The Original Warden Was Nightmare Fuel

The Minecraft 1.19 Warden + Deep Dark were already really eerie. A few days ago the creepiness skyrocketed even higher.

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0:00 - bark bark
3:27 - naming
4:50 - sculk concepts
11:51 - warden concepts

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if you read this comment "good boy rex"

[wattlesplays]

which warden concept keeps you up at night the most?

[christophernakhoul]

Just imagine you're a child and it's your first time playing minecraft and the first thing you see underground is that abomination in the thumbnail.

[hopefrog]

I think a fundamental part of minecraft is making things scary without using blood and horror elements. Such as creepers, creepers are actually pretty cute, but the damage they do and the instant death explosion they can cause is scary! I am glad the warden looks as it does currently as it allows it to be scary in the way it fights.

[edenwayne]

Trypophobia is also believed to not be a phobia at all, but an instinct. As it cannot be unlearned like most phobias.

I like to think that this was to make us stay away from insect nests such as wasps, or to avoid eating infested plants.

[UnicornLover]

Finally, someone else realizes that prototype Warden looks like an SCP

[FarzyMC]

We stan Rex, this is a Rex fan account now

[jesusporfirio]

I really feel like the stalker should also be a mob exclusive to the deep dark along with the warden. Maybe it attacks in light levels above 0 unless it’s attacked first but I think it’s really cool

[Crystal_]

As much as I generally love horror, I think some of the designs were pushing it a bit too much for Minecraft. The final Warden design manages to be eerie and intimidating while still fitting snugly into Minecraft

[jakubsolar]

Honestly, I love the Black Warden we got at the end, his terryfyingness is balanced here. Minecraft is at the end 10+ and I don't want to have another case with Inappropriately scary content like Dead Hand in Zelda game for little kids.

[The.Nasty.]

We dodged a lot of bullets on this one, most of those earlier concepts were just SCP knock-offs…

Sirenhead, the pale statue, and the Old Man, being the most obvious inspirations.

Also glad they didn’t choose any of those earlier color palettes, the white on looks like birch wood and the brown looks like mud.

The black and cyan make for a dark and eerie feel and I love the end design.

I’m really glad they take so much time designing and redesigning these mobs to look just right, these things can’t be rushed.

[recep]

Stalker seems like a creature that not powerfull as the Warden but still powerfull, like at least killable. It would be a great sidekick. Shame that they will not add it.

[SnowyOwlKonnen]

I like how the idea's for the Warden and the Deep Dark feel like child-friendly Lovecraftian monster concepts.

[LuvzToLol]

2:29 I like the middle version, it kinda looks like it has rabbit ears. It gives a subtle hint that this is a mob which relies on sound to find you.

[_emory]

I really like the stalker, it kind of has “king of endermen” vibes and the text about it’s ears and the particle effects sound really cool

[cable]

bro the fact that the stalker can fit into one block spaces makes me so uncomfortable. Like, imagine you're in a one by one strip mine and you just see that thing coming towards you at high speed

[shirinakter]

"good boy rex" also that typophobia sculk art is actually really disgusting but also cool at the same time.I agree with you.

[QuackDuck]

Honestly I want the stalker as a separate mob, SUPER cool

[subswithoutanygoodcontents]

I like the stalker concept. Its like when you working house in the night and hearing sounds and echoing of the thing
Its like siren head in minecraft and cool also creepy scary and terrified to play. I really like that idea the stalker should not be in the caves the stalker is for the forest. I really wish to have stalker lurking in the forests with siren head sounds.

[crep]

As much as I love the stalker design, Minecraft is still meant to be for children after all, and I'm glad the developers were willing to go that far for design, and I'm happy kids will get to experience Minecraft scare-free.

Fleshy warden probably got dumped for the same reason bloodstone was replaced by netherrack. Gore doesn't fit very well with Minecraft's asthetics

[ForeverLaxx]

"Copper is oxidizing not rusting"

Rust is just what we call oxidized iron. Green copper is "rusted" copper.