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Online gaming video series

Far Lands or Bust
Current logo for the series
Created by	Kurt J. Mac
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	12 (Far Lands or Bust)11 (FLoB-a-Thon)1 (Far Lands and Beyond)
No. of episodes	853 (Far Lands or Bust)295 (FLoB-a-Thon)5 (Far Lands and Beyond)
Original release
Network	YouTube
Release	March 6, 2011 (2011-03-06)

Far Lands or Bust (abbreviated FLoB) is an online video series created by Kurt J. Mac in which he plays the video game Minecraft. The series depicts his journey to the "Far Lands", a distant area of Minecraft worlds where, in certain old versions of the game, the terrain generation does not function correctly due to an integer overflow, creating a warped landscape.[1][2] Kurt began traveling in March 2011,[3][4] and completed his journey to the Far Lands on October 4, 2025.[5][6] From season 13 onwards, the series has been renamed to Far Lands and Beyond (abbreviated FLaB), reflecting the changed nature of the series as the initial destination has now been reached.

Episodes of Far Lands or Bust typically act as a sort of podcast, with the game providing a backing track while Kurt discusses recent events in his life, news and science. The show also encourages viewers to donate to charity to reach fundraising goals.[4] This charity of choice was originally Child's Play, for which the show raised over $400,000.[7][8] From 2018 to 2019 and 2023 to 2024, the charity was Direct Relief.[9] In 2020, the charity was the Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) in Washington, from which Kurt adopted his own dog, Juno, in 2017.[10] On August 30 of the same year, Kurt announced he would no longer be using PAWS as his charity, mostly due to complications with their donation system, instead switching to supporting the Equal Justice Initiative.[11] Since then, the series has supported the CDC Foundation, Rise Above The Disorder, Equality Texas, and UNRWA.[12][13] The show holds the Guinness World Record for the longest journey in Minecraft.[3][4]

Format

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The Far Lands

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Minecraft is a sandbox video game which places players in a 3D, procedurally generated world. As a player walks in any direction, the game generates terrain ahead of them, creating (in theory) a virtually infinite world for the player to explore.[2] However, due to computational limits in earlier versions of the game, at a distance of roughly 12,550,821 blocks from the center of the world the terrain generation algorithm behaves unexpectedly, creating a sudden warped landscape.[14] Markus Persson, popularly known as Notch, the original developer of Minecraft, commented that "Walking that far will take a very long time. Besides, the bugs add mystery and charisma to the Far Lands."[1] The name "Far Lands" was adopted by the community to refer to this area. Persson also said it would be "impossible to reach the Far Lands" and Kurt took that as a challenge.[15] Note that the Far Lands are however not the ultimate edge of the game world, which instead occurs at 2,147,483,647 blocks from the origin (the maximum value of a signed 32-bit integer) and crashes the game if one attempts to venture past it.

Due to changes to the game's code, recent versions of the game do not contain the same error, and terrain continues to generate normally at distances up to 30,000 kilometres (19,000 mi) from the center of the world.[2] Kurt has continued to record his series in version Beta 1.7.3,[16] the latest version of the game in which the Far Lands are still present.[17] Persson estimated in 2014 that walking to the Far Lands would take approximately 800 hours.[18] Even further out (32 million blocks), the player falls into the void. This is, to an extent, intended by the developers.[19]

Over 30 legitimate journeys to the Far Lands have been verified as of October 2023.[20] About 1/3 have been completed (some using a 1/8th shortcut through the Nether dimension), 1/3 are in progress, and 1/3 have become inactive (including one death, TinfoilChef).[21] For example, in June 2020, this goal was first reached by KilloCrazyMan and, in August 2022, it was reached by MysticalMidget, after 2,500 hours and 32 million blocks of walking.[17]

F3 monuments

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In the game, a debug screen can be opened by pressing the F3 key, which displays the player's current coordinates in the world.[22] In Kurt's journey to the Far Lands, F3 is only pressed once each season's charity donations goal has been met, as a way to conclude the season. Additionally, he builds a monument to commemorate each occasion.

An exception to this was when he crossed a point where the floating-point error grew from two texture pixels to four. On August 8, 2020, Kurt witnessed an increase in the floating-point error jitter during a live stream (listed as episode 793.5). Kurt pressed F3 in the next episode, 794, to confirm he had hit the milestone of 4,194,304 blocks. He built a monument to mark the point.[23] The next time this occurred was April 16, 2024, during that year's FLoB-a-thon, when he noticed the jitter increase again after 8,388,608 blocks of total progress.[24][25]

Completion

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In September 2025, AntVenom, a Minecraft YouTuber, predicted that Kurt was within 200,000 blocks of the Far Lands.[26]

On October 4, 2025, Kurt reached the Far Lands during a specially planned Twitch stream.[5][6][27] In a post on his YouTube channel, Kurt stated he intends to continue the series after reaching the Far Lands.[28]

On December 31, 2025, the first post-Far Lands episode of the series kicked off season 13, along with a renaming of the series to Far Lands and Beyond going forward.[29]

Progress summary

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Season	F3 press	Episode	Date	Duration of the journey	Distance travelled			World size (MB)	Seasonal donations		Notes
					In blocks	%	Season progress		Goal	Total raised
1	-	1	7 March 2011	-	-	-	-	Unknown	-	-	Creation of the map and beginning of Kurt's adventure.
	-	11	28 March 2011	0 days	~ 0	~ 0%	-	Unknown	-	-	Beginning of the journey to the far lands.
	-	30	27 May 2011	60 days	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	-	-	Ending of the first season. F3 was not pressed.
2	1	96	17 November 2011	234 days	292,202	2.33%	292,202	[30] 1,991.59	$8,200.00	$11,724.00	Donation goal was initially $820, then raised to $8,200 after it was reached in under a week.
3	2	178	1 September 2012	1 year, 157 days	699,492	5.57%	407,290	[31] 5,002.19	$29,220.00	$70,838.39	During this season, Kurt passed the first fairly noticeable jitter milestone at 524,288 (= 219).
4	3	334	6 March 2014	2 years, 343 days	1,479,940	11.79%	780,448	[32] 11,163.05	$100,000.00	$186,649.13	During this season, Kurt passed the jitter milestone at 1,048,576 (= 220).
5	4	490	28 March 2015	4 years, 0 days	2,266,779	18.06%	786,839	[33] 17,861.10	$50,000.00	$66,061.70	During this season, Kurt passed the jitter milestone at 2,097,152 (= 221).
6	5	640	22 January 2017	5 years, 300 days	3,116,936	24.83%	850,157	[34] 23,982.87	$60,000.00	$71,431.83
7	6	755	31 August 2019	8 years, 156 days	3,857,848	30.74%	740,912	[35] 29,098.60	$50,000.00	Unknown
8	7	794	11 August 2020	9 years, 136 days	4,194,303	33.42%	316,455	[36] 31,432.95	$8,200.00	Unknown	Not a season ending. Pressed to confirm the passage of the jitter milestone at 4,194,304 (= 222).
	8	815	6 March 2021	9 years, 343 days	4,856,980	38.70%	999,132	[37] 36,088.17		[38] $18,093.04
9	9	828	1 April 2022	11 years, 4 days	5,765,878	45.94%	908,898	[39] 42,359.70	$4,200.00	$4,680.00
10	10	847	30 May 2023	12 years, 63 days	7,396,358	58.93%	1,630,480	[40] 53,605.40	Unknown	Unknown
11	11	FLoB-a-Thon 2024 (Day 15)	16 April 2024	13 years, 19 days	8,388,608	66.84%	992,250	[41] 60,211.20	$7,396.35	Unknown	Not a season ending. Pressed to confirm the passage of the jitter milestone at 8,388,608 (= 223).
	12	FLoB-a-Thon 2024 (Day 79)	25 July 2024	13 years, 119 days	[42] 9,864,725	78.60%	1,476,117	[43] 69,733.12		$8,134.00
12	13	FLoB-a-Thon 2025 (Day 69)	4 October 2025	14 years, 190 days	[44] 12,550,825	100%	2,686,100	[44] 86,603.55	$50,000.00	$42,773.00	Not a season ending. Pressed to show the Far Lands' location, one block inside of them.
	-	853	4 December 2025	14 years, 251 days				[29] 86,875.30		[45] $50,336.00	F3 was not pressed for this season finale as Kurt had not fundamentally progressed since reaching the Far Lands.

References

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1. ^ a b Persson, Markus (March 9, 2011). "Terrain Generation Part 1". The Word of Notch. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
2. ^ a b c Hughes, Timothy (October 1, 2013). "Far Lands". Unwinnable. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
3. ^ a b "Minecraft: Ten of the best block-busting world records". Guinness World Records. November 11, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
4. ^ a b c Parkin, Simon (January 23, 2014). "A Journey to the End of the World (of Minecraft)". The New Yorker. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
5. ^ a b Reaching the FAR LANDS after 14.5 Years - FLoB-a-Thon Day 69 - !charity !map (Video). October 4, 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025 – via Twitch.
6. ^ a b Macgregor, Jody (October 5, 2025). "It took 14 years for a streamer to walk to the Far Lands in Minecraft, but his long journey is finally over". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on October 5, 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
7. ^ Casti, Taylor (January 27, 2014). "Intrepid Gamer Attempts To Find Edge Of Minecraft World". Huffington Post. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
8. ^ Racco, Marilisa (July 15, 2014). "There's millions in those Minecraft blocks". Maclean's. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
9. ^ kurtjmac (March 6, 2018), Minecraft Far Lands or Bust - #671 - New Charity & 7-Year Anniversary!, retrieved March 6, 2018
10. ^ "Charity Fundraising at Far Lands or Bust - an expedition in search of adventure, exploration, and for charity!".
11. ^ kurtjmac (August 30, 2020), Minecraft Far Lands or Bust - #797 - How Numbers Work, retrieved September 2, 2020
12. ^ "Charity Fundraising at Far Lands or Bust". Minecraft Far Lands or Bust. Archived from the original on October 5, 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
13. ^ "kurtjmac on Tiltify". Tiltify - Made for Fundraisers. Archived from the original on October 5, 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
14. ^ "Broken". Digital Human. Series 5. Episode 6. 15:18 minutes in. BBC. Radio 4.
15. ^ "This Dedicated Soul Has Been Walking Across 'Minecraft' Since 2011". Tech Times. September 4, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
16. ^ McGlynn, Anthony (April 10, 2021). "One Minecraft player's ten-year journey to the Far Lands". PCGamesN.
17. ^ a b "踏上3200萬方塊第一人！《Minecraft》玩家2500小時「徒步」挑戰" [First Person to Walk over 32 Million Blocks! Minecraft Player Finishes Challenge After 2500 Hours]. Yahoo 遊戲. August 28, 2022.
18. ^ Dean, Paul (May 29, 2014). "Far Lands or Bust: One man and his wolf walk across Minecraft for charity". PCGamesN.
19. ^ "Far Lands – Minecraft Wiki". Minecraft Wiki. Archived from the original on August 27, 2025. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
20. ^ MMDL (October 11, 2023). "The Far Lands Walkers 2 | COMPLETE LIST 2023 [30+ players] – Premium Minecraft Blog". premiumminecraft.com. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
21. ^ Tinfoil Sis (August 13, 2022). "I'm not sure how to tell you all, but sadly @tinfoilchef passed away this morning. He will be missed". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved October 12, 2023.
22. ^ O'Brien, Stephen (September 18, 2014). "Getting Started". The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft. Que Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 9780133900637.
23. ^ "Far Lands or Bust - Episode 794". YouTube. August 11, 2020.
24. ^ "FLoB-a-thon 2024 - Day 15 - April 16, 2024". YouTube. April 21, 2024.
25. ^ Bailey, Dustin (April 19, 2024). "After 13 years, Minecraft's most legendary journey to the Far Lands has just passed the final milestone before the end". GamesRadar+. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
26. ^ Koselke, Anna (September 16, 2025). "After 14 years and nearly $500,000 raised for charity, one dedicated Minecraft player is finally set to reach the fabled end-of-world Far Lands – a feat that may just be "one of the single greatest achievements" in gaming". GamesRadar+. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
27. ^ "kurtjmac's Journey". Farlands Database. Archived from the original on October 5, 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
28. ^ "Far Lands or Bust with KurtJMac". YouTube. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
29. ^ a b Far Lands or Bust with KurtJMac (December 31, 2025). FAR LANDS AND BEYOND! - 001 - Which Direction?. Retrieved January 22, 2025 – via YouTube.
30. ^ kurtjmac (August 18, 2023). "PART 7 - The First FLoB-A-Thon 2011". YouTube.
31. ^ kurtjmac (September 25, 2012). "Minecraft Far Lands or Bust - FLoB-athon Day 3 - Sunday, August 12, 2012". YouTube.
32. ^ kurtjmac (March 5, 2014). "FLoB-ATHON 2014! Part 4 of 4 - Far Lands or Bust 12-hour Livestream". YouTube.
33. ^ kurtjmac (June 12, 2015). "FLoB-ATHON 2015! Day 2 - Far Lands or Bust Livestream". YouTube.
34. ^ kurtjmac (January 15, 2017). "FLoB-ATHON 2017 (Part 2) Far Lands or Bust Season 6 Marathon". YouTube.
35. ^ kurtjmac (September 8, 2019). "Minecraft Far Lands or Bust - #755 - Musical Pyramid F3 Monument". YouTube.
36. ^ kurtjmac (August 8, 2020). "Far Lands or Bust Stream 2020/08/06 #793.5". YouTube.
37. ^ kurtjmac (March 10, 2021). "Far Lands or Bust 10-Year Anniversary F3 Finale!". YouTube.
38. ^ "Far Lands or Bust - Episode 816". YouTube. March 25, 2021.
39. ^ kurtjmac (March 31, 2022). "F3 Finale Day - FLoB-a-Thon 11-Year Nostalgia-rama 2022". YouTube.
40. ^ kurtjmac (June 15, 2023). "Day 54 - FLoB-A-THON 2023 Sub-a-thon!". YouTube.
41. ^ kurtjmac (April 21, 2024). "FLoB-a-thon 2024 - Day 15 - April 16, 2024". YouTube.
42. ^ "About Far Lands or Bust". Minecraft Far Lands or Bust. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
43. ^ kurtjmac (July 28, 2024). "FLoB-a-thon 2024 - FINALLY Pressing F3!". YouTube.
44. ^ a b Far Lands or Bust with KurtJMac (October 5, 2025). FLoB-a-Thon 2025 - Day 69 - "THE FAR LANDS". Retrieved October 5, 2025 – via YouTube.
45. ^ Far Lands or Bust with KurtJMac (December 4, 2025). FLoB-a-Thon 2025 - Day 80 - "Great Western Lodge at the Far Lands". Retrieved January 22, 2026 – via YouTube.

External links

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• Official website
• KurtJMac's channel on YouTube
• kurtjmac on Twitch

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