Game Theory: Minecraft, Do NOT Kill The Ender Dragon!

[@Sipover]

Player: Kills the last remaining ender dragon, wiping out the entire species A small price to pay for 68 levels...

[@theprincemonster7575]

@Kflffk F I reported you

[@snowydog1652]

Hi

[@LightningSquad]

I uploaded my Face Reveal.

[@joelsasmad]

There was only one anyways. They were already doomed to extinction...

[@ვაჟამაღალაშვილი]

Its the guy from fortnite!!!

[@Zet22.]

Ancient Builder: "We Have To Protect The Last remain Dragon at all cost!" Speedrunner:Well... About tha-

[@MbitaChizi]

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[@MbitaChizi]

Ok

[@paultoc2657]

@@MbitaChizi hi are you female?

[@justafan9206]

@@MbitaChizi that's a Rick roll

[@sandychen1381]

Ok 2

[@turquoiseninju7]

11:27 "Long ago, all the Ender Dragons lived together in harmony, but everything changed when the Ancient Builders attacked. Only Jean, master of the End could kill the Ancient Builders, but when the End needed her the most, she was killed by some random Steve."

[@banrajanand7983]

did you type Ancient wrong on purpose?

[@FlowerLily1212]

Lol

[@awaywiththefaeries9464]

Honestly throughout the video I was thinking about the Fire Nation hunting dragons to almost extinction.

[@calvinjohnson6242]

I skipped to this part and basically understood the entire video.

[@jimym__]

@@banrajanand7983 what kind of dumb question is this?

[@theredlindworm732]

makes me appreciate that old mod that allows you to hatch and raise the egg

[@theredlindworm732]

that is exactly what i was talking about

[@fuwafumi]

@@theredlindworm732 they were asking a question..

[@theredlindworm732]

oh its called Dragon Mounts: Legacy

[@adamgriffy7575]

@@theredlindworm732 miss that Mod they discontinued it I'm pretty sure, although it's still playable

[@_-.-_.....Mah.na....._-.-_]

Where is that mod

[@willrobson7265]

I mean the ender dragon's death animation ties in with this theory, as well as the fact it does not drop anything while the other dragons clearly did - their remains were used to craft the elytra. Jean has been kept alive long past the end of her lifespan by the end crystals, so when you destroy the crystals and then kill her, she disintegrates - the light that leaves from the cracks could be the crystal's magic, so she is just a shell of an ender dragon, held together by magic

[@noway2835]

then she doesnt need the crystals to live?

[@cocoaheart8402]

@@noway2835 wdym

[@RasplinYT]

I actually just released a video explaining the lore behind end crystals the endermen and dragon, I think you will find it interesting :)

[@Tobi-x6k]

this theory is the best and saddest one ive seen

[@_zealos_8213]

@@noway2835 Based on @Wll Robson's theory, quite the opposite. The crystals would be the only thing keeping her alive. With them destroyed, further attacks from the player are draining the leftover magic. In other words, the ender dragon is on some extreme life support, pushing Jean way past her life expectancy. Really cool theory Will!

[@jetpatto5487]

Game Theory: explaining the deep and intricate lore of Minecraft Mojang: that's a really cool concept, we've never thought of that before!

[@coolkadencoolkaden]

Lol🤣

[@urbanguy1191]

Mojang doesn’t think about alot of things. We’ll see that more and more as time goes on.

[@Rageren]

They do think about this stuff quite often I'm sure, but the point of Minecraft is to make your own story based off the scenery that the game gives the players. Making it a truly "make your own story" experience.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

So this is answering a Question that his first Theory (and just common sense anyway) opened once: Why would the Ancient builders lose to a Dragon that is EXTREMLY EASY to defeat? I mean, it gets ridiculous if you even count-in the Mods that turn you into a literal Fish and let you beat the Game anyway. People did, actually. So yeah, this explains that: The Dragon WAS defeated over and over again, it was just of no real Use to the Builders and they couldnt use it to escape.

[@Azriel_MR]

@@loturzelrestaurant maybe they nedded to kill all of the ender dragons

[@DFloyd84]

About that opening line: "bees shouldn't be able to fly" is only true if you're using the laws of *fixed-wing* aviation. Bees (and presumably dragons) use sheer brute force to overcome gravity and drag.

[@MbitaChizi]

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[@Forestdude9000]

Cool, I didn't know that, I thought bees were just less impacted by air resistance or something, though I guess then they'd struggle in moving in the direction they want to.

[@HenriqueLSilva]

Kinda, bees have a special way to flap their wings that generates more lift than a normal up and down stroke would if I'm not mistaken, dragons however would probably have to abide by the same restrictions and mechanisms of larger pterosaurs, as well as being ultimately limited by the accursed square cube law (at one point you become so heavy your muscles just cannot generate the power to make you airborne, and adding more muscle just makes it worse).

[@MoreDepresso]

imagin being so strong you just start flying

[@Latenivenatrix_Mcmasterae]

I love how there’s no reason for this comment to exist and I like it :)

[@ravynf9286]

Something I just realized after a year, that has a much darker reality. The fact that you can use the end crystals to revive the dragon means that Jean could endlessly kill her. Which could mean Jean is being killed for her hide to make more Elytra, but as we see when we kill her there is no body to harvest. This has one of two situations, either Jean was revived and killed so many times she now doesn't have a body to harvest. Or the builders built this system killed her, revived her then killed her again only to find that she no longer had a body to harvest. So they gave up leaving Jean to suffer eternal life. But either came to study her later, or as Endermen not understanding why, then remembering why they came to Jean when she accidentally hits them.

[@CairoFaustine]

Another reason why the ancient civilization kills the ender dragons could be for the fact that they dropped a massive amount of Exps, which is useful for their enchantings, which is why you often find enchanted armors and tools in end ships and end cities

[@Traveler_202]

@Paulina Johnson it’s not mechanical though it just moves when electrocuted

[@torttilla5053]

They could also hunt for food but since dragons are strong and hard to kill their food consisted of dragon food and courus fruit

[@nicodium9609]

But why don’t we find any enchanting tables or anvils?

[@jargozle5393]

@@Traveler_202 are they related to frogs?

[@KingDogeTheIIII]

big brain moment... slow clap for you

[@tristanlassche3560]

The enderdragon lives in the end dimension, where there is no planet with a large gravitational pull, instead just some small "islands". Therefore, it does not need as big wings do be able to fly as it would on earth.

[@Breezy._.]

yes.?

[@gh0st1121]

Yes that is correct

[@MichaeqGames]

good point but! how does player have the same jump and speed as in normal world or nether?

[@minerwolf13]

@@enstedt and every other object

[@thespanishinquisition475]

@@enstedt his loneliness

[@UntitledSpecifics]

End:has a only one dragon Steve with an end crystal: "I'm gonna do an illegal gamer move"

[@pinnedcomment895]

See back in the overworld we do something named respawning

[@chronosorion6911]

@Matthew Wong I wish I had gotten the game when I had the chance... Will it only spawn a dragon when there isn't one, or would it spawn a second if you put the crystals in place when there's still one there?

[@Espresso_404]

@@chronosorion6911 it’ll only spawn if you’ve already killed the ender dragon

[@chronosorion6911]

@@Espresso_404 Ahh, ok, thanks!

[@davidelbeaner3034]

@C1ips0 Official what if you bring back a male to fertilize the egg so it actually grows

[@conjurerofcheapthrills4750]

Yo Matt, quick question: why can you resummon the Enderdragon? Do you think the builders used magic or something to keep the dragon alive? maybe as a last resort kinda scenario?

[@HelloWorldofWorlds]

It's reborn(not summoned)(I'm talking in lore here), By using the thing that gives it life, so giving the unfertilized egg, giving it life, makes a new dragon, So, yeha, maybe just a "Incase some adventurer did kill you, here's how to revive you" kind of deal...

[@eliargumedo4728]

​@@HelloWorldofWorldsbut we still have the egg even if we revive it. So which dragon is being reborn or revived?

[@davethescrub858]

​@@eliargumedo4728could be similar to a phoenix reborn from its own ashes

[@xavierthomas5835]

​@davethescrub858 there are animals that deliver children with no fertilization. They're just genetic copies of their mother. So it would be with the dragon. Nothing more than a clone. Much like a phoenix, then, the same creature brought back to life.

[@davethescrub858]

@@xavierthomas5835 that's like asexual reproduction or something isn't it? Amoeba's can self replicate which is neat

[@gracejonelle6545]

“Eternal punishment” to “school’s back in session!” Epic transition, Mat Pat, I applaud you

[@cubing7276]

School do be eternal torment -Student

[@mrmax3727]

yes yes

[@edgarhamilton6317]

your comment is not funny

[@mrmax3727]

@@edgarhamilton6317 have you ever been a student in a school

[@thisisme3378]

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[@Cartoonicus]

Matpat: “here’s a heartbreaking story of a poor lonely tormented creature persecuted to the ends of the earth and waiting for the sweet release of death.” Also Matpat: “so anyway, BACKPACKS!”

[@loturzelrestaurant]

So this is answering a Question that his first Theory (and just common sense anyway) opened once: Why would the Ancient builders lose to a Dragon that is EXTREMLY EASY to defeat? I mean, it gets ridiculous if you even count-in the Mods that turn you into a literal Fish and let you beat the Game anyway. People did, actually. So yeah, this explains that: The Dragon WAS defeated over and over again, it was just of no real Use to the Builders and they couldnt use it to escape.

[@julieparkin33]

yes

[@lottaoats2221]

What about the fact that you can summon another dragon using Crystal's, if the Crystal's are man-made, and they can summon dragons, does that leave the possibility of dragons being man-made?

[@Rauruatreides]

I doubt it. Perhaps the crystals tie to the ability of creating life that the builders were following. They finally achieve it, but are stuck in the End forever...

[@tanishqayadav2239]

Maybe the crystals had enough potential to hatch a non fertilised dragon egg (they would not hunt down their creation [if they created dragons ] so cruelly that only one of is left And if they could create more why protect the last of the species? Just make more of the dragons So dragons are not man made I think

[@beans-3939]

I personally theorise that the respawned dragons are mere clones of the dragons, since they do not drop another egg when killed. The builders were able to make the cloning technology but weren't able to breed the two dragons, moreover I think the real dragon was hostile towards the cloned dragon.

[@sergeantsainsburys9181]

Gasp

[@TotalyNotTony]

@Gff G STOP

[@goofygoober5270]

Theory: Jean was left alive with healing towers to kill the wither if it ever entered. She probably even did, the problem after the fact was that they had given her several nigh-indestructable healing towers and a seething hatred and justifiable motivation to kill them. They certainly didn't have the amount or quality of weapons to fight her, and any bridges they built were destroyed after they got away from the entry island or destroyed in her battle.

[@themattster]

"Speaking of eternal torment, school is back in session!" That hit different lmao

[@loturzelrestaurant]

So this is answering a Question that his first Theory (and just common sense anyway) opened once: Why would the Ancient builders lose to a Dragon that is EXTREMLY EASY to defeat? I mean, it gets ridiculous if you even count-in the Mods that turn you into a literal Fish and let you beat the Game anyway. People did, actually. So yeah, this explains that: The Dragon WAS defeated over and over again, it was just of no real Use to the Builders and they couldnt use it to escape.

[@themattster]

@@loturzelrestaurant I'm gonna assume you replied to the wrong comment...?

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@themattster No, i was talking in General.

[@salvadorantonnius238]

@@loturzelrestaurant Your comment made no sense as to what OP posted.

[@Pompirates]

@@loturzelrestaurant what

[@JustNoah__]

"they'll never atone for what they did" *looks at highly efficient endermen grinders*

[@Ribbons0121R121]

endermen are kinda smoothbrains sometimes

[@Ruby-on4oq]

Ehe

[@Phatboy-rv2oz]

Ehe

[@_localmisfit_3173]

Ehe

[@Lord_Helix]

@@saintholican8009 ehe te NANDAYO

[@berylredburrow__8810]

I'm not so sure... Looking at the dragon, it seems a bit odd. When the dragon dies, it doesn't just fall over like other mobs, it explodes, crumbling to pieces. It also creates a portal to the islands as it dies. And the sound it makes, it sounds like a machine crumbling, ending off with a powering down noise. Also, the dragon heads can be powered by redstone. And while you can't hatch the egg, you can respawn the dragon by using end crystals. If you can just make new dragons, why are you worried about their extinction? I propose that the dragon was in fact artificial, created by the builders as a sort of guard dog, to prevent anyone, or anything, from following them into the end. That's why every end portal goes straight to the center island, as opposed to nether portals, which go to a relative spot between the dimensions.

[@OkKo-ii3ei]

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[@jjjoshua1860]

Love it, but how would it open the portal back to the overworld? Why would they make it a guard dog if the portal could just stay open for people to grab resources maybe and leave? Still has a few loose ends, but amazing idea

[@Zepego-jk2iz]

Snap, I like this theory!

[@randomminecraftplayer6857]

@@jjjoshua1860 maybe it was a test for any future people who wanted to use the end for themselves?

[@jonbrundi321]

Damn

[@waftarko2724]

note : In one of the April fools updates the contents inside chests of end ships are replaced with books labelled "Orders" with tasks such as destroy , deliver , repair etc.

[@cptndltrne]

The term for the last of an animal’s species is called and Endling. So that checks out too

[@YexprilesteR]

Quite epic

[@xX__ErectDiddyP445__Xx]

@@YexprilesteR innit

[@balala8668]

There's one alive right now, an albino giraffe.

[@rainynight02]

@@balala8668 Albino isn't a separate species of giraffe, so the term doesn't apply there. Any two parents can produce an albino offspring. Just depends on the genes.

[@lukxd3225]

You know what’s even more terrifying? The dragon never truly dies. Maybe the end crystals don’t just heal it, but they store it’s soul too, but you can respawn the enderdragon and start it’s torment all over again.

[@tanishqayadav2239]

No

[@Cyberlong]

Maybe the soul never leaves the end and there is a soul fluid in the air. When Jean dies, the pillars act as sone sort of barrier not letting her soul be with the other dragons. Or even the bedrock structure, because you place the crystals in there to respawn her. Maybe the bedrock structure is tied to her soul

[@youreverydaylemonfriend560]

I think the soul dies too. But the others dead dragon souls will be used to make a ressurected dragon

[@snipermonkey6779]

@@tanishqayadav2239 wdym no you can respawn the dragon…

[@omaryaboilol5431]

Dont think that would work cuz you can craft them

[@spoopyspades5740]

I feel like we should mention that phantom membranes or whatever they're called can fix the minecraft wings. It might just be that phantoms simply have similar wings to the dragon, but I just think it's a point to consider.

[@MonsieurExist]

“Minecraft wings”

[@Northerncantaim]

@Gff G who cares

[@Northerncantaim]

You mean the elytra?

[@spoopyspades5740]

@@Northerncantaim yes, yes i do

[@kaboomgaming4255]

I'm gonna go off of wifies' theory here, but i assume they were related once, before they traveled out of the void into different dimensions, one where they grew massive and another where they became small, but the material is still the same

[@thegeeg1748]

I actually think the Elytras are made from Phantoms, the mob that appears if you dont sleep 3 nights in a row. Not only do their wings look very similar, but you literally use phantom membranes, the items they drop, to repair elytras in an anvil.

[@2morrowillcome]

I'm leaning more this way too. Also given the elytras size I feel like it is far more likely they might be more tied to the phantom than the ender dragon. I'm almost ready to start a crazy wall to try to pin down the link between the elytras, phantoms, the ancient builders desire to access other dimensions, and why beds explode in the end and nether.... canonically of course, not just as a preventative mechanic to make sure the player doesn't get permanently stuck in either.

[@damianslilhuman]

You got a point, yes, the membranes fix the Elytra but you cannot get Elytra in the overworld. The phantoms only drop membrane to repair them. Kinds sounds like another theory

[@Conorator]

Maybe the Elytra (plural of elytron) are crafted using parts from the dragon wings in conjunction with phantom membranes. The dragon wings are more durable due to the dragon's resilience (high HP), leading to the more delicate phantom membranes possibly ripping and tearing and needing to be patched up. It might be that the dragon wing parts sort of work as the framework or "bones" for the Elytra, with phantom membranes serving as the webbing. It makes a lot of sense, seeing how the Elytra are entirely gray, which is the same color as that part on Ender Dragon wings.

[@thegeeg1748]

@@Conorator We know that elytra are not very durable though, they break just from flying very quickly without help from unbreaking 3 and mending

[@Conorator]

@@thegeeg1748 Yes, but it still supports my theory. Elytra cannot fully break, they sit at 1 durability. It's because the framework stays intact, but the phantom membrane is completely broken, so it's still possible to repair, but not to fly, since skeleton wings don't really work.

[@veronica_sawyer_1989]

MatPat you NEED to look at all the lore in MC dungeons, in one of their most recent videos Mojang admitted that the two worlds were supposed to be link there is SO MUCH lore and information that you need to make a video about it and investigate.

[@OkKo-ii3ei]

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[@happyhoovy7188]

Yes

[@dragondude7107]

@@OkKo-ii3ei ok, look. I’m going to click on this link, but it better not be a rickroll

[@thisisme3378]

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[@mikasaackerman417]

Here's what I think happened, although it might get buried: When the civilization fled into the End, they realized they were trapped and the only way to escape was to kill all the dragons. Some embarked on the journey to slay all the dragons, yet others opted not to hunt an entire species to extinction. Whether or not there was a civil war remains to be seen. However, the people who chose to save the species ultimately won this debate, causing everyone to turn into enderman due to their long exposure to the chorus fruit, with a single dragon preventing their escape.

[@NightmareGhostReap]

This comment is extremely underrated.

[@carbonateprime572]

True this could be a possibility

[@kingofromen]

Well-crafted theory!

[@kintyjtheaardvark5549]

But endermen can, and do leave the end.

[@yay8371]

This is highly possible... it also explains why the enderman can place blocks

[@lion_pancakes_2369]

"HEY! speaking of eternal torment, school is back in session!" Truer words can not have been said

[@TheOneandOnlyMyst]

Agreed

[@WsgYoutubeYea]

Zavier

[@Shariqthebest]

Bots back at it again I just got this comment in my replys

[@WsgYoutubeYea]

@@Shariqthebest who is the bot, me or that dinosaur guy. I just said a name, the guy has my friends pfp

[@Shariqthebest]

@@WsgKZbinYea if it were you to I would have replied like this dumb the lion pancakes is a bot just look at his name

[@zoroark522]

Could the Endermen be the ancient Builder's last resort at re-introducing an apex predator into the ecosystem, literally using themselves as sacrifice and becoming monsters while the rest tried leaving the end to a yet to be seen expansion?

[@mr.westoverplays4780]

Mat, I believe that it is called an elytra because it is not the actual wings. They are but a protective layer of the dragons wings, explaining why they make you glide and not fly

[@wabc2336]

Indeed they look like the gray bones holding together the dragon's wings as opposed to the black substance of the wings

[@aresandoliverthezombieapoc1968]

But they are repaired using phantom membranes from phantoms.... how does that go with Matpat's theory

[@volteriaz]

@@aresandoliverthezombieapoc1968 Well, what are phantoms? They're monsters brought to life when a player doesn't sleep. For all you know their membrane could be thick and tough

[@BallsTORTUREgaming]

@@aresandoliverthezombieapoc1968 it's not fully repaired with phantom membrane phantom membrane act as some kind of adhesives for elytra cause after sometimes it becomes too expensive or in a lore saying 'it can't be fixed with phantom membrane permanently, it's a temporary solution' sure mending does fix it but it's magic soul magic

[@r.8823]

because the player doesnt flap the wings if they did it probably would fly

[@lucky-lotusyt3012]

Theory: phantoms are evolved ender dragons that migrated to the over world after near extinction from the hunters. You can use the membranes to heal the elytra due to the similarities is the chemical bond. Phantoms realized they would be better having many of their kind than a low count of big ones and that’s why they are easier and smaller. You can’t sleep in the end. That’s why the phantoms come when you don’t sleep. It’s a sense of recognition.

[@kaboomgaming4255]

that... actually makes a lot of sense

[@PumkinPeter]

Maybe thats why they only attack at night, the end seems to be a perpetualy dark state and they would be hypersensitive to sunlight, hence burning? And when you're tired- you would be much easier to fight. You're probably right Lucky-Lotus!

[@lucky-lotusyt3012]

@@kaboomgaming4255 I'm big brain

[@lucky-lotusyt3012]

@@PumkinPeter we both big brain boiz

[@smt3]

@@lucky-lotusyt3012 good theory. Now it's time to see if it gets put in a Game Theory video.

[@blutheriolu]

“Speaking of eternal torment, school is back in session!” Never change MatPat. Never change

[@emorhan2531]

@Damien Berry you know what? Imma still do it r/wooosh

[@Modern.Warfare21]

9:24 what your here for

[@ForeskinGamerExtreme]

LMAOOKKKKO

[@ByakkoFoxAirsoft]

I like the idea of someone or a group protecting the dragon. Especially when you think about how the end island the dragon is on, is MILES out in the middle of the void with no surrounding land whatsoever. Almost like someone was trying to hide it. To protect it.

[@Arthemis20]

Truuuue

[@thaliagrace773]

Fun fact! One of the first revealed textures for the Elytra were actually Ender Dragon wings…

[@nevergonnagiveyouup489]

Why is nobody talking about how matpat just made the smoothest transition ever from eternal torment to school?? This stuff is gold. Edit: Yes, I do realize that school is eternal torment. I literally just started my school year too. That was the whole point of this post.

[@xiaoqing2846]

But they are the same thing?

[@soramph3006]

@@xiaoqing2846 im dying XD

[@hambo2228]

And while on the subject of hell and eternal torment we have our theory wear for back to school

[@anthonyacevedo2260]

The audio quality threw me off too much

[@tac4y0n]

@@xiaoqing2846 eeeeeeeew eweeewewewewewewewewe rrrreee opp o

[@lightning_11]

I'd like to point out that the dragon heads could be synthetic. There are lots of statues elsewhere in the game (eg. woodland mansions).

[@shaunm6383]

With the amount of theories this guy has on Minecraft, they should have enough story for a Minecraft movie.

[@ProjektTaku]

it could honestly go 2 ways. Either they tell a story about the ancient builders (which is very rich for story and characters) or a story about steve discovering them and beating the enter dragon (which is more emotional). I would like it either way as long as they make it interesting, and do justice to steve (if they include him) as he is one of the most fancinating and best game characters I've seen.

[@salahabdalla368]

Guess What? a movie has came out

[@halftruck6648]

for me the movie shold be longer than the first atom got created and that not a theory that true

[@ProjektTaku]

@@salahabdalla368 no.

[@Bxll_Bxll]

I’m working on a story on the lore, combining all the different theories that I can.

[@josif9880]

When you use end crystals and the dragon egg to summon an ender dragon, are you reviving Jean or somehow fertilizing the egg?

[@MandMs05]

The dragon egg doesn't have to be there to summon a new one, so I imagine you're reviving Jean.

[@totallynotaminecraftchanne1923]

Yeah you’re reviving jean.

[@aaronking2020]

@@MandMs05 the egg doesn't have to be there?? So u can just dupe eggs??

[@brickie9816]

@@aaronking2020 No you cannot

[@zachschummer5339]

@@aaronking2020 Re-summoned dragons don't drop dragon eggs

[@dolphindreamer8739]

3:14 “Sure, she’s the only dragon found in the End” Me: oh, I see *someone* who’s never lost their End to the multi-dragon glitch before....

[@NumberOnePochitaFan]

OH GOD NO IM HAVING PTSD TO ENDLANTIS

[@zoudavid3944]

I once used commands in creative mode to summon 2 dragons and I had to use /kill @e because it was a mess.

[@kvakq]

That kinda glitch does not (nor ever have) exist

[@NumberOnePochitaFan]

@@kvakq yes it does, it happened before in philza's hardcore world

[@kvakq]

@@NumberOnePochitaFan I dont know who the hell he is but I found video where he spawned 2 enderdragons after beating the firts one. That fair, but tbh 2 emderdragons are not that hard to beat either😅

[@fionavillareal226]

Jean is a trophy, I feel like they wanted to show their dominance over that species.

[@SuperWiiBros08]

This is really sad damn

[@r4nd0mzzz]

Very tragic

[@cloakcz9263]

😳

[@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063]

Im feeling that.

[@kruzidula]

i kniw ruuufgt ;(: (( (:

[@petrea2189]

It really was :(

[@Crazyness1994]

I like this theory, however I'm curious how we would fit in the part where you in-game, can summon a new dragon by making 4 ender crystals. Could it be that the end crystal don't just "heal" the dragon, but actually regenerate or clone cells at an extreme rate?

[@OkKo-ii3ei]

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[@GoldenEmbersYT]

I was wondering if he would touch on that

[@calebmorri]

I really hoped he would at least mention the respawn mechanic when he brought up End crystals. I like the idea that it creates ender dragon cells rather than healing. It makes sense seen as the end crystals don't heal anything else, so it isn't a general healing thing. Maybe the combination of ghast and ender eye creates something close enough to ender dragon cells which can be used to heal, or even create, a dragon?

[@rosannevega5144]

It revives the ender dragon, I remember seeing that from a gaming article

[@Duquee__]

@@calebmorri If that was the case, instead of using the crystals to protect the last dragon, they could simply use them to create multiple dragons and thus save the whole species

[@lucafalckh-mauti6881]

I can’t wait for Matpat to make a theory about the new deep dark cities being released in 1.19

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

It'll be fun

[@jayangelodirectoralipio6538]

Dark cities?

[@lucafalckh-mauti6881]

@@jayangelodirectoralipio6538 yeah watch mc live 2021, they’re adding deep dark cities in 1.19 which will house the warden

[@PokeyKart123]

Wait what

[@TheOneWhoKnocc]

Deep dark cities? I gotta catch up on whats coming in 1.19

[@Void622_]

“Speaking of eternal torment, school is back is session!” Me rethinking my Minecraft life choices: *W H A T*

[@ProdByLJ]

MatPat: “if you kill the ender dragon your wiping out a species!” Literally everyone: “oh no! Anyway…”

[@droidbait1423]

;)

[@shroovey]

Respawning

[@patriciajin6206]

😞

[@jjprs3062]

Mat: Don't kill the dragon! Speedrunners: "Years of academy training wasted!"

[@darksun.____8863]

True 😂

[@vivianmorch8283]

Lol

[@julissarowley2739]

i wouldnt say years

[@om2itclan106]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3Kkp5aJp7ZpaJY Lol AMAZING

[@justabrokezombie6252]

And remember that Mat collabed with Dream at one point

[@akish302]

Game Theory: Do NOT kill the Ender Dragon! Me, who has owned Minecraft since 2013 and never beaten the game: haha no problem

[@theultimateantihero]

Yeah. Minecraft is HARD.

[@asym1i376]

Yo samee

[@Doofito]

same

[@victoranimations1418]

Same

[@emissary8071]

Same

[@lemeraldragon9003]

Maybe Jean has already died, you are just summoning her phantom back using end crystals. She looks somewhat like a corpse, although she is different from the other undead (or she is some kind of revival attempt but not in the category of undead because the others want her material)

[@nabongobong9155]

"According to all laws of aviation, there's no fricking way ender dragon could fly" Floating tree: hold my saplings

[@spectreoutcry7272]

This is so underrated!

[@mansionbookerstudios9629]

Great job 👏 go watch yeonmi park to save North Korea that need to be freed

[@icewallowkids6628]

"we're actually freeing jean from her eternal torment of being the only one left" Me: *spawns her back in again*

[@OkKo-ii3ei]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4rWeJ94hLF9eZY ....

[@_shadow_1]

This is the plot twist of the Minecraft movie at the End. Steve brings the dragons back to life so they can rebuild their world after the builders wrecked it.

[@thediamondpickgaming9970]

💀

[@heliflopter3053]

what a madlad

[@suno186]

i like how matpat often goes back on previous theories and corrects them, further emphasizing that it’s “just a theory, a game theory”

[@OllyTheLion]

66th like😄

[@_Fizel_]

​@@OllyTheLion Huh, 166th like​

[@radithyakamil3864]

366th like💀

[@Weirdsticka]

True. But he just doesn't do it enough

[@Peaaaaaaaaaaa]

Its not "It's just a theory, a game theory" Its "It's just s theory, a GAAAAAAME THEory"

[@bruh-sh6sj]

“Freeing her of her eternal torment… But hey, Speaking of Eternal Torment School is back in session”

[@syberyah]

"Something tells me that Jean lacks the opposable thumbs to forge glass." Steve: *literally has square hands with no fingers or thumbs *

[@devlinf157]

Retractable Thumbs for Steve and Alex?

[@aninditapaul9291]

@@devlinf157 That's Phoenix SC's job.

[@tatotaytoman5934]

i mean they have this texture implying fingers on the ends of their block arms soo...

[@quizard960]

but the Steve toy says otherwise

[@FoxGalahHasMovedToNewAccounts]

@Phoenix 𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝙼𝚢 PROFILE GET OUT!!!!!!!

[@Zyraphim]

"So, they built an elaborate security system to keep the dragon alive" Speedrunners: *_"no."_*

[@yunusnoa986]

Hurmmmm

[@jay-bs6hs]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooelZX6BobyGhcU

[@Devin-qq6fd]

Dream be like "wait there was a system to protect?"

[@peanutbutterBrisket99]

*"no.

[@wlwlvr]

@@Devin-qq6fd Must have cheated too hard to notice it.

[@brendenchristensen6511]

Counter theory: the ancient guys said "hey, this is one of the last dragons. Let's make hunting it REEALLY challenging!" And then they just couldn't beat it

[@Peep_chief2]

Speedrunners seeing this theory 😐

[@ggjk8419]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4rWeJ94hLF9eZY ....

[@adityashankar9551]

It's funny.

[@TheEagle-ee3he]

I like this theory.

[@Limequat]

And they where in hardcore mode

[@gravities]

the way i dont see anyone pointing out the fact that we just got bee movie’d at the start

[@SkullGuy207]

Here's a mini theory: Once you kill the ender dragon it drops tons of experience orbs. All of those experience orbs were probably from all the builders who either died while building the towers, or from the ones that Jean killed. This would also explain why re summoning the ender dragon and killing it again won't drop all the experience it did the first time.

[@MbitaChizi]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZ7TYoVtm9eLjdk

[@hasargel]

Also why would a baby dragon have a big amount of experience

[@war_axe]

Or maybe its all from how long it lived

[@theghostreckon316]

You are a genius

[@maxe624]

Many issues. Firstly, that exp is coming out of nowhere. You would expect the dragon to drop a normal amount amount if it truely got the xp from killing things. Secondly, mobs killed by anything but the player or something related to the player dont drop xp. The reason it drops less xp is most likely a game balance decision because getting caught 70 levels everytime you kill it is overpowered.

[@PineappleJB]

I feel like Mat would be the type of person to get 101% on his argumentative essays in school

[@johnwilliams1164]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/faaTm2N7o6dgq80..

[@johnwilliams1164]

Dont dislike it

[@pumpkinfloats889]

@@johnwilliams1164 nah

[@joonaspeltomaki6167]

@@johnwilliams1164 i disliked it

[@joonaspeltomaki6167]

mat completely forgot that we the player can respawn the enderdragon whenever e feel like it

[@malockssomexmastodon4615]

I like think that the Ender Dragon being alive prevents sculk growth from taking back the end and that in 1.18 sculk can spread on endstone only if the dragon is dead

[@danchoou1639]

how do you know that.. just asking

[@RealMrHater]

@@danchoou1639 the legit said they like to think they never said they knew its legit just a headcanon

[@yflowwolfy3037]

Woah

[@chloenuggie604]

If they had obsidian in the end, the builders may have made a nether portal and realised that living in the end was safer than in the nether, which may explain why some endermen live in the nether. The original builders who made the portal from the end wouldn't have went back, and probably didn't tell their descendants about it either (probably moving away from it). However, when the endermen could teleport, they found it and a few brave ones went through. Some may have wondered away from their portals and gotten lost, choosing to live in the warped forests, while others may have found portals into the overworld. This would explain why there are endermen in both worlds

[@the_furf_of_july4652]

Counterpoints: - elytra wings are repaired with phantom membrane - you can respawn the dragon

[@OkKo-ii3ei]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4rWeJ94hLF9eZY ......

[@silverforge8912]

The phantom membranes might be a part of the elytra, but aren’t the only resource needed, thus ender dragon wings. And you can only respawn the dragon after you kill her. It might be bringing her as a spirit or as a memory.

[@Username-pz1te]

I think that the reason you can use a phantom membrane to repair an elytra is because phantoms can fly so phantom meat can be used as a substitute for the broken parts of the elytra and for the fact that you can respawn the ender dragon, maybe the old builders didn’t know that you could respawn the ended dragon

[@7R3335]

Counter counter argument, phantom membrane could be part of the recipe and the dragons wings could be the other part, and it could be the reason they are grey, and the way you respawn the ender dragon is the same way it heals, with the end crystals, which the ancient builders might have only discovered with the realization that Jean was the last dragon

[@eldankdoge]

@@OkKo-ii3ei how about beat minecraft under 20 mins if u just want to advertise?

[@arandomweeb1890]

Everyone always asks where’s the ender dragon, nobody ever asks how’s the ender dragon

[@Avezedia]

poor girl, just wanted some love. 😔

[@jimmyplier74]

Emilia and Ram is better than u

[@mavdotj]

hush.

[@mcmodded1145]

Whys the ender dragon

[@magmotox2541]

im jus confused about why the endermen dont attack you when you start fighting jean if this was to be accurate

[@lore644]

“Speaking of eternal torment, school is back in session” Lol

[@skullmastergamer]

That’s an understatement

[@yelitethebeast]

LOL

[@deirdreleamy4678]

Lol

[@lore644]

WHAT IS THAT PFP

[@Nodythe1]

Ancient Builder:WE HAVE TOO PROTECT- Speed runners: About that…👁️👄👁️

[@Samuel-ms5zu]

I feel like the end crystals reverse time, considering they seem to pull from the dragon's body, reversing it's wounds and not healing them. This would also explain why the crystals can respawn the dragon

[@ktotmax4556]

This is actually genius

[@RasplinYT]

I actually just released a video explaining the lore behind end crystals the endermen and dragon, I think you will find it interesting :)

[@amritraychaudhuri9438]

genius

[@OneshotDeath662]

Makes sense but this video does ruin the ender men theory. If the ancient builders were stuck at the end why couldn’t they leave when killing the other dragons and due to them protecting Jean it’s weird they built it at the spot you leave which is the bedrock structure

[@whostygryscub]

@@OneshotDeath662 perhaps Jean is the mother dragon and the others are just infants

[@bryanbruggeman8357]

Wait. So how do u explain the resurection of the enderdragon with 4 end Crystals? Also, fun fact: The ghast tear used in end crystals can be used to craft regeneration potions, so that element provides the healing of the dragon (:

[@OkKo-ii3ei]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4rWeJ94hLF9eZY .

[@korinogaro]

Plus you can hatch a dragon egg and have a small dragon.

[@9061jay]

@@korinogaro We were all young once......

[@v1nceifhewenttothesun682]

@@korinogaro would be cool

[@ottofilms6488]

Phantoms could be weaker Overworld dragons, just saying.

[@8ENSON]

minecraft speedrunners rn: 👁👄👁

[@milktea6676]

Lol 😂

[@clanka.]

oh hey verified man

[@GriffinZambia]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZ7TYoVtm9eLjdk ,,,

[@Vynsan1ty]

Oops I have already competed the end and killed 20. Probably shouldn’t have don’t that ig.

[@trexion3443]

hello verified people. remember me when i blow up :)

[@TheRandomizerYT]

How does this explain the Dragon Egg Jean is trying to defend? Or better yet, the respawn mechanism of the Ender Dragon using 4 end crystals, 10+ times?

[@RumAndRiot]

I feel like the builders killed the rest of the dragons so the End would be safe for them, but they kept Jean alive and kept tied to the area around the portal to fight anything that came through it - that would explain the healing crystals, and maybe that's why they couldn't get back through the portal themselves - they build this thing that would trap and heal a dragon, lured one to the area, and then couldn't get passed her to the portal. They were now trapped in the End.

[@yurilemonade3018]

That's pretty plausible :0

[@shinu_u]

yes

[@kakyoindonut3213]

that makes sense.

[@caroleisvibing]

“Do not kill the Ender Dragon.” Me sitting here not having even gone into the Nether for more than 10 minutes: *already ahead of you. I’d never hurt Jean*

[@MbitaChizi]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZ7TYoVtm9eLjdk ,,,

[@robertthomas930]

Jean

[@swagtortoise7792]

@Xoxo Xd damn these bots are funny

[@Puzzle.]

You mean the end

[@EEEEEEEE]

‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎E‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎

[@Halofighter-lq2zp]

“But hey speaking of eternal torment, schools back in session” So true though

[@shamandr4014]

@Xoxo Xd i saw this comment from different people you just copy paste so you are lying get out of here

[@MbitaChizi]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZ7TYoVtm9eLjdk

[@ahouranouri516]

@@shamandr4014 They. Are. Literally. Bots. There. Is. No. Point. In. Responding. To. Them. Because. They. Will. Never. Read. It. They. Are. Unable. To. Do. So.

[@Aya_32125]

@@shamandr4014 you are the embodiment of someone fighting for your stuff to not go into a hired skip before throwing it in a bin yourself

[@cdesigner9178]

Kind of emotional whiplash, but yeah, it is true.

[@TheFreeman1843]

How to restore the ender dragon species 1.kill jean 2.get the dragon egg 3. Revive Jean and glitch the game into spawning 10000 ender dragons Congratulations you just restored an entire species

[@grillcheasy1824]

Going along with freeing Jean from being the last dragon and the crystals having healing powers the builders literally made a dragon farm because you can revive Jean and kill it again and get more materials from it. (Kinda dark I know)

[@masahirosakurai9546]

Maybe when they first got there, a dragon stuffed one of them in a spawner and made a people farm. The building guys could just be retaliating

[@grillcheasy1824]

But that's just a theory

[@mrsmartypants1987]

@@grillcheasy1824 a game theory

[@Dilly49355]

Anyone else mad he kept saying eletra and not elytra

[@fathermenace1856]

👹kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5CunItoirqapNU

[@crimecrimbodagshock76]

Hey MatPat, so there’s this game series called “The Room”. It’s a mystery/puzzle game. There’s multiple games in the series from what I know 5. I’ve only played 2 but there is and over arching plot going on in these games so it would mean the world if you did a theory on it, because there never really is an explanation to what’s going on in the games. Also I’ve been watching you for years and I love everything you do please keep it up 😁

[@thog6849]

yo I would love to see a theory ab the room

[@OkKo-ii3ei]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4rWeJ94hLF9eZY ....

[@PlainKut]

@@OkKo-ii3ei dude stop

[@bearase5369]

@@PlainKut What did he send

[@bearase5369]

@@PlainKut rickroll?

[@log5636]

The interesting thing though is that you can respawn jean, so Mabye, after killing all the other dragons they decided to keep the last one alive to farm it, although you cant multiply her, you can revive her to kill her again for her xp. Edit: l I didnt realize that after respawning the dragon you don't get the egg or the XP

[@michibit]

She doesn't give xp after the first time

[@sg546]

@@michibit she does it is less than the first time

[@mcterry2504]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/npCwiXuErc92eNWejd

[@BananaWasTaken]

But are we sure that the Respawned ender dragon is Jean. Also, another thing to consider is that a respawned ender dragon doesn’t leave an egg after death

[@Herrscher-of-Autism]

You can multiply her, if she accidentally flies through an end gate, she is still spawned, but you can respawn her again, as Ph1lza found out the hard way

[@francescann9976]

I know this is an old video, but I have something to add. We don't know the real life span of ender dragons, but I'm willing to bet that it wouldn't have been around that long. Maybe the end crystals are forcefully keeping her alive, and maybe an effect of that is that she's egg bound. It would explain why she repeatedly perches, why she's aggressive, and why you only get the egg after killing her.

[@Brickmaster256]

Hey matpat, love the theory. However, you left one detail. When you place four end crystals on the end portal to leave the end, it will resummon the ender dragon with her end crystals. Maybe in the next Minecraft theory you could explain how that works in the lore. Anyways, enjoy your videos and keep making them

[@sekoseko2165]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWS1mJ2eg8qmpZo .........

[@OkKo-ii3ei]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4rWeJ94hLF9eZY ....

[@spectorcsm]

I want to know why the End Pillars go through the entire island and into the void...

[@gamingcousins5362]

@@spectorcsm because why not, if they were gonna waste a lot of obsidian why not do that

[@spectorcsm]

@@gamingcousins5362 Because it goes in the void. How'd they get down there? they would need some kind of sticky scaffolding...

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Minecraft players: So the ender dragon is the final boss of minecraft? MatPat: Well yes, but actually no.

[@agentray]

I don't care

[@alil636]

I'm just here to grind likes...

[@pm2rshall]

Hi Jallal

[@pm2rshall]

@@alil636 at least ur honest

[@zenitsu1389]

mathew pathew

[@overseer3105]

Elytra is made of phantom membrane, not dragon wings. Its texture is the same color as the edge of the phantom's wings. It can also be repaired with the membrane. I would guess that elytra was made by the builders before the whole wither thing caused them to flee to the end. As for why you can't craft it, you can't craft many thing that the builders made, like the end portal frame.

[@douqwry]

!!!

[@mcterry2504]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/npCwiXuErc92eNWcefT

[@FryoKnight]

I was about to post something on the same vein as this. And now watch as MatPat will never acknowledge that he failed to do his research again...

[@leo_digereno9]

I agree to some extent but the elytra was introduced before the phantom

[@SpicyVG_VODS]

Maybe the possible reason why you can't craft elytras is that elytras are made out of both the wings of the dragon and the Phantom membranes put together as they are the only two hostile flying mob with wings and we can't take anything from bats is because bats don't drop anything on top of that I feel that their wings would be too small or they would just end up dropping some kind of small leather kind of like rabbits do

[@ChaoticBumVA]

I actually came back to this video because one of the planets I conceptualized as part of a novel series was based on the nether. This puts an interesting spin on it as I thought that the Nether was a rogue planet (a planet with no star) and it got its energy internally like some sort of natural dyson sphere.

[@novaglacrr4471]

... Could they have healed the dragon to consistently take parts of the wings? That would kinda explain why they are hostile to you.

[@mynotsohardwork3226]

I think maybe before the 'ancient times' they were either passive or neutral mobs

[@mynotsohardwork3226]

The mass extinction of dragons could be another reason they are hostile.

[@kittycatkaii3780]

She wanted revenge so she did everything she could to save herself and her species by killing of the players

[@RasplinYT]

I actually just released a video explaining the lore behind end crystals the endermen and dragon, I think you will find it interesting :)

[@Fan_of_Minecraft-UA]

There is a theory that she is hostile because she protecting the egg Also you can respawn ender dragon with that egg

[@kitchaos1118]

Additional questions: Where does the dragon respawn ritual fall into this? And why can you repair elytra with phantom membrane?

[@nazmulhassan3370]

prolly cuz phantoms fly and their wings are made of a light and good-for-flight membrane soooo...

[@mell0w87]

As for respawning, I feel like it isn't cannon to the lore, as that also suggests that Steve/Alex are immortal and animals can spontaneously appear

[@jonathantorres3804]

Phantoms we’re originally supposed to be end creatures but they changed it to overworks creatures I believe.

[@sircloudoof9559]

Yeah same

[@stickdumb5471]

i was just about to comment this same exact thing

[@XanthorDark]

following this idea, would that mean that Phantoms are the restless spirits of dragons? since the membrane they drop is the only way to repair an elytra other than combining two of them or using the mending enchantment?

[@quinnbattaglia5189]

Could be a related species? Although they are undead so you might have a point.

[@RedVenerableTears]

Actually given there size and name the most like are not adults but baby dead ender dragons

[@AVGyerra22]

@@RedVenerableTears The Phantoms actually grow in size though. The longer you don't sleep, the larger they become, almost like if you don't atone with your sins, they eat you alive and leave you restless despite wanting to.

[@darkwarriorprogram6546]

Oh! Interesting... Someone get MatPat on this!

[@李俊達-o1y]

but they don't look like dragon though,they looked more likely a player,also isn't evoker able to summon them?

[@DarkendWisp]

matpat: DONT KILL THE ENDER DRAGON! me who has been playing Minecraft for years and has never legitimately beat the game: *you overestimate my power*

[@ryanjanson1202]

Hmm, this doesn't exactly cover that you can re-summon a dragon using the 'defense crystals', or the fact that you can repair elytra using the shells of the dream nightmare creatures.

[@misadique845]

or the fact that you need to kill jean to get out of the end

[@stomyn]

Considering the regenerative properties of ghast tears and the fact that eyes of ender have enough energy to power an interdimensional portal, I wonder if the power of the crystals don't properly resurrect the dragon as much as they reconstruct and reanimate her corpse. As for the phantom membranes, no clue there

[@Ryusei_01]

The phantom membranes are probably supposed to represent phantom wings so you use the only creature with big enough wings to fix your dragon wings

[@mihaiioc.3809]

@@Ryusei_01 or it might be that theyr origins are closely related and although they can't be used to craft an elytra by themselves you can still repair them. Evidence for this would be phantoms come out when you don't sleed and you can never see them otherwise. No other mobs with special proprieties like this come from the overworld, phantoms materialize when they sense lack of sleep, just like enderman can teleport.

[@fusionfury4437]

Well the crystals are made using ghast tears, which are used in healing and regenerative potions. Honestly, given that fact, don't know why they don't heal the player as well as the Ender Dragon but eh, game mechanics. As for why the Exit Portal remains closed, again, game mechanics. The portal doesn't open until you kill the Dragon, but the egg also doesn't. Maybe somehow this specific Ender Dragon has tied her body/existence to the Exit Portal in order to stay alive? The Phantom membrane explanation is honestly rather simple. You can't use phantom membrane to craft Elytras, so it obviously isn't the source (Phantoms also don't spawn in the End) but since the wing membranes may be similar enough to Dragon wing membranes, you can use it as a patch kit sorta like you patch a flat tire.

[@elementall3623]

"and speaking of eternal torment: school" I died laughing.

[@RodhiShartedHarded]

this is a undarated coment

[@sahar1213]

ikr

[@mcterry2504]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/npCwiXuErc92eNWcd

[@fanndx]

About to mention the same lmao

[@level2.99]

Good thing you had a totem of undying

[@Omega3HP]

Matpat: *Does an entire Theory about that being the last drragon* The End, again? Advancement: you had ONE JOB

[@missing6786]

thats exactly what i was thinking

[@jeremychristianestillore1446]

Not that revival would help replenish the dragon population anyways.

[@VcSaJen]

You're not creating a new dragon, you're just yoinking Jean from afterlife and reviving her.

[@mcterry2504]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/npCwiXuErc92eNWWeje

[@MrShrog]

I think shulkers are something like bugs or so which found out to use purpur blocks as shells

[@hooman8887]

I love how matpat uses more real world examples to make a theory then the actual in game lore

[@loafofzed]

“Speaking of eternal torment, school is back in session.” Incredible. Just incredible.

[@alec0214]

LMFAOO

[@loafofzed]

@ADR can you don’t

[@exeecob3488]

PFFF JUST REALISED

[@Sonicbro-xx6sg]

@ADR Cool? I mean I wouldn't really call it "evil". I mean, like SCP and Creepypasta most of those videos were probably created as a joke or to spook easily scared people.

[@blankname492]

Mattaton: “Someone will kill the last dragon ending the species once and for all.” People who revive the dragon with end crystals: “Are you sure about that?”

[@OkKo-ii3ei]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4rWeJ94hLF9eZY ..

[@bluejade1421]

That’s what I’m saying

[@sammy_wills]

Damn you got 3 scam bots replying in one comment. Thats impressive

[@-Sober-]

wdym? how do you revive the dragon? as a non-minecraft player I thought once its dead you complete the game

[@mlgapplejuice4539]

@@-Sober- the credits roll, but the game continues once they’re done. You can later resurrect the dragon to do the battle again, just like building a new Wither.

[@yellowpie]

The theory is interesting, but you didn’t acknowledge the ability to respawn the dragon. After you defeat the dragon for the first time, you can use 4 end crystals to perform a ritual that replaces the end crystals on the pillars and spawns a new, identical ender dragon. With this in mind, I don’t think the player is the one to kill the last dragon. I think the builders performed the same ritual that the player did multiple times, in an attempt to create a true replica of the dragon and undo their over-hunting of it. The first dragon you kill is the only one to drop its egg because it’s likely been around for thousands of years, while the ones the player summons are only “alive” for a few minutes.

[@MbitaChizi]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZ7TYoVtm9eLjdk

[@MbitaChizi]

Ok

[@WolfBoy-om6dw]

I hope Matpat sees your comment.

[@TheMightyDozen]

at the very least, the existence of that ritual implies some sort of contingency plan set forth by the ancient builders, assuming that end crystals really are artificial in nature. also wtf is up with the bots in this comment section

[@saymonantoneo9700]

I hope too, your coment make-me rethink the video

[@neumon0_]

Matpat could talk about something scientific and then say “going back to Freddy fazbear…”

[@sleep8998]

the ender dragon is immune to all status effects and also gets healed by its crystals. when the crystals are destroyed, the ender dragon cannot be healed anymore. it only attacks the player, no matter how many mobs attack it. the ender dragon has a certain path that it always take. it goes through the obsidian pillars, flies around them, then perches, no matter how low it's health is. also, the dragon head can be powered by redstone... this makes me wonder whether or not the dragon is actually alive, or whether its a robot programmed by the ancient builders to attack anyone who wanted to follow them. the end crystals also act like batteries to power it. Edit: For those of you who keep asking about the Dragon Egg, I believe that since the dragon egg never hatches, it's not an organic object it might be a decoy of some sort, or maybe it might be a robot just like the dragon itself. Thanks for the 800 likes btw, that's insane.

[@therookiegamer2727]

this also explaines why it "explodes"

[@j.s.s.j.7516]

This comment is AMAZING.

[@j.s.s.j.7516]

Maybe they had make elytra with phantom skin and they try to distract as from the real history of the end.

[@GamersUniverseOE]

Biological things can still be activated with electricity. The famous frog leg experiment is a proof.

[@tanishqayadav2239]

@@j.s.s.j.7516 then why can't we make elytra

[@b.bubblybi]

Damn, this hit hard. Didn’t know Mat’s simple game theories could strike a chord within me lmao.

[@veryhot2382]

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[@OkKo-ii3ei]

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[@thespecialkeynote2856]

ikr, that's just sad

[@JonJon-it8kk]

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[@thisisme3378]

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[@TimeBucks]

how the respawn mechanism fits into this theory

[@Yamato_GD]

hmm verified youtuber but no comments. Hey, i'M eArLy!!¡!!¡¡¡!!

[@craz5326]

Hello checkmark

[@johnwilliams1164]

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[@johnwilliams1164]

Dont dislike it

[@craz5326]

I disliked both :)

[@clayharris7740]

12:46 This is absolutely HEARTBREAKING and it is a warning to protect and conserve our ecosystem

[@superdevestator]

I've wondered about this for so long, why would there be some convenient crystals healing the dragon that it obviously couldn't have made. That and the enderdragon heads on end ships proving there were more.

[@OkKo-ii3ei]

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[@MFNplays]

Note: The End Crystals have a bedrock bottom, which tells us the ancient builders were so strong that they could carve Bedrock, or it could be a long lost tool which we will find in the Deep Dark!

[@thevoiceinyourhead7215]

The deep dark!?

[@gwendolynsnyder463]

in earlier snapshots, we could break Bedrock using moss blocks. Perhaps the Ancient Builders managed to selectively breed a type of Moss that would not replace bedrock, but rather soften it a bit so it could be worked on. Or perhaps they found a way to mix stone and deepslate. Bedrock has the colors of both stone and deepslate. So perhaps they smelted stone and deepslate together, and moulded that homemade lava into shapes to form the end crystals.

[@BEANS_BEANS]

It was the dragon but ok

[@ARockyRock]

Or maybe the pillars were just always in the end.

[@SylvanApe]

@@gwendolynsnyder463 Powdered snow works quite well.

[@IntrovertedG1rl]

I would love to see a mod where there is an end before the builders, when there were dragons flying around.

[@crobber7963]

Why

[@johnwilliams1164]

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[@johnwilliams1164]

Dont dislike it

[@B.veyron2005]

Same

[@thunderbolt64_]

Just summon a buncha dragons

[@MiloSmith-q3c]

Matpat: The last of the species Me: Just summon the Ender Dragon