What if THIS Minecraft Mob Existed?
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What if the Minecraft mob vote had different outcomes?
What if the Minecraft mob vote were different? Year after year, Mojang had us vote on the game's next mob. This shaped the game and the lore as we know it. But if one of these votes turned out differently, it wouldn't have just affected the yearly updates. It would have changed everything. hello internet welcome to game theory the show that answers questions like what if things were different last year we did a video theorizing about the copper golem a mob that lost pretty dramatically to the la during the mob vote of 2021 but then we got the copper age update which resurrected the copper golem officially putting it in the game and it's great people have been super creative with them from using them to run their entire base to pranking their friends but all of this got me thinking
Before this, we thought every losing mob was gone forever. Because, well, Mojang said that's how it worked. But clearly, we are able to bring back these mobs, so what if the other losing mobs were added back to the game? And more importantly, what would their lore be? You see, mobs are more than just silly little guys who populate Minecraft's blocky world. they're also valuable clues that help us unlock the game's secrets. In the past, they've played key parts in helping us track down the mysteries of the ancient builders and the overworld they left behind. If a different mob was chosen, it could set off a butterfly effect, changing the way we see the world of Minecraft forever. So we are going to do something a little different today, loyal theorists.
We are going to jump in our Theory Time Machine and revive three rejected mobs, exploring all the blocky implications that come with it. It's time for us to go into the Minerverse. No, not that.
How did the Copper Golem change Minecraft gameplay?
The Crafterverse? For now, let's just go with the Mojangverse. Allons-y! The first stop on our journey through time is to 2022. The Sniffer won that particular mob vote. Totally legitimately, I might add. So we did a whole episode on this big boy. But while I too was drawn in by the Sniffer's promises of ancient secrets, I was also intrigued by one of the underdogs in this race, the Rascal. This mischievous little guy captured my heart with his gifts and never-ending games of hide and seek. But I quickly had to say goodbye to him because 55% of people voted for the Sniffing Dinosaur. So today, I'm bringing it back. Based on the teaser Mojang shared, Rascals are small creatures that would have been found deep underground, specifically in mineshafts.
Once you see him, you'll embark on a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek. Find them three times, and they'll give you a prize, like an enchanted pickaxe, for example. And that is pretty much all we know about the Rascals. So, how on earth can we figure out how the lore would have changed with them included? Well, first, let's look a little closer at what we do know. The Rascals call the mineshafts home, and we've believed for a long time that these mineshafts were built by the ancient builders as they mined for materials. it would only make sense that a mob who specifically spawns in those mines and carries tools must share a connection with those ancient builders. But contextually, it also makes sense.
The Rascal would have been added to the Trails and Tales update, the update that's all about excavating and finding a lost civilization buried underground. In that update, we saw all of the pottery sherds, which led us to realize that the ancient builders were not just one monolithic culture, but consisted of multiple different tribes. The Sniffer, the true winner of the mob vote, actually appeared on one of these shirts. Look how cute he is! But in the timeline where the Rascal wins, this cute shirt would likely have been replaced with an arguably cuter shirt, the Rascal shirt, or something similar, implying that they too would have had a relationship with the ancient builders, much like we've theorized about the Sniffer.
Although, unlike the Sniffer, which is more of a I actually think the rascals would have been more than friends.
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