What Is Minecraft Steve?

At first, Minecraft doesn't seem like a game filled with lore, but if you dig deep enough you can discover some mysterious features that allude to a greater story. But through all of the strange things in the game, one thing stands out. You, Steve. In your Minecraft world you are so much more powerful than everything else around you, it begs the question, what really are you, and how do you fit into the game's story. What is minecraft steve? And that is the question I wil answer today
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This is NOT a series called Minecraft VVSauce where I explore random features of Minecraft. Not Minecraft, but the water rises or Minecraft Manhunt and NOT a more research based series dedicated to over-answering questions you never asked. Instead, this is a mini documentary / theory inspired by the game theorists. In this case an exploration of the lore of Minecraft steve.

[@DiceyIcy_]

"if we can respawn, shouldn't they be able to as well?", they must've been playing in hardcore mode all along, smh

[@calebpitters8901]

6:35 because Philza’s hardcore is the real cannon!

[@hidratadop]

@@calebpitters8901 hahaha

[@Version_Object]

Philza is our ancestor now ig

[@anayaejaz9804]

Steve is ignored and other skins our choosen it looks cool but Ifeel bad for Steve🥺

[@c5h835]

POV you died to some guy with a blue shirt and brown hair in your hardcore world

[@saberaiderd9364]

Speed runners: yeah, we freed our ancestors faster than average

[@marshy_playz]

sumb gametheory ccopier

[@Username-1939t9]

today in this video we repented for our sins in record speed

[@washedproject3044]

@@marshy_playz k84409 hei og takk for at du du 895 24 90323pppqo63i63oooo0098878778 og så

[@saltedslug7954]

“Hello internet welcome to film theo…” waitttt

[@penguinzlolzer3942]

Yes but when we freed them we had the ability to create unlimited worlds Where we could save them again multiple times but then Steve's mind became crazy for MORE POWER and he went too crash and he become the unknown creature that we still have no proof exists.

[@RMadhok]

Everyone asks what’s Steve but no one asks how’s Steve 😔

[@JettSchwaegler-]

poor guy :(

[@thrusttheconehead5369]

How’s Steve?

[@TON__618.]

​@@thrusttheconehead5369I just talked to him, he is good.

[@user-dd7hv2sx5b]

​@@thrusttheconehead5369Basically A Lonely God Like Saitama, But Stronger.

[@ziggo_pro]

but steve never repented he took hostage of every types or forms of living beings killed the wither so many times and he made everything possible so steve never repented

[@Galimeer5]

I have two issues with this theory: 1. Timing. If Steve is resurrected from the moment he initially died, then how has the world changed so much? Presumably, it took a long time for the various structures to fall into ruin, for the builders to become the endermen, for the piglin civilization to rise up in the Nether etc... There has to have been a long, long, _long_ time between the destruction of the builders' civilization and the appearance of Steve given how pristine and untouched the world is when we first arrive. Also, if the wither was the cataclysm that started all of this, where is it? Surely it didn't just disappear. There has to be at least one wither out there still wrecking havoc. 2. If defeating the enderdragon is the key to Steve's redemption, why can we still respawn after dying, even if the enderdragon is dead? Tangentially, wouldn't it make more sense for the task of redemption to be killing the wither? Why get this completely unrelated space dragon involved? It's an interesting theory and, if nothing else, would make for a good story, but I don't think it necessarily fits Minecraft

[@alie5146]

Fax

[@randomguy3708]

3. Hardcore mode

[@Enforc3r]

@@randomguy3708you can technically respawn in hardcore mode by going into a LAN world and going into creative then back into survival.

[@randomguy3708]

@@Enforc3r True but that's a console command and this is a lore video

[@Enforc3r]

@@randomguy3708 oh, well you can still die in hardcore mode before beating the dragon

[@Ungabunga923]

“The enderman are our ancient ancestors” Won’t stop me making a enderman genocide farm

[@mistycredo4861]

Already did make one my boi

[@thomasshelbyasmrconnoiseur7046]

Made mine look like auschwitz

[@KaiserDMZ]

*an*

[@-eq89uip-94]

@@thomasshelbyasmrconnoiseur7046 maybe you took it too far…

[@wireworks4252]

@@thomasshelbyasmrconnoiseur7046 The allies are going to declare war on your server

[@AltoidSE]

It’s simple, the ancient builders where on hardcore mode. Steve has just learned how to use open to lan

[@Mashiyat]

Lol

[@ojvidinformative8190]

lol so true

[@bronx_1547]

LOL SOOO TRUE

[@regular_joe1669]

LOL SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEE (Also had to carry on)

[@Alleykat0166]

LOL SOOOOOOOOOOOOO TRRRRRUUUUUUUEEEEEE (also had to Carry it on)

[@purplehaze2358]

Actually, it has been stated there's lore in Minecraft. Ravagers were initially supposed to be scared off by bunnies in much the same way as creepers are afraid of cats, but one of the devs rejected that idea siting lore inconsistency.

[@l0s3rsclub87]

It's referred to as Quasi-Lore because it's not a solid established narrative. Death of the Author theory states that if it isn't written, it's subjective and any attempts at giving further context (beyond the pages, or in this case, the screen) is no less speculative than the fans giving attempts at external context. Meaning those quotes cannot give further cannon to the lore, they can only be considered theories in the same way that any other fan has theories. Until it's officially placed into the content itself.

[@ItzYaBoiRonRon]

I like to think that Shulker Boxes are weightless. If you think about it Shulkers can fly, and since their boxes would be really heavy because there's something in them controlling the boxes that would make it impossible to fly if they were really that heavy.

[@Rorschachqp]

When you kill the shulkers, the shells drop to the ground, like any other loot. And you make them using a chest, and that has significant weight as well.

[@shell6467]

Don’t think so since the shulker can makes Steve fly no matter how heavy Steve gets so same logic will also applies to them, able to fly regardless of weight

[@MrAppleSalad]

They can't really fly, they just stick to walls and can teleport. If you look on the bottom of a shulker you see a spiral foot which is similar to a lot of sea life like barnacles and muscles that they're clearly based on. Shulkers are a massive mollusk that's somehow adapted to life in the End, and attaches to the walls of end cities just like how real life barnacles attach to the sides of boats and docks. Where they came from and why they're there is a whole other question.

[@Pixelcraftian]

Remember: It's a smile, not a beard.

[@croppedrubbish]

oMG VeRIFiED CoMMeNT WiTH 0 cOMMENtS AnD 1 LIkE

[@Seltsamisierend]

Yo why are you just always there, no matter which video I watch

[@ShowGames_TV]

cool the second justin y. is here

[@thehamsterstalkingyou3291]

What the f

[@crimsonngb32]

Despite the jokes about Steve, I’ve been confused actually about if steve has facial hair or a smile. I came to the conclusion of facial hair (goatee to be exact) since it’s the same color as is hair and plus there’s a different color of skin in the middle of the beard and nose, 2 pixels wide, the same look as lips on a Minecraft character

[@PeerRevue]

Unpopular opinion: everybody is Steve with a costume on top

[@KK-hl9lx]

Steve genocided his own people then LOL

[@sebastianoleary2743]

Like SpongeBob SquarePants Skin Theory.

[@coconutsmemes]

woah

[@Quest-lore]

I agree

[@samuraiboi2735]

Yup and also act like one

[@philosotree5876]

My biggest problem with theories like this is people taking game mechanics at face value when they don't necessarily line up with the canon lore.

[@ChaffyExpert]

People like to connect Steve with some sort of ancient builders, but Steve kind of seems like some sort of eldritch god, able to dig and build massive things in seconds and change the landscape, and is literally immortal.

[@charleswolfe8896]

Steve is the blocky messiah.

[@slevinchannel7589]

@seanquillen4300 Your bad at listening or what? Video literally starts iwth explaining the Difference between Steve and Everyone else is Overhyped

[@slevinchannel7589]

@seanquillen4300 What, your pretending like your comment isnt debunked by the video? God, get off your egotripping horse, i literally called out something absoutely right, theres no mistake in my comment

[@Trojan073]

“If I kill Jerry he won’t respawn” Hypixel Skyblock would like to disagree.

[@modlar265]

That is exactly what I thought of

[@yourstepsister2018]

bedwars lucky blocks as well lmao

[@sneakyrocket7422]

Bruh

[@kingzaynsmyname3634]

"How do you, Steve fit into the game" Players that play as Alex: *why are we here, just to suffer?*

[@Moxalotl12]

i play asa a custem minecraft skin

[@myownmeadow1320]

Players who play as green frog looking blobs, royal walking pig/blood gods, Creepers, normal looking humans who dress weird, Enderman looking things, and so much more: Are WE a joke to you?

[@kingzaynsmyname3634]

MyOwn Meadow lol yeah, I should've said "Players that play as Alex and custom"

[@SubTheScribeYT]

@Sweet “What in the Goddamn?” Tea same

[@iDewy]

@Sweet “What in the Goddamn?” Tea I think they are referring to slimes, based off of the words: green frog looking blobs. Also they listed other mobs.

[@henrybyrd8381]

1. the respawn mechanic isn't necessarily canon, but bringing it up is an interesting idea. 2. it's cool to have an explanation for why Steve exists. 3. the game continues after you beat the dragon, and you continue to respawn. 4. there's definitely a time skip between the start of the game and the calamity, which the two entities would've had to do on purpose, which isn't impossible, yet seems odd.

[@therealshugon1353]

According to the nether update trailer, respawning is indeed canon.

[@StraightSkittle]

@@therealshugon1353it's just a skit and it's not cannon I think

[@therealshugon1353]

@Cool_Patato it's from the official minecraft account. And besides, respawning is neccessary in minecraft in order to learn from mistakes.

[@therealshugon1353]

@@StraightSkittle unless stated otherwise, the respawning in the video confirms it is canon.

[@ternovnik257]

Yeah that's what I think. Canonically we should be in hardcore mode, but that's a challenge that would be frustrating for most players. Mojang just puts in the respawn mechanic to make it fun.

[@pixelcat29]

1:07 just imagine you’re an Guardian just seeing an unkillable man talking to them self while tweaking and fisting the water while on the place you’re guarding.

[@notiskj69420]

😂

[@NaseemAhmed-uv5xt]

Wifies: Villagers are smart. Villagers: *Kidnapped using a land boat*.

[@Bloxfruitsistrashlmaocope]

Lmoa

[@box7403]

@@Bloxfruitsistrashlmaocope L M O A

[@lilcreeper2635]

@@Bloxfruitsistrashlmaocope laughing my off ass

[@Secrethiden]

@@lilcreeper2635 language

[@parlamentz]

@@Secrethiden egaugnal

[@RetroGamingNow]

This is an interesting idea, and I enjoyed how you approached it from a more symbolic perspective. I have been thinking about the "Steve question" for months now, and I have come to a much different conclusion (which I will eventually explain in a video of my own). Nonetheless, I always like seeing how others approach the lore of Minecraft. One of the beautiful parts of the game is how it's open to interpretation, and I'm happy I got the chance to see what you think about one of the tougher subjects in Minecraft!

[@blockednostril5962]

hi

[@RetroGamingNow]

@@blockednostril5962 hi

[@harrywastaken3972]

@@RetroGamingNow wow you replied that's amazing

[@abhayplayzzz6411]

@@RetroGamingNow whens the video gonna come out?

[@ButtonmanYT]

Hello ur a great person.

[@webe3228]

I like this cycle theory. One of the official Minecraft books “The End” talks about a cycle, the two entities, and endermen being able to interact with each other (share stories from generation to generation which leads to them know what Steve is)

[@ked49]

What I just realized is that we have two souls, that guy that started this, and the last builder. We are merged but not the same. Main proof “how did WE get here” that means that guy is guiding us but isn’t really us. Like a backseat driver. That is how we know crafting recipes, he knew them.

[@spectralknightgaming8364]

Fun fact: When Steve dies in hardcore he takes existence with him

[@averageracistperson525]

wait so steve is herobrine god man

[@digitalidoit]

when the dies in hardcore the gods just delete the world, if hes dead can't free the end...

[@pattyryopotybuttongamer3063]

@@averageracistperson525 If you have a fibreglass pen, very carefully brush around where that scrape is (bottom side of the pad) and see if there’s a bit of an off-shoot of a trace from the ground plane. Failing that, if someone has the same card, hopefully they can trace where that goes to and let you know where to do a bridge/jumper cable. Good luck!

[@averageracistperson525]

@@pattyryopotybuttongamer3063 NO GOOD LUCK. I ONLY POOPOO FARTED FOR THE GOOD OF HUMANITY

[@the_flipside_world]

@@digitalidoit that makes sense, that means that Steve doesn't die, instead, the gods rescue him in time and take care of him until he can continue his journey, hardcore mode is another reality in which Steve get severely injured and pass away before the gods can do anything

[@ipadkid2731]

Videos in a few years be like: What is Minecraft, Steve: Q&A with Steve himself

[@amritaddanki5627]

Ok

[@uabri5698]

Godzilla had a stroke trying to read this and died

[@minecraftsteve5020]

That would be cool

[@fal680]

you quackity? iPad kid? 😂

[@monkedecides9916]

They made Sophia the robot, so I think they could make an A.I Steve

[@klyntar9923]

5:08 "The ability to respawn" Hardcore: Am I a joke to you?

[@tale7955]

Three issues: 1) Endermen still hate you after you free the end. 2) You can still respawn after freeing the end. 3) The gods directly say "Now, wake up" implying you're not finished. While I like this theory, I feel there are better explanations. To me, Steve is one of those gods, but inside a human body and with limited power. What are the gods? People playing in creative, people who have the true powers you can get, and as such, are bored. So, to amuse themselves, one of them got turned into a human, one got given the ability to roam this world with finite power. But there's nothing fun on seeing someone fail, the same way you can still play football after a defeat, so they made him immortal so he could try again and again. But being creatures who were used to be all powerful, most of them just gave up, they didn't wanna try anymore because there was no reason to do so if it was going to be THAT hard. And so, we get Steve. He wanted to try, he wanted to see what happens, he was new for this people and he wanted to be new for this world. The gamemode is called "Survival" for a reason. He thrived, he found new things to amuse himself. Now, as another creature of this plane, he could experience the world around him. Endermen hate you not because you're the cause of the dragon slaving them, but because you're not supposed to be here, they hate endermite precisely for the same reason. As such, even if you free the end, they'll still hate you. As such, even if you free the end, you'll still respawn because there's more things to do in order to amuse yourself. You're a god, you're just playing. You played well, and while going back to a new body, you hear your mates praise you for your efforts. They know who you are, what made you, what are you inside of. You're not in a real world, this is just something they created to amuse themselves. You're inside a machine, dreaming. And the dream was long, and the dream was beautiful. And for your dream they created the world around you, the computer in which said world is inside. The person moving you around and the people before them. Steve is you, you're Steve, you're one of those gods playing the Steve's role. You're the player. "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Unknown.

[@nobody.8526]

"You, the player, Steve" The cleric villager in the backgroud: falling down a bottemless pit for villager reasons 0:45

[@tanayakale2665]

😆🤣😂😹

[@Kari23cz]

lol, I didnt noticed 😂

[@nash1461]

lol

[@rayd4281]

lol I did not notice that well there is another reason the player and the villagers are not related because the player is smarter

[@nyaae2910]

not a bottomless pit, you can see him taking damage

[@midasee]

I think witches are also intelligent mobs, they know how to brew potions and strategically use them in battle.

[@purpleman7347]

I think they technically fit into the illager category since they spawn in raids.

[@bigprojects2560]

@@purpleman7347 they are an independent force at the end of the day as their witch huts bear no illager markings like outposts or mansions do

[@Fibero-Fibero69_420]

Yeah ngl you have a point. One time I did an experiment with them a long time ago. i trapped some in a cage full of water. i spawned some in and quickly filled the hole. and to my surprise they used a water breathing potion so yeah they might also be pretty intelligent Especially with the fact that they know how to brew potions

[@kokotitiwinwin2545]

that's like what steve can do

[@Fibero-Fibero69_420]

@@kokotitiwinwin2545 but faster

[@sadeffectsinc.6893]

Very interesting theory, only one problem. How come you can still respawn after killing the dragon?

[@HyperMurder]

Survival steve : building level or lower Creative steve : Universal level.

[@Nautical96]

Alternate theory: the other builders died and ragequit

[@theverycooloceakipdude]

LMAOOO

[@SumiEwiets-idgaf]

And then after the server update we joined lol

[@invincible2416]

guess i'm an ancient buider

[@symbioticv6171]

Wifies hire this person

[@thiaguinho5890]

or they were in hardcore mode

[@Delta-nv3hz]

Theory: The respawning isnt a gift, its a curse from the gods so we can never escape the chaos we have caused

[@alz1268]

That's so smart omg-

[@missmurder4035]

Me chilling with my pets in my worlds: I see this as an absolute win!

[@Pineapple_hozy]

Suicide is literally crap

[@kingpanther8238]

Genius

[@gleebyseebson1108]

Wait. I agree. But at the end the gods are happy.

[@NerdyStarProductions]

not sure about Steve having created the wither, but I feel like when the gods are talking about being proud of this Steve in the poem, it's maybe referring to the idea that Steve doesn't actually respawn in his actual body, but instead respawns in a completely new body, and his memories are transferred into the new body.

[@eway44]

Before the release of Minecraft Story Mode, there was a little game you could play where you'd ask questions to a bot. If you asked about Steve, this is the response: "Steve has expressed that he doesn’t want us delving into his sordid past." Another bit of offical dialog from the same thing: "Minecraft: Story Mode won't be about Steve's disturbing origin story" This was back in 2014

[@marshalllee6376]

My theory is that steve is the reason the ancient builders disappeared. He didn’t kill them, they just found out some immortal guy who could basically do anything was going to appear, so they got tf outta there.

[@pokemonmastermatt6467]

@Marshall lee 63 lol

[@Notanymore715]

you mean that one guy who has creative mode

[@minalwa]

69 likes :)

[@georgesracingcar7701]

The reply about creative mode is interesting, because it makes me think that Steve in survival mode is just a weakened Steve that was once in creative mode. Maybe the ancient builders and Steve went to war or something, and both ended up losing. Steve lost his best powers, and the Builders turned into mindless zombies, making them unable to do anything else build-related again.

[@Flynecraft]

100st like :)

[@birdistheword4521]

“And yeah, we can sprint, we can swim, we can crawl, but that’s just because Steve is built different.” - Wifies 2021

[@jamesgarren6464]

funny thing is only the crawling part is unique to steve

[@mistycredo4861]

steve wearin soopreme drip

[@meowdasia]

@@jamesgarren6464 java steve

[@ayyubi1235]

Lol

[@Lollol-ty2nx]

E

[@ohmygod5748]

Wifies: steve cant fly Elytra: allow me to introduce myself Creative Mode: me too!

[@user-yn5oi5ge5c]

I like the idea of Steve being respawned and tested by higher, powerful god-like entities. Another thing I thought of while viewing your video and processing the theory was the kind-of resemblance with the choice of world difficulty while starting a new world and Undertale, where our actions lead to different routes (good ending, bad ending etc..). I think the world might be a crafted dimension by said superior entities to serve as kind of Limbo, where the player is given a second chance to redeem themselves and their misconduct that led to the extinction of the ancient builders in their past life. That would explain why there is a canon name for the player (Steve being part of the ancient builders) and why it is easy for us to change our "identities" (being the username, the skin..) - because it would be a "wish" of rebirth granted by higher-ups. Though, the hardcore mode would make a lot of sense being the real canon route, since based on the End Poem, we do serve as a "player" - an entity being toyed by god-like creators. However, the part "this player" in the End Poem makes me wonder if the universe might multidimensional, given that we are designated and there might be another one like the player and MC and variations of the game such as MC Dungeons are connected altogether.. Then, would that mean that Steve isn't the only one at fault for destroying the race of ancient builders.. Another thing that would confirm this thought would be the interactive Minecraft game where the player has the purpose to beat the Wither Storm that they spawned "on accident" and is accompagnied by other people.

[@lurid_phaesporia]

I'm shocked how everyone puts together these theories and never acknowledges the zombies. You always hear people compare Steve to the villagers but they are always missing the fact that the zombies shapes and colors are almost exactly like Steve.

[@ViktorSarge]

There's one video he made where his hypothesis is that pillagers created a zombie virus infecting the ancient builders which made them flee to the end. If I recall correctly. That could mean that the player is infected by the zombie virus, but instead of becoming undead it turned Steve/Alex into immortals through some mutation of the virus. You'd still have to explain why the player teleports back to spawn though.

[@ThatCrabGuy]

@@ViktorSargeeventually you just have to call it gameplay, it’s probably just the easiest way to handle respawning

[@FalseProphetFallacy]

@@ThatCrabGuyMaybe hardcore is the “real” minecraft and anything less is just a simulation? Then again, we don’t know. Maybe steve is an actual god, with creative mode being his real life and he goes into survival mode out of boredom?

[@SirNobleIZH]

@@ViktorSarge that's the graveyard where u r buried, only to wake up soon after

[@SirNobleIZH]

I don't think necessary a zombie *virus,* I think it's what happens when a living person *withers* for too long Which explains why zombies and skeletons attack you: they too are victims of your creation

[@yingkaishao2939]

"the ability to respawn" Hardcore mode: Am i a joke to you?

[@unrevoked7137]

man i love harcore mode, also, unioriginal joke that wasnt even used right. Like. Just dont play “harcore” mode.

[@unrevoked7137]

Also in pretty you can cheese the hardcore mode by opening to lan and turning on cheats

[@ps92809]

Hardcore mode: HAHAHAAHAHAHAHA, AMATEUR

[@cytronryzhcoff8717]

I wonder how herobrine would feel about that if he was real

[@oliverdiamond6594]

i thought of hardcore when i heard that

[@rustybayonet1664]

Steve was in a safe state of suspended animation. When he awakens after the apocalypse he/you have no memory of anything that happened before being frozen.

[@DarkGravity03G]

Oh, that's easy. He's a character! A very iconic one.

[@tylerohanley904]

“We respawn.” Me, a hardcore player: well yes, but actually no

[@ktc6175]

There is another version of Steve and that is Craterof that is the Dead version of Steve but he is giving power

[@aurelian2668]

U mean he destroys the universe were he can only live once and create another world?

[@caramelcupcakes]

i have a small theory to fix that up. agreeing with another comment that the respawning is a "curse" because of Steve's actions, the gods realized that they made a fatal mistake, and Steve actually liked it. Because of the embarrassment, they just rolled with it, and grew attached and liked the player. The hardcore timeline however, the gods didn't have embarrassment, because it's hardcore, and they're in "hardmode", becoming less embarrassed. And thus, they fix their fatal mistake, and made things much harder for Steve, to haunt him even more.

[@DarkHero-nn9xr]

Personally, I believe that Steve can't respawn, and that respawning in normal gameplay is simply game mechanics for the sake of a game. The reason why we respawn at beds is again, simply game mechanics rather than actual lore. I actually believe Steve himself to be a remnant of the builder race however, a smaller segment that were tasked with removing the eyes of ender from the end portal frames (With the exceedingly rare full portals being from builders who failed to do so in time) in order to close off the end from the infection. Tasked with that and that alone, with so little of their own population, they eventually fled the fortresses, fleeing into the wilderness hoping to outpace the zombies and skeletons. Steve (and Alex) being one the last surviving builders remaining, take it onto themselves to try and reclaim the world. As to why Steve's attacked on sight by the endermen, I actually believe Steve's linage gave the secrets to creating the totems of undying to the Illagers, who in turn, used what they learned to make something new: The Zombies. Commanding them to attack and kill the Ancient Builder Race, and creating a chain of actions that eventually lead the builders into the end, they gave Steve's people a punishment, to join the endless hoards while the remaining builders escaped into the last dimension: The End. Sealing them away from the overworld. In short: Respawning is simply a game mechanic to make the game easier, same with bonus chests. Steve himself isn't aware of any deities watching him till the end, or of his own immortality as in the canon of minecraft, he isn't. Steve's race are a disgraced population of the Ancient Builders who caused the zombie outbreak to begin with.

[@christhophlarsson5786]

What if hardcore is prequel? Like you play as ancient builder although it doesn't explain the endermen and such

[@NoodleAnimations]

"you cannot give up yet!" "Steve Stay Determined!"

[@marlosuper]

Steve doesn't respawn, he uses save points

[@gokhanabimuzikli]

@UCxc0kHzsX7sD7KaFLABhliQ yeah cool, but i did your mom.

[@MichaelK1710]

@@gokhanabimuzikli i did your mommy

[@rustam3693]

* Knowing that one day, the silverfish may get the cheese out of the obsidian box... * It fills you with determination.

[@lokani]

Hopes and dreams intensifies

[@adrih8694]

I always figured that Steve was something created by the ancient builders. Something that coudn't die, and their first successful experiment for immortality. Then, confident in their abilities, they made the wither, and it's all history. Or maybe Steve was taking a long time to complete the process of being brought to life and they got impatient, and that's why we spawn to long after the events take place, because we just finished gaining life. I dunno, with the 1.19 update and the echo shards and the recovery compass, it gets all wierd and complicated.

[@CartpusherZ]

I have been on the Minecraft lore grind, and this is the 23rd lore video I’ve seen. If we look at RGN’s breakdown of how to interpret Minecraft lore, we see that there are categories. Not to downplay your research, but this seems like more of a gameplay aspect, just like infinite water sources or milking any cow. Without the ability to respawn, it would limit the sandbox gam side of it. There is also hardcore mode…

[@xto9517]

Notch after watching this video: "Ye this what I planned happened, yep totally"

[@QS1597]

The English Teacher of Minecraft

[@AlexeKokota1]

Notch? I think you meant Hatsune Miku aka the real creator of minecraft, cause' Notch is a asshole.

[@kingdedede9124]

@@AlexeKokota1 wtf , you ruined the joke with the swear , atleast behave yourself to stop that damn

[@masonmatt2145]

@@AlexeKokota1 cringe

[@xiaorouzusanius9630]

@@AlexeKokota1 wtf cringe.

[@greenberrygk]

“The ability to respawn” Hardcore: am i a joke to you?

[@galaxy_noas1181]

Yes

[@offiitz8367]

Yes That's Way I Never Played You

[@karlerik179]

after the end he says that the gods wont respawn him but everyone knows that you will respawn maybe hardcore is a representation of after you beat the end

[@shlushe1050]

Maybe hard-core is just that whole wither thing but after being revived the first time, it's the last time

[@verynormalcactus]

maybe in hardcore you are an ancient builder who could not go to the end and got trapped in the overworld and the others think you are steve cuz you did not go to the end

[@gmlegende3282]

One thing that can really prove this theory right is the book that contains all the recipe for you to advance, it's not an actual book but more of a memory where steve stock recipes, but recipe can be optain with only one object even for more complex items/blocks, so maybe steve lost memory from his first death and slowly remembers recipe that he did with fellow builders, given this idea the advancements could totally come from the same thing, the first advancement is just commun sense that every builders would have but the more he does it the more he remember what he gotta do, and also what he did explaining "the beggening" achivement name

[@theopoldthegamer4284]

Consider this: things in Steve's inventory don't age or decay Corals don't dry, Torches don't fizzle, Observers don't pulse, Leaves don't fade He can be described as a "time fridge"

[@ianowens1905]

Theory: respawning isn’t supposed to be canon

[@marshalllee6376]

There is a physical block called the *respawn* anchor

[@f1lm0r37]

*laughs in totem*

[@marshalllee6376]

@@4zy1 why not?

[@marshalllee6376]

@mohammad khan exactly. also fun fact: In minecrafts 3 dimensions, beds explode in 2 of them. Meaning that beds are primarily bombs in the known minecraft multiverse, and sleeping is a secondary function.

[@ImAPersonHehehehaw]

@@marshalllee6376 wow, time to do war crimes in the nether and the end

[@loolitsalex]

these are the questions nobody else is getting the answers to!

[@dg2388]

Bro do you possess the ability to blink

[@anoemuser310]

allotropo of diamond

[@Granwizerman]

Here before this probably blows because its a verified person

[@Laceh1]

Only real ogs know lolitsalex. Hotabobo hotabobo.

[@krkanee]

Creeper Owww man So we are back in mine Swinging our pickaxe from side to side side side to side!

[@Calaban619]

I like this theory... it fits with one thing the Endermen all seem to say to me: "Its the Creator" At first, I thought they were telling each other "Its the creator, the player, of this game world..." Only now, it fits nicely in your theory, "Its the Creator. Of the Wither."

[@domzdaman373]

I actually really like this theory. Very well thought out and ties a lot of things in together. Yup. I’ll sub to that theory.

[@ethansky7320]

Wifies talking about Enderman being dumb be like: "Oh No!" "Anyway..."

[@justjoshy5775]

Steve can basically do anything, yet dies to hunger

[@miibles]

and can't even climb a ladder that's a metre above his feet. judging by his strength he should be able to do that

[@JustAPot]

@Jo Amon wise words

[@markdork801]

@@miibles and can somehow jump a meter tall cube yet not manage to jump a fence

[@mystykmarigold]

@@markdork801 a fence looks one block tall, but is actually 1.5 blocks tall

[@shh4582]

He doesn't need water

[@-na-nomad6247]

Lemme give you my theory, Before the builder's exinction, they know it was happening, their population was getting thinner and theu could't make new builders (babies or otherwise), so they recruited witches or did the magic themselves to create something that would save them from death and extinction, the first iteration was healing potions then the totem of undying, it worked but wasn't perfect, at some point, a witch realized that escaping death by regenerating the body may not be the answer and decided to experiment with soul transfer, the result was a curse that reconstructs a new body and transfers the soul to it, the soul tried to go back to the last place it was free in, the place of birth or the place of sleeping. Although this worked, there wasn't enough time left to save everyone, you, the first successful experiment was lost to them when you died the first time as they didn't know where you were born, the last ones ended up dying and you remained, forever cursed by the cicle of life and death, living in loneliness, trying to find a meaning to your lives.

[@dingleberrysauce]

this is an interesting idea,and definitely explains a lot of unexplainable stuff that shouldnt make sense,such as the wither achievement,the end achievement,and the enderman's rage and reluctance for us to look in their eyes.Freeing our ancestors and having the ability to respawn help us with that would also be sensible. However,the ability to respawn and carry large amounts of heavy blocks carry on throughout the entire game,unless your in hardcore where you can never respawn regardless of before or after you defeat the dragon. So why do we have the ability to respawn and carry large amounts of blocks even when we have finished all our tasks?if the gods of the world are powerful enough to give us these abilities,surely they are able to take away those powers as soon as possible?

[@John-hz8xy]

Mojang: "We made a sandbox game and we just keep updating it, calm down." LOL

[@BlatantlySwedishPGN]

I mean, there are even books with lore in them now. It's obvious there's intention for it, whatever that intention may be.

[@John-hz8xy]

@@BlatantlySwedishPGN Thanks for the info. I didn't know that Mojang actually built lore upon the game so thanks 😁

[@Mogi.]

Sbeve the Sbinner

[@Rock-sf6vk]

Yea

[@spookedd_]

Hey..A Rare Sighting a Famous YT With only 2 Likes and 4 Comments.

[@spookedd_]

*s u s*

[@zdw7810]

i guess u will get many likes soon

[@peepapigvideotv1972]

Is your friend shark I like you I am fan of you

[@toastedanimations7667]

Dude I never thought of it this way, it makes sense and Matpat completely overlooked this. Somebody show him this PLEASE.

[@cosmix_toast]

every time steve wakes up from a nap he creates a new multiverse out of sheer unmatched power steve is omniscience

[@Snackaboy]

Let's just stop for a while and appreciate the way he said "death" with the beat at 10:28

[@masternecronic]

Grovin

[@FrenZyMusicReal]

Beautiful

[@randomico7632]

LOL yes

[@madkirk7431]

He said life with the beat too

[@Snackaboy]

@@madkirk7431 kinda

[@ditocontent9234]

"Steve is just the way he is". He is just finding for Alex who is his female counterpart

[@rebeccaboyer9924]

Except Alex is based on Jeb

[@limeee1340]

*when Steve realizes he is in single player*

[@Bristol_Lively]

@@limeee1340 lmao good one

[@faaskee7071]

Steve is the Main Protagonist of Minecraft.

[@inquisitorthornside3p494]

Steve is a powrefull multiversal God who creates worlds on a whim,then Imposes various limitations upon himself to make existance more interesting/challenging but he never looses his power. Commands are alwyas on.

[@baronofawesome5154]

“I like this player” implies others…. Could Steve not have been alone, but he would have been the only one not to give up

[@chodend3257]

Why you gotta call me out like that

[@zagreus3347]

Hmmm

[@roboninjasaur6729]

to be fair there are 140 million players...

[@Ribbons0121R121]

if you give up on life, youre pretty much dead because you wont wanna live because he wants to live, he keeps respawning, the rest chose not to

[@crimsonthesixth]

Steve is filled with… DETERMINATION

[@ConnorPugs]

Crazy how you are about to speedrun 1 million subs this year, huge congrats :)

[@Jettster09]

He’s probably faster than dream beating Minecraft

[@user-ew5vj1sl1u]

Why are you gay?

[@sovietcrookboss6499]

Hehe 69 likes

[@KingFrogothe3rd]

@@sovietcrookboss6499 o yea, know it is 77 likes

[@Wifies]

:DDD

[@idiotraper]

This gives me motivation to finally finish the game in survival after 10 years of playing

[@lilhedgehog8576]

I always liked Steve even though I didn’t know anything about him. Now that he is a potential villain I like him even more.

[@thaliagrace773]

Theory: The gods manipulate Evokers to create Totems of Undying for Steve. Think about it. Evokers possess items that can cheat death, but never use them? And we know that it is possible for these Illager species to hold things like Axes and crossbows- and even Evokers spread their arms apart to summon Vexes and Fangs. I think the gods are tasking the illagers as challenges for Steve. The Illagers only perform coordinated raids on villages when they know Steve is there (somehow). They certainly have beef with the Villagers but seem to only act when Steve is around. It’s a pretty loose theory but it kinda fits the idea that these gods are setting things up in favor of Steve.

[@piinutbutter4312]

I think illagers attack villagers because they need the power of souls to use the totem of undying. However, they failed because we, as a player, stopped them. On the other hand, we can use totems because we kill mobs and collect enough soul power from them(xp orbs).

[@marshalllee6376]

My theory is that the bad omen acts as a sort of tracking spell. When the captain is killed, the cursed gets placed on steve. When steve gets near a villager, the bad omen reacts to the villager souls and teleports a horde of raid troops around that location.

[@phoenic0111]

Wow! This is too much for my two brain cells to process. Good theorys though.

[@thomasshelbyasmrconnoiseur7046]

If Minecraft were an Anime, the Pillagers would be that antagonist from the first episode that becomes a friend

[@thomasshelbyasmrconnoiseur7046]

Basically, the Illager flag (Banner?) Has some kind of tracking spell on it that tracks down whoever kills the bearer, and sends troops

[@miloyall]

“If I kill jerry here-“ *scared hypixel skyblock noises*

[@lordoftheburgers3982]

you cant kill jerry

[@cons9134]

@Lunarifyyy how is this considered a r/woooosh

[@joshtrashcontent4237]

@Lunarifyyy no u

[@coralxanpu]

@Lunarifyyy no u

[@zacharydionne2516]

there is still at least 2 pieces we need to fit to solve Steves mystery : 1. Steve does not remember from the past when spawned. Is he having amnesia? Then why he keep his memory after the first spawn? But since Steve initialy spawn with nothing in the middle of nowhere, it is clearly his first spawn. Otherwise, he would have spawn near his stuff. Or at least eventually find it back. Also, sometimes he spawn near a chest. This chest feels like saying "good luck on your journey". It could mean that someone put Steve intentionally into the world. 2. Beds. Only villagers and players sleeps in bed. But players have a weird connection to sleep. Phantoms, bed explosion in nether and the end, respawning near bed... There is more to the bed and the player then previously said. It is just wool and wood, why it has such an explosive behaviour in some dimensions? Why villagers are not hunted by phantoms or can't respawn in their bed?

[@hunivox]

i just thing respawning is a feature added for the sake of not making the game too challenging in lower dificultes. in all case, the hardcore difficulty would be the "real" one, where besides you not being able to respawn, your enemies deal the most realistic damage

[@coopermartin8201]

wifies should make a video that combines all of his lore theories into one main story

[@lioncat52302]

Agreed

[@louisinese]

Agreed^3

[@itssherif9777]

he has done it though

[@louisinese]

@@itssherif9777 in which way?

[@PYXAL42]

I dunno cause this sorta collapse with other videos (of him)

[@MldwayJupiter]

“The ability to respawn” Hardcore players: Yep definitely

[@Mar1aHass4n]

Stop

[@chasethemaster3440]

@@Mar1aHass4n why?

[@MKG_]

@@chasethemaster3440 he is sayin it to the bot lol like its gonna respond

[@Prueoakes]

True

[@lolinnitfam9045]

Calvin and Hobbes pfp; I approve

[@hiddendesire3076]

7:06 Because from a lore standpoint i’d say we should play in hardcore, whereas the normal survival mode is forgiving.

[@themustachioedfish5988]

Here's my own thought: What if the ancient builders didn't get chased into the End by the Wither, but instead they simply gave up? They got bored, stopped playing, and now we show up, long after their builds have deteriorated. Or alternatively, what if the Minecraft world literally cannot exist without a player? The "history" of the world might have been generated along with the world itself, at the same time you first spawned in. Just some potential ideas for your next world's lore.

[@Placee.]

Steve is what i called "The Chosen One" because he was chosen to free the end.

[@_codename]

And the world of minecraft

[@Tf_am_i_truly]

Maybe The Ender Dragon is threat to all three world.Overworld,Nether and The End.And killing it,Free all three worlds.Just my opinion,since The achievement is called "Free the End".

[@_codename]

@@Tf_am_i_truly good point

[@wyvernking645]

But he can do it all over again 😕

[@gabbyandrews1910]

And he was chosen to be born into Minecraft

[@remveel2443]

I honestly feel like the pillagers, and specifically the evokers have something to do with Steve being immortal or atleast respawning. From totems that defy death, to wools that has the same exact color of Steve, it's almost impossible to never point out the relationships of both entities.

[@mrult28]

That's True

[@charipallam7795]

Ohhhhh

[@milezlimited4535]

I do get what your saying but do we consider normal minecraft canon or hardcore mode

[@aishaqamar8490]

The gods might have created the illagers then...

[@amurape5497]

@@aishaqamar8490 the gods might be the evokers...

[@vlassispolitis-a]

Since cartographers sell tons of maps and Steve knows how to read them, I thought that Steve was an explorer who was far away during the outbreak and came back to see the civilisation he once belonged to destroyed and thus tried to rebuild it.

[@CEmpty2044]

Id say steve is some being like a growth that evolved, like sculk is it evolved so far that it has a body and if that body dies it will create a new one from resources around its set point (where it would prob leave something that could actually gather energy or resource to create the body aka a bed or a respawn anchor). which for respawn anchors would be the glowstone inside, and for overworld just the around materials creating artificial bodys to house its mind in. It would also work with the fact the warden prob killed remaining withers, and with the time it mustve took for all the builders structures to decay and for them to turn into endermen.

[@asiashafique5884]

Wifies: Why don't they respawn? Me: they were playing on hardcore mode.

[@lolubolo4064]

no

[@FlashAm]

@@lolubolo4064 r/wooooosh

[@shweli4326]

@@lolubolo4064 You just got wooosh , boi

[@_suada_da_potat_]

Or or.... on the more lore related point. Evolution maybe yeah

[@itsspeed7301]

Yea that what i thought

[@pinecone_archive400]

I like to believe Steve’s ability to respawn is correlated with the illagers and their tests with life. I believe they found a way to make a master builder be able to respawn, and some other turn of events led to their escape to the end.

[@noppornwongrassamee8941]

Or the original Builders researched respawning as a cure to the zombie virus, and were finally successful with Steve (and Alex). But by the time they succeeded, only Steve (and Alex) remained to receive the respawning ability. Everyone else had been turned into Zombies and Skeletons (who look more like Steve and Alex than the the Villagers and Illagers). The illagers have fragmentary research notes on the respawning research and are attempting to recreate it.

[@davestylehenry]

Respawning might just not be canon

[@illcomeupwithaname4323]

@@davestylehenry its problably just not canon i mean EVERY game has a respawn mechanic so it doesnt make for minecrafts respawn mechanic to be the only one that people think its canon

[@voidseeker4394]

@@illcomeupwithaname4323 not every. Many roguelikes has no respawn mechanics, you just create new character if you die.

[@illcomeupwithaname4323]

@@voidseeker4394 k but still thinking the respawn mechanic is canon is stupid

[@theodoreavdikos9804]

Making Piglin trades like Villager trades would improve them as a mob

[@orphan-eater]

I think steve is a mutant, it would also explain a lot: first, we are the only ones who can respawn, thats why i think he is a mutant, second, if you have ever watched any of the xmen movies, you know the world basically hates mutants, something like that would explain the endermans hate for us. The idea of mutants in minecraft isnt crazy at all, in matpats video, he explained how the enderman, villagers, and pillagers are all probably mutants, the difference is that we are the only one of our kind. That could also be the reason the gods are referring to us like that, we are the only ones with that mutation. Its a pretty similair theory to what wifies proposed, but the main difference is that in his theory respawning is something given by the gods, which meens they are inteferring with the world, i dont think they are, they are more like all-knowing watchers.

[@xoxo..sunset]

I- how are y’all making these amazing theories!? I’m over here trying to figure out how to craft a bow n’ arrow!? 😭

[@meev5887]

Same ive been playing for soo long but I am just too dumb for this😃🤣

[@definitelynormal6678]

Isn't it just called a bow?

[@prowls-pi5kq]

Same lol

[@alexis_iscoool]

BAHAHA

[@clockwork_collapsing9393]

@@definitelynormal6678 They probably mean they can’t craft a bow and they can’t craft an arrow.

[@recklesfaltron105thebest3]

“We cant fly like phantoms” Elytra, creative mode , spectator mode and tnt launchers : allow us to introduce ourselves

[@sanemishinazugawathewindpi8970]

I think he means without help or mode change

[@jennifermorrey7378]

@@sanemishinazugawathewindpi8970 also the only way to get elytra is to go into the end

[@Themanwiththeplan1899]

You cant fly with Elytra only glide

[@mucicafrajer9882]

@@Themanwiththeplan1899 Actually you can totally fly with it, you just need firework rockets.

[@hogankangdrew7999]

@@sanemishinazugawathewindpi8970 to pp to me lmao

[@Sweetie_skullZ]

I wasn't expecting a game theory parody.

[@Dryghtendanitsu]

(Typing this at the start idk if he gets into this): I think Steve is a type of builder but one that was locked away in a suspended dimension called Disconnect. You have the builders that lived on the surface, the old kind that made the trail and ocean ruins, their descendants the golden age builders that spawned off the villagers then illagers, and the golden age builders forced to contend with war, zombie plague, and the wither. You have those who traveled below into the deepest depths and died, those who traveled to the nether and were either driven out or transformed into blazes, and those who went to the end and painfully transformed into the endermen. I think that in a last ditch attempt to spare us, a group of builders locked us within a parallel space to survive as pure mind. However, we escaped. And we reconnect to this mind scape briefly when we enter the end portal and see the conversation between to other concerned builders. This also explains multiplayer, are we living in a simulation meaning we cannot truly die, or have others of our kind awoken to enjoy the ashes of the builders

[@DomiAnimations]

Minecraft Steve is a character where you can remove two pixels on the eyes and be horrified as a child

[@karensmiles3742]

True

[@Mar1aHass4n]

Wonder what that could be

[@chasethemaster3440]

Facts

[@chasethemaster3440]

It’s funny because it’s true

[@chasethemaster3440]

A good original comment nice

[@jenconvertibles]

“The nether is the most obvious correlation. A red demonic dimension that seems to be strongly based” Lads, we have another clip to send jack manifold. This one might even top “all warfare is based”

[@naturobotp2974]

Lol

[@piaj2742]

yes omg

[@Logofham]

Yessss

[@StackND]

I have a theory, spectator mode is just the perspective of a free soul, because when you use boots with the soul speed enchantment or whatever its called you can see the souls getting freed into the air

[@joshme3659]

I like the idea that the illagers created steve and the rest of the zombies. The steve coloured wool and power over life and death may point to this as well as the lack of any zombies on day one hiding in the shade. Maybe the illagers performed some magic ritual involving totems of undying in order to try to summon a member of the ancient builders again but the magic was too powerful. They accidentally summoned waves of the dead builders back to life as skeletons and zombies as well as a single living builder imbued with a kind of power over life and death in the form of respawning

[@Kavilion_]

wifies: "We can easily say that Steve is more powerful than everything" Creeper: Bonjour

[@_Gab.]

Creative mode steve: Hola

[@dustbutwithadifferentpfp3656]

@@_Gab. creeper titan:hola espanol

[@AB-xx6gy]

warden: guten tag

[@Maga-rm5qi]

@@AB-xx6gy ender dragon: guten tag espanol

[@duckytheanimator]

herobrine:espanol hola guten tag bonjour

[@Wreckinh]

Theory: Philza is one of the ancient builders

[@PhantomGato-v-]

Soooooo Ancient builders are scared of children?

[@saddzzzz]

@@PhantomGato-v- PFFF

[@arandomexistingdirtyeraser]

Welp, so I guess rn is the aftermath of when Philza died from a baby zombie

[@BowlBoyChannel]

what about grian?

[@DaxtheMilkMan]

That’s a theory A GAME THEORY

[@Legxnd]

As far as respawning, the villagers have a way of becoming undead and then coming back to life, and the ender dragon can respawn as well, but they require the player to return to their original form.

[@emmanuelbarryreyes8803]

Wifies: steve has the ability to respawn Me: so does the ancient builders in hardcore mode?

[@whatssuppification]

6:38 “We the player are the last person alive” Multiplayer: let me introduce myself

[@aaaIIIeeexxx]

Hehe

[@bot23isnotincodmobile19]

hahahahahahahahhahahah hehehehehebye

[@null360]

Probably multiplayer is when the remaining, still human, players come out of hiding, and helped create the Wither.

[@rishyiv]

Bruh it's like saying cod storymode and multiplayer are same ,no they're not

[@sgtstonks9063]

notch: makes a block game people: go insane from spending hours coming up with ways for it to make sense notch: 👀

[@alexkade1506]

Fun fact notch being autistic made minecraft for other autistic people like myself

[@amara_the_god2145]

Minecraft is for everyone.

[@alexkade1506]

@@amara_the_god2145 yes but notch made it specifically for them

[@ejisbored7438]

@@alexkade1506 no he didn't he based it off his abandoned game called rubydung

[@ejisbored7438]

@@alexkade1506 whoever told you that lied

[@legogami1051]

Wifles I am impressed this makes actual sense the facts and achievements it makes concrete sense. Most Impressive!

[@danielmobley1]

It’s obvious to me that respawns are just a quality of life thing in Minecraft.. which is a video game. The lore and gameplay have to depart from one another sometime