This Is How The Warden Was Going To Look!?

[@OneTwoFive0]

How cool would it be if the warden had some of these concepts re-added, adds some different variants to the warden. I really like the vertical mouth idea and I feel like these could have different mechanics to them

[@DdaengEli]

As long as they keep the trypophobia holes in the bin. I'm cool with anything else.

[@Orange_96]

@@DdaengEli i agree lol

[@Orange_96]

The lush one would be a great fit

[@soulplexis]

I bet newdefault+ will do this

[@screm5514]

Trypophobia warden and skulk should in be end

[@iDeactivateMC]

The old warden scares me a lot…

[@ejbattlelord6436]

yes

[@screm5514]

Ery much

[@RefinedMale]

Pan's Labyrinth XD

[@the-dirt-god9280]

Im scared of small holes

[@pumkin610]

Peanut the scp

[@Pyxaanthal]

I love seeing game development like this, especially with how the Warden turned out. I think it's creepy but also really cute in a way, and knowing that there's an alternate universe out there where hole-warden exists made me appreciate it all the more.

[@W333-c1c]

But the hole one will make some poeple cant play it cz of phobia

[@NewtonRPG]

I’d love to have the prototype look come back for Halloween. Y’know, because caves alone weren’t terrifying enough with the ambience.

[@terse_fan7991]

I'm paranoid now

[@matthewshelton1975]

For Halloween, Warden should look like SCP-682.

[@terse_fan7991]

@@matthewshelton1975 that the shuguy?

[@gamer_glenn5438]

@@terse_fan7991 hard to destroy reptile

[@gamer_glenn5438]

@@terse_fan7991 shy guy is 096

[@mr.qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcv3077]

Sculk now: dark, creepy, kinda just blocks, fits the cave Sculk then: skin colored, attacked the space nomad gods and suffered, conscious of their suffering

[@SupersuMC]

Why did you have to remind me of All Tomorrows like that? XD

[@EstebanGilChillington]

hollow skulk: *a Neverending spread of malformed skin, flesh and bones. It will overtake species and hollow them out to let them rot, it demands sacrificing, it demands flesh. It will not be stopped, as it's spread has already started.*

[@TopHatBot]

The unused wardens could have the potential to become a sub-species but it’s unlikely

[@liviwaslost]

I would really like this

[@theplayer_]

This is great mod idea fam

[@lilacramen7483]

considering that there is mooshroom related to cows and glow squids related to normal squids so it would just be another variation of it especially if they drop different stuff from the warden

[@afewofmycommentsarecringy.8646]

@@lilacramen7483 yeah, different stuff, like anything at all.

[@mr.blackholy2253]

I think Stalker is the great way to put as the lings of Wardens like stalks you but if warden comes they hide they'll just attack you when Warden is not around

[@milomoon06]

All the designs of the warden are really cool. And the Early version of the warden in game are really interesting too. I like the asymmetry of the tall stalker, and how it transformed to be able to fit into small areas to get you. I think that would be scary. And the big white warden with holes is REALLY scary looking. the new one is still pretty creepy, but less so, but still acts really scary, so there’s a good balance. But the white hole warden looks scary and if it acted the same it would be even more scary, like full-on horror. I like that we have this balance now, but i do also wonder what it would be like to have the other wardens in game.

[@Solesteam]

The current one fits with the other mobs of: Scarry in most cases, but if you get to look at it without impending death, they can be kinda cute or silly. Take the endermen, the erie stalkers of the night, when you see them you probably don't even bat an eye, untill you look at theirs. The creepers aren't terrifying ether if your far away or in creative mode. Even the spiders are likable during daytime... The tall stalker is also not horrifying when you observe him wobbling around in the daytime but I can imagine the terror one would feel when suddenly what was once just a goify lopsided statue is barreling towards them in the darkness of the caves!

[@QUBIQUBED]

My problem is that the trypophobia Warden is intolerable for people with it, and it's not intimidating, it's just super gross. The new warden is far more intimidating than that one

[@milomoon06]

@@Solesteam Yes exactly! The current one fits a lot better with the rest of minecraft.

[@dromnispank4723]

I'd farm the crap outta them!

[@D44RK_Iced_Yogs]

I do feel like they could possibly bring these different variants in the future, not near future but it’s possible. Considering that all they would have to do is code a little bit more in how the blocks and wardens act along with models. They could save let’s say money from just reusing the generation coding for the deep dark.

[@msiio]

man, i really wish the stalker got added with the warden, the stalker is such a scary and cool design, but the only problem with the stalker is when you already know how it works, you won't fall for it again, might be the reason why they don't go with that design

[@thebigcheese8715]

That and wanting to avoid phantom 2. I don't like it's lack of symmetry myself but I was not expecting the amount of design iterations there were.

[@thecrimsoncreep6665]

Well if they made it basically impossible to tell the difference between a real item and a stalker, it could be like a gamble thing. You could get a really useful item, or you could get a stalker

[@boxinabox6608]

@@thebigcheese8715 4*

[@thebigcheese8715]

@@boxinabox6608 What's the other 3 phantoms then? The only other incredibly obnoxious mob for me is drowned since for some reason hitting them is real damn difficult because their hitbox is all wonky when swimming. That and I hate endermen cus they always moving my dirt, ruining my perfect terrain.

[@boxinabox6608]

@@thebigcheese8715 the other voted in mobs

[@manuel.7461]

It would have been funny if they kept the name *"stalker"* cus then we would have had *creepers* and *stalkers* in the game 😂

[@matthewp1682]

And cats

[@Brute_Studios]

AW MAN!!!!

[@LiftYagami]

I think that’s why they changed it

[@dr.napkin7433]

Predators

[@JksansIG]

Why do that when we already have Minecraft KZbinrs?

[@dtslawyer6970]

Honestly? Most of those previous designs that weren’t used would make a great horror game

[@charlestonianbuilder344]

imagine during halloween, the warden texture was changed to the prototype ones, i cant wait for some modder to add them and even add new biomes having these prototype ones or an entire deep dark dimension

[@Solesteam]

The flesh hole one reminds me of Terraria's crimson, like the current one remeinds me of Terraria corruption, they carry the same kind of vibe...

[@spacecat3198]

Oh that’d be a fun cross over. I’m playing lots of Terraria at the moment.

[@SniperOnSunday]

The current Deep Dark and the Trypophobia Deep Dark kind of remind me of the Corruption and Crimson from Terraria, respectively. The current design is a dark force that consumes the land around it, while the Trypophobia design is very macabre.

[@Solesteam]

@@SniperOnSunday That's what I said, but you worded it much better.

[@scoopskicat]

Heck yeah! Exactly what I was thinking.

[@enb6720]

As someone with trypophobia, this is freaking terrifying. just from the thumbnail alone I am sooooo glad this wasn't chosen. blacks and blues and much less triggering to me.

[@AreesDaOG]

Fellow trypophobic here, I agree

[@enb6720]

@@AreesDaOG I feel ya.

[@dragonli1y]

Yeah

[@chimpazoo1143]

trypophobia isn't an actual thing

[@QUBIQUBED]

@@chimpazoo1143 there is proof there is and proof there isn't. But there is something about these structures that put off an "ew" feeling in some's mind

[@buckethead60]

Imagine the warden design was a sort of thing where it acts as a tinted glass window or something, so it's hard to make out where it is until you see that some of the blocks are an odd color and in the shape of a warden.

[@fomalhaut_the_great]

I love the look of the first white Catalyst sculk, it looks like white mold, sets off a weird fear in me

[@MiyuwiTV]

Yes

[@TheCupcakeGobbler]

Trypophobia.

[@Sirgrenous]

The stalker looks like it was inspired by trevor Henderson's " siren head "

[@EndrVersace]

Kingbdogz mentioned in a tweet that the stalker design had actually come before siren head did. But the resemblance definitely is still there

[@Sirgrenous]

@@EndrVersace oh I didnt know that

[@MentaAzul]

​@@EndrVersace If that's true then it's the biggest coincidence ever lol

[@EndrVersace]

@@MentaAzul it really is haha

[@mateowoetam]

Imagine they decided to not just go with the last design but actually develop all the different designs and have a plethora of scary biomes and different creatures, that is not vanilla at all but would have been so fun.

[@pumkin610]

Hmm well maybe they could have had a different type of deep dark biome have a chance of spawning under every biome, with a different type of warden for each biome. It would kind of undermine the specialness of the warden but oh well

[@nirjhar4803]

@@pumkin610 sounds like a job for modders

[@Xxguest_gamingxX]

i wish the one that could crawl was added

[@theencolony5595]

I honestly wish they stuck with the tall head version, as it looks so unearthly and terrifying

[@CamerasThings]

I’d love to see the early designs of the Strider. Its such a weird mob it’d be cool to see how Mojang was going to solve the lava boat issue for 1.16

[@pumkin610]

The strider is already an odd mob, almost as odd as creepers or ghasts

[@FBI-003]

Imagine having the Warden crawling in the walls to prevent people from making 3-block-tall towers, it's just terrifying

[@Rangermgs]

Yeah like how spiders climb walls except an animation

[@FBI-003]

@@Rangermgs yes, exactly

[@axialeaa]

I personally have trypophobia, but I still think the “human flesh” iteration is one of my favourites because of JUST HOW HORRIFYING it is. It has exactly the vibe they were going for, but I completely get that it had to be scrapped because trypophobia is a very real thing that can send people into cold sweats.

[@ker0356]

imagine if someone will make texture pack for this

[@awkwardsilence4427]

I don’t like how the bending-into-spider version was asymmetrical. Asymmetry would be alright if there was variations in how it could look, but the fact that it’s the _same_ asymmetry all the time makes it look kinda dumb. Does that make any sense? That said, I _love_ the teeth animation it has. Wish the actual Warden had something like that going on.

[@commentOwO]

Some of the old versions look very cool, I kind of wish they picked one of them instead but the current version is pretty cool

[@reene_the_mess]

These prototype designs are so cool it's such a shame that they won't be used, I honestly would love it if those designs are like released as a texture pack for like Halloween so we could get to experience these beautiful concepts as well

[@squidwardthedankest6642]

The fleshy sculk would be so terrifying I love that

[@LivingAsAGhost]

I love the original concept of the warden, the stalker, much MUCH MORE SCARY

[@BSJINTHEHOUSE420]

This proves to us that Mojang are SCP enjoyers.

[@ellisflowers8389]

Definitely ahha

[@R1ndar]

it would be cool if there were extinguished torch blocks that the warden could temporarily create if he went near a torch. this would create even more darkness around the warden

[@sukaisage]

that white fleshy scp thing is way cooler than actual sculk

[@Sal_SM]

They should add the stalker (the skinny, tall one) as a separate mob from the warden. It should be less powerful, but still enough to challenge players. I just think the stalker design is just too good to abandon.

[@Dragonclaw01]

The typophobian Warden model scares me... that huge gaping maw... the reflection of the void inside of it...

[@Dragonclaw01]

*trypophabian (idk how to spell it)

[@dragonli1y]

@@Dragonclaw01 trypophobia

[@Dragonclaw01]

Thank you.

[@Zemythian]

Yeah the spores bother me very mentally. I had a friend that would scream if she saw the same tho

[@thecrimsoncreep6665]

A lot of those proto-Wardens look like they could serve as different kinds of mobs in their own biomes. The current Warden really works for what it is, but if a modder looked at these early models, they could create some really interesting mobs

[@StalkerX426]

I think sculk's concept designs should be added to Minecraft as a biome to the 4th dimension.

[@cllncl]

5:33 As a person with trypophobia, this doesn't scare me. Maybe because the holes are too patterned? I dunno. But the concept art behind that thing is the worst thing I've seen in my life. In a good way. 6:07 This, however, doesn't scare me. Again, the pattern is repeated a lot of times which ruins the horror for me.

[@videon6134]

Yeah this doesn't feel unsettling to me either. I guess it would help if you could see inside the holes and not have them be flat.

[@Pacdad9998]

This version is even scarier than the current one…

[@Solesteam]

Current warden is adorable but I'd like to see the current warden in themes of all the others, just to see what it looks like.

[@katelynsakurasystem1811]

ADORABLE??

[@Solesteam]

@@katelynsakurasystem1811 Just like every monster in Minecraft when it's not trying to rip your flesh off and grind your bones to bonemeal.

[@_XPXI]

They should have added different colour pallets and small details changed with different deep dark cities. And have a few other mobs in similar style like the stalker

[@GIRGHGH]

I think having a spooky super tall mob would actually be really cool, I definitely don't think it'd replace the warden, but I also don't at all agree with your statement that it looks BAD. It was just unfinished.

[@rosethorngaming]

I would love to see another seperate mob that transforms like an older version of the warden. The way it moves and changes shape like that is terrifying.

[@josjos-x5s]

I think rust would be creepy if they went with a living mechanical horror. Tbh I do hope in the future they look into something like that. Just a more mechanical structure and mob overall really, like an underground restone lab

[@TerraKing]

If you guys were terrified of the old Warden concepts with teeth, wait until you see the Shambler from Quake 1 lol

[@justamicrowave5297]

i don't have trypophobia but that block is still creepy just because it looks like flesh. Fleshy stuff is creepy just because it looks like it almost could be human or like something that you could end up as. of course you would feel bad for them, but you wouldn't want to become one. It's hard to explain.

[@Geckey53]

The first tall warden is by far the coolest and scariest. Really wish they had gone with something more similar, although I suppose the current, a bulky golem, works a lot better for the game.

[@uselessshroob]

1:24 Toycat had a personalized copy of Mario 64.

[@G89211]

I hope they add the stalker as a separate mob in the biome

[@snifflypig]

Whenever I look at the stalker, my brain thinks the ears are eyes haha

[@groovygamer212]

I can’t unsee it anymore

[@jeromejomon9311]

if hole warden was in-game, idk what will scare me, the hole patterns on it or the fan art.

[@fun7510]

It's nice to know that after having the most restless attempt at sleeping I've ever had and just giving up at 1am I can curl up in the corner of my bed and watch a freash toycat video and not address the issue of my chronic insomnia.

[@ΑναστάσηςΤσαμπούκος]

I think that with the addition of deep dark and the vibration mechanics, they should also update the bats to react someway with those vibrations

[@GamerShyUncut]

I'm more terrified that toycat can't pronounce "TryPophpbia" or is blind to the letter "p"

[@ngabel8956]

They could fill an entire dimension with the warden / sculk concept arts.

[@MSX98FMDnB]

theres so much added in these new updates that i cant keep track of anything anymore

[@jlewwis1995]

The big white warden looks a lot like a shambler from quake, I wonder if they got some inspiration for that design from it 🤔

[@TerraKing]

YES I FOUND SOMEONE WHO ALSO NOTICED THAT

[@shoshanaloomer]

Some of these ideas were so cool, but I really like that they did with the one they chose

[@brucetoons]

I am really glad they didn't go with the tropophobia design, it was too creepy for Minecraft. On the other hand, the stalker wasn't quite creepy enough, I like the current design because it's the perfect balance of creepy but not too creepy. I do think it would be cool if they added design E as shown at 9:19 as a separate mob that is also part of the deep dark, that design looks a bit more like the stalker (and we can even see it bend down like the stalker did in the picture beneath it), but a bit more creepy. I think having two mobs in the deep dark, one that's big and bulky (the warden) and one that's more slender and agile would make the deep dark a bit more creepy, but I also understand why there is only one mob in the deep dark

[@amiiboacid4785]

I don't like it whenever people see concept art and then conclude that the art depicts the original intention for a concept that they were going to impliment before evolving into a different design. In actuality, the process of making concept art is not linear and a multitude of different concepts are drawn up at the same time, with none of them ever being the "original" version.

[@NotaNotas]

That white version with the side ways mouth is a really cool looking mob and should be used in some snow biome dungeon or something, I think it’s to cool and scary to waste

[@chocolateman131]

This vedio shows that mojang can make a horror game scarier than most games in less then a year

[@squibydoesalittletrolling]

the white warden with the sideways mouth looks even more terrifying than the one we got. i hope they add it as a rare variant of warden like the pink sheep or screaming goat.

[@CarlytheWolf23]

With trypophobia, it isn't considered a true irrational phobia due to it being linked to the natural instinct to avoid sickness, parasites and disease, as unnatural and bizzare patterns in nature could tie into it being infected by something, having parasites, and overall being not right and giving the idea to be avoided to keep from getting sick as well. So basically trypophobia doesn't exist in its own phobia, but it does exist in nature as an instinct to avoid certain things. So uh fun fact thingy I guess that sprung up back into my head from watching a minecraft video lol

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

It honestly looked more terrifying like that

[@lukko6714]

the warden has changed quite a bit, then

[@williamafton7432]

I love the trypophobia warden, I honestly think it could work as a normal horror game antagonist, and I need a mod for it, it just looks so nightmarish and unsettling

[@MentaAzul]

The hollowed flesh Warden and blocks are my favorite, they're so original and terrifying in sooo many ways ❤️🖤

[@Shermanator9999]

The white pores block and the white prototype look amazing. The warden they have now fits Minecraft. The white design has unnerving feeling behind and that why they probably didn’t go the pore route.

[@exploratory-fordora9672]

Ahh yes the warden Proto types I think I found where creepy pastas originate from seriously those things are straight out of a nightmare!

[@TheCJBrine]

The smiling, scaly one looks cute. Probably good they didn’t use it, even if a bit creepy it just looks really cute for some reason; new Warden is a nice balance of being something that’s sorta cute and yet can still intimidate you as a big monster underground. would be funny if the scaly one was another mob though, like some kind of mischievous thing messing with you somehow, idk what it’d do though.

[@zohairwanttoplay9865]

the stalker look like siren head lol

[@alyssinwilliams4570]

I really liked the third iteration of the skulk block thing, with the smoky particles n such

[@jackatk]

1:23 It kinda makes me want them to add a piano or something, just like the one in Mario 64, even as terrifying as it is

[@miimiiandco]

The Skulk gave me heavy Terraria vibes with the Corruption, with the way it spreads throughout the world. It's funny how one of the original concepts was the Crimson instead!

[@sebthesong2625]

That’s nightmare fuel

[@ElysetheEevee]

It's "trypophobia": you forgot the first "p" in there lol. Just throwing that out there. I can't say whether I have trypophobia or not (I've been told I do but I only have that anxiety-inducing disgust with specific patterns of holes-typically the ones relating to flesh or flesh-like things), but I think it would be too triggering for those with more severe issues lol. I mean, the same could be said for the spiders, but even then, I feel the spiders are spideresque but enough not like them to allow a pass for some people.

[@Cole_1]

The skulk with the holes looks like that'd been a cool styled wallpaper

[@IxodesPersulcatus]

from the "flesh with holes" I can see another interesting direction they could have taken it: theming it after Devil's Tooth fungus. Almost an inversion of the current color scheme

[@lavaboatcubesupportsukrain7539]

You know someone is going to make a mod with these

[@YesName_1]

They should just make the warden regen 20 hearts per second

[@elcabbage2306]

Trypophobia isn’t really a fear of clusters of holes, it’s extreme disgust of them and severe enough trypophobia can even make people throw up from looking at something like a lotus flower

[@digitalfantasies4570]

Honestly the idea of fly particles and dark mist particles should be readded for the new warden. Imagine watching the warden as it moves around, trying to be as silent as you can with the only sounds you can hear being the heavy breathing of a beast, the slow and tension building background music, and a slight humming and buzz of flies as it slowly sulks its way past you with you being undetected. I mean flies buzzing around the Warden would help explain why crouch walking isnt heard, because the buzzing is louder to the warden, maybe there could also be an animation of the Warden wildly swinging towards the flies to give it a more monstrous behavior every now and again, which would really sell the idea that he is a pure beast of death.

[@itzelbojorquez7191]

It will be cool if the stalker and the warden are two separate mobs

[@theimmortalzombie1150]

When I first saw the concept art for the stalker, I thought that it was terrifying, and to be honest I still do

[@CRollins1997]

ToyCat; the phobia you mentioned in this video is actually called "Trypophobia". As someone who has a mild version of Trypophobia I can confirm that some of these previous versions of the Warden would have triggered some people's phobia, although it can come in multiple different forms of intensity depending on the individual. It's a very odd phobia and even I myself don't understand it. In my personal case I find multiple holes all bunched up together disturbing and oddly interesting at the same time, although it usually only triggers if it's on an animal or plant. Inanimate objects with said holes like computer air flow holes or stuff like that have no effect on me, I can't speak for others though.

[@4n4rch1st7]

Some of the prototype wardens have scp vibes. The one with the teeth looks somewhat like scp-173

[@gameyfirebro9645]

Beta Warden: Exists Toycat: Reminds me of an SM64 Coin Coffer (or a moneybag, as it was called back then)

[@PlushySand]

The idea of the stalker is just terrifying. Imagine being in an abandoned, delifed ancient city and you don't even know that some things watching you. Then he just jumpscares you. The warden is good and all but i think it should be more creepy and terrorful than intimidating

[@CobaltChono]

First the Crimson (Crimson forest) now the Corruption? What’s next? The Hallow?

[@scoopskicat]

Man, I want to retexture the skulk blocks to be Terraria Corruption-themed now. There are so many little things that I could do, lol.

[@jynnvynn7562]

Some of these concepts remind me of the Dark Gems from Spyro: A Hero’s Tail where these gemstones would be planted and corrupt everything around it, changing the environment, and that would of been COOL to play with in Minecraft.

[@Stricken_Star]

looking back, some of these (and kinda the current one) designs were OBVIOUSLY based on the John mod

[@jorgemarquez8288]

Man I REALLY want Mojang to release an art book for Minecraft displaying tons of concept art and developer notes, just like a lot of other devs do.

[@orbismworldbuilding8428]

I feel inspired to make new dimensions with some of these designs as mobs for them. I'm probably not going to actually do it or be successful if I do, but the ideas are goin wild

[@albertoftasmania]

It looks a bit like John.

[@OrangeDied]

the warden was originally called a stalker, however it was reverted. such is the way of the zone

[@VanK782]

Okay but going off of a particular fear (of holes) really sucks for the people who actually have that

[@FloofDog]

Imagine if the devs did a game jam thing where they could design one minecraft feature that they would want added to the game. They could get people to judge any the best feature gets added.

[@thesensefulness6391]

Stalker looks similar to siren head

[@someguywithawooperpfp3163]

someone needs to make a resource pack with these designs

[@martyr2941]

I love sculk and the warden, it's my favorite part of Minecraft, but I think it would've been cooler if the warden kept the stalker name and had a shape like the stalker but kept the whole design scheme of the current sculk.

[@Lumberjack_king]

stalker was also a good name

[@Ghost3533]

The flesh with the holes should be made into a biome in the nether, where the biome itself is a horrifying bloody unified "organism" that you walk on, and fear stepping on one of its organs that can harm or attack you.