The Tragic Story of Minecraft's Nether Fortress

Minecraft is no stranger to unsolved mysteries. And one of the hardest and strangest to solve is the Nether Fortress. What is this thing and how does it connect to Minecraft Lore as a whole. Well, after a bit of digging I think I have a good interpretation of the story of these structures. But it isn't happy... This is the Tragic Story of Minecraft's Nether Fortress

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➤➤Credit: This format is inspired by @GameTheory

This is a NOT series called Minecraft VVSauce where I explore random features of Minecraft. Not Minecraft, but the water rises or Minecraft Manhunt but Wifeory, a lore based minecraft series where I dig into some of Minecraft's biggest unsolved mysteries...

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[capsey_]

Notch: Bruh, I'm too tired to do interior of the Fortresses, let's just keep it simple

Wifies: But why they're empty? Clearly this is indication of...

[oval]

Wifies: Explains a theory
Me: "That totally makes sense"

Also Wifies: "But this is the actual theory"
Also me: "Oh"

[ashleytan]

Imagine Notch watching this and being like: this is just a cool building that has loot for the

[flydrop]

A few things I think you should have explored and added into the theory:
- Regular skeletons also spawn in fortresses, although much less frequently then wither skeletons;
- Wither skeletons and piglins are hostile towards each other. The same does not happen between piglins and blazes, which only attack each other when provoked;
- Piglins become zombified when going to the Overworld, and are strangely more tame when zombified. Hoglins also become zombified, however become extremely agressive in the process, attacking every other mob in the game;
- Even more curious, piglins and hoglins are not immune to fire despite being native to the Nether, but their zombified counterparts are.

Other than that this is a good video.

[stardragonflame]

Wifies: *walks in a nether Fortress*

The Ground: *makes grass walking sounds*

[waitthatscopyrighted]

Mojang developer: *inhales*

MatPat, RGN, and Wifies: This is clearly an indication that all hostile mobs work for the Illuminati.

[RetroGamingNow]

Cool video! I thought the story you presented was well-told and quite enjoyable!

[victorjozek]

I like to think Blazes are melted-in-lava Wither skeletons, with their teared up ribs becoming the 12 floating rods (like the 12 pairs of ribs on a human skeleton). Melted enough to fusion into really hot and strong material, it explains this metalic sound to their breathe and the nature of their fire throwing abilities.

[cos]

I didn't think a game made of cubes would have such a deep story where everything connects

[shweli]

Mojang: Let's add a cool structure in the nether which has some loot and offers the player a challenge

Lore theorist: As you can see here...
This is what I like to call *L O R E*

[starsky]

Just to build on this slightly, undead mobs take damage from potions of healing. One of the only places you find naturally generating brewing stands (besides villages) is in the End ships. And of course, every single one of those brewing stands are stocked with potions of healing. This leads to my theory that the ships were constructed in a last ditch effort to return to the overworld and eradicate the zombies by raining those potions down from above.

[singingcat]

To me, the lava well could very well be some sort of altar. Kind of a sacred room at the core of their fortresses, dedicated to the worship of some deity. Maybe its purpose was to protect the fortress against external attacks, by placing it under the protection of a god or goddess.

[illbeinmycoffin]

wifie: “something, is missing”
random ad: GET THE WHOLE TEAM TOGETHER

[lucaskellogg]

My thoughts is that the fortress was originally just made for potions (blazes are natural and the ancient builders farmed and put them into a spawner) but then they found out about the ancient giant withers. They then made it into a fortress to defend and all of the wither skeletons are ancient builders who died from ancient withers.

[kingstupidiii]

Heres a theory on the wither skeletons: the skeletons are the reincarnated (by the wither effect) remains of the casualties of war against the withers.
The wither effect changed their bones black, and also drove them down a violent path.
Also the fact of the wither skeletons are undead mobs would support this theory. This also makes me think of the wither effect as a virus, that takes control of its host, and "withers them away", brining the dead player into the vast armies of the wither skeletons. This theory would also support the fact that both the wither boss, and the skeletons give the wither effect upon getting damaged. As if they are trying to infect you, so you enter the endless horde of skeletons.

[billlupin]

Just to add to that, based on the design of the nether fortress, I think it’s likely it started as a nether hub. The long isolated pathways were designed not as protection from zombies, which could be accomplished much easier with much shorter platforms, but as protection from ghasts and piglin raids. Ordinarily you would want to concentrate the forces of a fortress, make them easier to defend, but on a nether fortress, the paths are important, they’re roads in another hub. At the end of each path was probably a portal that they destroyed when the zombies attacked.

[thegoobanator]

Wifies: "The Tragic Story of Minecraft's Nether Fortress"


Speedrunners: "KIll blazes, wither skeletons suck unless you are doing an all bosses speedrun."

[InvaltidWord]

"saddles can only be found in chests"
leatherworker villager: am I a joke to you?

[poltec]

Now the "a terrible fortress" achievement makes even more sense

[AJ_Brimson]

That video was just amazing... especially the end bit... "An inhumane never-ending process, truly a terrible fortress" It all makes sense. Thanks Wifies :)