Last time they ran out of healing, health boost and absorption potions with the Aris boss bar still up. This time they come in with a plan built around buffs, and the counter opens at Scoti 177, Basket 136.
Every buff at once
The episode opens at the chests, sorting potions. Absorption, resistance, strength, speed, jump boost. The order is worked out out loud: a Notch apple, absorption, then night vision and swiftness for both of them, strength, and regeneration last. "So that gives us 33 seconds of regeneration," and then, "we'll win the game." Off camera they also added potion droppers off to the right, including health potions to grab on the run.
The first charge
They go down together. One of them tries to pull the crowd to the back. "I can one hit these guys, so I'm gonna take out a bunch of these guys." Aris keeps flying and keeps spawning more. Then chat shows the problem with the plan: "You have been caught in Aris' death storm. Your Resistance and Regeneration effects have been removed." "I lost my buffs."
![A Dark Renegade (Melee) in diamond armor up close on a white floor with fire behind it, under the "Aris" boss bar, chat reading "[Aris] I summon you, creatures of the Exile!"](https://www.basketmc.com/images/2923/conversions/a-dark-renegade-melee-in-diamond-armor-up-close-on-a-white-f-2e4815f4-content-image.webp)
Chat soon reads "BasketMC was slain by Dark Renegade (Melee)" and "Scoti_Garbidis was slain by Dark Renegade (Melee)." "I lost my stuff." It hits hard: "That was our best stuff, and they didn't work."
Fire everywhere
They gear up from the armor chest and go again with splash strength. The teleport keeps grabbing them before they reach the potion droppers. The checkered hall fills with fire, and on fire nobody can see much. "All I see is fire in my face." Worse, "when you get hit by someone on fire, the fire tick is also preventing me from running away."
![The black and white checkered boss hall covered in small fires under the "Aris" boss bar, chat reading "[Aris] Feel my WRATH!", death counter at Scoti_Garbidis 181, BasketMC 138](https://www.basketmc.com/images/2924/conversions/the-black-and-white-checkered-boss-hall-covered-in-small-fir-5de67d27-content-image.webp)
Out of reach
Then Aris goes up high and stays there. "I can't get up, he's in the air. He's cheating." The jump boost potions are gone. Basket carries 26 TNT in, and chat answers with "BasketMC blew up" and later "Scoti_Garbidis blew up." Basket crafts more diamond swords, and the armor chest gets a fresh stack of them in case the teleport puts them close enough to hit. Chat adds "BasketMC was struck by lightning," "BasketMC was slain by Aris," and "BasketMC was shot by Dark Renegade (Ranged)." "I don't have a plan anymore."
Calling it
A few more tries, and then: "All right, dude, we're done." This "might legitimately be the end of the series," unless they come up with "some brilliant idea" first. They ask anyone who wants them to keep grinding to say so. The end card thanks Heliceo for making the map.
Twenty deaths this episode, ten each. The counter ends at Scoti 187, Basket 146. Aris is never beaten, and the monument isn't shown, so Ragecraft 3 ends at 15 of 16 crystals and 11 of 12 emerald blocks.