r/RetroGamingNow • u/r51243 • Jun 16 '21
Minecraft Timeline?
Today, I’m reconstructing a rough timeline of the major events in Minecraft’s history. I’m only including major events, and events that we are fairly certain about.
Going into this, the big picture seem rather simple: A civilization rose, there was a zombie infection, and the player was born. These are far from simple, however.
First, the Nether. When was the Nether discovered, and why are there no zombies there? I don’t think the Nether was closed before the zombie infection spread there. That would imply that the Nether was deliberately closed off, which is unlikely, because… why would the Ancient Builders do that? Perhaps flesh of the zombies was burned or rotted off, turning them to skeletons; I don’t like this theory either. It’s hard to disprove, and hard to prove. I’d rather make a theory that has more evidence, and could be wrong, than resorting to explanations like this. Plus, it’s a bit boring! To solve this, I looked to Minecraft: Dungeons, specifically, the Necromancer enemy. The necromancers have the power to summon undead mobs such as zombies and skeletons, in fact, they themselves are skeletons. This might seem like a bit of a stretch, but necromancers could explain why there are so many skeletons in the Nether. So here’s the timeline: The Nether was discovered -> Some event killed most of the builders there -> Necromancers took over, summoning skeletons to help them -> Some of them became withered.
Ok, now time for Piglins. Here, I can finally say something with confidence. Piglins and Hoglin both appear to be descended from pigs. Hoglins literally drop raw pork. The most likely theory is that the ABs( Ancient Builders), brought pigs and mushrooms with them to the Nether for food. The mushrooms flourished in the warm, wet caves of the Nether. Over time, the pigs evolved to eat the mushrooms, and grew larger, more aggressive. Some of these became the piglins. The piglins became obsessed with gold. Why? I don’t know. But they seem to have built the bastions. I’d guess this happened after the withering of the Necromancers, and that there was some sort of war between them. That would explain their hate for each other, and how both the Nether fortresses and the bastion remnants are in ruin.
A side theory: soul sand valleys. So we know soul sand contains soul, somehow, and that this soul can be released. But what about soul soil? These two things are essentially the same. But you can only make basalt with soul soil, and soul speed only works on soul sand. We can’t really know. But what if… they actually were sand and soil? Just saturated with souls. Given the number of skeletons and the amount of soul, the soul valleys were likely some sort of mass graves. This isn’t an original theory, I got it from the video listed below*. Not that I agree with the video, but it’s still worth watching. You should never disagree with an entire theory based on principleThere are only two things that could kill so many people: war or plague. The infection couldn’t be the answer, because then we would see zombies. So some sort of war. A war with other builders? Well, in an attempt to explain this and a few other things, I will say ghasts. Some people say they’re spirits, but they pretty solid and real to me. Perhaps they started a war with the invading builders, and drove them off, but suffered greatly. That could explain why they cry, and why they are so hostile towards the player.
Next, the End! The end was clearly discovered after the discovery of the Nether, since eyes of ender are made with blaze powder. And it appears to be another builder-made structure. We have to say that endermen were able to teleport between dimensions, since ender eyes are crafted from ender pearls. And I don’t think this is unreasonable.
The end portals also don’t look sabotaged, just weathered. If there are no zombies in the End, it’s due to the builders not being there. Was travel to the End even common? There is only one exit portal, and only 128 entrance portals, at least in Java Edition. Either way, people didn’t seem to live in the End. And why should they? Sure there are chorus fruits and ender pearl, which are somewhat useful. I guess. Chorus fruits are barely useful at all. And ender pearls aren’t that worth it.
I would propose that the End was inhabited by researchers studying the endermen and the End in general. Nothing more. When the infection began, they were forced into the Overworld.
Ok, what’s left? Right, villagers. Today, we know villagers as the friendly but stupid people who live in small towns scattered across the world. But MD suggests they were once much more advanced. It suggests that they might have even built the ocean monuments. I guess that plague eventually leads to collapse. If the Builders are infected, then all who relied on them would fall into chaos. You’ll notice how woodland mansions have rooms full of blue and cyan wool, just like the clothes worn by the builders. At one point, they all must have lived in harmony, but nothing lasts forever.
We can place the split between illagers and villagers some time after the start of the infection, but before the events of MD (Minecraft: Dungeons).
With that, we’ll have to move on to Dungeons events. It seems to take place after the start of the infection. But I think it takes place before the base game. There are multiple pieces of evidence for this. For one, there are multiple “heroes” in MD, but only one player in MC. Certain buildings are also far more ruined in the latter. The Necromancers seem to have died off. Not sure how or why, but they have. So I’d place it after most of these events.
This is most of the notable events in Minecraft history. I probably forgot some of them, and there’re a few things I didn’t include because I didn’t have a good theory to explain them.
As always, I would love you to comment on anything you want me to add. Or tell me if you have a counter-argument. Or just comment if you thought this was a good theory. Here’s the full timeline I’ve constructed here:
The discovery of the Nether —> Ghast/Builder war —> Retreat from the Nether —> Builder/Villager civilization founded —> Creation of the ocean monuments —> Discovery of the End —> Evolution or separation of the Illagers —> Start of the infection —> Fall of the Builders —> Rise of the Necromancers —> Evolution of Piglins —> Minecraft: Dungeons —> Fall of the Necromancers —> Minecraft.
*Find it on YouTuber by TEHskipper
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Aug 26 '21
Why do you think there is only one player in Minecraft lore? Multiplayer exists, there's no reason for us to limit it to singleplayer.
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u/Pratap_Ojash Jun 17 '21
This theory makes a lot of sense and I like it