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Karari @karari.art · 31/08/2026

maybe I'll get it done for early September, but who knows? Its been a while since I've been unable to put pen to tablet at all, so I pray this just passes quickly

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Karari @karari.art · 31/08/2026

yeah I don't think I'm gonna have an artwork done in time for this month, rip to the 7-month streak I've been completely dead for a couple days now, and instead of working on it, I have been rotting. yipee

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Karari @karari.art · 30/08/2026

At least I might be able to fix my sleep schedule with an early night, that'd be one good thing today

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Karari @karari.art · 30/08/2026

Y'know, today really hasn't been my day and I was trying to figure out why. Then I remembered I was up at 8am and barely slept, so maybe that had something to do with it lmao

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Karari @karari.art · 20/08/2026

revisiting this idea again since I like it, but just can't quite fully realise it

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Karari @karari.art · 30/08/2026

Update: wasn't feeling tired, so instead of going to bed, I chose to be a dumbass. I decided to start over and reinstall everything, and give into the temptation of diving head first into hyprland, and this is already a lot more fun (although ente auth still refuses to cooperate)

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Karari @karari.art · 30/08/2026

Currently giving it a go, but I've already ran into a few unexpected programs that just don't want to work despite spending hours on it, and I really don't think I have the patience tonight. Thankfully I'm dual booting right now, so I can come back to it when I have just a bit more patience

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Karari @karari.art · 28/08/2026

My choice of controllers is either joycons or pro-con with horrendous snapback I am so close to splurging and getting a new controller

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Karari @karari.art · 28/08/2026

God I am so sick of playing smash on joycons, those tic-tac buttons weren't built for this shit

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Karari @karari.art · 27/08/2026

also dear god my world file size went from 15.0 GB to 32.4 GB

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Karari @karari.art · 27/08/2026

Figured it'd be a waste to come out all this way and not leave my mark, so I tried to build a little tent (I'm not much a builder, so this is about as much as I could handle) I haven't left yet, as I can't really afford to forget anything. It's not like I'll be returning here anytime soon

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Karari @karari.art · 27/08/2026

And I have finally arrived at the End's second ring (524,288m)

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Karari @karari.art · 26/08/2026

I think once I get my new pc case, I'll finally take the plunge into using Linux. To my knowledge, everything I do/use is supported or has well documented ways of getting working. Even if it doesn't work out, I can just do that fresh installation of Windows I needed anyway, after all

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Karari @karari.art · 26/08/2026

I feel like I'm getting to the point where I need to do a fresh Windows installation again, but perhaps it'd be better to try something new and hopefully better?

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Karari @karari.art · 26/08/2026

just noticed two lines of not-generated chunks in the screenshot, chunky (what I used to generate a 256 chunk radius circle) seems to leave a 1 chunk border between what it generates, and what I generated. Kinda neat since you can see the path I flew to get here

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Karari @karari.art · 26/08/2026

All that's left is to cross that gap and arrive at the start of the second ring, 154km out from where I am now, and 524km out from where I started That's only a little under 1.5 hours of more flight, really not bad actually. Plus, there's nothing that can kill be besides the void now!

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Karari @karari.art · 26/08/2026

I made it to the End's first void gap (370,720m)

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Karari @karari.art · 26/08/2026

oh also I am actually drawing stuff here and there now, gotta keep up my one rendered artwork a month goal after all. It'd be a shame if I missed a month after actually keeping it up for 7 already

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Karari @karari.art · 26/08/2026

Half way there (262km), I think that'll make a good stopping point today 108km to the void gap 262km to the second ring

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Karari @karari.art · 26/08/2026

Also I think I wildly overestimated the rockets needed. Crossing the void gap will be easy, you do not need flight duration 3 rockets at all. I've stopped at the 131km for now, having used just 2 and a bit stacks of flight duration 1 rockets. I think I could spam them and still make it lmao

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Karari @karari.art · 26/08/2026

its really not hard, I'm basically AFKing in 5-15 minute intervals. Could AFK even longer if I decide to fly higher (hard limit being about 28 minutes, since thats when your elytra breaks with Unbreaking III) I''ll probs break this up over a few days, just for my sanity lol

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Karari @karari.art · 26/08/2026

and so it begins... 424km remain

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Karari @karari.art · 24/08/2026

side note, having learned as much about strongholds as I have doing this, I genuinely think I could've done this without a seed map (I just think it would've taken a full month instead of 2 weeks) Like it really doesn't seem too bad, you just need blaze/pearl farms, some math, and some patience

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Karari @karari.art · 24/08/2026

Now for some stats: My world had an above average number of 1, 2, and 6-eye portals, and much fewer 0-eye portals than expected. As for the total number of eyes, rings 1/3/4 were well below average, but rings 2/6 were very far above average. In total, my world had more eyes than ~80% of worlds.

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Karari @karari.art · 24/08/2026

Some highlights of today were: - Finding the second and final 4-eye portal (#104) - A library spontaneously combusting upon my arrival (#118) - The tiniest stronghold in my entire world (#124)

Screenshot of the Portal in Stronghold #104, which had 4-eyes (1 in 47 chance).

Screenshot of the library of Stronghold #118 that immediately burned down. This was also the second smallest stronghold in the world, with just three rooms and a bunch of corridors.

Screenshot taken with freecam of Stronghold #124, the smallest in my entire world. It consists of just the starter 5-way, library, portal room, and a handful of corridors.

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Karari @karari.art · 24/08/2026

After 13 days, it has finally been complete. I have visited all 128 strongholds in my survival world. Yes that does mean I did 28 of them today

Screenshot of my tracking spreadsheet, limited to the 28 strongholds visited today.

Screenshot of the entire stronghold tracking spreadsheet, all 128 entries.

Photo of the ocean that Stronghold #128 resides within

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Karari @karari.art · 23/08/2026

Also it's the only game that can actually make me tilted, which probably isn't that surprising

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Karari @karari.art · 23/08/2026

Y'know, I love playing Smash, but it's wild how you can go from playing near flawlessly one day, to making constant misinputs the next

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Karari @karari.art · 23/08/2026

Oh also I wanna share the funky ass terrain around stronghold #82. The weird blobby terrain with birch trees contains a trail ruins

Screenshot of a floating island of Dark Oak trees that was found nearby Stronghold #82

Screenshot of some strange blobby terrain in a old growth birch forest near Stronghold #82, the result of a trail ruins generating strangely.

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Karari @karari.art · 23/08/2026

Some highlights include: - #86 having a zombie dungeon next to the portal room - #95 being ocean exposed and me actually finding it before digging down - #100 being the first 4-eye (second most eyes found)

Screenshot of Stronghold & Portal Room #86, where a zombie dungeon has overlapped with the corridor leading into the portal room.

Screenshot of Stronghold #95's starter stairwell, which is ocean exposed.

Screenshot of Portal #100, which has 4 out of 12 eyes filled.

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Karari @karari.art · 23/08/2026

I am so incredibly close to done. 100 strongholds visited, 100 portals found. 25 visited today alone, dear god.

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Karari @karari.art · 22/08/2026

Ring 6 is definitely not disappointing so far: - Five 3-eye portals found - 29 eyes total across just 17 strongholds (97th percentile) - Several very high up portals, including ocean/surface cave exposed - Portal room that overlaps an ancient city?!

Screenshot of my stronghold tracking spreadsheet, with the five 3-eye portals and stronghold that overlaps an ancient city highlighted.

Portal Room #71, where the floor overlaps part of an ancient city.

Free camera screenshot of Portal Room #71 with increased brightness, showing where/how it overlaps the ancient city.

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Karari @karari.art · 21/08/2026

ah shit wait I need to actually do something with that lucario sketch I did a while back, there's not long left in the month after all

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Karari @karari.art · 20/08/2026

also lo and behold, I remembered that I'm supposedly an artist! anyways, back to minecraft, I've still got 73 more strongholds to visit

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Karari @karari.art · 20/08/2026

revisiting this idea again since I like it, but just can't quite fully realise it

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Karari @karari.art · 20/08/2026

oh also I replaced my zoom mod with "Spyglass Improvements," and I'm kinda in love with it. The spyglass really should just have controllable zoom + a hot key in vanilla

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Karari @karari.art · 20/08/2026

side note, I've really grown to appreciate bundles. They're genuinely fantastic for stashing array various ores / loot I come across when visiting all these strongholds. Over the course of this journey, they've become a standard part of my loadout when travelling

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Karari @karari.art · 20/08/2026

The second shulker of stronghold compasses is complete! I also visited one more stronghold afterwards, making the grand total 55. With that, ring 5 is now complete! Just three to go

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Karari @karari.art · 18/08/2026

I already have a lot of the supplies too, I think I just need a couple more shulkers of gun powder I really am gonna spend a day at some point doing nothing but this, aren't I?

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Karari @karari.art · 18/08/2026

I've done the math already, and I know how to do it. Getting to the void gap is simple (takes around 3 hours of non-stop flight) Crossing the void gap is a bit harder, but you can fit all the required fireworks needed in your inventory if you use flight duration 3 rockets. Takes a bit over an hour

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Karari @karari.art · 18/08/2026

My dumbass just thought about the possibility of visiting the first end ring before the end rings get removed from the game in 26.3 The first one is 524km away, with a 154km void gap that has to be crossed...

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Karari @karari.art · 18/08/2026

Behold, the first full shulker of stronghold compasses (Today's progress 19 -> 27. 101 strongholds remain) Also just in time for Day 1000!

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Karari @karari.art · 18/08/2026

I'm not even sure if geodes can corrupt portal frames. If I had to guess, probably not, since all the examples I've seen are lava lakes and ruined portals (structures/features that predate the geode)

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Karari @karari.art · 18/08/2026

Continued work on visiting all 128 strongholds, and stronghold #25 contains the second coolest portal room so far: A geode generated inside the portal room! Unfortunately, the portal was not corrupted though

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Karari @karari.art · 18/08/2026

I decided I wanted to make a gigantic map floor with every stronghold visible (25km radius, 489 maps), but decided to do a quick test first. Good thing I did, as not only does my game *really* not like this many maps being on screen at once, but its straight up not letting me place all the maps now

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Karari @karari.art · 12/08/2026

also yes I'm using a seed map, this would be a little too insane for me without it. Aside from how long it'd take, the resource cost would be even greater than it already is (I'm already mining 24 stacks of obsidian as is). Coords are for the starting stairwells though, so I still have to nav myself

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Karari @karari.art · 12/08/2026

okay I think thats probably enough for today, I need to rest and then actually draw

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Karari @karari.art · 11/08/2026

Found a couple more, including the first 3-eye of the world. In doing so, I've now completed, and made the portal rooms easily accessible for all strongholds in the first two rings

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Karari @karari.art · 11/08/2026

also I hope the math is right here. Its just binomial distributions, so as long as I didn't make a typo into the calculator, it should be right

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