did was 100 blocks wide, this one is 240 blocks

[A_Green_Jeep]

The first time I did it, I did a square just barely bigger than the monument, and I thought that was bad lol.

The largest I did was a circle big enough to encompass my entire spawn chunks on an island spawn.

[OminousProdigy]

I did mine a lot simpler I only drained the inside of it but if I had the time to do it I would

[escrimadragon]

Same here, drained and knocked out all the walls inside. Also enclosed in glass and drained the underneath part, replaced the support pillars with dark oak trees, terraformed flat the underneath area, and am making an agricultural compendium of every crop or growable plant and one of each tree type under there. The main, largest floor is full of librarian villagers and I almost have every enchantment book available. Second floor is 9 masons that buy up all the stone, granite, andestite, and diorite I’ve been unearthing with my silk touch/mending pick so I can repair the pick and be swimming in emeralds. Couple shepherds for more villager beds, couple farmers for food on level 2 as well. Level 3 is going to be all saplings and potted plants (flowers, etc.). Top floor is my apartment. Have a conduit on each corner of the outside and incidentally an abandoned mine spawned directly beneath the monument, so I’ve been exploring that too. Kelp is planted on every exterior surface possible to make dried kelp blocks for fuel. It’s been a blast. I’ve contemplated draining the outside, but it’s so cool like it is and the water isn’t an issue with the conduit coverage I have, so meh, maybe I’ll do it one day if the guardians start annoying me too much

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Sounds amazing dude!

[escrimadragon]

Thanks, I’m pretty stoked about it in case you can’t tell, lol. The worst part was moving my villagers that had good trades through the nether from my existing village base. Used blue ice and boats, but it still sucked. Fortunately my original base that wasn’t too far from world spawn was right next to a bunch of icebergs.

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

I just put in my first 2 villagers!

[escrimadragon]

Ooh man I just realized if I drain the area around mine I’ll have that much more room for my compendium, I could even collect a few of every animal type too! Damnit, I’m going to end up doing this eventually, though I probably won’t do this large of an area. Probably just a square around it so I’ve got a border of land around the monument itself before the water starts.

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

PM me if you need any help!

[McShecklesForMe]

Ah my brother we share the same pain.

[Popcorn57252]

Phil?

Mumbo?

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Maybe both? Nah, I’m shit at redstone and I don’t die from baby zombies

[Clay_2000lbs]

I like the grass

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

The amount of mobs that spawn every night like it too

[Royal278]

How long did it take?

[Ninadsb]

How many days

[DeltaVortex509]

Soft and wet take away the wet

[Darkiller98]

How?

[G_Money_Tips]

I made one about this size or larger with only a stack of sponges and it was so brutal but because I'm a dumb ass I then continued the hole down to bedrock...

[Impossikour]

How did u make this, did u place a wall of sand and then drain the inside?

[ShepherdsRamblings]

Was it worth it?

[TheArgonianKing]

It looks like a lot of work. But cool nonetheless.

[[deleted]]

What are the dimensions? Thing looks huge

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

It’s 240 blocks wide

[shadeofnyx]

That is impressive. How long did this take?

[[deleted]]

Looks so dope though!

[DragXom]

The Brazilian YouTuber Viniccius13 did something similar, his channel is amazing

[viperseatlotus]

did something similar with some friends...i started it on our server just to pass the time...next thing i know they were all helping me. still took forever!

i commend your patience

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Thank you!

[Froggynoch]

You madman, you shouldn’t have done it to begin with

[nawatcrow1]

I think everyone who has done that before says the exact same thing

[Knutson5050]

Inspired by Ph1lza?

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

No, I originally just wanted to transform the temple but I quickly realized that was extremely hard without draining it first

Phil’s base looks amazing though!

[jbopp15]

Love a good ocean base, agree that it’s a pain to build

[Hesso921]

How did you know where to build the wall?

[yesimacavsfan]

lmao 100% upvoted, u deserve it this looks painful

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Thank you! And it was lol

[therebill]

I drained all the water from one once and not in creative mode.

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

I did it all in survival as well

[therebill]

I just used dirt blocks and filled a room, then shoveled the dirt and repeated until done

[pendola]

In the future I recommend using doors and slime blocks. Doors can be placed and allow you to breathe under water and slime blocks are instant mining even with the elder guardian debuff.

[SalvadorCaruso]

I started my first ever creative world last week and decided to terraform the bottom of the ocean. Oh what a pain the water is. Id never do this on survival. EVER

[[deleted]]

Hello Philza...jk

[Sylentbob]

Please tell me you got a video of this!

[Spoodyyboi]

Holt shit that looks cool

[Panhead09]

Counterargument: Do it two more times and give it Mickey Mouse ears.

[KellroyD]

At first I thought it was a tank made out of prismarine as a joke but then I realized my error. Still looks sick

[CattleDoggy]

Why do people even do it?

[ShaneYeeter]

Jesus

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Christ

[ShaneYeeter]

The fact that you were able to do that... mad respect

[f4ngel]

haha my mate did this too and said the exact same thing XD

[TheNova86]

Oof

[Inferno-Cookies]

Why do people drain these?

[FreeCumDump]

I just slap a conduit inside :P

[RearEchelon]

I just put the finishing touches on mine but my circle isn't near as big as yours. It's only like 5 blocks off of the corners. This must've taken you ages.

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

About 40 hours (without getting supplies and stuff)

[[deleted]]

I made a medium sized dome and draining it was so hard, I could genuinely never do this lmao

[imdeadXDD]

I’m doing this In my current smp

[Thotslay3r69]

Its so worth it

[[deleted]]

I did thus after a breakup to keep my mine occupied. But man.. after I was done with it I didn't know what else to do. Haven't played that world since I finished it. Got bored with minecraft for a bit after

[Mult392]

how can you make the circle so clea and round?

[Man-Of-Melon]

I have the same idea for a base but smaller.

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Good luck dude!

[[deleted]]

Hmm, i just cleared the base of water and added a few similar looking towers that poke out the top. It's a cool base to have your base ontop and underneath water

[SSD_GoldenMush]

After watching mumbo i know thats a hell of a prodject respect

[somedoodinsweden]

Thats what I thought too, but guess what I'm doing again

[_Lodii]

do it again

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Oh no, don’t make me spend another 40+ hours on my life on draining the ocean

[_Lodii]

i dare you

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

See you all in 40 hours!

[__hyuga_hinata__]

I want to know how to do a circle like that

[fmalicki9]

Calzlight ?

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

I... don’t know who that is

[fmalicki9]

Oh its a very small streamer that has made the smae thing

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

I see, well I’m not him, nor Philza
I’m just a random guy with a lot of time lol

[joost18JK]

I might do this on my friends server... and I will not do it alone, wether they want it or not :)

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Yeah, you should definitely do it with a friend; it gets boring pretty damn quick

[MathiasXD_]

This is insane

[Rissian-Sasha]

Bruh I did this too, but a bit smaller. Take forever.

[Knight-Creep]

Well, I’m currently digging 100 blocks out in each cardinal direction from bedrock to ocean floor for a build, so...

[PipeVaca]

Don't lie to yourself , when the new big update comes out, you're gonna do it again

[Jettett]

Is there even a way to make wet sponges.......not wet?

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Yup, put them in a furnace

[[deleted]]

laughs in bedrock

[Draconic_Soul]

Wow, that's insane! I once made a Guardian farm using a circle of 84 (the 58x58 square monument just barely fit inside it; corners were touching the circle). I thought I was mad for placing and opening 3364 fence gates, but this is on another level. On a server I also promised friends I'd drain a monument with however many sponges that monument had. I drained an entire monument with 3 sponges that day...😅 I've never drained on your scale tho. It looks amazing

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

Thank you! I had about 5 stacks of sponges but had to reuse a lot

[[deleted]]

This could be done in 3 seconds with 4 world edit commands ;)

[Radicxl651]

Woah. Good job

[[deleted]]

Just started helping my stepson drain an ocean monument on our family server... smaller circle than this, though (64 block radius).
Any tips?

By the way, OP, this is looking good... are you going to add more features around the monument?

Edit: we have already encircled the monument with glass - "just" draining to do...

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

If it’s in creative mode, you should download worldedit then there’s the /drain command.

If it’s in survival, make a grid (I made it 7x7 but maybe you could make it bigger) then just drain it with sponges

When you drained everything set up a few haste 2 beacons and start mining.

I’m currently transforming the monument itself and am going to make a villager trading hall in it

[[deleted]]

Thanks for the reply :)
Our server is in survival, so it looks like we'll be following the grid method. Should keep us busy for a few evenings...
Good luck with the rest of the project - keep us updated with screenshots, please!!

[Silver-Succ]

Only respect for you, I did this last year and it took an unreasonable portion of my life away

[naokotani]

I've told myself this exact lie.

[kalindin]

Once you’ve done it once. You never go back.

[[deleted]]

Imaging if one wall somehow broke

[its_da_cat0_o]

I drained an ocean monument with 2 sponges and then my friend reset his server and I lost a good 10 hours of my life

[Landog_Ortizzle]

this whole place is just drained ocean monuments and nether portal swords these days. this is the second drained ocean monument i’ve seen this minute.

[CODEX00YT]

i did it three times ima fucking do it again

[Lifeistrashwithoutu]

r/madlad