Mojang removed this scary mob... so i recreated it

Today im recreating in blockbench a Minecraft scary mod like cave dweller herobrine warden Mojang removed would be cool to have in Minecraft update 1.21

[@JoshBlueMoon5]

I wanna reiterate the credits for Minecraft ideas academy (Interview with Mojang dev) and Gargin (cave dweller creator) For inspiration.

[@deIuxe]

please release this mod for fabric 1.19.2

[@gaborbarta4724]

Please do a release for forge 1.18.2

[@XioJN]

please release this mod for beta 1.7.3

[@thedabbingender9955]

._.@@XioJN

[@spinetalepapyrus8910]

That is fire, I wanna play that and try to crap myself xd

[@richarddunn9286]

The warden was far to rare to be effective as something scary in caves, but this is perfect for filling that role! It could be mostly harmless but the random mob noises is a perfect idea for scaring the player. I love the concept of a stalker mob that hides from you.

[@milesmcallister8542]

Yes, because I want my life to suck and always be hard

[@jackharris4479]

​@@milesmcallister8542THAT'S why everyone voted for Phantoms

[@fujiwaranonekobiodrando1257]

​@@milesmcallister8542 ohh sucked and always hard. Kinky dude

[@s66s46]

Warden is still scary, just in a different way

[@flouffy]

and now everyone regret@@jackharris4479

[@JayMMecra]

The Shade lost its horror once it had an attack phase, just keeping the ambience of it stalking you and never attacking is better than it attacking or getting close.

[@harbour2118]

I like the idea of the shade being like the modern version of the classic herobrine a stalker rather than an attacker Something of a complement/contrast to the cave dweller or even the warden, the shade stirs up the most paranoia and tension while the cave dweller or warden is what dishes out the scare factor

[@Lenothy]

​@@harbour2118yeah that's what I thought, it reminds me of Herobrine, all you know about it is myths, but the canon is that you just see those white glowing eyes staring and then disappear when you noitche it, I too think it's better that it stays like that

[@somewhereelse1235]

The biggest issue for having no attack phase is that if it doesn't attack you, you'll eventually just ignore it beyond the occasional monster noises. Harassing you before attacking you when you start to finally feel complacent is a good way to release the tension it builds up as frantic desperation as you get attacked.

[@somewhereelse1235]

@@friendlyneighborhoodnoob Ultimately this would make the mob even less fun, as it just punishes you for existing without excessive amounts of healing or food.

[@JayMMecra]

that never stopped herbrine now did it?@@somewhereelse1235

[@CommRichard]

I'd really like to see this released as a mod, since mods like this are starting to surge in popularity. This one would definitely be the most detailed one so far.

[@spekulatiu]

aight bet

[@crossoverqueen1775]

This would make an amazing mod!

[@the_guy_with_a_shitty_mic4175]

you mean the cave dweller?

[@CommRichard]

@@the_guy_with_a_shitty_mic4175 Yes that.

[@squishyghastly8788]

This video makes me feel very sad that Mojang rejected this idea, I really hope they reconsider the Shade again!

[@JoshBlueMoon5]

i really hope so!

[@milesmcallister8542]

The warden is scary enough as it is.

[@Iamgoodman67]

​@@milesmcallister8542but sickened mobs (withered)

[@TheEpicGoldrobloxguy]

they should make it so it only spawns if your VERY deep in a cave

[@CamelliaFlingert]

I don't need horror in a sandbox game, bro this is unnecessarily, it would be much better if they didn't added dumb scary cave noises which makes no sense but just exist to scare you instead of maintain the atmosphere of cave and NATURAL sounds

[@Wallmart5]

This honestly is really well done, even adding the mobs and even more mechanics like the head being ripped off really makes this an incredible mob. I wish it was released to the public.

[@MrBurrito7171]

If It was released officially it probably wouldn't come with the extra features like it tearing off its head ‘n stuff

[@artgirlgammer4662]

@@MrBurrito7171 Can you tell me what the mod is called?

[@MrBurrito7171]

@@artgirlgammer4662 sorry, idk if he put it on cursed forge but, the mob is called "Shade" so you could probably find a mod similar to this if you search

[@MegaLpso]

The animation you did for the shade trying to lure the player into a cave was terrifying and very smooth.

[@crabniac]

Reminds me of Glitchtrap holy christ

[@bugjams]

Unfortunately it doesn't really fit Minecraft, though. It's almost _too_ smooth. That finger wiggle is also... a little much. I think it would be more effective if it simply hid from view, then dropped a fake item from around the corner. Could be iron, a diamond, anything valuable you could find underground. When you go to pick up the item, it vanishes into thin smoke, and then there's a 50/50 chance the Shade jumps you and puts you at 1 heart - but importantly, doesn't kill you.

[@Toddhead]

It was goofy, not even a little scary

[@rynnex]

The fact that it peaks around corners is the scariest part about it & makes it stand out compared to other mods almost like it's a real "ghost in the machine" so to speak.

[@Zoroas_Bounty]

I think a way, to make it look less goofy would probably by having The Shade create an illusion as it transforms probably sprinkling in a little lore about it. Maybe showing, custom art of a ritual using lapis. As for the, four legged form maybe it could be missing it's head as two more arms appear from the cloak the eye's shining from the chest as it chases you. And for a extra horror factor it climbs into holes around the cave to try and cut you off. But this is only a idea.

[@JoshBlueMoon5]

Thats actually a good idea, ill save that for the next monster i make, thanks! Also, he does actually cut you off and run across tunnels, i just forgot to include it in the footage...

[@Man_ThumbsUp]

@@JoshBlueMoon5 can you like actually release the mod... please 👉👈

[@skullzans]

@@JoshBlueMoon5 I have an idea as well, why not make it crawl with desperation towards you, like a zombie without legs? But it moves SLOWER...But, if you run too far it will stop for a moment, and fall down as if dead. Its head comes off and sprouts little legs and dashes at you quickly, quicker than sprinting. Making it so you must be close to it for it to not overwhelm you. And, since you added bones, why not make it animate skeletons that ARE real and killable from the ground around you before it chases... But not with bows, with pickaxes and swords dual-wielded. On Defeat, maybe even give something of a trophy(Like its skull) or a thing similar to Nether Stars but rather than lighting beacons, it simply gives you more damage against living targets(Reverse Smite) when used like an enchanting book.

[@rockinggamerdude]

Who knows if you keep working on this maybe you can pitch it to Mojang for mob vote

[@Kill_noobs_simulator_fan]

That would ruin the concept for it as it would not have the scary aspect you would worry about instead it would much rather be like the pillagers combined with a slow chicken@@skullzans

[@Ichengo42]

a thing to know about how the cave noises appear, there is a stat in the f3 menu called "mood", it lowers the longer you're in dim or darker areas, the darker, the faster it lowers, a cave noise will play when it hits 0 this makes the surprise aspect a bit underwhelming but I'm pretty sure you could use that mechanic to work with the cave noises

[@Rubbish_]

This is one of the most well done horror mobs I’ve seen. I really want Mojang to shadow drop a mob similar to this and tell no one, maybe even just the part where it lurks. It’d have to be such an incredibly rare occurrence that it becomes it’s own myth until they eventually fully reveal and release it. Then again dataminers could just find it in a day.

[@thegamesforreal1673]

Yea this would be awesome, but sadly you don't even need to be a good dataminer to find out a new mob was added. Just opening up the textures is enough.

[@draxhiljr.3619]

The Shade mob is like a ghostly hybrid of an Enderman and an Iron Golem while it's wearing clothes that are made out of Phantom skins (the same skin that the flying insomnia monsters attacked us at night), but not only that, it can imitate any hostile mob sounds. (Similar ability to the Parrot that can imitate hostile mob sounds, but unlike the Parrot, it's imitation sounds are not as high pitched like the Parrot)

[@Iamgoodman67]

so enderman Iron golem hybrid

[@delicatevessel9718]

It seems kind of like the opposite of the warden. Two different sides of horror. The shade is thinner, it's quiet, focusing more on mental torment and mind games, playing with its food. The warden is a giant, it's loud, focusing more on physical attacks and just getting the job done. Maybe they could be best friends or worst enemies. If best friends the shade has a very VERY small chance of summoning the warden, helping it find you, and chasing you with a warden hallucination towards the real warden. If enemies they'll have a very VERY small chance of bumping into each other while they're chasing you and just start fighting. obviously the warden would win but you can't exactly kill a ghost. So is the shade _really_ gone?

[@tangerinepaint3643]

If the shade is a ghost I think it would be cool if enchanted tools could “exorcise” it out of this plane of existence for a short time or something

[@delicatevessel9718]

@@tangerinepaint3643 ooh that's a great idea! Maybe make a totem of banishment. And they can only be found in ancient city's just to give us more of a reason to go there.

[@gigikju9934]

Hear me out…the warden has sensitive hearing, right? What if the Shade kind of let out a shriek to summon the Warden?

[@delicatevessel9718]

@@gigikju9934 You're a genius.

[@mistahchad220]

5:14 I love everything about this "beckoning" animation. The Shade has an air of cunning to them, rather than being purely animalistic. Like sure, the Cave Dweller and other monsters like it are phenomenal, but this offers a different flavour of danger entirely-- not being stalked by an animal, but an intelligent being that /enjoys/ toying with its prey.

[@user-jz2zw1su3y]

the shade: an eldritch horror beyond comprehensions that stalks you in caves also the shade: becomes monke

[@BAMFuPanda]

we all return to monke

[@evilbanshee]

This has gotta be one of the coolest mob mods ive ever seen dude. This has some crazy potential!

[@JoshBlueMoon5]

thank you so much!!!

[@buzzy4820]

Did you want to say "addon", isn't it? Bedrock edition

[@PhantomChaos76]

@@buzzy4820 Does it really matter? They are the same thing, lol

[@Phoenixqp]

​@@JoshBlueMoon5oh please please please make it a public mod so we can experience this for ourselves! This one is definitely my favorite!

[@buzzy4820]

@@PhantomChaos76, Some people think that addons are very bad, but they are not that bad

[@nicoroys7560]

I think for the 4 legged transformation, you could have made it scuttle around instead, maybe make it more feral in pose too.

[@enderfire3379]

my advice for not making the transformation look goofy would be to make it into a four legged creature that moves kinda like the monster from the ring. it could break its neck, making it hang down, have its limbs bend in unatural ways, and all this is happening very suddenly with sounds

[@VinnyUnion]

*Shin Godzilla?*

[@enderfire3379]

@@VinnyUnion shin godzilla

[@AbyssalPhantom-uc5lh]

Dude its animations are so well done (save for the four legged form), and I really love how you did it peeking around walls and trying to lure you

[@JoshBlueMoon5]

glad you liked it!

[@4rdency]

Here are my ideas for possibly making The Shade an even better concept than it already is. Warning, all the ideas total to over 700 words. Sorry it's so long 😭😭😭 1. To cater to the players that aren't fond of horror, I think a good solution to this would be a button in the create world screen to toggle The Shade on or off (just like the Phantom). Another idea on this topic could be forcing The Shade to be in your world if you're on hard/hardcore difficulty, and/or in a new, more challenging mode, Daunting difficulty. 2. Daunting could be a completely new difficulty setting with multiple different features added, turning the lovely, astonishing sandbox game you know into a horrific, traumatizing horror game. One of the features would obviously be The Shade, and to ease the PTSD of 1.19 players, The Deep Dark and such could be exclusive to this feature (or togglable in normal difficulties). I could probably come up with some more features that could be added to this mode, but I'd rather someone ask for it directly so I don't waste my time typing something no one cares about. 3. Back to The Shade, I feel like some kick ass lore could be associated with this mob. The Shade could have something to do with the Phantom, as that mob's associated with insomnia. And y'all know what happens if you go on without sleep for too long, right? Hallucinations. With the physical attributes, The Shade looks an awful like an Enderman, not to mention the fact it also doesn't like being seen. So what if (sorta following fandom lore) the illagers performed hybrid experiments with a phantom and an enderman, but something went horribly wrong? The Shade was supposed to be another mob belonging to the illager race for battle, possibly flying and being able to teleport around. However, instead of that, the experiments went wrong, and The Shade was born with different abilities. Like the enderman, its body is dark and lanky, however with horrific features, such as a gaping mouth in its chest. This could explain the tears, as it's constantly in physical pain and discomfort. Sorta similarly to the enderman, The Shade doesn't like being seen (for the most part), so it hides when you look at it or vanishes when you get too close. Now, with the phantom, rather than The Shade being attracted to insomnia, it IS insomnia, but 100x worse. It causes visual and auditory hallucinations, as how insomnia (after a few days) would do to you irl. Sadly, I can't rlly explain the transformation. Aside from that, this mob was too powerful for the illagers to contain, and it broke free from the lab. How more were created throughout the Overworld, I couldn't say; just know that if you escaped the grasps of 1, prepare yourself for many more. 4. Apologizing for the extremely long lore, a drop from The Shade could be a "Ghoulish Tear". This item would be used for potions. Combining it with an awkward potion could give you "Potion of Delirium". Alone, this potion is worthless. However, combining it with a direct drop from any mob could 'transform' you into that mob. For example, mixing that potion with Zombie Flesh could give you the appearance of a Zombie, except with white eyes like seen in the video (so players can recognize you). The point of this is that whichever mob you take the shape of, that mob couldn't detect you no matter how close you get, and other hostile mobs could only see you 7% of the usual distance, regardless of armor. The only exceptions are if the mob has already agro'd on you, you take a certain amount of damage or run out of time and lose the appearance, or if you damage the mob. It's worth noting that this potion cannot be crafted into a splash or lingering potion, as that would just make things confusing. 5. So y'all know the F3 stat, Mood? If not, it's a % stat that goes up the longer you're in a confined space, such as a cave. When your Mood reaches 100%, a cave sound will play. My idea is that there's another stat, "Dread". Basically, this stat works similar to Mood, however, instead of the % increasing the longer you're in a cave, Dread would increase constantly when you're below Y level -20, increasing at a faster rate the deeper you're in. When Dread reaches 100%, The Shade will appear from 20-50 blocks away on the X, Z axis and from 0-20 blocks away on the Y axis (meaning it can be 20-53 blocks away). These are all the ideas I have for now. If you actually read these, then holy shit I am SO grateful. These took a decent hour to come up with, and I had so much fun writing these. If you want to add comments or suggestions to fix or add new ideas, then feel free to reply. That's all, have a good rest of your day!

[@alphalightbearer7]

AMAZING!

[@seekeroftruth9454]

when a community buddy online doesn Mojang’s job>> (we still love the Warden ofc~) especially the loreeee

[@B.B.P.]

Bro isn't there a way you can give this to the mojang team? I always thought of Minecraft as fun and enjoyable game But I know Minecraft Has an insane potential to be a scary game. The Thought of adding a new difficulty setting based around pure horror Is something I would pay for. You my friend deserve to be recognized for this brilliant idea.

[@4rdency]

@@B.B.P. Bro that genuinely means so much to me. I honestly hesitated posting the comment cuz I thought it was too unrealistic or silly, but ig I was wrong. I wish I could pitch this idea to Mojang, but I doubt they'd even consider it anyways. Again, thanks so much for your kind reply; I just woke up and I'm already smiling like a little child :))

[@B.B.P.]

@@4rdency no need to thank me bro, an idea as great as this is worth the attention. Any TRUE fan of this game will agree with me, besides you’ll never know until you try. I believe this idea can be brought to life with the right community pushing it, as i was reading it, it felt like a developer was truly sharing the idea with the fans, i hope this can come to life as i’ll have a new reason to keep playing Minecraft :D P.s: Don’t give up on the idea man, a wonderful idea like this DESERVES ATTENTION!!

[@thepridedoctor3250]

This is such a cool mob! Will you release it as a mod? Because I’d absolutely love to play with this thing coming after me

[@Hellscaped]

its for bedrock :(

[@WatermelonSteven-rb3ox]

How do you know it's for bedrock? Did he say it in the video?

[@BlackPistolYT]

​@@WatermelonSteven-rb3oxYou can do emotes in the game, as shown in the video.

[@bottleofcat]

No this is not okay I’m gonna turn my pants from white to brown if i ever see this in my game 😭

[@BlackPistolYT]

@@bottleofcat it's not gonna be that bad, okay?

[@jaelena1811]

5:15 nah bro shade got that William Afton lure💀

[@calibur1128]

This mod is great and it would be really fun to sneak into a mod pack to troll your friends, but I feel like the attack phase could be reworked or removed because in it's current state it does look a bit goofy.

[@Kyrious]

The attack phase should be ultra-rare. However, I have another idea. I'm not a modder, but I created a concept for a mod. Morality. This system would track the good and bad things the player did. Killing villagers, overbreeding mobs in compact areas, abusing villager trading, zombifying villagers by force, and even making iron farms. There is a lot of morally bad things the player does. The more you immoral you are the more supernatural occurrences happen in your world. New mobs you'd never see normally exist. This one would be perfect for it. If I were to convert the concept to my mod, essentially you'd have tiers of morality or lack thereof. The stalker phase would happen in one of the lower levels of immorality, the hallucinations in the next tier, and finally attack mode in the final tier. The Cave dweller would fall into one of the higher levels. Converting other horror mods Weeping Angels would spawn at around later tiers. Low-level immorality is build-up horror. These events would be very rare, you wouldn't experience them often. This would be subtly seeing a scary mob, or Herobrine kind of activity such as redstone torch tunnels. middle-level would be the scare at the player level. Stalking events happen more, and this is where jump scares and hallucinations could occur, with some lesser scary mobs existing to attack the player. the highest level would be the attack phase. All the same events happen before at semi-rare intervals with the rarest chance of them attacking. Things like this mob could kill you taking any loot you have on you forever. That would up the tension a LOT. If I ever get into modding the game I will absolutely make this concept a reality. While attempting to work with other authors to incorporate even more horrific entities into minecraft

[@KattyKitten69]

I really loce the idea of the shade, it's such a original concept, it's funny how even before the cave sand cliffs were announced, i had a mob concept EXACTLY like the shade, my idea is that if you stayed too long in a cave, the stalker would appear, it would be a humanoid creature, it would be very similar to steve, however its legs would be stretched, it would appear in the distance in the dark, standing there, as it stalks you, when you look at it, it would simply vanish in a black smoke, once that happens, the stalker would have a 50% chance of appearing somewhere stalking you, and after 3 or more times that happens, other hallucinations are goint to appear, one of them was the fake mobs and noises, sometimes you would also hear voices whispering behind you, and sometimes you would also see other deformed creatures very similar to the stalker (stalker variations), the stalkers are simply the souls of those who perished inside the caves, and their soul left their body to roam around in the underground

[@machinablade7587]

Hardly an original concept Herobrine

[@gabrielsfilms2086]

Imagine installing this on someones computer without telling them

[@carleehooley6338]

Instead of it transforming into that, I think it would look really scary if he would drop down and start dragging himself forward with his hands but extremely quickly.

[@Vantainium]

This will probably be buried since I’m so late, but here’s a couple ideas; if you want the shade transformation to be less goofy, you could have it stand upside down on four limbs and chase you that way, with the mouth thing facing upwards. You could also make it’s movements much more erratic not always just chasing behind the player, but climbing on walls, jumping/lunging like a spider, etc.

[@kyokono6465]

I would like to know if you plan to put this up for others to use in modpacks. I really like the concept of this mod, and am pretty bummed to find out it is based on something spooky that could have actually been a thing in Vanilla. I'd love to play this kind of mod.

[@hoshitoshi]

"and here you can see the Shade luring you into a cave" ok but i would IMMEDIATELY follow him, he's so friend shaped guys

[@unfunny3313]

Do you plan releasing it as a mod? Looks pretty cool!

[@x_taurus]

back in 2019, I wished minecraft horror mods were a thing. then came scape and run parasites, cawe dweller, night dweller, now this... absolute masterpieces.

[@grimkitten8254]

damm having that without the transforming and attacking mode and keeping it as more of a just stalker would be cool, maybe it should be more like it only attacks if you go too near of it but also would drop somekind of ghosty material like ectoplasm that could be added on tools or sword to make them glow in its color theme? would love to see such mob as a mod

[@Stripey_McGee]

This would've been such a good idea to put in Minecraft. It seems much more like an actual villain (Probably the closest thing to Herobrine in the base game!) and an intelligent force of evil instead of just a hulking, run-of-the-mill brute like the warden. I also think it might be interesting if the shade could be encountered without other hostile mobs in the way, and if any are there, they would run away like how a creeper would from a cat. That way it would seem that the shade is so unnatural that it even scares hostile mobs away!

[@podero2.022]

The animations are insane! I’d love to see a short play through clip where a player encounters one of these shades in cave.

[@sheepythebott]

I love how well you designed & animated this mob! But the idea of its transformation I like is that its head folds back, and the only thing you see is its gaping maw as it stands on its knuckles using its arms as hinde legs to support itself for faster pacing.

[@ContinuedOak]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the animation, they are perfect, the way it bounces around gives it a animated feel

[@alex_sans]

Do not stop making creepy mobs, I think it's simply fascinating 😲😲

[@filelost9194]

Both of your cave noise mods seem pretty great

[@iNkoRsUniverse]

Yo, this is so awesome man! Wish this was something I can play with in the game

[@geojesnylsantos3457]

this guy makes the best creations in minecraft ive ever seen, he needs more subs

[@JoshBlueMoon5]

Thank you so much!!

[@KingRoni1222]

I think some truly terrifying features for the shade just weren't explored enough, especially the transformation part. Imagine for but a moment that, rather than having that big gaping mouth on its stomach and shrinking itself down to use said mouth, what if it pried at its own face, ripping it to reveal the monstrous mouth before it started rushing you down? Add some visceral bone snapping and skittering-esk noises and that's proper horror right there.

[@stanisawankowski8243]

Ok. You have to make a mod featuring all your scary creatures. This looks awesome!

[@Dennisentrekin8022]

It's fantastic to have you posting again, missed you big guy

[@coffeeiguess]

This mod is really cool! Now imagine if it was tied into the insomnia effect of the phantom.

[@richarddunn9286]

That would be so much better! Rather than insomnia basically forcing you to go out of your way sleep, it would actually enhance the game in an optional way

[@MateuszMorski]

1:21 So basically it’s like a Minecraft Mimic? [THE MIMIC!!!]

[@FantoGatoOficial]

Wow, this mob is amazing! I think some mob involved with thalassophobia inside caves would be cool!

[@ImWhyMortalsCry]

DUDE! This is sooo cool! Especially the peeking and luring animations

[@Thesamurun]

This creature is better than cave dweller

[@jackofblades3171]

It's a good idea but only if you make the chances of it spawning very minimal. If it shows up on every world I make and it shows up in only a matter of time it will get very annoying. But say if there's a possibility to generate worlds that have it turned off via a false value. Then it will become more niche and more interesting since it's only possible and not guaranteed.

[@SamTheHighwayMan]

It's so amazingly well done. I'd love to see a mod from this for Java!

[@Bearbones]

Would love to see more updates on this. It's coming along great!

[@Bearbones]

Btw, this is bedrock edition right?

[@Sy5t3m_Cr45h]

Th fourlegged transformation should be that the head flips upside down (idk, maybe make it break its own neck or whatever), the mob turns around and bends over backwards so the mouth becomes the back, the head points toward the player (if done correctly the head would be rightside up), and its arms 'break' to get into the correct positions for run-crawling Also im sorry to whoever envisions this correctly and has nightmares

[@nathanskretkowicz4705]

In my opinion having a scary mob in the game like the warden makes the game less scary. For example hearing cave noises is really erie, but if something was making the noise you would be less scared knowing a mob is making the noise. But if a unexplainable noise just plays for no reason, that would be just be scary.

[@JoshBlueMoon5]

I agree with you actually, so im glad the Warden isn't related to the cave sounds, id rather keep the mystery

[@ninjireal]

@@JoshBlueMoon5Uh, yeah, sure, seeming your entire video catalog is based on adding to cave sounds.

[@mechamedegeorge6786]

The cave noises lose even more their appeal once you are aware that there is actually nothing making the noise and its just a random thing. If the mob was rare, like REALLY rare this can work

[@MegaChickenfish]

I really like tying it to the minecraft cave noises, that is properly nightmare inducing.

[@Omega7321]

Beautiful work!!!

[@RosemaryTheFloran]

Goofy my ass, if I saw a giant torso mouth booking it at me, I'm screaming and running

[@BrookDude]

If Mojang didn’t scrap this mob, Minecraft would be rated 13+ lol

[@berylredburrow__8810]

I really wish we got something like this over the warden. As the concept of "a mob you're not meant to fight", this is so much better. You don't fight the warden because its strong, but players will always be able to find ways to kill things. Making it stronger is just inviting people to fight it. You don't fight this thing because of how badly it fucks with you. Yeah, you can kill it, but you'll be paranoid the whole time, wondering if it's actually dead. Fake mobs freaking you out, making running the better option. This is way cooler

[@TSMSnation]

3:20 ohhh my god! getting this to actually work in such a randomly generated game is CRAZY

[@nickg5341]

I’ve always felt a simple mob that watches you from afar in the caves and disappears when you look away or get close (no aggression or anything that’s it) would do wonders for ambience. These animations look great, you’re very good at this!

[@StummJedla]

You did a great job. I really like the horror concept from the Shade.

[@JoshBlueMoon5]

Thank you very much!!! glad you like it

[@jiahmiller3861]

I absolutely love this! Great work brotha! I'm subscribing for your hard work! :))

[@astrowebs410]

This feels like horror done right in Minecraft. A mob that pops up out of nowhere and just attacks you relentlessly until you're dead loses its effectiveness after a couple of times and just becomes an annoyance. But the built up to the attack with something like the shade? *chef's kiss* Especially with all different stages and hallucinations. Seems like it would actually make caves scary. If Mojang doesn't revisit this, I'd love to see it as a mod.

[@plagueking6559]

I want to give feedback, you should try making each scary mobs for the dripstone cave biome & the lush cave biome.

[@postaldude4898]

great content man, you deserve a lot more views

[@JoshBlueMoon5]

I appreciate that, thanks!!

[@alexb859]

Awesome video!!! Also I subbed :)

[@Nyghtking]

I imagine you could have gone creepier with the transformation, like having the head sink into the torso, eyes appear above the mouth, two more sets of arms appear so it's silhouette is more like an insect, then have the torso fold and the teeth become more pronounced so the torso becomes more of a mouth, maybe have a part of it extend back like a snake, and it lets out a roar before attacking, to add to it have it make snapping noises during the transformation. You did good with what you did however.

[@mad5608]

They added the phantom so you HAVE to sleep and they should've added this to avoid players just using fullbright or never using light sources. Phantoms are just annoying and this would be a fun addition

[@lukkruk6904]

Well, i guess it's time to make a petition to bring this hostility officially to Minecraft

[@patagum8289]

"Hey, wanna see my head come off?" All joking aside, you did a fantastic job with Shade, it's very well done!

[@Nightlight_Latte]

Aaah! The Shade was a mob I was so excited for, your take on it turned out wonderful. From keeping that dark blue/purple coloration, to the behavior of the mob itself. Your solution for the transformation looking goofy was pretty clever too- with the blindness creating panic along with the player not being able to see the oddly-shaped monster coming after them. What I'm about to say is likely out of Mojang's comfort zone for adding spooky/horror elements to the game, but, if they wanted to take another crack at the "transforming phase" not looking goofy- take a *tiny* bit of inspiration from The Thing (old horror film). Could easily make some sort of spindly, makeshift/unnatural-looking limbs come out from asymmetric places along the body. Along with whatever the creature's skin is like being torn/stretched essentially. Apologies if that sounds a little gruesome, but, there are certainly ways to make something like that spooky for sure!

[@janwithbanan]

I love this so much. There's not enough scariness or challenge in the caves if you don't stumble upon an ancient city.

[@SpringySpring04]

This is really interesting. I liked how you used the Snow World music from Yume Nikki at 0:50

[@tynus293]

if you continue making stuff like this, you could make an amazing mod in the future. The quality of the animations and textures + thought of gameplay is just on a another level and it would def get popular really quickly

[@pigwhaleg]

Scary thing happened to me in minecraft recently, 2 endermen spawned in the darkness of a cave and their eyes lined up so the space in between their eye sockets looked like pupils. Thought a giant ender dragon was in the cave

[@Sketano]

hope you expand on this and upload it as a mod.

[@zdeadfalloutxx8084]

1:46 To be honest I think that the B variation looks dope, seems fitting for maybe an ender dweller.

[@epicman87]

i really hope they add some of these concept art mobs to the new dimension, they mostly look so amazing

[@brendanmorris2679]

You gonna release this, cause IMO you should. I am of the belief, that if your gonna make something like this, you should release it. Really cool model for it, and i honestly think that its an interesting mob, even despite its rejection.

[@chubbierb]

This mob concept fits the cave description perfectly a mob that hunts and punishes the player for staying in the darkness for too long or in the cave for days it’s a great way to one make the phantom more useful in way, the stalker chases the player out of the cave and phantoms are ready to punish the player for not sleeping. I would say there could be an additional feature that makes it so the stalker chases you and teleport you somewhere random in the cave this also has an effect depending how deep you are and could easily get you killed depending where it sends you over all though this is a really got concept and I wish it was actually added to the game

[@everlastingcomet]

The idea a mob that ACTUALLY MAKES YOU THINK YOUR INSANE IS SO DAMN COOL, i'd probably shit myself if this was added but damn, imagine the lore behind this fella.

[@saintaislaymore9232]

The shade should've made it into Minecraft, whether it was part of the same update or not it should've been added to give the caves more personality like the lush caves and sculk caves give it terrain personality, or the cave spiders give it mob personality, It'll be great to bring this back for a future update

[@candlestone5397]

this feels fantastic. but it should have a timer or setting for when it starts spawning. like you have to find the deep dark or only below a certain level for instance.

[@Raptorworld22]

Man, I really kinda hope that you release this as a mod somewhere.

[@salr7727]

"he's just standing there, MENICINGLY" -Patrick

[@BradyNiel2234]

this is so good this must took sometime to make did keep it up!

[@mxtrashtm]

Honestly the four legged transformation could be pulled off pretty well if taking notes from the exorcist, with having it suddenly snap backwards, maybe turn it's head fully around and invert it's limbs. Because of the transformation it would be facing away from you, this could give the player a moment to run as it repositions itself to chase you, maybe even in a slow manner to give you a false sense of security. Add a few echoing bone snapping noises and that, and you've got a terrifying animation.

[@randomnessanimation6831]

Literally sounds like they were trying to finally add Herobrine into the game.

[@deadjoey6042]

Dude what your animations are amazing, the way it makes eye contact with you and gets out of sight is just insanely well done.

[@joshhobs9257]

The form seems like it's goofy but while playing it'll be terrifying just like the cave dweller,also if you really wanted to have some spooky fun with it makes the eyes to into the mouth on its torso so all you see is a creature with glowing eyes in its mouth coming at you. Ps: the silliest part about it is the hide away animation and the hiding away as a whole it should just disappear immediately like the enderman when you make eyes contact or even see it at all so it can really make you paranoid because things disappearing immediately after you see them is like "did I just see something there" or "I could've sworn I saw something" especially when playing with friends.

[@GUMM1_GUTZ]

it's giving Minecraft Creepypasta vibes and i love it!!

[@bitofphoenix8267]

Is there any modpack, datapack, or bedrock recourse pack I could download this on? Also I think what could help the attack phase is spider-like legs. I've seen them in a lot of horror and if they grow out sort of like that one picture of the octopus with the mutation where tentacles grow on tentacles it could be really cool

[@___________________________-.-]

It would be cool if the Shade was like the Phantom which would appear after being too long inside a cave to represent your paranoia, but only one Shade

[@TheLookingGlass001]

I would love a concept like that in the game. Personally it would be way more terrifying if the mob never actually attacks you and all it does is stalk and watch you. The less we know of it, the scarier I say.

[@daviviegas280]

I always imagined herobrine as being a possessive shapeless spirit that manifestated to the player through hallucinations. Imagine the terror of being silently chased by a hallucination version of yourself, but with glowing eyes slowly draining your sanity as it takes control of your mind and body.

[@fainyance11]

A very good idea for a "lower tier" hallucination would be to create fake blocks, introducing that distrust and paranoia of your environment. Maybe after you spot it, sometimes a gold or diamond block would actually be just stone that was simply an illusion.

[@Korum211]

This should've been the phantom, it appears if you haven't slept and enter a dark area after 3 days

[@JoshBlueMoon5]

Funny you comment that cause next video ill be remaking the Phantom, and its gonna work kinda like that

[@Korum211]

@@JoshBlueMoon5 YOU ARE A GOD

[@kyd0r-YesYes-px142]

can you add all of your mods as links in your desc, these look really fun and i NEED the shade and i play on bedroock

[@1cupof6]

Honestly really effective, though if I could suggest something, make the animations feel like its jerking and snapping around suddenly.

[@OfficialEvilNotch]

Jow do you make that mob tranparent? It's cool I will make a inspired mob of their idea too.