The Powerful Connections of Minecraft's Magic | Deep Dive

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  • @RetroGamingNow
    @RetroGamingNow  3 года назад +530

    Welcome back everyone! What should I look at next?
    Also, join us on the Discord and the subreddit!
    www.reddit.com/r/RetroGamingNow
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    • @blackcatpirates8134
      @blackcatpirates8134 3 года назад +4

      This is so cursed ruclips.net/video/YNiUObu-v5E/видео.html

    • @christophercallan6038
      @christophercallan6038 3 года назад +6

      You should do a wither Skeleton

    • @beanface7408
      @beanface7408 3 года назад +23

      The warped forests and striders in the Nether. They seem corrupted by the Endermen in some way.

    • @TheMagneticDude
      @TheMagneticDude 3 года назад +2

      You used the underflow glitch here didnt you xD or the video is so good there are 0 dislikes :D

    • @michellechen1220
      @michellechen1220 3 года назад +9

      Maybe something about the ancient builder people who went extinct ?

  • @gaspoweredpick
    @gaspoweredpick 3 года назад +485

    When the Wither kills something, it actually gains health, implying that it's stealing the soul of what it kills.

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 2 года назад +51

      Oh man,
      i really want a Magic-Update.
      It's time for Magic and/or Redstone to reach a new level,
      as well as for Lore to be more obvious.

    • @micahlehrke9
      @micahlehrke9 2 года назад +26

      I think a lifesteal enchant would be cool. Maybe instead of the usual heal by dealing damage, you would heal instead of gaining XP, much like mending.

    • @adampadraigblaney5625
      @adampadraigblaney5625 2 года назад +7

      @@micahlehrke9 In Minecraft Dungeons there is an enchantment called leaching witch does exactly that

    • @blueligh2
      @blueligh2 2 года назад +8

      @@slevinchannel7589 it’s insane we haven’t gotten a magic update this far into the game, would make it 100% funner

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 2 года назад +2

      @@blueligh2 ??

  • @thelazygamer2195
    @thelazygamer2195 3 года назад +2311

    So now I know what to be terrified of in Minecraft:
    1. EVERYTHING

  • @Seltsamisierend
    @Seltsamisierend 3 года назад +1410

    I can imagine Mojang looking at this and developing updates based on this lore

  • @benshihadeh8561
    @benshihadeh8561 3 года назад +883

    My 5 year old son used to twist my arm into playing Minecraft with him in the early months of the pandemic. Since then, we play regularly on weekends together now. We've bonded to say the least over a video game.
    But to my point, as a middle age father, I find this videos extremely fascinating, and they feed my curious mind. I just love all the lore you breath into what I thought was a soulless game. I came here searching how to make potions, and I found a treasure of a channel. I've just binged several of your videos.
    It's amazing that one year later and I'm just learning that Minecraft has Withers! I'll show my son how to make them today and he is going to be thrilled.

  • @dcincco
    @dcincco 3 года назад +1725

    Retro is one of my favorite youtubers, making high-quality mini-documentary that's about my favorite game, minecraft.

  • @bestoflui
    @bestoflui 3 года назад +600

    Wake up babe, RetroGamingNow uploaded a new video

  • @shiba204
    @shiba204 3 года назад +2347

    These are better than half the documentaries on Netflix nowadays.

    • @Aviator856
      @Aviator856 3 года назад +23

      Ik its the best never thought about this sort of stuff

    • @thefunny6057
      @thefunny6057 3 года назад +5

      Fax

    • @someone-fu9qh
      @someone-fu9qh 3 года назад +10

      True tho "My Teacher Octupus" is really good

    • @future057
      @future057 3 года назад

      Agreed

    • @jtessler8956
      @jtessler8956 3 года назад +1

      Do you remember that one dragon documentary, dunno if that is netflix but it was awesome

  • @Raccocooney
    @Raccocooney 3 года назад +652

    As a relatively new Minecrafter, these lore videos have given me a much more interesting view of the game as I play through these things for the first time! It adds so much to the game that never would have been there if I hadn't found these fascinating lore videos!

    • @angelinamidkiff1132
      @angelinamidkiff1132 3 года назад +26

      Minecraft is such an interesting game, you will keep discovering more and more! Have fun!

    • @tgnm9615
      @tgnm9615 3 года назад +21

      Sometime we need to think twice when playing the game rather than "oh thats an abandoned mineshaft. Its cool". I wonder why minecart chest in mineshaft have enchanted golden apple.

    • @monkigaming8335
      @monkigaming8335 3 года назад +2

      @@tgnm9615 they taste good

    • @andormak8402
      @andormak8402 3 года назад +6

      @@tgnm9615 I think I have a reason. They are the reason why mineshafts were created. They are mines for gold. In the previous versions, they were craftable using 8 gold blocks and 1 apple. What if only the player forgot the recipe, or doesn't have the tools to create it, but it still can be created, with the same recipe? It also explains the huge amount of gold blocks in bastions. The ancient builders went to the nether, saw the gold, and started mining, and later, they discovered netherite. I mean who doesn't want enchantad golden apples? The other places where they can appear are desert temples, bastions, ruined portals and dungeons, ancient builder-created structures.

    • @shaunpathrosepaul6804
      @shaunpathrosepaul6804 3 года назад +3

      Welcome To The Community

  • @jajajaydaaa1246
    @jajajaydaaa1246 3 года назад +492

    This has to be the best series on RUclips

    • @troygriffin6092
      @troygriffin6092 3 года назад +3

      It sure is awesome! RetroGamingNow is a great channel. I have been watching his videos for the past few months! They are so cool! Do you have a favorite in the Deep Dives?

    • @jajajaydaaa1246
      @jajajaydaaa1246 3 года назад +4

      @@troygriffin6092 I also have been watching his channel for the past few months and so far I think my favourite Deep Dive is The Story Of The Witch! Do you have a favourite Deep Dive?

    • @Basegud
      @Basegud 3 года назад +2

      Truth

    • @troygriffin6092
      @troygriffin6092 3 года назад +2

      @@jajajaydaaa1246 I loved that one too! I thought his explanation of the Phantoms was interesting too!

    • @fourcatz918
      @fourcatz918 3 года назад

      Are these bot comments or just incredibly formal?

  • @askance2778
    @askance2778 3 года назад +94

    Theory: half your levels are used to revive the player (respawn) when they die which is why they disappear. This is also consistent with the totem theory. :D

    • @catronics1979
      @catronics1979 Год назад +3

      what about if you have keep inventory

    • @alycat2804
      @alycat2804 Год назад +6

      What if you die when you don't have any levels?

    • @kody.wiremane
      @kody.wiremane Год назад +5

      @@catronics1979 You cheat death :p

    • @kody.wiremane
      @kody.wiremane Год назад +7

      @@alycat2804 You take XP loan for your resurrection

  • @fixnbricks4390
    @fixnbricks4390 3 года назад +274

    Can we all just appreciate how good of a composer RGN is? As a fellow theory nerd, I congradulate you.

    • @RetroGamingNow
      @RetroGamingNow  3 года назад +55

      I’m glad that there are some people who enjoy it!

    • @saffron51
      @saffron51 3 года назад +4

      @@RetroGamingNow aaa yes some

    • @gassug2
      @gassug2 3 года назад +20

      this might make me look stupid, or at the very least unobservant, but i wasn't aware at all that he made his own music. that's really cool

    • @HanSanwich
      @HanSanwich 3 года назад +11

      HE MADE THE MUSIC?! That’s awesome.

  • @Hylodatus
    @Hylodatus 3 года назад +478

    Me: Minecraft lore enthusiast
    Retro: *posts*
    Me: A blessing from the Lord!

  • @NJHProductions512
    @NJHProductions512 3 года назад +195

    I like to imagine that the enchantment table language was a language that was used by the ancient, extinct race of builders

    • @ss-bp6ln
      @ss-bp6ln 3 года назад +14

      He does have a theory on the ancient builders that are now zombies/skeletons/etc.

    • @MakerManX
      @MakerManX 3 года назад +13

      I think it's more like a language based into the universe because the player has to craft the table so the old builders probably aren't the reason. It may also be why the player can slightly understand the language for enchanting

  • @senor7398
    @senor7398 3 года назад +255

    Retro is literally so good at this holy shit. Like the whole vibe he gives in his intro and like his deep calming voice and like the background music makes me feel like I’m snuggling under a blanket by a fireplace and I’m like THIS GUY IS A GODDAMN GENIUS BUT IDK HOW HE DOES IT.
    Please I can’t be alone 😓

    • @fournebula7138
      @fournebula7138 3 года назад +16

      Indeed you are not

    • @AlphaFX-kv4ud
      @AlphaFX-kv4ud 3 года назад +7

      The background music especially in the intro makes me uneasy

    • @LazyLoonz
      @LazyLoonz 3 года назад +1

      Agreed

    • @KaziKami
      @KaziKami 3 года назад +4

      Damn just marry him alr

  • @CBP_
    @CBP_ 3 года назад +162

    Light: Nothing is faster than me
    Disclaimer at the start: Allow us to introduce ourselves

  • @jordanalmady2145
    @jordanalmady2145 3 года назад +82

    I'd speculate that you smear the lapis on the tool or weapon and it gains the properties of the enchantment. This also explains why a grinding stone takes away enchantment. This is because it grinds away the layers of lapis. It even explains the purple colored glow of the enchantment as lapis is blue, making it not far off from purple

    • @someinternetperson
      @someinternetperson Год назад +4

      This makes a lot of sense

    • @DeezMomoNuts
      @DeezMomoNuts Год назад +4

      You didn’t have me in the first half I’m not gonna lie

    • @sunnysonne2957
      @sunnysonne2957 Год назад

      But what about the idea that lapis wasn't even always used for enchanting??

    • @PotatoWithALaptop
      @PotatoWithALaptop Год назад +2

      @@sunnysonne2957well remember how enchantments used to cost a lot more XP then it does now maybe the lapis has a little bit of soul in it lowering the required XP and increasing the power of the enchantment because remember there is a rare chance to get a second enchant on top of the one you choose.

  • @genghiskhan6809
    @genghiskhan6809 3 года назад +110

    If the universes of Minecraft and MC Dungeons are linked at all, then we know soul energy does indeed exist and can be harnessed in a form of magic known as artifice: magic harnessed through a magical construct/object.

    • @beanface7408
      @beanface7408 3 года назад +17

      I always assumed that Dungeons takes place in the future after the main Minecraft game.

    • @kenynotkenny
      @kenynotkenny 3 года назад +8

      @@beanface7408 yeah. Cuz i see goats in Dungeons even goats still haven't existed in MC yet

    • @thunderblood6603
      @thunderblood6603 3 года назад

      @@kenynotkenny want to know the best thing?
      The OP won't respond to back up their case.

    • @KaziKami
      @KaziKami 3 года назад

      How are they connected

    • @KaziKami
      @KaziKami 3 года назад

      @@thunderblood6603 redditor moment

  • @leafdude69420
    @leafdude69420 3 года назад +163

    dude, get ready to make a warden theory. remember me right?

    • @Red-ck9zm
      @Red-ck9zm 3 года назад +4

      Ywrno

    • @leafdude69420
      @leafdude69420 3 года назад +4

      @@Red-ck9zm Ywrno

    • @RetroGamingNow
      @RetroGamingNow  3 года назад +65

      It will happen once it's released

    • @leafdude69420
      @leafdude69420 3 года назад +3

      @@RetroGamingNow it already tho but not yet on mobile

    • @unlxck3255
      @unlxck3255 3 года назад +14

      @@leafdude69420 It isnt officially released tho

  • @shisui5836
    @shisui5836 3 года назад +171

    It’s 4 am, I’m still awake.

  • @simonprescott590
    @simonprescott590 3 года назад +26

    This is one of the most if not THE most professionally made Minecraft series on RUclips

  • @ourfavoritesunshineboi8002
    @ourfavoritesunshineboi8002 3 года назад +83

    This is my favorite series on RUclips💜

  • @sundae7996
    @sundae7996 3 года назад +109

    Can you do a vid about the bones found in underground in the overworld and soul valleys and what the bones might belong to?

    • @beanface7408
      @beanface7408 3 года назад +8

      Good point!

    • @cole4973
      @cole4973 3 года назад +29

      That would be a great video! I have a theory on that. I think ghasts were living at some point, and they were giant creatures. When they died, they left the bone structures. They lived in the Desert originally, but Endermen or ancient builders found them and brought some to the nether as a food source. When they were brought to the nether, they naturally began to head towards the Soul Sand Valleys which was most like their home. Skeletons also spawn in soul sand valleys, and I take skeletons as those who were hunters from the ancient builders. That further backs up my theory that they were brought there and allowed to breed for food. When one dies, though, why does it have a second life in the form of a ghast? This only occurs in the nether, so maybe it has something to do with all the soul energy in the Soul Sand Valleys? Also, when you bring a ghast to the overworld (then kill it), you get the achievement An Uneasy Alliance. RESCUE a ghast from the nether and bring it HOME to the overworld (then kill it). This implies they were originally from the overworld, and did not go to the nether of their own free will. One more thought, why would a ghast drop a tear, of all things? Another sign of its unhappiness? Perhaps the combination of soul energy and unfinished business** allowed it to come back in ghast form. Maybe it's aggressive towards you because Player reminds them of the ancient builders that trapped him in another dimension and hunted him for his food. If ghasts and skeletons naturally attacked each other that would prove my theory even more, but it's good enough for me that they spawn in the same biome, as well as the bone structures.
      **Unfinished business is commonly seen as a requirement or motivation for something to come back as a ghost after death. In the ghasts' case, it could be getting home to the overworld, revenge, or both.
      Wow this was long. Didn't mean to go into so much detail haha. What do you think?
      Edit: Someone corrected me and said there is a chance to find fossils underground. Maybe once the creatures realized they were being hunted, they began to retreat to the caves? This one could use some more thought.

    • @crazydude8103
      @crazydude8103 3 года назад +10

      Also there is a chance to find fossiles underground not just a desert and soul valley

    • @cole4973
      @cole4973 3 года назад +3

      @@crazydude8103 Oh that's true, I didn't think about those.

    • @sundae7996
      @sundae7996 3 года назад +1

      @@liamroberts3025 Although the nether is technically under everything so maybe they were trying to escape by flying up to the overworld

  • @DornMusicYT
    @DornMusicYT 3 года назад +15

    Honestly, I never thought the Totem was responsible for the Evocation Magic that evokers use

  • @abstractawt
    @abstractawt 3 года назад +63

    I legit just searched your channel thinking if you uploaded yet and then I saw 2 minutes ago lmao

  • @valeriedss8871
    @valeriedss8871 3 года назад +90

    Your videos are better then most documentaries on Netflix

    • @olivernt2667
      @olivernt2667 3 года назад

      He has a show on Netflix though

    • @Raphael-en6db
      @Raphael-en6db 3 года назад

      Especially Drive to Survive S3 :v

    • @animatedprotootype3450
      @animatedprotootype3450 3 года назад +1

      @@olivernt2667 retro gaming now has a show on Netflix?
      What's it called

    • @olivernt2667
      @olivernt2667 3 года назад

      @@animatedprotootype3450 Kknmiknni j khhb

    • @NicoTheCheese
      @NicoTheCheese 3 года назад

      *Sad Netflix noises*

  • @Diamondpigman01
    @Diamondpigman01 3 года назад +85

    The steam from animals and mobs as well as the player is where the experience goes in this theory

    • @mar07in
      @mar07in 3 года назад +9

      Apparently it is meant to be dust

    • @proton8689
      @proton8689 3 года назад +4

      @@mar07in could still work

  • @PeeperSnail
    @PeeperSnail 3 года назад +11

    Experience seems to be tied to the action of making someone or something change: the mobs you kill change from alive to dead, the ores your smelt change from raw to refined, the items you trade with villagers change from one owner to another, and so on. It doesn't mean that new experience is generated everytime a change occurs, just that, through making things change, you channel experience into a more tangible force.

  • @halfling.barbarian
    @halfling.barbarian 3 года назад +30

    My Mom: What are you watching?
    Me: Oh, just Minecraft conspiracy theories.

  • @ragnarock1008
    @ragnarock1008 3 года назад +16

    "if the Evoker has the Tome of Undying, then how did the Evoker died?"
    Oh he ain't holding it.

  • @red_5572
    @red_5572 3 года назад +4

    a few things i was thinking about during this amazing video
    1. if soul energy is more abundant and natural in the nether, does this mean the overworld and nether are coexisting ecosystems for soul and experience energy?
    2. is there evidence that the illagers knew or know of the soul energy cycle between the wither, soul sand and wither skeletons, and used this to expand their knowledge of magic?
    2a. how would the illagers knowing of the nether, soul cycle and the ecosystem there influence the overworld as a whole, since its largely unknown (to me at least) if piglins and illagers have a history?
    3. if the totems of undying are the culmination of the illagers' experimentation, and their knowledge of magic was expanded, what purpose were they expanding it for? were they threatened, or is there an unexplored reason as to why they obsessed over harnessing magic overall?
    3a. if the illagers are in danger of something, first off what is it they're afraid of, and second, what motivated their obsessive nature with magic?
    3b. at the time of minecraft's current in-universe state, it appears as if the illagers are at the top of the foodchain, they have all the power and as suggested, literally harvest villagers along with advanced sorcery well beyond anything seen in all dimensions, so are they the highest form of superpower in minecraft, does another civilization rival them or rather, did another civilization rival them?
    4. since it was mentioned that the experience goes into tools which in turn create more experience, does this mean that players, enchantment tables and the enchantment process are apart of the experience cycle? if so, what does this mean since there are no signs of players before you (the player) enter the game? has the ecosystem been unbalanced, chaotic or has it been supplemented with other creatures or processes in the player's absence?
    this concludes my major questions/possible explorative topics for today, i love these videos and id love to make my own but my writing of events goes into the realm of possible rather than probable most of the time lol. these are amazing regardless and i love watching through them.

  • @victoria0982
    @victoria0982 3 года назад +29

    Idea for a deep dive: spawners. I mean for me it will be very interesting to see this because they couldn’t be made naturally. That points that the builders found how to create a machine that can spawn every single mob. And my main question is how they did that because you need a mob egg... how did they got them tho? They are unobtainable...
    I will be very happy if you cover this :)

    • @OpTubeShorts
      @OpTubeShorts 3 года назад +3

      Soul energy. I would add spawners in survival if I owned MC and xp cost for spawners.

  • @samuelthecamel
    @samuelthecamel 3 года назад +27

    Out of the many many RUclipsrs I have watched, you are probably my favorite. Your videos and theories are top notch. And to think, this all started from one simple iceberg video. Great work!

    • @oracle372
      @oracle372 3 года назад +4

      notch.
      Nice one

  • @haydenbrown3631
    @haydenbrown3631 3 года назад +28

    This sounds simple but could the reason soul energy is much more common in the Nether is due to the fact that it is an “afterlife.” Is it possible that the soul energy of a player / mob that is not turned into experience (the energy you said could be “lost” in other ways) is sent down into “hell” as soul energy? Just a thought

  • @andrewmuniz3201
    @andrewmuniz3201 3 года назад +55

    I wanna see the notes he has to make in order to create these theory videos

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 2 года назад +1

      Oh man,
      i really want a Magic-Update.
      It's time for Magic and/or Redstone to reach a new level,
      as well as for Lore to be more obvious.

  • @phantom1696
    @phantom1696 3 года назад +21

    You deserve way more views and subs than you get. You make amazing videos and its easy to see how well thought out and carefully considered they are. I also love that you create your own music., and good music too. Great quality videos.

  • @mikek1686
    @mikek1686 Год назад +2

    One thing I noticed was the green particles that appear when a totem is activated. To me they look like shattered experiance orbs. This is even more evidence that experiance is being converted to soul energy. Your theory is pretty spot on.

  • @sydneycates5425
    @sydneycates5425 3 года назад +12

    Just discovered you.
    On video 5...
    I love this so much I didm't realize that they were 20ish minutes each you could make them an hour and I would watch them all.

  • @tyronorxy5646
    @tyronorxy5646 3 года назад +3

    My note on the wither effect:
    I think the the wither effect is the process of draining soul energy from a living being.
    Wither skeletons for example have so little soul energy left in them, that when they touch you, the soul energy rushes from you into them (going from the high pressure place, to the low pressure place).
    The wither effect can be the thing that have converted most of the ancient builders into undead things (zombies/skeletons):
    The builders made the Wither which sucked the soul energy out of nearby beings, making them undead.
    The same applies to wither skeletons: some ancient builders died on their adventures,
    and the soul energy leaked out of their body into the ground, making the ground soul sand/soil and their skeletons wither skeletons.
    The nether star: the wither sucks soul energy out of nearby beings and stores it:
    as you said, it is stored in the nether star, that the wither drops.
    Piglins/hoglins become zombified outside the nether, because the Wither has been constructed in the overworld,
    where it drained the soul energy (at least a little bit of it) out off every living thing (including plants like grass), so when piglins and hoglins arrive - the two mobs that are the least resistant to being withered, since they have been created artificially from pigs, and without any additional ingredient - the soul energy from them goes into their surroundings.
    Why in the end? Because enderman are the ancient builders who have fleed from the wither into the End, so they have been near it a little bit, even if not long enough to become undead.
    Zombies can zombify villagers, because villagers are resistant to being withered from the outside, but when a zombie bites them, it makes their soul energy leak into the zombie, and their surroundigs.

  • @elsapekarovic6398
    @elsapekarovic6398 3 года назад +14

    Your videos are all really well made and I can tell you put a lot of effort into them, keep up the good work:)

  • @bhowell1000
    @bhowell1000 3 года назад +6

    I’m actually planning on making some of my own minecraft theory videos. And about the totem, I think the illagers actually don’t have the totems, just the magic, and when they die, this magic solidifies, which would change the properties of the totem, and explain why the illagers don’t use it to prevent death, because they certainly would.

  • @Masked_One_1316
    @Masked_One_1316 2 года назад +1

    4:28 Lapis lazuli in some parts of the world and in past cultures was believed to house mystical properties.

  • @dtniland
    @dtniland 3 года назад +12

    Man i forgot how good these are

  • @loblo5542
    @loblo5542 2 года назад +3

    I think using colors of these energies, we can identify what kind of properties they have.
    For example;
    Green/Yellow - Raw, Primordial and Life/Longevity related form(Experience orbs/Slimes when you view it as organic-related stuff/Parameters that indicate your tool's durability---maybe this is a stretch/And Emeralds could be related since they re essential when trading and you gain Exp as the result/Also, texture of Eye of Ender and Ender Pearl which transfers Green variant[Life Energy] into Purple variant[Teleportation]/Totem of Undying).
    Purple - Unstable, Processed version of green variant, Available of processing and transferring raw energy into something else(Color of Enchantment, which requires Exp when actually used on a gear/Eye of Ender and Ender Pearl Particle - Teleportation/Nether Portal/Enderman's eyes - able to teleport/Dragon breath - ignores armor and directly damages you if there's no additional potion effect or protection enchantment/And considering this, Ender Dragon might be Artificial being. Since it has Purple Bossbar just like the Wither - and Wither we see is undoubtedly artificial since we literally bring it to life)
    Blue - Form of energy that is modified to be conveyed(Soul speed boots on Soul sand/Sculk)
    Well, this is what I think it is... idk its just a theory.

  • @h3x382
    @h3x382 3 года назад +9

    I love how they have their own universe of lore. You should make a vid going over the overall timeline maybe.

  • @mryeeguy
    @mryeeguy 3 года назад +6

    In Minecraft dungeons, levelling up gives enchantment points which I believe are the same energy as EXP orbs. Enchanting an item stores the enchantment points inside the item and destroying the item gives points back

  • @bobbi2230
    @bobbi2230 3 года назад +15

    Hi hope your having an awesome day!

  • @thereallifesaiyan
    @thereallifesaiyan 3 года назад +1

    Honestly, I think this series is one of the best on the internet. You talk about theories but you're still clearly open to discussion and you make every video super interesting! One of my favourite youtubers EASILY!

  • @shadowplays1754
    @shadowplays1754 3 года назад +6

    Creepy music at the beginning
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  • @Orioninthstars
    @Orioninthstars 3 года назад +1

    Honestly, this series is like a documentary. After watching this series and playing Minecraft, I have not viewed any of the discussed topics the same way. I have already shared this with one of my friends and they watched it too. Keep making this content!

  • @bando_corey5385
    @bando_corey5385 3 года назад +5

    The more I watch these deep dives the more I think everything in minecraft is connected to something else in some way shape or form

  • @KidPrarchord95
    @KidPrarchord95 3 года назад

    5:04 every non-metal ore drops XP upon being mined.
    Fantastic video, as always.

  • @myth4663
    @myth4663 3 года назад +3

    I've compiled a bunch of theories and questions about this series so I'm just going to repost them in one on all these videos to increase the odds of them getting answered or maybe even made into videos
    1. Do you think somewhere in the minecraft world there's a lost disk called disk 12?
    2. something I want to know is what a respawn anchor is supposed to be because respawning is not something that actually happens in universe but with the bed its obvious that the actual in universe use is just for sleeping but the respawn anchor only sets a spawn point so what's it actually doing in the context of the world?
    3. What are the differences between different forms of undeath? We see Zombies, husks, Zombie villagers, zombie horses, zoglins, zombie pigmen, and drowned who all just have decaying skin. Skeletons, wither skeletons, strays, and skeleton horses who just keep their bones then we see Phantoms who have a more ghost like appearance. Also as an addon to that what is a ghast because I always thought it was a ghost but it isn't so maybe it conveniently evolved like squids or something.
    4. Something that I find interesting is that other creatures when inflicted by the zombie virus seem to become mindlessly violent but when horses and piglins become zombified they act mostly normal, with piglins specifically the only differences are they seem to not have the full intelligence of normal piglins because A they don't still trade and B they only spawn with Swords and don't use cross bows. Another weird detail is that zombified piglins are immune to fire which is a huge red flag for a couple of reasons because one normal piglins aren't fire immune but most other undead creatures are particularly weak to fire. Another undead mob that has weird contradictions to most undead mobs are the zombie and skeleton horses which also keep their normal friendliness and seem to be the least far gone of these undead mobs not only being still domesticatable but being even easier to domesticate. I originally assumed that the undead virus only makes humans violent but that is simply not true because Phantoms and the wither are also not friendly. The biggest weird detail in all of this is that other undead mobs seem to still see these creatures as natural allies with skeletons riding skeleton horses and withers never attacking anything that is already undead.
    5. I think that the fox is most likely the most intelligent and possibly important mob that's completely a wild animal (meaning it has no building ability, doesn't exist in its own structure, can't trade, and doesn't have the ability to create a full society) I think that because they are one of 6 mobs that sleep (you, villagers, foxes, 3 illigers) which as you established in the Phantoms video is already important they also have the ability to do several other things that very few can do including using totems of undying, enchantments on weapons, and chorus Fruit, and also can sometimes be seen holding emeralds that weren't given to them and seem to care about them a bit more than other non food items which may have even inspired the villagers to hold a similar appreciation for emeralds although that and the rest of this is just speculation I think two possible explanations for this are that they could be some sort of ancestor to either villagers or ancient builders although it's kinda hard to place because they have the emerald connection to villagers but can do other things like defend themselves although it could be a common ancestor for both and then my second idea take a trip even further through speculation town and a bit into the early stages of creepy pasta Avenue with the possibility that they once were villagers or ancient builders (again it's kinda hard to place) who were turned by a magic enemy with the most likely culprit being the illigers but another possibility is that the illigers themselves might have accidentally turned some of there kind into foxes although that's unlikely because foxes are only hostile when something attacks it first and even then tend to prefer running away. Anyway foxes have a ton of weird and specific properties that I'd love to see your interpretations on.
    So those are all my pitches.

  • @nephdown
    @nephdown 2 года назад +2

    i feel like the wild update is gonna bring us some more lore regarding soul energy, like how the warden stores souls on its chest and how sculk spreads when something dies near it, perhaps it is capturing the soul energy from living entities to spread, then breaking it down to experience, which explains why sculk drops exp upon breaking.

  • @caseyleenb
    @caseyleenb 3 года назад +3

    im always impressed by these theories, i think a lot of them are reaching, but it’s interesting to see other people’s ideas as to what’s going on.

  • @tristanmisja
    @tristanmisja 3 года назад +1

    I think experience is just that; experience.
    More specifically, a physical manifestation of experience and knowledge.
    When you kill something, both you and the thing you killed gains
    knowledge of death. When you trade with a villager, the villager gains experience with their
    profession, and this would also make sense with the books
    having magic properties, as books contain knowledge, and are small stores of others' experience.
    I also think that soul energy and experience are not the same thing, nor are they similar. I think they are just
    two energies that easily convert between each other.
    By the way, RetroGamingNow, if you are reading this, maybe talk about the
    void and bedrock next. One last thing, I love these videos. You do an amazing
    job making them! Even if you don't make a video on my suggestion, I'll still be looking
    forward to all your videos.

  • @thehairylarry
    @thehairylarry 3 года назад +6

    Babe wake up. RGN just uploaded.

  • @nicholasjohnston1970
    @nicholasjohnston1970 3 года назад +1

    I don’t always agree with his theory’s but I still love the way they’re formatted

  • @xengrunt1830
    @xengrunt1830 3 года назад +8

    Love this series!

  • @Crafterz
    @Crafterz 2 года назад +2

    With Wild Update we get new information. Sculk Catalyst can convert souls into experience. Also the bottom of the world can be more hot therefore the sculk is exist.

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 2 года назад

      Oh man,
      i really want a Magic-Update.
      It's time for Magic and/or Redstone to reach a new level,
      as well as for Lore to be more obvious.

  • @Caroline-kd3oq
    @Caroline-kd3oq 3 года назад +116

    POV: You’re early and trying to think of something to say

  • @troygriffin6092
    @troygriffin6092 3 года назад +2

    RetroGamingNow, you're channel is amazing! I am watching all of your Minecraft videos!

  • @silviufloriandumitrescu1758
    @silviufloriandumitrescu1758 3 года назад +3

    You can transform from XP to soul energy by killing a living form with a wither, if the living thing dies, it drops an wither rose.

  • @temitope.d.oyedotun6507
    @temitope.d.oyedotun6507 3 года назад +1

    Theory:
    I am only going to focus on the exp for ores, but i think they have a different exp type according to their value and what they are used for, for example
    Gold exp: This exp is used for life and health, protecting you from dying or making life itself, take the golden apple for example, you combine and apple with gold for it to gain the magic from the exp to gain absorption and regeneration powers when eaten but even tho this is removed if you use golden blocks and an apple you get a god apple, how this works is that since you put a higher level of gold, the exp magic is stronger.
    Diamond exp: This exp is used for buffs, example enchanting table. You use diamonds to craft it. And how it works is that the diamond exp looks for a buff to give that tool and the reason it requires exp is to make it a reality because the diamond exp is weak. When you put bookshelf near it the exp scans through them/gains knowledge from the books to get greater buffs
    Iron exp: This is where the magic dies down. It is used has a summoning tool, when you make blocks out of it and put a pumpkin on them you gain an iron golem. The reason it requires so much of the iron is because the magic is little(and you can also use it to open a nether portal so that is a plus).
    Emerald exp: The exp is trapped in the ore, and you can only get the exp through villagers
    And I disagree about the fact the totem is the connection between soul exp, It is clearly the beacon(cause the wither that has soul energy drops a nether star that is a storage for the soul exp and the reason you need ore blocks has a foundation is for the exp to get in the beacon to harness their magic )
    And talking about soul exp I agree that their similar because that energy is just exp in a heated form, just like in irl, and i think that a secret force died while in the nether(WAIT IT CAN BE THE WARDEN CAUSE OF THEIR SOULS IN THEIR CHEST) and their souls got in the netherrack to form soul sand and their souls are trapped in it and nether wart gained its power of brewing from it
    And also one last thing, END ENERGY, found in endstone and the chorus fruits grew their and the ancient people ate it to become enderman

  • @marcusinternet
    @marcusinternet 3 года назад +3

    please never stop doing this series

  • @hindigente
    @hindigente 3 года назад +1

    Rarely do I agree so completely with such theories, but the soul-energy connection is spot on! And it's not something I had previously considered before watching the video.

  • @someone-rz2eb
    @someone-rz2eb 3 года назад +3

    This was the deepest dive ever in my life👍👍

  • @e-hawk9015
    @e-hawk9015 2 года назад +1

    The reason why lighting striking a pig makes it a zombified piglin not a normal piglin is because it’s hotter then the air in the nether. After all, the piglins scan stand the air there either way but not lava. And of course lighting is hotter then lava meaning that it not only turns it into a piglin but also burns it’s skin off a bit.

  • @owenryder5172
    @owenryder5172 3 года назад +8

    Most underrated channel

    • @KaziKami
      @KaziKami 3 года назад +1

      Ikr

    • @KaziKami
      @KaziKami 3 года назад +1

      Needs 20 mil

    • @owenryder5172
      @owenryder5172 3 года назад

      Needs like 50mill with the amount of work he puts into these

  • @prodeus1412
    @prodeus1412 3 года назад +1

    I think that the reason most mobs in the nether give more exp is because they are a lot hotter allowing them to store more soul energy. You can see this in blazes, which I think are metal that is so hot that it becomes red and orange, much like in real life. This would explain the metal sound when you hit them as well as why they don't don't damage from fire or lava, because they are just as hot. You can also see this in zombie pigmen. When pigs get struck by lighting they heat up so much that they get burns and turn into something barely living because lightning is so hot similar to in real life. Lightning as leaves fire sometimes so this proves it even more. As for ghasts I think that as the name hints at, they are ghosts. This would explain them able to go through blocks partially even though they are a 4x4x4 cube visually. I think that they died in a cruel fashion but used to be magma cubes. This would explain their similar size aswell as them both being able to spawn almost anywhere in the nether unlike any other mobs besides endermen. This theory would also provide more evidence that magma cubes evolved from slimes. Slimes commonly spawn in swamp biomes and are rare elsewhere. Swamps are muddy humid and mushy, much like slimes, slime blocks, and slime. I think that some slimes somehow ended up in the nether and they got burnt much like other nether mobs that I've named. This would explain a few things. For exanple the magma cube's ashen/fire look, why they are more aggressive and do more damage, why they drop more exp(because of the soul energy becoming a part of them because of the extra heat), and last of all the magma cream. This would explain why the magma cream can't turn into a block and why it has enough soul energy to be used in brewing. I think when the slimes went into the nether, they melted somewhat and there slime melted into cream, making it unable to stick together enough to turn into a block. Secondly, every ingredient in potion brewing that adds an effect either has multiple sources of energy from the overworld or has one soul energy rich source from the nether. For example the spider eye needs the soul energy from the spider, the mushroom, and the sugarcane while the magma cream only needs itself because it is holding so much more soul energy because of the heat. This is already quite long so I might make my own video to go more into detail.

  • @logansymmes2193
    @logansymmes2193 3 года назад +4

    I love these deep dives.

  • @umppa223
    @umppa223 3 года назад +2

    Thanks for this video, Deep Dive is one of my favorite series in whole youtube

  • @themimikyuobsessedweirdo
    @themimikyuobsessedweirdo 3 года назад +8

    I'm ready to get a headache

  • @plumpyemuepl5782
    @plumpyemuepl5782 3 года назад +2

    I really enjoy your deep dive series, its so entertaining and insightful. Thank you for making such good content

  • @fish_pancakes
    @fish_pancakes 3 года назад +29

    friendship is magic
    but i need xp
    pulls out sword

  • @ChestersonJack
    @ChestersonJack 3 года назад +2

    I love these videos because, although I don’t agree on every aspect of your theories, they are very well thought out and inspire me to look at things in ways I haven’t thought of before when constructing my own theories for the lore.

  • @Legopandaproductions799
    @Legopandaproductions799 3 года назад +3

    Have you explained the power of the beacon and how it gives power and gets stronger by the amount of valuable blocks placed in a single configuration

  • @coolent_cracker3287
    @coolent_cracker3287 3 года назад +1

    I think people forget that the nether is meant to be hell, an after life, where souls go when you die. I propose that when a mob dies their soul goes to the nether and becomes part of soul sand. I see it as xp is the magic of energy, smelting animal breeding trading all exchanges of energy. Things like potions and the wither are death magic using the power of souls from the nether, a place the living don't belong crested more extreme unnatural effects like instant healing or harming

  • @averyradom
    @averyradom 3 года назад +4

    LETS GO BABAYY I DIDNT EVEN WATCH YET BUT I ALREADY KNOW ITS A BANGER

  • @akurvaanyadat
    @akurvaanyadat 3 года назад +1

    I think one of the things you didnt take into consideration is suspicious stews.
    You can make stews that give you fire resistance and other magical effects, yet they arent related to souls or experience.

    • @akurvaanyadat
      @akurvaanyadat 3 года назад

      Tho they are connected to mushrooms 🤔

  • @Agent_Pol
    @Agent_Pol 3 года назад +8

    0 dislikes, balanced as it should be.

  • @NT-sx2bd
    @NT-sx2bd 3 года назад

    I really like the specificness of when you were inspecting the enchantment table, definitely subscribing.

  • @pixeleye7998
    @pixeleye7998 3 года назад +3

    Minecraft is telling us a story and each update is a new clue to the story

  • @moalzaben5554
    @moalzaben5554 3 года назад +1

    At least there is someone doing lore vids in Minecraft I am recently new to your channel like I’ve been following for like a month or three I can’t remember anyways keep doin the good job

  • @xempororhxppyx
    @xempororhxppyx 3 года назад +10

    Hi Retro!

    • @killer1gamer1
      @killer1gamer1 3 года назад +1

      i'm gonna take it this comment is a way to say hi to retro,
      so i'll say hi too,
      Hi Retro!

    • @STONKS_MemeMan
      @STONKS_MemeMan 3 года назад

      Hi retro

    • @xempororhxppyx
      @xempororhxppyx 3 года назад

      @@killer1gamer1 yes , it is .

  • @Alphaanims
    @Alphaanims 3 года назад +1

    This dude made minecraft a game which was family-friendly to literal thriller-horror game, not that it's bad, I like this point of view of soul energy, liligers are experimenting on life and all the other good stuff and I enjoy deep dive vids :D

  • @ultragamer8816
    @ultragamer8816 3 года назад +9

    “Vexes are the only ghost like mob”
    Phantoms: am I a joke to you?

    • @jonnestyronicha497
      @jonnestyronicha497 3 года назад +3

      Phantoms don't clip through objects though do they??

    • @swathisajja5615
      @swathisajja5615 3 года назад +1

      Phantoms are zombie bird like creatures

    • @danielthemaniel8601
      @danielthemaniel8601 3 года назад

      @@swathisajja5615 how can they be zombie birds when birds aren't real?

  • @toxicmighty9076
    @toxicmighty9076 11 месяцев назад +1

    A good theory for the wither effect could be that when the ancient builders were extinct there bodies would wither and lead to a rotten flesh of the zombie and they would lose their flesh and become skeletons. So when the portal were open the polluted air zombifying these builders would be sent through the portal and the soul sand would absorb this air and transfer the air to the mobs that walk on it. These mobs could be piglins as a lot of zombie piglins and skeletons exist in the nether so the soul sand could use this as a way to wither away these beings

  • @mr.preston1632
    @mr.preston1632 3 года назад +7

    Yes RUclips, there is 4 comments and you say there is one

    • @G.P.M_7
      @G.P.M_7 3 года назад +1

      Comments like this literally add nothing to the videos. Please stop making dumb unfunny jokes, they are everywhere and i know i come off as an asshole for telling you this but come on, the community is 99% jokes and the rest are interesting comments

  • @fournebula7138
    @fournebula7138 3 года назад +1

    I have something I would like to add. We know that there must have been some sort of ancient builders that are no longer here. We can see they managed to harness the magic as we can see with enchanted bottles. There is more evidence of this in their buildings such as ships they most commonly carry bottles of enchanting. So we can see they managed to contain the magic in a glass bottle. Since we still are unsure why the builders were wiped out, a possible theory is that in one of their attempts to harness magic it went wrong spreading a illness round the world killing entities and themselves. Though this is just a theory!

  • @theawesomegoblins5986
    @theawesomegoblins5986 3 года назад +33

    “Vexes are the only ghostLike mob in Minecraft”
    Phantom: *sad noises*

    • @NicoTheCheese
      @NicoTheCheese 3 года назад +2

      Well... phantoms can't go through blocks I think

    • @Alice-ml5xb
      @Alice-ml5xb 3 года назад +6

      Phantoms are undead . Its like saying drowned and guardians are both the same kind of creature

    • @mar07in
      @mar07in 3 года назад +8

      What about Ghast? They make similar noises to vex as well

    • @Ditidos
      @Ditidos 3 года назад +4

      @@mar07in Ghast are living creatures, though. As bizarre as that may sound.

    • @aeroblu2002
      @aeroblu2002 3 года назад +1

      Well yes, but actually no.

  • @charleschamp9826
    @charleschamp9826 3 года назад +1

    Perhaps the old idea of the Nether being Hell does have some truth to it, and that's why there seems to be so much Soul Energy there.

  • @chieckenman4432
    @chieckenman4432 3 года назад +5

    i always loved your content about minecraft lore theory

    • @kfcking5462
      @kfcking5462 3 года назад +1

      We need to be friends

    • @kfcking5462
      @kfcking5462 3 года назад

      And it's Chicken

    • @chieckenman4432
      @chieckenman4432 3 года назад

      what

    • @kfcking5462
      @kfcking5462 3 года назад +1

      @@chieckenman4432 your name it's meant to be spelt chicken

    • @kfcking5462
      @kfcking5462 3 года назад +1

      @@chieckenman4432 and can we be friends

  • @luxdavid2.027
    @luxdavid2.027 Год назад +1

    Soul Sand and Experience both follow the second law of thermodinamics. The key is entropy. Soul energy and experience are the same. Soul is just low entropy energy (=powerful energy), a living thing is an open system that rises the entropy of the universe, and in that process, the organism itself lowers its entropy, allowing themselves to build "disipative structures", which are only "buildable" in low-entropy environments. Those disipative structures are cells, and in minecraft, it can also be soul energy. That explains why soul energy might only be found in living things. Experience is this soul energy but after "suffering" the second law of thermodinamics, dissipating the energy to its sourroundings in the process, causing soul energy to gain entropy and therefore, forming a less energetic but more stable structure, "experience"

  • @alexl9012
    @alexl9012 3 года назад +6

    I like so much theories and lor and history.

    • @jashpippins8228
      @jashpippins8228 3 года назад +1

      Ah yes L.O.R. ,Liking of reto

    • @alexl9012
      @alexl9012 3 года назад +4

      Inglis is not my first language so yes I forgot the E.

  • @Nyaalexi
    @Nyaalexi Год назад

    Never would I have thought that you could do such deep dives into one of my favorite games. Quite interesting.

  • @chimp5411
    @chimp5411 3 года назад +5

    Can you do the warden I want to know what that is

  • @julianbocanegrakeller1771
    @julianbocanegrakeller1771 3 года назад +1

    I keep going into these comments looking for add-on theories and all I find is praise for Retro. I get that hi videos are good but even he admits his theories can't be taken for granted.

  • @evonlukianov3398
    @evonlukianov3398 3 года назад +13

    It's amazing how high his likes to dislike ratio is. Currently, for me, it is 531:0

    • @acidmizer
      @acidmizer 3 года назад +2

      That's typical for a video in the first few hours. The first people to see it are probably subscribers with notifications on who are more likely to like the video.

    • @evonlukianov3398
      @evonlukianov3398 3 года назад +1

      @@acidmizer That is technically true, but with a 531: to 0 ratio ( although it is now higher) that is still highly unlikely. Let's assume that people are 95% likely to like the video, that would mean that this video would have 5 to 6 dislikes by now, at least. However, that is not the case, in fact with the video now having 628 likes and zero dislikes.

    • @sydneycates5425
      @sydneycates5425 3 года назад

      I just made it 560 to 0

    • @gaspoweredpick
      @gaspoweredpick 3 года назад

      Now it's 1K to 0, epic.

    • @dtniland
      @dtniland 3 года назад

      @@acidmizer but still its a good

  • @Feashis
    @Feashis 3 года назад +2

    11:05 you enchant boots with soul speed using exp, then you walk on soul sand which converts it into soul energy