Game Theory: The Forgotten War of Minecraft (Minecraft 1.19 Update)

Ancient Builders: We're saved! The Warden freed us! Warden & Skulks: We wouldn't say freed, more like... under new management!

Dang, it just shows us that even if the end was a bad place to be in, if the warden is that powerful, that new dimension must be extremely dangerous. If they went through the portal, it most definitely would have killed them.

You know, that would explain why End portal is positioned as it is. It's set so anything that comes from the other side falls down into lava to prevent another breach like the Warden.

Consider this: When a mob dies near a Skulk Catalyst it spreads more skulk and ancient cities are covered in it. You could even say... a populations worth.

The "sirens" are probably goat horns being used as a signal, likely for whomever is on the other side of the door to pull the lever and open it up. The "Phantoms" are also probably the Wither, given the pitch and tone.

Mojang: "Opening the Warden Portal is a bad idea." Mod Makers: "That Sign can't stop me because I can't read."

I hope they don't add a new dimension; instead I hope that add more invasive creatures coming through from that dimension. I WANT ELDRITCH HORROR IN MY CUBE GAME

I’m a 30-year-old man and this is my third Minecraft lore theory video in a row. It’s making me want to play Minecraft, but it’s Sunday and I’ve got work tomorrow.

Warden: drops sculk catalyst Players: That isn't very rewarding Matpat:LOREEEEEE

Builder 1: “Remember when we built a creature out of bones and souls that is causing our extinction?” Builder 2: “Yeah what about it?” Builder 1: “Let’s do it again”

To further the theory of the sculk being sentient, I noticed that if you listen close to the audio of breaking the sculk, you can almost hear a scream

I don't think that the ancient builders fled to the end because of the Warden. The Warden is just too stationary for the ancient builders to ditch an entire dimension. If the shulk only grows when things die around it, then one could simply close off all access from the ancient cities and booyah! No more Warden. I think that some of the ancient builders built the end portal before the Warden killed the Wither. There is no implication that the ancient builders stuck together. We've seen the drowned civilization staying away from the rest, as well as the not-so-ambitious relatives of the ancient builders, the villagers. If the first experimental portal brought the nether, and the next brought the Warden, who the heck would be stupid enough to make a third portal? I think that the civilization that became the Endermen were completely oblivious of the Warden's existence. Those who tried to live in piece with the Warden either was the cause of more shulk being created via devoured souls or fled to the caverns which would have almost certainly killed them. This also still leaves the question of how the shulk got up to the broken nether portals. The Minecraft legends game will probably be stuffed to the brim with LOOORRREEE! as MatPat calls it. A theory for another day my friends, a theory for another day...

This theory makes alot more sense when you consider that ruined Nether portals seem to have bits of the Nether seeping in around them, implying portals left open long enough will begin to transmutate the world around them into the world within (I imagine the reasons player portals dont is due to age/Mojang not wanting peoples builds ruined by such a thing)

Anyone else gonna mention how the soul fire under the “portal” helps keep the biome contained since mojang made a feature where sculk can not spread past soul fire. coincidence? I think not!

It would be awesome if in the future you could activate the portal and then something just absolutely awful comes out. Like a new boss mob.

Its interesting to think that the builders didn't escape to the end to escape the wither; but rather because the thing that killed it was coming for them too. It adds in an entire section of story in between the 2 main theories

Minecraft community: The Warden is terrifying, kill it Mojang: Try not to kill it Warden: I'm just trying to protect my species

I know this one's a little obvious, but I love the environment storytelling of the skulk. It only spreads when exposed to death, and the sheer quantity of it around the ancient cities suggests something truly tragic.

Funny sidenote: The ONLY piece of music that plays in the Deep Dark, and by extent, the Ancient Cities, is called 'Ancestry'

While I have been working on restoring an ancient city in Minecraft I noticed that skulk, if you look close enough at the texture, appears to have the souls of animals in it and it made me think that, along with how skill spreads, exp may be similar to soul remnant, and the warden may not be just a defence, but the way that skulk was able to cover a city leads me to believe that skill may be similar to a carnivorous plant, and the warden it's cool for gaining the exp it needs to spread