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BCowcorn
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An older gamer who enjoys Minecraft and occasionally other games. I also have YouTube & Twitch channels.
https://www.twitch.tv/bcowcorn
https://www.youtube.com/@BCowcorn
https://www.youtube.com/@BCowcornSkipsToTheEnd
He/Him/Sir... Sir!
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Okay, so I didn't actually go up into the big scary tower in the latest session of HardCorn Terralith NOMAD, because I know what's up in them. And knowing is half the battle.

But I did finish the westerly leg of my expedition and start the northerly leg. And I have ideas for when that's done.
Turning North in Minecraft Hardcore 1.21 + Terralith | HardCorn!: Terralith NOMAD - Ep48
YouTube video by BCowcorn
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December 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Starting soon: session 48 of HardCorn Terralith NOMAD, in which we continue to the west, possibly completing the westerly leg of our journey of exploration of this Minecraft world featuring the Terralith terrain datapack, plus Structory and Structory Towers, from Stardust Labs
www.twitch.tv/bcowcorn
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Onward West in Minecraft Hardcore 1.21 + Terralith | HardCorn!: Terralith NOMAD - Ep48
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December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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I finished covering the guardian farm, but didn't have time to finish the glass outer walls, much less test its productivity.

And I had that one unwelcome guest to deal with.

The lightly cleaned up YouTube re-post is up now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec9j...
HardCorn! - Episode 230 - Optimizing the Guardian Farm? Pt 2 - Minecraft 1.17
YouTube video by BCowcorn
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December 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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I forgot that in Minecraft 1.17 mobs don't need complete darkness to spawn.

I've got some things going on Sunday, so the cleanup and YouTube re-post of tonight's stream may be delayed.
A creeper stands in one of the darker spots on a field of prismarine bricks, while BCowcorn's Minecraft character works in the middle distance to expand the field. An island is visible in the background to the left.
December 14, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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I'm not quite 100%, but I'm on the mend so I'm going for it.

Join me in a few minutes at www.twitch.tv/bcowcorn for the next session of HardCorn TOS in my Minecraft 1.17 forever world.

I may finish covering the guardian farm this time!

See you!
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
December 14, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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The Silent Drowning resource pack has been updated to work without complaint in Minecraft 1.21.11.

modrinth.com/resourcepack...
Silent Drowning - Minecraft Resource Pack
A resource pack to silence the popping breath bubbles. I found them annoying so I made this.
modrinth.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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I was too sick to stream last night, and I'm no better, maybe worse, tonight.

If you want to take the opportunity to catch up on the series, have a look at the playlist on YouTube.

I'm hoping next weekend will be better. 🤞

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
HardCorn!: Terralith NOMAD - YouTube
Minecraft 1.21 Hardcore with the Terralith terrain generation datapack, and the Structory & Structory Towers added structures datapacks (all from Stardust La...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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I'm calling it. Too sick to stream tonight.

If you are curious to see what led to this point in the HardCorn TOS series, here's the playlist.

(You can skip #1 if you like - the mic was horrible then and I've still not gotten around to adding all the subtitles.)

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
HardCorn!:TOS | Let's keep playing Minecraft 1.17 - YouTube
Watch as I continue to play Minecraft 1.17 in my first new Survival world since I started my first after downloading the Minecraft Java Edition demo in the S...
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December 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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I'm fighting some kind of cold and my voice is suffering for it. Fingers crossed for this weekend, but I am a bit worried I won't be able to stream.
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Minecraft 1.21.11 release candidate 1 was released today.
I guess I'll do some preliminary testing of my Silent Drowning resource pack so I can make any needed tweaks.
www.minecraft.net/en-us/articl...

modrinth.com/resourcepack...
www.minecraft.net
December 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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What was beyond the Summer Skylands in last night's session of HardCorn Terralith NOMAD? A few things.
Clean-up for the YouTube re-post is underway, but might be slowed by my needing to do other things today. Life and stuff.
BCowcorn's Minecraft character and his pups face an attacking vindicator running out the door of his lovely cottage, axe raised to strike. BCowcorn's Minecraft character sits on his ... donkey in a savanna biome, with a dry custom Terralith biome in the background. A brown cow stands under a nearby acacia tree. An areal view in Minecraft of a beach with a lighthouse from the Structory Towers datapack from Stardust Labs. The beach is broken up by rivers leading to the ocean in the background. To the left of it is an area of brushland. BCowcorn's Minecraft character can be seen at the base of the lighthouse walking toward its entrance.
December 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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What's beyond the Summer Skylands? We'll find out tonight as we continue our westward leg in the next session of HardCorn Terralith NOMAD. 11:15PM US Eastern (4:15AM UTC) at www.twitch.tv/bcowcorn

(World exploration in Minecraft 1.21.10 + Terralith, Structory, & Structory Towers datapacks)
BCowcorn's boat sits at the bottom of a waterfall in the middle of the ocean, with another in the background, and an island pair off in the far distance. (Not pictured is the floating Summer Skylands island high above, the source of the waterfalls, but parts of the ocean are dark in its shadow.)
November 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Last night's stream has been lightly cleaned-up and annotated, and re-posted to YouTube.

Is the modification to the guardian farm simple? Yes

Will it be effective? Remains to be seen

Will the wiki need clarification or correction? To be determined...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5Vs...
HardCorn! - Episode 229 - Optimizing the Guardian Farm? - Minecraft 1.17
YouTube video by BCowcorn
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Session 229 of HardCorn TOS is in the can. I made good progress covering the guardian farm. And I managed to remove the out-of-place source block in the central sluice, so the flow is nice and smooth now.
Watch for the YouTube re-post some time Sunday. (Possibly delayed by family activities.)
BCowcorn's Minecraft character places prismarine bricks to form a roof covering his guardian farm. The roof is partially done, with more than half the farm uncovered. It is dotted with a grid of sea lanterns positioned over the corners of the bubble columns below. Guardians bounce along the central sluice and the other bubble cells. A view of BCowcorn's guardian farm from directly above. The central sluice runs across from left to right, with the water flow lines all lined up now that the errant source block has been removed. Guardians bob along, mostly in the central sluice, plus a few in the bubble cells alongside it.
November 30, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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My guardian farm may have room for improvement, if I'm interpreting the wiki correctly. Join me Saturday night at 11:15PM US Eastern (4:15AM UTC) for session 229 of HardCorn TOS in my Minecraft 1.17 forever world.
www.twitch.tv/bcowcorn
BCowcorn's Minecraft character, wearing full diamond armor, floats in the water outside his glass guardian farm. The view is from an elevated point, showing the full top and front side of the farm, at a bit of an angle. A little of the adjacent island is visible to the left.
November 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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It took a lot of precision mathematics to get this shot.

Fortunately my computer was able to do it all for me. I just lined up the shot, then did some exposure adjustment and cropping afterward.
BCowcorn's Minecraft character flies through the evening sky on his elytra, silhouetted against the setting sun. The screenshot is designed to be an homage to photographer Andrew McCarthy's "The Fall of Icarus".
November 23, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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It's up, and sooner that YouTube estimated!
Last night's stream of Session 45 of HardCorn Terralith NOMAD has now been lightly cleaned up and re-posted to YouTube.
It was fun, and I got a new cat and horse!
Exploration & Experience in Minecraft Hardcore 1.21 + Terralith | HardCorn!: Terralith NOMAD - Ep45
YouTube video by BCowcorn
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November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Join me tonight as I continue the westward leg of my explorations of the biomes added to Minecraft by the Terralith data pack.
I will also be looking for opportunities to gain enough levels to apply a couple enchantment books I'm sitting on.
11:15PM US Eastern (4:15AM UTC) at www.twitch.tv/bcowcorn
An overview of a taiga-style Minecraft village on the shore of a lake, with hills and mountains rising behind it. The right half village rises up the slope of mountainous terrain. Red and green trees are scattered across the entire landscape, courtesy of the custom biome from Terralith.
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Weird. I posted a video to YouTube a little bit ago, and the graphs for it are coming up with a period of over 55 years. 🤔
November 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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I might update my HardCorn Terralith NOMAD world to 1.21.10 soon. I just applied some modifications to the Fresh Animations resource packs, which were the last essentials I was waiting on.
I'll need a little time testing it all out, so I won't be updating this weekend, but maybe next.
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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The LIMBO Session 3 re-post to YouTube is up.
I beat my head against the wall a bit for some of the puzzles, and didn't get quite as far along as I'd hoped, but hopefully it will be more amusing then frustrating to watch me try.
LIMBO - Session 3 - Playing through Limbo for the first time
YouTube video by BCowcorn Pop-up Gaming
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November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Based on the progress I made in tonight's Limbo stream, I think I've got at least a couple sessions to go to complete the play-through. Next opportunities for those sessions should be in June and July per my holiday schedule, unless the fam does something else. 🤞
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Bonus Stream!
I have an extra day off work, so I'm doing a Pop-Up Gaming session, continuing my first playthrough of the horror game Limbo by Playdead.
Watch at 11:15PM US Eastern time (4:15AM UTC) Mon Nov 10, on Twitch at www.twitch.tv/bcowcorn
YouTube re-post likely the next day.
Title screen of upcoming gaming stream. Text says "BCowcorn plays LIMBO Session 3" over an in-game scene showing the player's chracter standing on what appears to be the frame of a glass dome with several broken panes. The entire scene is misty and black & white, with vague shapes hinted at in the background.
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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I traversed some beautiful but difficult terrain during tonight's session of HardCorn Terralith NOMAD. This particular spot, with a grotto hidden behind a waterfall accessed from this pond through a cut in the mountain, would make a nice base, I think.
Watch for the YouTube re-post tomorrow.
BCowcorn's Minecraft character stands in the distance on the stony shore of a pond amongst a jumbled terrain of mountains pierced with gaps and caves, and spotted with custom trees from the Terralith datapack's Cloud Forest biome. The ground is speckled with a variety of white flowers. Spruce trees dot the foreground. A tall waterfall is visible, falling from near the top of a tall mountain, the lower portion visible through a gap in a nearer mountain.
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Another Sunday. Another YouTube re-post of Saturday night's session of HardCorn TOS.
This time I farmed and installed a big load of sea lanterns, then worked on reconfiguring the windows of the Spire.
HardCorn! - Episode 226 - More Sea Lanterns + Architectural Changes - Minecraft 1.17
YouTube video by BCowcorn
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM