Game Theory: The COMPLETE Lore Of Minecraft

Summary

This video from Game Theory dives deep into the lore of Minecraft, piecing together 35 theories into a cohesive narrative. It explores the saga of the ancient Builders, their rise and fall, and their impact on the game's world. The video investigates the consequences of their actions, drawing parallels between the game's events and real-world issues like resource depletion and environmental degradation. It concludes by reflecting on the game's ending credits, suggesting that Minecraft isn't just a game but a mirror reflecting our own world's challenges and urging players to learn from the past.

Takeaways

• 😲 The piglins invaded the Overworld due to the Nether becoming too hot and unlivable
• 🏰 The first Builders stopped the piglin invasion and built structures to worship the godlike Hosts
• 💀 Overharvesting resources led tribes to fight over scarce materials like lapis lazuli
• 😈 Experimenting with souls and magic, the Builders created violent mobs like the Wither
• ☠️ The uncontrolled Wither destroyed the Builders' overworld cities, forcing them underground
• 🚪 Escaping through a portal, the Builders tried to rebuild society in The End dimension
• 🐲 Overhunting the Ender Dragons nearly made them extinct before the Builders tried conserving the last one
• 👽 Eating chorus fruit mutated the Builders into Endermen, making them teleport but forget building
• 🧟‍♂️ Back in the Overworld, Illagers unsuccessfully experimented with magic to become godlike and created monsters
• 😕 The script highlights how the player repeats the Builders' cycle of environmental destruction

Q & A

What caused the piglins to invade the Overworld?

The piglins invaded because the nether was becoming too hot and uninhabitable due to their industrialization and greed for gold. They needed a new world to call home.

How did the first Builder help save the Overworld?

The first Builder was given magical items by godlike beings called the Hosts, including the Flames of Creation to summon ally mobs. With their help, the Builder defeated the piglin invasion.

What happened to turn the ally mobs violent?

After the war, the mobs developed a taste for fighting from watching the Builder hero. This turned them into the hostile mobs we see in regular Minecraft.

Why did the ocean tribe build ocean monuments?

They built the monuments to try to connect with the godlike Hosts, hoping the structures would make the Hosts return and save them from rising waters.

How does lapis lazuli tie into the desert tribe's goal?

They believed lapis contains the souls of gods and monsters. So they killed piglins to collect more lapis, aiming to use the souls to achieve immortality.

What warned the ancient Builders about the Wither's arrival?

Music disc 11 recorded the Wither breaking into their underground city, warning them it was getting close.

Why did chorus fruit transform Builders into Endermen?

The teleportation properties altered their biology, letting them teleport but making them forget how to build over time.

What parallels exist between the game and real history?

The Builder's greed mirrors how real groups like Vikings ravaged environments. It shows overexploitation harms societies.

How does the ending relate the Builder's tale to players?

It suggests players are repeating the cycle of environmental destruction. The "truth" is reality will suffer if we keep exploiting it.

What's the overall moral of the Builder civilization tale?

Their excessive greed led them to ruin their worlds. The story warns players not to make the same mistakes.