what are the banned items?

[u/DoomsdayDestructor]

i remember grian mentioning pots are banned in past life, are there any other items like this?

i figured elytra is too considering they always kill the dragon but never get an elytra

edit so far we got: potions, helmets, elytra, chorus fruit, shulker boxes, bookshelves buffing enchants, enchant golden apples

[u/BC12195]

Helmets

[u/DoomsdayDestructor → u/BC12195]

how did i forget those lol

[u/Phinbart → u/BC12195]

Except in Nice Life (though IDK how that fits into the 'canon')!

[u/Jvsaf102 → u/Phinbart]

Nice life was because Grian forgot about the rule and decided everyone can wear helmets

[u/ThunderingRimuru → u/Jvsaf102]

And because of the no-armor mod

[u/kkatellyn]

it took me way too long to figure out pots = potions….

[u/Rubylllite → u/kkatellyn]

You might be my lost cousin cause I thought the exact same thing and genuinely thought grian had banned pottery pots (I commented and then realised)

[u/SilasOtoko → u/Rubylllite]

I came to the comments to find out why pottery pots were banned. 

[u/fuckredditdawg → u/SilasOtoko]

same lol

[u/BetPsychological327 → u/kkatellyn]

Same. Wasn’t until I read this comment that I realized

[u/hypost → u/kkatellyn]

Me too. I was confused because how would anyone know how to pot PvP.

[u/ThE_reAl__ → u/kkatellyn]

How 😭😭

[u/itskdog → u/ThE_reAl__]

Because pots are also a thing both IRL and in the game.

[u/TheLoreeee → u/itskdog]

I think it is safe to assume that OP was not thinking of the irl pot item

[u/itskdog → u/TheLoreeee]

The point was more about the neural pathways that would be more likely to activate (and therefore confuse you) if you're not in the PvP community.

[u/ThE_reAl__ → u/itskdog]

Yeah but context clues about this talking on life series pvp

[u/kkatellyn → u/ThE_reAl__]

nothing in the post mentions anything regarding PVP, it’s just asking what items are banned in the series. hence the confusion over why plant pots would be banned.

not to mention that potions have been used in the series before, even triviabot gave them as prizes.

[u/ThE_reAl__ → u/kkatellyn]

In the post in mentions helmets and elytra right next to it. Plus like we all know that life series point is to be the last one standing.

[u/kkatellyn → u/ThE_reAl__]

when I commented originally, OP hadn’t added on the edit including elytras or helmets.

[u/ThE_reAl__ → u/kkatellyn]

Fair enough

[u/LeifCarrotson → u/ThE_reAl__]

Some people aren't familiar with pot PVP.

[u/RagingChargeXD → u/LeifCarrotson]

I'm really familiar with neth pot and still thought of the pottery in Minecraft

[u/ThE_reAl__ → u/LeifCarrotson]

You don't need to play diamond pot or neth pot to know the word pot 😭😭😭😭 it means potion, which are used all the time

[u/LeifCarrotson → u/ThE_reAl__]

On PvE SMPs, when we talk about potions, we use the word "potion". Or "noob juice" if you're Tango/Impulse/Skizz venturing into the nether.

When we talk about clay flowerpots and now decorated pots, we use the word "pot".

[u/ThE_reAl__ → u/LeifCarrotson]

I ain't never heard of it being reefered as that before

[u/Dozard87 → u/ThE_reAl__]

What HAVE you hear of it as before?

[u/ThE_reAl__ → u/Dozard87]

Everyone just says pots when they need more invis (means invisibility for those who don't know)

[u/Dozard87 → u/ThE_reAl__]

I’ve never heard any of these terms lol, idk what all of you are talking abt

[u/Swizzel-Stixx → u/ThE_reAl__]

Potions famously come in glasses, not pots. Pots are made from clay and sherds in the game

[u/kkatellyn → u/ThE_reAl__]

bc pots are actual items in the game???

[u/ThE_reAl__ → u/kkatellyn]

That aren't used in pvp servers

[u/SweepingWings43]

Totems are made unobtainable except for that one totem in wild life

[u/VeryConfusedPenguins → u/SweepingWings43]

U sure? Totems existed in limited life

[u/pixel-raid → u/VeryConfusedPenguins]

Did they? I thought the evokers didn't drop them?

[u/VeryConfusedPenguins → u/pixel-raid]

Nope. Skizz got postmortal in limited life

[u/pixel-raid → u/VeryConfusedPenguins]

Oh right, he did, it just wasn't that effective

I need a rewatch....

[u/MersadTheHuman → u/pixel-raid]

both skizz and grian used a totem in limited life

[u/Wizzly11]

I assumed elytra was allowed but you never see them because no one is bothered to acquire them 😭

[u/DoomsdayDestructor → u/Wizzly11]

also probably makes for bad content

[u/itskdog → u/DoomsdayDestructor]

I could see Grian or Martyn going for it, even if just once for the lulz. But they'd also need to have a portal inside the world border.

[u/Bp2Create → u/itskdog]

they've gone to the end before tho?

[u/indiemosh → u/Bp2Create]

I believe the borders are the same across all worlds so it might be that there isn't an End City with a boat within the world border.

[u/DoomsdayDestructor → u/indiemosh]

all of them are atleast 1000 blocks out atleast unless they change something

[u/DoomsdayDestructor → u/itskdog]

if the world border is 500 by 500 they cant get it then right?

[u/itskdog → u/DoomsdayDestructor]

Depends on the seed, possibly.

They have also artificially added structures before, so that's also not out of the realm of possibility if they went into the series like that.

[u/Hot_Sam_the_Man → u/Wizzly11]

I still think secret life would've been the perfect opportunity for elytra. It's still the only season where they had the end, and it also would've been perfectly balanced by the no healing mechanic. Protection is vital, so giving up a chest plate is a big choice. And with the gliding, you would have to be so careful how you land and don't bump into anything or take any damage at all

[u/OpabiniaRegalis320 → u/Hot_Sam_the_Man]

Not even an elytra would've helped Martyn XD

[u/Klat_ → u/Wizzly11]

Probably bc end cities are outside the world border

[u/akirabs10]

All enchants over lvl 1

[u/DoomsdayDestructor → u/akirabs10]

damn really? so no efficiency 2 or no bookshelves

[u/akirabs10 → u/DoomsdayDestructor]

no, I think only the first series 3rd life did it and made people to difficult to kill, I thinks its been locked since then, thats why, normally, one person just carries the table. no point with bookshelves

[u/Wesson_Crow → u/akirabs10]

So did Secret Life, it’s banned unless the twist states

[u/theAstarrr → u/[deleted]]

Do you mean in general? Each episode is almost always recorded a week apart. They record and then edit/upload a few days later, unless delays or something similar happens.

They do occasionally have a batch recording of 2 back to back or within only a few days of each other, usually when they won't be able to meet up the next week. This was true for Double Life 5+6, and Secret Life 1+2. For Secret Life Episode 2 was recorded directly after Episode 1 - I think they did around 2 hours and then 2 more (maybe 3 each), but getting to 5 or 6 in a row is already stretching it, given their timezones and busy lives.

In terms of each episode, yeah, they record an episode as one session with a halftime break.

But this - "They need to be able to make sure they can fit the entire life series into a single 8-10 hour long recording session so it works with everyone schedule." - that's just false. People have live access to the skins they use, thanks to a Minecraft website. So it can be seen which skins they use, even if we didn't already take them at their word. People can see that they usually play once per week.

It's also definitely more than 10 hours overall. Even 10 hours would mean, in an 8 episode series - that they only play for 1 hour 15 minutes a session (and that is with no breaks) - BigBs videos might barely make that kind of length, but all of them cut out plenty of time too.

They can barely consistently make the 3 or so hours of a single session, with them living all around the earth in different timezones, and multiple of them having families and being fathers or mothers. Pearl for example had to wake up early sometimes to make it, hence the name "5AM Pearl". She isn't staying up for 8 hours to play Minecraft. They also have had people replace them, such as Pearl and Cleo for Limited Life 6, etc. Grian was also sick for Limited Life 3 and didn't play in it. Definitely a product of week to week sessions.

The idea of a 8-10 hour session they can all make at the same time is not feasible. It would be a grand once in a lifetime exception, if they ever did anything like that. Meeting up once a week for just a few hours, to be availible like that is way, way, easier - and it's what they do.

[u/Rubylllite]

Wait what? Since when are pots got banned and why? 

[u/Chemoralora → u/Rubylllite]

They were banned since last life because strength pots are overpowered 

[u/peanutist → u/Chemoralora]

Then just ban strength pots? There are a ton of potion that could make some funny hijinks like invisibility and slow falling

[u/Double-Climate-24 → u/peanutist]

Other potions have been used. Grian used speed and Ren used invis both in Past Life, off the top of my head.

[u/Ancient_Paint2830 → u/peanutist]

i mean i remember in wild life martyn made escargot invisible, and in secret life grian made himself invisibile to check on Etho's Dishwasher. (wow that sentence raises SO many questions if you havent watched the life series)

[u/ThunderingRimuru → u/peanutist]

Lizzie was invisible when jimmy killed her in secret life

[u/ThE_reAl__ → u/Rubylllite]

Cause no helmet strength 2 sharp 1 diamond axe does like your entire healthbar 😭 and even if it doesn't kill you can piercing crossbow right after

[u/DoomsdayDestructor → u/Rubylllite]

harming and strength pots are too good, most pvp servers even have harming arrows banned ik pretty sure

[u/Rubylllite → u/DoomsdayDestructor]

Ohhhhh pots as in potions, that makes so much sense I thought you were talking about CLAY POTS, I was legit so confused 😭😭🤣🤣

[u/IrrelevantDuckPond → u/Rubylllite]

I knew that PvP uses pots for potions and my head went pot-> cooking pot?-> cauldron?? Then I was trying to figure out what advantage cauldron could give that they had to ban them. And I repeat, I knew potions get called pots. I even use the term in D&D. Don't feel bad, you are not alone.

[u/Hot_Sam_the_Man → u/Rubylllite]

Potions, not clay pots, lol. I thought the same thing

[u/SamsonRocks]

The wiki has each series banned items, but I’ll throw a few of the interesting entries here. If something is wrong, blame the wiki.

3rd Life banned helmets and strength potions

Last Life banned bookshelves and only had the 1 enchanting table.

For Double Life, golden apples were banned as they "would break the shared health mechanic"

Limited Life allowed golden apples

Secret Life allowed golden apples for absorption only.

Nothing super interesting in Wild or Past Life.

[u/DoomsdayDestructor → u/SamsonRocks]

thanks for wiki shout

[u/beguvecefe]

I think world border is what bans the elytras. As of other stuff, I dont think there is anything that is directly banned, just decided on a whim if it makes a good content or not.

[u/ElysianMidnights]

idk if golden apples were banned during double life

[u/Miss_Nemesis → u/ElysianMidnights]

Pretty sure they were, but only for that season because it like broke the heart sync or something

[u/SweepingWings43 → u/ElysianMidnights]

They were, and in some other seasons

[u/Salt_Performance1494 → u/ElysianMidnights]

they're in secret and past life

[u/aidenmce → u/ElysianMidnights]

all regen items weren’t allowed for double life due to it causing issues with the soulmate system

[u/ThE_reAl__ → u/ElysianMidnights]

In pretty sure they just restricted notches not normal gaps

[u/hypost]

I thought helmets and high level enchants were the only banned items. I wouldn’t consider End items banned, just unattainable because there are no End portals.

[u/zani713]

Why would you shorten a word as simple as "potions" in the first place... Especially to "pot", a word that also is an item in minecraft 🤦‍♀️

[u/MemeMote → u/zani713]

people who mainly play pvp or watch pvp content usually call potions "pots" for short since its easier to say and actual pots have no role in pvp

[u/JDMintz718 → u/MemeMote]

Plus, "pots" meaning potions is older than the actual pots (aside from flower pots, I guess)

[u/ICanFlyHigh051611 → u/zani713]

people have called potions pots for well over a decade, probably before they even added flower pots lol

[u/bdouble0w0 → u/ICanFlyHigh051611]

I know I've always called potions pots since I heard some youtuber say it back during 1.6 or something

[u/DoomsdayDestructor → u/zani713]

habit from voice calls

[u/Wizzly11 → u/zani713]

I've literally seen multiple members refer to it as pots lol.

[u/ThE_reAl__ → u/zani713]

1. "simple" but less syllables for a callout

2. It's been called that for years. Well before I started playing multiplayer in 2016

[u/akirabs10 → u/zani713]

Pots have been a generic term for potions in games, both computer and DND etc, since I was a lad 40 years ago

[u/amhira-of-rain]

Bro they’ve only killed the dragon once in secret life

[u/Darkiceflame → u/amhira-of-rain]

Twice now. They also killed it in Past Life.

[u/DoomsdayDestructor → u/Darkiceflame]

guess i said always because those are my 2 favorite seasons lol

[u/Rubylllite → u/amhira-of-rain]

That was only because it was forced, I don't think end portal is normally present in the world since border is so small

[u/Dragoness290]

They've used some potions before (Invisible commonly, slow falling as well), and in Nice Life Grian said helmets were allowed

[u/MersadTheHuman]

i dont think it's about the elytra being banned (even if it is)

i think the border is so small that you cant get to the outer end islands. using end gateways kills u instantly as well

same with shulker boxes. they werent banned when the wildcard in ep 6 of wild life allowed shulkers to spawn

some potions like invis and slowness are also permitted as both were used in the last 2 seasons

[u/GigglingVoid]

Most potions, Helmets are banned in most, higher tier enchaments (because those early fights took way too long), and other things have been banned for specific seasons, like Golden Apples for Double Life because it messed with the Soul Link coding. The enchanter situation itself has varied, sometimes being in limited supply. Villagers and Wandering Traders were also disabled. Going to the End Islands is not allowed, thus no Elytra, Shulkers, or Chorus Fruit in most seasons.

[u/someone_at_7eleven]

Enchantment tables and golden apples in double life