The Complex Puzzle of the Wither | Deep Dive
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- Опубліковано 21 січ 2021
- Withers are a bizarre mob that are seemingly tough to understand. In this video we see if we can determine what the Wither is and where it came from.
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when you walk on soul sand without the enchantment (Soul Speed), the trapped souls grab you, make you slower and plead for freedom from this prison that is hell. When you have Soul Speed, you free them. The better Soul Speed, the faster they are freed.
It's an elegant idea...I like it!
what if you dump a stack of soul sand into lava or fire?
When you break soul sand it sounds like it breathes or something
Jesus loves you
i was thinking this too!
Imagine being trapped in soul sand for so long then some guy wearing boots he got from trading with piglins walks over it and you are suddenly free
Lmao
Or something worse he free you by creating a three headed monster
"Finally gee, I get to live in peace for once."
@@abdallahsawalha8835 well unless you’re the lucky soul in control
Especially if it’s your great grandson
I always figured Piglins stayed away from soul fire and such because they have a heightened sense of hearing compared to the player, and can hear the damned's screams of agony coming from the cyan flames.
Minecraft is *dark.*
Screams? Or cries of relief?
@@ensignmjs7058 yes
I didn't need ahegao'ing soul sand souls in my brain at 5:23 am ensign but thank you
That’s actually extremely plausible
Bruh😂
My soul is fading away to be used as energy for the hellspawn that wants to kill everything , nothing a bucket of milk can't fix
*Mojang:* This hellish demonic effect? The way to cure it is with a bucket of milk!
magic
He also says something about mushrooms harvesting energy from dead things, and living cows (from other episodes). What if, cows are able to resist the mushrooms with milk, their own milk? It doesn't cure them, but puts the effect at bay. When the player finds them, they are the only ones who could cope with it. Maybe minecraft cows have something special...
Homelander
@@coronelkittycannon The indians are correct in protecting the cows
Builders: My soul has been trapped in this hellscape for what feels like eternity
Steve: Haha bubble elevator go brrrr
Lol
and we get patcheko death sound 86
YES
@@cptfish602 üta
Lol i love that. Its so funny
POV: You found the Enderman video in your recommended and now you're down a rabbit whole watching the whole series
Same
OMG SO TRUEEEEE
Omfg why does everything feels so relatable as if everyone is stalking me.
Pov
@@princeshayn9123 What'll blow your mind is that there's a network we all plug into and get broadcast the same messages. Look behind the curtain!
The most terrifying part is that the player character knows about the wither since they carve it into carved red sandstone.
They had a vision
I think that the wither skeletons are the builders escaped to nether and endermen escaped to end because of the wither and the ones on the overworld defeated the wither
ancient builders making overworld buildings with carvings of what they discovered in the past. simply put
@@musteren99 The problem is that how did they create the wither if you need wither skulls from wither skulls to create it. The wither in your scenario has no cause
What if the wither was the cause of the undead catastrophe for the ancient builders. They most likely discovered the effects of soul sand and experimented with it to create the wither but the wither itself wasn’t the cause of their extinction as we see anything that dies to the wither becomes a wither skeleton, not a regular human one. As they experimented with it they might have discovered the nether star and it’s capabilities as a beacon then might have accidentally discovered how to give it a negative status effect. Maybe by using the wrong material and somehow it began a plague that withered the soul of a person creating zombies and skeletons. It’s a bit of s stretch I know.
If you run across soul sand with soul speed boots and subtitles on, you'll see that the sound is officially called soul escapes.
This is really useful.
Another great puzzle
*_"How Mojang recorded the panda death sound"_*
*oh* *OH* *OH* *NO*
AAAAA
ikr panda are one of the mobs that has the most audio files
Its just a living panda sound it just sounds like a panda is being crushed by a bike
@@frenchfrie8527 I don't know if that's better or worse than a actual panda getting crushed by a bike
Notice how the Wither glows Blue at the beginning of the fight? That could be soul energy.
Yes, I think so...not sure why I didn't mention it
@@NotSnidge what about Oversouled big withers you can summon somehow, and they dont attack?
@@equilibrum999 the wither can't attack because it's preparing to explode, like a creeper
@@thomasshelbyasmrconnoiseur7046 but that big dont, it collected so much energy, so it preffer to exist.
Jesus loves toy
Something I notice about the souls released from the Soul Speed; they smile. They begin in despair and are freed, thus the enchantment may actually be some kind of liberating enchantment and the souls give you speed to return the favor as opposed to slowing you down.
The mouth is like 3 pixels. It does not look like a smile at all.
and thats why youre slowed down when you run on it, maybe its also sucking a bit of your soul too? what about skulk turning dead mobs into it?
@@hayushiii I think the souls in the sand slowing you down is like a beg for attention like a help call as they feel the weight of the player on them they slow them down to as a way of trying to tell the player to get the attention of the souls stuck in the sand
@@mike.mentzer_enjoyerinteresting
I don't exactly know how the "soul energy" works, but the new minecraft warden may help answer a lot of these questions. I say this because within it's large, open chest cavity it appears to have blue faces in it, similar to the souls released from soul sand. So maybe the warden is actually related to the Nether and not the End, or it's related to both dimensions, but my point is that this new mysterious mob could finally debunk certain questions behind Minecraft's lure.
And raise more questions about how it got there, huh?
yes because the skulk shurieker actually have souls in them and the warden for now seem to be created from the disturbance of from a hulk shirker next to a skulk sensor calling out the souls in a body blind but strong know as the warden
Just like when you walk on the soul sand in the nether you soul down like soul ash you to free them from hell however in the deep dark you might seem a. disturbance to the souls in the shrieker summon a golem like beast... THE WARDEN
The new video kinda explanes that.
It’s the binder
I find it odd that Sculk and the Warden have the same color scheme as the End, yet there is no sculk in the end
You don’t know how much the little diagrams, passionate narrator and overall amazing theories do to make it seem like a real documentary
Thank you! I've slowly been trying to push my videos in that direction...I'm happy that you were able to appreciate the results!
@@RetroGamingNow Woah I wasn't expecting a reply, also you're welcome :)
@@RetroGamingNow "And here we see the enderman pick up a block"
Woah my gosh 600+ likea
Jesus loves yiy
ok but i feel like i’m watching a real documentary when i watch your videos man, keep up the great work :]
Thank you! Recently I've been putting a lot more thought into how I frame shots and pace the story. I'm definitely still learning, but I'm glad that some of that hard work is visible when watching!
Ikr so true
When was the last time you saw a documentary? This is way better.
AGREED
what are you talking about?
this is a documentary
Man I sure didn’t ask youtube to recommend masterpieces like this to me but I sure do apreciate it
RetroGamingNow: Tonight we'll take a look at one of the TWO bosses.
*Sad Elder Guardian noises
@@nate1781 yes. They just have a lot of health (kind of) and are big
Also technically the guardians are probably mechanical
@@ilverdsgames3819 so are ghasts (not health, but idk) lol
Evokers, Elder Guardians and Ravagers aren‘t bosses as some say. There is no health bar, like a previous comment said. The Warden won‘t be a boss either, it‘s confirmed.
@@ilverdsgames3819 they are considered mini-bosses,mobs need a Health bar to be considered a boss,not a lot of Health,like the ravenger,it has alot of Heath,but is not considered a boss,or even a mini-boss,from what I know
"Undead Mobs used to be alive."
*every 60 seconds, a minute passes.*
Edit: this reply chain is amazing.
Grass is green.
People die when they are killed
I missed an opportunity to put the big brain meme
Mesothelioma may entitle you or a loved one to financial compensation.
You consume H2O when you drink water
It’s interesting that the chiseled Nether brick has a skull pattern. Details like that always throw a wrench in the works when you’re building timelines. Then there’s the aggression between Piglins and Wither skeletons. Love that bastions are made from blackstone (basalt deltas) whereas fortresses are made from Netherbrick (smelted netherrack). Both mobs have their own banner patterns. Pigstep for Piglins, maybe Disc 11 for the Wither Skeletons? Do they wield stone swords for the higher damage/durability as compared to gold? Why are only WS heads a natural drop? If they’re the same race as us, why are they taller? Why do they, when equipped with a bow via commands, always shoot flaming arrows? Was there a Nether war in the not so distant past? How absolutely epic would it be for a Wither Skeleton to cinematically walk down a hallway towards a character, slowly emerging into the light, dragging a stone blade behind it as it rasped through its empty jaws, “must...defend...fortress”?
My theory is that the ancient builders one day got sick of fighting wars with withers, so they trained pigs and gave them weapons so they could kill withers, but they somehow got wiped out before they taught piglins how to build/ repair bastions, causing them to break down and degrade over time.
And when wither skeletons come in contact pigling brutes they attack each other
There is a special skull banner pattern crafted from a wither skeleton skull.
@@thomasshelbyasmrconnoiseur7046 that sounds god
maybe the wither skeletons are endermen? maybe a disease or something that only manifests in the nether infected the endermen?
15:10 We know there's some kind of zombification virus in the Overworld that the player is immune to (as well as the villagers but to a lesser extent).
Maybe the construction of the first wither also created the virus. It's not hard to imagine that the effects of the virus would be similar to the actual withering effect after all, just a bit weaker. But that would also explain where the virus came from, why nether stars were never mass-produced (because suddenly everyone who worked with them started becoming zombies), and why no cataclysmic effect happens after summoning a wither: the virus is already out there and the player is immune to it. Adding more virus to the atmosphere doesn't mean anything to the people who are immune to it.
The fact that wither effect makes soul energy makes sense. This is because when a wither kills a mob with its wither effect, it’s health is regenerated. Soul energy must be like experience is to players and illagers.
In Minecraft dungeons, you can harvest souls from defeated enemies. And there are items that can harness these souls. Such as the harvester, and the corrupted beacon. This further proves your theory. Especially the parts about soul energy. And the nether star within a beacon, being a concentrated source of soul energy.
Is it a good game?
@@felito21 it's alright. Nothing special but it is fun
@@antiope-d9780 thanks
@@felito21 Yeah I think it's good
I love that game
I have exams in a week, 8 assignments due, and a few practicals. But this video seems to be more important.
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Agreed
Same haha
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Lol
The wither producing wither roses reminds me of golems giving flowers, except in a twisted way. The wither rose could be more symbolic, like showing death or corruption manifested into a flower, like a flower on a grave.
That made me think of a cool concept. Imagine a wither rose field? That would imply that a wither has killed hundreds of beings, now leaving only flowers as their remains. There are poppy fields which grow over war zones due to the soil being churned by explosives, like a subtle reminder of a disaster. That would be a cool build
"There are two different skeletons the wither skeleton and the normal skeleton."
Strays: AM I A JOKE TO YOU?
He said that he'll be talking in respect to the nether, not the overworld.
those are just skeletons frozen by the cold
Bogged: Hey, what about me?
If you are so interested in soul energy, I recommend minecraft dungeons. Technically, it is part of the minecraft universe and features soul powered weapons which often do more damage than regular ones. I don't know if I'm too late or not, but at least future viewers will know that soul energy is a confirmed thing.
When you have 10 Million Subscribers, I will call myself an OG.
Jesus loves you
same
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@@sadpenguin8616 we know you don’t need to tell us..
@@sadpenguin8616 no he doesn't
I think that the souls sand sucks life out of creatures living on it, hence the skeletons and fossils. This would prove where the energy came from and also solve the fossil problem. This also tells us why you walk slower on it as it sucks out your energy. However soul speed counteracts that effect, causing the release of the energy.
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- Wow, i didnt knew that
a huge flaw with this theory is just the misinterpretation of the way wither roses work.
Yes, Withered Skeletons are the only mob that *can* spawn on wither roses.
No, this does not mean Withered Skeletons spawn *on/from* wither roses. Withered Skeletons can spawn on any block, as long as it exists within a nether fortress, or soulsand valley. and since we can see nether fortresses in places other than soulsand valleys, that means that it must be something the fortresses share *with* soulsand valleys. (perhaps the soulsand in the netherwart room within the fortresses, but that may be too small for the entire fortress to be spawning them.
(another unrelated issue is the notion that blazes have anything to do with soul energy, we've already seen that souls are blue, and blazes are yellow. I think it would be more fitting to say they're some kind of fire elementals that the builders found a way to harness and mass-produce.)
Blazes look like they have been constructed as opposed to being naturally formed, they moght have been created to act as some sort of security system for the fortresses.
@@MacherSvK I don't really see how they look like that. They look to me like floating piles of flaming bones, but we've seen the undead form without having to be created
i would think blazes are mechanical AND living, they do these ohhh sounds, it sounds mechanical, but it would also maybye be part living
@@ihavenoname1136 I think it's supposed to sound like heavy breathing, but it's true that it has sort of a mechanical reverb to it.
My alternative theory is that wither skeletons are the undead variant of Endermen, changed by a long period of adaptation to the harsh Nether climate. They absorbed the soul energy of their native soul sand valley to give the Wither effect, and they lost their teleportation as well as some of their height (wither skeletons are 2.5 blocks tall as opposed to 3). When wither skeletons evolved in the soul sand valleys, the undead infection spread to the Nether fortresses where the Endermen lived at the time, farming blaze rods. This could possibly result in two extinctions in the Nether and Overworld happening at the same time as the infection also spread to the builders who became skeletons. However, in the Overworld the soul energy from the skeletons was limited and went towards forming creepers, since many builders turned into zombies and retained more soul energy. In the Nether the soul energy ended up in soul sand, which can be used to create the Wither along with wither skeleton skulls. There is an inherent similarity between creepers and the Wither, as both cause explosions. In addition, the Wither is composed of soul sand, the life force of the builders, plus wither skulls, the shell of the Endermen. It could be possible that the Wither is more than a simple undead mob, being a mix of elements from Endermen and builders. All three share 2 properties: They are all intelligent and can place and destroy blocks (withers place wither roses). There is also evidence that creepers didn't exist during the builder era in the form of completed structures (had creepers existed there would have been creeper holes everywhere), and the Wither likely was never formed during that era because of the lack of wither skeletons and loot that comes from the Wither.
One of my favorite little details in Minecraft is that where Chiseled Sandstone has an etching of a creeper, Chiseled Red Sandstone has one of the Wither. It probably doesn't add anything to the lore, but I still think it's cool.
Perhaps this indicates a familiar understanding with both, or a similar mysticism surrounding both. This suggests creepers used to be rarer or perhaps withers more common.
Actually, most or all chiseled blocks have mobs, the ones you missed are wither skeletons on nether bricks, guardian eyes on the sides of chis quartz, (maybe) and slimes on chis stone bricks
This may indicate that wither is actually some form of lovecraftian god?
Corrupting civs to use the soul energy so he can feast on them.
Repeating this cycle until eternity
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Sadpenguin 86 are you gonna contribute to conversation or be a random comment?
Another theory: soul sand slows you down, and is shorter than other blocks. Maybe the soul sand is trying to drag your soul into it which is why it's slowing you down. Almost like quicksand
Real sand makes you slow too, soul sand kinda realistic O.o
The builder’s knew the wither was immune, but they wondered how, after killing it and making a beacon they figured out it could make the wither immune to soul sand, speed breaks the soul sand spell, it makes you slow to get your soul to power up the wither
i dont get it?
5:21 "I am going to call this effect soul energy"
*DOOM theme starts playing*
I get that reference
Argent Energy
what?
Yeah played too much doom
Welcome back everybody! This is a tricky one...I'm really interested in hearing your thoughts! Also, what should I do next?
What about gold? Why do piglins hoard it? And it's used in golden apples too! So there Is definitely a connection here!
Yes
@@jaipreetsingh6566 There will be a piglin video...there's a lot of stuff with them
@@jaipreetsingh6566 gold (and quartz, ancient debris but they seems likely doesn't know how to use it) are the most common resources on the nether
mojang make piglins (and every other mobs) doesn't (naturally) wear netherite because they doesn't know what is that
also mojang stated that ancient debris was mined by piglin but they don't know how to use it
I always thought the piglins are scared by the soul fire because it's the only thing they remember from, and directly connect to their old masters. The memories of how their masters looked (I'd propose the player is a descendent of the ancient builders) might have faded away, how their masters did things, conducted operations, and built massive citadels might have disappeared, but the only traces of their masters' legacy on the nether are in the form of extensive mining operations drilled into the piglins, and the soul fires their masters meddled with (Probably with disastrous consequences, which is all the more reason to be afraid). maybe it has something to do with the apocalypse even.
This also shows you a glimpse into how effectively the ancient builders controlled the piglins. The value of gold is so ingrained in their psyche that they cannot even understand how it was likely embedded into them by the ancient builders to exploit them, and the soul fires bring out a primal fear for their lives in the piglins, even after so many generations of the ancient builders becoming nothing but dust and dirt.
My architectural master builder ancestors watching me build a dirt cube to live in:😢
@@TheCphase Laughs in learning from Grian.
I've compiled a bunch of theories and questions about this series so I'm just going to repost them in one on all these videos to increase the odds of them getting answered or maybe even made into videos
1. Do you think somewhere in the minecraft world there's a lost disk called disk 12?
2. something I want to know is what a respawn anchor is supposed to be because respawning is not something that actually happens in universe but with the bed its obvious that the actual in universe use is just for sleeping but the respawn anchor only sets a spawn point so what's it actually doing in the context of the world?
3. What are the differences between different forms of undeath? We see Zombies, husks, Zombie villagers, zombie horses, zoglins, zombie pigmen, and drowned who all just have decaying skin. Skeletons, wither skeletons, strays, and skeleton horses who just keep their bones then we see Phantoms who have a more ghost like appearance. Also as an addon to that what is a ghast because I always thought it was a ghost but it isn't so maybe it conveniently evolved like squids or something.
4. Something that I find interesting is that other creatures when inflicted by the zombie virus seem to become mindlessly violent but when horses and piglins become zombified they act mostly normal, with piglins specifically the only differences are they seem to not have the full intelligence of normal piglins because A they don't still trade and B they only spawn with Swords and don't use cross bows. Another weird detail is that zombified piglins are immune to fire which is a huge red flag for a couple of reasons because one normal piglins aren't fire immune but most other undead creatures are particularly weak to fire. Another undead mob that has weird contradictions to most undead mobs are the zombie and skeleton horses which also keep their normal friendliness and seem to be the least far gone of these undead mobs not only being still domesticatable but being even easier to domesticate. I originally assumed that the undead virus only makes humans violent but that is simply not true because Phantoms and the wither are also not friendly. The biggest weird detail in all of this is that other undead mobs seem to still see these creatures as natural allies with skeletons riding skeleton horses and withers never attacking anything that is already undead.
5. I think that the fox is most likely the most intelligent and possibly important mob that's completely a wild animal (meaning it has no building ability, doesn't exist in its own structure, can't trade, and doesn't have the ability to create a full society) I think that because they are one of 6 mobs that sleep (you, villagers, foxes, 3 illigers) which as you established in the Phantoms video is already important they also have the ability to do several other things that very few can do including using totems of undying, enchantments on weapons, and chorus Fruit, and also can sometimes be seen holding emeralds that weren't given to them and seem to care about them a bit more than other non food items which may have even inspired the villagers to hold a similar appreciation for emeralds although that and the rest of this is just speculation I think two possible explanations for this are that they could be some sort of ancestor to either villagers or ancient builders although it's kinda hard to place because they have the emerald connection to villagers but can do other things like defend themselves although it could be a common ancestor for both and then my second idea take a trip even further through speculation town and a bit into the early stages of creepy pasta Avenue with the possibility that they once were villagers or ancient builders (again it's kinda hard to place) who were turned by a magic enemy with the most likely culprit being the illigers but another possibility is that the illigers themselves might have accidentally turned some of there kind into foxes although that's unlikely because foxes are only hostile when something attacks it first and even then tend to prefer running away. Anyway foxes have a ton of weird and specific properties that I'd love to see your interpretations on.
So those are all my pitches.
For 2, I would argue that respawning is something that happens in universe, it's just that the player and possibly the Ender Dragon are the only beings with that ability (and if the Ender Dragon does respawn rather than us summoning a new one, it needs our help to do so). The respawn anchor was created by us to control our respawning, and is absolutely useless to anything else. This might also explain why we can use Totems of Undying to prevent death, but Evokers can't: the Totem of Undying messes with our own magic, allowing us to respawn before we actually die, thus avoiding the negative consequences of that death. And I'm pretty sure that recovery compasses aren't the intended use of echo shards, just something we figured out how to do with them. I have no clue why foxes can use totems.
For 3, my thought has always been that zombies are undead with full bodies, albeit decomposing ones, while skeletons are undead without any flesh - and that when a zombie dies, it usually comes back as a skeleton. Phantoms are the next stage, when the entire body is gone, though there's something going on with the lack of sleep and the phantom membrane that I can't explain. Husks are dehydrated zombies (which rehydrate when they drown), and strays are skeletons with chain armor and ice magic. Undead horses are undead horses. Zombified piglins and zoglins don't fit the naming conventions, so there's probably something up with them as well, though zombie pigmen were just pigmen (a now-extinct species) who were zombies (back when they existed). The Wither attacks anything living and nothing undead, and is strangely connected to wither skeletons, though other undead mobs don't help the Wither except against mutual enemies (players and golems), so my thought is that the Wither is either the root cause of undeath, or connected to that root cause in some fundamental way that the other undead are not (and note that they are the only undead mob that doesn't seem to have a living form), with wither skeletons forming a bridge between the two, and zombified piglins being at the other end of the spectrum - their names and the way that piglins can spontaneously transform into them indicates that they become undead without actually dying. Skeleton and zombie horses (the kind that spawn naturally and summon four horses with riders when you get close) are strange, and I don't know how their unique properties fit in with anything else.
Dude I have been looking so long for a UA-cam channel which goes really in depth into minecraft lore, and finally i have found it, keep up the good work.
Thank you!
I honestly can’t tell which i believe more between Ret’s and MatPat’s theories. They’re both really cool and connect the minecraft universe so easily.
@@thinekyoobious8932 I KNOW
I don't like MatPat. He spews garbage nowadays (GrubHub food lore? LILLYS GARDEN LORE? He's cracked) and he also said MC speedrunning requires no skill. Which is a lie. He used to be good but now he really does just suck.
@@thinekyoobious8932 why dont you take out the best part of each youtubers lore and try to piece them together, that's what i do
“There are two types of skeletons” strays: am I a joke to you?
No, strays are just skeletons wearing clothes and having special arrows
@@user-sc5gc2gh9l so a guess regular skeletons are just naturalists.
@@user-sc5gc2gh9l yea but why slow arrow like they need magic to make sooo
He was talking about the nether
@@Air-mx5zr noo... lol
Just today I’ve only gotten so recently hooked onto these theories and they’re so interesting!
I agree
Someone has to animate his entire series and make a story completely based on his lore
I prefer his versions 2 years later if u read this then ur too active
@@WaySickodoes that include me
Watching this makes me feel like I’m involved in a documentary, honestly gives me so much nostalgia that I’ve started to play minecraft again, keep making these videos❤️❤️❤️
Me three
I just realized something, the wither fires two types of skulls, a black skull, and a blue skull, maybe the black skull is to steal soul energy, and the blue skull is the wither concentrating a lot of soul energy into one single skull and firing it, maybe that's why the blue skull is able to break obsidian and crying obsidian, two of the hardest block in the game?
Edit: I think I'm the 2100th comment on this video
Edit 2: Wow thanks for the likes, this is the most likes I've ever gotten on a single comment
sad hardest block evar
I think they made blue skulls because if you don’t have a bow there’s no way to kill the wither, but the blue ones are punchable. This leads me to think that Minecraft added the blue ones just for a way to kill the wither without a bow.
yesss
Hey if to create iron golems they have to put a craved pumpkin to create it and to create a wither you have to get wither skulls and when iron golems die they drop a rose and when the wither dies it drops a wither rose THEY HAVE A CONNECTION IM A GENIOUS!!!!!
@@dacoolbean487 thats clever but snow golems use pumpkins and they drop snow ballls. its a good theory but could use some tweaks
There are two different skeletons
The stray: allow me to introduce myself
@Alexandra Adamczyk he was talking about the nether
The question is though... if Piglins are so afraid of Soul Fire, why do they barter with Soul Speed books and where do they get those from??? 🤔
If there's some kind of bad mojo associated with burning soul blocks or trapping them in lanterns, it makes sense that the piglins would actually prefer to use the soul speed enchantment to accomplish two things: increasing movement speed, as well as liberating the souls trapped in the soul blocks. So, soul speed is actually the piglin's method of providing salvation to those trapped souls!
This is like a documentary this show is more interesting then everything on Netflix
Lol
Yes i agree, Netflix is just filled with LoVe sToRiEs and DrAmA
My personal theory is that Soul energy wasn't a natural thing, but the actual souls of the builders / ender men. Soul sand is sand corrupted or taken over from the builders. Wither roses were corrupted roses, and wither skeletons were, well, corrupted skeletons. Maybe the Wither was the amalgamation of soul energy, forming into a beast that aggressively tries to extract souls from other beings.
so undead mobs have no souls?
because wither only attacking undead mobs if they attacked him first
@@reinazer379
Well, when you're dead you obviously have no soul
@@enkor9591 well yes but they're still moving for some reason
My theory is that the undead mobs are undead bc not all the souls escaped their bodies
@@enkor9591 Maybe they have soul energy, they just have such a small amount that the Wither doesn't sense them
Actualy I think, that they made 2 beacons(1st one can be seen on top of the desert temple, and the second one has been given to pillagers, because in one of the woodland manisons secret rooms there is glass tank, and inside of it is some lava lava(simmilar to obsidian), that is surounding a diamond block in the middle(blue like souls))!
This channel makes me look at minecraft at a TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY. Keep it up!
I have something for you to look into: the lore of the nether ambience, look at some videos of them, they have some REALLY CREEPY names, there are some in ssv of people screaming, and sounds in warped forests called the torturer and the torturered, it is really creepy could there be a story around the names?
I have thought about doing a nether biomes video...I think there is some interesting stuff there which I haven't seen a lot of people talk about
@Nikolay T :char coal wooden_coal
what i think is most interesting is how the basalt deltas have geiger counter-like sounds; it could connect to the whole mass extinction thing.
Torcher
@Nikolay T It's regular coal, not charcoal lol
I literally just found this channel and went on a small channel binge of all the iceberg vids. I go to his channel page to watch another deep dive and this was uploaded??? That in itself is a conspiracy worthy of a deep dive video
Deep Dive: How I waited until the exact moment Misks watched my iceberg vid to upload this one
@@RetroGamingNow instant 1b views right there
I also stumbled upon this channel randomly although it was a while ago and from now on I'm going to watch both this and the game theory minecraft lore videos and see which I think is better and if I could come up with one myself
@@AlphaFX-kv4ud yeah, I do that too. I think both theories have their flaws, so its hard to pick one. MatPat creates compelling narratives, but this show is better with tying together evidence
@@AlphaFX-kv4ud I see this as the more likely-to-be-true show, because this one isn't as one sided, has a better way of finding evidence, and just makes more logical sense.
This makes sense why the piglins also hate the wither skeletons. They have a natural aversion to souls, seen in their fear of soul fire, and so naturally they also don’t like wither skeletons, which are full of soul energy.
Fun fact: when you use soul speed on soul sand, in the subtitles when you jump it says "Soul escapes"
You’re theories are so interesting, you do a really good job of pushing these theories, im super excited to see what else you will put out
Fr tho
your the best
Exactly I never overthink Minecraft these theories are epic
Is it "your"? Or maybe it's the translation that's does it also happens to me😉
@@skylarkmist1784 yes it is, other wise the creator of the video would be their own theories
Mojang watching this be like: 👁👄👁
Mojang be like: “w r i t e t h a t d o w n”
@@DaveTheBro well they're adding fungi that grows in Deep Dark, spreads when someone dies nearby and emmits same soul effect as soulsand.
Seems like this theory actually not that far from dev's perspective
@@DaveTheBro ua-cam.com/video/HZtGT1fK4wY/v-deo.html
Another interesting thing, the desert temple perfectly fits a fully sized beacon in the top floor with whole for the beacon itself on the top! With your theory of the builders, this would make sense as to why the temples were constructed
It's so addictive to watch all of these deep dive videos
8:00 there a little problem here, in french (i sometime play in french because i am one) the wither effect is called "décomposition" than mean "decomposition". So the wither effect shoud be like transforming into a "bait for bacteria" so you are getting eaten alive...
Still, maybe it's decomposing your soul.
That's an interesting perspective, although one could argue that the meaning is pretty close
I QUIT MINECRAFT
@@agsilverradio2225 yeah good idea
Hm... I'm going to play it in Spanish, let's see what it says.
The generation of the nether fortresses isn't random at all, they generate in "lines" in the world's North/South axis
Maybe that's an important point?
that used to be the case, but 1.16 has changed the generation so that they are random and you cannot follow these lines sadly
Dangit mojang just deleted a lore element
Edit: you know, cause the builders would definitely build it in consistent places
I hope they add more structures for the nether fortress, it doesn't make any sense what the nether fortress is protecting for
@@msiio The fortress may have been a refuge for the ancient race of builders who needed somewhere to protect themselves from the hostile environment of the nether.
I think it was just a bug, or just to make it easier to code them, i may be wrong tho
I don't know if someone has already mentioned or not, but when you excavate the soul sand you can actually hear a breath like sound
There is something I really think it's worth mentioning: the desert temple's second floor is made in a perfect shape to build a beacon into it and on it's top there is an opening to the ray of light. So whoever built those temples knew about the wither and had plans to use it's nether star
i’m literally obsessed watching your theories tf this brings me back to the times where i question about mobs and read about it in them minecraft books
"Zombie and endermen are so différent, i don't see how they would fit with these shapes"
Smash Bros Ultimate : hold my hitboxes
I really REALLY like this theory, the Builders also definitely built at least one Wither due to the carvings on red sandstone. One thing I noticed that you didn’t mention is the power source of beacons. You use multiple precious metals to make it stronger or to work at all. You can use gold and netherite, staples of the Nether, but you can also use emeralds, iron and diamonds, objects with seemingly no connection to soul energy or the Nether in general. On a related note, what is the purpose of pyramids? Pyramids made of precious metals and gemstones make beacons more powerful, and is also the only (?) location where you can find Enchanted Golden Apples, possibly the only instance of enchantments being used on food items. Very good video!
I think 1.19 is both confirming and completely overthrowing your world history model at the same time. I am really hoping for a deep dive timeline update after it launches.
Retro: stalagmites
The biome: full of basalt
Well the stalagmites are made of basalt.
@@culegamer2030 is it? If it is, they're still different from the name and the appearance.
@@tod4849 Aren't stalagmites the rock structures that spike upwards?
@@Incognito_Blazer downwards too(idk im not a geologist)
@@tod4849 stalagmites go up, stalactites go down
At first I thought "oh, I haven't seen this one" but than I realized "no, he just has a sleep schedule as bad as mine"
haha yes I stay up late to get it done
Ayyy, nocturnal gang.
@@RetroGamingNow fanaticism
@@RetroGamingNow yay! Now there is a UA-camr who uploads in the night, so I can watch new videos with my sometimes horrifically out of whack sleep schedule!
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Wow, all these Minecraft deep dives are so amazing! You have definitely earned my subscription 🙂
14:22 I would like to point out though, that even though we never see a beacon or nether star, we do see the implied use of beacons through the desert temples. Notch said during an interview some time ago that desert temples were designed with hollowed pyramids in order to house fully built beacons.
WE NEED THE "HOW THE CIVILIZATION DIED OUT"
i assume that he doesn’t have enough evidence for them besides the multiple abandoned buildings
I love these videos!! I can tell you put in a lot of thought and work into making them and I appreciate that. I can't wait for the video about piglins!!
It’s on the list of videos to do
Samee i cant waittt
All of this Minecraft lore has immensely deepened my appreciation for this game, thank you for your work!
It could be that the origin of soulsand valleys was a sort of hurriedly created burial ground for the ancient builders that had died because of their zombification; since the survivors knew how dangerous their undead bodies would become, it'd make sense for them to try and get rid of them far away from their overworld bases.
I loved the video again, I again will request this, but the golems. They seem mysterious to me.
the wither could basically count as a golem
@@crunchysalmons that's very interesting!
@@crunchysalmons nice name
@@crunchysalmons You're name is weird. Change you're name dude. :/
Agreed. They're clearly ancient, from the vines that cover their body. Mabe the villagers, when they first came to being, found the iron golems, and built their villages around it? And why are golems so clearly connected to the life force of Villagers?
"Today we'll take a look at one of the two boss mobs."
Don't worry, I also forget Elder Guardians are a boss mob.
@Nikolay T Just checked the Wiki, turns out you're right, they aren't a boss. Why do I remember them having a health bar...?
Whatever the case, I suppose we could call them "psuedo-bosses"; dangerous high-health (and often high-damaging) mobs that generally serve the purpose of guarding or protecting something, but lack the health bar that officially designates a boss. This would likely include elder guardians, iron golems, ravagers, and the upcoming warden.
@Nikolay T Well that's my point: they are very similar to bosses, and serve a similar role, but they just simply aren't considered a boss for one reason or another. I'd say the mobs I designated as psuedo-bosses are, in general, more similar to boss mobs than they are to the other non-boss mobs, particularly when it comes to how much health they have.
I love the fact that Nikola T deleted their comments
They are basically a mini boss
He always says, “an event that’s beyond the scope of this video” I want to know what happened!
In case it hasn't been mentioned, Wither Skeletons can be spawned by the Wither on Bedrock Edition. 3-4 can be spawned when the Wither is at half health on normal or hard difficulties. I just saw this on the wiki which is why I am mentioning it now. If someone already mentioned it, then thanks and sorry for the repetition.
When the wither charges up, it’s the same color of the Vex’s
Ya
the reason why soul sand creates
bubbles on the water is that the souls are trying to escape (gotta give credit to a friend of mine from discord)
dude, the music you have composed is BRILLIANT. you have talent man.
I think the power of the stored souls in soulsand/soul soil is what allows bubble elevators to propel you up so quickly.
I'm wondering about ghasts
It's been confirmed by the achievements that ghasts aren't native to the nether
So what are the ghast?
@Nikolay T yep
I think the achievement's name was (uneasy alliance) which says
[return a ghast to the overworld and then kill it]
@@tristan.l.p703 I think in his last video he talked about it, it could've been created by the builders, and a picture in this official Minecraft book shows its insides looking like a robot or somethin. Strange.
@@whuman8621 oh cool
I don't have the book so I'll go look up some images
@@whuman8621 I couldn't find any good images but you're definitely right it looks mechanical
I always liked to assume that the big bones in the soul sand valleys belonged to the ghasts and the ghasts are just the large souls that carry on beyond death. In my not so thought out opinion, I like to imagine that these bones belonged to dragons, and that’s why ghasts shoot fire balls and fly. This is all just a silly theory of mine
ah yes, minecraft's version of hell has argent energy as well. can't wait to see the day mojang adds a Big Friggin Sword to the game.
YES.
Ghasts are cacodemons, wither skeletons are revenants, blazes are arch-viles, pigilins are imps, hoglins are pinkies and the wither is the Icon of Sin.
@@Shrek_es_mi_pastor I was thinking this entire thread and it makes too much sense.
@@Shrek_es_mi_pastor doom
@@Shrek_es_mi_pastor Shrek is my priest. Lmao
i love your minecraft deep dives, keep them coming :) your theories are so well thought out
Trust me this guy is going to be big in the future. We all will be called OGs. Love ur videos man keep up the good work!!
Bruh imagine being Sweden and making an Indie Block Game and then A Couple years later There are people making theory about your gane
This reminds me of asdfmovie
"Hello wither skeleton"
"I USED TO BE A COW!"
I started watching your channel today and now I can’t stop
In fact, when the wither kills a mob, it heals
Wait really????
@@SreenikethanI BRAIN DAMAGE
“The only other ghosts we see are the vex”
Ghasts: am I a joke to you?
nah they're jellyfish
@FixSomeSoaps but if they escaped why do they attack the player?
As far as I remember, in the "mobestiary" ( an official Book), one of the Ghast artwork shows how they look inside.. and it's actually rather similar to a mechanism and electronical components than to an organic thing.
@@mathieug276 I was about to say that. But yeah they may be creations of something. But they did belong to the overworld. You get an achievement for bringing a ghast to the overworld I think called “Back home?” It was something like that
theres some connection between ghasts and the wither. the wither is hostile to all mobs that arent undead, except ghasts
There are two different types of skeletons
Stray: Am I a joke to you?
Jesus loves you
I believe the stray isn’t really a different type of skeleton, more of just an adjustment to the environment. Notice how the stray wears clothing and shoots slowness arrows. It is not easy to get slowness arrows
He said it's only about Nether.
When subtitles are turned on, the noise that happens when you walk on soul sand with soul speed boots is called "Soul escapes."
You deserve so much more subs and likes. Thanks for making such great videos!
This is literally my favourite UA-cam series
I like how you're thinking about this, but I think MatPat's theory seems much more cohesive.
You said that the wither creates wither roses and roses into wither skeletons, but why do wither skeletons spawn in fortresses in the first place? Could it be that they're the ancient builder's skeleton remains that absorbed the soul energy?
That makes sense, but maybe the ancient builder's soul might be in Soul Sand instead?
What if the Wither Skeletons were actually undead Endermen. They have some physical similarities, being the only two mobs with long limbs and being three blocks tall. It could also explain the origin of the withering effect, with the combination of soul energy and ender pearls.
Please continue this series if you enjoy it. We do too and love your ideas. Especially curious about the deep dark and soul energy
I've watched all of your other Minecraft theories too. Keep it up
"On the first day, mankind was created
On the second day a curse was layed upon them, a soul destroying demon"
Jesus loves you
@@sadpenguin8616 this reminded me about Bioshock. Mainly becauss splicers have a chance to be singing something akkin to those lines
@@sadpenguin8616 Satan loves you
The best part of all of this is that there is a high possibility that the developers and designers creating this never thought of a story, just setting. It's all visual storytelling, and the reason why it works is because the past is vague and unknown, allowing the devs to not think too deep.
Has anyone ever told u that ur wisdom is enthralling and profoundly captivating? Geez dude u honestly got a gift :) at times it feels like ur reaching but then I take the time to think about those moments and try and counter ur claims only to end up with ur conclusions being the absolute best :-) I have a profound amount of respect for u and wat u do. Glad I'm a sub :) thank you o7