There are always chores that need to be done in a village, regardless of profession. One of which is morning duty.
Members of a village are rotated on morning patrols, where they scare off night creatures lingering in the fields, usually disorientated spiders and phantoms, or creepers trying to hunker down in the crops. More info below.
They also have the unpleasant job of cleaning up the smoldering remains of zombies and skeletons. It’s a crucial time for reporting any damage to houses, fences or golems, and any strange activity, such as missing livestock and crops. The culprits are usually benign: wild animals or misbehaving teenagers, but occasionally stranger things occur. Items and materials nonsensically relocated by Endermen, or even rarer, animals picked clean until they are merely a pile of bones and inedible parts.
This phenomenon is attributed to a vast array of folkloric monsters from village to village, but the real root are typically starving and injured players desperate enough to risk the ire of an iron golem. They need to consume large amounts of protein to regenerate severe wounds, and will enter a lethargic, trance-like state in order to conserve energy while they seek out food, impairing their judgement. They may otherwise attempt to eat inedible materials, like flour, dirt and hay, particularly if they have only spawned recently and are still in their infantile stage.
Villagers on patrol often wear brightly coloured clothing so they’re easy to spot in the fields.
Listen I don't play much current minecraft and apparently this is a death message when using elytra and it's the funniest thing to me idk why.
I think 1.9 was literally the last time I was highly invested into minecraft updates ngl. So, ironic I didn't know this was a message after dying 100s of times with elytra from hitting walls. Possibly I forgot, that was 2016 after all.
These too please omg
Recently I found this video of a Mojang developer playing Minecraft (for testing purposes, of course) and it's SO adorable.
Henrik is so polite to the mobs, not wanting to hurt them unless he has to. Even with the hostile mobs he has a general "please stop attacking me" reaction.
You can see him using his imagination and having fun. Like switching from explaining game mechanics to us, the audience, to a group of Drowneds trying to attack him and at the end asking if they understood. Or saying good morning to a Villager before interacting with them. Or questioning if this pork chop counts as breakfast or lunch.
You can hear Henrik's childlike wonder at the beautiful world he and his colleagues spent months programming and perfecting. He chooses to sleep in areas with gorgeous views of mountains and valleys and remarks how beautiful it all is, when he could easily sleep anywhere if he wanted to be super efficient.
You can tell he genuinely enjoys playing the game outside of work. He clearly loves the game just as much as the community does.
At the same time, when Henrik explains something you can tell how intelligent and skilled he is. He's clearly spent a lot of time studying game design, real-world terrain, taking note of how we play, and figuring out what works best for the most people.
- Techno will be receiving the Courage Award from the Sarcoma Foundation of America in September for his dedication to the cause. You can read about it here.
- A Mojang Community Manager on reddit has confirmed that Mojang is thinking of ways to honour Techno, but without any details as to how they will be doing so. Link to their reddit comment.
- Techno’s channel hit 12 million subscribers on YouTube! That means he’s overtaken Tommy again.
- Phil has built a monument to Techno in his hardcore world. It consists of a diamond sword rammed into an island, with Techno’s cape hung from the hilt. A Friendship Emerald hangs from one side of the sword’s hand guard. Techno’s crown sits around where the sword meets the earth, with Phil having tried to replicate the scuffedness of the gems as best he could. A trident named “Technoblade Never Dies” is hung in an item frame on the crown. There is a bell on an emerald block and 2 pigs tethered next to the monument.
A tribute to Techno has been added to the Java Minecraft Launcher.
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A cropped screenshot of the current banner displayed on the Java Minecraft launcher. It shows Steve and Alex running out of a cave in the side of a hill surrounded by a variety of peaceful and hostile mobs, including a pig wearing Technoblade's crown.