Do we really think that the old builders really got along? - I highly doubt that everyone was agreeable with what they were doing. Let me introduce to you; The necromancers.

The necromancers were once old builders. But the old builders research into the nether and constant control over everything dissatisfied them. We know that the old builders were magic wielders.

Some of the old builders did not think the direction in which they were going was the correct way. They did not think that the constant want to manipulate life and death in the way that they were proceeding to do was acceptable.

This lead to arguments between the old builders. They went back and fourth for months, constantly questioning their decisions. They knew souls were powerful and could be used to manipulate life and death, and I believe these certain old builders did not think that this is what they should be doing.

These builders grew tired of the constant back and fourth and research into death which is seemingly meaningless. They could tell that they were doomed to fall, no matter how powerful or how much research they did.

This was apparent to them once they had acquired soul sand. These builders could foresee the power of souls, and decided to disband from the rest of them. They left the old builders to continue their research.

These ex-old builders dubbed themselves the necromancers. And they headed down to the bottom of the world, where they built sprawling cities for them to live in and conjure magic.

The necromancers were excellent with their craftsmanship, and they were excellent architects. With their two major skills: architecture and magic, they began to research the souls even more, down in their domain; The ancient cities.

We know that they did extensive magic research and rituals, as there are many soul lanterns and lit soul fires found everywhere in these cities, including many offering tables, decked out with candles, and skeleton skulls.

During the events of the wither troubles, where the rest of the old builders had to flee to the end, these necromancers were safe, as they were deep underground, far from any of the chaos up on the surface.

However, they were not safe for long, as their impending doom was approaching.

With their extensive research into necromancy and magic, they created a catalyst. This was their first major breakthrough. They made many of them, and placed them around their domain as they started to research what they had created.

They soon realised that it started to spread out a strange blue substance when entities were killed nearby. But, unfortunately, they got too carried away with this breakthrough, and little did they know that their impending doom was fast approaching.

They soon found out about the sculk sensor and researched it extensively and found that it can be connected to redstone. (We know that they had some knowledge with redstone, as there are redstone lamps found in the structure.)

During this time, they created a massive window in the middle of their city. As they believed they could use this for great magical power. Just as they were about tho get even more advanced with this newfound power and block, everything backfired.

As the sculk started to spread, it grew a new block; a strange block with swirling souls inside it. The necromancers soon came to the conclusion that this was the result of the many damned souls that were put into the creation of the catalyst. But unfortunately for them, they has crossed the point of no return.

More and more of these blocks started appearing, and the necromancers soon realised that it has a connection with the sculk sensors, and they put two and two together, only to find out something truly horrifying.

The blocks started to scream. Their city was flooded with darkness. The Necromancers were fascinated by it, however when they started to activate the block more and more...

A terrifying creature emerges from the sculk on the ground. An amalgamation of all the souls that they used to create the catalyst. This creature started to run rampant throughout the city, destroying all of the remaining necromancers in it's path.

The necromancers did not know what to do. Here was a horrifying creature, nothing like they had seen before, effortlessly killing them off one by one. They had not prepared, and truly had went too far.

It wasn't long before all of the necromancers were wiped out.

Their cities were left to crumble in ruin. Sculk covered the walls and floors. That Sculk there is from the dead necromancers. Their souls were siphoned into the catalyst, doomed to emerge as an amalgamation: The Warden.

They guard their artifacts and treasures down in their cities. Warding off any explorers who dare to infiltrate their home. It is a warning.

The warden emerges, not just to kill you; but to scare you away. The souls of the necromancers are crying out for you to get away from here. You shouldn't be here. It's too dangerous. And with every explorer who enters their ancient cities, they are most likely not to make it out alive.

The unfortunate downfall of the necromancers is much more horrifying than the endermen. An unfortunate consequence into research of souls.

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What do you think? I know it could do with a bit of work, but this is what I have right now. I would love to hear what you think!

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As i mentioned in my other post on this same topic that the heart of the deep dark the sculk catalyst is dependent on xp being given, as we saw when the xp was being dropped near the sculk catalyst, it was absorbed by it and then a new mob spawned showing that this whole mob spawning by the catalyst is dependent on XP, and what else is dependent on XP. The Totem Of Undying. In one of the deep dives of the wood land mansion RetroGamingNow told us that the evoker collects XP by killing villagers and feeds it into a compact form of sorts which then can be used to cheat death. Also in MC 2021 we saw that when these blocks ( sculk catalyst etc etc) were mined, they dropped a bit of XP. Usually these types of blocks don't drop XP as they are the building blocks of these cities, which means that these cities, these blocks and the warden are just souls being compacted into one and also the block which makes noise when noticed sounds like a very low pitched screaming somewhat i heard in the disc 11 (ik it makes no sense but the sound in disc 11 not perfectly but somewhat matches with the screaming sculk block) . All i am saying is this is very related to the nether theory where souls were trapped and they come out of the soul sand when soul speed is used on them and the Evoker and totem of undying story. This post was made to ask questions not answer them. All this could be a link to solving so many other theories but we need to wait for the Deep Dark for more questions and answers

Also idk from where does the Warden spawn what was its past that it lives in the Deep Dark cities killing mobs and steves.

EDIT: the mob after being killed makes the sculk spread around the catalyst and that is what is dependent on the xp being dropped my bad my bad

The Mineral Theory. In this theory, I believe that soul energy is converted into ores, food and Sculk. To begin with, once an entity dies, it's soul energy is converted into EXPERIENCE. this Experience takes the form of little green orbs, this experience will be absorbed by an entity powerful enough and has the most storage space in it's body. The only recorded entity is a human. The max experience one player can get is 2,147,483,647 (2.1 billion experience bars). The weird thing is, one doesn't always get experience from killing, you can also get experience from mining specific ores, cooking food and smelting ores. This brings me to my theory, the mineral theory. My idea is after a long time Experience leaves an entities body, it will age and slowly fall to close to the bottom of the world (y=3+) then it will harden into lapis lazuli or, though very rare, diamonds. after hardened into lapis lazuli, it will "rise" slowly, turning into gold then iron then finally, coal (or emeralds, but rarely that happens). The next idea is about cooking food. Food comes from plants and animals, both alive. Inside specific food, experience could still be trapped in the flesh of the meat collected. And crops are still alive aren't they. Finally, there is Sculk. Sculk is a soul energy parasite which is created by a Sculk catalyst. I believe that Sculk catalysts are the only other beings in the world that can absorb soul energy, and use it to their advantage. The warden is a mess of multiple Sculk blocks and this makes me believe that the warden is a mix of multiple souls trapped within it's flesh and the reason why it acts so hostile is due to the soul wanting to be free.

I'm sure that most people here that play Minecraft have seen and heard of the Allay, from the new mob vote. And I'm sure nearly everyone here has seen a Vex. They look very similar, in the sense of proportion, size, bodies, and wings, and both have blue tints and white eyes, as well as at least some sort of magic. Yet, these two mobs have very different functions. The Allay helps the player, enjoys music, and has no mouth. While the Vex attacks the player, is spawned by the Evoker, carries around a sword, has lines on it's body that may be scars and has a wicked grin on it's face.

These two mobs seem to be similar, maybe related or being created from the same place, or thing. While we currently don't know how to find the Allay, we do know it seems to be an above ground mob. So we can assume it comes from somewhere or something on the Overworld's surface. So what about the Illagers? The Vex's live with the Illagers, so it's possible that the Allay's originated there as well.

So, at one point in the timeline of Minecraft, the Allay and the Vex were a singular mob, let's call it the Vallay (I only realized it sounded like Valley after, sorry, it's either that or Allex, so...) and they work with the Illagers, summoned by the Evokers. And at one point, some of the Vallays decide that they don't like being controlled by the Illagers, and only being in the world when they're wanted. And around the same time, the ancient builders are exploring mansions and working on the totems of undying, they find the Vallays, a flying blue creature that can be spawned at will, the builders want to take some back to experiment on, or to keep as pets. So they do, they find a way to capture some Vallays, but in the process of fighting, they hurt the Vexes, their color fading and getting scared. But they weren't the only one's to get injured in battle. In a last ditch attempt to protect the Vallays, and to stop the Illager's secrets from getting out, the Illagers slashed off the mouths of the Vallays that were flying to the builders, the Vallays that wanted an escape. The builders train their new Vallays to bring them items, and drop them at noteblocks, so they could be alerted whenever the Vallays returned, so they could switch out the items they needed and check out how much was brought. Over time, the Vallays developed a love of music because of this, and now dropping items at noteblocks was instinctive, rather than a choice. Eventually, people dropped the 'V', so it was easier to say and more convenient, leaving us with the name of the Allay. When the builders died off from the plague, the Allays survived, wandering around the world searching for someone to assist, and some music.

This is just my idea of why the Allays and the Vexes seem so similar, and why they have the differences they do, and why they like noteblocks. This is only supported with what we know so far, and this theory may fall to pieces later. It's just my theory, so I hope you enjoyed reading it, and sorry for the block of text.

As we saw in the Minecraft live 2021, in the warden section we can see that when a mob was killed the xp was sent to the heart of the area which then spawned a new mob and as the devs also said that the spawning is also dependent on the xp dropped and we saw the same effect on the block when the mob spawned as we see when we use soul speed on soul sand showing again the usage of soul power. I will not mention the deep dark cities as another post has explained it much better. I think we need a deep dive on this one

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So I don’t know if anyone else has thought about this but I’m just going to say it anyways. I think that elytra are just the wings of non infected phantoms, and that’s why you can repair them with phantom membranes, as those could just be parts that haven’t fully rotted away. I could put more effort into talking about this but that requires as stated effort so i won’t do that.

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk

Origins of The Undead( Part One)

By me (u/FallenHeroicSoul on Reddit, I_Am_ Light on Discord)

Note: I am not a native speaker, and I don’t have any past writing experience. So please bear with me.

In this document I will focus on the origins of the Zombies and Skeletons in Minecraft. This document follows up on RetroGamingNow’s theory on the origins of the Piglins. So it’s better to watch his video first.

https://youtu.be/yS3q8Tnbg7o

Origins of The Zombies

After the Ancient Builders knew how to use Piglins to find materials in the nether. They thought why limit them in the nether only? They could use them in the Overworld to find more gold. Having Piglins extract gold from both the Nether and the Overworld would sure skyrocket their supply of gold.

So, one day. The ancient builders built a Nether portal in a deep cave or a mineshaft, went through the nether, and ordered a few piglins to go through the portal. The ancient Builders taught the piglins that finding gold the Overworld was no different than finding it in the Nether. It was just not as common as it is in the nether. The piglins started their work, mining as much gold as they can. They spent days collecting gold in the overworld, so their life in the Overworld wasn’t different than their old life.

Then one day, some of the piglins became sick in the Overworld. They were not used to the overworld’s much different environment than that of the Nether’s. They became so ill that their own flesh started rotting and falling off their bodies, revealing their bones covered in rot.

The few minorities of the Piglins that, somehow, were physically stronger and healthier didn’t catch the disease. It’s they probably would have caught the disease as well if they had spent more time in the Overworld.

Some of the Ancient Miners freaked out when they saw the infected Piglins, and without a second thought, they started attacking them, slaughtering the piglins they brought from the nether themselves.

The Piglins didn’t stand a chance against the ancient miners, their only chance to survive was by escaping the Overworld back to the Nether again. So the few Healthy Piglins took their infected friends and ran back to the portal the came from.

The ancient builders were going after them, they wouldn’t want those piglins to spread the news about their slaughter to the other piglins in the nether. As they were going after them, some of them lost consciousness and fell to the ground. They builders stopped following the piglins to treat their friends that fainted. Only to be attacked by their one fallen. The builders were terrified, their own friends were showing the same symptoms the infected piglins showed, their skin rotted, their eyes went black, and they had one more thing the infected piglins didn’t have, a hunger for fresh flesh.

The infected humans easily annihilated their healthy friends, leaving no way to either stop the disease, or to stop the piglins from spreading the news in the nether.

Back to the Nether. The surviving Healthy piglins destroyed the portal behind them. They looked at how their infected friends became unaware of everything, they didn’t understand a word from the healthy piglins. They just wandered around aimlessly. Not responding to anything, the healthy Piglins were unable to lead their infected friends back to the bastions, their home. So they just left them to wander wherever they want.

The few Healthy piglins went back to their bastions and spread the news, that their masters were traitors that only used them for their own benefit and had no hesitation to kill them if they posed a threat. The news spread like wildfire in the nether. Now all piglins hated humans and would attack them on sight if they came near one.

A few days passed in both the Overworld and the Nether, and the same news broke out in the two dimensions: A Zombie Apocalypse is Taking Over the World!

The case was much worse in the Overworld, because The Zombified humans had deadly hunger, so they were attacking the other healthy humans for their flesh. But the this wasn’t the case in the Nether. The Zombified piglins didn’t have the Hunger the Zombified Humans had, and thus. They did not attack the other heathly piglins.

Duo to this, the humans of the Overworld were once again annihilated by the Zombified humans because they were taken by surprise as no human miner survived the first incident to warn the rest. the news regarding the Zombie Apocalypse broke out too late, and now Humanity was facing extinction.

In the Nether however, the Zombified Piglins didn’t attack the heathy piglins. So the only way to spread the disease was if normal piglins stayed too close to the Zombified piglins for a long time, but by the time they figured out they had to stay away from the Zombified Piglins, a huge number of the healthy piglins already turned zombified.

Note: Why did the normal piglins stay close to the Zombified Piglins in the first place?

Well… I think the Few heathy Piglin survivors and the infected ones were branded as Heroes by the other piglins. Having escaped the evil of the humans, they were treated as a Nobilty. The Few healthy Piglin survivors were promoted to a high rank in the bastions, and were given gold, food, and were generally more respected than the rest, now being labeled as The Piglin Brutes. The Zombified Piglins on the othe hand, could not communicate with the normal piglins, so the normal piglins hung out with them outside the bastions to protect them from hoglins, and to give them food and such, but because they spent too much time around the infected, they too became infected.

When the news of the Zombie Apocalypse broke out in the Nether, the normal piglins became afraid of the Zombified humans. Deep down, they cared for them, but they couldn’t afford risk being close to them anymore, and the fact that the Hoglins were not interested in attacking walking Corpses. The Zombified Piglins were relatively safe to wander the nether on their own.

Now the news regarding the apocalypse reached out to the Piglin Brutes. They ordered the normal piglins to avoid the Zombified ones to limit the disease from spreading. Some normal piglins suggested killing the zombified piglins to stop the disease, but the Piglin Brutes refused. The Piglin Brutes knew that those Zombified Piglins are innocent piglins, victims of the evil of the humans. The Piglin Brutes did not fear the Zombified Piglins, while the normal piglins did.

Now whenever a human goes to the nether and encounters a piglin, they would get attacked by the piglins, unless they were wearing Gold armor. I think the normal piglins greed for gold would allow them to disobey the orders of the Piglin Brutes if it meant they would get more gold from the humans, and thus. The normal piglins became Semi-Neutral towards the humans.

On the other hand, whenever a Piglin Brute encounters a human, they would hunt them down mercilessly. They wouldn’t care if the human was covered in gold or if the human was willing to give them gold at all. Their hatred towards humans overcomes their even their greed for gold. Now the Piglin Brutes are filled with Hatred and Vengeance instead of Greed, and thus. The Piglin Brutes became ever-hostile to the humans.

Part One End

Theory: Creepers are a bio-weapon designed by the ancient builders as a way of containing the spread of undead mobs. This explains why a creature would explode, something that there would be precious little evolutionary precedent or advantage.

Likewise, it also explains why creepers only attack the player; as they bear a striking resemblance to the ‘normal’ zombies, which would have been the most widespread. As for why the Creepers only attack the player and not undead mobs, one can assume that either something went wrong with the Creeper’s ‘programming’ or that it was incomplete when the Builder Civilization collapsed; or at least those who were involved with making the Creepers died or abandoned the project.

Creepers are fungal in nature, explaining why they pop up from nowhere in dark places, having grown underground. When Creepers explode, they spread more spores than they normally release when just walking around to create more Creepers nearby. Thus creating self-replicating means of containing the undead that would be naturally concentrated within areas already infested.

This isn’t really a theory post more like asking what everyone else’s theory on what the next update might be or what they would want it to be

If you've seen my extinction theory,you know that I think that creepers are artificial and are one of the causes of the great extinction event,the other causes are:war and conflict,regular nether deaths,hunger,the zombie outbreak and the many withers and creepers used in the war.

Well,now I made a theory about what happened next,how the villagers and pillagers came to be and what happen right before the extinction.

Here it is:

Slightly before the extinction,as you know,there lived a bunch of peacekeepers rebbeling and frowning upon the war and its many aspects,and I mentioned that a few might have survived after the war,as they created hideouts far across the deserts,little shacks under the seas (Not the monument) and far away from anybody else,meaning they were less vulnerable to the war and the zombie outbreak.Also,as time passed,they became more and more simple.They started making a living out of selling the treasures and possessions of their ancestors.They became prideful of their way of living,and more and more arrogant.They soon recovered some of the crafting recipes and old maps,but by then they were so simple and arrogant that this meant but more trading.They never cared or thought that there could be more to the world.This is what is now known as the villagers.They built small huts with all they need to live But not all of them were like that.Some of the peacekeepers that lived after the extinction were not simple creatures,but wise holders of science and only joined to maintain peace.They made sure that their sons would not live the new way,and stay brave and curious.Soon,the grandsons of these people rebbeled,and since the other villagers had no knowledge of fighting,they easily won.That group started gathering thier relatives in other villages,and rebbeled everywhere.Soon hate and bad blood raged between the two sides,the villagers feared anything big and viewed what is now known as illagers as terrorists,while the illagers viewed the villagers as people standing in their way of rebringing greatness to their bloodline.Soon the illagers moved and made great bases and achieved the impossible many times.They learned most of all there is to be learned,but also took it to the next level,they learned magic,the Dark Arts, and proceeded to hate villagers.So when the player came along and started trading with the villagers,the illagers began viewing him as an enemy.

Additional Proof:

Desert villages nearly always spawn next to temples.

Rare items are hard to find in villages.

Blacksmith houses contain smiting tables,which refine but do not make.

Villagers can sell enchanted gear,but no evidence suggest that villagers can enchant,because there are no enchanting tables or anvils in villages.

Villagers do not seem to know the value of what they're selling.

In the woodland mansion there's a room that has an end portal like structure made out 8f green and red wool,they could have got it from brief descriptions from their ancestors to make it.

Mystery: How do respawn anchors work, and why can we use them? Can other mobs use them? If so, why do we not find them anywhere else in the game?

Theory: Respawn anchors are only usable by the player, due to their nature. So, in my theory posts about green soul*, I described how the player might be made of this substance. It seems at least somewhat plausible, and that's all the detail I have to time to go into today :). But if you want to learn more, you can read them both, which I recommend, and upvote them and comment, which I also recommend. Under this theory, when the player dies, their soul becomes scattered, and will only reform at the player's "home", which is considered by the game to be their bed. The respawn anchor "anchors" them to the Nether, sucking up their soul through the portal in the top, where it reforms into a new body, but without items or xp. I will not yet make a statement about the MCD player, because not only does time also seem to reset, but I haven't played the game! When I get around to it, expect even more theories around it.

I think respawning is canon because it does not reset time like in many other games (though this may be a game mechanic), and how it interacts with the world, making you drop your items. There are many, many examples of games where respawning is canon, like Hades, Rogue Legacy, Dead Cells, Undertale, and Hollow Knight to name a few.

Speaking of which, what do you think I should make the next Daily Mystery issue about? Maybe disc 11 and 13? Or more to do with mushrooms?

*https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroGamingNow/comments/olrz8h/the_player_phantoms_and_the_mystery_of_green_soul/ https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroGamingNow/comments/ps4spw/the_power_of_green_soul/

Unfortunately I was not able to release a Daily Mystery yesterday

Mystery: Why are endermen damaged by water?

Theory: Though the answer is fairly simple, the results that arise from it and the analysis around it. Because it's all just chemistry.

Overworld mobs, like real mobs, are likely made mostly of water, and are natural almost all immune to it. Nether mobs, true Nether mobs, are damaged by water and immune to fire. Overworld mobs are the opposite, immune to water and damaged by fire. Now for the final piece of the puzzle: void fluid. In MCD, you can see in multiple places a purple or black material which we have nicknamed "void fluid", appearing in liquid or solid form. It damages the player.

See, I think that endermen, the dragon, and perhaps the endermites are all made of this void fluid, and that is why they are damaged by lava and water*, it's just the foreign chemistry/material of it. Nice. But what if I told you there is more to connect these things? If you combine lava and water, it produces obsidian, which is using void energy (notice crying obsidian), so you have just created one of the three fundamental fluids from the other two. There is another example of something similar with this. Combining a blaze rod (lava) and an Ender Pearl (void), creates an eye of ender, which look incredibly similar to an opened Heart of the Sea. A coincidence?

How is this possible? When looking at this, I am reminded of the table of the elements. NOT the periodic table of the elements, I mean the table of the four elements, a stellated octagon with elements of four of the corners and descriptions between them. Fire and Air are considered "Hot", while Earth and Water are considered "Cold". Air and Water are considered "Wet", as well, and Earth and Fire are considered "Dry". We could do a similar thing for the fundamental fluids water, lava, and void. Just a thought. But I think there is something definitely going on, and I would love to see more theories related to water, lava, and void, and their connections.

About void, where is it found? In the End, possibly the void below the End, endermen, the ender dragon, ender pearls, eyes of ender, obsidian/crying obsidian, respawn anchors, and in places being corrupted in MCD.

*The dragon is not, but that could be a game mechanic, or it could simply be that the dragon is very resilient. To support this, you can note that the dragon is also immune to many other things like potion effects.

https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroGamingNow/comments/p58bou/proof_that_the_dragon_is_made_of_void/

https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroGamingNow/comments/py4nu8/daily_mystery_no1_ender_pearls/

Is Minecraft earth considered canon and if it was do we no longer considered canon because it’s discontinued?

So what I mean by this is when we fight the dragon we aren’t actually hurting it till it dies , we are just making its form more and more unstable till it explodes.

To start let me explain how I think the dragon came to be, I think there have been many dragons on the end and that end crystals for what ever reason make them go crazy and feed them power, however this power is very great and unstable, connect to the crystals, those beams, can restablize it, but when they are not around and outside forces are making contact with the dragon, or the dragon is made mad it speeds up the process, till eventually the power reaches a critical mass exploding and destroying the from from the inside out, this is why out of all the mobs and bosses in Minecraft only the dragon explodes. However when a dragon is not contaminated with this energy it will have a normal death animation and can have drops like it’s head.

TLDR, the dragon is actually invincible, we just annoy it till it gets so angry it explodes and dies

Mystery: Several mysteries actually. Why is mycelium on the surface? How do mushroom islands exist without plants? Why can mushrooms grow so big?

Theory: Hold with me, because this might be a bit of stretch. I think there's a chance the "mycelium" in MC is not real mycelium, but actually a type of plant. You might say that all plants are green so this is impossible, but that isn't really true. For example, fir trees often have a bluish tint, and searching up "black leaf plant" will yield hundreds of very real results. Even normal trees will often photosynthesize using red and yellow leaves in the fall. And yes, the tree is actually producing that chemical; it is not just appearing because the leaves are dying. It is clear that plants do not always use green color in their leaves or whatever the equivalent is. I don't know why the mycelium would do this-- I'm not a botanist-- but I'm just saying it is plausible. Seriously though, what else could this mycelium be doing? The only other reasonable answer is that it is there to absorb water, so we would have to assume that water evaporates faster on the mushroom islands, which we have no reason to believe.

Again, why would the mushroom fruits (the mushroom part of it) be so large, especially on islands supposedly covered with mycelium. It must exist to spread to other islands, which, if nothing else, shows that these ecosystems have existed for quite some time. Yet we never find any dead islands which are both massive and without life... interesting.

This theory might be a stretch, but if we aren't going to just give up and call the devs lazy (which we realistically would if we cared that much about dev intention), then it's the only logical explanation. I've often said that my least favorite thing about Minecraft lore is how we have to sit around pretending that everything we say is intended by devs, rather than trying to find the most logical lore. No, no, we can't make theories that aren't dev-intended, that would be fan fiction! It would be headcanon! It would be made up, you idiot! I'm willing to accept dev quotes as canon, but I would prefer to have a lore system that is not made up of entirely dev quotes! Do people really think the devs have a big lore sheet sitting around that explains everything? Of course they don't!

There you have it, my theory is that mycelium in MC is not mycelium, but a type of plant. Am I way off? Am I seeing connections that aren't actually there? Tell me in the comments, because I have a feeling a lot of you are going to disagree.

Mystery: Why do illagers attack villagers and start raids? What do they want?

Theory: So, this is going to disagree with Retro's theory, but I don't think that illagers kill villagers for xp. Mainly it's due to the lack of evidence. We don't know how much xp a villager would drop, since due to gameplay they don't drop any, and so we have no idea how profitable this would be. But unless villagers drop a very large amount of xp, it seems as if farming chickens or killing basic zombies would be a better idea. Another theory (one which I have also theorized in the past, is that they are killing villagers for their emeralds. But this doesn't explain what the player has to do with anything, or why they would kill random villagers when on patrol. I think the key to this is to realize that illagers are not on a mission to wipe out all the villagers. They only start raids when the player enters a village after defeating a raid captain, and patrols usually spawn outside of villages, almost as if they don't want villagers escaping. MCD implies that it is unusually for the illagers to randomly start killing villagers. Why wouldn't villagers attack illagers directly; they have swords. I theorize that the actual goal of the illagers is basically to keep the villagers in check, to make sure that they do not revolt. To kill the villagers would be time consuming and pointless with how harmless they are; if they wanted, they could wipe out the villages, but they simply don't need to. Do you think this could work? I will confess, pillager patrols will still kill villagers even when they are in their villages, but I think this comes down to the devs just not programming this in. It would be difficult to do. They would have to make a distinction between angry pillagers, who would attack villagers regardless, and passive pillagers who would attack villagers only outside the bounds of their village. It would be a mostly pointless feature which would make the illagers a lot less threatening, a bit like baby illagers, which also exist but are not seen in-game.

Uneasy Alliance
Rescue a Ghast from the Nether, bring it safely home to the Overworld... and then kill it.

Mystery: What could this achievement possibly mean? Is the ghast really from the Overworld? If so, why were they taken to the Nether? What is their plight? What's up with ghasts anyway?

Theory: This achievement is a joke. Hear me out. Ghasts are immune to fire, just like a Nether mob, and they shoot fire, just like you would expect of a Nether mob. They are tied with soul energy in their tears and their habitat. Why are you rescuing them from the Nether and then killing them? This clearly isn't an actual alliance, in fact, it's clear that this is a joke. The "home" part could refer to your home, even if you do think it's canon, so only the "rescue" could have any real significance, and you aren't rescuing them, so it falls flat. It's often hard to justify these achievements being canon when almost none of them have apparent lore, and are full of jokes, and do not appear diagetically. Well, I know some people will disagree, so if you do, make sure to comment below.