Streamer completes record-breaking Minecraft walk after 14.5 years

[Cal Jeffrey]

Wow! Minecraft's record-breaking map spans over 4 billion km². Walking that distance sounds insane – so call him crazy. Twitch and YouTube streamer Kurt J. Mac just finished the trek after 14.5 years. Not the fastest traversal, but officially the Guinness World Record for the longest Minecraft journey.

After more than 14 years of walking, stumbling, and occasionally staring at the ocean, YouTuber "KurtJMac" finally stepped into Minecraft's legendary Far Lands. His marathon "Far Lands or Bust" series, which began in March 2011, reached this improbable finish line on October 4, 2025 – a moment that feels less like a simple video upload and more like the conclusion of a digital odyssey (masthead).

The Far Lands aren't part of the normal game world. They are a glitch that appears roughly 12.5 million blocks from the center of the Minecraft world – where the terrain generators break down and form a bizarre, Swiss cheese-like wall of jagged rock and endless holes. For a player in survival mode, without any cheats, simply reaching them is an exercise in patience, persistence, and a little bit of insanity.

This cool video puts the scale of Minecraft into perspective.

Although Mojang Studios eventually patched out the glitch in 2014 with version 1.8, Kurt continued playing Minecraft Beta 1.7.3. At that point, he was already three years into his quest to the fabled region and had no intention of ruining it with an update. Walking hundreds of hours across vast oceans, mountains, and forests, he documented the trek across more than 850 episodes, all while engaging viewers and raising funds for charity. Over the years, Far Lands or Bust has brought in more than $525,000 for causes like Child's Play, Direct Relief, and the Progressive Animal Welfare Society, with a current goal of $50,000 for UNRWA USA.

By the time he reached the edge, the game couldn't keep up. The ocean stretched endlessly ahead, and the foggy distance gradually gave way to the jagged Far Lands as textures loaded in – a slow, laggy reveal rather than a sudden transformation. Kurt spent several minutes on a nearby island, letting the game catch up before finally stepping into the glitchy, vertical maze of rock.

The bizarre rock wall was caused by a terrain generator glitch.

Though others have completed the Far Lands trek faster – notably KilloCrazyMan, who did it in nine months – KurtJMac's journey is the most famous, holding a Guinness World Record for the longest Minecraft walk. More than that, it's a story of devotion: hundreds of hours, thousands of steps, and millions of blocks traversed for charity, community, and sheer stubborn joy.

Despite the symbolic finish, the adventure isn't over. As the Far Lands or Bust website promises, there are many more glitched landscapes and curiosities to explore. KurtJMac may have reached the edge, but there are still mysteries to uncover, which means the saga of the Far Lands is far from fully written.

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Streamer completes record-breaking Minecraft walk after 14.5 years

 

[Kashim]

The title of this article should be: Loser with no life completes pointless nonsense after 14.5 years

 

[Aus spot]

The title of this article should be: Loser with no life completes pointless nonsense after 14.5 years

There’s plenty of losers in the world and they are losers for many reasons. One of these reasons is being a troll on the internet, trying to drag down people who are far better than themselves.

What a feat of determination giving over 14 years raising funds for charity.

 

[Plutoisaplanet]

On average, that's $36k per year that went to charity which isn't too bad for one person to do. And obviously he had his own disposable income and expenses on top of that, which for most adults in the US is around $50k/year.

 

[mgwerner]

There’s plenty of losers in the world and they are losers for many reasons. One of these reasons is being a troll on the internet, trying to drag down people who are far better than themselves.

What a feat of determination giving over 14 years raising funds for charity.

Kashim is just jealous, as it has never completed anything that took longer than the attention span of a goldfish. Thus the reason it is blocked.

 

[Theinsanegamer]

Kashim is just jealous, as it has never completed anything that took longer than the attention span of a goldfish. Thus the reason it is blocked.

>Minecraft story
>Blocked

Eeeyyyyyyy

 

[Axiarus]

The title of this article should be: Loser with no life completes pointless nonsense after 14.5 years

Oh damn! You can't read. "The decade-and-a-half trek raised over half a million dollars for charity" There. Try reading that if you can.

 

[Kashim]

Kashim is just jealous, as it has never completed anything that took longer than the attention span of a goldfish. Thus the reason it is blocked.

Yeah, you got me there Random Guy on the internet, you know me so well! *eyeroll*

Oh damn! You can't read. "The decade-and-a-half trek raised over half a million dollars for charity" There. Try reading that if you can.

Uh-huh, and imagine how much MORE he could've raised if he got a part time job for 14.5 years and donated THAT money instead of wasting his life on nonsense.

 

[Rudyduu]

The title of this article should be: Loser with no life completes pointless nonsense after 14.5 years

Someone always has to be negative and share that negativity with the world, I can't wait for this trend to end.

Yeah, you got me there Random Guy on the internet, you know me so well! *eyeroll*


Uh-huh, and imagine how much MORE he could've raised if he got a part time job for 14.5 years and donated THAT money instead of wasting his life on nonsense.

Seriously can't you just be a miserable person all by yourself?

 

[mojoxer]

Yeah, you got me there Random Guy on the internet, you know me so well! *eyeroll*


Uh-huh, and imagine how much MORE he could've raised if he got a part time job for 14.5 years and donated THAT money instead of wasting his life on nonsense.

Hmmm...If he had gotten a "good paying" part-time job at $15/hr, and worked 20 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, he would have made $15,000/year. Multiply by 15 years and he would have made $225,000, or roughly 43% of the $525,000 he made doing his "loser" activity streaming. To have contributed as much with a job, he would have had to earn $35/hr.

But that's based on gross pay. To have made as much for charity while working, you have to add on the taxes he would have had to pay. $35/hr X 20 x 50 = 35,000/yr. This would put him solidly into the 15% tax bracket solely on his part-time income, and probably into the 25% bracket depending on his full-time job. Add on another 7.65% taxes for Social Security and Medicare. So another 32.65% to his gross salary another $11.40. Lets be generous, and hope he doesn't have any state or local taxes in the location where he lives, and call it there.

You think someone should have found a "part-time" job that would pay them $46+ per hour and that job would have been more fun and/or gratifying to perform? Why should he have worked to enrich someone else with his labor rather than doing something he enjoyed, while along the way entertaining others and raising money for charity? Money which he didn't even have to pay, since it was contributed by others in gratitude for the entertainment he provided?

It's great if you enjoy wage slavery and servitude to millionaires and corporations. More power to you and go out and hustle you a55 off for all you can get. Just don't forget to give $35K a year to charity if you want the same respect as this guy. But then don't really expect any kudos for working 60+ hours a week for some corporate master. Certainly not from your bosses, and probably not from anyone on the Internet. For that. you need to do something Interesting.

 

[GhostLegion]

Hmmm...If he had gotten a "good paying" part-time job at $15/hr, and worked 20 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, he would have made $15,000/year. Multiply by 15 years and he would have made $225,000, or roughly 43% of the $525,000 he made doing his "loser" activity streaming. To have contributed as much with a job, he would have had to earn $35/hr.

But that's based on gross pay. To have made as much for charity while working, you have to add on the taxes he would have had to pay. $35/hr X 20 x 50 = 35,000/yr. This would put him solidly into the 15% tax bracket solely on his part-time income, and probably into the 25% bracket depending on his full-time job. Add on another 7.65% taxes for Social Security and Medicare. So another 32.65% to his gross salary another $11.40. Lets be generous, and hope he doesn't have any state or local taxes in the location where he lives, and call it there.

You think someone should have found a "part-time" job that would pay them $46+ per hour and that job would have been more fun and/or gratifying to perform? Why should he have worked to enrich someone else with his labor rather than doing something he enjoyed, while along the way entertaining others and raising money for charity? Money which he didn't even have to pay, since it was contributed by others in gratitude for the entertainment he provided?

It's great if you enjoy wage slavery and servitude to millionaires and corporations. More power to you and go out and hustle you a55 off for all you can get. Just don't forget to give $35K a year to charity if you want the same respect as this guy. But then don't really expect any kudos for working 60+ hours a week for some corporate master. Certainly not from your bosses, and probably not from anyone on the Internet. For that. you need to do something Interesting.

Jeez dude, Kashim is going to need skin grafts for those burns. Good job.

 

[Stiqy]

The title of this article should be: Loser with no life completes pointless nonsense after 14.5 years

Tell us where you donated half a million to charity.... waiting....

 

[mgwerner]

Jeez dude, Kashim is going to need skin grafts for those burns. Good job.

It would, if it had skin. It has scales. Slimy ones......

 

[mailpup]

That's enough personal remarks. Stick to the article content please. Thank you.

 

[Cal Jeffrey]

I hate no one, and I deleted nothing. I love you all.