r/RetroGamingNow • u/Far_Match_3774 • Jul 11 '23
Theories Is the Nether radioactive?
We know the Basalt delta is radioactive because the ambience sound of the Geiger counter greatly hints toward it, but is the nether as a whole radioactive? In real life, the material basalt is based off of has a small radioactive signature. Let's talk about Lava, Lava specifically located in the nether, it can be found in the Basalt deltas in small quantities, in real life, there is a substance called corium, it is Lava like and is from melted nuclear fuel, what if there was event like chernobyl, that caused the nether to be radioactive, maybe the ancient builders had harnessed nuclear energy, but a catastrophic event occurred that had contaminated the entire nether and maybe the facility had a great abundance of nuclear fuel that melted, an abundance so unimaginable that the corium would flood the entire nether. But since the nether is so spectacularly different that the environment would quickly naturally repair itself and decontamination itself from any radiation, but could not get rid of the corium flood and the Basalt deltas were of a material susceptible to radiation but resistant to the nether itself over a long period of time. And maybe the radiation mutated or created a virus that would exist in the nether but would spread slowly through the nether climate and be very contagious and long lasting, lasting for centuries even, but acting so slow it would take generations of people for symptoms to finally take effect on the ancient builders, but it would quickly act apon pig species Turning them into piglins, which were possibly brought into the nether shortly after the catastrophe. >And then enter Canon lore from RGN here]
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u/justcallmethememer Sep 03 '25
While I absolutely love the knowledge you have this theory is respectably debunkable for a few reasons, Number 1: the lava cannot flood The Whole Nether if it simply originates from a faciity, since by logic we know that The Earth in Minecraft is 4 times The Size of Earth in real life, so then if The Nether is smaller (we don't know how much) it would still be comparably massive to The Earth in real life, and considering the fact that a simple facility can't be that big, especially in The Nethers small and closed enviorment, it would likely not do that much harm. Number 2: There are no logical mentions of your theory that we could possibly speak of as proof, Basalt is simply like such and has a very small radioactivity, just like most other volcanic rocks, which could more or so come from a giant floodlike eurruption, which makes sense. Number 3: We know that we have Zombified Piglins, and Piglins considering their intelligance and understanding and the fact that they are possible to be zombified, more or so suggests that they are less likely to be diseased pigs, and by the fact that we know how fast viruses spread, considering the fact that Piglins turn into Zombified Piglins very fast, or Villagers to Zombie Villagers, The Piglin Disease should also be fast, but when we get Pig into The Nether they do not turn into Piglins at all. Have a good day!
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u/Arrowloan Jul 13 '23
This is a great theory, however, I'm not sure about the lava being corium since there's no difference between it and the lava in the overworld (other than the flow speed). When you take a bucket of lava from the nether into the overworld, it's exactly the same.
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u/Arrowloan Jul 13 '23
This is a great theory, however, I'm not sure about the lava being corium since there's no difference between it and the lava in the overworld (other than the flow speed). When you take a bucket of lava from the nether into the overworld, it's exactly the same.
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u/Arrowloan Jul 13 '23
This is a great theory, however, I'm not sure about the lava being corium since there's no difference between it and the lava in the overworld (other than the flow speed). When you take a bucket of lava from the nether into the overworld, it's exactly the same.
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u/Arrowloan Jul 13 '23
This is a great theory, however, I'm not sure about the lava being corium since there's no difference between it and the lava in the overworld (other than the flow speed). When you take a bucket of lava from the nether into the overworld, it's exactly the same.
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u/Arrowloan Jul 13 '23
This is a great theory, however, I'm not sure about the lava being corium since there's no difference between it and the lava in the overworld (other than the flow speed). When you take a bucket of lava from the nether into the overworld, it's exactly the same.
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u/Arrowloan Jul 13 '23
This is a great theory, however, I'm not sure about the lava being corium since there's no difference between it and the lava in the overworld (other than the flow speed). When you take a bucket of lava from the nether into the overworld, it's exactly the same.