Tales of the Golem | Minecraft Deep Dive
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- The golems, while well-known, are not so simple. Join me on a trip to discover some of their surprising connections in the Minecraft universe.
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nice
what software do you use
loved the muisic
The golem that betrays it's creator is the wither.
But the ravenger and guardian has a spawn egg unlike the other golems. Nice vid tho
Freeing the iron golem in a pillager outpost and fighting alongside it is so catharic. Like hell yeah, unleash hell on them you funky little robot man.
“funky little robot man” almost started coughing from laughter
never would’ve thought of a golem as a *funky little robot man*
Little? *Little?*
Then you accidentally hit it and it becomes a free for all
nah, free iron
I once raided an Outpost by springing the iron golem and helping him kill all the pillagers. I left him there after to patrol the place.
This is what I think about the Snow Golem:
The Snow Golem is the Player's creation, not created to defend, but to be a friend.
It is around the same height as a player! The Carved Pumpkin it wears over its head symbolizes that it is happy on the inside, simply to exist.
It throws Snowballs to try and defend you, because it wants to protect you, even if Snowballs aren't that effective.
OH MY GOSH THAT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE!
That's oddly wholesome
Wow, that's really cute and makes a lot of sense! I will always keep a snow golem in my base and defend him like it would defend me!
@@scribadei73 its weird because u can get rid of the pumpkin with a sheers. also isnt there a obsidion golem in dungeons?
thats,, so cute,, oh my gosh,,
What about blazes?
- Their sounds are metallic in nature, down to the breathing, that sounds as though it's happening via a mechanical pump, rather than lungs.
- Their existence clearly relies on supernatural principles, what with the core obscured by smoke and rotating rods around it, as well as the charged fireball attack that requires gathering heat and has a cooldown.
- The material they're built from is inorganic, and totally uniform, with no organs or anything else suggesting that they have biological functions
- They only occur in Nether Fortresses, where they spawn from spawners
blazes are machens because they make makanikle sounds and
blazes are machens because they make makanikile sounds and
blazes are machens because they make makanikle sounds and
Honestly a good idea. I hope the blaze makes it into one of these episodes. That would be awesome!
blazes are machens because they make makanikle sounds and
I’d like to imagine that the villagers hiding their hands is some superstition among them that they would be cursed or something if they didn’t. They believed it so much so it became a religion and they would pass it down to their children so they would continue the legacy of arm folding.
If we want to go into greater detail what if the illagers were the non-believers people who were logical and didn’t base their knowledge off of superstition and were of course outcasted. Maybe the reason their skin turns to an ashy grey is them slowly distancing themselves from their religion? Nah, that wouldn’t make sense. Just a superstition.
I actually really like this… But what if instead of superstition, the hand folding is a thing they do in respect to their god… the god could be the Steve.
The wool within the woodland mansion could be an attempt at recreation of the “Steve”
(The Steve being us)
I always thought of the villager's pose as a sort of peacefull stance. While they have golems to protect them they never pick up arms themselves
@@burcus2545This is correct. In the official prequal book to minecraft dungeons, it states that villagers are peaceful people who hide their arms to show this.
“Is there a golem that has betrayed it's creator?” I have a counter question. Is the warden a golem that has?
A very good question...
spooky
@Fawkes McDermott if you watch the deep dive to enderman he explains a theory that i really agree with
@@RetroGamingNow There already is a golem that betrayed their creators. The Guardians. Seeing all the shipwrecks and the fact the Guardians act hostile towards the player seem to strengthen this.
Good question.
Isn’t the wither a golem?
It’s creation is a point to support this although the wither skeleton skulls must also somehow influence its creation. Perhaps just as soul sand creates the power for the wither and the faces release it, maybe the iron/prismarine/snow/whatever the ravages use either power the different golems or are imbued with power by the faces.
Just a thought.
Also the Warden will be really interesting to fit into this theory whenever it is fully implemented.
maybe the wither “golem” is corrupted by the souls from the soul sand
I definitely thought about this and didn't mention it - there are some really strong similarities, aren't there?
There's a theory that withers used to naturally exist in the nether before they went extinct due to similarities with nether fossils. If that is true then the wither can not be classified as a golem.
Yey that’s what I was going to comment about but then I saw ur’s
@@UltraAryan10 The size of the fossils seems to suggest otherwise. Although it is possible that when we spawn a wither, it is actually a baby rather than an adult.
Seriously this guy is one of the most underrated youtubers ever. This series is so cool it really makes you think
Boris is the most underrated
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He has 200k subs. He isn’t one of the most underrated if at all
Yes but none of it is real
@@pajkelley4789 not supposed to be “real” necessarily, just a cool theory :)
My headcanon as to why illagers were shunned: They were aggressive, simple as that. The villagers have thrived as a merchant society that would sooner offer trades that attempt to fight anyone that might cross their path. The only time they're ever "mean" is when they mark up their prices in retaliation for abuse or when their iron golems catch you hitting them. Having aggressors in their ranks that would rather ransack other settlements instead of opening trade routes or simply visiting is a no go in their society.
However I also see illagers as a sign things are changing. The illagers are very much looking foward to conquering territory, which probably means society in the Overworld is far enough removed from whatever apocalypse erased the civilization that created the ruins and monuments, and thus there's groups that, with enough time and influence, could set up an empire once more.
Illagers also seem much more inclined to experimentation and exploration, as seen with their golem experiments and the fake end portal rooms in their mansions.
In a way, I have a theory that villagers and illagers are like a new race of humans, similar to builders but, new. Like the Earth tried to make intelligent life again.
What interests me are the Golems’ _personality._ There is often a noticeable difference between the different species, be it the Iron Golem’s fervent protectiveness, the Ravager’s hatred, or the Snow Golem’s simplicity. What if that’s just because of how they’re _made,_ and the environment into _which_ they’re made?
For instance, Villagers - the Iron Golem-makers - are simple-minded (which an Iron Golem arguably is, having limited thoughts aside from the protection of Villagers), kind and tight-knit in general. This can also be seen in the Iron Golems as they have an almost one-track mind, are very caring (so long as you don’t attack them or the Villagers) and can be seen giving flowers to baby Villagers, which seems to be a thing only people tight-knit groups would do.
As for Ravagers, it’s simpler; their anger and hatred against Villager-kind is a _reflection_ of the Pillager-subspecies’ similar rage and hatred. Looking at their faces, Ravagers always seem contorted by rage, and literally _race_ to attack; a sign of a poisonous and bloodthirsty fervour, generally.
For Snow Golems, it’s a bit more difficult - but still explainable. Their one-track mind and somewhat gormless-seeming nature can simply be attributed to their primitive design, but their neutrality to everything (save for hostile mobs) and _newness_ to the world could represent the Player, who’s often the one to make them; no matter the Player’s intention, their outward impression is always neutral and unchanging, so it would make sense that their “child” of sorts (the Snow Golem) would emulate that. As for Iron Golems built by the Player still acting like Villager-built Golems, that could be as simple as a long-standing race-memory; if a species has had the same personality for _so long,_ it would make logical sense that they could be “born” that way.
Guardians are interesting. If we use the logic that they are artificial beings created by the Builders millennia ago, it wouldn’t be unfair to say that they might not have been designed to work that long. They might have gone _insane._ However, nature will often trump madness, and so their instinct to protect their Temples would remain, albeit twisted so intensely that they simply attack _anything_ that goes near, even Squids and Axolotls; this could also explain why Axolotls attack Guardians; perhaps it’s an ancient, species-spanning attempt at pre-emptive self-defence?
Nice theory, it's pretty cool how theres a golem for each race
@@void9378 now that you mention it, yeah! That is a nice point :D
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This is awesome!
In his quasilore video minecraft abnormals proposed that water in Minecraft represents preservation and loyalty as it slows down mining, nullifies all explosions, and the trident literally has an enchantment called loyalty. I feel like the builders weren’t one culture and like the villagers would differ depending on biome hence the vastly different architecture. I feel like the guardians would represent the builder culture tied to the water in that they’re fiercely loyal to them and since the builders wanted them to protect the monuments that’s what they’ll do to the extreme preventing anyone but the builders from entering. In a way the guardians are attempting to preserve the monuments.
Theory
The reason we can spawn an iron golem in game and not the ravager is because the villagers where kind enough to share the recipe and the illagers weren’t
Makes sense. Maybe there's just some science that Steve doesn't know (yet) like how some items used to be uncraftable and now are
I think ravages arnt golems
@@arshu_parshu1999 🤔
Same can be said about the guardians and elder guardians. The ancient builders simply didn't want to share their recipes with the piglins so they could have further told us or the villagers
@@arshu_parshu1999i think it's a geneticly modified villager just like on the book named all tomorrows
“Is there a golem that has betrayed it's creator?”
If the wither counts as a golem, it betrays you the moment you create it?
Wait, no, maybe the wither is a golem for skeletons withers?
I've never tested if the withers attack wither skeletons...
The only mobs the Wither doesn't attack are the undead (zombies, zombie piglins, skeleton and variants, drowned), hmmmm...
It doesn’t attack undead mobs so probably not
i think its the warden
If a undead mob was intelligent enough, it could summon and maintain the either without worry.
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“Welcome to deep dive, a series were the intros progressively get more creepily true” 🥶
I freaking love Minecraft lore
When ever I’d see an outpost I always thought those pumpkin on hay were training dummies
But this makes so much more sense
Perhaps those could have been an attempt at creating a golem at first, but the Illagers continued constructing them for target practice....
@@nickjayyoung7662 a
ideas about how there might be a golem that betrayed its master: shulker? Enderdragon?
Same I thought they were just for to train and kill them
That’s what I thought to
I think that when the Ancient Builders first came across the Villagers struggling to stay alive (before Illagers), they felt sorry for them, knowing that they were intelligent despite their helplessness. So they built their homes, along with creating a specific recipe for a Golem to protect the Villagers.
So are you saying that the builders made tons of them and the villagers can just summon them at will?
@@gaminbros316 Not exactly. The Ancient Builders worked hard to creat the perfect guardian of the Villages, built a golem in front of the Villagers, and then taught those villagers how to build it. Really, I’m just assuming what happened here.
And maybe because they liked or wanted to preserf the villagers so they made the gale sanctum from minecraft dungeons it's full of villager statues and the Boss in it has a villager nose and the squall golems and they also gave the tempest golem the power of the storms of houling peaks so the storms don't destroy the World but when the shard of the orb came he was corrupted all villagers were killed and the tempest golem wanted to destroy the overworld with the storm and wind power that he was granted by the builders.
Maybe the ancient builders have the villagers a simpler recipe and there are golems far more advanced that the player has never heard of before
I'm pretty sure the villagers build their own houses, there just isn't a good way to have them dynamically add onto or build houses in the game without affecting performance and really the entire game
RetroGamingNow: Everything doesn’t spawn naturally
Notch: No but actually yes
1:48 I got heart attacked when i see the picture😄
I’ve been looking forward to this.
General Evan…
My powers have doubled since we last met
Good, twice the pride, double the fall.
@@PunishedKrab wouldn’t it be count even? It’s was dooku who said that
Understatement.
The Warden is probably going to be a Golem. Like how the Guardians can only sense through sight, the Warden can only sense through hearing. Just a thought.
Pretty sure all mobs see only through sight except the warden
Maybe the Warden is a cursed Golem.Banished from the village for doing what it is not supposed to do.
@@brendentodd9360 no i dont really think the wardens a golem or at least i think because all it does is just roam around the caves hunting for its next prey if it is a golem though then what kind of a treasure is it guarding?
@@Userfulpo bats are blind ya know
Ah yes because it totally doesn't look like the skulk sensor, something that naturally grows
Fun fact: In some versions there was a super unlikely chance that a snow golem spawns naturally with the world generation if a pumpkin patch is generated on the edge of an ice spikes biome, and a pumpkin generates next to two full snow blocks, it will spawn a snow golem naturally (snow golems can also be built sideways). However this only worked in versions where pumpkins generated with faces on them. Someone actually discovered this on the seed of 2b2t.
I always assumed the Ravagers were some form of mutant cow, like a bull due to it's horns.
"It was an extremely powerful friend"
me who almost got killed by a baby zombie but got saved by an iron golem: *I felt that*
me who always sacrifice them to kill mob: *i felt that*
I'm still onboard with the theory that Ravagers were once Villagers (or heck, maybe Illager "volunteers") that the Illagers experimented on to turn them into beasts. They have the same face and (most importantly) they have the same eye color. They don't have golem eyes, they have emerald green eyes like that of the Villagers and Evokers. Their sound effects also sound like modified Villager and Pillager grunts. Additionally, they're covered in chains, implying they have been enslaved or being controlled (they also don't drop anything other than the saddles they wear on their backs... just like Villagers and Pillagers, and unlike the Golems which drop the thing they are made of).
Also, during development the Ravagers were going to be afraid of rabbits as a joke... but they removed that easter egg because it interfered with the lore of the Ravager. Villagers and Pillagers wouldn't be afraid of a harmless rabbit, because they know what they are already.
You're definitely right about the parallels to the Iron Golem though. The Ravagers are basically foils for them, the yin to their yang. And the Illagers do seem obsessed with creating their own artificial life, so it checks out.
I would love a Video on Villagers, I feel they are so odd in the grand scheme of things. Like why was their an existence of Man and Villager? I don’t really feel game theorists got it with that one, I feel they’re their own unique people, but from what or where
JEWISH PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@pipebombmailer long noses and greedy and make golems
@user-zc4sx9ig6p now I can't get it out of my head that villagers are an anti-semetic stereotype. Thanks
The wither is like a golem that betrays its creator.
really when i make an iron golem and i hit him tbh
@@westside4372 the golems you, the player, made will never attack you even if you hit them. The villager's golems will, however, attack you if you hit them.
What about shulkers , formely known as "ender golems" ?
@@pacomesalmon8086 But we don't know who made them and don't know if it betrayed its creator.
@@Ashes024 maybe the builders
My thoughts are that the ravager isn’t a ‘golem’ as such but a beast created by the evokers, some kind of twisted transfigured villager, it makes sense since they have the villagers monobrow, and also make villager/illager like noises, it also could be another motive as to why they attack villages, to kidnap villagers and turn them into their beasts of war
this makes sense since the ravanger was once called the Illagers beast,
I will bow belive in this until someone brings up a better point
yeah the ravager might not be a golem as one key difference between it and the iron golem is that the ravager has a mouth and can make sounds, the mouth might indicate it eats food unlike a golem. the iron golem has no mouth and also doesn't have a voice, the only sounds it makes are its foot stomps
@@bigboi3316 But RetroGamingShow talked about this theory already?!
I honestly think of the Ravager as a sort of flesh golem, like they killed or captured a villager and used magic to form a new being out of their body
The wither is a golem, obviously. It does betray it's master as far as I can tell.
I think shulkers could potentially be another golem - they share the same unibrow as the others, and the only way that they can respawn is when one shulker shoots another (currently java 1.17 exclusive) In Bedrock, you can also dye the shulker mob, further adding to the theory of customizability.
“They finally managed to make a golem of their own.” My dumb sleep deprived self thought it was the vex 💀
Go to sleep
I love you good night
@@thequeer_underthebed2535 bruh?
get some sleep!!!!!!!!
@@thequeer_underthebed2535 ._.
I was like: RAVEGER
Since you're talking about villagers and pillagers, you should talk about the wandering trader's story. It's like if he's neutral with both sides since pillagers attack him and villager's iron golems don't protect him.
I have a theory that the wandering trader is actually a nitwit. Y'know the ones that don't trade with you. I think that villagers kicked a nitwit out for not being like the others and actually trading. So that nitwit with no other choice, decided to _wander_ the world. (maybe even the nether considering wandering traders can sell Glowstone) While wandering, the nitwit found various biomes and various items in those biomes. Eventually they ran out of space to store those items so they either traded them or found llamas to store more items on, Idk which first.
Another little bit of evidence to support all this is that if you look at a wandering traders robes, underneath all those robes is a bit of green. The same green as a nitwits robes, which implies that the nitwit tried to mask themself as much as possible to hide the fact that they're a nitwit.
@@zakshei6967 no it's a theory. A good one too
hes just there to upset the trader and scam us
@@Novaliod but there are still village nitwits why don’t they get kicked
@@adikomali6657 As Dave said:
"I think that villagers kicked a nitwit out for not being like the others and actually trading."
"But they never betray their creator"
Tell that to the golem who killed me after i punched him
No you are wrong if you made an iron golem by YOURSELF and if you hit him WILL NOT kill you but the naturally spawning golems in villages will try to kill you if you hit them or the villagers
As far as i know, Iron Golems will only attack the player if they are spawned by villagers or if summoned with /summon.
Idea: looking at the texture of the Ravager, and adding in evidence of the Illagers having been to the Deep Dark, I propose that the Ravager is made primarily out of deepslate.
I find these deep dives so great because this is exactly how 10 year old me rationalized and invizioned minecraft lore and mechanics back in 2014. 🥺
🥺😭
Everytime I load a world and see structures, especially weirdly generated ones, I think, "What's the story behind this place?"
I have a weird theory: the upcoming Warden could possibly be a golem that betrays its master. That master being the old builders, who likely built it.
That’s a good idea. The warden could also be a illager failure? Because I think the warden will kill whatever injured it
Warden is made on soul not illagers. Meaning that warden is on undead family.
So basically,the souls trapped in the Warden are the ancient builder’s souls?I am gonna guess that the Warden protects the ancient builder’s souls because they do not want to go somewhere else?Sorry if this was random
@@treevee7376 the warden probably doesn't protect them the warden probably uses it as his energy. Everytime he killed a entity he get powerful.
Kinda like Frankenstein
“Is there a golem that betrayed its master?” Well, what about the wither it’s got the same components as the other 2 golems that the player can make except it’s hostile towards all living things(and non-living)
I have a theory: what if the wandering trader came across a book written by the ancient builders that contained how to build the iron golem
Great video!
Here’s a theory: What if shulkers are golems too? In various versions of the game code, they have been referred to as “ender_golems.” Also they share many similarities some of these other “golems,” especially guardians. Not only do they have unibrows, but they share the same boxy shape that makes them look like part of the structure they are guarding. They also have a similarly weird attack compared to the guardian. If the ravages can be seen as the counterpart to the iron golem, I think it’s fair to say that the shulker is the counterpart to the guardian.
wow i love this, didn’t realise they had the uni brow too!
this is minecraft
name one thing -- even **one** -- that doesn't have boxy structure
Shulkers' texture file is named "ender golem." Additionally, when they are placed on a team using commands, they attack other hostile mobs.
potentially that was the original idea, but they are there own species as of 1.17 as they were given the ability to reproduce. It is interesting to look at the links between shulkers and guardians though, both appear similar to the structures they spawn in, both have the ability to reproduce (as shown by guardians spawning even after raiding a temple). Both shoot some kind of projectile that locks on to the player and both can affect the player with potions.
Another point against guardians being standard golems is the fact that they age and grow as evident from the elder guardians.
So what if there was a more advanced form of artificial life? One that could more closely emulate life and reproduce without more being made?
@@childish4487
Or perhaps the golems were given so much life and were created so intricately that they evolved the ability to reproduce or change over time.
Or perhaps reproduction was a convenient trait that the "Builders" or whoever gave to these creatures so that the golems breaking down, going insane, and/or getting killed would be less of an issue in the future.
Shulkers also look like they consist of purpur blocks, so it would fit that they were built as purpur block golems.
@@childish4487
This opens possibilities to another kind of golem: the truly alive one.
As Guardians could be classified as a mid-term, Shulkers would be "truly alive".
Another species could also be classified as a truly alive golem: the Villagers.
Imagine: they are not full of technological advancement, but are somewhat intelligent; they can build "pseudo life". They have the mono eye-browns (my only evidence, by now).
The Illagers might have left the villages because they discovered the truth, and they disregards for the Villagers is that: for them, Villagers are only golems, and without recognizing it, can't be "truly alive".
I'd like to assume that illagers used to be villagers that could defend themselves, but since villagers are suppose to be pacifists, the villagers that defend themselves were banished from the village and grouped up to create their own society, their grey skin could most likely have been caused by an experiment gone wrong while trying to create a golem
Great work on the music! I love how atmospheric it is and a really cool theory too. I'd love to hear more tunes from you in the future!
The editing and musicC AHHH ITS SO GOOD-
I love this series I’ve watched every deep dive video like 600 times- BAHA
This is the first Deep Dive where 100% of the music is made by me!
@@RetroGamingNow FOR REAL?!
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@@RetroGamingNow great work!
I loved the video, however, I don’t think the Ravager is a Golem, they don’t look “man-made” at all, they look very biological to me and besides they make very animal-like noises (villager sounds), I’ve always liked the idea of Illagers kidnapping Villagers to experiment on them, eventually transforming them into the Ravager Beast, it has the unibrow, the green eyes and even the noises, sure it may be a darker theory but it’s a good one in my opinion.
Illagers control the Igloos?!!
@@hamlet8179 ?
Also I Think you're right harumen the great, the ravagers probably are kidnapped Villagers Transformed by the illagers.
@@tailedgod4551 The underground labs in igloos
@@hamlet8179 i get it now
The snow golem can spawn naturally, but it's EXTREMELY rare to find a seed that places two snow with a carved pumpkin on top
that's maybe how people discover the snow golem
@@Wakwaw796 probably not... Besides it being so rare to occur it's not something that would've happened in the line of sight of anyone who could've seen it
"The elder guardian is the only mob in the entire game which can never respawn"
Piglin Bruteth jop nielm sostole yieng muasp
But seeing them captured is sad, freeing them is satisfying, But accidentally hit a villager and *Bro you hella dead*
I feel like there should be a *little* leniency when you hit a villager, but hit it several times or kill it outright and you're enemy number 1.
You see, This is why I love minecraft. By just one thing, you can make so much more. Like building, mining, and Lore!
I was just thinking, what if the golems attack the illegers because they are undead in some way? Zombies don't attack them, they don't use the totem of undying and the golems attack things that are undead. It seems like something that could be possible and would make some of the game mechanics make sense.
Also, the question you pose at the end immediately made me think of the wither and how it attacks everything, even the player who made it, once it is active.
Technically I think the Wither boss may Count as a golem since you can create it With soul sand and wither skulls kind of like an iron golem
You know, the iron golems don't just bear a resemblance to the villagers. With their height and long arms they also somewhat resemble endermen, especially considering that they both attack in a similar fashion, a upward strike with their arm.
Perhaps the endermen helped to construct the first iron golems for the villagers, they seem to have some understanding of faces considering their attitude towards the player wearing a carved pumpkin.
One interesting detail is that iron golems will attack endermen on sight, even though they are normally peaceful unless provoked. Perhaps the iron golems are too protective? Maybe the iron golems sense ill intent towards the villagers from them, or perhaps there is a bad history between the endermen and villagers.
there is also a theory that the ancient builders could have been the endermen we have today which would also make your theory prove more sense, perhaps the endermen once looked like the player, 2 blocks tall, shorter arms, different colour etc. maybe when getting trapped in the end the endermen adapted to that lifestyle and over years and years started to shape differently and colour differently. i saw a comment before saying the enderdragon may not have always been black, and she has adapted to that colour to defend from the cold in the end, the same theory could go for the endermen. maybe as the endermen look so different the golem cannot recognise it as the ancient builders they used to be and attack instead
This is very believable because the enderman theory supports they used to be more intelligent and overlaps with yhat theoru
@Xenath Cytrin
Nice Theory 👍
Also considering the fact that Endermen can pick up and place pumpkins.
one little correction to be made to your point: iron golems attack all mobs classified as "monsters" or in other word anything that killing it gives you the monster hunter achievement. this is all hostile mobs but also spiders (and cave spiders), Piglin, zombie piglins, and enderman. so I think iron golems attacking underman is a gameplay diction rather then lore. this gives more credit towards your theory which is actually a good theory.
@GreenTea that could be how they still know how to build golems after all this time but it doesn't explain how they first got the knowledge.
For people who say videogames cause violence: Reminder, Iron golems give flowers to baby villagers
lol
Did you know the golem giving a flower to the baby villagers is actually a reference to a anime called castle in the sky. Were there were golems who gave flowers to the children.
@@dailydoseofblues7708 I knew
You can also kill baby villagers uwu
Meanwhile we can kill any mob in the world, commit several war crimes in villages and abuse animals.
the iron golem thing being trapped theory
a new whole level like when I first saw them
trapped I thought they did that so villagers
don't have protection but now its on a whole new
level!
I just found this channel this evening and I love it. Keep this up.
On a successful Raid, the Ravager have deep sounding laugh that resembles the Pillager's laugh. They also celebrate along with the Pillagers.
Which is an interesting fact after hearing "Ravagers are golems."
Golems are my favorite mob in the game and I'm very happy you made this
I really wish golems had a cool weapon like a giant hammer or axe that had a tiny chance of dropping and if they wore armour or some other clothing to make them feel more like guards
They’re pretty bizarre aren’t they?
@@RetroGamingNow I think they look actually kinda cute how they just wander around and sometimes give flowers to kids.
@@stardustsakura1984 Absolutely! They're just so wholesome. That's the only reason why I don't make an iron farm. It feels just as bad as making an axolotl xp farm
Cute
Dude these videos are so cool. Keep it up.
Really like your work man, you've got a great commentary voice.
Retro: Elder Guardian is the only mob in the entire game that can never respawn
Piglin Brutes: Am I a joke to you?
Vindicators and Evokers in Woodland Mansions. If it spawns on generation and is tied to a structure it usually doesn't despawn and in some cases is then limited in number (finite).
@@meowofender6463 REspawn not DEspawn
@@minecraftisepic9689 Despawning refers to the mob being removed without dying(at least that's the best way I can explain it). A mob that doesn't despawn does not dissapear when the chunk it is in is unloaded and other things that would make it despawn.
i mean in the comment that you're responding to, it says "Elder Guardian is the only mob in the entire game that can never REspawn" (its true btw piglin brutes will be gone after you kill them)
@@minecraftisepic9689 Because that's also the case with Evokers and Vindicators in Woodland Mansions. Also the case with witches spawned from witch huts, zombie villagers spawned in the generation of an infected village.
I've heard the Ravager being a Villager, corrupt by Evoker magic. A golem is... far more curious.
I like the villager explanation better tbh
@@charliewhite3905 same
I think the illagers experimented on villagers to make ravagers
I liked the music when the Raveger (idk how to spell it) was Introduced It Made me Vibe into it And Got Creepy Vibes And Awesome Video! I look Forward For more of your theories 👍
I love your deep dive videos I hope you countinue the series.
I always thought imprisoned golems we’re stolen from their home village, only kept alive because they don’t know how to kill it, or for some other reason.
I thought the same thing except they kept it alive to torture it and it was kind of like a moral boost to them, to show them that the golems aren't invincible and that they can really be beat.
Same !
Before I watch this video, I want to make my own claim.
I think that the knowledge/magic needed to make golems is known only to the Ancient Builders (I think Steve is a descendant). Village iron golems were constructed long ago to protect the villages of the world, as Guardians were created to protect the Ocean Monument (and they perhaps have self-replication).
While I’m not agreeing with them being golems I think we can work off of this. Maybe why we can’t construct them is because their construction methods are too dark or too complex for the player. They look fleshy so it could be possible they used meat or live animals to create the raveger something that we couldn’t do as that’s too cruel. As for the guardians they’re the only golem to have one eye the others have two. I think the pumpkin needed might’ve been carved different perhaps super intricately to the point where carving it in any other way would be impossible for us. It could explain why the guardian is by far the most advanced golem as the others are simple like the face carved in the pumpkin. Maybe the more advanced of a carve the more complex you can make a golem.
well that doesnt explain why villagers spawn iron golems when forced to be with zombies. Like why does an iron farm work?
@@SagarCubes
I'm saying that there are many ancient iron golems "wandering the world", searching for villages in need of protection.
In my option there are 1, maybe 2, golems that betrayed their creators. The Wither and possibility the Warden. But I lean more towards the warden not being a golem. But I do think the deep dark and Nether are connected, maybe the End too.
The Wither, in my opinion, IS a golem and not just some ancient evil creature that you summon to the world.
My theory is that the ancient builders might have been at war, a war that they were loosening.
Story:
Back when the Ancient Cities were still inhabited, they had frequent contact with the Nether. Evidence of that being the soulfire lanterns and soul sand. And already being well established there, fortresses.
One day, by accident or otherwise, the builders found evidence of a 4th dimension. Probably the last, or second to last dimension they discovered. They built a portal at the heart of their cities, the portal's base doubling as a redstone testing area.
After a team returned fron journeying through, they revealed and started testing skulk sensors.
But one day, someone returned with something they'd never seen in the other dimension. A Catalyst. They tryed, and failed, to find a use for it. They discarded it somewhere deep in the caves, believing it was useless. The catalyst went unchecked for weeks or months. This allowed the catalyst to slowly spread skulk as it obsorbed soul energy, exp, from the mobs that parished nearby.
Eventually, it spread far enough to be noticed by the builders.
When a team was sent into the monster infested caves to investigate they discovered the catalyst as the source of the strange new blocks. They realised that when they beat a moster near one, the skulk spread and when they mined the skulk they received exp. To them this was a huge and exciting discovery, a way to store exp.
But that excitement was short lived, for a few unfortunate builders had descovered the Shriekers and set them off. By accident, they'd summoned the first Warden to the Overworld.
At first, they kept their distance. It didn't take long to realize that it was blind und picked up vibrations like a sensor could. But one foolish builder wanted to see what would happen if they attached it.
In seconds, they were a man down, faced with an enraged warden and setting off more shriekers. Soon, the whole team was wiped out and respawning back at their city. They warned their city leader(s), tried to come up with was to stop the skulk's spread, and defend against the warden, but they were in way over their heads. They closed the portal, warned other cities and tried to soundproof their city with wool and carpet, but they were soon overwhelmed.
They likely tried using the iron golems they made alongside ancient villagers, but that didn't work. (I believe the ancient builders and villagers had some form of alliance. And maybe with the piglins too.)
Defeated, but not ready to give up, the builders fled to the nether. After some time, they had made a new, stronger type of golem. The Wither.
They returned to the Overworld, ready to take back their home. But soon, they realized their wither(s) were unstable. Not just attacking the warden, but the builders too. After a while, the withers ignored the warden and went after the builders. As well as any other living mob in the area. Now, they had 2 strong and deadly enemies to deal with.
After dispatching the last wither, now having to deal with destroyed cities and no closer to fixing their warden problem, they returned to the nether. After hearing of the builder's defeat, the Piglins chaced the weakened builders back to the Overworld.
In the process of creating the wither the Piglins were hired as extra help in fighting wither skeletons and collecting their skulls. But over time the builders treated poorer and poorer. They received less gold, few proper traids from the builders and their mortality rate was steadily rising. At this point, they felt more like slaves then equal allies.
With nowhere else to go and believing the Overworld would soon become a lifeless wasteland of skulk, the builders turned to the End. The portal was built and lit, but the dimension sat unexplored due to the discovery of the skulk's dimension taking priority. So, they gathered all the supplies they could and fled to the End. Only a small team stayed behind to close the portal in order to prevent the skulk from possibly spreading there as well.
The ancient city ruins, golems and the wither paintings are all that's survived to tell this story.
This structure of the videos is extremely enjoyable. The narrative that is explained along with the facts is something else! TV quality work for free on TH-cam. Don’t think that’s a bad thing. I speak for everyone thank you! Keep up the Amazing work! ❤️🤙
I think the future warden might also be a golem, it has the look of 1, maybe it’s a golem that the endermen made that gone rogue
Maybe it's a corrupted golem
@@theconspiracytheorists2719 maybe it was so chaotic that it was banished to the deep dark before it could cause any harm. from there, the skulk took over it's body and made it even more insane
@@TheFlyflyyou mean like this: th-cam.com/video/rxNruJVFb3E/w-d-xo.html
@@theconspiracytheorists2719 precisely
When you said "Is there a golem that we missed?" I thought of ghasts. It's implied in the Mobestiary that they're mechanical, right?
And in general, I'd really love to see you do a video on ghasts at some point. I think there's the potential for a really interesting theory with them.
At this point 1/3 of the game's mobs are suspected to be mechanical... Watch the big plot twist being that everything's mechanical except for Steve
I though the wither.
@@weirdcorequipo2942 I think there are only one or two more, depending on the interpretation
@@SlyStallion12 I wanna see that
I bought the Mobestiary a few days ago and honestly it’s probably just the art style that makes them look mechanical.
They are outright stated to have a stomach and have a pretty clear brain inside them near the top of head. Even the noise they make when shooting a fireball at you sounds like they’re spitting it out organically (as Draconic points out in his Blaze video).
Edit: As, Jacob Hanshew mentions below, Minecraft Dungeons practically confirms that all Ghasts start out as Babies which pretty much disconfirms this thought.
This makes perfect sense. I completely missed the shape of eyebrows on those wool statues, but this explains it nice. During the video I was thinking illigers would need to put lapis lazuli in the head of golem and make some enchantment to make it helpful for them. Ravager look like golem, really. Just really nice theory and this could be the part of the real game lore we don't know yet
I actually love this deep dive series
When I heard the music was all composed by you, I was hesitant but the soundtrack for this ended up being fire and reinforced the mood so significantly.
He composed a lot of the music in his other videos, too
@@TheProdigalPaintbrush oh I know, I was just hesitant at first.
I don't think that Guardians and Elder Guardians are inorganic, mainly because they eat fish (Killing one has a chance to drop raw cod). My guess as to why the Guardians live in the ocean monument is because a Guardian consuming sponge is what turns them into an Elder Guardian, similar to royal jelly for a bee. It's also likely that sponge is part of an Elder Guardian's regular diet.
i think they are powered by biofuel
In the old article introducing the guardian mob all the way when it was first introduced, it was stated that they contained a “deliciously tasty interior,” implying that the fish they drop is actually their own flesh
@@RealSquidShady perhaps they are cyborgs
@@TheThingBehind that's my theory, perhaps the fish are in the "head" of the Guardians surrounded by water with a chemical that makes them attack almost anything.
10:50 I was like damn how the hell I didn't expect that HAHA and it was very surprising and satisfying, this video is truly great!
The final scene always gives me the shivers for some reason. Maybe it's the music.
I'm of the thought that there are many golems that we haven't yet discovered. I also think of the Warden as being a golem, built by the ancient builders to guard the stronghold, but has long since drifted from the strongholds, into the deep caves.
There is some things that I believe are flawed with the iron golem theory, first of all, it states in the mobiestiery that villagers don’t spawn iron golems, they just appear, also, if the face of a ravager is supposed to look like and act like an illager, why do they look more like just a grey villager and why are there sounds more like a villager, also, if the illagers can just spawn a ravager, why don’t we see any evidence of them spawning ravagers? No evidence in the outposts, no evidence in raids, none in the mansions, nothing. Also, the pumpkin things in the pillager outposts are clearly scarecrows.
Some great points!
@@RetroGamingNow thanks!
Jeb said that the villagers made the golems though
edit: source
"This was made by me and Jon Kågström. We were thinking about how to get the Villagers to defend themselves, since they don’t have arms. The design was inspired very much by the Japanese Studio Ghibli movie with the giant [The Castle in the Sky]. It also has this flower. When I was making the model, I realised it was much harder to draw a texture for it - the larger it is, it gets more detailed. But it’s become quite iconic - it’s very emblematic of Minecraft now. _We made it look like the Villagers, because obviously the Villagers would create a golem which would resemble themselves."_
JENS BERGENSTEN
@@grandmasteryoda6717 There's a lot of contradiction but it should not change the final theory for the most part.
@@grandmasteryoda6717 When did he say this?
This was one of your best videos
As always great work
This whole situation implies that carved pumpkins are the key to creating mechanical life in this universe, so does that mean that the guardians also had a pumpkin involved in their creation? Maybe that's why they have orange accents all around them, similar to how Snow Golems keep their pumpkins after transforming.
Wrong
I hadn't considered that, super cool! Would love to know more about guardians, they certainly seem artificial to me so you could be onto something
or maybe its also made of copper, to give the guardian the electric-bubble beam ability.
(since lightning rods are made of copper)
Yes, it seems like pumpkins in Minecraft has some "magical" properties to them to turn inanimate statues into living beings.
I think that pumpkin is used just because using a Steve head is kinda weird to make a golem, also wither use wither skeleton head because it matches with it... Also in the lore probably don't exist the tecnique of bulding golems just placing 5 blocks... At least his design don't looks like the way you make it
Congratulations on the successful transition, I still remember watching your fate series as u made them, this is of course way more professional, a quality TH-cam series even by today's standards.
I always love seeing people from the olden days. It is really fun to have a big community, but it was also fun to recognize the few people who would post comments. Also I always thought your profile picture was Deoxys, but after all these years I'm just now realizing that it's not. Also, if you want, you can join the discord and send me a friend request. I wish there was an easy way to talk to the people who are the OGs since you are my most loyal subscribers.
@@RetroGamingNow An old game warlight (now warzone) risk simulator online pretty much lol. I will probably join the discord thanks for mentioning it!
@@RetroGamingNow This comment is really wholesome.
Surprised the Wither wasn't really mentioned at all because I always thought of it as an evil golem
Man, theories aside, those are some awesome transitions and scene placements in your intro
I absolutely love this video- I’ve been waiting for a content creator to address Minecraft’s magic of Golemancy! The concept that the Illagers were using the wool statues and pumpkin farms within woodland mansions to attempt to understand the creation of Golems adds some much-needed context to the most obscure of the rooms in the mansions.
The point made at the video’s end that the Villagers are unlikely to have developed the technology or understanding to construct the Iron Golems on their own, combined with the nature of Guardians, indicates that another culture developed Golemancy, the most likely candidate being the aptly named Ancient Builders discussed. I also believe there to be two other Golems within Minecraft not mentioned in the video- Blazes and Shulkers, which, while able to be infinitely generated in the world, fit the one major category for mobs that I consider Golems- they serve as protectors of something. Blazes, Shulkers, and Guardians all defend structures, while Iron and Snow Golems defend their creators. It’s also worth noting that the Minecraft code apparently labels Shulkers as “endergolems”.
However, I disagree with the notion that Ravagers are Golems for what could be interpreted as a significantly weaker reason: it has been canonically stated, though I do not offhand know the source of this information, that the Illagers were expelled from the villages for their unspeakable activities. In combination to the unibrow of the Ravager, the quote leads me to believe that Ravagers are not artificial life forms, but rather Villagers that have been forcefully converted into monsters. This likely would convince other Villagers to drive the Ravager’s creators into exile out of fear. That being said, I’m open to the idea that they are simply a form of Golem, thanks to the evidence provided in the video.
Finally, I’d like to propose there are three determining factors in the creation of a golem: their face shape, the materials they are constructed with, and the shape of their bodies. Perhaps the Ancient Builders, well-versed in Golemancy, understood it enough to consider it a trade or craft, and thus had the knowledge and resources to create all of the Golems seen in present-day Minecraft. They educated the pacifist Villagers, who retained the knowledge of Golem creation through the generations enough to remember the recipe, but not invent new ones. Even after they were cut off from each other by the Pillager Patrols, villages kept passing down the story of their defender, the Iron Golem, so that they may always have a savior to call upon during the terrifying night.
You know it's gonna be a good day when he uploads
According to Minecraft's code, the shulker is also a golem.
I haven't seen anyone talking about it, but I find it rather intriguing that the Iron Golems' scalps are kind of "freshly placed" compared to the rest of their body, which is quite old and rusty. I expected you to talk about this in the video, maybe in the future?
Anyway, your videos are fascinating, especially the music :)
16:20 What if the illagers used some tough block like gold or something else, and then covered it with leather so that it's a less painful ride for the pillager that sits on top of it during raids, and then gave it iron braces and other accessories to keep the leather from coming off?
gold in Minecraft is super weak
@@justmeyeah-ce7wr Well the ravager is weaker than a iron golem so maybe is that?
Actually, ravagers have the same hp as iron golems
@@baryonyxdude138 Yeah same hp but they still loose to the iron golem, they are weaker
@@TheXtrategaxd ravagers seem weaker than iron golem because their attack rate is slower, and they're not as resistant to knockback as iron golems
I absoulutly love these deep dives-
I think you do a really good job at this and i cant wait for more your deep dives have a lot of good points and you do a lot of research
Its very interesting and i bet if mojang ever actualyl decided on lore (mostly likely not) it oculd very well be like your theorises-
Keep up the good work
I have no theorys sadly :(
Maybe the piglin is the one that betrays you because it attacks you if you have no gold on you but its not craftable tho
I love your content, your deep dives have reason behind them and don't leave details out.
I also have no theories
GOOD WORK I CANT BELIVE YOU MADE THE SONG YOUR LIKE A IRON GOLEM STRONG AND CAPABLE
If I may, I do believe that the so called "golem that betrays" that you speculated on at the end may in fact be ze wither
Ah yes another awesome theory by retro gaming now
Theory: For this theory i will need to talk about Minecraft dungeons. Sure ravagers could be golems, but I think this theory proves that wrong. Why? Because 1. They don’t have golem at the end of the name like a typical golem. 2. In dungeons, there are about 3-4 golems. The redstone golem, the redstone monstrosity, the mooshroom monstrosity ( I think) and then the tree boss (I think is a golem too) Proof of illagers making those golems are Bc ur trying to stop the arch-illager, it even says itself in the game of dungeons. A line that says something about creating a beast. That’s my theory tho, hope u like it! :D
Edit 2: the warden is most likely a golem
Edit 3 lol: the 1st reason aint rlly a reason so don’t trash me saying that the redstone monstrosity does not say golem at the end
RGN likes to stay away from spinoffs and books and stuff but still good points
@@-FutureTaken- I’m fine with that! Anyway it’s just a theory Can’t hurt anyone unless it’s offensive
Good theory but he makes his based solely off the Main Game and nothing else. Also not taking into account previous updates only the current game. So it’s good but doesn’t disprove his
@The Meme Artist You said ravagers aren't golems because they don't have "golem" at the end of their name and then point out golems that don't have "golem" at the end of their name
@@-FutureTaken- Technically Minecraft Dungeons is considered lore and its mobs are also likely to eventually make it into the game.
I give u the highest honor I can Bestow eating my food while watching your video
lol
@Just a very humble and honest human whooow, wait a second, this video come out like 5 minutes ago and you are here to say Minecraft sucks, I mean, I respect your opinion, but everyone can play whatever they want, and if you don't like textures you can change it
I would like to know what are you eating
FRRRRR LMAOO
@UCw62By_7-_cnZPes9jiwOnA man not cool
I LOVE this series :O very nice work :D (y)
I love how their was dramatic music when u first said they finally got their own golem the rsvanger
17:16 Ghasts might be golems. I remember you said ghasts may not be mobs at all, but instead may be machines. Furthermore, the Minecraft Mobestiary's inside views of a ghast and an elder guardian look suspiciously similar (i.e., both internal structures have wires, but one is hollow and one isn't). Also, an achievement (which you went over) is titled "An Uneasy Alliance." Perhaps there's a connection?
I love these types of lore videos!
I have a little of my own lore how the ravager was made: The illagers knew that the villages had a Golem that they could not destroy, or they could not destroy with great difficulty. The illagers saw that the iron golem was a little similar to the villager, with their nose and unibrow. They decided in one raid after defeating the iron golem they would take the villagers to their mansions. They used the villagers as test subjects until they got something they did not expect, the ravager. The illagers stored the information how to convert a villager into a ravager in their libraries. The huge prison cell in the mansion was used for the experiment. That is my theory about the ravager.
15:55 I really like that! Made this video very interesting to watch
i am so terrified of your editing 🤯
This man isn't only good about theorising. His writing and story telling are also very impressive. I can sit for hours listening to his stories.
For sure
I can't wait for the community theory video bro
this vid was good too btw :)
Whats funny is that, Minecraft Story Mode (made by Telltale) in season 1 episodes 5-8 play off the theory that "ancient builders existed" and made minecraft, aswell had highly advanced technology such as travelling to other "dimensions" or "worlds"
YEAH!
Retro, will you do a video on the Ancient Cities and the Warden soon? I think there is a lot to unpack since the warden now exists in game, and the Cities seem designed with skulk in mind. Wool is included in many parts of the build, and skulk sensors are used to power lamps. The cities also feature a warden-inspired looking centerpiece, with what appears like a massive portal. Miniatures of the structure are called portal statues in the games code, and it seems to follow your pattern of hard materials and heat required to make portals. Soulfire is beneath the portals, and reinforced deepslate is one of the toughest blocks in the game, close to bedrock. I think there is definitely a lot to look at.