The Longest Journey in Gaming Just Ended in Minecraft’s Far Lands

Just 2 days ago, we were talking about someone literally building a version of ChatGPT inside Minecraft using redstone and a whole lot of stubbornness. Well, Minecraft players are back at it again, this time not with AI, but with pure human willpower.

YouTuber and streamer Kurtjmac just completed a journey that took him 14.5 years - yes, real-life years - walking from the center of the Minecraft map all the way to the Far Lands, a now-legendary glitch zone where the terrain generation basically gives up and says "nah, I'm out."

And before you Google it - no, this glitch doesn't even exist in modern Minecraft anymore. Mojang patched it out years ago. Kurtjmac has been playing on Minecraft Beta 1.7.3 since 2011 just to preserve it. That's not a walk - that's a digital pilgrimage.

His journey, called Far Lands or Bust, began on March 28, 2011. He finally reached his destination on October 4, 2025, placing a sign like it was the moon landing:

That's some "One small step for a Minecraft man" energy. Along the way, he raised money for multiple charities, turned his journey into an internet time capsule, and basically proved Notch wrong - because the original developer said reaching the Far Lands was "impossible." Ha.

In a world of instant gratification, there's something mind-blowingly satisfying about someone just... walking. For over a decade. In the same direction. In a video game. With a dog named Wolfie. Just to prove it could be done.

And yes, it's kind of poetic that this happened in the same year someone else built a primitive ChatGPT inside the same blocky world. One guy built a language model. Another guy just kept walking.

Minecraft continues to be the weirdest, most wonderful simulation of the human condition: one part tech flex, one part emotional storytelling, one part dumb internet meme.

Congrats Kurt! I knew you could do it!