Nether Challenge and Willow Industries with Duran Nighthawk

[Duran Nighthawk]

Hey guys,

Welcome to my YouTube channel! At Duran Nighthawk, you'll find Minecraft playthroughs of many kinds. From HyPixel's famous adventure map Herobrine's Mansion to survival games with the FTB Monster modpack in Willow Industries and the Nether Challenge, we think we'll have something you enjoy watching.

What's going on right now?
The Nether Challenge is going strong as I dig deeper and deeper into the Nether. Despite spawning in the Nether with zero resources, I have managed to build quite a lot..and manufacture even more. Is there truly a limit to what I can make in the Nether without help from any other dimension? Or will I eventually hit a dead end that prevents me from making any more significant progress? Watch and find out!

Latest Episode
Minecraft: FTB Monster - Nether Challenge Ep 37: Grand Finale

The time has come for the Nether Challenge series to come to an end. What better way to wrap up an amazing journey than by highlighting some of the most amazing moments from the series.

What else have we done?

In Willow Industries, our most recent addition to the channel, Wayne, James and I find ourselves in the gainful employment of my cat, Willow. As we convert a Rogue-like Dungeon into our base, orders come down from on high with objectives to accomplish. Although we do not truly know what Willow's intentions are, she has proven to provide us with ample treats in reward for our efforts!​

Every group has its beginnings, and a playthrough of Herobrine's Mansion by HyPixel is where James, Wayne, and myself make our first debut as a trio. This adventure map is legendary in the Minecraft world, and it certainly left it's impression on us as struggled through its onslaught of monsters.​

 

[Duran Nighthawk]

In my latest episode, I tackle the mundane task of setting up a quarry in the Nether. I am moderately successful, but it could have gone better, to say the least.

Minecraft FTB Monster - Ep 23: Nether Quarry Woes

 

[Duran Nighthawk]

In Episode 24 of the Nether Challenge, I've decided that I need to set up a legit farm in the Nether so I can eat something other than mushroom stew. In order to do that, I will need a silk touch pickaxe. If you thought setting up an enchantment table and library was difficult or annoying in vanilla Minecraft, you ain't seen nothing yet!

Minecraft: Nether Challenge Ep 24: How Enchanting!

In this episode of Willow Industries, we take a bit of a break from the monotony of RotaryCraft and the tasks set upon us by Willow. What can it be? Only James knows!

Minecraft: Willow Industries SPECIAL Ep 23 - The Thunderdome Part 1

 

[Duran Nighthawk]

While James turns on hardmode for the Thunderdome, Wayne and I take a quick look around base and talk about a few things that have changed since last time. Then we try the Thunderdome again..

Minecraft: Willow Industries SPECIAL Ep 24 - The Thunderdome Part 2: Hardmode!

Hardmode turns out to much more difficult than we could have imagined...

Minecraft: Willow Industries SPECIAL Ep 25 - The Thunderdome Part 3: Grand Finale!

 

[Duran Nighthawk]

Having gotten my silk touch pickaxe, I venture out into the rest of the Nether to harvest some overgrown pickaxe!

Minecraft: FTB Monster - Nether Challenge Ep 25: Harvesting Overgrown Netherrack

 

[Duran Nighthawk]

Now that I have my hands on some overgrown netherrack, I begin setting up my first non-mushroom farm in the Nether. I also come up with the great idea of using Magical Crops to help us out!

Minecraft: FTB Monster - Nether Challenge Ep 26: Nether Farming and Magical Crops!

 

[Duran Nighthawk]

Using only the resources available to me in the Nether through the various mods of FTB Monster, I set about the task of producing rubber in the Nether. But first, we must set up some Forestry Bees!

Minecraft: FTB Monster - Nether Challenge Ep 27: Forestry Nether Bees

 

[Duran Nighthawk]

This is what happens when our hands our idle...

Minecraft: FTB Monster - Nether Challenge Ep 28: Willow Wednesday

 

[Duran Nighthawk]

Today, I take the opportunity to upgrade my super-duper slow Forestry Apiaries with a machine that's a little more...genetically advanced.

Minecraft: FTB Monster - Nether Challenge Ep 29: Gendustry Industrial Apiary and Rubber

 

[Duran Nighthawk]

Many episodes of hard finally come to fruition as I put our rubber into good use, employ the power of Industrial Craft 2, and finally make dirt in the Nether!

Minecraft: FTB Monster - Nether Challenge Ep 30: Dirt Production!

 

[Duran Nighthawk]

I take the first steps towards building a MineFactory Reloaded Laser Drill today!

Minecraft: FTB Monster - Nether Challenge Ep 31: Into the Slaughterhouse

 

[Duran Nighthawk]

Minecraft: FTB Monster - Nether Challenge Ep 32: Laser Drill and Clay

I finish up our work from last time by building a laser drill and setting it up. And just because I can, I make clay for the first time.

 

[Duran Nighthawk]

Minecraft: FTB Monster - Nether Challenge Ep 33: Little Big Reactors

The laser drill has quickly eaten through my entire power grid. It's time to fix that! Well...time to start fixing it at least.

 

[Duran Nighthawk]

Minecraft: FTB Monster - Nether Challenge Ep 34: New Trees and Air Crops

I learn from something I previously glossed over and unlock some cool new trees today!

 

[Duran Nighthawk]

Minecraft: FTB Monster - Nether Challenge Ep 35: Fail Obelisk and the EU Powergrid Upgrade

I stumble across an amazing block known as the obelisk, although it doesn't work quite as well as I would like...then I set to upgrading my EU powergrid!

 

[Duran Nighthawk]

Minecraft: FTB Monster - Nether Challenge Ep 36: Awesome Scrap Box

Now that I have built an IC2 Lava Generator, I need to run some pipes to put it to use. Certain portions of Fort Nighthawk are getting a bit cramped though, so that's not nearly as easy as it sounds. I finish off the episode by setting up our IC2 Recycler and putting some scrap to good use!