After walking towards the Far Lands for over 14 years, streamer KurtJMac’s “Far Lands or Bust Marathon Subathon”, also known as the FLoB-a-Thon project, has been completed. The virtual hike, which began in March 2011, reached its end goal on October 4, 2025, when KurtJMac finally walked into the fabled, vertical Far Lands at the edge of the Minecraft map.
Rather than an official part of Minecraft’s biomes, the Far Lands are the result of a glitch that occurs at the far edges of the procedurally generated sandbox world. Looking very much like a Swiss cheese, the Far Lands form a high, straight wall full of never-ending, cave-like holes. The Far Lands are estimated to spawn 12,550,821 blocks from the center of a Minecraft world, so if you set out to walk there, in survival mode and without cheats, as KurtMJac did in his Far Lands or Bust marathon, it’ll take hundreds of hours to reach your goal.
If you’re eager to have a look at Minecraft’s Far Lands yourself (though you might want to use mods rather than walk for 14 years), beware that the glitch has been fixed in later versions, which is why KurtJMac completed his feat in Minecraft Beta 1.7.3.
Those who have missed it can watch the stream on KurtJMac’s YouTube channel. Three hours, 43 minutes, and 25 seconds into the video, you can witness Kurt sailing across the ocean, towards what seems like an ordinary wall of mist, before suddenly transforming into a glorious wall of Far Lands rock.
Although Kurt knew he was nearing his goal, the exact position and biome type of the Far Lands were still a surprise. In Kurt’s case, as if to underscore the contrast with a normal biome, the Far Lands spawned in the ocean.
KurtMJac isn’t the first to complete the journey into the Far Lands without cheats or shortcuts, as this achievement goes to KilloCrazyMan, who completed his hike after just nine months in June 2020. However, KurtMJac’s journey is probably the most famous Far Lands project, as it currently holds the Guinness World Record for the longest journey in Minecraft.
Furthermore, thanks to viewer donations, the Far Lands or Bust series has raised over $525,000 for charity since its inception in 2011. Former recipients include Child’s Play, Direct Relief, and the Progressive Animal Welfare Society. The current charity goal is to raise $50,000 for UNRWA USA, a UN agency in support of Palestinian refugees.
Having walked for hundreds of hours, spread across 800 Far Lands or Bust episodes, KurtMJac’s first step into the Far Lands feels like the end of an era, but he isn’t done yet. As promised on the Far Lands or Bust website: “There are many more glitched landscapes and curiosities to explore around and beyond the Far Lands that should keep us busy for months… and perhaps years to come!”
