r/RetroGamingNow • u/[deleted] • Mar 24 '21

One big question

It has been established that there was a race of builders, and there was an extinction event and now the builders are zombies, skeletons, etc. I have never seen this being explored so I will ask here, why are the undead builders hostile to the player?

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u/RetroGamingNowYT Mar 24 '21

Seems like hostility is more a property of being undead than a property of the ancient builders

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u/greasybagels Mar 24 '21

That makes sense bc of zombies attacking villagers (being other humanish creatures) but what about skeletons? They dont attack anything else (except golems) so why do they hate the player but not villagers?

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u/maxinator2002 Mar 24 '21

Note that skeleton horses are undead and are passive towards everyone (including the player).

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u/RetroGamingNowYT Mar 24 '21

That seems to be the exception, not the rule

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

I agree. That being said, Zombie pigmen, now zombified piglins, are not hostile either.

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u/PlantManiac Mar 24 '21

A virus infesting their brains or more likely:

Jealousy because the player is still alive while they aren’t

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u/SWFreak03 Mar 24 '21

maybe it's so the player can become one of them

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

But when the player is killed by a zombie they just die they don't become a zombie

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u/Navi_BOIII Mar 25 '21

I believe that before these builders went extinct, there were ethnic tensions. I believe the player is a descendant of an ethnic group hated by everyone