What Is Minecraft Steve?

At first, Minecraft doesn't seem like a game filled with lore, but if you dig deep enough you can discover some mysterious features that allude to a greater story. But through all of the strange things in the game, one thing stands out. You, Steve. In your Minecraft world you are so much more powerful than everything else around you, it begs the question, what really are you, and how do you fit into the game's story. What is minecraft steve? And that is the question I wil answer today

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This is NOT a series called Minecraft VVSauce where I explore random features of Minecraft. Not Minecraft, but the water rises or Minecraft Manhunt and NOT a more research based series dedicated to over-answering questions you never asked. Instead, this is a mini documentary / theory inspired by the game theorists. In this case an exploration of the lore of Minecraft steve.

[saberaiderd]

Speed runners: yeah, we freed our ancestors faster than average

[DiceyIcy_]

"if we can respawn, shouldn't they be able to as well?", they must've been playing in hardcore mode all along, smh

[Galimeer]

I have two issues with this theory:

1. Timing. If Steve is resurrected from the moment he initially died, then how has the world changed so much? Presumably, it took a long time for the various structures to fall into ruin, for the builders to become the endermen, for the piglin civilization to rise up in the Nether etc... There has to have been a long, long, _long_ time between the destruction of the builders' civilization and the appearance of Steve given how pristine and untouched the world is when we first arrive. Also, if the wither was the cataclysm that started all of this, where is it? Surely it didn't just disappear. There has to be at least one wither out there still wrecking havoc.

2. If defeating the enderdragon is the key to Steve's redemption, why can we still respawn after dying, even if the enderdragon is dead? Tangentially, wouldn't it make more sense for the task of redemption to be killing the wither? Why get this completely unrelated space dragon involved?

It's an interesting theory and, if nothing else, would make for a good story, but I don't think it necessarily fits Minecraft

[purplehaze]

Actually, it has been stated there's lore in Minecraft. Ravagers were initially supposed to be scared off by bunnies in much the same way as creepers are afraid of cats, but one of the devs rejected that idea siting lore inconsistency.

[Ungabunga]

“The enderman are our ancient ancestors”

Won’t stop me making a enderman genocide farm

[RetroGamingNow]

This is an interesting idea, and I enjoyed how you approached it from a more symbolic perspective. I have been thinking about the "Steve question" for months now, and I have come to a much different conclusion (which I will eventually explain in a video of my own). Nonetheless, I always like seeing how others approach the lore of Minecraft. One of the beautiful parts of the game is how it's open to interpretation, and I'm happy I got the chance to see what you think about one of the tougher subjects in Minecraft!

[RMadhok]

Everyone asks what’s Steve but no one asks how’s Steve 😔

[tale]

Three issues:

1) Endermen still hate you after you free the end.
2) You can still respawn after freeing the end.
3) The gods directly say "Now, wake up" implying you're not finished.

While I like this theory, I feel there are better explanations.

To me, Steve is one of those gods, but inside a human body and with limited power.

What are the gods? People playing in creative, people who have the true powers you can get, and as such, are bored. So, to amuse themselves, one of them got turned into a human, one got given the ability to roam this world with finite power. But there's nothing fun on seeing someone fail, the same way you can still play football after a defeat, so they made him immortal so he could try again and again.

But being creatures who were used to be all powerful, most of them just gave up, they didn't wanna try anymore because there was no reason to do so if it was going to be THAT hard. And so, we get Steve. He wanted to try, he wanted to see what happens, he was new for this people and he wanted to be new for this world.

The gamemode is called "Survival" for a reason.

He thrived, he found new things to amuse himself. Now, as another creature of this plane, he could experience the world around him. Endermen hate you not because you're the cause of the dragon slaving them, but because you're not supposed to be here, they hate endermite precisely for the same reason. As such, even if you free the end, they'll still hate you. As such, even if you free the end, you'll still respawn because there's more things to do in order to amuse yourself.

You're a god, you're just playing. You played well, and while going back to a new body, you hear your mates praise you for your efforts. They know who you are, what made you, what are you inside of. You're not in a real world, this is just something they created to amuse themselves. You're inside a machine, dreaming.

And the dream was long, and the dream was beautiful. And for your dream they created the world around you, the computer in which said world is inside. The person moving you around and the people before them. Steve is you, you're Steve, you're one of those gods playing the Steve's role.

You're the player.

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
— Unknown.

[PeerRevue]

Unpopular opinion: everybody is Steve with a costume on top

[kingzaynsmyname]

"How do you, Steve fit into the game"
Players that play as Alex: *why are we here, just to suffer?*

[RonEFEX]

I like to think that Shulker Boxes are weightless. If you think about it Shulkers can fly, and since their boxes would be really heavy because there's something in them controlling the boxes that would make it impossible to fly if they were really that heavy.

[philosotree]

My biggest problem with theories like this is people taking game mechanics at face value when they don't necessarily line up with the canon lore.

[Nautical]

Alternate theory: the other builders died and ragequit

[Trojan]

“If I kill Jerry he won’t respawn”
Hypixel Skyblock would like to disagree.

[henrybyrd]

1. the respawn mechanic isn't necessarily canon, but bringing it up is an interesting idea.
2. it's cool to have an explanation for why Steve exists.
3. the game continues after you beat the dragon, and you continue to respawn.
4. there's definitely a time skip between the start of the game and the calamity, which the two entities would've had to do on purpose, which isn't impossible, yet seems odd.

[webe]

I like this cycle theory. One of the official Minecraft books “The End” talks about a cycle, the two entities, and endermen being able to interact with each other (share stories from generation to generation which leads to them know what Steve is)

[ipadkid]

Videos in a few years be like: What is Minecraft, Steve: Q&A with Steve himself

[marshalllee]

My theory is that steve is the reason the ancient builders disappeared. He didn’t kill them, they just found out some immortal guy who could basically do anything was going to appear, so they got tf outta there.

[pixelcat]

1:07 just imagine you’re an Guardian just seeing an unkillable man talking to them self while tweaking and fisting the water while on the place you’re guarding.

[klyntar]

5:08 "The ability to respawn"

Hardcore: Am I a joke to you?