There's something lurking in the Trial Chambers...

[@jacksoniseli]

bad omen is not the only effect that acts the way it does, hero of the village also doesn't effect the player, but effects villagers around you

[@Gem_catT]

fair point although you could argue that Mojang added it just to give the player a reason to do raids. otherwise the updates might've not been as exciting. Probably why Retro didn't mention it

[@jacksoniseli]

@ either way, it’s just another effect that doesn’t effect the player, it effects the environment and the mobs within, and actually their is more, The Luck and bad luck effects which are in Java also do not effect the player but effect loot tables and drops

[@euaqui4437]

Actually it affects the player, its fame especially, depending of how you treat the villagers (trading, killing or saving them in this case) they may hate you or love you, it affects your status for the villagers not how the villagers offer their trades, but for some reason it also affects wandering traders and since they're not being attacked by an enemy because they don't have a home is strange that they also give discounts

[@bellslimes]

@euaqui4437 Perhaps the Wandering Trader caught wind of our resume in saving villages from the illagers (that we started but nvm that) and wanted to express their gratitude for saving the others of its kind? Or maybe villagers just have a better sense of understanding who is a hero and who isn’t, given that they’ve been around long enough to have seen other heroes of the players’ kind?

[@euaqui4437]

@bellslimes thinking this way maybe the hero of the village effect give the player an aura like effect that the villagers can sense so that way villagers of other villages and wandering trades can also see you as a hero

[@GoodrichT6]

Perhaps the Breeze is an artificial mob used to train soldiers to fight Blazes? There's many obvious similarities between the two, from their body shape to their use of projectiles. Since the Breeze uses wind charges instead of fire charges, they would be safer to train against, allowing soldiers to improve their skills until they need to fight the real deal. The Breeze is also somewhat visually similar to Vexes, possibly implying that they are created in a similar way

[@Gem_catT]

hmmmmmmmmm good idea I don't know enough to add anything useful or add something to oppose it but it certainly is creative!

[@thestoryteller1807]

would make sense with the connection to the wither theory and how much the builders did in the nether

[@JRexRegis]

And the true danger of the Breeze, fall damage, would be relatively easy to negate using potions of slow falling, which are brewed with phantom membranes. RTG's own fan-lore suggests that the phantoms were once animals domesticated by the ancient builders, but even if they weren't, all undead must have at some point been alive. And as we see with zombie villagers, zombification will render even friendly beings hostile.

[@darkmatter9643]

It’s possible that they simply used to exist naturally but became extinct some time between the trial chamber’s creation and the arrival of the player.

[@MCMiner2103]

Fighting with breezes teaches you how to fight two mobs: Blazes, like you said, and another one: Ghasts. It perfectionises the ability to punch the fire balls from them with high precision back.

[@ABoxIsMyHome]

RGN has definitely claimed that ominous music as his own haha

[@gugoluna]

He made it

[@ABoxIsMyHome]

@@gugolunawoah well that makes sense

[@robxy]

You can listen to all his tracks on his other channel ModernGamingLater

[@FuIIEpicness]

@@robxy yes

[@Graf-Fischgen-von-Fischgesicht]

At first i thougt it was terraria jungle night theme one part reminds me very much of it

[@TreTomato_]

20:49 Not that this destroys the theory, just wanna mention: The byproducts of copper's oxidation is what kills microbes, so the waxing of all the copper blocks actually prevents it from killing any infection.

[@NotK9204]

Beeswax is antibacterial, so maybe it's that? I didn't watch all the way through the video yet, so I'm unsure as to what the context is.

[@danielloewen2857]

It's likely they weren't aware of this, sort of like how people tried smoking out the bubonic plague since they knew it could kill diseases but weren't aware that the plague was in the water

[@Pastellera2video]

@@NotK9204 so you also read the comments while watching a video?

[@DaviNoob11]

​@@Pastellera2videoYes

[@redwiltshire1816]

Actually beeswax creates an antibacterial coating it’s probably one of the strongest natural sources of antibiotics, it can be used to cover a wound and prevent it from getting infected but this only works for blocks that are waxed, the stonework on the other hand would be a dream home for bacteria not to mention all the body parts there would be all over the floor, if these rooms are made to be sanitary then they failed big time

[@brevortofficial]

The spawner doesn't spin faster when players approach, it just doesn't spin at all unless the player is in range. The reason it sometimes spins faster and slower is based on how far through the spawn cycle it is, if it just spawned it spins slower and speeds up til it spawns again. Also, trial spawners don't wait til the first wave is killed before spawning another wave, they wait til a single mob is killed, which then makes it so there is room in their mob cap. Regular spawners actually function that way, they just have a much longer cooldown and higher amount of mobs they are allowed to spawn.

[@Velocifyer]

That is spinning faster

[@brevortofficial]

​@@Velocifyer I'm not arguing that it always spins the same speed, I'm arguing that the speed is inversely proportional to the time until the next spawn, not the distance as suggested in the video. My point is that the spinning mob is independent of distance once you are in range, and focusing on distance misrepresents how the mechanics actually work.

[@Velocifyer]

@@brevortofficial But it does spin faster if the player is close enought for it too spin

[@ClonedGamer001]

⁠@@Velocifyer The video implies that proximity to the player is the direct cause of the increased speed. That is incorrect, and what OP was correcting. The change in spin speed has nothing to do with whether or not a player is nearby. In theory if a mob spawner were to somehow remain active without a nearby player, it would STILL spin faster as it got closer to spawning a mob.

[@professormutant3252]

@@ClonedGamer001 spinning *is* faster than not spinning though, so it's technically correct.

[@Cartoon079]

There's GOT to be more to this. The heavy core being found there, the tridents being there aside from only being obtained from the drowned, and the extreme likenesses of breezes and blazes. Could this be and enderman-like theory? Like these were training grounds could have also been training grounds for fighting blazes. Breezes move quickly, are tanky, but do low damage, which would be an ideal test fight mob. Plus the fact that there's nowhere else where breezes can be found. And the mace. Why is such a powerful weapon hidden inside the vaults? Could it have been farmed for Warden defense? But if so, who put heavy cores in vaults? I think this is what makes Minecraft lore so fascinating. So many dead ends, so many false lights at the end of the tunnel, it just never ends. Minecraft is truly and endless game. But the question still remains. Why?

[@Gem_catT]

hopefully the miserable excuse for a warden 2.0 (that I can just put in a ditch and get on with my day) at least explains some of this in 1.22 (i'm referring to the disapointment of the creaking)

[@ChocoRainbowCorn]

@@Gem_catT Some see The Creaking as a disappointment - Others do not. Would you like to hear the tutorial on how to tolerate and respect differing opinions?

[@Cartoon079]

It's okay...I personally liked the creaking, since it has a unique approach on mobs...but I do think Mojang will be adding more cool stuff every year so if one was disappointing at least there's the next one.

[@WhatIsThatThingDoing]

I think most other maces would have been lost in battle or otherwise misplaced, never to be recovered. If they are that good, you'd expect practically everyone they can supply to have them, unless they were a recent innovation in their time. Of course, this layter is unlikely unless there is something truly remarkable going on with them. Some detail about their construction that could meaningfully delay a civilization that has made many blocks and items that are impossible to replicate today.

[@Gem_catT]

@@Cartoon079 I didn't mean to be offensive granted I laid it on a bit thick there, but all I'm saying is if the creaking explains some lore then at least the people that don't like the creaking would have something good come out of it. then everyone would be at least partly satisfied.

[@D4N1LO]

I think its worth to point out the fsct that The Chambers are also designed for Mace training. Using the wind charges and jumping up and down, destroying enemies quickly. Maybe the mace was the weapon created in order to quickly get rid of the undead without the risk of the plague spreading on

[@bellslimes]

And it was lost to time when they left the chambers to rot… that is, until we came into the fray.

[@redwiltshire1816]

Ok that last part is a stretch a mace is probably the last thing you’d use against a disease, the chambers were probably just training areas

[@lieutenantgeneralk.boomer]

22:07 I'm actually the concert bassist in my high school wind ensemble, so I will tell my director about this whenever it's released. Thank you for the recommendation, and I hope you keep making deep dive videos in the future!

[@fjaps]

i'm so glad that the Deep Dive series is back! i thought you had completely moved to ARGs, but this kind of video is why i started following 3 years ago now

[@Nice_Tree]

I subscribed 3 years ago as well. Time goes fast

[@DrownedWick8]

Honestly, the Ominous effects can be something really interesting if Mojang does it good enough. Like what if the Ominous effects are related to some powerful entity because it hates the player or something. Something this intriguing would fit really well in the game.

[@skrappothemonster1436]

Both the ominous potion and the bad omen effect's icon have red eyes on them. Oh, and the effect icon has tentacles on it too. Soooo....

[@QueenJiafei429]

Deep Dives are probably the most engaging series on KZbin, I would love to see more of them often!!!! Especially with the additions of the Pale Garden and Creaking.

[@Odog.]

A series on the ancient builders and their last stand to survive the virus would be absolutely insane. So much better than the "Minecraft movie"

[@xemiii]

It'd also be cooler in the fact that it's a story that could happen in the Minecraft cannon as opposed to just being in "the world of Minecraft"

[@roaringdino3000]

@@xemiii canon*

[@Gem_catT]

OOOO definetly I never thought about that however it would probably ruin the whole LET THE COMUNITY FIGURE IT OWT FOR THEMSHEVLEES but I love the idea

[@Gelatinocyte2]

I dream of a Minecraft movie where it is _actually_ Realistic™️ (no blocks, just full-on Live Action), and it tells the deep history of the Ancient Builders and their eventual evolution/extinction to the rise of various mobs we're familiar with, all from the perspective of Steve who is either learning, imagining, or (somehow) remembering these events throughout his journey mining.

[@l4zurike216]

It was already confirmed that the "Ancient builder" were just villagers

[@TranAran]

Despite there being no evidence of Illager presence, I'd like to picture *Illager Patrols* or a training squad partaking in these trials, with the strongest ones bearing their new rank as Captain, whilst of course, explaining how they managed to obtain the *Ominous Bottles.*

[@stevencardwell]

That's a pretty dope angle.

[@redwiltshire1816]

Actually the whole “ominous” themes definitely gives evidence to illagers after all the illagers are just Ominous villagers, pale dark clothes ominous magical etc

[@sherismith5928]

And what if an additional reason the trial chambers are still intact is because the illagers regularly repaired them? Using the original materials instead of dark oak like they did in the ancient city.

[@vicioustoadie]

i was watching this out of curiosity and my cat started watching intently once she heard of the ancient builders. i think she knows something

[@MatthiasAnderson-t7g]

Something interesting is that the ominous trial key and spawner display 3 black skulls similar to wither skulls. Idk what to make of that but its something of note.

[@TheSpencermacdougall]

There's a theory that the Chambers were made test combatants to see if they're ready to fight the wither.

[@thekingofnothing8895]

The trial chambers are made of copper, a purely antimicrobial substance. Perhaps the wither, whatever it is, is some kind of disease that wouldnt fare well against copper

[@danielloewen2857]

I don't personally see the resemblance

[@danny-d0rito]

@danielloewen2857 resemblance, not really. but as a general thing, 3 black skulls, side by side? it definitely seems something worth noting to me.

[@redwiltshire1816]

All the vaults and spawners do with the exception of the non-ominous ones having only one wither skull although Ive never seen a wither skull with an elongated mouth before nor have I seen them with red or orange eyes.

[@theilluminati682]

Oh man, you should make a Ghast deep dive next, they seem to have insane lore behind them that not many people talk about. Like the achievement where you have to bring one 'back' to the overworld- what is that supposed to mean?

[@JohnSmith-wv5km]

Occam's razor would say it means "bring it back with you" but who knows

[@Gem_catT]

I don't know if Retro did it for sure it might've been matpat but I saw a video saying that they're the ghosts of the fossils in the soul sand valley. I think? idk it was years ago but it was one of them that made it! hopefully I didn't remember that wrong lol

[@lemone12]

​@@JohnSmith-wv5km imean sure but the name "uneasy alliance" does suggest that its a good thing that the player did it

[@ysmc2752]

Because of their unique ability to destroy blocks by shooting long range fireballs, I believe they were artificially constructed mobs used as remote mining machines for the ancient builders, as a way of mass gathering resources to facilitate all their construction projects in the overworld. Then, once the ancient builders discovered the nether and turned their focus away from the overworld, they took the ghasts with them to serve the same purpose of mining resources to use for construction projects there. Over time, as more and more ancient builders were wiped out by the zombie plague, the ghasts slowly became redundant and eventually were trapped in the nether for good once the last of the builders vanished. This doesn't explain their behaviour in full e.g. why they exclusively fire at players in game, but I still think it leaves a good answer to the advancement of bringing one back to the overworld.

[@valkeakirahvi]

They are corrupted cats obviously. So you should bring the kitty back to the safety of the overworld

[@Mark.OnEarth]

Your skill at creating a documentary like this is remarkable..

[@KelseyBurns3]

Yes a new RetroGaming video!!

[@dialga236]

genuinely thought to myself yesterday that its a shame you dont make these anymore. so glad you made another!!

[@ihavenoideawhatimdoing3692]

I thought to myself a few minutes ago: would be cool if there was a new RGN video for me to watch before going to sleep...AND HERE IT IS!

[@ΣΩΣ-φ1γλ]

I know where you live 😂😂 skill issue lmao

[@rexxe001]

​@@ΣΩΣ-φ1γλ ?

[@skrappothemonster1436]

What if the bad omen effect is a type of entity in itself? The ominous bottles have red eyes, and the effect has them too in addition to what look like tentacles. Maybe the reason mobs get stronger and more aggressive and the illagers attack when you have the effect is because you're somehow infected with this entity and they can sense it? Maybe it's from the Warden's dimension.

[@vlad_47]

Havent watched the video yet, but its a perfect lore addition to the spawners. In my opinion, they and their origins are the key to the undead plague and also deserve their own Deep Dive.

[@henkaan7741]

I'm really interested in whatever that red-eyed entity is. I really hope Mojang continues to slowly build up said entity as the mysterious "big bad" of Minecraft, I feel like it would really bring back some of that 2012 Herobrine mystery-vibe to the world, which I really miss. It feels like Mojang has tried to make the Piglins and Pillagers the main antagonists of Minecraft, but i'm really not that interested in them lore-wise, they just lack that mystery and they're also too cartoony and silly imo. I mean sure, the red eyes could just be a generic symbol of evil and nothing more, but I don't feel Mojang would put an ominous looking face on a bunch of items, only for it to not mean anything besdies the surface-level meaning of "it's evil and bad"

[@extremelybaldcardboard]

i had no idea you composed music before reading the description on this one! the concert band piece sounds insanely cool! (i checked the description in the first place specifically to see if you had included the song lol) as an aspiring composer and someone who’s been following you for at least a year now this is such a bombshell to me; keep up the good work man!

[@Velocifyer]

I think the trial spawners realese trapped mobs instead of spawning them, that is why they have a spinning mob.

[@bennyl9228]

But they never run out of mobs

[@FestVors]

​@@bennyl9228there is a lot of trapped mobs

[@melalepou]

@@bennyl9228that can probably just be explained as a game mechanic, so you, the player, can always keep doing the trials

[@danielloewen2857]

Regular spawners have spinning mobs as well

[@JessJ_698]

I MISSED THESE DEEP DIVES!!! there’s such a surprising lack of KZbin Minecraft lore vids and ur ls are by far the best

[@HungryWarden]

RGN posting feels like Christmas in a good way.

[@swankierSpy2658]

19:52 i have a potential theory for the breeze’s purpose, As in earlier episodes i think you were talking about the ancient builders fighting the wither, the breeze could be somewhat similar to it, As they both: Shoot a projectile that has a blast radius, Move about quickly + keep out of reach, Wither has multiple heads attacking and the breeze spawners spawn multiple breeze at once. Potential the breeze could be a mob designed to act as a simpler version of the wither? One that could train soldiers in the necessary skills to fight it while not being too powerful that it’d be able to cause as much destruction, merely flicking things about instead of exploding them?

[@lisarothery88]

I love these deep dive videos, they really get your mind thinking about the world in which Minecraft is set. It's not just a game, its a world in which you help to discover its secrets and choose your own path. Cannot wait for more these on all aspects of Minecraft and its lore. This was particularly eye-opening, making the connections between the chambers and the ancient cities. Seems Mojang are perhaps revealing more of the story for us. Very exciting!

[@luco9155]

Next deep dive has to be on the relation between breeze and blaze, elements and how ancient builders used spawners to focus elemental energy into a living creature (or trap their mother in a spawner)

[@dt_grey4521]

18:40 I think instead of that being the ancient builders faces or how they viewed themselves it's just the eyes of omen that is depicted. Maybe instead of alerting people directly, it alerts the block there itself. Imagine a few guards on standby and that blocks eyes begin to glow, a silent alarm which would make sense if you live around skulk. The illagers could do the same thing with their banners and lapis dye, making the eyes of the banners glow signaling that it's time to attack.

[@QueenJiafei429]

YESSSSSS, CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY

[@maddoxhorlacher7082]

I have been waiting all year! Let’s goooooo he’s back

[@lpsjewel]

Thanks so much for uploading! I’m currently sick & feel like crap. This really help me feel better! Thanks again!

[@furuthebat]

Love your deep dive videos, with every new minecraft update we get some more lore ... can't wait for the pale garden

[@lourdespachla6516]

it feels like EVERYTHING ties to the illagers... wait, what if the stuff we've been associating to ancient builders are meant to be from ancient illagers? a group of rebels, perhaps...

[@danielloewen2857]

Minecraft spinoffs have the player and the villagers/illagers seem like different species almost; the player characters are always called 'heroes' even the ones who ran from a fight. I imagine even after all the major nations collapsed the "ancient builder's" race continued for some time, think sort of like Aragorn and the Dunadìan from Lord of The Rings, keeping the villages safe

[@SorieI]

The origin of the illagers is no doubt linked to the villagers, but the question is, where did the villagers come from?

[@lourdespachla6516]

@SorieI Ancient humans? Maybe there were no ancient builders and instead there were just regular humans who just died out, the player being a exception, most reproduced and adapted into becoming villagers, and illagers heard the stories of the old remaining ancient humans in libraries and followed their way, fighting against piglins in minecraft legends, and in the end, rebelled against the idea of peace, and everything we associated with ancient builders are just illager stuff.

[@19phin]

The Chiseled deepslate is explicitly stated a stylized warden in many dev comments. however, the shrines are definitely similar, perhaps the trial chamber shrines are stylized breeze? Also maybe one day we get an ancient city ominous event, perhaps involving the portal. they have mentioned applying it to other structures.

[@xemiii]

I hope they do something with the ancient city portal, because otherwise it feels very unfinished and weird (in a bad way).

[@mar07in]

​@@xemiii it's a statue, not a portal. You cannot take it for something that it explicitly isn't then get angry at something you made up yourself!

[@xemiii]

@ I thought I heard that the structures in the ancient city names' refer to the thing as a portal. It's a bit dismissive to claim it's clearly not a portal when it's superficially similar to other portals in the game (the shape's like a nether portal, and the unique frame blocks are unbreakable like an end portal frame). Portal or not I'm not "angry" about it, as I think the ancient city is neat as is.

[@Crackers0106]

​@@mar07in It's a portal, in a Bedrock dev build that was leaked a long time ago there were textures for a slotted version of reinforced deepslate that had a hole in it for inserting something into. The file name explicitly called this texture sculk portal

[@danielloewen2857]

​@@xemiiithat got changed early on. Maybe it was a mistake, maybe it was a clue for the especially keen-eyed, maybe it's not important at all if they called it a portal even though it didn't work

[@SnowysSweetsOfficial]

I still can't believe they missed the opportunity to name 1.21 the “Trials and Tiles” update.

[@endi7097]

i fully belive we have gotten something wrong about minecrafts lore. the Ancient Builders built the wither and it did lead to their end, but why would they build it? because it was their attempt to take over to only thing they had yet to conquer LIFE ITSELF. i fully belive the AB didnt have the ability to respawn like the player, and they wanted change that. they used to power of the souls of their own fallen commarades to experiment, to see if there was a way to turn a power that they too barely understood into something that they could use to be immortal. and they kind of did it, the wither came, destroied stuff, but humanity was able to defeat it. the Withering effect tho had a devastating effect on them. it made them technicaly immortal, but mindless, zombies and skeleton are the result. it mutated spiders and plants giving birth to creepers. THATS why humanity retreated into the Anciet Cities. therye where away, from the monsters, safe in their underground bases... until they werent anymore... mobs started to come down, the cities became more and more unsave, and humanity decided to tr one last time. they would once agian use the powers they had, the power of fire, and of the souls. a massive sacrifice resulted in the creation of the Warden and the skulk, a beast that can easily destroy any hostile mobs, the skulk was just Overworld equivalent of soul sand, a secondary product of they creation basicaly. this also explains why all the flames in the Acient Cities are blue, its the immense power of the souls lingering in the air that litteraly atteched itself to the fire. they tried to live with the Warden, adapeting the city to it, but once the skulk began to spread, the infustructure to break down, and warden attacks to frequent humans fled once more, into the last bastions of humanity, the strongholds... or atleast that my theory :3

[@kylemacintoshlinux1449]

It seems to me that the ancient builders did succeed with their quest for immortality. Only it was too little too late, managing only to grant it to one person, the player.

[@endi7097]

@kylemacintoshlinux1449 very much agreed so, plus its likely that thanks to the reserch they left behind the pillagera were able to create the totem of undying

[@SorieI]

I like to think that Steve is canonically the last ancient builder and the only one to discover the secret, getting partial amnesia in the process, only remembering a few old recipes when he finds one of its ingredients. When you spawn in game, it is just Steve waking up again with amnesia.

[@endi7097]

@SorieI i think that steve is the ancient builders greatest achivement. The last human, the ONLY human who can conquer death itself. It could be that he has many souls of many builders that why he can respawn, but still i think we have way too little info too even make educated guesses on what steve is, besides him being somewhat connected to the acient builders.

[@matthewkenobi7294]

If the ancient builders could not respawn then that would mean there is a different explanation for the beds in the trial chambers, maybe they are just meant for sleeping, or maybe something else.

[@Agent-ii7fi]

A NEW DEEP DIVE I THOUGHT THIS SERIES WAS DEAD TYSM FOR THE VIDEO

[@Nice_Tree]

Lore deep dives is my favourite series, I'm happy that it returned While the orchestral music is cool, I liked the old outro better. After an eerie music, it was like finally reaching a bed and cuddle under a warm blanket after a night stroll. I suggest using new music somewhere in the middle of the video and returning the old outro

[@apersononyoutube411]

Mr. Retro, I know you probably won’t see this, but you have consistently been one of the few people who’s uploads I click pretty much as soon as they come out. (Or when I’m not at work and can watch them.) You make such fire content, and you’ve been part of the reason my love for this game and its lore have stayed alive these last four years. Keep doing what you do love the content

[@gales6064]

I MISSED THIS SERIES!!! Thank you for the deep dives rgn!!!

[@LeviSquidman]

Finally, a Trial Chambers theory! This is one of your most plausible theories, well done! 👏🏻 Also I didn’t know you composed music, you should definitely make more bangers in the future. 😁

[@Blazeer0106]

RGN is the great civilization

[@NotKnafo]

the connection between the shrine in the ancient cities and the ominous trail vault is noteworthy even if youre wrong

[@arthursamuel301]

Legendary soundtrack, i love the vibe. Love it when a new video drops. I enjoy it even more ever since i found out the RGN created the music.

[@hunterknoeferl3593]

The player is the last ancient builder left. And the skeletons clearly aren't old zombies, seeing as they always use bows and arrows and know how to extract the discs from creepers via pressure points, I assume. Something truly sinister is going on with that. Not to mention, they would all have turned into skeletons by now if they just decayed. Something tells me that creepers aren't natural either. Literally nothing else in Minecraft specifically targets the player by Literally blowing itself up. It's clearly a mass produced and weaponized golem. Perhaps the reason why the skeletons know how to hit them to eject the disc is because they were once part of the nation(s) that was responsible for the creation of the creeper. It would make sense that they were put under a magical curse as well, and always used archery as they're fighting style.

[@danielloewen2857]

Creepers and skeletons have a structure in common, too: the desert pyramid. Wattles made a theory a fee years ago that the 1×1 areas with creeper faces on the walls were made to build/grow creepers, and the king of the necromancers in mc dungeons lives in the desert temple

[@Slatzfolk]

RGN drop, excellent.

[@LiterallyCanada666]

great video! glad to see you back to the lore videos rather than the args, watching and commenting and everything for the algorithm lol

[@CookieMage27]

Holy crap, I never noticed the connection between ominous banners and ominous bottles before

[@ammanpatel8163]

I feel like the red glazed terracota thing looks more like the wither. Maybe this has a connection to souls in both the ancient cities and trial chambers? Also the vault spawners have three heads on the them and the key has three heads.

[@1987nightrap]

Finally a new deep dive video

[@TrueRavengod]

MINECRAFT DEEP DIVE IS BACK BABYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@Videobustersgames]

Great video! Was hoping for a trial chamber deep dive because they seem so different. But great theories here!

[@DerKlemm-Crafter]

I thought I was overthinking when wondering about this structure. But RGN takes this to whole new level 😅. Still pretty interesting

[@Welvrt]

Yay RGN uploaded!

[@Medick]

Whenever you post a video my day immediatly gets better no mater what

[@MildManneredBen]

Consistently excellent videos, in no small part because of your music. A must watch every time. Thank you

[@realfishscience7842]

yesyesyesyesyes ty for making another. idk why these dont go as hard as the other vids views wise but ill rewatch it 10 times in the next month to compensate

[@Caspin_1]

Yo finally a new deep dive! I've been waiting for this

[@Shadowednavi]

Hyped for another deep dive! I love your lore theory videos!

[@gugoluna]

The breeze might've been used to represent the wither

[@darianleyer5777]

Yes, but the Wither is an Undead, while the Breeze - like the Blaze - is an Elemental. I posit that before the Plague spread to the Overworld, the Trial Chambers were used to prepare for survival in the Nether. This also explains the non-Undead mobs in the Chambers. For example, Slimes could have been a stand-in for Magma Cubes.

[@hcorp3819]

@@darianleyer5777 the trial chambers were probably constructed after the ancient builders traveled to the Nether, as breezes seem artificial as they only spawn in an artificial structure, so materials like blaze rods would probably be needed to make breezes

[@HungerGamesFan00]

@hcorp3819 do blazes only spawn from spawners or am i losing it

[@Slime_of_war]

​@@HungerGamesFan00they spawn from both spawners and naturally on nether brick in fortresses

[@HungryWarden]

While Breezes are physically more similar to Blazes, their movement patterns and mannerisms are far more similar to the Wither, if anything.

[@blanekaboom]

bad omen is not the only status effect in the game that only affects how other mobs see the affected creature, hero of the village does that too

[@xemiii]

That one has a bit of a different vibe than bad omen. It's clearly the villagers recognizing that you helped them and rewarding you, and I don't believe it affects anything else in the game. That's much more explainable and less supernatural than bad omen causing mobs/structures to inexplicably act different towards the player. I do believe you're on the right track of bad omen not being alone in changing your surroundings over yourself; isn't that how luck and bad luck work? I don't know if those are even accessible in creative (let alone survival), but they work really similarly to bad omen.

[@lbgamer6166]

Hero of the Village doesn't affect the way mobs see you, it is caused by the way mobs see you. It's not a real status effect, but a gameplay feature.

[@blanekaboom]

@@lbgamer6166 In the game, it acts as a status effect and that is why I mentioned it. A villager giving you low trades does not give you the effect, getting the effect makes them get low trades. You get low trades trading with a villager from a different village when you have the effect

[@blanekaboom]

@@xemiii I was going to bring up luck, but it is unimplemented, and the name of it implies it might just make you more lucky instead of changing the world around you. Hero of the village is less supernatural but the way it is implemented is as a status effect that causes villagers to give you lower prices, even ones that did not see you save a group of villagers, hero of the village is not restricted to only the village that you saved. I reacted to a specific line saying that everything else changes something about the person with the effect, which this does not.

[@shubhraj644]

What about the luck effect??

[@Crafterz]

i think the bad omen is a soul, just like vexes or allays, but a different one. maybe it can call other souls, that then power ominous trials; it’s definitely used as a marker, or a tracker, by illagers. i think vaults work analogously to spawners, but spawn items instead of creatures.

[@RogerMollet]

Perhaps the heavy core is a cube of an alloy, this alloy could also be used in the ominous and trial vaults.

[@Ave_Christus_Rex3777]

I was waiting for a Trail Chamber video

[@MrTod1984]

Finally, another lore video instead of some arg analysis.

[@saintbrush4398]

And then jimmy turned to see two white glowing eyes in the distance 😮

[@Gem_catT]

ARGS are fun but Retros true skill (and nostalgia) is in these videos

[@MrTod1984]

@ These kinds of videos are his bread and butter

[@Vivat_Veritas]

Another absolute banger from RGN! I missed these Deep Dives, and whenever a new video comes out it's always a highlight of my month.

[@bkgaming5343]

One of my best Minecraft theory channel ❤and love your videos ❤

[@alessandromarcello2735]

I love this channel so much 😭😭😭

[@level1dodo896]

I hold the belief that the ancient cities and their inhabitants existed before the skulk ever did, there were ancient builders that existed in multiple biomes and the ancient cities are examples of adaptations of the ancient builders. I believe the skulk came about after the ancient cities were established at least, and the evidence of living we see in game there now is that of the Illagers as we agree that they seem to have explored the ancient cities in order to obtain knowledge

[@level1dodo896]

The skulk seems to be a side effect of the soul energy experimentation, most likely a mushroom base medium due to all the mushrooms and their effects in game

[@ultimazilla9814]

Y'know, I would assume the trial chambers are some chambers that were built to test the mettle of warriors. A trial, if you will. edit: bruh i shouldve watched the entire vid

[@malkon5935]

😂

[@matt0191_]

I was just watching your OldRoot video cause I missed you! This is some crazy timing. I'll enjoy the video now, love you RGN💕

[@an_hero]

I haven't finished watching yet but once you've begun describing ominous bottles I'm guessing that you will talk about how this connects to your previous theory about experience and soul energy, with ominous vaults acting as a way to collect soul energy from mobs killed in the trials, possibly to be used by villagers.

[@LeoOfficial0]

18 minutes ago is kinda crazy Anyways, just saw this channel a few hours ago, and now I can't stop watching your videos lol

[@dewata2450]

By now you're literally "making" a lore, and I'm definitely indulging in it

[@Ahmadreza-nh1fm]

Wow, I see another cool theory!

[@qualitytimewithted5160]

Very glad you made a new deep dive. I find them much more interesting than the ARGs

[@boman2000]

Freaking LOVE these deep dive videos. Well done! Looking forward to the next ones

[@JakeCrossworth]

got home and saw retro posted a new video, delightful friday

[@that_guy1211]

if beds in trial chambers are used as respawn points, then how could there be a plague that kills all the ancient builders? If they're just as immortal or revivable(yes, i know that's not a real word), then would they not wake up back at their beds just like we do? I see a logical gap in the zombie plague theory + respawn point beds, therefore either the zombie plague is false, or the beds in trial chambers aren't used as respawn points....

[@RaptorMocha]

“whats worse is these beds are placed by the edge of a 12 block drop with no protective railing” Ok OSHA member

[@tangletabb7813]

Woah i was wondering where the music at the end had come from, love to see that you wrote it yourself! Perfect time to make it and put it in a video as the next semesters is gonna start in a few weeks. I can’t wait to bring this up to my director

[@Voidmire]

Hey retro, I've been watching your videos since 2020 and I just wanted to say that I love your channel and the type of content you make. You're the only reason why I got into KZbin in the first place and i really wanna know how you make your videos (i.e. what kind of editor do you use or how do you record such stunning and beautiful cinematic shots or which recording software do you use etc)

[@ShinySalamence1]

The one issue with Bad Omen’s interactions is that it only triggers a raid when a player afflicted by it enter a village. If it were a distress signal that would trigger upon drinking, then it would cause a raid to the player’s location. I feel like the weakest link this time is surrounding bad omen.

[@theminerboy5694]

It seems to be less of a distress signal and more of a "draw aggro spell". It causes the trial spawners to become more aggressive towards the player, and it allows the illagers to target an enemy location.

[@tinaherr3856]

I believe that the video is implicating that (lore-wise) an illager could theoretically use it for themselves. That is to say, in-universe, Bad Omen isn't exclusive only to the player. At least that is the theory of this video

[@thetruetrident]

@@tinaherr3856 What if the previous race that ruled the overworld used bad omen in an ancient city and that was the original cause of the sculk?

[@tinaherr3856]

@thetruetrident interesting idea, but we don't really have any evidence of that, since skulk doesn't seem to interact with Bad Omen in the game. At least, so far.

[@danielloewen2857]

​@@thetruetridentnah that makes too little sense. In the deep dive about the warden I think he covers how the whole city seems designed to farm wardens so the skulk has to have been there before they built it

[@picklesrevenge]

Best way to experience the trial chambers is to treat them like the ayleid ruins from Oblivion. Put on some dungeon music, and go delving.

[@pioneerguy714]

Thank you so much! I’ve waited for this. You’re the man. I wonder if the creaking is now just a natural mob.

[@sq33z3r3]

Yet another interesting episode RGN. Not sure if you've thought of this as it may be too obvious. The captains banner, ominous potion bottle and ancient city all share the same basic dark colour scheme. I theorise that not only are they linked, it's possible that they will affect or activate what is obviously a portal at the centre of the ancient city. This portal could be the "escape" used by the ancient/original builders. Only future discoveries (updates) will show the validity of my idea. Keep up the great content ❤️

[@HedgieMaster05]

This is a very good and thought-provoking theory

[@WorldWeave]

I personally think I prefer when Bad Oman was just the consequence for killing pillager captains…like you enter a village and they show up to take revenge…but this is still a really cool, well done theory

[@AveragePufferfish_.]

I haven't even watched the video yet, but I know for a FACT it's going to be amazing. Keep up the good work! I love this kind of video from you.

[@Ozercraft86]

BABE WAKE UP NEW DEEP DIVE UPLOAD

[@JCMC87]

Another banger theory! Maybe next time you could take a look at the Void, and what may be lurking in its depths. It’s just an idea I had

[@hel.pm.e]

Excellent timing, Retro, my Taco Bell is here

[@cowboymaxwell]

It's incredible that the background music is your own composed piece. It's so lovely seeing unapologetic creativity and passion these days, keep up the good work !!!

[@ImagineBeingAllergicToAxolotls]

don't forget about Minecraft legends where most hostile mobs are good and get violent due to the Player's war with the Piglins they should make it so all the mobs that were in that game attack Piglins

[@SprayInk-Kreatïv-Nouveau]

bad omen is literally the unlucky effect but on events rather than loot tables

[@LiquidAdverb-x6g]

Additional theory: since the ancient city portal looks like a warden face, it summoned an entity that resembled it when an ominous bottle was drunk when the builders tried to call for reinforcements

[@Spritus3241]

Though I really don't like the addition of "trials" or these very gameplay dungeon-y rooms, you've done a great job as always somehow finding the connections to tie them into at least a little more in what 'Minecraft' is. I do wonder what your take on the pale garden will be, considering it's the most "modded minecraft" update i've seen yet, only adding the tree version of the weeping angels, white wood ina grey biome and disgustingly orange 'resin' materials. If there are two minerals that desperately need more 'Minecraft'yness to them it's Copper and Amethyst. I wish that they'd at least have something like i dunno, Amethyst being used as a binding upgrade to tools, extending their durability and doubling the strength of enchantments through some kind of resonance. Copper too only serves as a deco block, with even it's redstone uses neutered before we recieved them proper and the tools it does create could may as well have been given to gold, or iron.

[@brevortofficial]

@@Spritus3241 Yeah the pale garden was a Weird update. most of the time they add a new feature it adds a lot of depth to it but it felt really superficial this time. hope they rethink their approach to new features in the near future.

[@EmperorPenguin1217]

I have no idea if it would work or not but I was thinking that amethyst could be involved in a transmutation system, that would somehow allow you to change biomes into other ones. If not that then maybe lapis or echo shards.