Building with fWhip

**Season 2** (1.15)

* 23 May 2019 – 16 June 2020

**Season 3** (1.16)

* 22 June 2020 – 1 Oct 2020

***Building with fWhip*** (May 2017 – Oct 2020) was fWhip's longest-running Minecraft singleplayer survival series, where he built an interconnected fantasy world.

The series ran a course of 307 episodes over 3 years and 9,000 in-game days, starting in Minecraft Java 1.12 and updating with each release through 1.16. It was during this series that fWhip's YouTube channel grew past the 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 subscriber milestones. It eventually came time to part ways with the series and start something new.

## Major projects

### Papyrus

*Building with fWhip* started with the **City of Papyrus**, a desert city inspired by the Egyptian settlements along the Nile River. Beneath the temple was a mob farm, and in the arena outside of town was (formerly) an iron farm. The city's primary trade goods were meant to be paper and reeds.

### Port Litore

File:BWF Port Town.png
The city's crown jewel was the **wizard castle**, built atop a cavernous coastal bluff.

### Farming valley

The **farming valley** was outside the port city walls, at the foot of the custom mountain range. The farmland included vineyards, sunflower fields, wheat, carrots, potatoes, lavender farms

### Quarry

File:BWF Quarry.png
The **quarry** was meant to provide the kingdom's supply of stone for its buildings. The location disguised an entrance to fWhip's actual underground stone quarry.

### Elk's Point

BWF Christmas Town.png
**Elk's Point** was a Nordic village nestled into a valley in the mountains. Its primary trade goods were honey, mead, and lumber.

All of the terrain surrounding Elk's point (from the mountain ridge down to the farming valley) was a custom terraforming project started in Minecraft 1.12.

### 1.14 village

The **1.14 village** was part of fWhip's expansion after the "Village & Pillage" update. The village was surrounded with sweet berry fields, meant to be the village's primary trade good. On top of the hill was a witch hut and a nether portal.

### Ruined castle

The **ruined castle** was along the road from Papyrus to the 1.14 village.

### Trade camp

The **traders camp** was built around a pair of wandering traders who never despawned. Next to the trade encampment was a fossil dig. The site was along the road from Papyrus to the 1.14 village.

### Nether

fWhip's vision for the Nether was inspired by Blackreach from *The Elder Scrolls*.

## Trivia

* fWhip's current banner across the top of his YouTube channel depicts several landmarks from his *Building with fWhip* series, including Castle Bleakrock and the City of Papyrus.
* Most of what fWhip built in this series was designed on the fly, rather than in creative mode.
* Stream, 3 Mar 2023 (32:49 – 40:45) – fWhip chats about how his Hardcore 1.18–1.19 world relates to *Building With fWhip*.
* Stream, 7 Apr 2023 (2:20:15) – fWhip returns to tour his *Building with fWhip* world on stream, with a focus on terraforming.

## References

1. ↑ fWhip : Bryce [@Failwhip] (1 Jan 2023). "Taking a look at my journey on YouTube so far.. Forever grateful for the support ❤️ ... I wonder where 2024 will land?" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
2. ↑ Stream, 7 Apr 2023 (2:28:40)