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Welcome to Minecraft worldbuilding ideas!

On this blog, I'll post ideas and fun ways to build up a universe in Minecraft; from extracting liquid from a chorus fruit while cooking it and turning it into glue, to how the anatomy of a sentient zombie would work, I collect it all here!

Asks are always open! if you're a writer, an artist, or anyone else who loves making fiction related to Minecraft, you're welcome here! If you've got any ideas you'd like to share, questions you'd like me to answer, anything really, go to my inbox! I'd love to help with ideas, or share your ideas with the world!

Lastly, have a nice day! Enjoy the creative vibes on this blog, and happy creating!

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I have strong opinions on minecraft lore but never had anywhere to share them before, so here goes: I've always been a netherrack meat truther. The nether is made of meat, specifically the remains of a dead god. The lava was its blood, the netherrack its muscles, soul sand is what's left of the mortals it consumed. There's not much left of its bones but they're there. Striders, Magma Cubes, and Ghasts are its immune system, similar to white blood vessels and platelets. Everything else is foreign; piglins and wither skeletons and blazes were brought in by the ancient civilizations that built the ruined portals.

Oh interestinggg! I've never heard such an in depth review of this headcanon!

Maybe I'm thinking too far here, but let me add on some of my thoughts ^_^

The floor in the nether has the texture of very dense dried meat. Kind of as if you put millions of dried beef jerky next to eachother. Due to it's dryness and density, it's stable enough to walk on, similar to a grass field that's just been mowed.

Magma cubes and ghasts serve as the T cells of the nether. They attack pathogens (in this case, the player), while the striders are the B memory cells, serving as the observatory and recognition system.

Piglins, wither skeletons, etc, used to be recognised as a pathogen. But, due to not being harmful to the nether they've stayed, similar to one of the many various microbiomes we have in our bodies.

Similarly, every nether biome would've served its function in the living god, like organs.

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the creeper and the phantom are both pterosaurs.

Interesting. I can perfectly imagine the phantom being a pterosaur, since pterosaurs are classified as flying reptiles.

I'd classify the phantom as a basal pterosaur, considering they're smaller and have sharper teeth. These also have longer claws!

Curious to hear your thoughts on the creeper, though. Do you think they lost their ability to fly through evolution? Or another event?

Perhaps both the phantom and creeper stemmed from the ancient pterosaurs, but evolved completely differently?

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Here’s a breakdown of how I think minecraftian economics would work because that’s fun. It’s inspired by how a server I play on handles it and general headcanons and inductions.

Most economies are based on a standard of “if a material is rare enough and has some use, it will be a unit of currency” in most cases these units are coins (they’re made of anything metal) But in the case of diamonds and emeralds, full gems are used. Redstone is often compressed into a dissolvable disc that breaks apart with enough pressure. Lapis is carved into portions that can be used for enchanting. These forms of currency are not valued because they are rare but valued because you can uncraft them and turn them into something valuable. Metal coins can be made into weapons and armor, same with diamonds. Emeralds are often valued only because villagers do. Redstone and lapis are valued for machines and magic respectively.

Anybody can print or uncraft money. If somebody finds a ton of gold they can craft it into coins and spend them with a trader. Inflation is less of an issue if you have other countries to trade with. If your nation has a surplus of gold and a nation somewhere else has too many diamonds, you can exchange those units.

It’s basically an advanced form of bartering. It’s founded on the idea of “everybody needs these sorts of materials to some extent so anybody would trade for them”

Ooooh, love this idea!! ^_^

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Hello it’s me again. (From the private chat) here’s a golem headcanon.

Golems made of metal are personifications of the metal they’re made of.

Iron is strong, robust, and sturdy. It’s often used to make weapons and armor. And thus its golems would be large and dedicated to defending villages through combat.

Copper is a metal used a lot in industry. Copper golems have an instinct to sort in the same sense industry’s need to sort out various products.

This sort of falls apart with my OS (original species) Tin Golems and admittedly starts to fall apart with copper golems but it’s an interesting thought nonetheless.

Ooooh, love this approach.

Building further upon this, I'd say the vines and flowers blooming from iron golems is fitting for their kindness towards villagers. They may be strong and unforgiving to hostile mobs, but protect the village and are kind to its people.

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Random thing I was looking for your input on: where do you think elytra come from? They're only found in the End Cities, and they seem to be suited to player size. In the real world, elytra are the hard shell coverings over a beetle's wings. So I was wondering if they're constructed or if they come from some creature that no longer exists.

Ooooh, interesting. Well, the first thing I'd think about is that you can't farm them and they don't drop. So whatever dropped them, doesn't exist anymore. My second input would be that you can repair elytra with phantom membrane, so it'd be something similar to that. Phantoms have wings as well; so the elytra being the hard shell to cover a creatures wings is the most plausible option.

A few theories come to mind. They could be early phantoms. What if they lived in the end before, but for whatever reason migrated to the overworld, to hunt you while you aren't sleeping? A theory I had a while ago is that phantoms weren't actually real and hallucinations while the player damages themselves. What if they're extinct?

It could be something related to ender dragons. I mean, there's the dragon heads too right? How did they get there? Did someone place them there, perhaps a trophy or rather a ritual for when one has died?

The end islands are spaced out far away, so flight seems the most logical. This one is really making my brain think!

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I’ve had thoughts about souls in Minecraft for a while now and specifically two family of blocks that relate to them, soul sand and soil, and sculk.

In my mind both are the result of soul eating fungus that return soul energy back into the world. But while sculk is a colonial organism that spreads cooperatively, soul sand is inhabited by solitary fungi that display fierce competition between each other.

This is why exp is easily gained by breaking sculk, as it is already sharing the exp stored within itself to other members of the colony. But with soul sand each organism hold onto its collected exp much more strongly. Only releasing the collected soul energy when burned or fashioned into a Wither. I think the bubbles from soul sand underwater could either be the byproducts of their soul “fermentation”. Similar to how yeast produces carbon dioxide as a waste product

Oh, sick! Love this idea. Now I'm wondering what really happens when you break it. Do the souls get released? Do they get reused in your exp bar? Be the magic that really powers your enchantments? Do they ever find peace? Food for thought.

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You can skip this ask if you're not down to talk about this but do you think there are any intoxicating and/or addictive substances in the Minecraft universe? Like certain consumable items or potion ingredients (or maybe even potions themselves?)

Right, buckle in!

CONTENT WARNING: talk about addictive/intoxicating substances below cut! Please be safe and responsible.

As there are poppies in Minecraft (thought slightly different) I'd definitely think there could be opioids and similar ones like heroin and morphine.

Plenty of possibilities for hallucinogens. I'm thinking some venom from cacti could be subtracted, drying warped fungi, or pulverising sculk.

Suspicious stew is also an obvious answer. There's plenty of items that can't be made into suspicious stew canonically that you could give your own twist on!

Consuming potions in too high or too low doses could also have effects. Dragon's breath as well!

I do want to end this with, please be responsible with your actions. This post is not intended to give any advice on drugs or stimulate use. This is purely intended to use in fictional scenarios. Be safe!

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Minecraft Worldbuilding - Sounds of the biomes

It's typically quiet and peaceful in most Minecraft biomes. If you pay attention, though, you can truly enjoy the atmospheres of the peaceful.

Deserts are usually very quiet, but about half of the time you'll hear wind blazing through. If you're very quiet, you can even hear birds flying above, or smaller animals moving near you.

Pale oak forests are also quiet, but too quiet. You can hear your own heartbeat when you enter, you hear no birds, no wind. It's as if the air is dead. If you go with a group, it suddenly gets harder to hear each other. You could try talking louder; but something feels inherently wrong with that. It feels as if you should whisper.

In contrast to that, cherry blossom biomes are usually pretty lively. You can always hear at least 2 different kinds of birds, and if you're particularly quiet you can even hear the quiet buzzing of bees or the clicking of cicadas.

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I like the idea of, in-universe, the copper and iron golem’s are made slightly more complicated than just putting the blocks together. Realistically, I see the pumpkin being coated in the choice metal, with the forehead then being carved with a magical command sigil. For Iron Golems, the sigil is traditionally a word like “Protect” or “Guard”, while Copper Golems have “Sort” or “Organize”.

This makes them somewhat accurate to the golems in Judism, which have magical parchment on their forehead with a particular word in Hebrew on it. The golems of Prague had the word ‘truth’, for example, and were deactivated by removing the first letter (the aleph) to change the wort to ‘met’, meaning ‘death’.

Anyway ramble over :3

Interesting! I love making things more complicated in stories than it actually is in Minecraft when you play the game. What's the fun in crafting banners if you just pop it in and it instantly prints a pattern? Waiting 5-30 seconds for a fish? It adds so much to the story if you add detail. Lovely idea!

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Alright, since I've been encouraged, I will briefly talk about Illager hierarchy. I have Illager society structured a certain way, as the Illager Republic, with four classes of Illager: pillager, vindicator, illusioner, and evoker. (There were some others of the past, like the geomancers, enchanters, etc that we see in Dungeons, but they have since faded away with the past). It's also worth saying this class system is strict. It is near unheard of for one to change class, most are the same class their parents were before them. Now the hierarchy:

The lowest class is actually the witches, not Illagers themselves, but there is a Coven that allies with them, the Grey Coven. The witches are treated as lesser by Illagers and they are beholden to their commands.

Next we have the pillagers, high in number, but low in the chain of command. Pillagers are often fodder in battle, and are often not granted a decent education.

Vindicators come next, seen as more skilled fighters and often reserved for raids and other tougher fights. They also frequently guard the woodland mansions. Though they flaunt their superiority over the pillagers, they fail to see they are being used just as the pillagers are.

Illusioners fall into a bit of a strange category. Their powers are feared and loathed, given how they tamper with the mind, but as magic users they are given more respect. Illusioners actually arise from those with magical potential, but who did not pass the test to become an evoker. Evokers particularly despise the illusioners.

Evokers are the ones who are seen as the highest class amongst Illager society, highly educated and privileged. Of course, this earns them some ire from the other classes, but there's nothing that can really be done to curb their power. They've manipulated their way into such a high position and they're unwilling to share power or step down.

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Absolutely sick. I love this stuff. No comment, really well thought out! Cheers!

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Minecraft Worldbuilding - textures of various blocks

Some entities find it hard to imagine what some blocks feel like. Brave ones have found out: some of them documented it.

Warped and Crimson wood starts off special. Some have described it as warm to the touch and bumpy, quite bendable for wood, and some have even described it as if it was 'moving' underneath the surface.

Netherite is hard, smooth and dense. Similar to prismarine; except prismarine is damp, and very cold to the touch.

Lastly, purpur is smooth as well; but also glossy. You can clearly see your reflection in it, causing it to be popular as a kind of pocket mirror.

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Some pillagers get sick of killing and robbing the innocent, causing them to quit. Pillager groups typically just let them leave, as they usually get killed on their own and there's no sense in forcing someone who's disloyal to stick around.

Those who don't get mauled by zombies in the first 24 hours tend to do pretty well. Some become nomads, exploring the world and living on their own. (Sometimes nomads encounter each other and start traveling together.) Others become solo thieves who get their loot with stealth and cunning rather than murder.

In rare cases, they might join a village, although finding a village that will let them in is easier said than done. Some will start living near a village, coming into town to buy groceries and doing odd jobs for emeralds. Those who do this will often find work as scouts and/or cartographers, on account of being a lot more willing to leave safety than most villagers are.

Oh, what a cool concept! I can already imagine all the different stories of outcast illagers, each having their own lives disconnected from the big group. All the possibilities!

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Illager idea (if we are counting the whole family of mobs as illagers)

Aeons ago, during one of the many heights of illager control, they did what most civilians do

They started research into things that wernt to be meddled with, things like the source of a totems power, the light of a nether star, the potions that they had relied on so heavily to get where they are now

And the ender pearl

They found things that were fascinating, things that were powerful, leveling cities on accident, making the night as bright as day, creation of the ravager (turns out regeneration is quite volatile)

One of the last things they did before that era ended was figure out said ender pearl, and the corrupting force that came with it

With a grant from the prison, they took a pillager who had tried to run from the wars, horrified at what he saw, and they subject him to the pearls corruption

For months

When they finally checked in on this unnamed pillager though, there was nothing in the chamber, not even the cracked pearl

when they opened the door to see what had happened, as a sealed room without even really ventilation shouldn't be possible to escape from, they heard the noise of a crossbow being drawn back

And the illusioner revealed himself, and with it, his 3 copies

Not even the guards stood a chance against him

Upon his escape, he considered his options, maybe he could overthrow the entire civilation, bring end to that which he hated, or he could flee, find a new life, let the illager kingdom die on its own

Fleeing through the nether, he collected many things, most importantly, gold, netherrack, and a fire charge, which he used to make a campsite in the overworld

9 gold blocks, 4 redstone torches he stole in his fight, 1 netherrack, and fire atop, he brought about the devil, destroyer they called it, and with it came the creator

A pact with the devil and a fleeting glance at the creator, he hid from the world, never to be seen again

We now know the destroyer and the creator as Herobrine and steve

(did I go too hard on the story part and not the head cannon part? Please let me know)

Oooh, fun story! Got me hooked ^_^

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Hey there, it's shameless-minecraft-posting again. I have a lot on Illagers but I think I know what to focus on:

When Illagers are young, the equivalent of young teenagers, they undergo a test for magical potential. The test is in two parts, the first is to see if they have the potential for magic at all, and the second is if they can apply it in a satisfactory way. (The test is often to transform a blue sheep to a red one, but it can also depend on whoever is giving the test). The ones that pass become the apprentices of Evokers.

After they become apprentices, their goal is to prove their power and earn a totem of undying, the sign that they are now masters of their craft. However, if an evoker loses theirs (whether it be taken from them or used to revive them), they are never permitted another.

Oh dude, absolutely sick. This brings the sheep turning into a whole new light! Culturally engrained, a test to prove your worth. Teen illagers being nervous not to fail, possible pressure from their elders to do good, what if there was even a hierarchy of respect; like illagers who can do magic are more respected, therefore elders always hoping their younglings have potential magic. Food for thought.

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For the Illager theme of the week, I've got some stuff both about/from my MC inspired story Souls of Black, then just base game headcanons too ish! They sort of go together which is why I'm mentioning both, if that's alright. If you want only base game stuff that's so understandable, so just lmk!

Base-game headcanon: I think that Illagers were just villagers once, but not only are they now outcasts socially, but they've also ended up physically different (because of the gray skin). My idea was that over the centuries, villagers have discovered and lightly toyed with the magic of the world, using it to harness enchantment books, enchanted tools, and create their Iron Golems to protect themselves. Some villagers, though, they continued experimenting beyond that, which led to the creation of the Totem of Undying. They claimed it was the ultimate protection, and so that spread too, to each Cleric of every village.

Those original Clerics' experiments only continued padt the Totems, too, and toying with the magic and mechanics of life and death caused them to get sick, their skin turning gray and their behavior more aggressive. This sickness spread to the villages of those Clerics, infecting their people too. And thus came the Illagers, who when their experiments were discovered, were banned from villages for the rest of time.

Now, for Souls of Black I sort of translated this idea too, but its moreso a differing mindset then a sickness. The 'illagers' of the world believe in a sect of the main religion, and are outcasts and bitter because of it. They also are actually a cult, and seek rest from the cycle of life and death they've been put in :D

Oh, interesting! That would totally explain why they seem to have so much hatred against each other despite seeming so similar physically. That's got me thinking about raids, how illagers would want revenge or something similar like that. Interesting stuff!

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I bring you another Piglin headcanon (same anon who mentioned Piglins tapping the fungal trees for water): so baby wild pigs irl have little stripes to help them blend into their forest habitats. Overtime, they lose this pattern as they grow up. What if baby piglins had a baby fuzz that resembles the netherrack texture? And as they grow and shed it, it becomes a sort of coming of age thing.

Sub headcanon: Piglins have a sparse amount of bristly hair, designed for helping them keep cool as opposed to keeping them warm (see animals like warthogs and elephants for examples of this).

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This would make so much sense. I don't think I'll ever get this out of my head, it'd make so much sense if the piglins' skin would have hair to dissipate heat the same way elephants would. I imagine they have the same texture too!

The piglin skin patterns as well! I imagine it's engraved deep into their culture, like if you'd see a piglin with little to no stripes you'd show respect, while seeing one with a lot you'd feel obliged to help in any way. This could go the other way too; older piglins may get bullied for still having plenty of stripes, and vice versa. Speculating about their culture is so cool!

Hi anon! I absolutely loved your fungal tree headcanon as well. Keep the creativity flowing!