Why Minecraft Peaceful Mode is Terrifying

[@loneargonian]

Survival Mode: Oh, that tower's there because the Pillagers made it. Cool, that stronghold in the Nether is home to wither skeletons Peaceful Mode: ...What happened to everyone?

[@astro837]

Scp "Oh Death" vibes

[@goldyoutube7663]

Stronghold in the NETHER? Nah that's way scarier

[@VoxelDemon77]

@@astro837didn’t think that’d be mentioned here lol.

[@Y-LAT]

For real! That's the thing I've been thinking of entire video​@@astro837

[@Y-LAT]

​@@goldyoutube7663stronghold and fortress in some languages is the same word (russian "крепость" for example)

[@lasto4ka147]

I like to think of the horror of peaceful mode as if it is the world is supposed to feel at peace, not us. All the hostile mobs are gone, putting the world at rest, and with our actions, we disturb it. We are not welcome there.

[@cctaryn576]

thats a really cool way to think of it

[@TheeKittyPie]

Very poetry pilled

[@_-drowsy-_]

THATS HELLA COOL HOLD UP

[@colinward6737]

Calm down Shakespeare.

[@viniciushenrique6672]

In short: We are a necessary evil in order to fight the monsters. So we feel at home when in normal Minecraft. But in Peaceful mode, WE are the anomalie, and so we feel lost, as being the only Monster in a paradise of sorts is what brings the horror. Very poetic.

[@bob171]

An even scarier version was Minecraft Pocket Edition back around 2012/2013. If you played in Creative Mode there were absolutely no mobs, no music, no structures, no cave systems, it was just you and the very small world you spawned into. Plus the very heavy fog that old Pocket Edition was known for.

[@FloopieWorld]

broooo i was just bout' to write the same thing 💀

[@RizkiLana-c7k]

Atleast the world rendering are not infinite

[@justizzygaming]

FR i was wondering anyone remembered that it was so terrifying

[@Ginger_cat00]

I remember playing this version and idk I kinda never felt scared because I was a kid but I know for a fact that I'd shit my pants if I were to play that version rn 💀

[@FelixValentiCh.]

I remember that. My childhood. I blamed herobrine for my iron disappearing out of nowhere at one point

[@minussoup9183]

*reads title* *clicks video* *listens to voice* ‘Yup, that’s exactly what I was expecting it to sound like.’

[@mral4381]

RafCraftMinecraft is an excellent Minecraft engineering channel worth checking out.

[@wrenlmao124]

@@mral4381we don’t care

[@mral4381]

@@wrenlmao124 Was trying to help out

[@Drbnny7106]

@@mral4381I think he thought you where a bot

[@d-boi9785]

wdym

[@Makobreaker12]

Its fine until… : you can not sleep with monsters nearby….

[@ricoaw500]

👁️ 👄 👁

[@TiagoAlvesNogueira-r3q]

Nah I dont get scared when that appears, I have gunmod... Mmmmmm cheese

[@The_Lamb_cotl]

@@TiagoAlvesNogueira-r3q no cheese for you >:(

[@thenexus8384]

​@@The_Lamb_cotlwhy can't they have cheese?

[@Alan_27]

𝓜𝓶𝓶𝓶, 𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓮𝓼𝓮

[@astro837]

Being alone isn't scary... ...not knowing if you are alone however...

[@purpleplays69420]

How would you know if you are alone in a world the size of Neptune?

[@yachet]

you literally are alone though thats the gamemode

[@TheLittleFisherman69]

you literally are alone though thats the gamemode

[@zariariariaa]

you literally are alone though thats the gamemode

[@patootie3529]

you literally are alone though thats the gamemode

[@whyismynamehere]

7:01 i remember when i first heard about herobrine i used to spawn a bunch of villagers around me to get rid of the creepy feeling

[@Stvhlinger]

lmao I love this

[@Natael_Craft78]

Hero brian 😨😨😨😰😰😰😰😰 (Kidding, if you couldn't tell. I get so bored i amuse myself).

[@ВячеславВячеславыч-с7с]

I love you

[@whyismynamehere]

@@ВячеславВячеславыч-с7с uh…

[@Samthecookieslayer]

Love it

[@IkerUnzu]

7:35 The whole video is terrifying, but hearing that while playing on peaceful mode must be super scary

[@czeczej]

Herobrine followed previous guy. And now he's watching YOU from distance *"..."*

[@iagopokefan7476]

iker??

[@milolo517]

Huh

[@That_stupid_person]

Iker q onda haces aquí bro

[@Yourlittlebigsisterathena]

stop im playing rn.

[@dumbclown]

I enjoy peaceful, mostly because i play mobile and fighting mobs in it is so incredibly annoying, but it does really feel lonely, and actually makes cave noises even more eerie. I don't remember if it was a new song or a new cave noise that was added, but i was deep in the mines and it started playing, and it was the most horrifying thing ever because I'd never heard it before so i genuinely blocked myself up in a hole and quit the game. Just being completely alone in the mines and an unknown sound plays when you know there aren't any hostile entities around, it was the worst.

[@AKAMintYT]

Real af lol I can understand that 100%, even as someone who typically plays survival in normal or hard. It invokes the same kind of fear as flying with elytra high up in the Nether or across the void in the End.

[@karatekidfahim5]

It’s a new song that Lena Raine added, scared the literal daylights out of me first time I heard it. 💀💀

[@anyalundberg2174]

I literally did the same thing except I wasn't even in a cave, I was just staircasing and I never went back to that world lol

[@cosmicdust8571]

minecraft isn't even peaceful anymore. I miss when it was just a game where you could just build and create with your imagination. It used to be peaceful to play by yourself or with friends and relaxing but now they're intentionally making it more difficult and even just going to the nether is harder. It really kind of sucks for those who aren't that great at combat scenarios. (ex: being swarmed by zombies or endermen/piglins in the nether)

[@LibraryofAcousticMagic3240]

@@cosmicdust8571 well, creative is here my friend. I spent years playing almost exclusively creative and it was great

[@gloriarose6714]

In nature, the only time there is silence is when there is a predator to hide from. Likewise, the only reason for there to be nothing, is the fact there’s something.

[@Alias_Anybody]

In evolution, ambush predators like big cats were probably a far bigger issue for humans than pack hunters like wolves who'd chase you down. Humans, as a group, don't run, they stand and fight together. It's an open confrontation, group Vs group, more rivalry than prey dynamic. The fear of being ambushed the second you leave your buddies for one reason or another must have been inherently more terrifying.

[@Sly-Moose]

*This* It's why it's so gosh dang terrifying when all the fish suddenly swim away simultaneously

[@Bregstick]

@@Alias_Anybody Even today, solitary big cats (and crocs) are the most prolific man eaters. Those things were basically evolved to hunt primates.

[@Exeternal_Beyonder_Of_Doomsday]

That be interesting

[@f.e.areproduce5298]

And expectation of there being something while there is nothing, is reason why it's worse to be in an empty apartament, there may be something, i guess that's why pets exist. To avoid expectation of something when there's nothing in reality.

[@MiniKill_]

This anology is actually interesting, same as the feeling in the dark when you're alone. *"People aren't afraid that they're alone in the dark. People are afraid because they might NOT be alone in dark."*

[@emmapearse9790]

exactly! How I explain my fear to people is, If I go into a room and look everywhere then close the door and turn out the lights I'm completely fine. If someone where to say push me in a dark room and close the door I'm a mess... Yeah I can't play hide and seek in the dark anymore

[@jacthing1]

Exactly. It's an instinctive fear, because compared to the things that hunt at night. We're at a disadvantage. It's a fear that's been with us even before we were humans.

[@AzureCyborg]

Damn das creepy

[@emmapearse9790]

@@jacthing1 Yeah like, no I'm not afraid of the dark. I'm afraid of NOT being ALONE in the dark

[@MokPlex]

I’m 14 and this is deep ahh comment

[@rasmusmadsen5898]

This is why I often choose to build my settlements near villages; it gives me a sense of vibrancy and connection to life around me.

[@SOAPhia083]

It gives me something to ground onto, like a sense of home

[@wafagdplqs4421]

Playng in peaceful mode, you can see how much paranoïa is quick to get to your head even if you know there are no threat.

[@quantum5661]

i played modded in peaceful mode as a small child way back in the day, my mine was a maze of tunnels at bedrock level, the void fog and twists always had me wondering if there was someone around the corner. herobrine truly was a memetic hazard.

[@Miles_Morales392]

@@quantum5661 The true terror of herobrine is the fact that you never really see him, If I am honest, if we saw him, he wouldn't be as scary as we thinks of. He would probably have a clout huge enough to become a content creator.

[@Test1-cb5gs]

The goosebumps and thoughts…its nonstop for me after some time…the music stops playing and cave sounds kicks in…Thats when the things get absolutely extreme

[@gamingweek-mv4mr]

They are abusing human sphycology

[@PetpawProductions1.0]

Minecraft is terrifying because while everything seems peaceful on the surface, anything could be watching and waiting to attack.

[@goldyoutube7663]

Minecraft peaceful mode kinda captures the feeling of immortality perfectly, you live in a vast area that feels like a paradise with freedom to do anything, but you don't have other humans to interact with sure you have villagers but they are like _dummies_ they won't do much for you. This reminds me of the SCP "E for Eternity" which as the name implies, you live forever. On an island with humans who act like dummies and won't really interact with you like real humans.. Also the chances of dying are dramatically lower and with no monsters to distract you in the background, things get disturbing pretty quickly especially when you visit certain structures.

[@Gl_o_az]

What is the scp number?

[@Youssoupoff.]

​@@Gl_o_az scp 7179

[@greekzeus9818]

Oh yeah, "one second of eternity has passed" you'd just hope that it doesn't extend your memory so you remember everything.

[@TheeKittyPie]

This is such a good way of putting it and also why single mode isn’t the same after you’ve played with friends. The loneliness of a single world is crushing. An infinite world but no one to share it with

[@mrs.redstone257]

That's why I look for mods

[@TheRyleeFella]

people find the buildup to a jump scare more terrifying than the jump scared itself peaceful mode is always experiencing that buildup without it ending until you stop playing

[@mral4381]

RafCraftMinecraft is an excellent Minecraft engineering channel worth checking out.

[@Lambdrx]

i can ruin that paragraph with one word: edging

[@TheRyleeFella]

@@Lambdrx i hate you

[@Mrbeefy-un9uz]

@@Lambdrx 😧

[@Lambdrx]

@@Mrbeefy-un9uz skibedi

[@rebus888]

Why is his voice so chill😭 It's perfect for when you're trying to fall asleep

[@TheOGRecipe]

dude just sounds like matpat

[@keane6]

@@TheOGRecipe lol teenage matpat

[@axeljeanlindsey1584]

"No reason to go in the Nether in peaceful" us builders still risking our lives for that sweet blue wood and fancy vegetation. Shout-out to the quartz as well

[@Brendanowl]

YES

[@user-is7xs1mr9y]

I'm currently helping my brother to gather materials for his base and it's mostly materials found in the Nether. There have been quite a few close calls lol.

[@badpiggies988]

Neth too, it helps that you won’t need to bring food when you take damage from all those bed explosions when debris mining

[@purpleplays69420]

I tried to get some crimson wood and blackstone for my sci-fi themed dark fortress which is inspired by mainly Star Wars imperial architecture, mining up the blackstone from bastions was a pain because I was constantly trying not to fall into the lava pit below after I mined the walls, anyway the crimson wood was only a pain to find without nearly dying at least 5 times. Needless to say, I died 3 times trying to build that damn fortress, mainly from the bastion lava pits

[@sabrinaleedance]

I still don't go there unless in peaceful mode it's still dangerous to me 😂

[@Masked_One_1316]

someone should make a very subtle horror mod but not tell anyone that its a horror mod (advertise it as just a shader and add shaders to it), shadows in the corner of the players vision also a second pair out of sync foot steps coming from behind. The door, chest and barrel opening and closing sound playing when you're not looking at the block when you're near them and other small visual and auditorial things that happen infrequently enough so the player doesn't catch them but frequently enough to put them on edge. Once the player looks behind them or at the blocks the noises stop.

[@Iliadic]

" out of sync foot steps coming from behind. " turn on subtitles and then go AFK for hours. You'll start walking and see "footsteps" from behind you. It's made me paranoid lol

[@Masked_One_1316]

@@Iliadic you're a Java player I know cause us Bugrock players don't have subtitles

[@jayasgamingcreations]

@@Masked_One_1316 Oh you bugrock players. I thought that there were subtitles in Bugrock?

[@hahadetailedname]

honestly sounds fun to make

[@languid-4535]

Someone PLEASE make this, even if you download it KNOWING it’s actually a horror mod you wouldn’t know what the horror really was there’s no description to tell you the features, what the ACTUAL horror is, you’ll start gaslighting yourself, I’m just imagining it right? I’m just seeing things that’s not part of the mod, surely.. and if you download it not knowing it’s a horror mod, you’d check the description of the mod, you’d gaslight yourself even MORE because it’s just a shader, right?! Great idea I wonder if anyone’s actually done this but none of us have downloaded the mod yet or noticed it.

[@social_avocado]

i can't believe I'm getting the heebie jeebies over a block game right now

[@delatempo]

Bro fr 😂

[@NearsightedNarhwal]

Feeling a little spooked

[@TEHbirls]

Like gorilla tag

[@patnahs]

scared ass nigga this aint scary bruh

[@user-Jesus-Link]

Same

[@BaldisBloxxin]

Ok now make a mod called “True Peaceful Mode” that removes ALL entities, and make a custom mob that stalks you but you can’t see what it truly looks like. You can only see its eyes staring, and if you see it, it quickly looks away so you can’t see it anymore. On top of that, the cave sounds are scarier and there’s a heavier fog in caves.

[@whyiexist7]

Every horror game have forgot 1 thing: People are not afraid of seeing danger, *They are afraid of NOT knowing where it is* Edited: How the hell I got so many likes?! Okay, here's second one I think horror games miss: Yes, it scary to see a monster. But it would be terrifying if you realize that is your hallucination. Because that raises another question: What is ALSO a hallucination?

[@71tofu]

The moment I see that monster, the moment I can tangibly put a face to what I am looking at, bam. It's a joke. Even the most horrifying thing you can conjure up in your mind is nothing compared to not knowing when or where the threat comes from. The problem is, when it's just a "oops, u didnt do wut I said, so imma just kill u, start from the beginning, lul" horror interaction, I am just instantly done. I'm not afraid anymore, I'm pissed that I have to memorize shit instead of experience the horror. The one horror game like this I played through was completed after ten hours of memorization in the brief moments I had. A game that, after being played through a second time only had an hour of actual content? Yeah, disgusting. No. Bad.

[@enotidataxvi7113]

its called analog horror if ur interested

[@greywolf9783]

​@@71tofuI prefer having a spector, so I can point to why I feel like someone is there even if they do nothing to me. That's why I love the Fron The Fog mod. But yea the fear of the unknown is real in minecraft peaceful mode.

[@sijnkkkkkk8304]

honnestly i hate when mods do that cuz I AINT HERE TO BE SCARED I HERE TO THROW HANDS

[@SgtHawk45]

@@71tofu Same I agree 100%. Horror becomes at some point less scary, just annoying to get through when the difficulty is next to impossible. Memorizing puzzles. Poorly integrated controls, etc. Loud sounds I absolutely despise, because I still have rather sensitive hearing. So hearing loud noises is both a scare initially, but mostly a pain. Deafening noise doesn't equal scary. I've seen scarier by silent monsters that only have sound cues and just appear out of hiding. Love that. I actually miss having horror that's more psychological. Where a person is driven insane from hearing things that might not be there, might not be real. There is only silence, only them. No ambience, no noise. Nothing, until some sound cues happen, shrieking cave sounds that make a person lose their soul for a moment. Something subtle, but no monster. Just, the loneliness to the point someone wants anything, anything to keep them company. Imagine that. Horror, but psychological. Rather than a monster, it's the uncanny liminal feeling as described in the video, maybe some shocking audio cues and abnormal sounds Minecraft is known for under specific conditions.

[@He_ld]

Easy Mode: Adds Hunger Bar Peaceful Mode: Adds Insanity Bar

[@Alexander_Snow]

Don’t Starve, bruh.

[@TheMurlocKeeper]

An insanity bar would be an interesting addition to the game, lol! You should suggest that to the devs!

[@arthurfleck629]

@@TheMurlocKeeper For sure hahaha, I’m sure Mojang could figure something out. After all, they’ve already done something rather similar with the integration of phantoms, not that sleep deprivation and insanity are necessarily similar or even particularly comparable, but they can cause a person to suffer in ways that might seem so, especially to a layman. Of course, enough sleep deprivation will technically cause insanity to some extent, even if it’s only temporary (which you’d damned well hope it is).

[@Bar_brawling]

​@@Alexander_Snow I love that game dude

[@Ghost1.1]

@@TheMurlocKeeperbut only in peaceful Mode

[@Nysyarc]

19:00 Someone actually made a really good video on this not too long ago, and they discovered that while it was in fact an instance of the chunk glitch, the reason the guy didn't recognize the house as one of his own is because the house in question was in a once widely-distributed pirated copy of Minecraft Alpha. Nobody knows who originally built that house or distributed the world with that house in a pirated copy of the game, but the exact same house turned up in other users' worlds who had downloaded that pirated copy. It's just really cool that at least some, if not all, questions about a mystery like that can still be answered more than a decade later.

[@RedHood22]

i loved that video watrched the full hour

[@asleepyanarchy8281]

Yo,drop the title? I want to watch it too

[@RedHood22]

@@asleepyanarchy8281 "Solving a 14 Year Old Minecraft Mystery - Strange House I Did Not Build" my bad its a 2 hour video i loved it still

[@emapetkeviciute6993]

@@RedHood22 They even made a video with the creator of that video about strange house :)

[@Nimoot]

So .... is 'this' video just making stuff up for that...? o_o

[@josephstalin331]

Basically what you described is psychological reaction to loneliness insecurity and silence, that's the strongest technique horror movies usually exploit to trigger fear. The "fear of the unknown" is by far the most terrifying and uncomfortable. You don't know whether it's something there or what it is, so your mind starts making countless thoughts of the "thing" thats lurking. That triggers our ancient survival instincts where you're being hunted by an animal that's hidden. You don't know where it'll come from, what is it, or how to deal with it.

[@BlockCheddar]

I would love to see a mod that "removes" all NPC type characters and enemies, and leaves subtle hints as to where they went. No Villagers or Witches or Illagers or Pillagers. No Piglins, zombified or otherwise. No enderman. No ender dragon. Shifting the end goal of the game from defeating the dragon to piecing together what happened to the people of Minecraft. Was it the same kind of event that erased the great builders? Was it something new? At night, monsters still spawn. But no zombies or skeletons. No, only creepers and spiders. All the villages and bastions are desolate and empty. Paired with some atmospheric mods like those used in Minecraft: PS1 edition, etc. It could be very intriguing.

[@angzarrpsyco]

This but 1 key addition, when you get to the end dimension, all the Crystals are broken, and there are xp orbs on the ground, as if some just defeated the dragon. Perhaps even upon entering a stronghold while the end portal frame blocks are not visible, the mod would complete the Portal, letting you hear the sound as if you are just behind someone else's play through of the game

[@StrawThatBends]

@@angzarrpsycoyes yes yes. i LOVE this idea. and every once in a while you hear the sound of a dying mob or breaking block. you find water and lava flows slowly vanishing, you hear footsteps just ahead of you, find torches placed down every once in a while

[@kiffley]

As you enter the portal the credits just say some phrases like: it’s over You’re still here? Oh. I’m so sorry There wasn’t anything there. ______ Was something there? “then just…. A small glimpse of something appears and then you just respawn at your last spawn. Except something is a little off. The blocks slightly moved around within a chunk around you” There’s nothing.

[@4zy1]

@@kiffley "Wake up."

[@Smthn_Wicked]

Imagine you see rotting zombie parts, or skeleton bows and bones sprawled randomly, maybe a half detonated creeper that's partially ash, partially burnt witch hats, etc. But the thing to make this better and put the cherry on top... Is if it's only one piece of said mob.

[@10Gpixels]

Minecraft keeps adding horror biome this, scary mob that, and modders and youtubers keep making goofier and goofier creature-feature mods in a poor attempt to make Minecraft scary. Imagine how much scarier the game would be if there was a 1/1,000,000 chance that a torch would randomly spawn in an undiscovered cave. What if a perfect copy of your house has a chance to load in as a structure 10k blocks away? What if a couple of your stored items could shift around or go missing when left unattended for too long? Shoutouts to From The Fog mod, and Old Minecraft Reuploads for touching on this aspect of Minecraft psychological horror.

[@deangeloenriquez1603]

On that topic, ya hear about the leak

[@yeezez]

​@@deangeloenriquez1603 What leak? I want to hear more.

[@deangeloenriquez1603]

@@yeezez a few days back the Minecraft live website was accidentally updated for a bit to include the things that they were going to be showing on Saturday and one of these things was the addition of a Pale Garden Biome with a new hostile mob called the Creaking. And after the leak was fixed Mojang started posting things all over that seem to indicate that the Creaking will be some kind of horror-esk mob like the Warden and Endermen We will have to wait until Saturday but so far it’s been being cloaked in shadow and has three orange eyes resembling the eyes of the watchlings from Minecraft Dungeons.

[@KirbyQueen-ey7un]

Minecraft is a horror game when it's not supposed to happen. That's why the mod creators are failing to make it scary (excluding the jumpscares those give me heart attacks)

[@thepaperplush9340]

@@KirbyQueen-ey7unjumpscares are cheap shots. Like bringing a gun to a knife fight and calling it a tactic

[@Zyskr..]

crazy how the easiest difficulty is scarier than most intentional horror

[@Imryzen4090]

Normal minecraft gives me the same feeling

[@saltyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

it isn't scary at all it's just very lonely

[@coolstatistics]

I don't feel scared at all, why is that?

[@mr.leorio7148]

​@@coolstatistics You simply aren't scared like some people while some people are scared. Simple

[@J-joe11]

Cringe

[@Lee-xw7gf]

I know this sounds so extra, but what this resonates with this is trauma survivors. While I’m not calling being on guard getting repeatedly killed in Minecraft “trauma”, but it’s an expectation set over time. When someone endures continuous fear or guilt, there is an eerie silence in its absence. Like how you explain noticing all the little sounds in the nether are not distracted by explosions and arrows. Anticipating chaos and being met with quiet is where anxiety blooms. But beyond that, the atmosphere is incredibly unique. I wrote all this before knowing where this video was going, but my goodness, so well done!

[@jasonallen6918]

Minecraft Peaceful Mode is a good example of kenopsia. The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that's usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet.

[@amandapanda5087]

Exactly

[@BurningSorrows]

Exactly my point

[@MineZack2]

Mariokart 7 coconut mall:

[@pink_player06]

I play on peaceful mode, i always did (some times i change the mode to easy), the hostile mobs are the only thing i dont like of minecraft, i play because it made me feel good it relax me, work in the farm, build things, lost my self in the infinite caves for hours, the music, explore the world, but sometimes its lonely and the sounds can sometimes give you a good scare, especially in caves.

[@akriegguardsman]

Yea they are quite annoying sometimes, especially creepers making ugly holes everywhere

[@pink_player06]

@@akriegguardsman exactly akskakska

[@6Shots_ofEspresso]

same, i always play with sound off because im always scared of everything 😭 the only thing that could make my experience better is if breaking beehives didnt make the bees come out, and mobs didnt attack each other (rip the three different foxes i tried to bring home that were killed by various bears and wolves)

[@Awildautisticjessebaker]

Yeah with 100 brightness so there’s no need for torch’s

[@pink_player06]

@@6Shots_ofEspresso F the foxes

[@妃廬詩裳乃汰]

That feeling is irl too. Imagine your parents have a large, empty house and you're alone that day. You are walking to a corner of the house when you feel like something/someone gonna come out of that corner or they'll be behind you after you take that corner. That horrible feeling is just human instinct. But still, creepy as freak.

[@Arras13568]

I used to have it, I don't even live in a big house

[@LizardtheWizard_]

its like the first few weeks of lockdown and everyone was showing how empty cities were? and it just looked like a post-apocalyptic horror movie

[@aquamarina7944]

​@@LizardtheWizard_ I remember when one of the most important avenues in my city, generally crowded and full of all kinds of noise, was now empty and dead quiet. It gave me 28 days later vibe, as my city is a great capital like London.

[@aixelsubliminals]

Ever since I moved out and live alone I feel like this a lot

[@Quick15]

I don't have a big house, but have a long hallway leading up to an open staircase on the left that goes down to a basement/half belowground floor. The front door is at the halfway down landing where the staircase doubles back to keep going down and my kitchen is to the right facing it. That door has two about foot wide tall skinny windows next to it, and every time I get up at night I look down there expecting to see something pressed up against the glass looking in. Because of that and imagining something already inside peeking around the banister I do everything sideways in the kitchen to not turn my back on it. The worse part is that weird part of your mind that is so scared of something that it almost makes it real. Sometimes I'll look down there and physically jump because stupid brain thought it saw motion going around the corner.

[@julianlazo6258]

I give you props; the beginning of the video scared the shit out of me, had me looking behind my back, not even "scary videos" do that to me.

[@Icey_FoxVB]

Peaceful mode 🚫 Dreadful mode ✅️ edit: GIRLIES THIS COMMENT WAS ONLY 5 DAYS AGO, THANK YOU SO MUCH! Edit: troll ahh reply

[@keganmemestar4465]

That actually sounds interesting. A game mode where no passive mobs spawn, only hostile mobs.

[@Random66860]

​@@keganmemestar4465as zombie meat is my friend

[@TiagoAlvesNogueira-r3q]

​@@keganmemestar4465 or an mode that nothing spawns.. nothing, nobody, you walk and dont find anything only random food on the ground.. Leather, meat, bread, and an fog around you.. Sounds start playing... An true horror

[@Roseberry606]

@@TiagoAlvesNogueira-r3qthat sounds horrifying wth, someone should make a mod of that

[@GracieWilson-yt]

It’s not that bad actually I have bedrock edition 😅

[@TheBestSpeakerman]

0:17 the only thing scary about this image is the singular gravel floating on the ceiling

[@scottishpotatoes5911]

😂

[@MDG12productions]

i think that was stone lol

[@TheBestSpeakerman]

@@MDG12productions nope

[@DRBx_UKx]

@@MDG12productionsdefinitely not 😂

[@DRBx_UKx]

@@scottishpotatoes5911YO IM SCOTTISH AND JUST HAD POTATOES AT DINNER, NAHHHH FAM THE SHEER CHANCES 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Dorba_Mages.]

There is actually a ten year old Doctor Who episode that plays with this concept. It's an episode called "Listen" and the opening of the episode describes it perfectly. I recommend you atleast watch the opening to the episode, it should be available on KZbin. The Doctor is alone in the Tardis, no one with him, and he asks the question "Why do we talk to ourselves, when we know that there's no one there?". He then goes on about how evolution perfects certain qualities. Some species have perfected hunting, some have perfected defence. But why is there no species that has perfected hiding? The answer is, if a creature had perfected the ability to hide itself, how would you know that it exists? You wouldn't be able to see it, hear it, or even sense it's presence. Apart from those brief moments where you talk to yourself aloud. What if that's your mind knowing something is there, when you can't sense it at all. Ever had those moments, where you put something down, you walk away, and then you walk back, and the thing you just put down is now gone? You could eventually find it, but it wasn't in the place you left it. There's no one else in the house with you, so who was the one who moved it? This idea of not knowing if something is there or not, could explain every single irrational fear. Why are we afraid of the dark? Because we know someone could be hiding in the dark. Why are we afraid of the ocean depths? Because we don't know what lurks down there? Why are we afraid of the monster under our bed? Because we can't see what's under our bed, until we look under it. So how do we know there's not something hiding under there, when we're not looking? Perhaps they're not irrational fears after all. Maybe our fear of them is completely justified.

[@garrusvakarian4300]

Mom, I'm scared.

[@gui4349]

is this episode in twelfth's run? i remember watching that episode and it creeped the hell out of me

[@Dorba_Mages.]

@@gui4349 yeah it was truly a fright to behold

[@gui4349]

@@Dorba_Mages. heh i see what you did there

[@squirrely260]

@@rytlocknrollhit the nail on the head, like hitting the head of a nail with a hammer.

[@JJJJJJ-zl2km]

Oddly enough, I get the feeling of freedom of creation in its purest form

[@tired_introvert6299]

I've got about 5 minutes left in the video, so I don't know whether or not you've mentioned it, but the music is definitely a big part of it, too. The music has this melancholic feeling that you just can't shake. Not to mention nostalgia! It's like you've lost something but you can't remember exactly what that thing is or when you lost it. Something is missing, and you don't remember. You *_can't_* remember.

[@bagface]

YOU EXPLAINED THIS FEELING PERFECTLY

[@theevilbean]

I forgot abt the music! The old tracks would especially be unnerving

[@Thebeeks1army]

You sir described heaven exactly

[@AsvanthSureshkumar]

​@@theevilbean Imagine if mojang actually add a creepypasta,it can be anything or just a presence that you can't kill and it won't attack you but it will keep watching you when you don't expect it and mess with the world with like a new scary track that plays rarely to surprise you

[@ChaChaRealSm00th]

Holy shit

[@Liebre_Roja]

6:09 i was an urban explorer for a while. Its that same feeling when you walk into a house that was abandoned and its still untoched. Forgoten food in shelves, half drank water bottle on the table, almost feels like youre about to found someone around a corner

[@berserkerkev_666]

Thats why you never go alone. You always go in there with trusted friends, a charged phone, a gun and a flashlight

[@deadPan-c]

​@@berserkerkev_666of course an american would want to bring a gun 💀

[@Furious321]

@@deadPan-c I mean, an urbexer might want to be armed in case they come across a squatter who chooses violence 🤷‍♂

[@deadPan-c]

@@Furious321 imagine living in a country so needlessly violent that you feel the need to arm yourself with deadly weapons

[@halfdecentstrange]

where did u find places to explore? i want to try urbex but all the abandoned places in my area are abandoned computer and video stores in busy areas where i can't openly pick a lock.

[@real_Clone_Gordon_Freeman]

Consider the evolutionary ramifications of this, imagine being an early hunter and you stuble across the nest of some apex predator only to find them all gone, to early humans they might think something larger could be out there, something that was able to make the apex predators vanish entirely it would be something akin to a liminal space for early man

[@erickmendoza3669]

For the ooga boogas, a empty cave was also a liminal space.

[@Unspecifiedlake]

U got 99 likes

[@lmaoo4428]

Or how people are more alert whenever it gets quiet in a forest bc it feels as if something is about to definitely happen

[@clutzicon8142]

@@lmaoo4428it’s quiet BECAUSE there’s something there.

[@Mrhouse-k1x]

​@@lmaoo4428it's quiet because There's some kind of apex Predator near

[@suspicioussand]

Nice opinion! However: Spongebob roller coaster scene

[@Zvyezdavodna]

LMAOOO I CLICKED ON THIS VIDEO TO COMMENT THIS

[@haveagoodday7021]

🤓☝️

[@Toaster_Ghost01]

The delicious irony that there's no visible threat and you KNOW there isn't, so your mind creates the illusion that there IS. Horror mods being introduced into peaceful mode use would go hard

[@johncarl5505]

It's an evolutionary trait to keep us alive because if we get complacent, we get careless, and we get killed easier.

[@ElizaArtz]

I believe the stalker mod ('Knocker' I think it is?) works in peaceful. Idk if the attacking version of the mob works, but I believe the creepy stuff the mod does works like opening the doors of your house when you're away (even if you're in your house.)

[@PetpawProductions1.0]

In normal mode the mobs fill in the threat, in peaceful your mind creates whatever could be watching you.

[@CorpseKnight]

There's a few Herobrine mods that work on peaceful. Dunno if that's what you're looking for

[@dazedandconfused5711]

Cave Dweller on peaceful. I think i'd start crying

[@pixels_per_minute]

The ambience in the Basalt Delta is truly horrifying while in peaceful mode. You hear a constant, soft, and isolating drone that's occasionally interrupted by the crumbling of the Nether, the clicking of geiger counters, and the echoing screams of unknown beasts that are never seen but always heard. Not even in regular Minecraft is their an explanation to those noises, but in peaceful mode, there shouldn't be any noises. At least not from mobs. Turning the render distance all the way down with fog on really adds to the scene.

[@ЯковБахтин]

I don't find that many mobs in basalt deltas even on normal difficulty - probably because its terrain is so irregular... So im getting what you're meaning

[@imat-rex]

Yeah, even if I know that I should be safe, the basalt deltas ambiance still manage to put me on edge. One time, I was playing on a multi-player world (I was the only one on tho), and I was trying to create a path from my bases Neather portal to the Neather portal connected to the world spawn. My portals spawn was in a cave area, so I decided to just tunnel in a straight line twords the spawn portal coordinates for as long as I could. I wound up tunneling under/through a very large chunk of basalt deltas. Even though I was in an enclosed space and placing torches to prevent hostile mob spawns, I was constantly checking behind myself. Even though nothing would be there, it still felt like maybe something WAS there just past the fog. The geiger counter freaked me out every time I heard it. I think playing fallout as a kid conditioned me to treat that noise as an active threat lol.

[@Roboseal2]

The 2nd worst is being underwater in a cold biome building something on the sea floor. Creepy sounds too

[@SupersuMC]

The Nether in Peaceful be like: "But nobody came."

[@dennisneubauer9222]

I think that's the moon

[@Omnidimensial]

@@dennisneubauer9222what

[@Gamerdakota-i1w]

Hey why does that flower look weird last words from plare

[@block4u]

When I think about that line from undertail I always get the chills. Like it never fails to be scary

[@daviviana862]

@@block4u ... under w h a t ? (undertail ptsd lol)

[@NATER-TAINMENT]

To me, peaceful mode feels like there is a stronger entity that wiped everything out, and is eventually going to come for me.

[@ThistleBristleBerry]

Ngl I think this is why I was obsessed with Minecraft when I was little, I only played on peaceful cuz I was a dumb kid, and I always enjoyed that weird watching feeling. (I was a weird kid) this analysis was really interesting to listen to while remembering my childhood, and the nostalgia that comes with it.

[@berhonkusbardledoo]

It’s one of the best kinds of horror just constantly being on edge, feeling like you aren’t alone when you should be.

[@yacine_335]

i do actually enjoy it as well

[@KyanoAng3l0_Mtvtks]

Not really weird, unless all horror fans are weird, heh.

[@junkoenoshima6756]

​@@KyanoAng3l0_Mtvtks I like ghosts and I strive to live in a haunted house 😀

[@arandomidiot1593]

Same here!!

[@lonecrusaider]

I started playing in 2020 on 1.16. i knew nothing about the game and asked my son about what to do. Now years later, after watching videos and hearing others stories I can attest to this very same feeling. The creepiest is the whispers when you've been in the caves a long time. I was mining deep down when I heard them for the first time. I thought someone was actually standing behind me in the room and looked to see. As I kept playing I heard it many more times. I chalked it up to cave noises but have since found out it's not one of the regular noises. One time I was walking around in the dark in a plains biome (in peaceful mode) and heard those same whispers. I looked around and ... nothing. Recently I was telling my son about them and he said he had never heard about anything like that, then it happened and I let him hear it. He doesn't play Minecraft anymore. I still do, but with a strong sense of foreboding as everywhere I go in the world, I hear them, and when I turn around they stop...

[@lonecrusaider]

... and every once in awhile, for a split second, I see something.

[@Definitely_Aviation]

This sums up the experience so well

[@Dark_01-fw5oe]

I always close the game as fast as i could everytime i hear these ambience sound

[@combustionberg3303]

When i was a kid think 8-9 years old i was playing around with the game on Singleplayer and peaceful mode so i could just get some stuff without dying to mobs and the music of minecraft i hated i kept on getting creeped out by the sounds and all and after the herobrine shit started i just was too scared to play it i have not touched the game since because to me it is a horror game and i hate the genre i am 19 now and i have not touched the game except to play multiplayer events, and when it comes to the feeling of being watched its something primal in us as people its an instinct when there is nobody where there should be somebody people just lose it

[@fnafplayer6447]

real believable story... not, i think you need help these are signs of schitzo iirc

[@jaycrystal1000]

When i see a stone block i just shit myself tbh

[@berhonkusbardledoo]

what

[@younkoi45345]

every time i see a sheep i start shitting erratically every where

[@PixelatedFlu]

Whenever I see a black figure, I cringe

[@rxvenge2189]

bro is literally me🙏🏽

[@rexxe001]

Poop

[@chickennuggetpaw]

Hot take: I LOVE the loneliness of Minecraft. I wouldn’t even venture to call it a lonely game, I would call it a peaceful, quiet game. I’ve come to realize recently that I really don’t like multiplayer games unless I have friends to play it with and we’re the only people in the server. I’m just very introverted and ngl sometimes people do things that get on my nerves. Minecraft being an entire world all my own, where I just don’t have to worry about other people messing up my experience is freeing.

[@deathlygamingreal]

Shit was colder than ice

[@bagface]

You just like me fr 😭😭 as a kid, I was kind of a psychopath and didn't care much for survival. I was a huge sandbox game fan. I went out of my way to play peaceful creative, and SUPERFLAT world. I loved the world being my canvas

[@compequiet0584]

Same. I relate. I love creative mode.

[@chickennuggetpaw]

@@compequiet0584 REAL building is so fun

[@ZeroXSEED]

I'm somewhat the opposite. I hate survival games with little to no friendly NPC. It feels too lonely and hard to breath. I can't play 90% of survival builder game because of this, even though I like watching people playing it.

[@w1k652]

I'm actually working on a video about a very weird bug involving ghost mobs that happened back in beta minecraft that I still can't explain to this day (and no one I asked has had a proper explanation for either). Funnily enough, the "house I did not build" video is also what brought back that memory to me, due to the weird red dot that shows up in the video that turned out to just be a rendering bug from that specific version (in case you're curious, it's at 12:50 on the og video, while the chest inventory is open, behind the open door to the right). It just made me realize old minecraft had plenty of downright terrifying moments that were for the most just bizarre bugs many people did not realize were just glitches in the system, and many nowdays we consider just urban legends. This stupid ghost I was reminded of that's been literally haunting me for the past month was one of those glitches that I almost gaslit myself into thinking wasn't real till some friend found old proof I recorded that I forgot of. Really crazy to think how the mere development process and aesthetic of a mildly surreal indie game cultivated one of the most subtly horrifying games ever made by sheer accident.

[@spook5948]

I’m so excited to see this omg

[@Bowtiethesilly2023]

I checked your channel where is the video buddy 🤔🤨 10/3/24

[@w1k652]

@@Bowtiethesilly2023 I did say I'm working on it 🙃 I have a post on tumblr explaining a fair chunk of what it's gonna be on it however

[@Bowtiethesilly2023]

@w1k652 oh alr whats ur tum 10/3/24

[@eltiolavara9]

i also remember playing a more recent version and seeing some kind of "ghost mobs" in a superflat that kept making their idle noises but weren't there, it creeped me out so much i deleted the world also i remember you from terraria online ages ago omg

[@noahclark8076]

"You run out of torches in a mineshaft" is just a skill issue my friend. You have so much wood for sticks just punchable right there, and coal just every 10 feet.

[@mechanicalfruit9659]

Or just recycle them bruh

[@karatekidfahim5]

Wait till you go to deepslate level.

[@q_al17y]

Or use dynamic lighting

[@sabrinanite]

Or just burn wood in the furnace to make charcoal. Or the mod that makes it so holding torches actually lights up the area around you

[@Bowtiethesilly2023]

BRUH LOLL 😭💀 THIS IS SO FUNNY ACTUALLY 10/3/24

[@sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555]

literally spongebob going on a baby rollercoaster meme template-:

[@Blackrider2076]

That idea of “terror” is why Subnautica is such a great game.

[@daxie__3210]

Am I the only one to find the original Subnautica to be not at all terrifying, besides the 12 meter long sea monsters roaming about. I actually find below zero to be much more terrifying but that could just be because I live in a tropical country thus I find the og Subnautica less terrifying.

[@memenazi7078]

@@daxie__3210i didn’t find it scary at all, I found ARK’s ocean to be scarier than subnautica. The only scary part was realistic waves personally because i hate the ocean.

[@ZeroXSEED]

@@daxie__3210 I got a lot of flak for this but the whole supergiant leviathan terror is underwhelming. Like. They are scarrier when they're small enough to enter your hiding place.

[@mrosskne]

​@@daxie__3210I've never gone beyond the safe shallows, I can barely go to the kelp forest for more than a few seconds

[@hot_sauce_lizard]

SUBNAUTICA MENTION ‼️‼️

[@ziggytheassassin5835]

The human brain requires stimulation, and when there's a lack of it, it subconsciously searches for it. Hence, you get more suspicious of your surroundings when alone.

[@Michael-cb3uw]

Me when no girlfriend

[@biozz3697]

@@Michael-cb3uwrelatable

[@suryanshushekharrollno417c8]

@@Michael-cb3uw fr tho

[@CatLemur-d1v]

I think the main reason why singleplayer is so terrifying is mostly because of how empty Minecraft actually is. if you've ever played subnautica you know how terrifying large empty spaces where the only thing you can hear is your own movement are, minecraft has a similar effect not because the world is actually baren and empty but (in my opinion) because there's so little detail, you can't see any intricacies in the caves, you don't see the beauty of a dense forest, there's this kind of hard edge to it. the game makes itself look almost crude and hostile having little beauty or fineness just large dark areas where anything could be watching you.

[@JacobChouinard-fn1cl]

Which is why i always listen to something lol

[@Davidledonkayy]

tbh im always alone irl bc im a night owl in a family of day roosters so it doesnt scare me but i feel so sad and lonely

[@GodHarold]

Looking for someone talking about Subnautica, I agree with this a lot. Subnautica captures the feeling of loneliness so well, even in safe shallows I find myself thinking there is something watching me, even if I know it’s safe.

[@averageuraniumconsumer4856]

Exactly why i prefer terraria

[@ghostassassin.1p]

every time i start feeling alone and the atmosphere starts to feel scary i start doing anything to forget it

[@KyanoAng3l0_Mtvtks]

Peaceful mode def reminds me of the earlier days of Minecraft especially pre-Beta, the first time I played. The worlds had been huge since Infdev, but the mobs roaming about were fewer and sparse, and the only humanoids were the player and undead (or so you were led to believe). The pitch-dark nights and the distance fog added more to the creepiness. That's prolly why myths like Herobrine worked so well.

[@johnsierra9792]

So basically the good ol run from the darkness up the stairs immediately after you flip the switch to turn off the lights

[@averageuraniumconsumer4856]

Donr trust them the run up the stairs should always be done something lives in the dark

[@jsinjapan1689]

It’s one of the reasons The Shining is so scary. You know that you’re supposed to be alone. But, in the back of your mind, you think you might not be. Lovecraft was right. “There’s no fear like the fear of the unknown. It’s the first and most visceral fear we have.”

[@Scruffers1]

This man is so poetic 2:20 but minecraft scares the crap outta me, why I always play servers

[@DahyuneeJire]

Watching this as someone who always plays on peaceful because I can’t handle the jumpscares of mobs 😭 When I was younger it was worse but I try to play normal or easy mode and I only strip mine and literally gasp and have a mini heart attack when i accidentally mine into a cave. The caves and cliffs update made them bigger and darker and scarier too (Im just a wuss)

[@JustAFantasy2015]

I understand cuz me too

[@lylawinters3276]

Yeah I was like "Am I the only person who enjoys peaceful??" Because I had a creeper blow up my beautiful house many many moons ago and I've never gotten over it. So now they're not real 😌

[@drakemckisson2428]

Peaceful mode doesn't despawn mobs, it just forces them away from your view. They're always around... lurking. ​@lylawinters3276

[@39peevedturtles19]

Same here! I was never afraid in peaceful mode, I felt safe knowing the monsters couldn't spawn. Until my older cousin made the mistake of showing me the original herobrine creepypasta. There was an audio glitch I encountered occasionally in caves, where the player footstep sound effect would play while I was walking...but it sounded like someone was running around. So I was freaking out worried it was Herobrine. Aside from that the scariest thing in the game was endermen.

[@Pixel_pursuit3426]

That's the interesting thing is the people who make the jump from another game mode to peaceful feel this feeling more often but people who play peaceful don't expect mobs so the feeling is mainly suppressed

[@T3nMiDGET5711]

That’s because Beta Minecraft is haunted, it’s haunted with the joy of our youth. Everything we did every fan-made creation, every KZbin series, every world we built, the soul of what we created remains in the older versions of the game.

[@berhonkusbardledoo]

Peaceful mode is PEAK! I don’t want to fight zombies and go through a literal portal to hell and rebuild my exploded house. I want to build a small dirt house and collect pet parrots.

[@RaineErasmusWalker]

As a wise man named Socrates once said, it is better to be a warrior in a dirt house than a parrot herder in a war

[@skandto]

you do you. minecraft let's people play how they want to. BUT having no obstacles and eliminating the only thing in your way cheaply like that just feels ridiculous

[@KirbyQueen-ey7un]

@@skandto no 🧢

[@guestTGX]

eh most people would disagree but hey the important part is having fun

[@7hdark756]

It would bore me withing an hour, having no threats can be fun when you are angry at one until you realize that thats what makes the game fun

[@Tiopinto534]

The bills cannot be this high 😭🙏

[@ErdemtugsC]

9:14 same nether feels safer than overworld in peaceful mode, maybe because it’s 99% visible while darkness is everywhere in overworld especially during nighttime

[@GhoostTheManic-wf4it]

Plus unlike the overworld, you have genuine dangers like the Lava to fill in the threat space in your mind. Your wary of the Lava, and that can atleast distract you. Whereas in the overworld, there's nothing that can feasibly kill you. Only large falls and drowning can kill you and even then, it's pretty avoidable. But that empty, paranoid feeling left by the dissapereance of usual threats is horrifying

[@Mr.Branchy]

@@GhoostTheManic-wf4it i guess llamas count

[@tbrnexel]

This guy explained my entire situation when playing in peaceful mode. I swear, when I go to caves in peaceful mode I hear footsteps that ain't even mine. That scares the shit out of me

[@koharumi1]

This is how a good horror mod could be done. You get a feeling of someone or something watching you or see something off. Like structures in the sky or something you definitely don't remember building appearing in your view but no idea why. Designed to unsettle you

[@purpleplays69420]

@@koharumi1 I’ve always been thinking of such an idea for a while now, though my interpretation is that they summon an entity and code it to effectively act like a player, though it spawns about 10-20 million blocks away from you and after a while (let’s say when a player decides to go to the world border), you’ll start to encounter builds and other things that prove another player is on your world but you never see that player.

[@Stvhlinger]

It would be funny if the mod was advertised as "adding cheese in minecraft" or something, like it would be really unexpected and you won't know what's causing it.

[@StrawThatBends]

@@Stvhlingerand it actually adds what was intended, but also the horror, and it makes you start to think that the mod came with something worse

[@arlenfreeman3439]

@@purpleplays69420 And it would despawn or become imaterial when it entered the player's visual range (minimum sound carry range, so the player will never hear it building).

[@SoulCore413]

Now I can play peaceful mode and not feel like a coward.

[@jasonramey8448]

At least Old Minecraft in peaceful mode isn't as terrifying as Minecraft Kids Content. 😬

[@Aswoop9000]

This is Minecraft kids content

[@o61793]

True

[@BlueSashagaming]

@@Aswoop9000I don't think kids would find this very interesting..

[@thesidneychan]

As someone with a toddler and stumbling onto Minecraft content on the KZbin Kids app, I can somewhat understand.

[@w1nterdays]

@@Aswoop9000not really since it’s not on KZbin Kids. You have to be 13 to use KZbin

[@princesscadance197]

In traditional horror games, you fight against an opposing entity. In Minecraft Peaceful mode, you fight against your own mind for control of the narrative.

[@Calamitas1111]

I see you literally everywhere-

[@ninjajou10]

the most scary mode would probably be one with 0 mobs...not even pigs, cows, or villagers....just you, the world, (different amount of structures depending on the game version)....but the world would sometimes play the scary sounds (more than usual) and maybe even automatically activate disc 13 and so on....sometimes the scariest thing can be when there is no thing there

[@calebparker9460]

That would basically be creative in the alpha

[@chibisayori20]

Animals are fine to have, they still give off loneliness vibe and there is a way to disable villages without completely removing every single structure (so if you still want to wander around in empty mineshafts but don't find villages, this is the best way)

[@SquishyCatStudios]

I’ve watched your videos before woah

[@GuesterStudios]

so that means that you are scared of literally nothing

[@ninjajou10]

​@@GuesterStudios "nothing" can also be terrifying

[@jarjab2games]

You talking about how scary beta minecraft was hit. Not only was it true, but at the same time it still gave me that comforting nostalgic feel. Somehow I recognize the truth of old minecraft on a bad pc was scary. Yet at the same time it feels like a childhood home. Weird how a game can do that.

[@xOrynos]

Seeing all those old photos man… what a gift of a game.

[@darkstar_220]

I always play Minecraft without the music on, so add that to the moments I did play peaceful when I was younger. I remember always checking my corners despite knowing there’s no mobs around.

[@grim2029]

I don't know if it's the same thing. But it was kinda the same with Fallout 3 back then on the 360. As a kid, I would always have the radio on the pip-boy on. Because without it, the game was just god damn scary. Especially into those underground dark metros. I did not like those ghouls at all.

[@BeyoncésDestiny]

I don’t know about you people but I played peaceful mode without the volume on and never got scared

[@WISP_PRIME]

in conclusion: Minecraft gives u schizophrenia

[@edmardisla8492]

I would not be surprised.

[@thecampinggamer6919]

try subnautica lol

[@Saintpentiousofficial]

​@@thecampinggamer6919REAL the reaper leviathan is the reason why subnautica is a horror game

[@realzxid]

And paranoia

[@cxovrebacxovreba1103]

hard mode: nah bro this sh!t is hard! peaceful: nah bro I quit...

[@seawolf9959]

I wasn’t to much of a hero brine follower, but on a super flat world in creative my brother and I were building a castle around a village, when we heard an Enderdragon roar. I’ve always thought it was a game file error, but between the atmosphere of a single player world and glitches like that, Minecraft gets really creepy.

[@DankePrime]

I used to play exclusively creative mode because survival just terrified me so much due to the overwhelming feeling I was being watched. I started playing survival more because I realized a superflat world with mob spawns turned off (which I *normally* played) was infinitly scarier

[@masapopovic9022]

this is a very interesting perspective because ive literally not once not ever felt anything close to dread playing singleplayer or peaceful mode in mc in fact playing peaceful mode makes me happy because i dont have to fear mobs so its really interesting to hear that apparently some people have this experience huh

[@flarezizkool8877]

*insert spongebob and patrick on that one kiddy ride*

[@PescePaffuto]

lmao

[@PookieChiio]

3:30 This view alone made me hide under my blanket immediately. I honestly can't stand mining in peaceful mode with sound on. This one time a cave sound played, and I just ran, losing my perfect mining spot. I felt so dumb, because there was nothing that could harm me, right? But my heart was pumping and I felt so vulnerable, after that I never came back to that world.

[@Majin325]

This reminds me of that time when I did the usual herobrine totem, back then I was a kid and I truly believed he was real. I ran sobbing to my mom to tell her I wanted to play but I was extremely scared of that world... I feel the same as you but nowadays its just a funny story to tell :3

[@Majin325]

@@kaiax91It's just psychological horror, there could either be a threat or not but you're prepared in case there is (thats why we usually fear dark, not because its scary but because it can hide dangerous stuff). Sometimes horror movies and games don't have any jumpscares but its that feeling of not knowing what could haunt you what really makes you feel uncomfortable, not being used to your surroundings is one of the most used resources and minecraft does it pretty well as every seed is unique. Hope that helps a bit ^^ I'm a huge horror fan

[@valentinvuin6197]

You aren't game theory

[@SOAPhia083]

He completely logged off multiple times due to that one sound, send a chill down my neck I hated and I stopped playing the rest of that week

[@joferna5951]

Alright Matpat, it's over. We know it's you

[@IamaSlytheringirl]

yeah

[@chaoticsilver8442]

What really doesn't help is when you DO see something. Something small, in reality, likely just a tiny rendering bug, or something completely mundane. But also, something you otherwise would have missed, too distracted by fighting the monsters right in front of you, to notice it, and now, without distraction, your mind simply jumps at, wondering what that was, curious, or... terrified, of the answer. For example, watching this very video, at 5:49, for a brief moment, when passing by what looks like an iron door, there's a bright, white pixel, or... maybe two, on the other side of it's window. It's probably just the moonlight... I'd suggest a torch or something, but there's no actual light lighting up the area... ...but what if it's not? What if something is watching you in that moment. Two pale, white, almost glowing eyes, staring at you from beyond a door you passed by, barely even noticed... yet clearly there.

[@maazghanchi8994]

Those pixels are stars that are visible in the night

[@ShadyFox78]

I got jumpscared by an unskippable, 15 seconds advertisement after clicking on the time stamp.

[@chaoticsilver8442]

@@maazghanchi8994 Probably, but again, that's beside the point. The corner of the moon, or a star, or whatever it may be, it doesn't really matter. My point is, while he mostly speaks of you feeling things that aren't there- When there actually is something there, small, and, likely mundane. At most, just being a simple lighting glitch or rendering bug. And yet, one's mind can so easily just... jump onto it, it happens so briefly, and would never have been noticed had there been a dozen pillagers occupying the mansion, and our attention. ...but when it's the only thing there to possibly grab your attention? When you're left to wonder if that white pixel you saw, was a star... or an eye, watching? When you're left to wonder if whatever that movement was that you saw in the corner of your eye while walking through a forest at night was just a leaf decaying... or something stalking about in the woods? When you're left to wonder if that strange, tall, thing you saw briefly in the distance while you were walking by, was just a tree... Or something standing there, waiting? ...Well, that's at least what my own mind jumps onto. Things that I'm not even sure I've actually seen, or... had seen properly. Things that are completely normal, and yet... feel as if they shouldn't be there.

[@spartangladio6378]

Something passes quickly in a window in a vast, empty city

[@axolotl_colourless]

As someone that plays with full bright I see this as a absolute W

[@ghostguy_x7085]

If you’re playing peaceful mode, here’s what you can do to ease your tension. Play music: playing music you like can make you feel more comfortable and relaxed, you’re playing peaceful after all. Turn off multiplayer on that world: reason why I say this is because that there was this one time I was playing Minecraft by myself. And all the sudden it said someone had joined, but I didn’t have any friends on the console or Minecraft party. I was so confused. But, just turn off multiplayer just in extra case. Don’t let your mind wander around with imagination: if you’re just walking around and doing stuff, don’t think of anything that might make you think something’s lurking. Not even this comment.

[@CorpseKnight]

"ahh, the random comment I saw on a video is stalking me" 💀

[@fyra_cat2119]

Tbh the whole music thing works for all kinds of terror, I mean I remember watching RTgame play minecraft, where he had the wii sports theme playing while exploring the deep dark It's also why nighttime walks are much easier if you listen to Spotify

[@madmaddox3451]

i myself play Minecraft parodies lol

[@NATHANRERAILED]

Something I used to do in any mode. When I would build a house/home I wouldn't add ANY windows. And when I didn't need it, I would replace the door with blocks. The idea that someone/something out there could see me gave me chills. I also didn't like building huge houses. What if someone got in? I wouldn't know cause the house is too big. A windowless home was the only time I felt truly safe in this game.

[@Theboredgod]

My house is like this small compact one that goes under a minecraft hill and has this secret compact base, makes me feel like nothing can ever come inside fr

[@BlixDaCat]

How are you so sure that it didn't entered to the house with you?

[@dalekmasterblaster585]

Hello fellow doomsday bunker mates.

[@dulguunjargal1199]

What if the thing entered the House through the front door? You won't have any other exit

[@Theboredgod]

@@dulguunjargal1199 redstone door!

[@WyGuyGamer]

When playing any other mode, you are a hero, fighting monsters and shaping the world. But Peaceful Mode is like facing a world already at peace. A world already in a time it should be. But you're there. And you are not as justified as you once were. As if your actions have consequences. As if you are the reason this world is bare. *As if you are the evil and must be punished.* I have a feeling if Minecraft ever added something like where mobs disappear permanently after death, we would not only feel this horror and dread like this, but would know exactly why. Because we're the villain of Peaceful Mode. *You are the horror, and must face your consequences.*

[@dennis_s]

if the world's resources and mobs could be diminished to nothing, the Lorax would probably pay u a visit

[@Ardorstorm]

Minecraft genocide route

[@WyGuyGamer]

@@Ardorstorm That's exactly what I was thinking tbh

[@themanbehindthecloset3424]

This comment screams undertale genocide

[@tmbpuppy2492]

I’m

[@undeadreader23]

I STG if Mojang just put in like, birds that were active during the day and that went quiet during the night it would fix so many problems - Pigeons and crows in forest biomes, hawks in desert biomes, arctic turns in ice biomes, seagulls near oceans etc... But that means adding more than one new creature a year that isn't arbitrarily put in a rigged vote, so that ain't happening 🤷

[@rowanparmelee3618]

Great video, Cresendex! At 11:50 you make a very interesting point. In psychology, there's a concept known as the Agent Detection System, which is our inclination to look for causes to the things we observe. If a branch snaps in the forest, there must be a reason for it, and as we evolved from animals that were originally prey, our brains are wired to react with fear; the thing that snapped that twig could be a hungry lion after all. But when there is no observable reason for something, our brain gets extra nervous. The system goes into overdrive, and becomes hyperactive, leading to anxiety and paranoia, because there just has to be a cause! In a species as intelligent as human beings, we tend to create our own explanations, leading to a whole host of theoretical threats and things that go bump in the night. Some scientists have even theorized that the hyperactive state of the ADS may be responsible for humankind's development of religion, as our early ancestors didn't see causes to much of what they observed, so they came up their own theories. The same principle is in action in Peaceful Mode. When we know we should be alone our brain lacks something to focus on, so they latch onto any thread of fear they can find. They weave that thread into a tapestry of mental gymnastics to try and convince us that there's something hiding just out of sight that we should be afraid of. And that's the scariest thing of all; in those moments Herobrine is as real as anything else that could harm us, because the only thing we truly have to fear, is fear itself. And that never leaves us.

[@cupcakee1107]

Hey, whoever you are, just know that you deserve more likes. I learn something new everyday, and this might be the most interesting comment ive ever seen in this comment section.

[@-KingRJ-]

If I'm in peaceful mode, and i get the feeling of something or someone is watching me, then i have no choice but to crop a flint and steal and just started lighting every trees so that he/she gets what i mean when i say "I fear no one not even death". Because it really feels like I'm being watched when it's peaceful mode💀

[@undertalerandomvideos5222]

You know where else you can hear flint and steel? Disc 11 You know what happens next? ... Enjoy no longer feeling any relief when you do it, lol

[@-KingRJ-]

@@undertalerandomvideos5222 Oh yeah I heard about it, it scares me bro that's why I don't listen to it because it feels like it is curse or something

[@Rajjip357]

2:52 floating gravel. must be herobrine

[@darth7293]

I’m scared now.

[@Pheynex]

flying pigs. Must be evil sockman.

[@D1L4SH4_D4-D0G]

Minecraft logic not logicing

[@vasek007vb]

One time i played peacefull mode and went to sleep just to see "You cant sleep when monsters are nearby." I pissed myself tried it again and it worked... I quit that world

[@keynwir5877]

The creepiest and eeriest part to me has always been how you are the only person in a massive world, with ransacked villages, frantic villagers, still water that hasn't been touched by anyone, only hearing the animals, your footsteps as you sprint jump across blocks, and background music, and the feeling that you are being watched. Why do we feel like we are being watched? I've felt it, I still feel it. I think we feel we are being watched due to... well, how alone it feels. It's almost as if all of the people were wiped out and you are the only survivor along with the animals, yet you don't feel alone all the time, because there's a possibility that someone could be out there. Heck, it could even just be our imagination for all we know, or how late it is when you are playing, but still. I just thought I'd share how I feel and think of it. Thank you to anyone who took the time to read this, hehe

[@WTGsliT]

Everytime im in peaceful mode, i would immediate go look for a village so theres atleast the villagers, cats and golems keeping me from this "lonely" terror vibe

[@khrisbro]

calm down, matpat.

[@arrowbrian2024]

He does sorta sound like him

[@dumbkian]

​matpat secret channel

[@Gunhat-q7b]

He sounds like him Makes me want to cry

[@Fish23325]

@@Gunhat-q7bwhy

[@rip_sigmaaa]

​@@Fish23325matpat quit youtube

[@ThomasEustaceStuartTrevor]

SpongeBob cart ride

[@crystalgaming12]

4:32 yes, just like how when your in an empty school. It should be full. In a mall with no people, there should be people all over. Or at an empty water park, the wagers off, and the emptiness feels unreal. Or any abandoned place. Eerie. There’s a specific word for this feeling, but I can’t quite remember it

[@Mythikron]

Kenopsia

[@swiril]

are you looking for the word liminal?

[@Mang_Long]

Liminal space

[@Max-tk5ut]

​@@swirilActual question, does that have any relation to the word sub-liminal???

[@reosin2536]

I feel peacful mode is more lonely and just sad rather than scary

[@Omnidimensial]

eh

[@spartangladio6378]

"peaceful"

[@luctube6591]

I always thought peaceful mode was like the Minecraft heaven where Steve goes after he dies in hardcore, i thought it was Minecraft heaven because there is not threat of hostile mobs, no hunger to worry about, just you, all the animals, and infinite building and adventure opportunities to explore Minecraft’s beauty without hostile mobs or hunger interrupting you, so I never thought peaceful mode was scary, when I thought it was Minecraft heaven

[@AgnesBooth-zu7tw]

You can still die in peaceful mode

[@luctube6591]

@@AgnesBooth-zu7tw yeah what’s your point

[@gurde3596]

Dude it's like that shy little hill on a rollercoaster ride in that SpongeBob episode.

[@kamishin7135]

Imagine, if you will, moving to a world, devoid of any sentient beings. There is no danger, Or rather there shouldn't be. There are forest, there are cities, There are nests, there are farms, There are hives, there are buildings, Yet no beast nor man in sight. There are marks of civilizations, There are marks of hunts, There are marks of communities, There are marks of life. Every day the sun shines, Every night the stars glow. The weather is mild, Sometimes there are storms, Sometimes there is snow, Sometimes it is hot, But you can live with it. There is plenty of food and water, You have electric energy, You even have wifi. There are videos, There is literature, There are games, But no signs where the creators might be. The stories of old, They just stopped, The people who lived here, They are just are gone. There are no signs of why, No murderous monsters, No vengeful gods, No bloodlusted demons, No failed experiment, No unstoppable catastrophy, No avoidable tragedy, No alien invasion, No AI revolution, Just emptiness, Just stillness. The only thing that is there, Is this quiet world and you.

[@tairhan52]

why is the coolest story prompt i've ever heard in the comment section of a minecraft video

[@MySerpentine]

World's gone beautiful . . .

[@mr.hi3219]

Bro wrote all this stunning poetry over a 20 minute Minecraft video essay. It’s amazing.

[@kamishin7135]

@@MySerpentine is this a reference to SCP-001-Lily-Proposal?

[@MySerpentine]

@@kamishin7135 And the song that inspired it, but yes.