The Tragic Story of the Witch | Minecraft Deep Dive
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.พ. 2021
- Witches are a mob that are often forgotten. However, they hide a story that is unlike any other in Minecraft. We will attempt to discover their secrets in this video.
Note: This video will refer to the Java version of Minecraft.
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Nice vid bro!
Deep dive of the creeper? (Sorry if you did this already!)
@@cbcbrooks that sounds pretty good to me, tbh
Deep dive of the nether
@@adarshps7926 That one is in the works
"witch is alone"
"sad black cat noises"
The fact that your pfp is a hentai character bruh
Hahaha
@@blackfade3211 the fact that you know that is just weird
you changed it bruh
@@Cherry-rk1pv the fact that you play gacha is weird
I adopted the cat from a hut that was right next to my house after killing the witch.
I would later realize the idiocy of adopting a witch's familiar as it leapt down a desert temple's shaft and set off the booby trap. With me in there.
those are the best minecraft moments
Coincidence? *I THINK NOT*
The cat: BANZAI
The dead witch's soul: THE SWEET TASTE OF REVENGE!!.
I once fell into lava trying to push a chicken into it
"She doesn't hold a grudge against the villagers, she just wants to be accepted"
*cry intensifies*
Sad 😥
I know this isn’t related to your comment or the video, but he never has said anything about how skeletons know archery, making them most likely smarter than other mobs. Also baby zombies mean that babies existed in minecraft. (Or more likely child based on how it can walk) and zombies and zombie villagers know how to use weapons. I get zombies are an extinct race, but villagers have never been seen holding weapons, other than toolsmiths who hold them out when you hold emeralds. Also, who buried the buried treasure? And what do cave noises specifically signify?
You feel bad for them they attack you on sight
@@yb101z I think I can answer one of those questions. I think that cave sounds are the ghosts of the ancient society trying to tell you what happened to them
@@thomasmccormack78 creepyyyyy. But cool.
This further deepens my want for Witches to be reworked into neutral mobs that only attacks when provoked(ei attacked first) and can be traded with similar to villagers.
I agree. Witches are a complete pain to deal with. They seem to be almost as fast as me while also throwing potions in my direction. They’ve also appeared completely invisible so I’d be absolutely jump scared and have no idea what’s attacking me.
That’s a great idea! Suggest that to Mojang!
That or just put in a system to befriend them.
Someone make a mod for this please
or or or there are two witches in different clothing colors and one is a bad mob, the other is one that would trade with you and attack when provoke. the creators won’t go for it without a catch 😭
I actually never knew that using a furnace in an igloo would melt the ice and wash away for carpet to reveal the trapdoor. What a genius and subtle design decision
It's been specifically pointed out to not be a bug, which tells me that it's important: bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-100036
It's kind of weird too, because in real life when you light a fire inside an igloo it makes it stronger because the ice on the outside freezes turning the compacted snow to ice blocks.
@@RetroGamingNow I mean it would be an oversight at worst, but I do think that it's 100% intended to teach players about the trapdoor, in case you start in a tundra biome
Yeah, I learned this fact from the TH-camr Ibxtoycat
The first time I found an igloo, I certainly used the furnace, but never had the ice melt?? Also, I slept in the bed and woke up with my head clipped into the ceiling, killing me, so not really the greatest design that way either hahaha
Cleric: "Hey folks, I have founded the cure for zombification!"
Villager's: *holding pitchfork and torches* "We don't like your funny word, magic man."
Hey man thnk abt it the cleric was clearly being weird here tho her intentions were pure she still jailed an innocent villager and kept a dangerous zombie which could have destroyed the village of it had escaped so I don't thnk the villager wer totally in the wrong
I think it’s actually a green villager, as you can see, they wear a green shirt under their purple coat.
@@roscojelly9426 what language is this in
@@imk2007
translation, if needed:
Think about it, the cleric was clearly being weird here. Though her intentions were pure, she still jailed an innocent villager and kept a dangerous zombie, which could have destroyed the village if it escaped, so I don't think the villagers were totally in the wrong.
@@PixelRoserade thanks man
"she continued her work deep underground"
villager: *stares at wall*
LOL
Can u just respect his effort he tried his best to make it look like a story not his fault it's just a game he is just making theories and stuffs
This Video is real good,
but Mojang doesnt understand how cool it would be if Permanent Change could be done to a Minecraft-world.
The Option to do a single Big Quest or dont do it,
which if done and completed Stopps all Witch-Spawning forever or at least displaces them permanently,
would add so much to the Game.
I’m sad the Excuses will keep being made so to not make the right Decisions.
Whatever the ‚true’ Sad Story of Minecraft is, a World FULL of Undeads is very obviously Proof of a Sad and Stagnant World,
so i hope Mojang allows the Player to optionally change things for a lasting effect one day.
@@loturzelrestaurant that is honestly a cool idea. An optional quest system that has generation impact and such that keeps the game a sandbox but let's the players have optional goals.
@@vlaovich94 Yep
I'd like to think that lightning essentially makes a regular villager a genius, with deep understanding of potion brewing and the world around them, much like a few lightning strike cases irl where regular people suddenly become smarter.
@Mihir Kumar actually, there are irl cases where ppl survive lightning strikes and end up as geniuses, I think it’s called acquired savant syndrome
@Mihir Kumar actually There are recorded instances of someone surviving a lightning strike heck one story had a man getting struck by lightning and regaining his sight
@Mihir Kumar not always, it really depends on if the lightning has an exit way. Say your struck and it hits you in the shoulder, it travels through your blood veins because of the conductivity, and it’ll have to leave, it usually exits into the ground, so say you have a good footing, it’ll expel through your foot
@Mihir Kumar actually some people survive and develop abilities and smarts look it up
@@sophie-uc9vh like nikola tesla
She could be trading with the wandering trader for ingredients.
@Diero I remembered in his Illager video, the wandering trader wasn't like the other villagers (they show their hands)
But where would the trader get their things?
so THAT’s why people kill wandering traders... because they’re allies with the witches?!
Nah, probably because they don't have any cool stuff the first time and they also carry llamas
@@Sir_Adam I would assume the builders helped and gave them ingredients and that would also explain how they have limited stock.
The interesting thing is that the witch doesn't get attacked by zombies witch means she has learned to make peace with them or has made a potion that makes them not attack her.
@AJ the anime gamer maybe
@AJ the anime gamer what are you doing in my swamp!!
@@deckmanbestie9772 donke
YES
A witch got killed by a zombie when I was playing
I know the title says “Tragic”, but I was not expecting to feel bad for the witch…
Edit: Why did this comment get so many likes? (Thanks btw)
same
you made the unfeeling bastard feel, are you happy?
*waves hands at the sky angrily*
Same 😢
@@Mordread3234 I feel a bit bad because I hate it when people misunderstand someone and are angry about something that isn't true, but I don't really kill witches (I probably would or run away if I were to play survival with hostile mobs, but I usually don't and play peacefully)
@@thequeer_underthebed2535fr 😂 i’m terrified of witches and usually run or shoot them with arrows. it’s sad to know they have a tragic backstory
@@kix_501stwitches join raids to heal pillagers, attack players for no reason, and they trapped villagers inside their igloos and never freed them, why do you feel bad?
The way they implemented this lore is absolutely astounding and I love this story telling
This Video is real good,
but Mojang doesnt understand how cool it would be if Permanent Change could be done to a Minecraft-world.
The Option to do a single Big Quest or dont do it,
which if done and completed Stopps all Witch-Spawning forever or at least displaces them permanently,
would add so much to the Game.
I’m sad the Excuses will keep being made so to not make the right Decisions.
Whatever the ‚true’ Sad Story of Minecraft is, a World FULL of Undeads is very obviously Proof of a Sad and Stagnant World,
so i hope Mojang allows the Player to optionally change things for a lasting effect one day.
@@loturzelrestaurant Optionly, of course. Some players do want a world of happiness sometimes.
When you finally find a cure for zombification but everyone in your home outcasts you:
Why are you booing me? I'm right!
Literally every major civilization when a scientist give a compelling argument backed by actually scientific facts but it goes against their beliefs.
@Henry Yeaman but It was for a good cause
Maybe she was shy?
@Henry Yeaman ah yes , a fellow memer
@Henry Yeaman They used to be zombie villagers.
am i the only one that felt bad when he said that the emerald on her hat was to remind her of the past ? 😭😭
My heart 💔💔💔😭
@Corpsefoot Gaming same
crying rn
I thought I was the only one who thought of that
@@claplayz5414 nahh
14:15
I personality think there should be a WitchCraft update, where Witches have a more sozial life through creating a community of their own where they help eachother out. A Witch market of sorts where the Winchester occasionally Show up. As well as naturally occuring nether Portals that can only function at a certain time [maybe at full moons] which the witches will use to obtain the ingredients necessary for the potions.
Damn this would make a good Minecrafting story for kids and adults
Look who keeps up
avocado animations would have a field day
The witches probably buy their ingredients from the wandering traders.
But where do wandering traders get their products to sell?
But where would she get the emeralds? Maybe she mined them because sometimes we find witches in caves.
@@kei-dx3wh Actually, I think she trades the Trader with invisibility potions. Makes sense why he has so many potions. His product for her potions.
💯
Imagine-
still thinking how being outcast can change the voice from "hunh" to "hehehe"
Maybe the witch is laughing at the fact the villagers lost good protection? If that makes sense
@@Shahahahh ooh yes, the witch laughs at their gravest mistake of making her an outcast.
well being alone in a swamp for years with just a cat problaby does thing to someone
Witches live in a small hut, with a black cat which signifies unluckiness, in a muddy, ugly swamp. Who wouldn't be crazy if you lived there all your life?
Jaaadooooo
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yes
No way they mademy favorite book into a video!
@@leafenbark6695 💀💀💀
You copied someone else's comment.
@@matildalitsey143 Honestly the joke is so easy that I wouldn't be surprised if I did accidentally.
15:30 perhaps lightning shakes them out of their "villager" mentality and enlightens them, so to speak, into being the more free thinking witch who is less constrained by the social nature of the village group, and allows the villager to become more in tune with their true purpose.
Not me crying over a block game witch in the middle of my geometry class
My real question is why you were watching this in geometry class
@@f1nnzy yes that is better question
@@f1nnzy look buddy youtube algorithm knows me too well and apparently it doesnt want me to succeed in uni exam
Lmao me but in history
@@f1nnzy the real question is why not
The witches also help out the illigers in higher levels of raids by throwing healing/regeneration potions, but they never try to directly harm villagers. They do cheer if the raid wins though.
yeah, that confuses me alot too.
It’s probably cuz of their friends’ success. Don’t people cheer for their friends if they did something good for them.
yep, he said that in the vid
They harm villagers and golems but only in raid
They are both outlaws
I used an igloo as a home once, and the village next to me ended up being overrun and zombified. I learned of the secret shaft later, but didn't know how to cure them till even later. This makes me respect that structure more, it was my favorite world
Since suspicious stew gives potion effects, maybe the witch has found a way to better utilize the properties of overworld plants to replicate potions that use nether ingredients? Or at least to brew awkward potions, since they don't seem to have access to nether wart
Far Far Away?
Swamp?
Sounds like a movie I know
*🎶Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me🎶*
@@mihaitavraciu2248 I AINT THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED
@@itz.ur.ocean_ *She was looking kinda dumb with a finger in her thumb and a shape of an L on her forheaaad*
@@mihaitavraciu2248
WELL THE YEARS START COMING AND THEY DON'T STOP COMING
FED TO THE RULES AND I HIT THE GROUND RUNNING
@@disciplined_jack DIDN'T MAKE SENSE NOT TO LIVE FOR FUN YOUR BRAIN GETS SMART BUT YOUR HEAD GETS DUMB
I would say as far as categories go
"Natural"
"Undead"
And "intelligent" where Endermen and Witches lay
Boss too
🤔
@@user-pt9zb2ue7k no just for the "basic" mobs that he was talking about in the video, if were going over all of them there would be much more categories. even then the bosses would lay under
undead, the wither
natural, elder guardian and ender dragon
@@user-pt9zb2ue7k not really, the only other category would be “golems” with iron golem, snow golem, shulker, guardian, and elder guardian. The wither is undead, and the dragon is either basic or intelligent
@@WingsOfKarma o ya
“All Undead Mobs”
Phantom : *Loud Crying sounds*
@dadbot a7m9 me too so annoying
@dadbot a7m9 I like how we hate phantoms even tho we voted for it lol
Not a standard monster like the others
Keep in mind that wandering traders can be found in the Nether and might have traded with villagers and possibly witches so they can get those resources. Maybe wandering traders are the only villagers that don't discriminate against witches
there are wandering traders in the nether?
Are you sure there are wandering traders in the Nether? I have been playing for years and never seen one in the Nether since they were added.
@@jakeplayzrandomstuff4738 there aren't
@@Crappy9922 Yeah
@@jakeplayzrandomstuff4738 their arent but they can supply materials only available in the nether.
"Same nose"
The wtich's nose wart: *am i a joke to you?*
lol
I think she wants to forget her warts
Oh gosh people still say "Am I a joke to you?"
@@mtkhan786 DOCTOR OCTAGONAPUS, BLAAA-
Ikr!
I like this theory.
I actually had no idea that Witches don't hurt Villagers, or fight back against Golems.
One question I have is...why do witches attack players?
I think the simplest answer would be that players are unfamiliar, and they are afraid of them. Or maybe a witch's hut was raided by a player, and she doesn't trust them. Or maybe she sees their resemblance to zombies, and fears the potential power that a living zombie may hold.
idk, just food for thought.
Maybe the civilization that Steve is a part of use to hunt down witches like the 1700s
bruh the witches hurt the golems they thew potions of poison to them !!!
A few ideas: Maybe they fear the potential of the player. Villagers have one profession while the player has the ability to master all of them. Two, maybe she's jealous that the villagers let the player in (a stranger) rather than her. Or three, (tying in to the first idea), maybe a zombified player would be too dangerous. If we had potential to devastate the world before, imagine an undead version
It could also be that she had too much of her potions, or maybe an accident when making a potion, like a strong or harmful brew that made her blind, or nuts. Making her think the player(which is a rare race that she thinks is long dead) is a zombie
In one village and pillage snapshot witches were actually made neutral
“Many people don’t know what I’m about to tell you”
* a Reese’s ad plays *
It's pretty dark, but it's reflective of how simple folk can be. If a magic using person explains they can cure zombies, and demonstrates they have a person and a zombie caged, it's extremely easy to become frightened. Kudos on revealing the lab dungeon that provides that clue to fixing zombies. That place seems creepy itself.
what if the clerics hold religious power (they work in churches), and when they found out that some villagers were experimenting with brewing/magic, and felt threatened, so they levied their religious power against them, claiming the witches wished to harm the rest of the village, and thus the witches were exiled.
Witchcraft is witchcraft no matter how anyone looks at it tbh. In real life it's used for ritual sacrifice, contacting the dead, cutting, etc.maybe mojang is referencing what they think went on in the middle ages with actual witches. Clearly they support witchcraft I mean the player takes advantage of it so why not
Very interesting Theory
It’s probably safer to put them on a stick and then burning them 🥵
We live in a society
Probably has more to do with dead villager experimentaron (Trying to cure then ofc), and they missunderstood what she was doing and exiled her because of that.
Why am I genuinely upset over the exclusion of a fictional blocky witch character 😭😭
I'm the same
I feel the same way, but at the same time, she kind of deserved it.
@@jade-ft4jt Howwww, she was doing a heroic work
@@shalomakolatse537 She should’ve explained her experiment to the villagers beforehand instead of surprising them with it. That’s honestly one of the dumbest things a person could do, especially when it’s something like that. As someone as smart as her, she should’ve expected them to react like that.
Put yourself in the villagers’ shoes. Imagine being brought down to a basement to see your neighbor in a cage next to a zombie. That must be pretty terrifying to encounter.
@@jade-ft4jt then again, had she told them beforehand, they might've just rejected her idea and banished either way. She was playing with danger and might not have accomplished what she had that way.
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14:08 It could also be that since the witch has experience with spells and potions, she might know some other potion ingredients that the player does not know about since he/she is not specialized as the witch is. The player has to do things in a very ingredient based way and perhaps, thinking outside the box here, the witch has her own form of "achievements" in potion making where she discovers new ways of cutting corners or using other materials to make the same potions, like master chefs would learn new ways to cooking that novice cooks would not be accustomed to and not be able to do very well.
That’s why there are no swamp villages! OMG!
64 likes but no comments I’ll be the first
Ello
Erm there is. If u see a village mixed with a swamp biome u see swamp houses and swamp villager clothing but that’s really rare the only thing u can force to do is spawn a villager in a swamp biome
@@axomadzdraws5499 I’ve never seen this happen. I guess it time to go play Minecraft
There is a Swamp village, just Very Rare
I want to know more about blazes there is no theory’s about them and they have human heads
My theory on blazes is that they are actually golems created by the original builders of Nether Fortresses, to keep hostile mobs away from them. Some of the main reasons I believe this
1. They have a metallic look, and all their sound effects sound like a robot or golem
2. *Something* must have been used to defend the fortresses, otherwise they would be exposed to everything outside of them, like piglins and wither skeletons.
3. Blazes drops, blaze rods, could be the energy source used to power the blazes. Its already shown that rods/powder are a magical and energized substance due to being able to make potions. This one is a bit of a stretch, and it would mean that blaze rods or blaze powder had to have some other way of being made
Eventually, whoever was in the Nether Fortress left, leaving the blazes behind. The blazes, due to being abandoned, ended up not knowing what mobs to attack and not attack, and ended up only attacking mobs it isnt familiar with. Of course, the only mob in the nether they would not be familiar with anymore is players, so thats why they attack players.
Of course I don't really have much concrete evidence for this, but it is a fun theory
i think the blazes are probably people converted to golem like guards, and since they’re in so much pain they probably attack people regardless.
I thought blazes were a living representation of fire.
Their rods are made of molten rock and magma.
@@dominusgrumio not just that but they have somethings in common with guardians and shulkers, they are all golems that protect one structure
@@dominusgrumio good theory, that would also explain why they have human heads as the ancient builders may have designed them in their own image.
One of my theories:
The witches were in the village and noticed one of the villagers was infected or sick. Then, the infected villagers had spread whatever infection they had. The witches knew that the village would be completely wiped out if they didn’t do something about it. The witches wanted to be known as hero’s to the village, and also didn’t want anyone else to take credit for their work. So they decided that they were going to keep their mission a secret. They made igloos with little underground rooms so no one would find their work and again, take credit for it. Then each night they would take the infected villagers, and put leave them in the room. They kept all of them in the underground area so they couldn’t infect anymore villagers, in the time it took to experiment with different things to know how to cure them. Within two days of experimenting with potions and food, they finally found out how to cure them. They tested it out and it worked. Then they would secretly bring the cured villagers back to the village. Every villager was finally cured, and there was no threat of the village being wiped out. One day they noticed one of the villagers had suddenly been infected. They knew what they had to do, so that night, they snuck off with the infected villager. This time, they made a bit of a hassle trying to get the villager out of the village, and that caused a villager to wake up. They were shocked to see the witch taking the infected villager away from the village. They decided to follow the witch and was shocked at what they saw. They had witnessed them heal a villager. They went back to the village and reported it to the rest of the town. The next morning the witch was kicked out the village for taking villagers, and using some kind of magic to make the villagers healthy again. After the witches cured the villagers they told them to no matter what, to not tell the villagers about any of this. So the villagers who had been cured knew that this wasn’t true and that it was a misunderstanding. But they couldn’t say anything because they promised not to. So the villagers sent the wandering traveler with the witch to bring them to s hut where they would live alone and would only have the memories and thoughts on how they just wanted to help the village and be a hero to the village. This took a long time to type :/ it’s pretty similar to the theory he has :)
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6:37 whilst you do need to brew a weakness potion first, you can get more use out of your fermented spider eyes by putting 3 potions of weakness in a cauldron and making a stack of tipped arrows of weakness, this allows you can apply the weakness effect 64 times instead of just 3. The golden apples are still a problem though.
You cannot put potions in a cauldron in Java (;
@@fokke4566 then get some dragons breath and make tipped arrows the inefficient way.
is this a bedrock thing that Im too java to understand?
Hahaha java cant bully us anymore
@@keketski5430 haha mods go brrr
3:50 witches would attack iron golems if they are attacked first, but the witch’s behavior requires it to heal first, and then attack. Usually the golem kills it first
Yeah ain't that an important one.
This is a minecraft mechanism, every not paceful mob will attach everything if they attach [skeleton combats]
@@usernameaeaeaea That's right, and I mean, yeah, it just makes sense, creatures don't usually prefer letting themselves die, it just means witches aren't pacifistic towards Iron Golems, they're merely neutral.
@@petruciosxd1374 * semi-neutral
However, in bedrock edition witches attack golems on sight.
This sounds like just a joke, but they could have been chucked out for heresy. If the clerics inhabit churches, and we assume they serve as the de facto priests of the village, if the witches attempted to copy them/imitate them/improve on them, then the Clerics could just chuck them out for the sake of maintaining their primacy over the village. It’s fair to assume the clerics are quite powerful as well, due to the fact they have impressive stone structures which they inhabit, so this would make sense as well.
did I hear heresy?
@@lordtarkus3444 wait a minute...WAIT A MINUTE...COMMISSAR OVER HERE
@@onecertainesquire486 COMMISSAR LOAD THE TT33
Basically the Middle Ages.
Exactly this. Rather than a complicated theory about igloos and misunderstandings leading to witches...I think Minecraft witches are just like witches in IRL history, people outcast because they do something others don't understand or feel threatened by. Also I always thought the way Clerics by rotting flesh was evidence they were pretty much all trying to work on a cure.
The book was so good they even made a video!
This video is my "favorite book"
wlw culture is building a house next to the witches hut and living in the swamp as girlfriends
Thats cute
new contender for cottagecore.
@@mophead_xu goblincore
@@snug_as_a_bug holy shit how did i miss this. it's a swamp.
SHREKCORE.
@@mophead_xu yeah but why are we in the witches swamp?
In Bedrock Edition, witches are immediately hostile towards iron golems, just a fun fact.
Edit: LMAO y’all are getting so salty over an Edition-exclusive difference, chill it’s such a small thing, just imagine different Editions as different universes of Minecraft.
Dangit stupid edition differences mucking up the lore
Yeah bedrock edition kinda fucks up lore
@@TheTrueD6 withers are better in bedrock it can summon wither skeletons and do a ramming more that destroys the terrain fast it can make ravines in seconds so bedrock adds lore
@@chasethemaster3440 how exactly does that add lore?
@@TheTrueD6 it adds lore because it proves withers can create wither skeletons
This channel is GOLD. I’ve literally been binge watching you videos today and I’m glad I’ve discovered your channel.
This is EXACTLY why whenever I see a witch a build a crude dirt hut around myself *CLUTCHING* milk in my inventory
Yh… I got a lot of cows
Why not just get honey? It stacks after all
i'm too deep into villager lore and now i can't stop watching these 😭
so, you like watching villagers get killed by those "gray illagers"? 🤔
Re: modern nether access: it's possible the wandering traders have that, given they trade some nether resources, and also they'd likely be willing to trade with any villager, outcast or not
Also some clerics can trade glowstone, supporting this theory
And that they can turn invisible with potions
Look at the subtitles ;w;
yea I think they were just banned from settling down in a village there not allowed to stay for long
You’re such a good storyteller I feel so invested in the life story of this witch
I definitely think this is a wonderful theory, and none of my thoughts are with the intention to disprove that, but I do have some input:
Why does the witch attack the player on sight? She is innately hostile to the player, which is even stranger given that:
Why are zombies passive towards the witch / why does the witch not cure zombie villagers she encounters? If her goal is to cure zombification, then she doesn't seem to be actively pursuing it. Additionally, if she really is the same basic "species" as villagers, shouldn't zombies attack her?
How does the Lightning Strike mechanic work? When villagers are struck by lightning, they seem to become the incredibly intelligent witches. This could actually be a species change or mutation, similar to what we see involving pigs -> piglins and red -> brown mooshrooms. That would explain why golems immediately turn on converted villagers, and zombies do not attack them. Lightning strikes seem to fundamentally change the alignment or status of witches.
Mojang obviously has the intent for some deeper lore for the game (at least within the last few years), which is especially obvious with the upcoming Wild Update and its Deep Dark cities. I think that your theory must be close to the truth, but- given that a lot of witch-lore related features and mechanics have been added with apparent intent to tell a story, there must be more than what we've already figured out.
Edit: I'm also going to add on that obviously some of these features could be exclusively for the purposes of gameplay, but (in my own personal opinion) it doesn't feel that way. They were added to nighttime spawns along the undead, given a method by which lightning created them, and also given exclusive interactions regarding Illagers, all within the timeframe that minecraft lore was DEFINITELY being defined.
Hope you see this. Love your videos. Have a good week!
bruh that's sad, she only wanted to help, and yet just by assumption she was banished. It's even sadder that she helps in raids since while she likes to see the villagers suffer she still deep down feels bad about it since she was one once.
Sounds like Sarah Fier
100th like
Won’t stop me from blasting it with a firework rocket
They want to be accepted
He said it was a theory.
Wow. This actually makes me feel bad about all the witches I've killed.
Not me. Those witches have:
- aided and abetted terrorist attacks against villages.
* not to mention they raided an airport I built. AN AIRPORT.
- poisoned my dogs
- tried to murder me
* either by doing it themselves, or by leaving me vulnerable to their vex-casting boyfriends.
@@red_five3325 Unbearable pain.
Every time I see a witch hut I kill the witch, free the cat and destroy the hut, making it look like the hut never existed. I hate witchcraft
@@masterspark9880 my man really out here like a 1500s settler with that last line
Really hope there's a future update that lets you form covens
This is definitely my favorite deep dive. It just hits different. The story is compelling and I can see multiple MAP/PMV opritunities.
"the cleric continued her work"
*proceeds to stand on furniture*
_In my conviction. The witch is not as innocent as she may seem. She has indeed grown frustrated and despondent from the villagers converting into zombies and seeing how it is a threat. She left the village in order to find a zombie villager and to put him in a solitary confinement to experiment upon him - spending day and night trying to develop a cure, drove her into insanity. Her voice seems odd and terrifying, the voices of the pillagers and other anti-villager mob's voice sounds normal though aggressive._
Sounds like a legal document. Are you a lawyer?
@@internetperson9813
_Lol. No, but I like to write novels._
Equally possible, maybe she took a live villages from the village and infected it for her experiments.
This sounds like a Minecraft fanfiction
@@_sto2972 one that i would totally read
Mojang devs have actually said witches brew their potions in the cauldron.
@Dalvin for a long time that's what folks used to brew
@Dalvin yeahh
@FlareonRaptor wut? seriously? i have java and bedrock, but i never figured that out
@FlareonRaptor I hope they bring the cauldron use over to Java, its so much more useful and imo makes more sense regarding arrows.
@@emeraldblack842 and Vanilla of course
For a massive time I didn't realise the zombie villagers need to have the weakness effect to be cured, the wording of the official books always made it seem like a step only used so the zombie villager doesn't harm anyone and not actually required
I've watched a couple of videos by now and one thing I've noticed is you have a great sense for music. The tracks you pick always accompany the theme of your videos so well and really add to the ambience. My question is, where do you find music like this? Do you have some go to artists or do you just look for suitable music in an online library?
Kevin Macleod has composed over 2000 songs under the 3.0 creative commons license so Retro uses those lol
My friend: lmao Minecraft has no lore
This guy: actually......
so the witch exists literally because of cancel culture
it's not like the witch did anything outrageous smh
Dammit Twitter
Brain rot
OG cancel culture
The reason why theres a witch is cuz of twitter smh
hey this could be a pretty cool book ..
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Villagers turn into witches when they are struck by lightning. ( u can do this with the channeling trident)
Yep, I think that the Villagers think you're a witch If your struck by lightning
He knows
Did you just mention my favourite weapon?
@@Hyacinth-Blue Ah yes, a trident enthusiast. What kind of enchantments do you like to use on your trident?
@@mf6610 generally I just use Riptide and Channeling but I've only ever enchanted stuff on Creative since I only recently started playing in Survival.
I’m new to Minecraft so when I first saw the witch I was so happy they made a woman villager! I approached her and she killed me in 4 shots. 😅
Ohnooo😭😭😭😭😂
i mean tbh none of the mobs have genders, villagers breed so some are female even if they don't look it
@@vanillamochii9706 Yea I know but by looks they all look like men lol. And even the witch looks like a man with a witch hat on. But I was still surprised to see the witch the first time. Does the witch spawn only near villages or can they spawn anywhere?
Bruh,that's going to hurt
@@ohsokitty can spawn anywhere
In the night, or in dark spaces, but it's rare
In swamp biomes is more often
5:23 Mojang has confirmed Villagers are a race of pacifists, keeping Iron Golems around simply for defense. Perhaps brewing harmful potions is seen as too violent or their tastes, then again they have no problem with the Player using weapons to defend them.
I think it's more that villagers have a problem with one of their own using weapons or potions but don't mind if someone else does to protect them
@DropkicktheDecepticon ah yes also stealing their crops and selling it back to them is amazing for your business if you were a villager
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Something that I liked about this video was that it made me think of a theory: in your previous video of the Illagers, regarding how they raid the towns, well the point is that if they succeed they will be left with an empty village, and in that case the Illagers with their knowledge and what they learned from the witches can repopulate the villages, how? Easily with the wandering zombie villagers out there, capturing them and using the antidote to cure their infection (I'm talking about the process of curing a zombie villager) to repopulate new villages with them and continue their rounds, that makes me think of the sinister rooms of the mansions, like the prison cells and the "fighting cage" or "arena", I see it more as a point where they have the zombie villagers and unclog them in the cells while in the "cage" they study the behavior and the process in which the villagers heal perhaps
That would explain why they are involved with it, for that healing process that even the summoners cannot perform due to lack of knowledge in chemistry they decide to ask the witches for help
Really a very good video, I love this "Minecraft Deep Dive" series so much, I hope you can continue
Post this in his discord so he reads it. This a good theory
That's a great theory
That's actually a pretty good idea, well done. I'll think about it some more.
@@amitasrivastava493 he read it lol
So, you're saying that Illagers using village as an XP farm? If it is true, that's one uneffective XP farm right there.
Cauldrons was meant for potion brewing instead of the potion stand
As in minecraft bedrock a player can still mix and add potions to cauldrons
The witch hunts kept inundated as Crafting table and cauldron are an iconic icon of it :D
wait, you can mix potions using cauldrons?
@@bakedpotato_1396 you cant mix them, but potions can be stored in cauldrons. Never tried making tipped arrows tho
Having seen some of the other videos on magic, I find it delightful how these theory stories link together, whatever issues or leaps of faith that they may require. 😊
I'm sure lightning turns villagers into witches because it "enlightens" them.
"They just want to get accepted"
**not me crying in the middle of online class**
Your teachers: what wrong with this person
Your teacher be like:NO CRYING IN CLASS!
Everyone just wants to be accepted right? Not all people accept them
It’s strange that witches don’t hold grudges against villages, seeing that they join raids.
Exactly
apparently they don't actually attack Villagers, only the player. you can usually see them healing Pillagers
@@acefalcongaming9711so she’s like, against the villagers but also doesn’t hurt them? That’s kinda weird but ok…
@@fathimathnabeela6247Well if she hurt them that would prove the villagers right saying she is a danger.
Ah yes, audio book!
Very interesting take Retro, a couple things i'd like to point out:
While i think the igloo's nature is tied to the villagers as you point out, i believe this to be tied specifically to clerics, rather than witches.
I think the mere secretism of the igloo's underground lab simply implies the mere act of "villager healing" from zombification to be taboo for the villagers, and something which must be hidden, whether because of their belief system, or fear from it going array, as dealing with the fine line between life and death seems to be a key topic on the illagers ostracism too.
As such i'd say it's more feasible that witches are clerics/villagers who have been exiled due to their open taboo experimentation as you point out, however, igloo's very likely server as ongoing experimentation huts from current clerics/villagers who have yet to be found out by their communities.
Villager when we trade them: hmmhmm
Wandering trader when we trade them: huh huh!
Witch when he throw a poison to us: *hEhEhE*
lol, vindicators when they mutter: eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
lol
Witch is a she
@@PauloHenrique-ok3yb she is a wizard now
@@businessmanbrute2211 Wizards should be in minecraft as well, evokers don't count imo
Maybe the witch was also exiled because of her ability to craft potions without a brewing stand? That would explain the lack of brewing stands in the swamp hut.
Yeah! Nice just realized haha
And also have a potion in the couldron (i believe only in bedrock), which has poison. Huh...
Whoa.... this needs to be canon. If we can someday do magic and/or factions, it'd be cool if we could befriend witches.
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just imagine the lighting that turns villagers into witches is a curse she set on them for revenge so that they feel her pain and loneliness lmaoooo
Lol probably
Its sad
We are talking about a Witch, not a fucking warlock
If that's the case then what tf did my animals deep underground do, I have 2 different recent occasions that animals have been struck.
@@joshuastoaac9572 what if there was a Warlock mob!? Dun dun dunnn! Perhaps He/She/It could smite nearby players and villagers with a lightning bolt and can summon zombies and can blind Players, And if the player slays a Warlock they'll get 1 of 3 items, A Staff of Lightning which when you right click on a mob then lightning will be cast on them, A Staff of Nercomancy when you right click then it will summon a friendly zombie that attacks hostile mobs but if right click again when you have a zombie already then the zombie will die instantly, A Staff of blinding which makes the player invisible to all mobs and players. Im just spit balling here
The wandering trader sells nether stuff, so it's possible he sells things to the witch.
and witch give wandering trader a invisibility potion
@@fikrifahrizal482 it makes sense
This is the side of Minecraft that needs to be more explored and experienced well done 👍
Thanks so much for this story, this made me learn a lot!
“I’ve talked to many people who don’t know what I’m about to say”
“You smell like you could be a sexy pirate”
Good guess
69....noice
Man...i feel bad for witch
But she annoying tho
Witches and skeletons man
She's just hurt
Yeah you're right *loads crossbow* but we can fix that
Even in creative. They just regenerate health even though I'm attacking them with a netherite sword I just randomly spawned, it still take a bit.
Fr
Brilliant video mate keep up good work
Such a good vid and an amazing edit too!
Witch: "Hey, everyone! I found a cure for zombies!"
*Shows secret lab*
Villagers: "You're making the zombies!"
Witch: "WTF?? I literally just said-"
Villagers: "EVIL ONE!"
Witch: *to villager volunteer in cage* "Hey, explain to them what we're doing!"
Villager: *shrugs*
That's the problem I have with that theory, why didn't the villager in the cage just corroborate her story?
He was annoyed at the witch for making him part of her experiment
Maybe Zombification has a memory adjusting property?
Honestly it’s not to different from modern day-
I mean, he had just been a zombie, maybe memory alteration? or disorientation? etc. etc.
@@billywhizz09 or maybe this:
Villager: *(sleeping peacefully in house)*
Cleric: "Wakey wakey, GET IN THE BOAT!"
There is one thing you didn't address in all this: Why does the witch attack the player?
The witch must see the player as a MASSIVE threat. But why?
Maybe because we look like zombie
maybe because we are almost all teaming with villagers? i’m not sure
Maybe because you kill all the wandering traders and they buy there ingredients from them
You raid villagers stealing their crops and goodies even crafting tables, the witch still care for them and that’s why witches attack you.
Because she knows the prophecy. You are the one who will kill the dragon! If she can kill you, dragon will be very greatful and will give everything of she wants to the her.
I'm so sorry but this video made me love you 100%. WOW. Incredible analyzation and story telling.
8:40 baby wants a hug from papa
Papa:🏃🏃🏃
My dad be like
Mojang wanting to turn this into a series
Write that down
Write that down
As they should
Normal minecraft lore: great extinction event
'Story" mode minecraft: angy admin
And all of these events
And even more
Happens when
"The world is generating"
ooooohhhh
The witch is one of my favorite mobs.
Thank you for these videos they are so good!
My theory is that villagers believe that if someone is struck by lightning, he's cursed by god and should be banished or great harm will befall them otherwise.
Banished by god Do villagers get cursed tho? Or only players?
what god though?
@@tremendousyeet3467 N O T C H
@@doges_6864 no bro. he created the world so that makes him the Titan of minecraft. much more powerful. much more bitches.
Really a few years ago my friend got struck by lightning
It's how everyone treats someone different, im sure they spread misinformation and slander against her too when all she wanted was to take care of her people
It reminds me of a book i read
I think that before she ran away from the village she cursed it in revenge so that if any villager were to be struck by lightning they wouldn't die, instead they would suffer the same fate that she did
This would explain why now there our allot more witches and why villagers turn into witches when they are struck by lightning