#they’re very good and are a vital hermitcraft resource!

[theminecraftbee]

hermitcraft knowledge for new fans that I feel like needs to be stated more often: the hermitcraft recap exists, is very good, and you should watch it!

the recap is a show run by zloyxp and pixlriffs on this channel. episodes are between 10 and 20 minutes and come out on sunday. they cover the previous week, from saturday to friday (they take the day before the episode comes out to write and then come out on sunday, so those days get covered in the next week). and they cover every hermit. just… all of them! not sure what someone’s done this week? don’t worry! the recap’s got you covered. the one thing they don’t cover is livestreams, but hermits don’t do important things on stream. if they do, it ends up in someone’s video. (plus, as much as the recap doesn’t cover livestreams, I have seen them mention the events of an hhh or similar if it drastically changes the hermitcraft landscape in some way, so you don’t actually miss important stuff.)

thanks to the recap there is literally no good reason to try to watch everyone. yes all the hermits are good, but zloy and pixlriffs already watch everyone for you and that’s like, their whole thing. most people don’t have time for that during the day, there are 26 hermits putting out episodes! instead you can watch your favorites, not burn out, and enjoy the recap. you’ll know what’s going on in enough detail to follow anything that happens.

BUT WAIT. there are more benefits to watching the recap than that! for one, it’s very funny. zloyxp, the writer, is a very funny person who writes very funny jokes into the script. it’s a funny enough show that even if I’ve had a week where I’ve watched too much hermitcraft and basically already know everything, I watch the recap, because I genuinely enjoy their sense of humor.

in addition, they’re really good at explaining things that may have gotten confusing in a concise way. for example, putting together the prank war timeline before the civil war in season 6, a thing that they were vital for! or, just this past week, neatly summarizing the explosion of megacorps on the server, a thing that definitely isn’t getting out of hand! with their help following big, multi-person events is much easier, because, as they watch everything, they put the timeline together clearer than you probably can on your own.

also also! the recap talks about how they hope you can find a new favorite hermit through them, and it works. new hermitcraft viewer, intimidated by the whitelist and unsure of where to start? watch the recap! you’ll get a good sense of what everyone’s build style is, who they tend to interact with, and what shenanigans they’re up to. from there, you can find a hermit you want to watch. it’s how I found cubfan, and cubfan is now definitely one of my favorite hermits! if just watching the recap alone isn’t enough, though, they did a quiz last season on their channel that you could follow to find their recommended hermit. it doesn’t include the two new to season 8, gem and pearl, but it’s a great place to go as well.

even more: they have an official subtitler as a part of the team now! that’s right: manual subtitles for every episode of the recap! as I don’t personally use subtitles, I don’t know exactly when they come out (with the video or afterwards by a little bit). however, I do know that manually written english subtitles are a lot of work and are very useful! you can catch up on hermitcraft accessibly with the help of the subtitles, and personally I think that’s fantastic!

finally, pixlriffs is very voice. that’s my final point; he is very voice.

in conclusion: we stan the recap. there are many benefits to watching them and you should know they exist. appreciate them or die by my blade.