The Complex Puzzle of the Wither | Deep Dive

[@ulooketmeh9961]

when you walk on soul sand without the enchantment (Soul Speed), the trapped souls grab you, make you slower and plead for freedom from this prison that is hell. When you have Soul Speed, you free them. The better Soul Speed, the faster they are freed.

[@RetroGamingNow]

It's an elegant idea...I like it!

[@isawadelapradera6490]

what if you dump a stack of soul sand into lava or fire?

[@DaSourOrange]

When you break soul sand it sounds like it breathes or something

[@sadpenguin8616]

Jesus loves you

[@alisonabrooks]

i was thinking this too!

[@mf6610]

Imagine being trapped in soul sand for so long then some guy wearing boots he got from trading with piglins walks over it and you are suddenly free

[@pradyumnaa9499]

Lmao

[@abdallahsawalha8835]

Or something worse he free you by creating a three headed monster

[@Rayan-West]

"Finally gee, I get to live in peace for once."

[@spiderworld384]

@@abdallahsawalha8835 well unless you’re the lucky soul in control

[@placeholder6343]

Especially if it’s your great grandson

[@PolishJohnWick]

My soul is fading away to be used as energy for the hellspawn that wants to kill everything , nothing a bucket of milk can't fix

[@Sciencedoneright]

*Mojang:* This hellish demonic effect? The way to cure it is with a bucket of milk!

[@wispywillows1151]

magic

[@coronelkittycannon]

He also says something about mushrooms harvesting energy from dead things, and living cows (from other episodes). What if, cows are able to resist the mushrooms with milk, their own milk? It doesn't cure them, but puts the effect at bay. When the player finds them, they are the only ones who could cope with it. Maybe minecraft cows have something special...

[@TheCphase]

Homelander

[@dan_asd]

@@coronelkittycannon The indians are correct in protecting the cows

[@Kajnake]

Builders: My soul has been trapped in this hellscape for what feels like eternity Steve: Haha bubble elevator go brrrr

[@shanvil9919]

Lol

[@uiopuiop3472]

and we get patcheko death sound 86

[@cptfish602]

YES

[@uiopuiop3472]

@@cptfish602 üta

[@ValHanuman]

Lol i love that. Its so funny

[@matthewofcolumbus5610]

I always figured Piglins stayed away from soul fire and such because they have a heightened sense of hearing compared to the player, and can hear the damned's screams of agony coming from the cyan flames. Minecraft is *dark.*

[@ensignmjs7058]

Screams? Or cries of relief?

[@freshprinceoffrance754]

@@ensignmjs7058 yes

[@Funnicomment]

I didn't need ahegao'ing soul sand souls in my brain at 5:23 am ensign but thank you

[@kingjlinza]

That’s actually extremely plausible

[@DeepFriedReality]

Bruh😂

[@conquestanddeath4406]

The most terrifying part is that the player character knows about the wither since they carve it into carved red sandstone.

[@ilverdsgames3819]

They had a vision

[@musteren99]

I think that the wither skeletons are the builders escaped to nether and endermen escaped to end because of the wither and the ones on the overworld defeated the wither

[@0Blueaura]

ancient builders making overworld buildings with carvings of what they discovered in the past. simply put

[@PryorGaming]

@@musteren99 The problem is that how did they create the wither if you need wither skulls from wither skulls to create it. The wither in your scenario has no cause

[@maniacalmurderer4123]

What if the wither was the cause of the undead catastrophe for the ancient builders. They most likely discovered the effects of soul sand and experimented with it to create the wither but the wither itself wasn’t the cause of their extinction as we see anything that dies to the wither becomes a wither skeleton, not a regular human one. As they experimented with it they might have discovered the nether star and it’s capabilities as a beacon then might have accidentally discovered how to give it a negative status effect. Maybe by using the wrong material and somehow it began a plague that withered the soul of a person creating zombies and skeletons. It’s a bit of s stretch I know.

[@RetroGamingNow]

Welcome back everybody! This is a tricky one...I'm really interested in hearing your thoughts! Also, what should I do next?

[@jaipreetsingh6566]

What about gold? Why do piglins hoard it? And it's used in golden apples too! So there Is definitely a connection here!

[@brighamruud5090]

Yes

[@RetroGamingNow]

@@jaipreetsingh6566 There will be a piglin video...there's a lot of stuff with them

[@scythiagaming3518]

@@jaipreetsingh6566 gold (and quartz, ancient debris but they seems likely doesn't know how to use it) are the most common resources on the nether

[@scythiagaming3518]

mojang make piglins (and every other mobs) doesn't (naturally) wear netherite because they doesn't know what is that also mojang stated that ancient debris was mined by piglin but they don't know how to use it

[@malry]

ok but i feel like i’m watching a real documentary when i watch your videos man, keep up the great work :]

[@RetroGamingNow]

Thank you! Recently I've been putting a lot more thought into how I frame shots and pace the story. I'm definitely still learning, but I'm glad that some of that hard work is visible when watching!

[@someperson4x]

Ikr so true

[@Outcastic]

When was the last time you saw a documentary? This is way better.

[@johnwayde7034]

AGREED

[@novus291]

what are you talking about? this is a documentary

[@superslimanoniem4712]

If you run across soul sand with soul speed boots and subtitles on, you'll see that the sound is officially called soul escapes.

[@FluffyEclairs]

This is really useful.

[@kingmunro7248]

You don’t know how much the little diagrams, passionate narrator and overall amazing theories do to make it seem like a real documentary

[@RetroGamingNow]

Thank you! I've slowly been trying to push my videos in that direction...I'm happy that you were able to appreciate the results!

[@kingmunro7248]

@@RetroGamingNow Woah I wasn't expecting a reply, also you're welcome :)

[@xcreeperbombx61]

@@RetroGamingNow "And here we see the enderman pick up a block"

[@kingmunro7248]

Woah my gosh 600+ likea

[@sadpenguin8616]

Jesus loves yiy

[@drakebloodknight7981]

It’s interesting that the chiseled Nether brick has a skull pattern. Details like that always throw a wrench in the works when you’re building timelines. Then there’s the aggression between Piglins and Wither skeletons. Love that bastions are made from blackstone (basalt deltas) whereas fortresses are made from Netherbrick (smelted netherrack). Both mobs have their own banner patterns. Pigstep for Piglins, maybe Disc 11 for the Wither Skeletons? Do they wield stone swords for the higher damage/durability as compared to gold? Why are only WS heads a natural drop? If they’re the same race as us, why are they taller? Why do they, when equipped with a bow via commands, always shoot flaming arrows? Was there a Nether war in the not so distant past? How absolutely epic would it be for a Wither Skeleton to cinematically walk down a hallway towards a character, slowly emerging into the light, dragging a stone blade behind it as it rasped through its empty jaws, “must...defend...fortress”?

[@thomasshelbyasmrconnoiseur7046]

My theory is that the ancient builders one day got sick of fighting wars with withers, so they trained pigs and gave them weapons so they could kill withers, but they somehow got wiped out before they taught piglins how to build/ repair bastions, causing them to break down and degrade over time.

[@thomashenderson5742]

And when wither skeletons come in contact pigling brutes they attack each other

[@deepthoughtswithpaul604]

There is a special skull banner pattern crafted from a wither skeleton skull.

[@robinbachmann2322]

@@thomasshelbyasmrconnoiseur7046 that sounds god

[@ashamed5232]

maybe the wither skeletons are endermen? maybe a disease or something that only manifests in the nether infected the endermen?

[@g.s.4318]

Something I notice about the souls released from the Soul Speed; they smile. They begin in despair and are freed, thus the enchantment may actually be some kind of liberating enchantment and the souls give you speed to return the favor as opposed to slowing you down.

[@Memu_]

The mouth is like 3 pixels. It does not look like a smile at all.

[@hayushiii]

and thats why youre slowed down when you run on it, maybe its also sucking a bit of your soul too? what about skulk turning dead mobs into it?

[@mike.mentzers_top_guy]

​@@hayushiii I think the souls in the sand slowing you down is like a beg for attention like a help call as they feel the weight of the player on them they slow them down to as a way of trying to tell the player to get the attention of the souls stuck in the sand

[@SnowyIsSilly]

@@mike.mentzers_top_guyinteresting

[@thecreatoritself]

I have exams in a week, 8 assignments due, and a few practicals. But this video seems to be more important.

[@xxojesus]

P

[@vetroot1104]

Agreed

[@lucarusso5426]

Same haha

[@youngquagmire4693]

f

[@ianeons9278]

Lol

[@jfitz0609]

POV: You found the Enderman video in your recommended and now you're down a rabbit whole watching the whole series

[@KekePalmer.]

Same

[@zecheezgoblets4149]

OMG SO TRUEEEEE

[@princeshayn]

Omfg why does everything feels so relatable as if everyone is stalking me.

[@ilverdsgames3819]

Pov

[@fjbridges2590]

@@princeshayn What'll blow your mind is that there's a network we all plug into and get broadcast the same messages. Look behind the curtain!

[@soulphur.c.g8010]

I don't exactly know how the "soul energy" works, but the new minecraft warden may help answer a lot of these questions. I say this because within it's large, open chest cavity it appears to have blue faces in it, similar to the souls released from soul sand. So maybe the warden is actually related to the Nether and not the End, or it's related to both dimensions, but my point is that this new mysterious mob could finally debunk certain questions behind Minecraft's lure.

[@shikhagupta877]

And raise more questions about how it got there, huh?

[@ruthijeoma-charles6552]

yes because the skulk shurieker actually have souls in them and the warden for now seem to be created from the disturbance of from a hulk shirker next to a skulk sensor calling out the souls in a body blind but strong know as the warden Just like when you walk on the soul sand in the nether you soul down like soul ash you to free them from hell however in the deep dark you might seem a. disturbance to the souls in the shrieker summon a golem like beast... THE WARDEN

[@Diaming787]

The new video kinda explanes that.

[@michaellvest]

It’s the binder

[@williamdrum9899]

I find it odd that Sculk and the Warden have the same color scheme as the End, yet there is no sculk in the end

[@roaringthunder115]

Notice how the Wither glows Blue at the beginning of the fight? That could be soul energy.

[@RetroGamingNow]

Yes, I think so...not sure why I didn't mention it

[@埊]

@@NotSnidge what about Oversouled big withers you can summon somehow, and they dont attack?

[@thomasshelbyasmrconnoiseur7046]

@@埊 the wither can't attack because it's preparing to explode, like a creeper

[@埊]

@@thomasshelbyasmrconnoiseur7046 but that big dont, it collected so much energy, so it preffer to exist.

[@sadpenguin8616]

Jesus loves toy

[@SollidnitrogeN]

a huge flaw with this theory is just the misinterpretation of the way wither roses work. Yes, Withered Skeletons are the only mob that *can* spawn on wither roses. No, this does not mean Withered Skeletons spawn *on/from* wither roses. Withered Skeletons can spawn on any block, as long as it exists within a nether fortress, or soulsand valley. and since we can see nether fortresses in places other than soulsand valleys, that means that it must be something the fortresses share *with* soulsand valleys. (perhaps the soulsand in the netherwart room within the fortresses, but that may be too small for the entire fortress to be spawning them. (another unrelated issue is the notion that blazes have anything to do with soul energy, we've already seen that souls are blue, and blazes are yellow. I think it would be more fitting to say they're some kind of fire elementals that the builders found a way to harness and mass-produce.)

[@MacherSvK]

Blazes look like they have been constructed as opposed to being naturally formed, they moght have been created to act as some sort of security system for the fortresses.

[@SollidnitrogeN]

@@MacherSvK I don't really see how they look like that. They look to me like floating piles of flaming bones, but we've seen the undead form without having to be created

[@ihavenoname1136]

i would think blazes are mechanical AND living, they do these ohhh sounds, it sounds mechanical, but it would also maybye be part living

[@SollidnitrogeN]

@@ihavenoname1136 I think it's supposed to sound like heavy breathing, but it's true that it has sort of a mechanical reverb to it.

[@cakenoobs3488]

@internet person I had the same thought, the endermen when in farming the blazes for their rods, got burnt to a crisp and their bones got charred because farming blazes is a difficult job, they came back to life as a skeleton, fearing the blaze due to it being the cause of their death, and probably a painful one due to burning to death, they turned aggressive, and started protecting the blazes to get on their good side, due to their brain getting destroyed, they lost a huge amount of IQ and memory, causing them to forget how to use ender pearls, all they remembered was to defend the fortress.

[@Galimeer5]

15:10 We know there's some kind of zombification virus in the Overworld that the player is immune to (as well as the villagers but to a lesser extent). Maybe the construction of the first wither also created the virus. It's not hard to imagine that the effects of the virus would be similar to the actual withering effect after all, just a bit weaker. But that would also explain where the virus came from, why nether stars were never mass-produced (because suddenly everyone who worked with them started becoming zombies), and why no cataclysmic effect happens after summoning a wither: the virus is already out there and the player is immune to it. Adding more virus to the atmosphere doesn't mean anything to the people who are immune to it.

[@ianeons9278]

When you have 10 Million Subscribers, I will call myself an OG.

[@sadpenguin8616]

Jesus loves you

[@coolthefool1]

same

[@Nhilty01]

.

[@krystalcosta2199]

@@sadpenguin8616 we know you don’t need to tell us..

[@satan1854]

@@sadpenguin8616 no he doesn't

[@DualTheEggist]

In Minecraft dungeons, you can harvest souls from defeated enemies. And there are items that can harness these souls. Such as the harvester, and the corrupted beacon. This further proves your theory. Especially the parts about soul energy. And the nether star within a beacon, being a concentrated source of soul energy.

[@felito21]

Is it a good game?

[@antiope-d9780]

@@felito21 it's alright. Nothing special but it is fun

[@felito21]

@@antiope-d9780 thanks

[@DualTheEggist]

@@felito21 Yeah I think it's good

[@bluedragon-nv7ux]

I love that game

[@neexy9669]

Man I sure didn’t ask youtube to recommend masterpieces like this to me but I sure do apreciate it

[@julianbocanegrakeller1771]

If you are so interested in soul energy, I recommend minecraft dungeons. Technically, it is part of the minecraft universe and features soul powered weapons which often do more damage than regular ones. I don't know if I'm too late or not, but at least future viewers will know that soul energy is a confirmed thing.

[@raxanimations7215]

Another great puzzle *_"How Mojang recorded the panda death sound"_*

[@leopizzza2956]

*oh* *OH* *OH* *NO*

[@brighamruud5090]

AAAAA

[@scythiagaming3518]

ikr panda are one of the mobs that has the most audio files

[@frenchfrie8527]

Its just a living panda sound it just sounds like a panda is being crushed by a bike

[@leopizzza2956]

@@frenchfrie8527 I don't know if that's better or worse than a actual panda getting crushed by a bike

[@Adaedon]

RetroGamingNow: Tonight we'll take a look at one of the TWO bosses. *Sad Elder Guardian noises

[@ilverdsgames3819]

@@nate1781 yes. They just have a lot of health (kind of) and are big

[@thatonepotato5653]

Also technically the guardians are probably mechanical

[@spiyder]

@@ilverdsgames3819 so are ghasts (not health, but idk) lol

[@Mowdown]

Evokers, Elder Guardians and Ravagers aren‘t bosses as some say. There is no health bar, like a previous comment said. The Warden won‘t be a boss either, it‘s confirmed.

[@clonecommando9961]

@@ilverdsgames3819 they are considered mini-bosses,mobs need a Health bar to be considered a boss,not a lot of Health,like the ravenger,it has alot of Heath,but is not considered a boss,or even a mini-boss,from what I know

[@Tybonel13]

One of my favorite little details in Minecraft is that where Chiseled Sandstone has an etching of a creeper, Chiseled Red Sandstone has one of the Wither. It probably doesn't add anything to the lore, but I still think it's cool.

[@cezerelecrucio9717]

Perhaps this indicates a familiar understanding with both, or a similar mysticism surrounding both. This suggests creepers used to be rarer or perhaps withers more common.

[@Clone3A7]

Actually, most or all chiseled blocks have mobs, the ones you missed are wither skeletons on nether bricks, guardian eyes on the sides of chis quartz, (maybe) and slimes on chis stone bricks

[@salhb737tm2]

This may indicate that wither is actually some form of lovecraftian god? Corrupting civs to use the soul energy so he can feast on them. Repeating this cycle until eternity

[@sadpenguin8616]

Jesus loves yoy

[@Clone3A7]

Sadpenguin 86 are you gonna contribute to conversation or be a random comment?

[@dayoncetheone3911]

Dude I have been looking so long for a KZbin channel which goes really in depth into minecraft lore, and finally i have found it, keep up the good work.

[@RetroGamingNow]

Thank you!

[@thinekyoobious8932]

I honestly can’t tell which i believe more between Ret’s and MatPat’s theories. They’re both really cool and connect the minecraft universe so easily.

[@xempororhxppyx]

@@thinekyoobious8932 I KNOW

[@levieverhart8640]

I don't like MatPat. He spews garbage nowadays (GrubHub food lore? LILLYS GARDEN LORE? He's cracked) and he also said MC speedrunning requires no skill. Which is a lie. He used to be good but now he really does just suck.

[@dayoncetheone3911]

@@thinekyoobious8932 why dont you take out the best part of each youtubers lore and try to piece them together, that's what i do

[@whereskentuckybruce8245]

The wither producing wither roses reminds me of golems giving flowers, except in a twisted way. The wither rose could be more symbolic, like showing death or corruption manifested into a flower, like a flower on a grave. That made me think of a cool concept. Imagine a wither rose field? That would imply that a wither has killed hundreds of beings, now leaving only flowers as their remains. There are poppy fields which grow over war zones due to the soil being churned by explosives, like a subtle reminder of a disaster. That would be a cool build

[@sirramic202]

5:21 "I am going to call this effect soul energy" *DOOM theme starts playing*

[@drewchandler439]

I get that reference

[@vincecarterlover911]

Argent Energy

[@grimmsoul3096]

what?

[@How2typeusrname]

Yeah played too much doom

[@girlustinky9470]

i’m literally obsessed watching your theories tf this brings me back to the times where i question about mobs and read about it in them minecraft books

[@jacobfreeman7586]

I think that the souls sand sucks life out of creatures living on it, hence the skeletons and fossils. This would prove where the energy came from and also solve the fossil problem. This also tells us why you walk slower on it as it sucks out your energy. However soul speed counteracts that effect, causing the release of the energy.

[@jako2-_566]

Watching this makes me feel like I’m involved in a documentary, honestly gives me so much nostalgia that I’ve started to play minecraft again, keep making these videos❤️❤️❤️

[@eastonkristiansen8109]

Me three

[@NeonWasInUse]

"Undead Mobs used to be alive." *every 60 seconds, a minute passes.* Edit: this reply chain is amazing.

[@laserdragon1253]

Grass is green.

[@ethanrempel1466]

People die when they are killed

[@RetroGamingNow]

I missed an opportunity to put the big brain meme

[@skhighglitch4217]

Mesothelioma may entitle you or a loved one to financial compensation.

[@Bosco_the_Historian]

You consume H2O when you drink water

[@sumaiyakausar9482]

"There are two different skeletons the wither skeleton and the normal skeleton." Strays: AM I A JOKE TO YOU?

[@colelevel2654]

He said that he'll be talking in respect to the nether, not the overworld.

[@grimmsoul3096]

those are just skeletons frozen by the cold

[@Anonymous-nw3gn]

Bogged: Hey, what about me?

[@roselandacademyshorts5571]

“There are two types of skeletons” strays: am I a joke to you?

[@조성식-h9p]

No, strays are just skeletons wearing clothes and having special arrows

[@bennyboiart7781]

@@조성식-h9p so a guess regular skeletons are just naturalists.

[@puffleoftypos]

@@조성식-h9p yea but why slow arrow like they need magic to make sooo

[@Air-mx5zr]

He was talking about the nether

[@roselandacademyshorts5571]

@@Air-mx5zr noo... lol

[@cb84_]

You’re theories are so interesting, you do a really good job of pushing these theories, im super excited to see what else you will put out

[@ichiro8345]

Fr tho

[@gauranshsharma2085]

your the best

[@crish4663]

Exactly I never overthink Minecraft these theories are epic

[@skylarkmist1784]

Is it "your"? Or maybe it's the translation that's does it also happens to me😉

[@Jeffy1346]

@@skylarkmist1784 yes it is, other wise the creator of the video would be their own theories

[@1LWiLNY]

The fact that wither effect makes soul energy makes sense. This is because when a wither kills a mob with its wither effect, it’s health is regenerated. Soul energy must be like experience is to players and illagers.

[@thatMisks]

I literally just found this channel and went on a small channel binge of all the iceberg vids. I go to his channel page to watch another deep dive and this was uploaded??? That in itself is a conspiracy worthy of a deep dive video

[@RetroGamingNow]

Deep Dive: How I waited until the exact moment Misks watched my iceberg vid to upload this one

[@thatMisks]

@@RetroGamingNow instant 1b views right there

[@AlphaFX-kv4ud]

I also stumbled upon this channel randomly although it was a while ago and from now on I'm going to watch both this and the game theory minecraft lore videos and see which I think is better and if I could come up with one myself

[@radio6sussex823]

@@AlphaFX-kv4ud yeah, I do that too. I think both theories have their flaws, so its hard to pick one. MatPat creates compelling narratives, but this show is better with tying together evidence

[@beanface7408]

@@AlphaFX-kv4ud I see this as the more likely-to-be-true show, because this one isn't as one sided, has a better way of finding evidence, and just makes more logical sense.

[@samthawne5431]

This is like a documentary this show is more interesting then everything on Netflix

[@TBVGAMING34]

Lol

[@lumityislife2277]

Yes i agree, Netflix is just filled with LoVe sToRiEs and DrAmA

[@Han_solo123]

Just today I’ve only gotten so recently hooked onto these theories and they’re so interesting!

[@Ninjereto]

I agree

[@Frizou]

8:00 there a little problem here, in french (i sometime play in french because i am one) the wither effect is called "décomposition" than mean "decomposition". So the wither effect shoud be like transforming into a "bait for bacteria" so you are getting eaten alive...

[@agsilverradio2225]

Still, maybe it's decomposing your soul.

[@RetroGamingNow]

That's an interesting perspective, although one could argue that the meaning is pretty close

[@wymerhechanova2637]

I QUIT MINECRAFT

[@Frizou]

@@agsilverradio2225 yeah good idea

[@Shrek_es_mi_pastor]

Hm... I'm going to play it in Spanish, let's see what it says.

[@brandonsaquariumsandterrar8985]

I have something for you to look into: the lore of the nether ambience, look at some videos of them, they have some REALLY CREEPY names, there are some in ssv of people screaming, and sounds in warped forests called the torturer and the torturered, it is really creepy could there be a story around the names?

[@RetroGamingNow]

I have thought about doing a nether biomes video...I think there is some interesting stuff there which I haven't seen a lot of people talk about

[@埊]

@Nikolay T :char coal wooden_coal

[@asterasea3568]

what i think is most interesting is how the basalt deltas have geiger counter-like sounds; it could connect to the whole mass extinction thing.

[@admincommand2016]

Torcher

[@Ketsui.]

@Nikolay T It's regular coal, not charcoal lol

[@nnchoo]

This channel makes me look at minecraft at a TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY. Keep it up!

[@Dark_Peace]

"Zombie and endermen are so différent, i don't see how they would fit with these shapes" Smash Bros Ultimate : hold my hitboxes

[@Tisisrealnow]

My personal theory is that Soul energy wasn't a natural thing, but the actual souls of the builders / ender men. Soul sand is sand corrupted or taken over from the builders. Wither roses were corrupted roses, and wither skeletons were, well, corrupted skeletons. Maybe the Wither was the amalgamation of soul energy, forming into a beast that aggressively tries to extract souls from other beings.

[@reinazer379]

so undead mobs have no souls? because wither only attacking undead mobs if they attacked him first

[@enkor9591]

@@reinazer379 Well, when you're dead you obviously have no soul

[@reinazer379]

@@enkor9591 well yes but they're still moving for some reason

[@jamieconnor3505]

My theory is that the undead mobs are undead bc not all the souls escaped their bodies

[@intensecatz4544]

@@enkor9591 Maybe they have soul energy, they just have such a small amount that the Wither doesn't sense them

[@pyrow1059]

Another theory: soul sand slows you down, and is shorter than other blocks. Maybe the soul sand is trying to drag your soul into it which is why it's slowing you down. Almost like quicksand

[@Phoenix.Sparkles]

Real sand makes you slow too, soul sand kinda realistic O.o

[@DiamondGuy2000]

I just realized something, the wither fires two types of skulls, a black skull, and a blue skull, maybe the black skull is to steal soul energy, and the blue skull is the wither concentrating a lot of soul energy into one single skull and firing it, maybe that's why the blue skull is able to break obsidian and crying obsidian, two of the hardest block in the game? Edit: I think I'm the 2100th comment on this video Edit 2: Wow thanks for the likes, this is the most likes I've ever gotten on a single comment

[@fourcatz918]

sad hardest block evar

[@sukigaming8148]

I think they made blue skulls because if you don’t have a bow there’s no way to kill the wither, but the blue ones are punchable. This leads me to think that Minecraft added the blue ones just for a way to kill the wither without a bow.

[@williamgoodall2659]

yesss

[@dacoolbean487]

Hey if to create iron golems they have to put a craved pumpkin to create it and to create a wither you have to get wither skulls and when iron golems die they drop a rose and when the wither dies it drops a wither rose THEY HAVE A CONNECTION IM A GENIOUS!!!!!

[@williamgoodall2659]

@@dacoolbean487 thats clever but snow golems use pumpkins and they drop snow ballls. its a good theory but could use some tweaks

[@flashofaurora]

I love these videos!! I can tell you put in a lot of thought and work into making them and I appreciate that. I can't wait for the video about piglins!!

[@RetroGamingNow]

It’s on the list of videos to do

[@juneiia.]

Samee i cant waittt

[@alihasanabdullah7586]

I always thought the piglins are scared by the soul fire because it's the only thing they remember from, and directly connect to their old masters. The memories of how their masters looked (I'd propose the player is a descendent of the ancient builders) might have faded away, how their masters did things, conducted operations, and built massive citadels might have disappeared, but the only traces of their masters' legacy on the nether are in the form of extensive mining operations drilled into the piglins, and the soul fires their masters meddled with (Probably with disastrous consequences, which is all the more reason to be afraid). maybe it has something to do with the apocalypse even. This also shows you a glimpse into how effectively the ancient builders controlled the piglins. The value of gold is so ingrained in their psyche that they cannot even understand how it was likely embedded into them by the ancient builders to exploit them, and the soul fires bring out a primal fear for their lives in the piglins, even after so many generations of the ancient builders becoming nothing but dust and dirt.

[@TheCphase]

My architectural master builder ancestors watching me build a dirt cube to live in:😢

[@martinmarkov9707]

​@@TheCphase Laughs in learning from Grian.

[@marsphoenix1359]

Piglins can enchant stuff and gold has the best enchantment level despite being otherwise useless. Why is that important? There is no iron or diamonds in the nether, but a fully enchanted gold sword can rival a diamond sword. Gold isn't just pretty to the piglins, it is a matter of survival against enemies like the wither skeletons. And how do you make netherite ingots, necessary for the strongest weapon and armour material in the game? By mixing netherite scrap, made from ancient debris, with _gold_

[@AnotherDani31]

The generation of the nether fortresses isn't random at all, they generate in "lines" in the world's North/South axis Maybe that's an important point?

[@umbrarus7395]

that used to be the case, but 1.16 has changed the generation so that they are random and you cannot follow these lines sadly

[@thatonepotato5653]

Dangit mojang just deleted a lore element Edit: you know, cause the builders would definitely build it in consistent places

[@msiio]

I hope they add more structures for the nether fortress, it doesn't make any sense what the nether fortress is protecting for

[@vitoremanuel4374]

@@msiio The fortress may have been a refuge for the ancient race of builders who needed somewhere to protect themselves from the hostile environment of the nether.

[@tuxtheidiot1767]

I think it was just a bug, or just to make it easier to code them, i may be wrong tho

[@SlimeSwag]

At first I thought "oh, I haven't seen this one" but than I realized "no, he just has a sleep schedule as bad as mine"

[@RetroGamingNow]

haha yes I stay up late to get it done

[@BlackScreenProductions125]

Ayyy, nocturnal gang.

[@Zaalfaald]

@@RetroGamingNow fanaticism

[@beanface7408]

@@RetroGamingNow yay! Now there is a KZbinr who uploads in the night, so I can watch new videos with my sometimes horrifically out of whack sleep schedule!

[@bigtforlife5089]

yessir

[@glados2788]

14:22 I would like to point out though, that even though we never see a beacon or nether star, we do see the implied use of beacons through the desert temples. Notch said during an interview some time ago that desert temples were designed with hollowed pyramids in order to house fully built beacons.

[@BigDuke2]

I loved the video again, I again will request this, but the golems. They seem mysterious to me.

[@crunchysalmons]

the wither could basically count as a golem

[@BigDuke2]

@@crunchysalmons that's very interesting!

[@tgnm9615]

@@crunchysalmons nice name

[@johndaleedisan]

@@crunchysalmons You're name is weird. Change you're name dude. :/

[@intensecatz4544]

Agreed. They're clearly ancient, from the vines that cover their body. Mabe the villagers, when they first came to being, found the iron golems, and built their villages around it? And why are golems so clearly connected to the life force of Villagers?

[@beeboo9005]

Mojang watching this be like: 👁👄👁

[@DaveTheBro]

Mojang be like: “w r i t e t h a t d o w n”

[@Maestro-ee4rj]

@@DaveTheBro well they're adding fungi that grows in Deep Dark, spreads when someone dies nearby and emmits same soul effect as soulsand. Seems like this theory actually not that far from dev's perspective

[@wolfy6631]

@@DaveTheBro kzbin.info/www/bejne/fovXeIdnm7Bnrbs

[@Reinoiro]

Notch and Jeb like: - Wow, i didnt knew that

[@tod4849]

Retro: stalagmites The biome: full of basalt

[@culegamer2030]

Well the stalagmites are made of basalt.

[@tod4849]

@@culegamer2030 is it? If it is, they're still different from the name and the appearance.

[@Incognito_Blazer]

@@tod4849 Aren't stalagmites the rock structures that spike upwards?

[@tod4849]

@@Incognito_Blazer downwards too(idk im not a geologist)

[@mcwhack3382]

@@tod4849 stalagmites go up, stalactites go down

[@DeganH]

This is literally my favourite KZbin series

[@Aquapod9]

All of this Minecraft lore has immensely deepened my appreciation for this game, thank you for your work!

[@TheWither129]

It's obvious there was some great interdimensional cataclysm, something happened that wiped out almost all life. The Nether is an interesting place, what exactly it is is unknown, and the same goes for the End. However it's clear that someone gained access to both. The ancient builders created great portals to the Nether, but something happened to these portals. Something caused them to sort of overload, creating an explosion of portal energy which caused the nether to leak out, but the obsidian seems to have absorbed a lot of that energy, as there seems to be something special about obsidian. What if these ancient portals had something to do with this extinction event? Both Nether and overworld seem to have been affected in some way, and the only link between them is these ancient portals. It's also possible there was some kind of an ancient war between humans and piglins, as wither skeletons and piglins will attack each other on sight. Both created strongholds to defend themselves, the fortresses and the bastions. The piglins built the bastions to defend their homes, and will attack you on sight unless disguised with gold (brutes see through this trick, as they are the more well trained warriors and guards) and wither skeletons are armed with swords as opposed to bows. What if the soul sand valleys were a result of this war? Soul sand must have existed prior, as the nether has a strong connection to death, the stone itself seems to bleed. But what if these great war zones were overcharged by the death and destruction, leading to the creation of soul soil and an abundance of soul sand? Even the fog here has the blue hue, which is likely a result of the extreme amounts of soul energy. So let's see, ancient civilization learned how to make portals from obsidian, discover a new dimension, create fortresses to protect themselves from the danger of ghasts and magma cubes, as well as to study and harness soul energy for brewing. Then they discovered piglins and likely tried to communicate with them via bartering, noting that piglins like gold, so they gathered gold for the piglins and so the piglins would return the favor by giving them various items they had made or acquired. Trading was likely how piglins got iron, as they treat protect it and use it sparingly, since it's not native to the Nether for whatever reason. However, something happened between them, and this began a war. The souls of the warriors led to the overflow of soul energy in the soul sand valleys, and the bodies were left as skeletons. This is where I think the Wither comes in. What if some of the bodies rather than being drained of energy, were infused with it? The fallen soldiers began to reanimate, and attacked their own fortresses. The humans held off these wither skeletons, and learned of their overflow of soul energy. They concocted a plan to use the soul energy to create a biological weapon, something to drain the soul energy of the piglins. The designed the Wither using all the soul energy they could muster, and built it. However, the Wither didn't act as intended. It attacked everything alive to drain the energy for itself, wiping out all the humans. From there, it likely spread the withering, gathering soul energy and creating more soul sand valleys. Some survivors may have escaped to the overworld and warned those there that the Wither was loose, and they had to find some way to stop it, and perhaps they decided to use the power of the portals to kill it, or at least trap it in the Nether so it couldn't wreak havoc on the overworld? They overloaded their portals, causing a explosion that destroyed the Wither, but it wiped out the civilizations in the overworld. The piglins were safe in their bastions, but the humans were mostly wiped out because of their focus on interdimensional travel, and so their main civilizations had portals due to the shorter transport in the nether and such. I'm gonna stop there cus this is way too long now but yeah, that's my thoughts on the Wither and shit. if you read all this please give me your thoughts, try to prove my theory wrong and see if you can find something you think is more accurate

[@pedroneto4145]

Actually, I don't have capacity to disagree with you...

[@anannyasingh5321]

Ok so hear me out You are crazy enough to write that long I am crazy enough to read it all And let's face it maybe just Mojang created wither because he was feeling bored maybe its just a weird animal in a game with lots of power just to blast out players who are annoying

[@daredeagle8358]

@@anannyasingh5321 lol that's funny, but minecraft has its own lore that explains all that, so why deny it?

[@lumityislife2277]

Minecraft have its on lore of a past story, this one make sense too, but Mojang will not let us have a hint if this theory is confirmed

[@daredeagle8358]

@@lumityislife2277 yes but mojang dosent need to, we already cracked the code

[@alphhs5260]

I've watched all of your other Minecraft theories too. Keep it up

[@jadenbcs]

It's so addictive to watch all of these deep dive videos

[@jsstories9577]

WE NEED THE "HOW THE CIVILIZATION DIED OUT"

[@spiyder]

i assume that he doesn’t have enough evidence for them besides the multiple abandoned buildings

[@KingNedya]

"Today we'll take a look at one of the two boss mobs." Don't worry, I also forget Elder Guardians are a boss mob.

[@KingNedya]

@Nikolay T Just checked the Wiki, turns out you're right, they aren't a boss. Why do I remember them having a health bar...? Whatever the case, I suppose we could call them "psuedo-bosses"; dangerous high-health (and often high-damaging) mobs that generally serve the purpose of guarding or protecting something, but lack the health bar that officially designates a boss. This would likely include elder guardians, iron golems, ravagers, and the upcoming warden.

[@KingNedya]

@Nikolay T Well that's my point: they are very similar to bosses, and serve a similar role, but they just simply aren't considered a boss for one reason or another. I'd say the mobs I designated as psuedo-bosses are, in general, more similar to boss mobs than they are to the other non-boss mobs, particularly when it comes to how much health they have.

[@Polska_Edits]

I love the fact that Nikola T deleted their comments

[@superrobloxgamer4549]

They are basically a mini boss

[@myth4663]

I've compiled a bunch of theories and questions about this series so I'm just going to repost them in one on all these videos to increase the odds of them getting answered or maybe even made into videos 1. Do you think somewhere in the minecraft world there's a lost disk called disk 12? 2. something I want to know is what a respawn anchor is supposed to be because respawning is not something that actually happens in universe but with the bed its obvious that the actual in universe use is just for sleeping but the respawn anchor only sets a spawn point so what's it actually doing in the context of the world? 3. What are the differences between different forms of undeath? We see Zombies, husks, Zombie villagers, zombie horses, zoglins, zombie pigmen, and drowned who all just have decaying skin. Skeletons, wither skeletons, strays, and skeleton horses who just keep their bones then we see Phantoms who have a more ghost like appearance. Also as an addon to that what is a ghast because I always thought it was a ghost but it isn't so maybe it conveniently evolved like squids or something. 4. Something that I find interesting is that other creatures when inflicted by the zombie virus seem to become mindlessly violent but when horses and piglins become zombified they act mostly normal, with piglins specifically the only differences are they seem to not have the full intelligence of normal piglins because A they don't still trade and B they only spawn with Swords and don't use cross bows. Another weird detail is that zombified piglins are immune to fire which is a huge red flag for a couple of reasons because one normal piglins aren't fire immune but most other undead creatures are particularly weak to fire. Another undead mob that has weird contradictions to most undead mobs are the zombie and skeleton horses which also keep their normal friendliness and seem to be the least far gone of these undead mobs not only being still domesticatable but being even easier to domesticate. I originally assumed that the undead virus only makes humans violent but that is simply not true because Phantoms and the wither are also not friendly. The biggest weird detail in all of this is that other undead mobs seem to still see these creatures as natural allies with skeletons riding skeleton horses and withers never attacking anything that is already undead. 5. I think that the fox is most likely the most intelligent and possibly important mob that's completely a wild animal (meaning it has no building ability, doesn't exist in its own structure, can't trade, and doesn't have the ability to create a full society) I think that because they are one of 6 mobs that sleep (you, villagers, foxes, 3 illigers) which as you established in the Phantoms video is already important they also have the ability to do several other things that very few can do including using totems of undying, enchantments on weapons, and chorus Fruit, and also can sometimes be seen holding emeralds that weren't given to them and seem to care about them a bit more than other non food items which may have even inspired the villagers to hold a similar appreciation for emeralds although that and the rest of this is just speculation I think two possible explanations for this are that they could be some sort of ancestor to either villagers or ancient builders although it's kinda hard to place because they have the emerald connection to villagers but can do other things like defend themselves although it could be a common ancestor for both and then my second idea take a trip even further through speculation town and a bit into the early stages of creepy pasta Avenue with the possibility that they once were villagers or ancient builders (again it's kinda hard to place) who were turned by a magic enemy with the most likely culprit being the illigers but another possibility is that the illigers themselves might have accidentally turned some of there kind into foxes although that's unlikely because foxes are only hostile when something attacks it first and even then tend to prefer running away. Anyway foxes have a ton of weird and specific properties that I'd love to see your interpretations on. So those are all my pitches.

[@samueldimmock694]

For 2, I would argue that respawning is something that happens in universe, it's just that the player and possibly the Ender Dragon are the only beings with that ability (and if the Ender Dragon does respawn rather than us summoning a new one, it needs our help to do so). The respawn anchor was created by us to control our respawning, and is absolutely useless to anything else. This might also explain why we can use Totems of Undying to prevent death, but Evokers can't: the Totem of Undying messes with our own magic, allowing us to respawn before we actually die, thus avoiding the negative consequences of that death. And I'm pretty sure that recovery compasses aren't the intended use of echo shards, just something we figured out how to do with them. I have no clue why foxes can use totems. For 3, my thought has always been that zombies are undead with full bodies, albeit decomposing ones, while skeletons are undead without any flesh - and that when a zombie dies, it usually comes back as a skeleton. Phantoms are the next stage, when the entire body is gone, though there's something going on with the lack of sleep and the phantom membrane that I can't explain. Husks are dehydrated zombies (which rehydrate when they drown), and strays are skeletons with chain armor and ice magic. Undead horses are undead horses. Zombified piglins and zoglins don't fit the naming conventions, so there's probably something up with them as well, though zombie pigmen were just pigmen (a now-extinct species) who were zombies (back when they existed). The Wither attacks anything living and nothing undead, and is strangely connected to wither skeletons, though other undead mobs don't help the Wither except against mutual enemies (players and golems), so my thought is that the Wither is either the root cause of undeath, or connected to that root cause in some fundamental way that the other undead are not (and note that they are the only undead mob that doesn't seem to have a living form), with wither skeletons forming a bridge between the two, and zombified piglins being at the other end of the spectrum - their names and the way that piglins can spontaneously transform into them indicates that they become undead without actually dying. Skeleton and zombie horses (the kind that spawn naturally and summon four horses with riders when you get close) are strange, and I don't know how their unique properties fit in with anything else.

[@katiajanz-sanchez5068]

You have officially become my comfort creator. Idk if it’s because of how calm your voice is or because of how much I love the content but either way keep up the good work I really enjoy it

[@tristan.l.p703]

I'm wondering about ghasts It's been confirmed by the achievements that ghasts aren't native to the nether So what are the ghast?

[@tristan.l.p703]

@Nikolay T yep I think the achievement's name was (uneasy alliance) which says [return a ghast to the overworld and then kill it]

[@whuman8621]

@@tristan.l.p703 I think in his last video he talked about it, it could've been created by the builders, and a picture in this official Minecraft book shows its insides looking like a robot or somethin. Strange.

[@tristan.l.p703]

@@whuman8621 oh cool I don't have the book so I'll go look up some images

[@tristan.l.p703]

@@whuman8621 I couldn't find any good images but you're definitely right it looks mechanical

[@tiffanyhendricks1860]

I always liked to assume that the big bones in the soul sand valleys belonged to the ghasts and the ghasts are just the large souls that carry on beyond death. In my not so thought out opinion, I like to imagine that these bones belonged to dragons, and that’s why ghasts shoot fire balls and fly. This is all just a silly theory of mine

[@cuepor]

Another interesting thing, the desert temple perfectly fits a fully sized beacon in the top floor with whole for the beacon itself on the top! With your theory of the builders, this would make sense as to why the temples were constructed

[@clover3529]

Once I start watching I can’t stop if only school was this interesting

[@TBVGAMING34]

Yep

[@Andre-ip2uo]

Ikr

[@maddoxmakesvideos]

This reminds me of asdfmovie "Hello wither skeleton" "I USED TO BE A COW!"

[@purpleguydeadly4235]

There are two different skeletons The stray: allow me to introduce myself

[@spiyder]

@Alexandra Adamczyk he was talking about the nether

[@wh1speren]

the reason why soul sand creates bubbles on the water is that the souls are trying to escape (gotta give credit to a friend of mine from discord)

[@ItsMias_]

yo ur video's blow my mind about how deep you go with your toughts

[@lasercraft32]

There's definitely _something_ special about the Nether Fortress locations, because even if you remove every block of nether brick and level the whole structure Wither Skeletons will be able to spawn... that's probably just a gameplay feature though, rather than a lore thing. Also, Wither Roses don't spawn Wither Skeletons... its just that Wither Skeletons are the only mob that can spawn on them because they are immune to the withering effect. Also I don't the EXP is the same as soul energy. Villagers give you EXP when you trade with them, and you get EXP from smelting things in a furnace too. I think EXP is exactly what it says it is... EXPERIENCE. Liquid knowledge. Information condensed into a physical energy source. That's why mobs drop it when they die, because its the remnants of their knowledge they left behind when they died.

[@DimiDzi]

another theory wither effect turns you into into soul sand and soil particles that accumulate in places where there were mass extinctions and actually the wither skeletons were potentially the dead bodies of endermen or something in-between the builders and the endermen

[@nameisname5566]

the enderman has longer arms and legs definitely cannot be them

[@nameisname5566]

plus the never ever use weapons to attack something or they even did not know how to use weapons

[@DimiDzi]

@@nameisname5566 that's why I said something in-between I mean horses and donkies make mules imagine something between enderman and a builder this will explain why are they so big but also why do they look so much like a player and the reason there are only skeletons of them is that they can't reproduce themselves like the mules and the other thing is that the only 3 still living builders are Steve Alex and Herobrine

[@Shrek_es_mi_pastor]

@@DimiDzi In this line, maybe the ancient builders come from the endermen of the overworld. The wither skeletons came from a lost eschelon, who was starting to become shorter.

[@DimiDzi]

@@Shrek_es_mi_pastor I meant like mules not through evolution otherwise we wouldn't have endermen and the player would be able to teleport as well

[@MarkOrrb10]

I just love your theory videos, it makes sooo much sense and it literally changes my perspective on about pretty much everything when I play the game. Perfect example is that I become excited when I saw an enderman teleporting close to me :D awesome job

[@sadpenguin8616]

Jesus loves yoy

[@albiscool5836]

Actualy I think, that they made 2 beacons(1st one can be seen on top of the desert temple, and the second one has been given to pillagers, because in one of the woodland manisons secret rooms there is glass tank, and inside of it is some lava lava(simmilar to obsidian), that is surounding a diamond block in the middle(blue like souls))!

[@SchizoGuitarist]

Bruh imagine being Sweden and making an Indie Block Game and then A Couple years later There are people making theory about your gane

[@-Teague-]

Bro that Deep Dive logo giving me strong Twilight Zone vibes, keep it up!

[@raf9391]

14:42 - 16:05 heres what i think: First, i do not know either why soul sand specifically are the only blocks (at least) visually obvious to be related to soul energy or why they have soul energy trapped inside them in the first place, but we do know that soul sand/soil contain a great concentration of soul energy, and those blocks are found in soul sand valleys. Maybe, after some time, the soul energy spread from soul sand valleys all across the nether, and now hear me out: a tiny tiny bit of soul energy may be trapped within every single block of netherrack. this would explain why fortresses are the only places where wither skeletons can spawn. Here’s why: nether fortresses are entirely made of NETHER BRICKS. But nether bricks are naught but smelted blocks of netherrack. As we know from other videos, HEAT has interesting characteristics in minecraft. In this case, smelting the netherrack might either free soul energy, or concentrate it, or increase it, something along those lines… This would explain why wither skeletons spawn on those blocks - in the fortress - only. (This also assumes that soul energy has been trapped inside soul sand/soil for far longer, wayyy before the ancient builders built the fortresses.) I’d love to know what you think of this!

[@samueldimmock694]

To add to your theory: Nether fortresses also contain blazes, which are very hot, and they're the only places that do. And as for the soul sand being much older than the Ancient Builders and their fortresses: remember the ancient debris, remnants of a civilization advanced enough to use Netherite as a building material and destroyed so long ago that the only remnants of their civilization are individual blocks? Well, maybe those aren't the only remnants of their civilization...

[@stanmeuu]

I didn't know minecraft could get this deep, Great job :)

[@lecreamo]

ah yes, minecraft's version of hell has argent energy as well. can't wait to see the day mojang adds a Big Friggin Sword to the game.

[@sleepyjester5976]

YES.

[@Shrek_es_mi_pastor]

Ghasts are cacodemons, wither skeletons are revenants, blazes are arch-viles, pigilins are imps, hoglins are pinkies and the wither is the Icon of Sin.

[@1597B]

@@Shrek_es_mi_pastor I was thinking this entire thread and it makes too much sense.

[@k5__beatz754]

@@Shrek_es_mi_pastor doom

[@percyjackson3311]

@@Shrek_es_mi_pastor Shrek is my priest. Lmao

[@inkfae9916]

I really REALLY like this theory, the Builders also definitely built at least one Wither due to the carvings on red sandstone. One thing I noticed that you didn’t mention is the power source of beacons. You use multiple precious metals to make it stronger or to work at all. You can use gold and netherite, staples of the Nether, but you can also use emeralds, iron and diamonds, objects with seemingly no connection to soul energy or the Nether in general. On a related note, what is the purpose of pyramids? Pyramids made of precious metals and gemstones make beacons more powerful, and is also the only (?) location where you can find Enchanted Golden Apples, possibly the only instance of enchantments being used on food items. Very good video!

[@m3gamix20]

When the wither charges up, it’s the same color of the Vex’s

[@star5384]

Ya

[@kirillkulikov1516]

Watching this late at night made me think: I DONT NEED SLEEP I NEED ANSWERS

[@Evan.the.Butler]

My theory is that when the ancient builders crossed into the Nether, a few other life forms came with them (either brought by the builders or independently), including pigs and roses (decoration?). Roses, however, could only grow on soul soil (keyword, soil)--not netherack. Eventually, they evolved to the Nether's unusual climate and became wither roses. However, something strange happened: they also gained the ability to induce the wither effect. This effect had two uses: one, as a self defense mechanism (roses are known for having thorns, after all), and two, as a way to harvest energy from the soul sand (since there's no sun for photosynthesis). The soul energy extracted by the effect depleted the soil sand, turning it to soul soil (I add this because soil sounds gardening related to me). The builders didn't like this added danger, and so decided to kill off the wither roses, and succeeded. Later, when the undead virus from the Overworld became widespread and started to seep into the Nether, it brought skeletons and made zombified piglins. These skeletons were attracted to the soul sand, perhaps driven by the desire to return to life. Instead of life, tho, the sand gave the skeletons the wither effect just like it gave the roses. Wither skeletons then left the soul sand biomes. After a while, the builders noticed the strange effects of the wither skeletons and the soil sand, and decided to try putting them together to harness the soul energy both accumulated, unintentionally creating the Wither. Why does a Wither plant wither roses after killing a mob? Well it's made with soul sand, so maybe dormant seeds/roots were left in the sand after the roses were all killed by the builders. The presence of soul energy when a mob dies could then bring the wither rose back to life.

[@Evan.the.Butler]

As for fortresses, we already believe light and heat have some magical effect. Maybe wither skeletons need/want to consume magical/soul energy and were drawn to fortresses--or more specifically the blazes they contain--as a source of this energy. Blaze powder is used in multiple magical devices (both potions and portals), so I don't think it's a stretch to assume they're very potent and might've acted as a beacon to the wither skeletons.

[@devilus34]

Def worth staying awake to watch this

[@Amnotanaddrict]

Me too

[@Metriq._.]

it's like 3 am for me

[@masterzoroark6664]

"On the first day, mankind was created On the second day a curse was layed upon them, a soul destroying demon"

[@sadpenguin8616]

Jesus loves you

[@masterzoroark6664]

@@sadpenguin8616 this reminded me about Bioshock. Mainly becauss splicers have a chance to be singing something akkin to those lines

[@joeshmoe6908]

@@sadpenguin8616 Satan loves you

[@TheFatalRiotShield]

Someone has to animate his entire series and make a story completely based on his lore

[@mumble340zz]

I prefer his versions 2 years later if u read this then ur too active

[@CreamIc7]

​@@mumble340zzdoes that include me

[@Mccaigg]

“The only other ghosts we see are the vex” Ghasts: am I a joke to you?

[@racerealistjoker2516]

nah they're jellyfish

[@velynnec]

@FixSomeSoaps but if they escaped why do they attack the player?

[@mathieug276]

As far as I remember, in the "mobestiary" ( an official Book), one of the Ghast artwork shows how they look inside.. and it's actually rather similar to a mechanism and electronical components than to an organic thing.

[@bllehhh]

@@mathieug276 I was about to say that. But yeah they may be creations of something. But they did belong to the overworld. You get an achievement for bringing a ghast to the overworld I think called “Back home?” It was something like that

[@-yeme-]

theres some connection between ghasts and the wither. the wither is hostile to all mobs that arent undead, except ghasts

[@romansoviet4247]

There are two different types of skeletons Stray: Am I a joke to you?

[@sadpenguin8616]

Jesus loves you

[@australium7374]

I believe the stray isn’t really a different type of skeleton, more of just an adjustment to the environment. Notice how the stray wears clothing and shoots slowness arrows. It is not easy to get slowness arrows

[@LukiKruki]

He said it's only about Nether.

[@itsbricket]

This makes sense why the piglins also hate the wither skeletons. They have a natural aversion to souls, seen in their fear of soul fire, and so naturally they also don’t like wither skeletons, which are full of soul energy.

[@NiffirgkcaJ]

I like how you're thinking about this, but I think MatPat's theory seems much more cohesive. You said that the wither creates wither roses and roses into wither skeletons, but why do wither skeletons spawn in fortresses in the first place? Could it be that they're the ancient builder's skeleton remains that absorbed the soul energy?

[@lumityislife2277]

That makes sense, but maybe the ancient builder's soul might be in Soul Sand instead?

[@lolglolblol]

The sound effect of soul speed is even subtitled as "soul escapes"

[@geris4611]

dude, the music you have composed is BRILLIANT. you have talent man.

[@NexoAlex]

The Beacon in Minecraft Dungeons is powered by souls

[@mashababych8312]

yes! thank you! love this series, keep the good work!

[@sadpenguin8616]

Jesus loves you

[@mosalah11thegoat]

Wow, all these Minecraft deep dives are so amazing! You have definitely earned my subscription 🙂

[@thehairylarry]

When I watch these I feel like I'm watching a documentary on Netflix. The ads make it feel that way because of how well placed they are. I think you should make a video on the Ghast 👍🏽

[@RetroGamingNow]

Thanks! I actually don't choose where the ads go, KZbin must be doing a really good job for me. I do try to break it up into sections so apparently the algorithm is capable of knowing where to put them.

[@redopal567]

The builder’s knew the wither was immune, but they wondered how, after killing it and making a beacon they figured out it could make the wither immune to soul sand, speed breaks the soul sand spell, it makes you slow to get your soul to power up the wither

[@grimmsoul3096]

i dont get it?

[@gabrielrochalodi8200]

There is something I really think it's worth mentioning: the desert temple's second floor is made in a perfect shape to build a beacon into it and on it's top there is an opening to the ray of light. So whoever built those temples knew about the wither and had plans to use it's nether star

[@mantacid1221]

Headcanon: the endermen and the builders had a falling out, which is why the player looking at endermen aggravates them. EDIT: perhaps the wither caused the extinction of the builders, or one group advocated against the wither, and became hostile towards the other after it was defeated.