Why Wardens Are Blind (Minecraft 1.19)

Why are wardens blind in minecraft to understand  the warden we need to understand the sculk in the   ancient cities what is sculk and where did it  come from and why were the ancient cities built  

That is what we will figure out in this video we  first need to look at the ancient cities a giant   structure released in minecraft 1.19 the sculk and  warden seemed to be otherworldly creatures which   infected and took over the cities slowly spreading  out to become the deep dark biomes underground how  

Do these ancient cities relate to the stronghold  since the stronghold has been around for a lot   longer than the ancient cities i think it is safe  to assume that the strongholds were built first my   current theory is that the strongholds were built  by a small team of researchers and scientists  

Unlike the ancient cities the strongholds don’t  look like a place for civilians to live in it   looks more like a laboratory after the stronghold  was built and the coast was clear the ancient   people of the past the ancient builders built  a massive city underground as the name implies  

Ancient cities once supported a big population of  people while the strongholds were only populated   by researchers so why were these underground  bases built let me quickly explain to you the   lore to help you better understand the context  a minecraft plague at one point quickly infected  

In ancient race of players turning them into the  zombies and skeletons which roamed the overworld   the researchers in the strongholds found out that  the cure was simply a golden apple and a weakness   potion the golden apple at the center of the  ancient city chests indicate that the cure was  

Sent from the stronghold to the ancient cities  the ancient cities were built deep underground   in the deep slate so that the civilians were  safer from the zombie plague all above ground   structures were abandoned the ancient builders  seemed it to have tried to enjoy life underground  

And kept clean judging by the pools they seemed  to have lived off of glowberries judging by the   ancient city loot but living underground plus the  zombie cure only bought them time to try to escape   escape to a new dimension the zombie plague  eventually infected the caves since most ancient  

Builders fled underground this would explain why  most undead mobs are found beneath the surface the   researchers and the strongholds figured out how to  make an end portal in disc 5 a new disc added in   minecraft 1.19 there is a part where you can hear  lava and silverfish indicating that this is the  

End portal room you also soon after hear a bunch  of screeches which i theorized were the many ender   dragons which once roamed the end the researchers  fled into the end kind of screwing over everyone   else in the ancient cities people in the  underground cities would have to figure out how  

To escape on their own since their population was  a lot greater than the small team of researchers   they would need to create a way bigger portal they  somehow created reinforced a deep slate and used   the energy from souls as clearly seen by the soul  fire to power the portal all seemed good until  

They attempted to light it we now need to look at  minecraft’s ruined portals whenever the ancient   builders lit these portals for whatever reason  netherrack and other nether junk spilled out the   same mechanic could apply to the massive portal  inside ancient cities when they lit to the giant  

Portal otherworldly sculk and the warden spewed  out similar to the otherworldly netherrack that   spilled out of nether portals this can be heard in  disc 5 the portal is lit and the sculk center is   activated and the warden jumps out of the border  this portal could have been only temporarily open  

But it was just enough time for the sculk to  emerge ready to infect this new dimension at   first the ancient builders tried to cope with  the warden and this new invasive species at   first the warden was considered just an innocent  block which could power their redstone lamps and  

Contraptions but oh no the sculk was much more  dangerous than they thought wild sculk kept on   growing off of dead mobs to please the warden  they placed wool to prevent making sounds and   even worship to the warden as seen by the candles  and shrines diamond hose inside chest to indicate  

That the ancient builders tried to get rid of the  sculk but it was too late the snowballs inside the   ancient city chests indicate that they tried to  fight back or tried to distract the warden but the   warden was too powerful and kept emerging from  the sculk every time they were killed since no  

Undead mobs spawned in ancient cities unlike  everywhere else the zombie plague didn’t infect   the ancient builders inside the ancient cities  lucky for them but the warden killed off everyone   inside the cities the sculk continues to spread  underground creating the giant deep dark biomes  

Quick mini-theory it seems like long after the  ancient builders were dead the pillagers came   to explore the remains they might have gone into  the strongholds in ancient cities themselves might   have even taken a few magical things proof of this  is that you can see these dark oak structures that  

Seem to be placed on top of the ancient cities  they look vaguely familiar to the pillager   outposts proof they saw the strongholds at one  point is that inside the woodland mansions there   is an end portal room made out of wool they might  have found the allies inside the ancient cities  

And captured them trapping them inside their  woodland mansions and outposts where they were   turned into vexes totems of undying may have been  items stolen by illagers proof that alleys were   probably in ancient cities is that there are music  discs and amethyst shards inside the city chest  

Giving an allay in amethyst shard while it is  dancing to music will cause it to duplicate   anyways now that you understand the minecraft  lore let’s analyze the sculk and finally answer   the question of why wardens are blind judging by  my own observations of the sculk it behaves in  

Many ways like a cancer sculks grow by consuming  the souls of creatures that die near it while   cancer grows by stealing nutrients from a host it  does this through the use of the sculk catalyst   we know that the sculk collects souls since sculk  catalysts release soul particles and the warden  

And sculk shrieker both show soul animations an  interesting thing i noted though is that sculk   only spreads if a mob dies near it that drops  experience orbs but anyways let’s continue the   sculk seems to be a living sentient being of sorts  it can grow when has veins side note echo shards  

Seem to be amethyst shards that were infected by  sculk just wanted to point that out since amethyst   can be found inside the ancient cities and they  look suspiciously similar it’s pretty obvious that   sculk harvests the power of souls but there is one  other block that traps souls as well and that is  

Soul sand i theorize that these two blocks the  sculk and the soul sand have a lot in common and   potentially share a connection looking at the soul  sand itself you can clearly see soul screaming  

Inside and when you walk on them with soul speed  boots you can see souls escaping the souls seem to   give off energy which is why soul speed makes  you walk faster on soul sand the same applies  

With the skulk the skulk sucks the souls out of  mobs and uses it to grow like a cancer souls and   minecraft seem to be represented by the color cyan  this is why soul sand and soul fire are cyan the  

Souls give off an energy that powers these blocks  the reason i point out this connection is because   soul lanterns are commonly found throughout  ancient cities and soul fire seemed to power   the massive city center both soul sand and sculk  can be found in pockets underground whether that  

Is the overworld or nether depending on where  the creature died since the sculk is a living   being it will do whatever is in its best interest  to be able to survive and thrive the warden which   emerges from the sculk helps protect and spread  the skull they were originally labeled undead mobs  

But they are not anymore so i don’t think they  are like an undead iron golem or something this   is where wardens get their names since they guard  the sculk and ward off others that would hurt it   since wardens only drop skull catalysts a block  which helps spread the sculk i theorize that they  

Have two jobs to protect the skull and to spread  it so why are they blind my theory is that it’s to   prevent the warden from being too aggressive think  about it if the warden had eyes it would kill   everything in its tracks with the warden being  too overpowered everyone would work together to  

Get rid of the giant threat killing the species  with the warden being blind it is in everyone’s   best interest to just leave it alone and to sneak  by nobody would want to attempt to mine the sculk  

Since it would just aggro the warded so the sculk  gets to thrive for undead moms however the warden   can easily kill them causing their souls to help  the skull catalyst to spread sculk might also grow   whenever a dead player is buried underground when  a warden dies its one and only skull catalyst is  

Placed down to continue spreading the skull or  maybe when the warden buries itself it actually   starts the next seed for sculk to start growing  another theory is that maybe the dimension from   which sculk originated from is pitch black there’s  no confirmation that the city center in ancient  

Cities is actually a portal though so we’ll have  to see this portal could have just temporarily   opened for this theory to work anyways if there  is no light and it is pitch black in this new  

Dimension then what is the point of eyes right so  the warden is blind either to keep it from being   over aggressive or because eyes were pointless  in the dark dimension they came from and so the   sculk will keep on spreading and infecting until  everything in the overworld becomes sculk i hope  

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