Game Theory: Minecraft, The Secret Desert Origin of Creepers

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Creepers are arguably the most well known Minecraft monster. Yet, despite all we may THINK we know about them, there are still many mysteries yet to be answered. Today Theorists, I aim to answer the BIGGEST question on Creeper lore. Where do they come from? Well, it is no where you would expect! You will have to watch to find out!
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[@bhaveshbkbk]

i want mojang to watch all ur videos and confirm it. Then i can die peacfully.

[@evangolinske9380]

Wow they pinned u fast fast

[@H1PP1E88]

I can't believe I'm here so early

[@calebmurray4438]

“Uhhh.... yes we put this in intentionally.” “Bu-“ “Shut up dude we can make ourselves look smart.”

[@prathamk525]

You didn’t capitalize your I’s and I’m freaking out

[@ninjachris2344]

They better confirm it on the Minecraft channel

[@DadFeels]

Don’t hate yourself Mat. Eye conic is a good Dad joke.

[@memerville4627]

So true

[@caveman2901]

Hey I love you :)

[@Rachel98246]

Dad is the best youtuber!

[@justachickenwithaytchannel1399]

13 mins ago why

[@fantakilr6294]

Thankyou dad, very cool

[@dekaying680]

*theory*: The player is the ancient builders final Creation, that's why you can respawn indefinitely.

[@prometheus3684]

Smart

[@Capsirus]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH that makes sense

[@grandmaxav6061]

Yes

[@little_autistic_rat]

Woah I just grained brain cells

[@elainad6728]

Like an immortal powerful being

[@didosauce6008]

I always thought the creepers were made by ancient players to serve as terraformers. I mean luring a creeper to a hill and detonating it is one of the easiest ways to clear land. The fact that iron golems don’t attack them also ties into this because players wouldn’t instruct their guards to kill a valuable mining machine, the same way you wouldn’t instruct a tank to shoot an excavator

[@arandomperson9116]

I think if they did, they only improved or manipulated it, not making it from scratch. If they really built it as a tool, they wouldn't have made it try to stand so close to them before exploding. And no, they can't be malfunctioning. There are too many of them for that to be true.

[@noahgamer6510]

Fun fact that you can put a beacon in a desert temple. And a beacon can be crafted from a nether star.

[@Aegis4521]

@@noahgamer6510fun fact, shut up 12 year old

[@joeljustjazzing]

Nah i think it would be like old minecraft where they would be just lit up by flint and steel

[@kiwimations2053]

Why would they do this if they already had access to TNT, a much safer and less expensive alternative to living bombs?

[@muyandos]

String is more used like hair in the minecraft world. Upon killing a strider, they drop string because they have wispy hair. With cats, them dropping string as a gift or as their loot could represent a hairball or whiskers. String is also able to be turned into wool blocks, which wool is sheep hair. Thus string as loot in the same chest as rotten flesh and bones most likely also represents hair.

[@ooi97]

I was guessing bandages, following the mummy analogue. And that cats just like playing with string, so it can sometimes be found on them. Imagine a children's game allowing to murder a cat and use it's whiskers as raw material...

[@muyandos]

@@ooi97 mm, paper would have been better if they wanted to convey bandages because it looks similar. Though I guess mummy wraps are linen, and that’s made out of woven fibers, so you could be correct For the cat thing, there are many other questionable mob drops that don’t seem appropriate for a kids’ game, such as turtles dropping a bowl when struck by lightning or even just cows dropping leather. You don’t even need to tan it before using it. You just take their raw skin and make armor out of it!

[@lumpian1713]

on the nose tbh

[@hjigibu5517]

The lore that Mat Pat puts out: *A whole Essay about minecraft* Minecraft Devs: we messed up a pig and now it is green and explodes

[@ZUnknownFox]

they originally only exploded upon death.

[@wires-sl7gs]

Doesn't mean they can't make lore for it.

[@Alvionalx]

*Essay**

[@epicdud5905]

@@Alvionalx who said cares

[@epicdud5905]

@@wires-sl7gs it’s a joke

[@Emeryfr]

“The creeper avoids cats because they don’t want to hurt them” Okay but that’s kinda wholesome

[@Not.creativ]

Pls kick my face I’m gonna die

[@yourlocalgalaxy432]

Correction, VERY WHOLESOME :D

[@Whalesinheaven]

Lol time to draw that image :>

[@siyotsistu]

@@Not.creativ 👢👢👢

[@desertracer619]

Yea

[@nicoleclark5473]

What’s funny though is that I stopped playing Minecraft two years ago, now with all this lore I find myself playing for 5 hours+ a day! Keep going Mat, you’re amazing!

[@alexandrebrosseau8796]

Wake up soldier fight you can do it

[@Zipswastaken]

Go outside

[@NerdHerdForLife]

No one stops playing Minecraft. You just take long breaks.

[@Ben-qg3mk]

Touch grass

[@buckethatboy8719]

Mat didn't keep going 😔

[@typryor2227]

“Creepers avoid cats because they don’t wanna hurt them” Aww, that actually kind of wholesome

[@xKatanaMusic]

This episode made my Creeper plushie john uncomfortable

[@khaosess]

So little likes for a verified lol at the time

[@maulicious.]

Lol

[@MbitaChizi]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZ7TYoVtm9eLjdk :)

[@Hyacinth_The_Rainwing]

@@khaosess bro its been 6 minutes

[@khaosess]

@@Hyacinth_The_Rainwing at the time it had 10 likes ans 2 min usually a verified would get 100 like within a minute

[@kristiankohout6022]

Also the feature that allows you to auto detonate creepers using flint and steel similarly to the actual TNT blocks confirms that creepers are a form of walking TNT (as shown in the Mobestiary)

[@OrigamiAhsoka]

“Get it? ‘“Eye”-conic’? I hate myself so much.” This is such a mood on so many levels lmao

[@plimkii]

I love how spread out MatPats Minecraft theories are, and he didn’t just crank them all out during the Minecraft re-hype faze

[@gumilikesgummies527]

Right!

[@bamboozle5899]

That's why I like him. He doesn't churn all of videos at once in a topic.He's choosing quality rather than quantity.

[@teddddy6343]

@@bamboozle5899 um among us

[@winzigerflashendeckel6894]

Yeah

[@GamakamOfficial]

Ikr

[@DadFeels]

Dad is the Minecraft master. The only lore is that the elder dragon is 69 years old. Nice!

[@guy177]

nice

[@thefan3618]

Dad play minecraft hard-core

[@ceceliakittyface5301]

Oh my god. Dad watches Game Theory vids?!

[@caveman2901]

I love you dad

[@deniserodgraim7258]

Oh gosh

[@jusey1]

I am still surprise that MatPat never mention that a fully active Beacon can fit perfectly in the top of a Desert Temple, which imply that the temples might've been built with a beacon in mind (which does hurt his Wither theory a little bit as it also imply that the builders knew how to get a Nether Star to some degree).

[@babydragon3095]

The wither has to have some part in the desert lore though, and this works pretty well. They are plastered on red sandstone, like the creepers are on regular sandstone

[@NoymoHD]

If you look at it, the totem of UNDYING=Eternal life as the same form as the ankh

[@dhanf8722]

the minecraft developer watching this who just thought the pattern was cool: 👁👄👁

[@ryeser4864]

perhaps, tho it was accidentally made

[@bh4vvy33t]

also them five seconds later: write that down *right that down* Next minecon: yes we totally meant to do that

[@Choppy_Z]

Notch who only wanted to make a pig

[@andismith6410]

The creeper was an error that came out because of a pig notch was trying to make a pig but it errored and became what we know as the creeper today

[@sweet_krona]

@@andismith6410 but only the model was made by mistake, the green texture and explosive abilities were added later on purpose

[@summeriscake_8460]

Let's not be mad at Mat for telling dad jokes. He's a dad. He's allowed to.

[@aventurasdemais8261]

true

[@thedorkknight9684]

He is the chosen one.

[@albertjackinson]

Yes.

[@aridabaginindabag9970]

Someone: lets see how many subscribers I can get from commenting on this comment :o Me: oh hmm that actually sounds like a good idea. Everyone: Bruh stop self promoting your so dum your so ugh! Me: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that. Me now: Lets see how many subscribers I can get from commenting on this comment? :o

[@spudmuffin2688]

You mean he has to. IT’S THE LAW!!!

[@Jack-kx5rf]

I think another plausible reason for creepers to be green and still be made in an active desert is weaponization. The desert dwellers can send out creeper into the world and their green skin acts as a camouflage to their enemies but stick out in the wasteland of their creators.

[@oofer_gamer_life3080]

i want to have this on spotify so while im playing games i can listen to some lore.

[@Pixelcraftian]

The creeper is literally just a broken pig model, yet Game Theory always finds a way to give things lore lmao, good video 👍

[@loudnproudgaymer806]

I mean... no? Sure that could be the beginning of the creeper, but that doesn't mean that's what it is nowadays. There is literally an official cannon book that gives it lore. So there is lore. And I hate when people assume that developers don't put detail or thought into their work, and on the flip side, when they think something that is not important is the holy grail of lore.

[@luluthedog566]

E

[@johncarlofernandez2698]

@@loudnproudgaymer806 well said

[@Soviet_duck1991]

Plot twist: It's mojang trying to throw us off its tail by making it look like an accident

[@twilighthunter6583]

@@loudnproudgaymer806 ugg... using the term "official cannon" for a game with no story

[@shelby8752]

matpat: "what is string mostly related to" me: "spiders for sure" matpat: "cats!" me: "oh"

[@scout5988]

Creepers was made by pig.

[@scout5988]

No joke

[@mcoakfence6145]

yeah when i want string, i dont kill spiders. I go to my cat farm and use looting 3

[@SudetenlandMan]

@@mcoakfence6145 me too

[@malekahmedsamir1337]

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis -----------

[@peaceandloveusa6656]

This might be my favorite theory yet. It really caught me by surprise, and yet it makes so much sense.

[@alexb859]

Awesome video!!! Also I always thought that the Orange symble on the two towers of the Desert Temple was a Villiager head, you learn something new today :)

[@TimeBucks]

the Angk on the front of the temple resembles the totem of undying

[@SparedCube]

Oh really

[@maddoxmorrison9949]

which also preserves life

[@rashood8511]

Dun dun dun

[@nicholasbjj7984]

Omg true

[@ghastline7481]

totems weren't added when temples were

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

"Get it 👀-conic/ Eyeconic?" I see...

[@BruddahDoughnut]

Have you ever considered growing a mustache?

[@notkylemylemyle6514]

Lol -.-

[@beatleboy2284]

lmao

[@WillGlacier]

Ah yes you "See"

[@A_Local_Animator.]

👁-conic*

[@Cry_ct]

Relating to this theory, you could also do some research on the upcoming Archeology update. You may find some very interesting lore there.

[@weeboowee9898]

The fact that the totems of undying even LOOK like ankhs just adds more to this theory, like what if while trying to find a new hime form being outcasted. Pilligars found these GOLD SMALL STATUES that represent life? Then found the woodland mansion and started expiremaneting?

[@zachfischer1799]

“You know what everyone thinks of when they see string: Cats” Spiders: *Am I a joke to you?*

[@kennethgodwin2461]

The string is there because the mummys were made from strings vowen

[@san6403]

@C.C Afton i think strings are like cats whisker

[@thyknee01draws]

I think the string is also a part of cobwebs.

[@frankzhang866]

I have 4 cats but none of them play with strong even though my mom has a helluva lot a string

[@diablo_wayne]

My cat doesn't play with string. He doesnt play with anything, he doesn't do anything. Not even sleep. Wait oh yeah my cat died in 2018

[@lamiana]

So, there’s a couple things I’d like to point out. 1. Creepers are not the only mob afraid of cats. Phantoms are as well. 2. The only thing a creeper attacks is the player, unless a skeleton shoots it or something. 3. Cats also hiss, like creepers I used to think creepers were blind. When a cat hisses, the creeper is scared because it thinks it’s another creeper, as it can’t see that it is indeed a cat.

[@yoshithebear7630]

Actually, I’m pretty sure Creepers stay on target, even if they’re short by Skeletons

[@westside4372]

yo why the ender dragon going 🐔______ | | 4:27

[@jonahhadley22]

@@yoshithebear7630 that's true, creepers dont intentionally blow up other mobs even if attacked

[@kane9098]

That’s a really interesting perspective

[@maybananaking6359]

I think it’s because cats are mythically travel different worlds and ward off things that could cause damage. Look at the Ancient Egyptian god Bast (unsure spelling) a cat god who protected Amun-Ra, the sun god, through the underworld. Cats are still used to ward off nightmares. (Explanations the phantoms running away they’re waking nightmares) So creepers running away my because of that.

[@missedthebandwagon976]

Very interesting, I do like this explanation for the connection between cats and Creepers. It's so charming to think they just don't want to hurt the cats when they explode.

[@merkermer]

“i’ll be here to cover it all” its a lot harder now…

[@KiiXii]

I have something to back up this theory. Iron golems don’t kill creepers. It would be strange if you made guards that kill themself right?

[@aridabaginindabag9970]

YES! THIS! LEAVE A LEPRLY TO MAKE IT GROW! Edit: *REPLY lol

[@multiversegaming9941]

@Sunflower plants vs zombies i admire ur commitment

[@lucasfisher82]

BIG BRAIN COMMENT

[@empressmiko]

Iron golem don't kill pigs and creepers are pigs cuz notch had messed up the pig model and then made the creeper cuz of the mess up

[@shadowlitten547]

Yea,but creepers literally commit suicide

[@1SLMusic]

“The desert isn’t that green” Cacti: am I a joke to you?

[@veryhot8584]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/op6vi6p7ZpV2q5I..........

[@WorlWyrm]

Sand:I made you.

[@Bobby_Bean]

@@veryhot8584 ?

[@troncis2940]

@@veryhot8584 😀

[@FrostGlader]

The Australian Outback and Antarctica: Yes

[@Free_Krazy]

Something i just remembered regarding the cat connection to ancient Egypt is that in earlier versions cats were just tamed Ocelots, Which are essentially the kind of cats that domesticated the ancient Egyptians. Only after more development they added cats and made them separate from Ocelots which coincidentally further tells the real world story of cats domesticating/enslaving humans.

[@spectrefang8309]

I think the connection with the chicken statues in the woodland mansions are because eggs are symbolic of rebirth and have a connection to the ancient Sumerian goddess of fertility, war, and love--Ishtar. Ishtar also has a connection to death, disaster (landborn plague or worldwide flood if we're going with a minecraft lore), fire quenching (Nether reference perhaps)...and temples.

[@theogrhino1144]

Fun fact: the desert temple has just enough room to store a fully powered beacon

[@squanguslobotomus7890]

Plus it looks like a beacon was meant to be placed in the middle and go through the top. Tried it out once and it actually looked natural

[@danieldiaz5542]

What is a beacon?

[@danieldiaz5542]

Forget it i just remembered is the shiny powered up cristal

[@probes-e-minor]

@@danieldiaz5542 OMFGGG LMAOOOO

[@necromancer147]

def gonna remember this

[@happyman880]

Mojangs gonna watch this and be like “huh, never thought of that”

[@caz8135]

Haha

[@speedstick8981]

I feel like they’re just rolling with this lol.

[@thepacific2933]

As usual

[@misaumsodh]

LOL

[@SM-wg2us]

Well as the usual, yeah.

[@imperfectimp]

This falls apart in a couple of places: creepers and ocelots are natural enemies, and cats used to be tamed ocelots before they were introduced in villages. Hence the fear of cats. The Mojang team actually wanted the eye of Horus on the temple but couldn't make it work that small, so the Ankh was 2nd choice. The string in chests along with the flesh, bones and gunpowder are the drops of the OG mobs: spider, skeleton, zombie and creeper. Didn't know about tnt inside the creeper. That does suggest they're man-made. But that's honestly the only clue along with the creeper face in chiseled sandstone. This man must do a lot of yoga to stretch this far.

[@LilShrimp01]

I honestly wonder if the devs at Mojang have a story for Minecraft that's in ongoing development, or if these block and structure designs could be chalked up to "cuz it look cool."

[@blobbo3090]

One more thing to notice: in the early days of Minecraft, back when sheep didn’t drop meat, deserts were filled with small lakes and rivers. Just something to note

[@BrotherTheory]

That's pretty smart, Blobbo ! :)

[@arfsnmdgn9271]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/imHRZ2x7hJZprsU

[@bonniejunk]

@@arfsnmdgn9271 no

[@dergothischeimp8792]

I dont think that was intended.

[@Ivan8]

They... Still are...

[@TheTruePotatoGod]

What's even more weird is the fact that sand temples are perfect space for a beacon

[@samsunguser3148]

or a coincidence

[@QWERTY-df5vk]

is it me or the desert temple itself looks like a creeper?

[@jacekennedy2342]

@@QWERTY-df5vk just you

[@ariel666.]

@@QWERTY-df5vk probably just because of the chiseled sandstone looking like a creeper

[@TheTruePotatoGod]

@@samsunguser3148 I dont think it is

[@JacobCross17]

Been playing a lot of Minecraft lately, and thinking about that old Minecraft episode about the creepers, I came up with the idea that, what if the Creeper’s are not only similar to Peat Grass, but are like those carnivorous plants from the movie “Ruins”? 🤔 Mainly a bundle of these sentient plants controlling the remains of a dead body, along with TNTs inside them, not only triggering their spores, but the TNTs to create more of themselves as well too... 🤔

[@kareemahmed1181]

As an Egyptian I can confirm we have made creepers and are just hiding them from the world

[@Gavinyo16]

MatPat’s Minecraft episodes are so well done. They aren’t just: “Yeah, creepers are made by the ancient builders, good bye.”

[@theweeknd3954]

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

[@jayy17783]

Bruh you spoiled it for me😭😭

[@breadrug3709]

@@jayy17783 Your fault. What would've you expected before entering the comment section?

[@Bone_guy]

MatPat should look into minecraft dungeons lore, that game has proper lore and not vague mysteries.

[@nftscreenshotter2013]

To be fair it is at the visual part of the comments section before you go into it

[@TimeBucks]

The only mob that was not made by the builders is the ender dragon.

[@JonathanDoe0]

But that's just a theory

[@VizyViz]

Witch, most of the friendly mobs, slimes/magma cubes (?), blaze, ghast, spiders, phantom.

[@jublentcrane3078]

well that and none hostle mobs.

[@hamz5791]

@@VizyViz could be debunked in the future, who knows

[@changenamelater7628]

Spiders?

[@ryder6590]

Game theory idea: What the heck is the world border (from a lore standpoint), is Minecraft in some simulation, and the ancient builders alive, and simulating this all?!?!? Just an idea. TOTALLY not trying to give you unnecessary suffering.

[@ghengiskhan2011]

ancients: builds wither (wither kills them all) ancients: let's create more artificial life

[@anestemzini4206]

The fact that the cat in the woodland mansion has the same position of the Great Sphinx of Giza makes your theory more credible.

[@BrotherTheory]

I thought so too. You are a true theorist, Anes Temzini :)

[@BrotherTheory]

@@trvjcbsn You are spamming! I am reporting you!

[@BrotherTheory]

@@trvjcbsn What do you mean? Am I copy pasting the same link over and over and over all the time? I didn't think so.

[@akam9919]

LOAF

[@BrotherTheory]

@Cadeboy13You are absolutely right, my friend :)

[@phantasma2630]

Can we not only appreciate how much effort is put into each theory, but the still improving editing?

[@I.disagree]

@@Neon08 Lmao ikr

[@Xeebakou]

This is MatPat's alt

[@rhett5058]

No

[@bberriow]

@@rhett5058 wdym no

[@liamyoung2635]

Indeed

[@willsdailyruns]

8:26- As a Star Wars fan, I thoroughly enjoyed the Anakin Skywalker joke with hating sand. The game theory team’s editing is unmatched

[@fuery.]

The artificial creeper theory has to be correct and I have a theory of why the ancient builders did it. They may have wanted better security than a booby trap that destroys the valuables it's protecting when triggered, so they probably designed the creeper to be an extra set of protection but they managed to escape the deserts and explore the world. This means that for the builders the creepers ignored them but they attack us because they view us as hostile since they haven't been explicitly told that we are safe.

[@strikingsarcophagus]

Notch: Theres not lore in Minecraft MatPat: So I took that personally...

[@itsmiri_woofer8240]

He took it Real PERSONALLY

[@brotemca8020]

Then again, Notch doesn't know that jump sprinting makes you faster 🤣🤣

[@bobtheimposterhi954]

YES

[@bread6458]

And*

[@Basstez]

Even if they deny the lore; its the lore. lol

[@TobiasTheGuy]

"creepers r made by the ancient builders" that explains why creepers and iron golems dont attack each other

[@the-us1bk]

The golems don't want to die from explosion and creepers attack only players

[@sumyamr8692]

@@the-us1bk Its lore doood understand lore. Gam3 feattures can be lore. i suck at spelling on phone.

[@nailmanman6146]

Mabey the creepers as their first creation had a few bugs and as a result, they started targeting players instead of mobs

[@_VenomicA_]

@@nailmanman6146 or maybe the player isn't a part of those ancient builders. That would also explain why the guardians/elder guardians target the player specifically

[@levigachalionanddecradsug6341]

@@the-us1bk It’s lore don’t you understand? LORE

[@benjamingerrity4267]

15:00 yea so that was a freaking lie

[@astroUnkown-xh7xe]

I love game theory, ive been watching it for two years. And it never disappoint

[@SIyYT]

"Hey dude were going to try to make a new creature." "Oh cool do you have any ideas?" "Yes, yes we do" "Alright what is it" "Ok, so, we put an explosive device inside a living creature, make it run from meow, make temples with their face all over it, and it spontaneously combust when we go near it." "What's it gonna look like?" "A failed rendering of a pig"

[@BrotherTheory]

You deserve more likes and a heart for sure, SlyYT :)

[@nekopushyo]

isn’t it a chicken?

[@beashemmad.sayson545]

• - •たつき it was a pig lol

[@JohnMkrv]

@@nekopushyo pig

[@erher1433]

"just change color to green it looks awful"

[@trinket_rats]

I love how he’s giving so much lore to a creature that was created by accident when notch messed up the pig file.

[@vaultedhollow]

isn't it strange?

[@LivainaWarehouse]

Oof

[@r.j.penfold]

Lmao

[@queenofrats1454]

Lol

[@someoneelse3728]

Did they tho...

[@bouncyvenus]

there is a slight problem with this as creepers try to kill us , when we seem to be descendants of the builders , but it could be that since they seem to be robot bombs , maybe the illagers could have broke something? so they would be kind to villagers and illagers as it still recognizes them as builder descendants , well maybe just villagers , BUT they would see other descendants like us as a threat and try to protect , or they just forgot how their masters looked like , and would mistake us as a threat , or their workings failed causing them to be slightly aggressive

[@walterd11]

Y'know Mat, the only place in the world where you can find cactus is the desert. What does that have to do with anything, you ask? Well, cacti and desert villages are the only source of green dye in the world. Not saying any lore or anything fancy, this is just a nice little detail I noticed.

[@rozegarden9879]

"but what could have made the creepers green?" me: CACTUS CACTUS

[@quietjuice9395]

They drank cactus juice But it is quenchy! It's the quenchiest!

[@sierratheogene8363]

@@quietjuice9395 lpp

[@sierratheogene8363]

@@quietjuice9395 lpplpppp

[@lavasaurous]

they shove tnt on cactuses and brought them to life Maybe creepers are prickly cause on the old minecraft creepers leav towards players to hurt them

[@poyoco7282]

AND SUGAR CANE

[@ataeaproductions3390]

If the chests in temples store human remains like the Egyptians, that would explain the riches like diamonds and gold also found in the chests, as Ancient Egyptians were known to bury people of high stature with jewelry (and even food, like the golden apples.) idk I thought it was interesting and helps further this theory

[@omerfarukerol9079]

So we are robbing tombs now

[@ataeaproductions3390]

@@omerfarukerol9079 well they don’t need it anymore I’m perfectly fine with it

[@omerfarukerol9079]

@@ataeaproductions3390 i even used the bones and flesh 💀

[@ataeaproductions3390]

@@omerfarukerol9079 nice gotta make sure it doesn’t go to waste

[@nanoramirez9331]

and some desert temples appear with notch apples maybe they knew how to craft them

[@poutinetheebish]

Matpat: "All this amazing cool merch! Although it will be gone in two weeks so buy it quick!" Me watching this video 3 years after it was posted: "... Can you still buy the watch?"

[@jw-ws8dz]

Theory: I see the different game modes of minecraft as different timelines regarding the ancient builders. In all three timelines, the builders attempted to create something that surpasses the force of life and death. 1. Hardcore: failure, as Steve only has one life. 2. Survival: success, Steve can respawn indefinitely, effectively being immortal. 3. Creative: complete success, Steve is basically a god with unparalleled power (no mobs can kill him). More importantly, Steven can't be killed (unless you go to the void, which is an interesting detail)

[@skorge_1849]

8:10 the creeper can easily camouflage in the desert, it literally looks like a cactus

[@ne0n_r0gue60]

i am so slow now just realizing this lol

[@TheMissileHappy]

Yeah, they fooled me many times! When it's dark and they don't move it's hard to tell the difference.

[@purplemosasaurus5987]

Big Brain Move. I never thought of that, I used to think that they camouflage in the grass

[@deathrayman8074]

@VhyNaa Gaming How the fudge are you bots allowed on the site?! How are you guys not banned from using it?!

[@Zer0billion]

@@deathrayman8074 Why do people reply to bots, do they expect an answer?

[@astro_faze6070]

I love how the game theorists created a lore out of a mistake made by notch.

[@st12056]

Lol true tho

[@shaggy8574]

Wait what?

[@astro_faze6070]

@@shaggy8574 the creeper was a mistake notch accidentally did something wrong while coding the pig

[@EarlierTitan19]

@@astro_faze6070 lol/pog

[@Pandyyy]

Lol

[@sillyanime6094]

The temples make sense a lot because they also store enchanted golden apples and they add more hp to life

[@deathlessman01]

matpat: this isnt the thing where i put lore where lore shouldnt be. also matpat: it couldnt be made in the desert, its green me: ever heard of smelting cacti for dye?

[@alexanderdittfurth9255]

I wanted to add to this theory by saying that pharaohs were also buried in temples with their riches. That’s why you can find gold, diamonds and gold apples. Also they were buried with scrolls/books that had spells on them to get them through trials on their way to the afterlife. Could these be enchantment books?

[@MbitaChizi]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZ7TYoVtm9eLjdk .

[@pebbles3609]

This is what I was thinking too

[@redplayer4821]

"Cats drop string when they die. The premise is that cats love playing with string." Hahaha... haha.... haaaaa..... Mat, you're so innocent... Dried cat intestines were once used as strings for string instruments, like violins...

[@veryhot8701]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/op6vi6p7ZpV2q5I..

[@sarahvanrooyen7280]

Wat

[@user-kq6lj5vs9z]

it is not actually made from the guts of cats

[@navansandhu8693]

Gross But interesting. Hey wanna try out

[@mebedeid]

Maybe they just liked music that's all LOL

[@rubyrangitsch5248]

Personal theory. The reason that Ancient Egyptians, and these guys, worshipped cats as protectors was that cats probably killed many snakes and bugs. Big cats would also have been present, but smaller cats could be domesticated. Just a personal theory.

[@betsyfernYT]

Also, how about stacking 2 CACTUSES and putting a jack o lantern on it to create a creeper? That would explain their green bodies.

[@thumbmanforever]

Are we just going to ignore the fact that the totem of undying LOOKS LIKE THE ANK

[@logged-out]

kinda like a half-villager half-ankh, i guess or maybe a crucifix of Villager Jesus ?

[@dt3338]

@@logged-out Willagers can crucify?

[@Profileunused]

@@dt3338 That implies Villager jesus could've existed

[@maskedace0510]

@@Profileunused do you have a moment to talk about Vesus

[@moodymoosh]

@@Profileunused thatd mean theres something similar to the roman empire that happened

[@blakeblockblook5522]

Matpat 7 years ago: You see these "creepers" here are actually plants Matpat in 2021: *desert*

[@MbitaChizi]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZ7TYoVtm9eLjdk :)

[@mistercreeper3029]

Matpat in 2021: Creepers are artificial.

[@HuyNguyen-ll9gz]

Let’s see how many subs does this comment get.

[@valcq]

Y. E. S

[@drippy_ikea_pigeon9646]

@@HuyNguyen-ll9gz fkn subs the comment get are u that stupid XD

[@DudeManBroGuy64]

Matpat:*creates lots of lore and other stuff related to creepers* Notch: i just tried to make a pig model and it glitched but okay

[@edmmusic7364]

do a theory on the force of the blast from a creeper love the content keep it up !

[@derikkudesu6294]

Me: "I swear I won't get political!" Also me, 64 drinks later:

[@AbnormalLuckyGuy]

XD "after 64 drinks and some vodka desu explains the mystery of life but them forgets"

[@david-rd2qc]

A stack of drinks

[@nomarsenrab]

That's the stage we like to call Professor Derikku

[@kapari120]

me after 69 drinks: nice

[@derikkudesu6294]

@@kapari120 nice

[@Austow8]

Here's another very important detail I thought of: If Illagers are descendants of the ancient civilization, that would mean villagers are too. You can find connections to this inside of villages. For one, villages are the only places in the game that contain stray cats. Also, creepers are one of the only common hostile mobs that iron golems avoid.

[@themisfitowl2595]

Iron Golems avoid Creepers??? That might be proof that the Creepers were connected to the Ancient Builders just like the Iron Golems are! Both constructs to attack or defend. The Golems programed to avoid Creepers and the Creepers programed to avoid cats. I wonder what made the Creepers go rogue though???

[@tobiasgaleano5537]

@@themisfitowl2595 maybe the creeper was a failed creation, plus it kills itself to attack so its not very productive, hence why the ancient civilization kinda threw em away or something, meanwhile the iron golem was better as a protector

[@scootergrant8683]

@@themisfitowl2595 Matpat already showed Iron Golems were pre created for protection by the ancient peoples. This could be enforced by a theory of mine that bases off creepers: If you look at the list of things iron golems attack, it includes many things that they don't see on the overworld. Including tons of other mobs. This enforced Matpat's theory that they have been made to protect the ancient people by the ancient peoples. This is because villagers don't come under attack from things like blazes so why would iron golems attack blazes if they haven't seen them. So what about creepers. Well if they have been created by the desert dwelling form of their people, maybe they were only successful with making the creeper after the programming of the iron golem which means it wouldn't see them as a threat whilst zombies, which we assume come from a virus that has been around for eons, are pre programmed as a threat.

[@godswillotonye6519]

thts obviuos.

[@upisntdownsilly]

@@themisfitowl2595 they dont avoid creepers and actually quite the opposite. creepers iron golems and villagers are all friendly to each other and creepers are often found in villages not doing anything

[@tntristan12]

A random thought: if the ancient desert dwellers made creepers, they mightve programmed in a fear of cats as a way to prevent the creepers from destroying their own structures.

[@Verminator0439]

Mat pat is the kinda guy to find hidden lore of a whole civilization in Tetris

[@interactiveelectronicservi178]

Yea

[@RabblesTheBinx]

... isn't that just Russian history?

[@jason4443]

@@RabblesTheBinx "To Moscow I came seeking fortune...."

[@k0rf3on6]

@@jason4443...but they're making me work, till I'm dead...

[@Xenonic__]

Anything for views

[@kaptainkunukles620]

So Enderman Sound Like They Are Saying "Whyyyyyy" When They Die.

[@MisterSleep1123]

Why did i read that as "Wryyyyyyy"?

[@justinrobertson9116]

I hate my mind it was like wryyyyyy

[@madfrickinhank346]

"BRUUUUUUUUH" -Zombies

[@alijahcrichton8234]

@@MisterSleep1123 Maybe the endermen stop time to "teleport"

[@angryscotsman2539]

Because you’re killing them

[@beargreen1]

I came back to this video to compare from your and our interpretation of your understanding of then to that now, and see the similarities and differences between the all stuff of the years.

[@nawal7943]

this needs an episode where he puts every thing theorised about the minecraft lore into a story

[@regalbacon1567]

Matpat: Its a symbol of life and this means something Jeb: We just thought it looked cool

[@disguy4264]

Thats what they want you to think

[@simplygamin07]

That's exactly what I thought

[@ianbosso9105]

It doesn’t even look like that symbol

[@msia7201]

Matpat. String could easily just be a stand-in for mummy wrappings.

[@piaj2742]

Well, if it’s loosely based on egyptian mythology, then it makes sense. the egyptians believed that the things the dead were buried with would pass into the afterlife with them. so this „ancient builder race“ wanted their dead to be able to ride horses

[@Lukas-qy2on]

@@piaj2742 makes sense, the loot was probably also meant for their afterlife diamond being jewels etc. meaning we really are desecrating corpses lol

[@Samfinityy]

@@piaj2742 that really makes sense, because the loot tables for the desert temple also include horse armour.

[@alvarvonhofsten5679]

I think they are supposed to represent cobwebs

[@ngaming2355]

Or cobwebs from spiders

[@bonegem2989]

5:05 and that is eye-ronic

[@animalattic5594]

Block game: exists The game theorist: I can milk you

[@scrizzl05]

The water temple looks like a Greek thing, like what most people imagine Atlantis looks like.

[@meow-ff3sy]

I personally think it looks very similar to the Mesoamerican pyramids, but it's underwater. The structure looks like it was made underwater, but it also might've been on land, but it just slowly submerged into the water. And for the guardians, I think the civilization created them to guard their underwater creations.

[@yoshithebear7630]

Atlantis gets flooded too

[@cyclops9532]

@@yoshithebear7630 yes, i think we know that

[@yoshithebear7630]

@@cyclops9532 I know. But some people don’t know about Atlantis because School doesn’t teach them about it

[@cyclops9532]

@@yoshithebear7630 what school doesn't teach kids about Atlantis? You haven't got far enough in school or what?

[@toolazytochangecringeprofile]

Not to mention that the Chinese discovered gunpowder when trying to find the elixir of life.

[@mrsmartypants1987]

Bruh

[@micahslash]

Did you know that one Chinese emperor drank mercury because he thought it would make him immortal?

[@randompheidoleminor3011]

I wonder how my ancestors thought the elixir of life had something to do with manure.

[@jellbear7003]

@@micahslash alchemist also believe mercury is the ingredients of philosopher stone

[@Withern679]

That's a very good point

[@nikhilgarg9618]

Theory: A small group of ancient builders went underground and survived for thousands of years more. They created another life form (Steve) that can respawn after dying. But then there was an invasion and all of them were killed. Steve respawned and then we play the game.

[@WitherGaming69]

"There are lots of places to put this easter egg" You would say that no matter where it was, maybe they put it there because it was a giant mansion with a spare room.

[@darkknight4717]

Theory: some of the fossils in the nether point towards the stronghold. The fossils are other ender dragons that invaded the nether and over world. They destroyed the parts of the nether fortress and parts of bastions where the ancient civilization lived. The dragons breath turned the crimson forest into warped forest. They were chased back to where they came from and some were killed. This left the fossils and explains why there isn’t more then one dragon yet the dragon still has an egg. This also explains how there is more then one dragon head.

[@RandomGuy0400]

I mean, the dragon could always be a species that has only one gender and can reproduce asexually... Maybe they all have the ability to lay an egg and then fertilize it, but there are only two of them because their life cycle is weirdly timed and they can only have one child in their life... Maybe each dragon has its own little realm, maybe the ancient builders hunted them to the brink of extinction... There could be many reasons why there is only one dragon and egg...

[@Comrade-hs4rv]

also i think the game crashes if you try to let the dragon into the nether?

[@dommiecaul2548]

Oh yeah this is big brain time

[@lestariaja6619]

Good point

[@Elijah-rh1ob]

@@RandomGuy0400 that kind of explains why there is only one dragon and one egg, because the eggs produce dead children, sadly, also some lizards in real life do that too.

[@DumbFishes]

MatPat: “Drier than dunkey’s sense of humor.” That one hit really close to home.

[@xircut588]

Especially when dunk is 10x funnier

[@agayturtle8890]

mat pat is nitpicking and biased we win bye bye

[@kninzotagoni3635]

@@agayturtle8890 whos we?

[@brandonredfern]

@@kninzotagoni3635 the dunk nation (aka the Jake paulers) my friend

[@Incognito_Blazer]

looks like some in the replies didnt watch the whole video lol

[@kennethwestrope8657]

I love your jokes they are amazing keep being amazing

[@ShizuruNakatsu]

I actually don't think that symbol looks like the ankh. I can see where you're coming from, but I feel like it's not close enough to assume it was supposed to be one. There's the obvious gap in the middle, making it look like it has two "loops" instead of just the one at the top.

[@themarston1380]

The presence of deadbushes also implies that there were once plants or trees in the desert biome, which would require water to grow...but with that water gone, all we’re left with is a dead bush.

[@DanielaGomez-sx8pb]

thats way better

[@diamondkind6912]

YOO

[@derpyderpdederp620]

I mean that's how a lot of deserts went though, huh?

[@R3nDom854]

I like how Matt pack predicts that there is water I mean that there was once water thousands of years ago but Matt Pat is kind of stupid I mean you can find MASSIVE lakes and rivers throughout desert biomes right now I was watching a dream speed run and he was in a desert and he was building a tower in a massive lake in the desert plus all the time when I play Minecraft on my phone I find lakes and rivers all the time

[@darvin50k]

Literally 99% won’t see this but GOD bless you and be safe during these times I’m strugglingg to hit 5k🤧

[@Player-kg1ds]

The employees at Mojang: "MatPat's writing the lore for us! Amazing!"

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

Mojang sees Mat as the ultimate advertising tool. New updates often come whenever th Mat writing new lore for them.

[@Grady_Oconnell]

I do think I’m they confirmed that all the devs have actually somewhat developed lore for stuff

[@Yoobster]

exactly what I was thinking

[@Zackerton]

Scott cawthon: "same"

[@pranksterkat6998]

@@Zackerton so true

[@samgu3750]

after watching all these theory videos about gaining eternal life, i had a thought: someone succeeded. you play a character who is already an adult, never ages, and revives to where ever they last woke up at (which btw included world spawn) whenever and always after you die, no matter the dimension, or the cause

[@wolflord9055]

The fact that you added a piece of Minecraft string in this video brings a whole new meaning to string theory.

[@ZLSM]

In all my years of playing Minecraft I never knew Cats drop string.

[@sqqqquid]

I mean, fair, why would you kill a cat?

[@artisthunter435]

Hol up, IT DOES 7 years without knowing wow.

[@jessswag949]

Yea I don't think anyones physcotic enough to kill a Minecraft cat

[@xuri6803]

Same x,D

[@redumbreonandgreenchicorit9176]

@@charlesm.2604 I don’t get it