Game Theory: The Lost History of Minecraft's Wither

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Now that I have started to dive into the deep lore of Minecraft, I think I will be able to map out the ENTIRE in-world history of the game. We've talked about the corrupted music discs and the origin of the Enderme. Today I want to solve the mystery of what started EVERYTHING. What created Minecraft? Well there is this thing called the Wither...
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[@-thisma-1248]

Builder 1 : "Wither's attacking ! What do we do !?" Builder 2 : "e x t e n d e d p i s t o n s."

[@kjpearce8615]

Thisma cause WHY NOT

[@yellow_flash813]

@@kjpearce8615 yea it seems totally legit

[@shuliu4804]

It’s actually really complicated cuz the red stone is too fragile. The bunker has to be incredibly secure and also has to be sustainable. How should you build it, how do you build it? That may no be a problem but they didn’t know this and they didn’t prepare in advance. Heck, WHY does it even work!? ANSWER THAT MATPAT.

[@abovescorr]

@Shu Lu If Wither could destroy extended pistons, we could glitch the game to place piston heads.

[@shuliu4804]

@UnderscoRR GMD but that is playerbase related, and in lore only code gods could make this possible.

[@iTrapa]

Soulsand: Literally dust of trapped souls. Players: Yay, elevator!

[@user-iz6py4xy7j]

菱角 Player 1:Hey what's on your feet? Player 2:What do you mean? (looks down in the water, sees a soul screaming from pain, trying to be released from the hot boiling soul sand, into the water )

[@memorableman3709]

Soulsand: the souls of the innocent trapped within a block, suffering an endless life of pure torment. Players: Nice nether wart farm you got here.

[@cherrydragon3120]

XD omg thats so funny and true

[@iTrapa]

Holy moly, 500 likes? thats……well, huge.

[@wilsonno9675]

DEVIL: "a small price for the improvement of technology in minecraft."

[@blazensoldier4746]

I have another theory for the mini theory. The ancient civilization used silverfish to test the portal and that's why the spawner is so close to the portal.

[@NeattheGreat]

Honestly that makes a lot of sense. Like lab rats

[@mazkhasate]

And thats why they have spawners

[@unitds27-delta]

It adds to the quarrel between the Endermen and the Endermites, as the mites would probably be pretty angry that they were treated as glorified lab rats.

[@Dinoboy3060]

I don't think Mites have the capacity to feel

[@maddycheeze]

More disturbing theory: Ender pearls are eggs. Specifically the evolution of the giant silverfish eggs. That's why they have the chance to spawn an endermite: you threw a fertilized egg. Same way you can with chickens. Don't worry, I'm ashamed.

[@homefordark5110]

Theory: Steve was one of the ancient builders, however he was knocked out in the battle and never killed by the wither. Steve now wakes up tracing his steps to conquer their world one again.

[@brianhsly]

Maybe Steve was actually their only success at returning the dead, but the requirements for it's success didn't happen until after their civilization was destroyed

[@schutz609]

@@brianhsly what about alex

[@brianhsly]

@@schutz609 ... Oh yeah. ...Alex. I forgot about her. ... Uh... 🤔 Only TWO* successes? Haha

[@TheGameCritc]

Freaking love this idea. What's why we make a new world every time. Just dropping out of a portal at the start of every Minecraft world

[@Shawa_Skibidi]

WoW

[@jimmykahl2224]

Oh no, the town is being attacked by the Wither! *goes into bunker made of extended pistons*

[@SoulSilver.]

Jimmy Kahl now that I think about it, I that is the best base for fighting the wither: indestructible and gaps to shoot through

[@placeholder1915]

Indestructible stone wall*

[@lachlanknell743]

*Runs at the wither with enchanted diamond sword and thousands of arrows

[@SoulSilver.]

Lol it can destroy obsidian but not pistons or cobblestone

[@goosifyed9717]

Exactaly what i was thinking

[@simona5001]

Mojang be like: "Write that down! Write that down!"

[@samtibbitts]

stupid THIS NEEDS TO HAVE MORE CLUES MOJANG GETTT MOVINGGG

[@ajaykasliwal6265]

Charles the French

[@jubbus]

HES MAKING THE STORY FOR US!

[@mirai8539]

unfunny

[@mirai8539]

Beulah Johnson big beulah *johnson* got jokes

[@solosheeep]

Theory: the end ship is something that the ancient builders made as an attempt to get out of the end.

[@Azarilh]

The elytra too, i suppose.

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

@@Azarilh nah i think that was made just for navigating the end in a easier way

[@joviemaeaparice3720]

​@@jestfullgremblim8002 possible, but due to how dark and wide the End is, I don't think they where used much for the End, probably for The OverWorld to fly on higher places, just a small theory tho

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

@@joviemaeaparice3720 i mean, it being wide just makes it better to use Elytra. Also, there are many floating islands in the End, Elytra users will trive in there

[@joviemaeaparice3720]

@@jestfullgremblim8002 the only question is, what IS the Eytra made of

[@joggaros]

this theory implies that once you generate a world there is a random wither somewhere in your world

[@boazburger3846]

well not necessarily, because even though there are no builders, there are iron golems. And they are strong enough to kill the wither.

[@death3104]

That’s a scary thought

[@bladebucklegames5296]

yeah imagine you are exploring a cave in half-iron armor and a three-headed demon construct pops out of a wall

[@sebaskingwither7892]

@@boazburger3846 Well how about see the wither in bedrock editation?! I bet youll cry wile fighting it Even 30 golems are not enough to kill it!

[@boazburger3846]

@@sebaskingwither7892 true, but since java is the og version, i assumed this plays in java

[@captconrad6014]

Normal Person: 4 blocks of soul sand. Matpat, an intellectual: 4 cubic meters of damned souls.

[@shcadeyt6722]

A stack of likes, nice

[@gr1m0ire93]

Ah yes,enslaved souls

[@fandomguy8025]

CUBIC meters

[@mrskeleton9462]

completely organic

[@stephenmadera5969]

Not only that 😂 He also said, "Bane of Arthropods" 🤦 It's supposed to be Anthropods 😂

[@loadstone5149]

Maybe the fact the villagers are so strict on the “no playing god” rule with the pilligers ect... is because they knew about the fate of the humans: attempting to play god.

[@mrreyes5004]

Agreed, they see the Illagers making the same mistake that their once-great Builder allies made long ago and want no part of it.

[@Jackster1]

And witches will sometimes be with pillagers or be alone maybe they split because some agreed with humans and some did not

[@sudeshchauhan8819]

🤯🤯🤯🤯 u r sooo smat!!!! *Mindblown*

[@daniellenewton5966]

OMGOSH YOUR A GENIUS

[@RealKaaaaze]

@Quiet Wyatt14 its also their fault for playing hardcore

[@sammypoops4481]

Theory: the fossils found underground are the ancient withers

[@niharikashukla407]

That is actually genius!

[@Bloxfruitsistrashlmaocope]

I would say those bones you see in the nether is the wither

[@sammypoops4481]

@@Bloxfruitsistrashlmaocope and/or some hellish creature no longer alive. Bones in the nether are larger by a lot if I recall?

[@johnlourencecarlos9620]

But why they only generate at swamp,(mangrove swamp too) and deserts?

[@ambermash7038]

@@johnlourencecarlos9620 witches were the only ones left with magic expertise and had to take them out, maybe sacrificing a lot of their lives in the process. Thereby leaving behind the corpses of the battle

[@laylad5523]

The end credits scene after killing the ender dragon is very interesting, and possesses some questions.

[@anushag.4642]

im interested to hear your thoughts! what stands out to you about it?

[@sigma4777]

poses

[@markdabaum]

And here we have MatPat writing the script for the Minecraft movie

[@bonniefazman9065]

S A M E

[@disneyfan6268]

omg somebody do it plz!

[@yellowghost5199]

He’s Mojangs slave now

[@mohammedfaicalazami1649]

@@disneyfan6268 it's coming out

[@nebulatheowl]

@@mohammedfaicalazami1649 wait really? Do you have evidence?

[@kirinite]

*MatPat:* Ocean monuments, mineshafts, and desert temples. *Jungle temples:* Am I a joke to you?

[@Linguineo]

They are ruins

[@quantumintellect7261]

+ mansions

[@maxdrags3115]

@@quantumintellect7261 Mansions are made my Illagers and Pillagers.

[@pessimisticpianist582]

@@Linguineo Bruh *epic ruins

[@mcblazehunter6888]

@@maxdrags3115 Why does MatPat say that villagers can't mine or craft in this video? How else would they make villages?

[@tohruadachi6718]

"What makes the Wither Skeleton so different from his brethren?" It's simple, really. he's bl-

[@austinwthompson45]

noooooooo

[@viltrx7052]

And can’t die to fire damage

[@joeljustjazzing]

Can make stone sword feel like a netherite one

[@Beij1ngCorn]

blac-

[@ultimatekamsi3343]

Black isnt a bad word lol

[@drakearries]

That actually somehow makes sense when you know that piglins and wither skeletons attack each other.

[@mr.lizard666]

Yes

[@Detlaff_Official]

Wither: I fear no man, but that thing **Extended Piston** Wither: It scares me...

[@bigbobbybig2459]

Detlaff von Drac 200th like

[@CeraphineLuna]

@Aidan Giese wumbo

[@Hello.Kitty_Fan]

lmfaoooooooooooooooooooo

[@TheThatestOfGuys]

Detlaff von Drac LOL

[@charlotterhodes7359]

@@CeraphineLuna LOLL

[@Wavelyyy]

Me: yay minecraft finally a game without a tragedy Mat pat: no we dont do that here

[@tsugumi455]

Sakurai: No this isnt how your supposed to play the game

[@Reihynn]

999th like

[@Reihynn]

ok exactly 1k

[@supercomputer0448]

@@Reihynn for me it still says 999 likes 1000th like

[@Reihynn]

@@supercomputer0448 i unliked and liked again

[@yulingzheng8841]

Theory: The endermite is a parasite that lives inside of chorus (is that how you spell it?) fruit, and when the ancient builders ate the fruit, that's how they became endermen, and that's why there's animosity between the two.

[@dafilmqueen556]

So Wifies was right that the Endermen were infected by parasites. Them poor tall dark shady beanpoles..😂

[@demonYuna]

The beginning is where the beginning of the ancient builders somehow creating the wither. The end is how they ended up in the End.

[@hellothere4692]

Also, a random detail, wither skeletons don’t become hostile when staying on soul sand

[@vadernation1233]

Um Hi really? I didn’t know that! I don’t know how I can use this information but maybe I’ll find out

[@c1tylights782]

maybe they know their souls are in the sand and are sad making them slower

[@justafanofanimations4956]

Maybe the souls sand with the souls is dragging them down, and because they belong to each other they stay there hoping that one day they'll be reunited

[@MrToast_]

Um Hi hmm

[@qq-lw2vp]

they are standing on their brother's souls

[@SushiReversed]

builders: **attempt to resurrect dead people with their remains** **wither spawns** builders: "That is not the law of equivalent exchange."

[@user-he3rg1os5j]

So iron Golems are made the same way so what if they tried making a some sort of Nether Golem to protect them but ended up summoning the wither

[@lnefty]

@@user-he3rg1os5j Plausible.

[@remi_starfall]

@@user-he3rg1os5j More likely that they saw how the specific design of the iron golem gave it life and tried to copy it over thinking it may work similarly. They ended up being right, but in the wrong way, thus summoning the wither

[@thomasbailey921]

They committed the taboo

[@sockmonkey062]

F .? OH MY GOD!!! THEY TREID TO MAKE AN ITON GOELM, AND WERE LIKE "WE NEED MORE HEADS, MORE POWER" AND THEN- yeah they made the wither

[@zenin7219]

mojang: hey i got an idea lets make a random strong boss so people can have another intense battle matt: this is theory

[@animat0r_sk957]

Theory: Ancient builders eat the chorus fruit when they stuck at end and it teleports them like ender pearls. Ender pearls and chorus fruit have small chance to spawn endermite. So there is chance endermites are parasites in some type of "pocket dimension". So if ancient builders eat the chorus fruit they during teleportation go through the pocket dimension and took endermites with them too. Endermites possibly if they are parasites stay in their brain and start parasiting. That means they turned ancient builders into endermen. This explains why they attacks at endermites because somewere deep in endermen is still ancient builder souls they haven't full control over their bodies. It too explains why they are attacking ender dragon. And if endermites took control over ancient builders body and "transformed" them into endermen, endermen are attacking at you, player because you are only what's left after ancient builders and endermites have control over their body and want another host. BUT IT'S JUST A THEORY ! =D

[@projekttaku1]

🎌

[@Potassium1402]

Yeaaa u watched wifies didnt youuu

[@animat0r_sk957]

@@Potassium1402 yeeeaaaah :D

[@CT-4274]

Sounds like the Goa'uld in Stargate

[@dafilmqueen556]

I saw that theory, and I loved it! I also love that Wifies is enough of a MatPat fan to be inspired by his work on Minecraft but also doing his own research and building his own conclusions as well. Gotta love it when two creators know each other and understand each other..

[@victory8992]

MatPat: The wither is an unstoppable force. Steve: *_pathetic_*

[@blitzhd_8494]

The Wither: *Your house goes down with myself*

[@gachadoggy8722]

Steve: I can build it again and I have conquered the power to revive so you can’t defeat me

[@eggrolltheillegal6201]

Steve: I have conquered life giving the abilty to continue even in death as I can control the universe and I am only fighting because im bored.

[@virtouso47lol73]

ItsMeeForever maybe thats the reason the pillagers and vindacator try to recreate him

[@engu1348]

Don’t forget the ancient race of people were BUILDERS, with most likely little skill in combat.

[@pun990]

*human building wither* “Hey guys look I made a face- OH GOD”

[@bindyrose]

ha ha

[@ryani.8916]

I laughed at this

[@idkzorc5212]

Is that death 14 on ur pfp lol

[@wakeupfromurslumber]

E Nigma XD

[@notlightbeam4889]

666 likes

[@weirdnesscubed]

Maybe the random holes that generate in a Minecraft world used to be Wither Spawn Sites, but when the withers spawned it left craters where the sites once stood.

[@coolguy888]

Or maybe since they only spawned one wither and fleed. The craters are the explosions the wither made.

[@sebaskingwither7892]

Game theory: The dragon is more dengerous The bedrock wither: Am i a joke to you or something?!

[@Azarilh]

yes

[@Glitch_visions]

Can’t believe he called it a MINI theory...what ever happened to a DIET THEORY?

[@WillBinge]

The Raging Wizards I know right!

[@RetroGameDays36]

2:53

[@snowchild1023]

Remember when he called out notification squad

[@TheDinoWarrior]

sooooo true

[@classicspeeder]

GOD DAMMIT WHEN EVER I COME UP WITH SOMETHING I THINK IS ORIGINAL SOMEONE ELSE DID IT WHILE I WAS DOING HOMEWORK

[@dannyscipio1777]

FNAF has the most obscure lo- Minecraft: *OBSERVE*

[@novelle7212]

And all they needed was MatPat.

[@miiryx7828]

Xd

[@gnomewarlord4645]

The average size of the wither skeletons could also be an indicator of the timeline they would be healthier (and bigger) as at that point that most likely had had more fighting experience having not built iron golems yet

[@josuekowalski3305]

Two things to note: 1- If you spawn the wither in the end, and Enderman spot it, they immediately begin to attack it. Almost like they know what it is and are prepared to attack the foe they tried to run and hide from, hmmm.... 2-If you spawn the wither in the end and it spots the ender dragon, then you just get a really cool fight.

[@wilsonliang3044]

My therapist: Steve with human fingers doesn’t exist, he can’t hurt you. Steve with human fingers: 2:16

[@echelon5162]

he beat me to it

[@bengal4047]

It's so cursed

[@lerdherlix6657]

he's gonna hurt you *twice*

[@sugar_ventricles]

AaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAA

[@MichixEdits]

I’m mentioning this to my therapist

[@bigbruhtheory4530]

I have a villager theory: Some builders didn't want to leave their society behind, so they stayed and fled trying to get so far away the wither would never find them Evidence 1: Village variety This is small evidence, but it helps my point, different amount of people went off together and form separate villages, which is why there are so many variations Evidence 2: lack of building knowledge First up, the villagers CAN craft. If they are experienced enough, they will offer pickaxes or axes to you. But their buildings are simplistic, with basic designs and sizes. They have forgotten advanced building from years of running, and the simple buildings they use are what they crafted knowing it may be destroyed any second Evidence 3: Rare structure This one is quick. There is a small chance to find a zombie village, a cobwebbed covered village with only zombie villagers. They are villages that either didn't run fast enough or were left alone too long and when the wither came back, they were unprepared. Evidence 4: villager posture This is my final evidence, but notice villagers always keep their hands covered (unless turned zombies, but zombies aren't of right mind so that doesn't count). This is because they are afraid of what they will craft after the wither incident. However, some villages got so big, they were willing to try again. Through trying new things, they used the base of the wither summoning, with something new, to create the iron golem. That is why you need a high population of villagers for them to summon iron golems. This is all the evidence I have, if you have any arguments or more evidence to prove my point, let me know.

[@AliasSpe4ks]

This deserves WAY more likes my friend good job 👍

[@crowthekrow2117]

this needs likes, it makes sense

[@obsidiantitan9791]

Very good theory my friend

[@chocolategacha3622]

This theory...I like it. ANOTHER! *yeets tablet on the ground*

[@doubleE24]

No, game theory debunked the villagers being the humans in the first minecraft video.

[@Sophia-tj8oh]

Okay here's what I'm thinking: A member of the ancient civilization after being forced to attack and kill their undead former friends (in wither skeleton form), gain the wither skeleton's head. They try to use the dropped head as a personal touch to revive them. Why? We know from zombie villagers that certain mobs that have become undead can be "cured", so it makes sense that they'd keep the skull around and try to bring the creature back to life, in hopes that they could preform a similar ritual process to "cure" the wither skeleton and bring back their friend. In order to bring back the undead mob they'd slain, they form the wither body. It's kinda like building an iron golem, the three blocks across, one on bottom, and a head on top to "bring it life". It makes sense that they'd try to revive their dead friend "bring them to life" with the same method. I'm guessing the reason they eventually put three heads on the creature, is because the soulsand texture has three obvious faces. (There's 6x3 faces in total across each side of the block, but we could say there's three main souls because the main faces are the same for each side and it's always the same three faces) I think one head can't bring it to life, because the three main souls fight for control and they cancel each other out in a way. It doesn't seem like there's a way to only take one soul from the soulsand. But soulsand is a vital piece to bringing the creature back to life, so you have to find another way to make it work. Three heads, for three souls. [EDIT: The warden also has multiple souls it seems, but in that instance it seems different from trying to raise a single previously living player-like being, and seems more like a iron golem situation in which it's living but it's not fully player-like and never has been or will be, it's simply a wild creature made up of certain blocks (sculk in this case) and possessed in some sense, most likely by the rogue souls residing within who lost their lives within the deep dark and never got out. While I think the main three player-like souls require specific heads/a vessel to regain control of a body like they previously inhabited, perhaps that's why they struggle against the rest of the souls to get to the surface of the block. They show their strength beyond the others by directly touching the skulls when you place them.] What would make them stronger? Perhaps it's how recently they were killed? Perhaps how strong willed the player-like being it used to be was, or based on experience level? I think maybe the reason it becomes violent and destructive once given all three heads, is because it's still living it's misery. 1. It picks up where it leaves off, you give the wither skeleton you killed it's life back, not it's humanity. You haven't cured it, you've just brought it back. It goes back to it's basic wither skeleton instincts of attacking, specifically attacking players. Probably extra aggressive towards you since you specifically killed it before. 2. Just because there's three main faces, (this is where 6x3 faces on each block comes in) doesn't mean that's the extent of the souls, especially with the multiple soulsand blocks. The souls from the soulsand don't have a head, or any senses like sight or anything like the main three. So there's tons of souls packed in within the wither, all fighting, all still suffering, all still thinking they're in the fiery and aggressive biome they come from. And lashing out accordingly. I think that's the force behind their newfound destructive powers: Souls in anguish, who've been part of the nether biome, an aggressive biome (known for creatures that fly and use fire attacks), now all constricted into a single bare body. Power bursting at the seams. That would help explain the large amount of health, despite it being a creature that's not super big (such as the ender dragon), and the health amount being far beyond the amount of three wither skeletons put together. You might be wondering, so where does the wither skeleton head projectile attack come in? I've got no idea, perhaps it's bone or skulls that "sunk into the sand" (skulls dropped by killed wither skeleton, that weren't picked up) as opposed to skulls being intentionally placed by the player. Skulls that the wither carries and chucks at the player, a grim ironic attack that shows (unknowingly/unintended probably) contempt for killings of other wither skeletons the player has committed or the ancient inhabitants who look alot like the player committed within the nether that where almost wasteful in the sense that the drop loot wasn't picked up (whether intentionally, or due to quick escapes from a greater danger, etc.) and left to sink into the tormented soul filled sands of the nether. Sunken, useless and never to see the light of day till now. The skull life piece, the last chance of redemption for the wither skeleton it was dropped by, gone. The wither is more alive when compared to a regular wither skeleton, their faces are closer to the players and their eyes and mouths are bright and filled with light as opposed to wither skeletons, because they are so overfilled with souls and life forces. Souls and life forces that are in essence, after years and years of adapting to the nether, part of the nether itself which is why it drops the Nether Star. (A friend explained they believed the nether star to be a thank you to the player for releasing their souls, a heavenly item that starkly contrasted against the hellish nature of the nether, and it's origins) Or of course this could all be wrong, but it's fun trying to piece together logic behind creatures so deeply ingrained in the in game lore like MatPat was showing!

[@jbass4579]

WOW

[@haiiooo3858]

Matpat come get your new collab partner jfc

[@Sophia-tj8oh]

@@haiiooo3858 LMAO 😭

[@haiiooo3858]

@@Sophia-tj8oh Am I wrong though?

[@edaswatako785]

TL;DR

[@murd3rbasket]

Theory: The reason the Wither was summoned instead of the deceased guards is because the souls being forced into the body of the Wither Skeletons didn’t belong to that body. Instead of putting the Builder back together before they died, several different Builders were being forced into the same body resulting in the Wither, a combo of them.

[@user-ez6iz7oo3b]

That would also explain how the wither can shoot more heads, and instead of a head its actually a soul

[@xander6283]

That explains why skeletons have bows they literally died fighting the Wither

[@lukeplayz2847]

They shot at the wither until the 2nd phase.

[@HeadoftheSC]

🤯

[@kale5860]

Yea and maybe the withered skeletons tried defending them self’s from the nether with their bows n arrows

[@dareokoski8158]

they withered away

[@nigeltube9585]

We hate the most proud worriers of all

[@mystic3102]

A good friend always buries his friend in hell

[@minermemecoffee8256]

Did the police just break the law and say a naughty demonitizing word??

[@ivegonesickomode1610]

they prob didn't want to carry them all the way back, and they prob ran outta room lmao

[@brandonestrada2791]

Demonetization Police it could have also been criminals that didn’t deserve a proper burial or sumthing. Then their could’ve been experiments to bring back life on them to use for other people

[@salt8044]

Yup

[@uwu-ly3eb]

What a mood

[@katieesser487]

MATPAT! Here's a crazy theory for ya on the origins of skeletons. Your zombie disease video makes sense, but doesn't explain the skeletons. No disease is going to keep a pile of bones floating around. You'd need magic to do that. Here's a quote from the Mobestiary, " Some have proposed that skeletons are ancient adventurers raised from death by an evil sorcerer." In the game Minecraft Dungeons there is a group of ancient necromancers who live in a desert temple. They have blue glowing eyes (the color of souls) and when they summon skeletons, you can see small blue souls float away from the summoning area. They even shoot soul fire blasts! But why are they themselves undead? Maybe because when they (or some other humans) summoned the wither, they noticed that it doesn't attack undead things, and they turned themselves undead to protect themselves. I hope you read this!

[@kristinapruett8917]

Endermen attack the wither. They End

[@alessaespressa416]

The amount of lore in this game is melting my mind

[@pessimisticpianist582]

Matpat: 6:40 The Wither just gives you a Nether Star that enables you to shoot a lame beam into the sky...... IKEA Tower: *Am I a joke to you?*

[@prestongarvey2599]

The Ability To Regenerate Any Wound No Matter How Fatal From The Beam: *A M I A J O K E T O Y O U ?*

[@Certrix]

Evetchen Brown and you can bring the dragon back to life

[@mercaptan097]

Lazarbeams base am i a joke to u

[@theyellowbadger7333]

@@prestongarvey2599 Does another settlement need my help?

[@strangerdanger1135]

Excuse my stupidity, but what's an IKEA beam?

[@maxturtle7787]

15:05 “and hey, before you disappear off into the nether...” Did MatPat literally just say he wanted to show me a sponsorship before I go to hell?

[@dailysacrificedoublee]

No, H E Double Toothpicks

[@Nilokeras]

I think you meant heck

[@pessimisticpianist582]

Yeah, but we gotta Download Honey, and Sub to the Channel, before we go to Hell.

[@echelon5162]

@@pessimisticpianist582 AHEM, *DOUBLE TOOTHPICKS* !

[@deserttortoise21]

@@dailysacrificedoublee and @Echelon Back in my day it was H E DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS.

[@mckinzeylabiche7736]

Also interesting to note that Wither Skeletons and Endermen are taller than the player, compared to many of the other ‘humanoid’ enemies like regular skeletons or illigers. I wonder if that means this ancient civilization was taller than the species that we are as players?

[@ShrimpyBall]

Sorry for replying to this 1 year later but I don't think so. Takes a look at Mineshaft, it's small but tall enough for the player to go through so I guess that the ancient builders are just as tall as us ( in the game ).

[@lacrossestick132]

The Wild Update and its underground cities might actually confirm this theory.

[@Azarilh]

Ye, and the ancient portal might be a failed attempt at goin to another dimension ( like the End ).

[@pudimjogando1198]

who is stronger: A three-headed flying beast that brings death and chaos everywhere it passes Or A blue shirt boi

[@CoolioStuffz]

steve is stronger than all those builders XD

[@lunakotuna1193]

Alex: Am i a joke to you?

[@pudimjogando1198]

@@CoolioStuffz true 😆

[@hello_everybody3605]

Blue shirt boi

[@aidebasurto9946]

Well it depends if blue shirt boi has weapons if not then the wither

[@davidwei1790]

Therapist: Steve with fingers doesn't exist, he can't hurt you Steve with fingers: 2:14

[@atua9969]

He can finger me😘

[@soltrice]

cursed comment

[@davidwei1790]

@@atua9969 WT *demonitized*

[@thelivinggrape932]

David Wei 2:15 actually

[@PCAMY]

I was just gonna comment about that xD

[@Metcraft2]

Michael Moorcock's Elric series is such a great story.

[@edenli9630]

How do you manage to turn such a cheerful game into a post-apocalyptic reality that is so depressing... 😃

[@Plasmy271]

"Becons are just something that shoots lame buffs" Hermits: *glaring intensifies*

[@altyes8205]

All hermits from hermitcraft might start a mob attack (no pun intended)

[@maverickmatias6034]

i was thinking of that as well

[@mohammedabdelhafez9507]

Yeah, He is a stupid noob that uses clips from other people's videos.

[@nutmeggaming11261]

Mohammed Abdelwahab, just because he’s not a perfect end game player doesn’t mean he is stupid.

[@Droub_]

wait astral chain refrence?

[@ggxelpaz486]

I fear no man But that thing *Steve having 2 fingers* (2:17) It scares me..

[@An_Average_Idiot]

GG xelpaz "do you know where these fingers have been? You're about to." ....god that is kinda old internet wise...

[@ironwood8632]

We need to call the curse master! PhoenixSC

[@JD-iv9ol]

Please, ive seen worse versions of steve

[@JD-iv9ol]

BTW here is the image cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/425498642942787585/619529956396892183/unknown.png

[@JD-iv9ol]

Have fun with the nightmares

[@nutodimos_d]

It's scary how relatable Minecraft is to reality human civilizations are quite similar to the ancient builders I their quest to control everything

[@fancyshoes002]

The ancient builders could have just trapped the Wither in The End but I guess it's not easy to think rationally when there is an undead monstrosity causing damage everywhere.

[@keawzasintucharoen5237]

therapist: Steve with finger doesn't exist, he can't hurt you. steve with finger: 2:15

[@sissymorning9809]

Is Steve with finger in the therapists office? LMAO

[@sickle795]

Wait....Thats Illegal.

[@nbwboomstick4067]

instagram.com/p/B1CYwqqI7bG/?igshid=1d2jkkqiujyue

[@keawzasintucharoen5237]

@@sissymorning9809 oh no

[@keawzasintucharoen5237]

@PIKADUDE 456 lol XD

[@phrax6767]

Even tho I believe Minecraft wasn’t supposed to intentionally have any story, I do like this theory. Works pretty well

[@KasaiBuru]

The only story comfirmed is that your Jesus and you respawn because of the power of love and every time you kill the ender dragon you create a new universe

[@KasaiBuru]

@@3toYT it is in the end text you have to read all of it to understand you can't skim through it

[@medall9191]

kasai wizard not really confirmed though that’s a theory too

[@Malebolgia113]

They left it intentionally ambiguous, because you make the story what you want it to be. Enough pieces for a story to exist, but no story is actually there, leaving the player to speculate on his own (or MatPat to pull everything together and objectively consider what is the most likely possibility).

[@sho1948]

Good theory but the only confusing part is how would they get to the end if they are the endermen before going to the end

[@epsilonjay4123]

This makes sense, although there would have to be some sort of super powerful wither or a lot of them. You would think that a powerful civilization with power to craft end portal frames would be able to defeat one simple wither. So they probably either summoned in a lot of them, or they summoned in some sort of very powerful wither. There is also the question of what happened to the wither and why we cant see it in the world normally.

[@mazkhasate]

Look at his new theory on the warden

[@bayside5318]

watching these minecraft theories makes me see the game differently and i’m not sure how to feel about it.

[@bigtimeaorta]

No one: Not a soul: MatPat: DID YOU KNOW THAT MINECRAFT IS ACTUALLY A DEPRESSING STORY ABOUT ANIMAL ABUSE AND THE *SOULS OF THE DAMNED-*

[@chaihill1837]

Yaaaaa-

[@thermae5419]

@@kategrimm8536 cry a river

[@kategrimm8536]

@@thermae5419 And how about you stop liking your own coments ;-;

[@thermae5419]

@@kategrimm8536 Because my comment got a like I automatically liked my own comment. nah.

[@the_hanburger]

You are my lord...

[@theisjepsen22]

If your theory is correct, then that means there still is a wither on the loose, so where is it? Here is my theory, what if the souls and the bones in the wither started to stabilize and created a new entity, one with no memories of the past since it is a cocktail of hundreds of souls. What if the first wither... Is the player! Adding a new meaning the the advancement "the beginning?" Edit: It would also explain why the endermen become aggressive when you look at them, imagine if a creature of destruction and doom stared right in your eyes.

[@corporalvale102]

Oooooh, that actually makes sense :o

[@kelox55]

Pretty good idea imo

[@tomm_here4163]

Wither died of age because every mob can despawn except the dragon and other mobs

[@zushi9341]

Nice

[@theisjepsen22]

@@tomm_here4163 that might be a possibility, but we can't be sure if that is the case. Neither can we be with my theory, but it would explain what haopened to the wither and how the player came from nowhere.

[@masonyoung1502]

I think that the “the beginning” achievement is very literal, spawning the wither was not the beginning of the builder’s struggles but instead killing the wither was the beginning of the builder’s prosperity. That’s why it’s only “the beginning?” When you spawn the wither. I believe that the wither star became the foundation for their new technology, their introduction to magic and their foundational exploration of other dimensions. I believe that the reason there are nether portals surrounded by lava and netherak in the overworld is because the nether invaded first and brought with them the wither

[@o0r1l]

Dawg ain't gonna tell me java wither was that of a threat 💀

[@flightwhite7222]

@2:14 The steve with fingers is more disturbing than any of the FNAF videos on this channel

[@strawberrypencl]

Facts

[@robin_queer]

Yes

[@QuangTran-gd9ep]

Hi

[@notburntkebab]

Maybe the reason endermen attack you when you see it is because they’re ashamed of how they look and by wearing the pumpkin they think you look as bad as them (or something like that)

[@FaissalsAnimation]

AAAANNND That's a fact

[@fatimzaman6943]

Bees can kill the wither They were running away from the bees

[@LesbianPretzel]

wait what? bees can kill the wither?

[@giantslayer9335]

Fatim Zaman NOT THE BEES

[@Ahnock]

@@LesbianPretzel a swarm of bees can kill the wither in like 20 seconds

[@lopi4591]

NOT THE BEEEES

[@LesbianPretzel]

@@Ahnock Cool! (I've basically been living under a rock when it comes to Minecraft news)

[@rileymayer8091]

this is my favorite one of your game theory videos! good job Mat pat

[@idk4049]

Okay i know I'm so late to this and I'm not sure if it means anything or if anyone else beat me to it. But in the midst of decorating my house and placing paintings I found something interesting. I noticed how some of the paintings had mimicked pictures of notorious paintings and statues, almost like fine art basically. But something that stuck out to me was that one of the other bigger painting options was of the build of the wither. It could be another hint that it was a "great creation" made by the ancient builders. And to note, its not the wither itself. It shows how you make a wither emphasizing that it was one of their creations that they made.

[@samirmartin2628]

People: What religion are you? Me: It’s complicated.

[@Obviary]

This is actualy a good "well it's complicated" joke.

[@bigron-il6hu]

@ZHYR0 not any more

[@CoronileZr]

Wkwkland

[@gloriaportillo7216]

NO ONE SUB TO M4fps HES AT 669 Heh nice

[@gloriaportillo7216]

My is WATER SHEEP

[@ocinnico2608]

When a whole civilization of ancient builders can't handle a wither Steve and Alex: Pathetic Edit: added Alex, for I am a fool to have forgotten Alex

[@thewendigo8888]

Wither: I...AM... INEVITABLE Steve: I...am... STEVE

[@thewendigo8888]

@@cantchange901 Well Steve is more popular than Alex

[@flooffys]

Jesse: you are even more pathetic

[@supercharged5-39]

They didn’t know what was coming. Steve DID

[@paulburns2709]

lol

[@slinkLainey]

I think it’s funny how they as a whole civilization had so much trouble and impossibility fighting the Wither and the Ender Dragon and somehow we single-handedly do both 😭

[@dafilmqueen556]

We were made immortal by Minecrafts' gods, and they want us to atone for our mistakes by freeing the Endermen and finishing our work in rebuilding our world..

[@Xtremepoophead]

14:08 You lost me here. It is widely known that Wither skeletons are taller than the player and most mobs. For your theory to work, the ancient ones would have to be just as big as the skeletons they decay into. They’d have to somehow grow in the nether, or there would have to be some sort of evidence that there were different heights between the builders, something that sounds unlikely given the fact that all players and all mobs have the same height within their species. If someone could give a possible explanation I’d love to hear it! I have some ideas myself, but none of them really hold up much without something to back it up

[@rishiparikh8850]

Well we also theorized they turned into enderman which are also 3 blocks tall so maybe their natural height is 3 blocks?

[@kinglegoiii]

@@rishiparikh8850 They did build doors the same height as Steve’s doors suggesting they are around the same height. Why build a door you would have to crouch to go though?

[@trondordoesstuff]

Fun fact: The Wither attacks any nearby mobs of any sort, except for Undead ones. Yeah. Edit: Oh yeah, I forgot to mention - whenever the Wither kills anything, it drops a Wither Rose. Don't know the significance of that, but it's interesting.

[@0Abraham16]

Trondor Does Stuff Probably because they are the minions and already are infected and were killed by the wither,even more evidence.

[@0Abraham16]

Also,the wither does attack Endermen.Just try it.

[@placeholder_username9528]

Trondor Does Stuff - Whoa. Favoritism? By the Wither? The Wither likes things?

[@0Abraham16]

The wither probably also kills animals to cut food suply from the ancient race.

[@toobig7399]

But it attacks zombopigs

[@jazzardhusky9124]

I have a question, why are pigman neutral? Like so mat can see this pls

[@WolfiePH]

Neutral pigs got in the portal. Portals can be made anywhere in the overworld. If silverfish can evolve after falling in a different dimension, why won't pigs as pigmen and cows as mooshrooms.

[@evan51298]

My guess is that the builders brought some pigs along as food resource. Then the pigs mutated as their own dumb civilization.

[@rdknijjar455]

I say the PIGMEN are the ZOMBIE PIGMEN

[@nieljacobpatawe9501]

beacause there the dead pigs you killed goes to the nether but some are nuetral because there the pigs you did not kill

[@ender01o66]

because pigs aren't hostile

[@Vanishing_CinnamonRoll]

I’m currently rewatching all of the Minecraft theories and it just occurred to me with the soul sand and soul soil, the soul soil would work with the idea of them burying their dead in softer soil because soul soil doesn’t have faces in the design.

[@DeadBayt]

i have an idea so ender mites are *ender* *mites* and mites are * uncrumples notes * "Mites are small arachnids. Mites are not a defined taxon, but the name is used for members of several groups in the subclass acari of the class Arachnida. Most mites are tiny, less than 1 mm in length, and have a simple, unsegmented body plan. Their small size makes them easily overlooked; some species live in water, many live in soil as decomposers, others live on plants, sometimes creating galls, while others again are predators or parasites. This last type includes the commercially important Varroa parasite of honey bees, as well as the scabies mite of humans. Most species are harmless to humans but a few are associated with allergies or may transmit diseases." so since humans, and probably the ancient builders exterminate parasites i wouldnt doubt that the endermen would do the same, since endermites spawn when you throw ender pearls they could have been hanging out on and endermen's... pearls. so thats why i think endermites are mutated parasites that the builders brought to the end accidentally or not but thats just a theory! a mini theory, thanks for reading!

[@navycalvin9337]

Ancient Advanced Civilization : exterminated by wither Redstone Enginer : *proceed to make wither farm*

[@franziska9260]

I misread this as wither foam I'm so sorry I was so confused

[@soph2027]

@@franziska9260 i doubt you need to apologise, it was a mistake. You only needed to re-read it to correct your mistake

[@LegendaryMusicofAllTimes20]

@@soph2027 i doubt you needed to point that out, sorry for pointing it out.

[@soph2027]

@@LegendaryMusicofAllTimes20 yeah i guess, but they seemed over apologetic about something that's a common mistake, and they didn't really need to apologise for it either so.

[@LegendaryMusicofAllTimes20]

@@soph2027 i agree, my apologies

[@starman2995]

I'd really like for you to add lightning into your theory of the minecraft lore. Lightning corrupts everything it hits, turning villagers to witches, pigs to zombie pigmen, creepers to a more destructive version of themselves, skeletons and skeletal horses out of nothing (maybe the bones already in the ground), and presumably turning the old race of builders into zombies.

[@LumeanTV]

Eric Hill Thor is mad and ruthless

[@slayertheplayer3473]

That's gonna be hard but jeez it's the theorists who knows!

[@pretzneko]

Keep in mind, when the Wither spawns, lightning strikes at the base. This could be another curse of thw wither, making the lightning create destructive entities to kill those who dare defy the law of life, that those who are dead, should stay dead. I dunno just a little thing i thought of.

[@Nw-zh1uq]

In order to add that you could speculate THE ORIGINAL WITHER the ones they spawned could have gone up in the skies and possibly died and after reaching the skies its angry souls still rain its curses down to the ground in the form of lightning.WHy do i believe that? Well We dont know what happened to the original wither? WIthers seem to be immortal and always heal any damage they where dealt so WHERE did the original go? WHy dont we find Dead landscapes? Did the wither become a diety watching over the overworld?

[@personman1132]

The wither star looks pretty electric as well. Making a beacon causes a beam of light from the sky that give potion effects. (Possibly harnessing the lightning energy to do so?)

[@marissaboozer9362]

I have my own theory when he said no creatures have the ability to mine or craft, the villager came after he said none can mine so my theory is that the villagers was able to mine and so they built there houses and the ancient people was teaching them before they evacuated so that is the reason villagers are able to farm but eventually forgot how to mine and build like the enderman

[@cocobro]

5:32 why is there a shadow of a villager on the extreme right lol

[@ALlGAT0R]

Forshadowing lol

[@chadflores2749]

Then that means the iron golem and snow golems were prototypes made with magic so that they can test their idea.

[@neutralplayeroflol5722]

Seems like it, but can he explain the villages, I love his theories but I think he didn't think about that one?

[@techno3900]

Neutral Player Of LoL another race found the ancient monuments or blueprints that were falling apart and decided to make a small village through that, and they also added their own aspect to it

[@cynthetic4896]

@@neutralplayeroflol5722 Or they found the iron golems and they simply decided to defend the villagers, they are covered in moss after all

[@HangingWithDan]

@@neutralplayeroflol5722 hmmm you know the anime series called Dr. STONE? Where everyone turns to stone and those that survived the many years that passed created a new society? Yah, I think the villagers are likely to be a second generation from the ancients first generation.

[@Stafarns]

and to use to help against the wither probably

[@secretsauceii3810]

Matpat: talking about how dangerous the wither is Technoblade: spawning 15 withers in the corner

[@user-kx8pu6ys5i]

It's just withers Bois what're you talking about

[@puppet6058]

yep!! there the opisete

[@MikaeloPH]

AJTHEBOLD...

[@monniemai1592]

Society has kinda moved on and developed, they're strong enough to take withers on now. There's legit reasons why this makes sense. You can't find netherite tools in End Cities, so the ancient ones hadn't found out how to craft them yet (maybe if we follow Minecraft's development, maybe netherite hadn't even geologically formed in the ground of the Nether at that point). With the rise of a new race of builders, they figured out lots of things that the previous race could not. They can take down what the previous race could not, society has evolved. (Ik I sound like a bit of a nerd here but I just had that idea and wanted to get it out, big Techno fan too, lol)

[@tidyyyy]

Lmanburg: *OH NO*

[@GamerSyke]

THATS JUST A THEORY. A MINI THEOTY!

[@waluigiinsmashbros]

Here's my theory. Somebody who was very famous in an advanced civilization had died from a deadly disease while they were in the nether, when they died their flesh withered away, leaving a skeleton made of an ash-like material. Somebody who was very sad about their death, thought of making a ritual made of soulsand and wither skulls. When they made the odd structure. The three heads started glowing. And the soulsand melted off. When the wither was summoned, it created a massive explosion and started killing everyone. So many groups of villagers either escaped to far away villages, or hid in a stronghold. Very similar to your theory.

[@adrianclarke6414]

It scares me that these theories make sense

[@youcantakemehottogo]

Ikr

[@streammytreasure]

Well maybe in the future we have "Channel Theorist : Who is matpatt? Why do he keeps making theorist videos?" Lolol

[@jetlermaliyao7633]

Its sad...so sad... Then...ruined GAME THEORY!!!!!!

[@lalnithangi2583]

Sometimes their a strech too

[@sbstopmotion1749]

lol ikr

[@toaster3432]

Theory: the “withered” effect that you get when the wither attacking is actually your character being turned into a wither skeleton

[@MuzanKibutsuji01]

very interesting my friend, it makes sense that the wither is trying to build an army out of those poor builders. but I don't know how they would get to the nether why would they go there just to defend the fortresses? or perhaps it's a greater cause.

[@ACRONIX5914]

That’s what is happening, not really a theory

[@Ekion]

Or even better the wither is not mad because people are messing with the laws of nature but instead is dead souls alive upset that there is life and wants it all for themselves so they can enjoy what they once had. So withered is your soul being sucked away to regain the way of life again.

[@christiemarie8748]

Nonononono

[@christiemarie8748]

Nvm

[@Idkwhattoputstill]

Theory: the nether is highly depicted as being below the Minecraft world so if you dig down far enough in the over world you reach the void which only has bed rock on the top and when your in the nether and dig up and go past the bedrock you reach a void like area but instead of bedrock on top it’s on the bottom and the void in the over world and the nether are very similar

[@isaiah4524]

My little theory part 2. I think that villagers are also accent boulders course of the iron golem and the last they got more advanced was when the Villege and pillage update

[@endossi5327]

MATPAT: finds out lore Mojang: *sweating* HES ONTO US.

[@MRoach03]

Naaah, Noch's gone :v.

[@biblebot3947]

There is no lore

[@physashaandjdbrown1596]

@@a.s.o.p.5130 his the smartest person ever sooo

[@georgeperez8186]

@@biblebot3947 take your stupidity somewhere else

[@dragonmaster613]

@@biblebot3947 STFU troll!

[@joshuashkopiak8644]

Jungle Temples: Am I a joke to you?

[@prielknaaphofnar.9754]

Yes, Jungle temples are a joke to us.

[@faresragab1125]

Woodland mansions too

[@wumbogumbo]

The woodland mansions were probably built by illagers

[@Envey1]

@@wumbogumbo very plausible

[@magickiwi4035]

The Wither probably wouldn’t get to them because they’re deep in the jungle

[@redundantjovianthor2225]

Try this one on for size: The "Ancient Builders of Minecraft" are the creators of [A/The] Virtual Reality Simulation, which WE call physics/reality/existence... (**Cue the END story about "the original interface" or whatever**) ... and are not necessarily even part of our own physical reality, let alone the cyber reality within the game itself... (**cure dreadful music**) But created Minecraft for us: US the remnants of their stone cutting, constructing, masonic, necromantic, dragon slaying hubris, from some as-yet understood post-end trans-dimensional realm of (**takes deep breath**) CONSCIOUSNESS-IS-TO-PHYSICS -AS- PLAYER-IS-TO-GAME (That's Consciousness:Physics::Player:Game for you smarties)... uh... "place". Seriously think about this: Player exists, we KNOW this as we ARE the player(s). but we CANT know what "exists outside" of our "game" of physical reality. YES i am suggesting a creator beyond the start. but "beyond the stars" in this analogy is the same as "beyond the video game's programming and hardware" such as, US, living biological structures interacting with the cybernetic electrical world. Is it really "too much" to extrapolate on this and suggest an entire realm of physics essentially alien to us within our cosmic structure of known reality?

[@SirasDemons]

Fun fact I learned about wither skeletons that may or may not be true: If you use commands to spawn a wither skeleton with a bow, it will shoot flaming arrows. (Lets not have another fire breathing thing in the Nether Mojang, shall we)

[@yuzrr]

Never would I have thought that Steve with two real fingers would make me so uncomfortable.

[@santid8162]

I legit got chills when I saw that

[@valware6796]

Right when it came on the screen I felt like I was gonna throw up. 🤮 Edit:I’m typing this the morning after I wrote the first part of the comment and guess what happened last night...I THREW UP!!!! TWICE!!!! ( I know it probably isn’t from seeing the Steve but lol still what a coincidence.) OH GOD AS IM EDITING THIS COMMENT I JUST SAW IT AGAIN ABOVE ON THE SCREEN UGHHH.

[@alexdelrosario3501]

when was this?

[@klenzfrostdale9455]

there's 2 things that happened to me chills and nightmares

[@therealpeppers7617]

z z z I know like WTF

[@asbestosfish_]

Woah, this new Minecraft lore is some hardcore stuff.

[@sinful6852]

This video was posted 1 minute ago...

[@chocolyte]

Sahil Tallapaneni what I’m saying like😂😂😂

[@deathbutton1]

@@sinful6852 Dude just wanted to be one of the first people to comment to get those likes

[@Zzzz-sb2vq]

Asbestos Fish How can you say that without watching the video. This was posted 5 mins ago🤔🤔🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@ratdogpyro7464]

hahaha difficulty joke slaps knee chokes.. i think

[@cosmicplayz8773]

The armored zombies and skeletons could be fallen soldiers. Sence when zombies and skeletons drop heavily damaged things, you can tell they went through a beating, came back to life. Based on how many zombies and skeletons there are, there were a LOT of soldiers battleing this thing. Which brings me to believe that this wither was much more powerful than the ones the player can spawn.

[@jackparadox]

On bedrock edition, strongholds are built underneath villages, maybe the builders hid them there with or without the villager's consent.

[@ladaf1660]

“But hey, that’s just a theory. A ᴹᶦⁿᶦ ᵗʰᵉᵒʳʸ!”

[@loneykids2742]

"and im just getting started."

[@Gate_Of_Gluttony]

how did you do that with words? chromebooks are confusing...

[@csicee]

Withered Warrior some keyboards on mobile have it like keybóard or copy and paste

[@kyutora1024]

I like how he shrunk his face.

[@duncanlin4700]

here is an addition to this theory: in the OFFICIAL Minecraft survival book, it says that large fossils exist in some select caves, I believe that these big creatures (possibly dragons) fended off the wither just enough so that the original builders could escape. The builders decided to honor this beast and too one of their eggs along with them int the end. THe dragon evolved along with the builders, with the builders becoming enderman, and the dragon becoming the ENDER dragon. What's more is that when you defeat the ender dragon, you get an egg, an egg that seems to come from the ender dragon itself, AND with teleporting abilities. also another addition to this theory: what if the wardens were ancient iron golems infected by the essence of the end? The warden's size seem to match with this theory, and the warden's color scheme looks a lot like a portal frame. LIKE SO MAT CAN SEE THIS

[@dubpennington3174]

That would also explain why there are so many fossils in the nether...

[@martincastro6051]

But the dragon is hostile to Steve

[@anemu3819]

@@martincastro6051 what would you do if some heavily armed thing appeard in your home?

[@dubpennington3174]

@@martincastro6051 The dragon evolved with the ENDERMEN. This is like if a diamond-studded chimpanzee holding a glowing sword just waltzed into your house. You would be used to humans, but not OP chimps.

[@memesmolboi5336]

I was thinking a bout that too

[@papaa59]

I also like to think that they might've killed the wither in the overworld since when the player spawns, theres no longer a wither, but since it said that the structures they made are destroyed they might've lost the will to rebuild it and just probably go to the end dimension hoping to start a new beginning

[@justsomeone8837]

Wither in java: * gets summoned and killed with a touch * Wither in bedrock: * gets summoned and litteraly rips the universe and be a god *

[@themainman8754]

This is what Minecraft Story Mode should have been. Change my mind.

[@illex3051]

Acient builders, not OLd bUilDeRs anD aDmInS

[@googisthegreat1397]

Yeah

[@notinsideyourwalls]

p g ye

[@margot3711]

ye

[@asa-ks1vf]

no, i dont think i will

[@Isaac-yo1ql]

Too add a small something to the silverfish theory: Maybe they crawled through the portal at the same time as the humans and like the humans ate the chorus plants and evolved while eating only them. The now endermen race's only food source is the chorus fruits so like parasitic mites, they had to get rid of the mites that eat their food supply. So endermen attack ender mites because they're eating their food supply.

[@empathyx8008]

Pretty good, wanna find my mini theory

[@arjdroid]

He already told that in the first episode sort of

[@Trinthegay]

But what if the chorus plant is just an ingredient? What if, for them to become enderman and endermites, the dragon had to use his dragon breath?

[@clankplusm]

*THAT ENDAHMATE ATE MAH KORRUS FROOT*

[@ivonastrukar4715]

That's exactly what HE said.That's exactly what YOU said!

[@jessdragon1214]

I love every detail. Every last thought that you have given.

[@smellyguy382]

Theory: Maybe the witches are hostile towards the Player because the Ancient Builders raided their hut's and stole their potions and brewing materials, explaining why there are no chests in Witch Huts. The witches were probably still scared of Builders ransacking their homes, so they decided to hide them somewhere, most likely their coats.