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"R.I.P. Yogcave. Never Forget."
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The Yogcave was the beloved second home (Simon's Shack was the first) and main base of operations of Honeydew and Xephos, before its destruction while they were away, discovered in the Season 3 opening episode, Crash and Burn. Since then, Pimp my Minecraft pimped up and rebuilt the Yogcave into a spectacular building. Simon describes the original Yogcave as "It's like the batcave, only shit!"
History
Even before it was destroyed, the Yogcave had gone through some tough moments in the series. It was the scene of direct attacks by Israphel on two different occasions, and suffered another sneaky attack by him when he rigged the back entrance with a skillful trap of TNT. It has also been subjected to flooding, and Honeydew's 'accidentally' burning most of the floor when trying to turn the heating on.
The Yogcave before inhabitants
Development
Lewis approaches the entrance to the Yogcave in Episode 10, just before Simon sets the floor on fire.
The Yogcave was originally a natural cavern set beneath a cliff-face. In Part 3: Moving into the Yogcave, after spending their first night in survival multiplayer cowering in a has
The Cave of Terror before the Terror
tily constructed shack, Honeydew and Xephos begin hunting for coal which leads them to the site of the Yogcave. As the coal is mined and the cave dug out some more, the guys decide to move in because of the structures natural defenses-namely a load of stone and dirt protecting them on several sides.
The first modification made to the natural cave is the addition of dirt walls and a dirt ceiling in Part 4: The first quest! Pork and Glass, to prevent hostile mobs from spawning and attacking them at night. Gradually the cave is improved until it begins to resemble a real building: by Part 5: The Legend of Pig Island it receives a wooden floor, doors on the front and back, and several windows. Around the same time, a mysterious tree appears immediately outside the front entrance, plus the TNT trap which killed Honeydew and took out the back wall can be seen. The Trap was probably put down at the same time the tree appeared.
One of the first major exterior changes comes about when Xephos decides he wants to build a massive tower extending out of the mountainside.
Renovation
In Part 10: "Renovating" the Yogcave, the endurance of the Yogcave is put to the test for the first and second times. The first test comes when Honeydew attempts to "put the heating on" for Xephos as the latter is arriving home from harvesting pork in the dark. The result of this act is a semi-wild fire breaking out and destroying approximately half the floor. It is at this time that the first modification made by Israphel is discovered as well, in the form of a shaft in the middle of the floor.
Lewis frantically tries to put out Simon's accidental fire.
Mere seconds after the fire is put out, another large chunk of the Yogcave is destroyed when Honeydew goes to check out the back door, steps onto a pressure pad, and sets off a lot of TNT, killing himself (again) in the process. The pressure pad can be spotted as early as episode 6 of Season 1, set up so that it could only be stepped on if one exited through the door, so as to not be set off by wandering animals or monsters. Despite these setbacks, however, the Yogcave is restored and improved with a new wooden floor and a pool with a mossy cobblestone bridge where the back door used to be.
The back-door TNT trap, spotted in episode 6
The next major change comes when the guys decide they need to go mining, and dig parallel mineshafts down to bedrock going out the back of the Yogcave. The shafts eventually connect to a natural cavern which leads the duo to discover treasures such as obsidian, gold, redstone, and diamonds. Triumphant in their quest for valuable goodies, the two return to the surface and leave the cavern open for exploration later if they decide they need more.
Not much changes about the Yogcave until the first video after the upgrade to Minecraft Beta when Xephos, while detailing all the things they can now do in Beta, mentions offhandedly that "there's a sign on the door which is incredibly creepy." The sign is in fact a note from none other than Israphel himself, telling the Yogscast "you should close the door." This is a reference to the fact that both characters, particularly Xephos, have a terrible habit of leaving the doors open behind them and allowing things such as Creepers, Daisy the Cow, and chickens to get inside their house. Other modifications courtesy of Israphel are discovered at this point, including a waterfall by the front door presumably designed to knock hostile mobs away, and another note on the back door which reads "No traps this time. Promise."
The final major intentional change to the Yogcave comes when Xephos decides he wants to build stairs up the side of his tower to the top of the mountain. Having successfully built his set of "terrible switchback stairs" the two set to work installing upper floors and windows in the tower when they are again attacked by Israphel. As he runs away, our heroes give chase and end up not returning to the Yogcave until Season 3.
Yogcave Ruins
The Yogcave in ruins.
After being rescued from Survival Island by Old Peculier and Skylord Lysander, Xephos and Honeydew finally return to the Yogcave only to find it in ruins. Not only the Yogcave but the majority of the mountain from which it was built has been destroyed. The only remaining intact parts are half of the floor (ironically, the half that Honeydew destroyed in Part 1, Chapter 10), a door, and the waterfall installed by Israphel. Part of Xephos' tower remains standing though it is so full of holes it no longer has a useful function. It was mentioned during the one-off episode for PAX that the Yogscast, when done SOI, might upload the world as a map, with challenges such as rebuilding the Yogcave. One strange Yognaut believes that the yogcave made a sound when it was destroyed, would of if Israphel or any other individual wasn't there to explode it.
Pimp my Minecraft
The new and improved Yogcave.
Since the horrific destruction of the Yogcave, Pimp My Minecraft have rebuilt, and added several new features to, the Yogcave;
New and improved Yogcave interior.
these include a jacuzzi, a giant stone statue of a woman in a golden bikini, a cookie dispenser (with signs saying jaffa cakes), lights that come out of the floor, a study area, and behind some bookcases, a cannon used to fire TNT at a replica of Israphel's face.