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The players receive their build themes: Tango gets 'movie', Pearl gets 'spooky', Joel gets 'plants', Scott gets 'tropical', and Grian gets 'magical'. Grian plans a magical dark forest with a wizard's tower and an inverted, mirrored reflection below, aiming to create multiple deceptive hiding spots.
Grian extends his build vertically, creating a 'magical' landscape that can also encompass 'dark magic'. He builds a dark forest around a central tower, using black glass to create a giant mirror effect, aiming to teleport players between the top and an 'upside-down' reflection. He also plans a secret wizard's room accessible via a portal within the tower, emphasizing that the main hiding spots will be in this secret room.
With minutes to spare before the game, Grian finalizes his build, including a command block-powered teleportation from the tower's top to the secret wizard's room with the help of DrBracewell. He showcases various deceptive hiding spots: a room with excessive doors, a wall of paintings that leads nowhere, and a particularly clever spot behind a stained-glass window accessible only via precise parkour. He also introduces fake powdered snow traps and mentions a hiding spot inside a fireplace.
The players reveal their builds: Joel's 'plant palace', Tango's 'Hobbit'-inspired movie set, Pearl's 'spooky' build, and Scott's 'tropical island'. Grian then reveals his 'magical' mirrored build. Joel begins his search for Grian, quickly getting frustrated by Grian's numerous fake-out hiding spots, including trapdoors that lead nowhere and a 'magic office' with confusing snow traps. Despite being within 10 blocks of Grian's actual hiding spot, Joel struggles due to Grian's misdirection and claims of being 'cold'.
Tango starts his search, navigating the mirrored world and eventually finding the magical teleportation to the wizard's room, which he calls 'insane'. He encounters Grian's deceptive door maze and fake powdered snow traps but ultimately doesn't fall for many of the red herrings. Grian reveals that he was hiding at the very top of the central tower.
Pearl attempts to find Grian, navigating the various traps and fake hiding spots. She demonstrates impressive parkour skills on the candles and systematically checks areas. Grian admits that he was not in the door maze and had many empty hidey spots. Pearl eventually falls into the fireplace, revealing Grian's hiding spot.
Scott begins his search, immediately opting to explore the mirrored 'swamp' below. He becomes increasingly frustrated by Grian's misdirection and the numerous fake hiding spots, including the door maze and the scattered paintings. Grian repeatedly hints that Scott has already dismissed the true hiding spot. Scott eventually falls into a powdered snow trap, revealing Grian's final hiding spot.