The Tragic Story of Minecraft's Nether Fortress

Minecraft is no stranger to unsolved mysteries. And one of the hardest and strangest to solve is the Nether Fortress. What is this thing and how does it connect to Minecraft Lore as a whole. Well, after a bit of digging I think I have a good interpretation of the story of these structures. But it isn't happy... This is the Tragic Story of Minecraft's Nether Fortress
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This is a NOT series called Minecraft VVSauce where I explore random features of Minecraft. Not Minecraft, but the water rises or Minecraft Manhunt but Wifeory, a lore based minecraft series where I dig into some of Minecraft's biggest unsolved mysteries...
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[@capsey_]

Notch: Bruh, I'm too tired to do interior of the Fortresses, let's just keep it simple Wifies: But why they're empty? Clearly this is indication of...

[@InvestmentIdea]

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[@thundere.b2314]

@@InvestmentIdea ip grabber

[@Chazder87]

LORE

[@Wifies]

clearly the author was trying to indicate some sort of emptiness within the souls of the inhibitants!!!!

[@limon5kcubing]

@@Wifies hi

[@ashleytan2795]

Imagine Notch watching this and being like: this is just a cool building that has loot for the players........

[@PotatoTheProgrammer]

edit: looks like i started something, also someone got mad so i moved this sentence to the top of the reply u still reading this? this reply is too cringe but i refuse to delete it for archive reasons if u continue to read this, you acknowledge the cringe and are responsible for your brain damage ok here it is fact: notch is no longer part of mojang he left years ago

[@MinerBat]

@@PotatoTheProgrammer yes, but when fortresses were added he was still the developer

[@untitled3866]

@@PotatoTheProgrammer he was still the owner when fortresses were there

[@oneasiangirl]

@@PotatoTheProgrammer fact: Minecraft is a game

[@skippy-vb9vq]

@@oneasiangirl no way really I thought it was a religions

[@flydrop8822]

A few things I think you should have explored and added into the theory: - Regular skeletons also spawn in fortresses, although much less frequently then wither skeletons; - Wither skeletons and piglins are hostile towards each other. The same does not happen between piglins and blazes, which only attack each other when provoked; - Piglins become zombified when going to the Overworld, and are strangely more tame when zombified. Hoglins also become zombified, however become extremely agressive in the process, attacking every other mob in the game; - Even more curious, piglins and hoglins are not immune to fire despite being native to the Nether, but their zombified counterparts are. Other than that this is a good video.

[@29Naybla]

also, wither skeletons are taller than regular skeletons

[@hir7038]

And one more strange thing, Blazes attacks the Wither, and so do the Wither, it's strange since most mobs have to be provoked to start attacking the Wither, this makes me think that apart to being a farm to make potions, they also were made to protect the fortress agains't the Wither

[@hydrashade1851]

I also want to note that hoglins are hostile toward allays

[@kimberlyhosang2516]

yes this is truth

[@pman56789]

Skeletons only spawn in Nether Fortresses if the Fortress spawns in a Soul Sand Valley. Edit: I am wrong, please ignore this comment.

[@victorjozek5384]

I like to think Blazes are melted-in-lava Wither skeletons, with their teared up ribs becoming the 12 floating rods (like the 12 pairs of ribs on a human skeleton). Melted enough to fusion into really hot and strong material, it explains this metalic sound to their breathe and the nature of their fire throwing abilities.

[@sathanyam2193]

That's what I thought 2

[@rhodesdrakethenieliii3209]

Victor JOZEK, why aren't you writing your own your story with that theory/lore of yours?

[@rhodesdrakethenieliii3209]

@@TotallyNotMangoFruit Nah nah nah, I meant why isn't he writing this in a book. The blaze rods are so clearly obviously melted rib bones that became crystalized under the heat, while the skull took longer to do so as it was a cursed black skull that was hollow within. The crystal like features is how I explain the metallic and ultimately scorched surface breathing If I ever write a story featuring the Nether and it was about a Nether Fortress, this is the lore I'd be looking for right here. Hell, why not even throw in a familiar foe you know all too well? The Wildfire can be it's own hostile, but the Hovering Inferno would be a boss worth reaping the rewards However... I've got ideas that you might not agree on though that's not stopping me from including them into the hostile itself either way (Hint: "Nelo Angelo")

[@soulsilver9991]

I like the thought of blazes being nacho dipped wither skeletons - I'm going to call blazes nachos from now on

[@IM4GIN3D]

That actually makes sense

[@waitthatscopyrighted3198]

Mojang developer: *inhales* MatPat, RGN, and Wifies: This is clearly an indication that all hostile mobs work for the Illuminati.

[@RetroGamingNow]

Shh, don’t spoil our next videos!

[@a_random_mint]

@@RetroGamingNow uhhhhhhhhh

[@destrocore50]

@@RetroGamingNow um... You're... Actually here... OK.

[@josefinavalerio4682]

@@RetroGamingNow What's the are?

[@elainadeeter9788]

@@RetroGamingNow can you guys do a collab? I think pretty much everyone wants you guys to.

[@shweli4326]

Mojang: Let's add a cool structure in the nether which has some loot and offers the player a challenge Lore theorist: As you can see here... This is what I like to call *L O R E*

[@TheWahbyghalib]

*monjang*

[@Himanboy]

monjang

[@friedmandesigns]

Mineyang

[@sleeeepyy_]

MONJANG

[@snowyfox562]

why monjang tho?

[@singingcat02]

To me, the lava well could very well be some sort of altar. Kind of a sacred room at the core of their fortresses, dedicated to the worship of some deity. Maybe its purpose was to protect the fortress against external attacks, by placing it under the protection of a god or goddess.

[@Emperoad]

I just thought it was a safer way to produce nether bricks

[@CoCFire]

nononononono

[@MrHydra12]

Or *hear me out* Lava in the nether is the equivalent to water in the overworld. They basically plumbed some into the fortress.

[@CoCFire]

@@MrHydra12 makes sense, considering theres literal oceans of lava in the nether

[@Emperoad]

@@MrHydra12 for some creatures but not the people from the overworld

[@billlupin8345]

Just to add to that, based on the design of the nether fortress, I think it’s likely it started as a nether hub. The long isolated pathways were designed not as protection from zombies, which could be accomplished much easier with much shorter platforms, but as protection from ghasts and piglin raids. Ordinarily you would want to concentrate the forces of a fortress, make them easier to defend, but on a nether fortress, the paths are important, they’re roads in another hub. At the end of each path was probably a portal that they destroyed when the zombies attacked.

[@mestudent]

I wonder How nobody saw your comment. This reminds me of the fact that If you build a portal in overworld at long distance, the spawning location in the nether also changes. This is incredible. There definitely something at the end of each pathway.

[@kreg8681]

I thought about this too If all the path ways and such were for safe and quick transport in the nether. It could explain the horse armour and the saddles being the chests since the pathways are big enough for horses

[@oval306]

Wifies: Explains a theory Me: "That totally makes sense" Also Wifies: "But this is the actual theory" Also me: "Oh"

[@InvestmentIdea]

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[@KSKY2012]

@@InvestmentIdea no, shut

[@pigjinbrute9399]

@@InvestmentIdea stop sending rick roll

[@roscosthebalm]

@@pigjinbrute9399 its not hes a ip grabber

[@strawberryseal1851]

oh my god- an IP grabber-

[@stardragonflame]

Wifies: *walks in a nether Fortress* The Ground: *makes grass walking sounds*

[@3xVVVV]

@SwagMC Shutup

[@andreahd7203]

@SwagMC s h u t

[@alainaw6693]

@@3xVVVV don’t be so rude!

[@alainaw6693]

@@andreahd7203 don’t be so rude!

[@alainaw6693]

@@Nyctomatter don’t be so rude!

[@Mtb_447]

That video was just amazing... especially the end bit... "An inhumane never-ending process, truly a terrible fortress" It all makes sense. Thanks Wifies :)

[@4Rgames]

"Lava has no real purpose" Obsidian: Am I a joke to you?

[@stygian_with_a_j]

Wifies in earlier videos: "haha potion have funny name" Wifies now: SO THAT'S WHY THE PIXELS ON THE CACTUS CLEARLY POINT TO THE WITHER ACTUALLY BEING YOUR BIOLOGICAL MOTHER-

[@deletusmciamdeleted2797]

And dont forget soul energy powering our fridges so we can eat cheese

[@hmsboomattack6394]

@@deletusmciamdeleted2797 there is a soul power grid??!

[@that_cupoftea]

even earlier wifies: *hermitcraft*

[@moonwalkhi]

@@hmsboomattack6394 r/woooosh

[@ayan8136]

@@moonwalkhi bad woooosh

[@InvaltidWord]

"saddles can only be found in chests" leatherworker villager: am I a joke to you?

[@sarkastik2589]

Ravager drop: *am I a joke to you?*

[@ibrahimrabbani4560]

Fishing: you guys may not be a joke, but I sure as heck am.

[@masterfakeio4736]

Sad ravager noises

[@anrye]

@@masterfakeio4736 no

[@louth2882]

Pretty sure he meant the ones that are iron, diamond etc saddles

[@MaryDaMuffinhead]

Him: “hello internet” Me: i know that from somewhere- Nice game theory ref!

[@idonthaveaname6029]

Notch: lets just make a rlly cool build for players to loot and make potions with no lore intended Wifies: or is it?

[@cos390]

I didn't think a game made of cubes would have such a deep story where everything connects

[@doubleziv]

Tetris:

[@cosmogaming6587]

Indeed I didn't think deep of the game

[@engreem9281]

It doesn't... Mineacraft doesn't have a story. It's just an open world game with a whole lotta cool but random stuff. No one making the game ever even thought of any kind of story (from what i know). The only story there is is what people make up. That's not saying these videos aren't cool though. They are cool and creative. But they're not really part of the game at all EDIT: I NEVER SAID MAKING UP LORE WASN'T FUN. I WAS JUST SAYING THERE IS NO REAL LORE

[@GiangTran-bt8wr]

Yes

[@NetralFN]

@@engreem9281 hey Lore is fun

[@illbeinmycoffin]

wifie: “something, is missing” random ad: GET THE WHOLE TEAM TOGETHER

[@doubleziv]

Bro,this happened when i read your comment XD

[@illbeinmycoffin]

@@doubleziv Lol that’s amazing

[@Xiphius]

Was it the main event ad?

[@illbeinmycoffin]

@@Xiphius it was for chocolate

[@zistlmao]

@@illbeinmycoffin PERFECT TIMING

[@GoldKitsuneBrony]

I like that this hypnosis briefly addresses the fact that the Wither Skeletons are 2.4 blocks tall. This feels like an important detail, something intentional.

[@thedutchgamers6041]

This was really interesting to watch! Keep it up!

[@thegoobanator540]

Wifies: "The Tragic Story of Minecraft's Nether Fortress" Speedrunners: "KIll blazes, wither skeletons suck unless you are doing an all bosses speedrun."

[@zhainos260]

Lmao whenever I go to a fort I just kill blazes and I’m out

[@krazykitty1562]

true

[@thatoneweirdowhosobsessedw9886]

Hehe lol

[@travellingtheworld1699]

@@zhainos260 me too lol

[@somerandomdepresseddude]

*remember to not break the freaking blaze spawner*

[@poltec8386]

Now the "a terrible fortress" achievement makes even more sense

[@Walaim]

Theory: The ancient huge whithers killed the some of the builders. They are obviously undead, what killed them? Considering how similar they are to the actual wither, could dying to the wither affect be similar to the zombie plague but with skeletons this time?

[@KylixTheFur]

I think that's both a brilliant and terrifying theory, and would encourage you to keep going! You videos are awesome!

[@starsky1204]

Just to build on this slightly, undead mobs take damage from potions of healing. One of the only places you find naturally generating brewing stands (besides villages) is in the End ships. And of course, every single one of those brewing stands are stocked with potions of healing. This leads to my theory that the ships were constructed in a last ditch effort to return to the overworld and eradicate the zombies by raining those potions down from above.

[@cheapstonegd6296]

So is it possible that the ancient builders went to the Nether but eventually their fortresses fall and they had to flee back to the overworld. Then using their knowledge of potions they went to the End as a final desperate attempt. This is also the general route the player would go in survival...the nether then they visit the End. Quite litteraly, the End for the ancient builders

[@lisanavarro8828]

From game theory and what I’ve seen in comments they needed to make a cure for a virus which was turning people into zombies so they made the igloos and tested cures on villagers then they conducted experiments on blazes, killing people to make them and using the skeletons left over the souls in soul sand make wither skeletons which would explain why both are hostile then fearing the creations they tried to make a guardian. The Wither which is also why you get The Beginning because this is the beginning of the end for the builders, so then running was their only options and using scraps from their tests before they made a portal and then they ran through using some other scraps to make the Warden including souls stored in soul sand then using the ships they made the end cities using scraps to make it which would also explain the elytra because that was their most prized possession, the only way back to the normal world but then after a diet of chorus fruit they became enderman

[@sarkastik2589]

The brewing stand in the hidden rooms of igloo: *allow me to introduce myself*

[@YawningYeti512]

The "This is truly a terrible fortress" with the advancement was a perfect ending. Chefs Kiss

[@Ash_Black013]

My hades, this makes so much sense!! great video man!

[@thoomas5555]

Really cool video! I really think Minecraft Lacks of a good Lore , with all this soul related blocks, colors and sound, the End dimension, the bastions, everything could be linked in a really dark story! Thank you for real! Now we have something to start creating that good Lore!

[@lucaskellogg3116]

My thoughts is that the fortress was originally just made for potions (blazes are natural and the ancient builders farmed and put them into a spawner) but then they found out about the ancient giant withers. They then made it into a fortress to defend and all of the wither skeletons are ancient builders who died from ancient withers.

[@mrpickle5655]

Yeah

[@abysmalace1399]

That's what I was thinking as well.

[@clasy01]

Wow, I see plenty of us had the same idea

[@dysop]

yeah but heres the thing. How would blazes come to? Like, how did they even originate cuz clearly they have an NPC coding but like you cant really make fire just become a l i v e

[@abysmalace1399]

@@dysop skeleton falls in lava?

[@TheChillestEver]

0:08 when Europeans discovered Africa.

[@igloo_31]

Lmao nice one 😂😂

[@gamercat7862]

No man, just britain to south africe

[@Minecraft-tp7cc]

5:49 Mabye they use this lava to tortue others for info, they dangle them over it

[@Riggy-fan-27]

9:45 I agree with this that seems the most reasonable.

[@RetroGamingNow]

Cool video! I thought the story you presented was well-told and quite enjoyable!

[@alangdplayer6314]

First like and reply

[@peashootingangrybirds1360]

Lol its RGN

[@SaberSimp69]

Yes it is :D

[@Pre1x]

Let's go

[@TortleMaster]

Ultimate Pog Moment

[@michelleshi5116]

“The blaze breathing sounds eerily similar to a human” Lots of mob sounds in games are randomly taken from irl humans or animals

[@cycrothelargeplanet]

@BLU Engi yup

[@Doejrk]

The blazes didn’t have to breath tbh, but they decided to add that detail

[@GetAssista]

Yup, my ex's snoring contributed to the zombie sound

[@idontreallyknow449]

Endermen talk English backwards

[@satnus3388]

@@idontreallyknow449 no they talk but their voice is groggy

[@wolfs-bane3787]

Blazes being human souls inside a metal shell actually sounds legit. Especially since when you hit them the strike makes a metalic clanging noise

[@THEDAPEES]

Love all the theories! keep going!

[@woomyiism]

while this does seem like a pretty good theory, I feel like it could be possible that all the Wither Skeletons are just the fortress' members who were killed by the Wither, since mobs killed by the Wither drop Wither roses, so it wouldn't be too much of a stretch if the ancient Withers could turn things they kill into Wither Skeletons. The current Withers are much weaker than the theoretical ancient ones, so their power of doing this would have weakened to a point of only turning things into Wither roses

[@Treble453]

The bedrock wither spawns wither skeletons.

[@Jeremonkey90]

@@Treble453 yes but only on hard mode

[@Treble453]

@@Jeremonkey90 still something to consider.

[@shadowpea]

I agree

[@rader354]

Yeah, their flesh got withered.

[@thereisdanger4998]

everyone: talking about Wifies saying "Why is it black?" me: why did it make a dirt sound when he walked on nether brick??

[@danablack3825]

I aint seen a single person say anything about him sayin “why is it black”

[@moonhunt18]

(Please forgive any and all spelling errors in this comment.) I think that maybe the Wither Skeletons are Enderman that died trying to fite the Withers, because of being infected by the Endermites, they're skeletons are taller then the skeletons in the overworld. (~2 blocks VS ~3 blocks high.) The skeletons in the overworked could also be from the Antion Builders that died there. This is just something I placed together, partly because I've heard so many theories on Minecraft and thought I might as well add my own theory. Although, WHY DON'T PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ZOMBIES IN MINECRAFT?! I mean, what made them /zombies/ kin the first place? Anyway, hope you enjoyed reading this and please note that I only watched the video until 8:38 before posting this. Now onto washing the rest of the video!!

[@AlguienTeLlamoBuho]

"Those Were The Days" being an advancement name really makes you think sometimes. I don't think Steve is necessarily human. He might be some kind of dark soul taking on a friendly form. He knows how to play with souls and if you read Achievement and Advancement titles, you get enough to make you point to official lore even if it's very little. Your avatar was doing something before spawning into the world for us. Up to something that we don't know about.

[@ICantThinkOfANameeeee]

I forgot what you have to do to get that achievment 💀

[@kingstupidiii8779]

Heres a theory on the wither skeletons: the skeletons are the reincarnated (by the wither effect) remains of the casualties of war against the withers. The wither effect changed their bones black, and also drove them down a violent path. Also the fact of the wither skeletons are undead mobs would support this theory. This also makes me think of the wither effect as a virus, that takes control of its host, and "withers them away", brining the dead player into the vast armies of the wither skeletons. This theory would also support the fact that both the wither boss, and the skeletons give the wither effect upon getting damaged. As if they are trying to infect you, so you enter the endless horde of skeletons.

[@yeeyt464]

i just think its because of the ashes in the air, they drop coal when they die so its likely (ik coal and ash are different things but you get what i mean)

[@Velonism5594]

@@yeeyt464 they are both partially made of carbon

[@yeeyt464]

@@Velonism5594 exactly

[@smt3]

@@yeeyt464 good theory on the wither skeletons. It also makes sense with ash falling on them and turning their bones black.

[@AshEnbyy]

that was what I was thinking!

[@asgard_]

The mojang coder who just wanted to make a cool and long structure: "Oh yes, absolutely!"

[@lightsthegod]

Sounds sus,ngl

[@moonwalkhi]

@@lightsthegod amogus sus

[@happlegaming9652]

It is also interesting how blazes drop blaze rods, which can craft eyes of ender, leading to a dungeon. Though if this theory is right, the dungeons would be built after blazes. Does this possibly mean the blaze's rods can follow the builders? Or is this a sign that the dungeons were there before the humans?

[@fredcosta630]

Thanks for the good content. Great job. I had to subscribe

[@craftstorm1871]

Mini-Theory for the lava well! The builders could've used the lava to smelt netherrack and to make netherrack bricks. This leads to the "But they could just get it outside". They couldn't. It was much too dangerous. (Considering the giant withers theory) They used the well to safely get lava while staying away from the withers. The well, as any normal well, would refill with time. So they had a safe way to gather fuel.

[@InvestmentIdea]

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[@wmmbl]

Or maybe putting the arrows in flames? Shooting an arrow through lava makes the arrow burn. Idk it makes sense to me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@Just_Ants]

It’s like when witches have water cauldrons, they have it for the purpose of not dying while trying to leave (for example: a human just appears there and kills the witch) to take water to make their potions. Also it could be that the swamp water is just too dirty and they just wanted pure water instead ._.

[@Marlin123]

I thought it was once water until the place heated up and witherd

[@Savariable]

@@wmmbl it is positioned in fortresses in ways where you literally cannot use it for that method. It is fully enclosed with 1 opening.

[@liahfaye]

I wanna see a collab with Game Theory and Wifies, that’d be really cool

[@InvestmentIdea]

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[@randaranatunga7259]

That would be a certified pog moment

[@chasethemaster3440]

And retrogamingnow

[@splashdann6340]

@game_theory Collab with wilfies

[@mr.wendigo273]

Retrogamingnow as well

[@blazeninja22YT]

12:12 People volunteered themselves to be brutalized and have their bones charred? That sounds pretty messed up. I take it these ancient builders never had the ability to respawn after death too.

[@stevencowmeat]

Love the video and the story👌 I do have an alternative theory tho. What if the dimensions were fighting eachother. That's why there are strong holds in the over world that lead to the end and fortresses that protect the nether. Ther are also end citys guarded by a dragon. The overworld has mob spawners spread across the world to protect against any possible intrusion. The loot in the chests in all dimensions comes from looting the overworld after a raid or battle between them.

[@oval306]

"Why is it black? That's weird" -Wifies 2021

[@InvestmentIdea]

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[@thundere.b2314]

@@InvestmentIdea ip grabber

[@YourLocalNobody420]

@@thundere.b2314 nah it’s just some religious crap ignore it

[@yapflipthegrunt4687]

@@YourLocalNobody420 ip grabber disguised as religious crap There's a dot in the video link, which means it's an ip grabber

[@mini294]

thats what she said

[@astal1172]

3:15 Who said the piglins made the bastions? It's called "Bastion Remnant" but if they are built by the piglins, it would still be a bastion, and not just a remnant. I think that the ancient race made them, but the piglins found them and inhabited them.

[@Clone3A7]

I think piglin society collapsed after the builders left, probably because they had no diamonds to infuse with netherite anymore, causing them all to panic and eventually just hoard the closest thing to pure netherite they had: Gold. Also without any pickaxes or good access to blackstone (because bastions cant spawn in basalt deltas) the piglins cant repair them.

[@belikebro8463]

i think that the piglins RULED the Bastion not made it. though its still a mystery

[@danshakuimo]

I thought there was a theory that the piglins used to be much smarter and more advanced, but over time they became consumed by greed and ended up just hoarding gold and losing their intelligence as the fail to maintain their own buildings and aggressively attack anyone who takes their gold or even just opening a chest near them that wasn't even theirs.

[@mrnecrotic]

watch the main lore video (the ancient builders one)

[@oquou]

ok but i love how u end all of these with a dramatic saying or sentence it makes the story way more interesting in my opinion!!

[@user-nn4bn3bm6t]

Dear Wifies I would believe that the ancient builders discovered nether wart from crimson forests because the "leaves" on a warped fungus tree are nether wart blocks.

[@kaidenjordan3009]

Alt title: picking apart things that were never, ever meant to be given a thought

[@Wifies]

THATS THE PLAN

[@RPrealmusicVEVO]

@@Wifies *THE* *PLAN* *IS* *SIMPLE*

[@coolboygamingcdn]

"to summon the wither the most horrifying and destructive mob in all of minecraft" ender dragon in the overworld: are you sure about that?

[@HHH-wh7bw]

bedrock wither: Am I a joke to you?

[@jitendrasoni4639]

Ender Dragon in overworld ? Huh ?

[@Astyrical]

@@jitendrasoni4639 You can use commands to spawn the Enderdragon in the overworld.

[@chickensandwich5096]

ender dragon isn't destructive dragon only attacks the players

[@bingusdingus3999]

@@chickensandwich5096 when spawned in the overworld, ender dragons can destroy every block except obsidian, bedrock, and command only blocks like structure blocks and command blocks.

[@4Rgames]

6:26 the sprite shows it's made of a blaze rod aswell

[@LiamNoblet95]

“But why is it black? That’s weird.” -Wifies

[@meatrockball3243]

i was looking for this comment

[@guaranteedreducedquality]

It is pretty weird tho

[@strahinja2475]

"you can only find saddles in chests" Fishing and the leatherworker villagers: am I a joke to you?

[@soupser7188]

Killing ravagers: am I a joke to you?

[@zukoshonour5964]

@@soupser7188 yes

[@uniwolfgamer1094]

"Wither is the scariest and most destructive mob in the game" Enderdragon: Am I a joke to you?

[@soupser7188]

@@uniwolfgamer1094 I play bedrock so, yes, the Ender Dragon is a joke to me, the Wither is the most destructive mob in bedrock.

[@istanbulistanbul1604]

Maybe it was before the update

[@jaycaveiro9366]

"the nether is the strangest dimensoin" the surreal astroland that is The End: *sad extra-terrestrial astroland noises*

[@maya3334]

E.T

[@maya3334]

@SwagMC shut up :)

[@McFaddenWasRight]

I always thought of The End as the moon.

[@neon8875]

Wifies is a quite funny and nice person! Keep up the good work!

[@vyndiagram9291]

Sipover made a video about the history behind a Minecraft world that explains this too. Good video ❤

[@KiiXii]

The wither Skelton and blaze are like the game “close your eyes.” Their soul gets put in the blaze and their bones get re animated,

[@anormalhuman266]

Oh yeah, their souls are put into robot bodies and their remaining parts looks creepi

[@oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo00]

You'll be here soon

[@anormalhuman266]

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[@chic3en887]

That also makes sense

[@GuiltTrippOffical]

Makes sense

[@jin2783]

Blazes: *Breaths* Wifies: THIS IS IT! CONTENT!!

[@Onetwistyboi]

I definitely like the idea of "builders" being a race of people in minecraft. Like players are some of the last remaining builders of the world

[@axo_axolotlz]

9:19 also sounds like a man in a gas mask

[@Whispycrispy]

"who leaves a skeleton here and why is it black?" Skeleton: *so you have chosen death*

[@JuliusGuruJG]

racist skeletons

[@rickolade1381]

fun fact: The Blaze's name in Hungarian is "Őrláng" that stands for Guard Flame. this leads to them being created and mass produced by the spawners to defend the fortress from the withers

[@user-ix6gt3ly9w]

Interesting.

[@snicklick701]

but withers are immune to fire; so blazes are usless against withers.

[@janesow]

??

[@realspidermangaming1245]

@@snicklick701 then the wither adapted to be immune to fire

[@snicklick701]

well, withers are black, so they are already as burnt as they get; they are pretty much ashes, so they can't be burnt any further. immune from the beginning.

[@pkmntrainerlilly5]

"It sounds like a human trapped inside a metal box" That didn't give me Companion Cube flashbacks at all.

[@percsie3072]

I love how 9 minutes into this Minecraft fan fiction the dude goes “the following is based in speculation” as if to imply the previous 9 minutes of speculation weren’t speculative.

[@ultimazilla9814]

1:10 The end with a goddamn dragon and void everywhere: "ExCUSE me?" Also, obsidian can't be made in the nether, so it was the overworld people going to the nether.

[@fumothfan9]

It can be traded via pigmen. Also ruined portals exist now and crying obsidian is like obsidian that has some magic in it

[@audrey2658]

@@fumothfan9 that doesnt change anything. you still CANNOT naturally obtain obsidian in the nether. just because you can get blaze powder from villagers doesnt mean blaze rods come from the overworld-- it means there was a surplus of resources being exchanged from the overworld and nether.

[@vistaman69]

@@audrey2658 you can in the base game but not in lore

[@adrianpena8362]

You can build a portal in the nether didn't you see the nether update?

[@crumblemuffin1257]

Oh the child in me and even the "adult" One goes crazy with these Minecraft theories. How much I love these lmfao

[@InvestmentIdea]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZfNlmuhdtuLe5I ,,,

[@correctspeling2805]

@@InvestmentIdea go away

[@Neqtunezz]

@@InvestmentIdea ip grabber

[@isaacdanoob2434]

@@InvestmentIdea Screw you. Finding peoples IP’s is messed up.

[@michaelphillips8238]

This is a brilliant origin story of Minecraft universe - thank you!

[@mobybrick2357]

I love how complicated minecraft lore is, but when you take a step back its like: enderman? ancient builders. skeletons? ancient builders. zombies? ancient builders. 90% of all structures? ancient builders.

[@jowtay0088]

This joke is so overused now but Mojang: hmm, let’s add a structure to beat the game for gameplay purposes Wifies: DID I HEAR AN INDICATION OF LORE? Also this is unrelated but my theory is that everytime a backup is loaded, the progress made was all a dream

[@Hexasan]

I think the blazes spawning from spawners should have a bigger role on the theory, they could have just spawned naturally like wither skeletons, I think spawners are canon

[@InvestmentIdea]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZfNlmuhdtuLe5I ,,,

[@hindigente]

I think you're on to something. Most spawners (with the exception of cave spider spawners) such as blaze and magma cube spawners, dungeon spawners and even silverfish spawners are indeed so prominently placed as to suggest this is the case.

[@Pablo-rg7ge]

@@InvestmentIdea stop ramming calming music into people’s faces

[@user-zm4ro7yh4e]

@@hindigente these are also places the community believes were made by the ancient builders... except for the bastion...

[@vvcreative2628]

I believe spawners are an important piece to solve the mystery of 'what happened to the builders' , cause remember, if it were a plague, there are SPAWNERS THAT SPAWNS ZOMBIES AND SKELETONS! (also spiders but that's not as interesting as the others)

[@millerk7456]

i have a sort of mini-theory about the lava well room. like you said, the only way to get nether bricks is by smelting netherack. and, since the fortresses probably contain hundreds or even thousands of nether brick blocks, it makes sense that they would want a conveniently located fuel source for smelting. however, i wish we saw some more signs of the mining & smelting required for the construction, such as a furnace room in the fortress, or maybe a netherack mine as another nether structure

[@Fashion_Nugget]

I actually believe that the wither skeletons are remnants of endermen overcome by the nether. They evolved to survive the harsh environments of the nether and lost their ability to teleport. They slowly decayed (maybe to a disease) hence the withering effect. They learned to use swords as their main attack form and lost the ability to build and communicate.

[@SnottyNoseGaming]

Same

[@thunderbolt64_]

So this is how the race of the Steves went out: Overworld, 1010 So there was a virus and they made igloos to try to cure it on villagers. It didn’t work, so they resorted to the nether. They did experiments to try to make potions to cure the virus, trapping human souls into blazes, with magic fireball defence mechanisms. They then had to make more sacrifices, and those sacrifices turned into charred skeletons which were the wither skeletons, and the wither skeletons and the blazes took over the fortresses. Then they went back to the overworld and made the strongholds. Then they went to the end and were stranded there, so they went to the outer end islands, where they found chorus fruit and created the end cities. They ate the chorus fruit and hen they became the endermen from eating too much chorus fruit. And then one day, Steven, god of the Steves, went back home from his 1,000 year vacation and noticed that his creations had been missing for a long time, so in the year 2010 he created Steve and he did stuff and eventually started a race of block people and they had more creative names, like Stampylonghead, Grian, DarukFan64 (that one was me :)

[@oxidiser]

What about the void?

[@amiriki]

@@oxidiser idk enderman piss

[@moonwalkhi]

Ok what do you spend your time on

[@derpydhani9222]

Ah yes , game theory

[@Dave_strider413]

@@oxidiser dragon barf i guess lmao

[@JohnCena-kg7on]

I would like to present my theory, the nether fortress where once one big fortress suggested by the broken bridges. A catastrophic event maby a earthquake happened reviling the lava the nethers terian changed it burnt and withered and the native animals adapted pigmen evolved from the pigs imported from the ancient builder race. This could also explain why the bastions are crumbling. The lava rooms where used to store the lave that was under the crust of netherac that could have been fertilised with warped or crimson grass lava would have taken a lot of resources to extract so it could have been rare.

[@Surreal_Cow]

@@maryq1519 4:27

[@maehemthrillaz8485]

please use punctuation marks

[@alphax1518]

@@maryq1519 shut up he just wanted to tell his own idea

[@jmtpr]

@@maehemthrillaz8485 he does lmao

[@maehemthrillaz8485]

The sentence on the last part gave me a stroke. Hmm I'm gonna assume he's from the Netherlands

[@purplehaze2358]

"The nether is without a doubt the most dangerous dimension in Minecraft" Two things wrong with that statement. 1) Discounting the overworld, there's only 2 dimensions. 2) The end, I'd argue, is _far_ worse. With the nether, you can survive most of the threats by popping a fire resistance potion. With the end, pretty much everything can kill you and there's little you can do other than be careful and kill everything that tries to kill you.

[@Jellyman1129]

Good theory! I definitely agree with the blaze part, especially since a blaze’s eyes are nearly identical to Steve’s.

[@_Abjuranax_]

The Lava Room is the Nether Fortress Hub, and as such, the rest of the Fortress generates from that point. Also, Piglins can Barter some of the Items that you said you couldn't find elsewhere, such as Nether Brick and Iron.

[@timq6224]

bastions are lit with lanterns...made from iron

[@cyborgbob1017]

But they had to harvest and gather it themselves

[@TheCrimsonArc24]

My theory is that the nether portal is a time machine. U travel to the future where everything is radioactive, because when u travel underground u can sometimes here a radioactive meter thing sound. The piglins are villagers that mutated. Also they call netherite as ancient debris, which can be actually old rusted metal of the previous world. Or modern day.

[@jellyboi2565]

Big brain

[@adamwjstang3251]

Or it’s just a different dimension

[@bruh-px3uc]

a mojang developer confirmed that the nether is simply a separate dimension. it is not deep below the bedrock, neither is it the future or past of the overworld. but dont let that stop you from getting creative

[@ronyrubinov7449]

@Aditya vk clouds that are light and solid, they are held up somehow by the netherack

[@wonki1785]

I am really indulged in this channel, please dont end this series.

[@darlenekhin]

12:46 I agree with this but not this part the wither skeleton are the remains of ancient builders I think

[@mangozine8171]

"The nether is the most mysterious biome in minecraft" The end: am I a joke to you?

[@peppermint5117]

also it isnt a biome, it has multiple biomes

[@OverOmni]

'dimension'

[@Gunslinger832]

Aither: you guys are even a dimensions???

[@OverOmni]

@@Gunslinger832 *aether*

[@Gunslinger832]

@@OverOmni i dont give a shit

[@knickdev]

Wifies: “Why is it black?” Wither Skeleton: **intense taco bell sound**

[@nyancat8828]

Elder guardians love Taco Bell, confirmed

[@GordieKat]

You have to consider the nature of the Nether as well. Fortresses are largely liminal spaces, because travel is one of the uses the Nether has for Overworlders. The hallways would create a (relatively)safe way to travel.

[@toxic1959]

4:27 I was thinking Maybe The ancient builders Built fortress And then Died from the heat and there bones dried and withered turning them to wither skeletons

[@mrnecrotic]

watch the main lore video, don't comment theories lime that without watch g the main ancient builders lore (also on wifies channel)

[@mr.robloxer6965]

Wifies: What are the Nether Fortresses? Speedrunners: …..Blaze Rods?

[@elainadeeter9788]

Infested with a ton of annoying skeletons?

[@sp1ckaxe]

My theory is that nether was once much like the over-world and lava was scarce, once a cataclysmic event (volcanic eruption?) Wiped the flesh off the innocent humans, changed water into lava, and the lava turned lush green into the brutal red. EDIT: Some people have been asking me about some of the nether features and what theories did I made for them, well I did make them but I didn't include it in the original comment because I thought it would make the comment even larger and hard to read. Here are them: Bedrock roof: If anyone knows how pressure works, you know that diamonds form because of pressure (The element carbon gets crushed under immense pressure and they form diamonds.); Similarly The bedrock roof formed because of Pressure, Temperature and Time, The volcanic eruption melted rocks below the Ground and turned Stone into gas, they get spewed off into the atmosphere, The gas solidifies at the "Edge" of the atmosphere and are not attracted back to the ground because, well Minecraft doesn't attract blocks to the ground except gravel, sand and other blocks like that. That solidified mass hardens over time to make the unbreakable bedrock roof. Ancient Debris: An Ancestor of bedrock. They will turn into bedrock in 4.2 Billion Years, Also they are mixed in with iron rust. Bones: Those dead animals fossilized by soul sand. Soul Sand: Ashes of animals Life on earth: The volcanic eruption formed Obsidian and the humans used it to make nether portals all across the nether, They couldn't escape in time, but the Plants did, The nether portal remains are the now popularly known Ruined Nether Portals That should solve all your questions!

[@geckomangamin5316]

Kind of a far stretch. Cool idea, but not as good of a theory as other people have thought of.

[@t2mptedd517]

and some plants turned into ancient debris

[@geckomangamin5316]

@@t2mptedd517 Now that's dumb.

[@syntax6029]

But how does the nether roof generated/exists? It also has a bedrock layer on the most top layer

[@theconspiracytheorists2719]

Sounds like a doom invasion

[@infinitelithium]

I LOVE your theories so much dude

[@ohhoot8974]

The blaze breathing sound always creeped me out, but this brought it up several levels. Now I feel real terror. 😭😭😭😭

[@joyganguly6834]

To be honest the combo of blaze and wither is just op, when you are hitted by a wither Skele and get black hearted meanwhile a blaze shoots fireball at you, your hp gonna down with an insane acceleration.

[@ryhofiet6416]

Go in nether trade with piglin get fire resistance go to a fortress ez as that blaze are no problem

[@Nowilltolive4974]

"The only way you can get saddles is from a chest." Yes, because ravagers and fishing don't exist.

[@bingusdingus3999]

As wells as strider jockeys

[@parlamentz]

@@bingusdingus3999 yea

[@bobuboi4643]

@@bingusdingus3999 yes, they live in the Nether. So it doesn't count.

[@nooobee9274]

both of which have to be done in the overworld

[@what-es8gf]

A yes the floor is made out floor

[@cavesp1d3rgam1ng]

Wifles: wither skeletons and blazes don’t spawn elsewhere Soul sand valley: am I a joke to u

[@PelemusMcSoy]

I hope they keep elements like this vague as it allows people to make their own stories (like how I had a story where Zombies came from people who first discovered the Nether who ate the rotten flesh of Zombie Pigmen, and the Skeletons came from victims of Wither Skeletons). At this point, any definitive answer could never live up to the players' expectations.

[@scherwood3895]

When Blaze "breaths", I hear the voice of a man, who hoarsely says to the player "Help me". Its kinda disturbing tbh, but on other hand - is very cool and interesting. There are many theories, that Endermen's and other human-like mobs were a people once, but they suddenly became what they are now

[@audrey2658]

ive always heard this too. it's why the achievement for killing a blaze is "relieve a blaze of it's rod". These people are in pain because of being fused with these rods. We dont know where the ender pearls and the blaze rods originally came from, i believe the ancient builders wiped out the creatures these two items came from.

[@jadedragon8548]

Damn now that's all I'm gonna hear now lol so creepy

[@lunarwolfcassia9435]

And Creepers were people who were punished by Satan for creeping upon him behind his back. He cursed them to forever creep upon anyone they saw, and that's why they are called creepers.

[@sathanyam2193]

Maybe blazes are wither skeletons on fire that can float

[@unidentified8350]

@@audrey2658 im pretty sure that the enderpearls are the cores or hearts of endermen, which is why they are dropped when killed. The endermen used to be humans, so when the humans changed, of course their heart would change too, becoming enderpearls

[@kylecurtis2786]

To me the blaze has always been a defensive mob that hovers high above enemies(while not wandering far) that snipe you from extremely far distances (zombies are susceptible to fire as well). And they infinitely regenerate from the spawners.They’re a two in one defense system and farmable component to potion brewing. The “lava wells” may just be the easiest light source to to make. Make a bowl of heat resistant material and dump the bright lava in.

[@narayanr7942]

beutifully explained. you got a new sub

[@Wifies]

Why thank you Greatly appreciated

[@johnmichaelsarmiento5184]

Oh my god this is not just the story of nether fortress, this is the story of builders who once tried to cure the plague and what they became. This is amazing!