Game Theory: Minecraft, Do NOT Kill The Ender Dragon!

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    Welcome back to our deep dive into the lore and history of Minecraft. Today, we are going all the way to the end...er. The Ender Dragon. We are talking about the Ender Dragon. Have you ever wondered how or why it is there? Why do we have to hunt it to win? Well, it's a lot more of a tragic story than you would guess. Or maybe you've watched the rest of our Minecraft Lost History series and you KNOW it is going to be sad. Theorists, we need to SAVE the Ender Dragon!
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  • @themattster
    @themattster 2 년 전 +738

    "Speaking of eternal torment, school is back in session!"
    That hit different lmao

    • @loturzelrestaurant
      @loturzelrestaurant 2 년 전 +11

      So this is answering a Question that his first Theory (and just common sense anyway) opened once: Why would the Ancient builders lose to a Dragon that is EXTREMLY EASY to defeat? I mean, it gets ridiculous if you even count-in the Mods that turn you into a literal Fish and let you beat the Game anyway. People did, actually.
      So yeah, this explains that: The Dragon WAS defeated over and over again, it was just of no real Use to the Builders and they couldnt use it to escape.

    • @themattster
      @themattster 2 년 전 +7

      @@loturzelrestaurant I'm gonna assume you replied to the wrong comment...?

    • @loturzelrestaurant
      @loturzelrestaurant 2 년 전 +1

      @@themattster No,
      i was talking in General.

    • @salvadorantonnius238
      @salvadorantonnius238 2 년 전 +5

      @@loturzelrestaurant Your comment made no sense as to what OP posted.

    • @BoingyBoy
      @BoingyBoy 2 년 전 +2

      @@loturzelrestaurant what

  • @UntitledSpecifics
    @UntitledSpecifics 2 년 전 +671

    End:has a only one dragon
    Steve with an end crystal: "I'm gonna do an illegal gamer move"

    • @pinnedcomment895
      @pinnedcomment895 2 년 전 +33

      See back in the overworld we do something named respawning

    • @chronosorion6911
      @chronosorion6911 2 년 전 +1

      @Matthew Wong I wish I had gotten the game when I had the chance... Will it only spawn a dragon when there isn't one, or would it spawn a second if you put the crystals in place when there's still one there?

    • @Espresso_404
      @Espresso_404 2 년 전 +1

      @@chronosorion6911 it’ll only spawn if you’ve already killed the ender dragon

    • @chronosorion6911
      @chronosorion6911 2 년 전

      @@Espresso_404 Ahh, ok, thanks!

    • @c1ips0official31
      @c1ips0official31 2 년 전

      isn't that worse? killing the dragon just to bring it back over and over again? wouldn't that create a endless cycle of killing? a never ending spiral of torment all for sadistic gains? wouldn't that be a fate worse than death?

  • @theredlindworm732
    @theredlindworm732 년 전 +790

    makes me appreciate that old mod that allows you to hatch and raise the egg

  • @conjurerofcheapthrills4750

    Yo Matt, quick question: why can you resummon the Enderdragon? Do you think the builders used magic or something to keep the dragon alive? maybe as a last resort kinda scenario?

    • @omnivoidable
      @omnivoidable 년 전 +34

      It's reborn(not summoned)(I'm talking in lore here),
      By using the thing that gives it life, so giving the unfertilized egg, giving it life, makes a new dragon,
      So, yeha, maybe just a "Incase some adventurer did kill you, here's how to revive you" kind of deal...

    • @eliargumedo4728
      @eliargumedo4728 9 개월 전 +9

      ​@@omnivoidablebut we still have the egg even if we revive it. So which dragon is being reborn or revived?

    • @davethescrub858
      @davethescrub858 7 개월 전 +6

      ​@@eliargumedo4728could be similar to a phoenix reborn from its own ashes

    • @xavierthomas5835
      @xavierthomas5835 5 개월 전 +5

      ​@davethescrub858 there are animals that deliver children with no fertilization. They're just genetic copies of their mother. So it would be with the dragon. Nothing more than a clone. Much like a phoenix, then, the same creature brought back to life.

    • @davethescrub858
      @davethescrub858 5 개월 전 +2

      @@xavierthomas5835 that's like asexual reproduction or something isn't it? Amoeba's can self replicate which is neat

  • @nabongobong9155
    @nabongobong9155 2 년 전 +439

    "According to all laws of aviation, there's no fricking way ender dragon could fly"
    Floating tree: hold my saplings

  • @turquoiseninju7
    @turquoiseninju7 2 년 전 +510

    11:27 "Long ago, all the Ender Dragons lived together in harmony, but everything changed when the Ancient Builders attacked. Only Jean, master of the End could kill the Ancient Builders, but when the End needed her the most, she was killed by some random Steve."

    • @banrajanand7983
      @banrajanand7983 2 년 전 +9

      did you type Ancient wrong on purpose?

    • @FlowerLily1212
      @FlowerLily1212 2 년 전

      Lol

    • @awaywiththefaeries9464
      @awaywiththefaeries9464 2 년 전 +7

      Honestly throughout the video I was thinking about the Fire Nation hunting dragons to almost extinction.

    • @calvinjohnson6242
      @calvinjohnson6242 2 년 전 +3

      I skipped to this part and basically understood the entire video.

    • @jimym__
      @jimym__ 2 년 전

      @@banrajanand7983 what kind of dumb question is this?

  • @IDoNotWatchAnime
    @IDoNotWatchAnime 년 전 +64

    9:24 what your here for

  • @ravynf9286
    @ravynf9286 년 전 +32

    Something I just realized after a year, that has a much darker reality. The fact that you can use the end crystals to revive the dragon means that Jean could endlessly kill her. Which could mean Jean is being killed for her hide to make more Elytra, but as we see when we kill her there is no body to harvest. This has one of two situations, either Jean was revived and killed so many times she now doesn't have a body to harvest. Or the builders built this system killed her, revived her then killed her again only to find that she no longer had a body to harvest. So they gave up leaving Jean to suffer eternal life. But either came to study her later, or as Endermen not understanding why, then remembering why they came to Jean when she accidentally hits them.

  • @tristanlassche3560
    @tristanlassche3560 2 년 전 +672

    The enderdragon lives in the end dimension, where there is no planet with a large gravitational pull, instead just some small "islands". Therefore, it does not need as big wings do be able to fly as it would on earth.

  • @JustNoah__
    @JustNoah__ 2 년 전 +1573

    "they'll never atone for what they did"
    *looks at highly efficient endermen grinders*

  • @goofygoober5270
    @goofygoober5270 2 년 전 +54

    Theory: Jean was left alive with healing towers to kill the wither if it ever entered. She probably even did, the problem after the fact was that they had given her several nigh-indestructable healing towers and a seething hatred and justifiable motivation to kill them. They certainly didn't have the amount or quality of weapons to fight her, and any bridges they built were destroyed after they got away from the entry island or destroyed in her battle.

  • @thegeeg1748
    @thegeeg1748 2 년 전 +123

    I actually think the Elytras are made from Phantoms, the mob that appears if you dont sleep 3 nights in a row. Not only do their wings look very similar, but you literally use phantom membranes, the items they drop, to repair elytras in an anvil.

    • @2morrowillcome
      @2morrowillcome 10 개월 전 +6

      I'm leaning more this way too. Also given the elytras size I feel like it is far more likely they might be more tied to the phantom than the ender dragon.
      I'm almost ready to start a crazy wall to try to pin down the link between the elytras, phantoms, the ancient builders desire to access other dimensions, and why beds explode in the end and nether.... canonically of course, not just as a preventative mechanic to make sure the player doesn't get permanently stuck in either.

    • @sadietabor738
      @sadietabor738 9 개월 전 +4

      You got a point, yes, the membranes fix the Elytra but you cannot get Elytra in the overworld. The phantoms only drop membrane to repair them. Kinds sounds like another theory

    • @Conorator
      @Conorator 8 개월 전 +3

      Maybe the Elytra (plural of elytron) are crafted using parts from the dragon wings in conjunction with phantom membranes. The dragon wings are more durable due to the dragon's resilience (high HP), leading to the more delicate phantom membranes possibly ripping and tearing and needing to be patched up. It might be that the dragon wing parts sort of work as the framework or "bones" for the Elytra, with phantom membranes serving as the webbing. It makes a lot of sense, seeing how the Elytra are entirely gray, which is the same color as that part on Ender Dragon wings.

    • @thegeeg1748
      @thegeeg1748 8 개월 전 +1

      @@Conorator We know that elytra are not very durable though, they break just from flying very quickly without help from unbreaking 3 and mending

    • @Conorator
      @Conorator 8 개월 전 +3

      @@thegeeg1748 Yes, but it still supports my theory. Elytra cannot fully break, they sit at 1 durability. It's because the framework stays intact, but the phantom membrane is completely broken, so it's still possible to repair, but not to fly, since skeleton wings don't really work.

  • @Zet22.
    @Zet22. 2 년 전 +14318

    Ancient Builder: "We Have To Protect The Last remain Dragon at all cost!"
    Speedrunner:Well... About tha-

  • @CairoFaustine
    @CairoFaustine 2 년 전 +864

    Another reason why the ancient civilization kills the ender dragons could be for the fact that they dropped a massive amount of Exps, which is useful for their enchantings, which is why you often find enchanted armors and tools in end ships and end cities

    • @Jayozranger
      @Jayozranger 2 년 전 +31

      @Paulina Johnson it’s not mechanical though it just moves when electrocuted

    • @torttilla5053
      @torttilla5053 2 년 전 +9

      They could also hunt for food but since dragons are strong and hard to kill their food consisted of dragon food and courus fruit

    • @nicodium9609
      @nicodium9609 2 년 전 +2

      But why don’t we find any enchanting tables or anvils?

    • @caguioajargozle5393
      @caguioajargozle5393 2 년 전

      @@Jayozranger are they related to frogs?

    • @KingDogeTheIIII
      @KingDogeTheIIII 2 년 전 +1

      big brain moment... slow clap for you

  • @zoroark522
    @zoroark522 년 전 +47

    Could the Endermen be the ancient Builder's last resort at re-introducing an apex predator into the ecosystem, literally using themselves as sacrifice and becoming monsters while the rest tried leaving the end to a yet to be seen expansion?

  • @waftarko2724
    @waftarko2724 년 전 +24

    note : In one of the April fools updates the contents inside chests of end ships are replaced with books labelled "Orders" with tasks such as destroy , deliver , repair etc.

  • @jetpatto5487
    @jetpatto5487 2 년 전 +2283

    Game Theory: explaining the deep and intricate lore of Minecraft
    Mojang: that's a really cool concept, we've never thought of that before!

    • @coolkadencoolkaden
      @coolkadencoolkaden 2 년 전 +16

      Lol🤣

    • @urbanguy1191
      @urbanguy1191 2 년 전 +40

      Mojang doesn’t think about alot of things. We’ll see that more and more as time goes on.

    • @Rageren
      @Rageren 2 년 전 +62

      They do think about this stuff quite often I'm sure, but the point of Minecraft is to make your own story based off the scenery that the game gives the players. Making it a truly "make your own story" experience.

    • @loturzelrestaurant
      @loturzelrestaurant 2 년 전 +23

      So this is answering a Question that his first Theory (and just common sense anyway) opened once: Why would the Ancient builders lose to a Dragon that is EXTREMLY EASY to defeat? I mean, it gets ridiculous if you even count-in the Mods that turn you into a literal Fish and let you beat the Game anyway. People did, actually.
      So yeah, this explains that: The Dragon WAS defeated over and over again, it was just of no real Use to the Builders and they couldnt use it to escape.

    • @Azriel_MR
      @Azriel_MR 2 년 전 +3

      @@loturzelrestaurant maybe they nedded to kill all of the ender dragons

  • @gracejonelle6545
    @gracejonelle6545 2 년 전 +421

    “Eternal punishment” to “school’s back in session!”
    Epic transition, Mat Pat, I applaud you

  • @Void622_
    @Void622_ 년 전 +74

    “Speaking of eternal torment, school is back is session!”
    Me rethinking my Minecraft life choices: *W H A T*

  • @lightning_11
    @lightning_11 2 년 전 +54

    I'd like to point out that the dragon heads could be synthetic. There are lots of statues elsewhere in the game (eg. woodland mansions).

  • @elementall3623
    @elementall3623 2 년 전 +740

    "and speaking of eternal torment: school" I died laughing.

  • @lore644
    @lore644 2 년 전 +609

    “Speaking of eternal torment, school is back in session”
    Lol

  • @lemeraldragon9003
    @lemeraldragon9003 년 전 +8

    Maybe Jean has already died, you are just summoning her phantom back using end crystals. She looks somewhat like a corpse, although she is different from the other undead (or she is some kind of revival attempt but not in the category of undead because the others want her material)

  • @chloenuggie604
    @chloenuggie604 년 전 +8

    If they had obsidian in the end, the builders may have made a nether portal and realised that living in the end was safer than in the nether, which may explain why some endermen live in the nether. The original builders who made the portal from the end wouldn't have went back, and probably didn't tell their descendants about it either (probably moving away from it). However, when the endermen could teleport, they found it and a few brave ones went through. Some may have wondered away from their portals and gotten lost, choosing to live in the warped forests, while others may have found portals into the overworld. This would explain why there are endermen in both worlds

  • @gamer_garden1705
    @gamer_garden1705 2 년 전 +714

    “But hey, speaking of eternal torment, school is back in session!” I love this line so much 😂

    • @jeff4369
      @jeff4369 2 년 전 +3

      Same

    • @10-aquinogesiterenndrichph48
    • @F_reak
      @F_reak 2 년 전 +1

      Yeah me too , but i have a theory, here is my theory :
      What if you respawn the dragon ?
      With 4 end crystals? You can do that...
      In a dream manhunt the hunters spawned another dragon using end crystals... i know that was a bug but still.. its possible
      Mybe Mojang shud add a way to have 2 dragond and breed them...
      But i dont think they will do that... 🙁☹

    • @enfantshoue8177
      @enfantshoue8177 2 년 전

      Samee

    • @meme-tastic6089
      @meme-tastic6089 2 년 전

      Hmmm I am in actually in pain

  • @lion_pancakes_2369
    @lion_pancakes_2369 2 년 전 +1882

    "HEY! speaking of eternal torment, school is back in session!"
    Truer words can not have been said

    • @TheOneandOnlyMyst
      @TheOneandOnlyMyst 2 년 전 +7

      Agreed

    • @Darkstalkerthegreat
      @Darkstalkerthegreat 2 년 전

      Zavier

    • @Shariqthebest
      @Shariqthebest 2 년 전 +7

      Bots back at it again I just got this comment in my replys

    • @Darkstalkerthegreat
      @Darkstalkerthegreat 2 년 전 +2

      @@Shariqthebest who is the bot, me or that dinosaur guy. I just said a name, the guy has my friends pfp

    • @Shariqthebest
      @Shariqthebest 2 년 전 +1

      @@Darkstalkerthegreat if it were you to I would have replied like this dumb the lion pancakes is a bot just look at his name

  • @TheRandomizerYT
    @TheRandomizerYT 년 전 +8

    How does this explain the Dragon Egg Jean is trying to defend? Or better yet, the respawn mechanism of the Ender Dragon using 4 end crystals, 10+ times?

  • @hooman8887
    @hooman8887 2 년 전 +16

    I love how matpat uses more real world examples to make a theory then the actual in game lore

  • @akish302
    @akish302 2 년 전 +1688

    Game Theory: Do NOT kill the Ender Dragon!
    Me, who has owned Minecraft since 2013 and never beaten the game: haha no problem

  • @Sipover
    @Sipover 2 년 전 +33682

    Player: Kills the last remaining ender dragon, wiping out the entire species
    A small price to pay for 68 levels...

  • @whattheshmitty
    @whattheshmitty 년 전 +33

    Now you just need to explain why Jean is the only dragon that leaves behind a portal if so many other dragons came before her.

    • @unitds27-delta
      @unitds27-delta 년 전 +2

      It might be that a portal only appears when all dragons are killed

    • @henrymartinvo
      @henrymartinvo 년 전 +1

      its an old, powerful creature. the bedrock perhaps serves as a basin for its magical blood to swirl into a magical portal, and any other dragon could've done the same had they been alive

    • @JUST.A.SMILING.WALLNUT.LMFAOO
      @JUST.A.SMILING.WALLNUT.LMFAOO 년 전

      @@unitds27-delta when the species are *extinct*

  • @ChaoticBum
    @ChaoticBum 년 전 +3

    I actually came back to this video because one of the planets I conceptualized as part of a novel series was based on the nether. This puts an interesting spin on it as I thought that the Nether was a rogue planet (a planet with no star) and it got its energy internally like some sort of natural dyson sphere.

  • @cptndltrne
    @cptndltrne 2 년 전 +367

    The term for the last of an animal’s species is called and Endling. So that checks out too

    • @YeprilesteR
      @YeprilesteR 2 년 전 +6

      Quite epic

    • @IamTurkey1453
      @IamTurkey1453 2 년 전 +1

      @@YeprilesteR innit

    • @balala8668
      @balala8668 2 년 전

      There's one alive right now, an albino giraffe.

    • @rainynight02
      @rainynight02 2 년 전 +2

      @@balala8668
      Albino isn't a separate species of giraffe, so the term doesn't apply there.
      Any two parents can produce an albino offspring. Just depends on the genes.

  • @Halofighter-lq2zp
    @Halofighter-lq2zp 2 년 전 +1943

    “But hey speaking of eternal torment, schools back in session” So true though

    • @shamandr4014
      @shamandr4014 2 년 전 +18

      @Xoxo Xd i saw this comment from different people you just copy paste
      so you are lying get out of here

    • @MbitaChizi
      @MbitaChizi 2 년 전 +1

      krplus.net/bidio/c9GoY4JpmKm8iKg

    • @ahouranouri516
      @ahouranouri516 2 년 전 +22

      @@shamandr4014 They. Are. Literally. Bots. There. Is. No. Point. In. Responding. To. Them. Because. They. Will. Never. Read. It. They. Are. Unable. To. Do. So.

    • @Aya_32125
      @Aya_32125 2 년 전 +6

      @@shamandr4014 you are the embodiment of someone fighting for your stuff to not go into a hired skip before throwing it in a bin yourself

    • @cdesigner9178
      @cdesigner9178 2 년 전 +1

      Kind of emotional whiplash, but yeah, it is true.

  • @ItsChevnotJeff
    @ItsChevnotJeff 년 전 +6

    Headcanon: Pronouncing Steve's name as Steve Question Mark makes it also Steve Q. Mark, a homage to Notch's name, Markus Perrson, and Alex's name Alex Q. Mark, thus them being siblings or somewhat related

  • @vanillaofesk
    @vanillaofesk 년 전 +3

    Instead of such a quick change of heart, I find it more likely that one of the few ancient builders in leadership position who disagreed with the hunting decided that enough was enough, or ascended to a high enough position to put a stop to the hunting and force the other builders to help the dragons instead.

  • @icewallowkids6628
    @icewallowkids6628 2 년 전 +469

    "we're actually freeing jean from her eternal torment of being the only one left"
    Me: *spawns her back in again*

    • @OkKo-ii3ei
      @OkKo-ii3ei 2 년 전 +3

      krplus.net/bidio/cb2reZx0gYOudGU
      ....

    • @_shadow_1
      @_shadow_1 2 년 전 +2

      This is the plot twist of the Minecraft movie at the End. Steve brings the dragons back to life so they can rebuild their world after the builders wrecked it.

    • @thediamondpickgaming9970
    • @heliflopter3053
      @heliflopter3053 2 년 전

      what a madlad

  • @cremequeen4271
    @cremequeen4271 2 년 전 +519

    “Do not kill the Ender Dragon.”
    Me sitting here not having even gone into the Nether for more than 10 minutes: *already ahead of you. I’d never hurt Jean*

  • @_Skipper_09
    @_Skipper_09 년 전 +2

    Matpat calling school eternal torment caught me off guard🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @sonitrok2499
    @sonitrok2499 6 개월 전 +1

    i don't stick with matt's theory
    it looks more like the endermen had a war with the ender dragons for survival, until both sides had a truce due to excessive casualties on both sides

  • @brendenchristensen6511
    @brendenchristensen6511 2 년 전 +640

    Counter theory: the ancient guys said "hey, this is one of the last dragons. Let's make hunting it REEALLY challenging!" And then they just couldn't beat it

  • @Cartoonicus
    @Cartoonicus 2 년 전 +547

    Matpat: “here’s a heartbreaking story of a poor lonely tormented creature persecuted to the ends of the earth and waiting for the sweet release of death.”
    Also Matpat: “so anyway, BACKPACKS!”

    • @loturzelrestaurant
      @loturzelrestaurant 2 년 전 +2

      So this is answering a Question that his first Theory (and just common sense anyway) opened once: Why would the Ancient builders lose to a Dragon that is EXTREMLY EASY to defeat? I mean, it gets ridiculous if you even count-in the Mods that turn you into a literal Fish and let you beat the Game anyway. People did, actually.
      So yeah, this explains that: The Dragon WAS defeated over and over again, it was just of no real Use to the Builders and they couldnt use it to escape.

    • @julieparkin33
      @julieparkin33 2 년 전

      yes

  • @rosalitabender6910
    @rosalitabender6910 2 년 전 +4

    When I was a kid, my friend had a toy Ender Dragon with poseable wings. Was so jealous.

  • @clayharris7740
    @clayharris7740 년 전 +3

    12:46 This is absolutely HEARTBREAKING and it is a warning to protect and conserve our ecosystem

  • @dolphindreamer8739
    @dolphindreamer8739 2 년 전 +478

    3:14 “Sure, she’s the only dragon found in the End”
    Me: oh, I see *someone* who’s never lost their End to the multi-dragon glitch before....

    • @DonquaviusJDHigglebottom
      @DonquaviusJDHigglebottom 2 년 전 +27

      OH GOD NO IM HAVING PTSD TO ENDLANTIS

    • @zoudavid3944
      @zoudavid3944 2 년 전 +10

      I once used commands in creative mode to summon 2 dragons and I had to use /kill @e because it was a mess.

    • @kvakq
      @kvakq 2 년 전 +4

      That kinda glitch does not (nor ever have) exist

    • @DonquaviusJDHigglebottom
      @DonquaviusJDHigglebottom 2 년 전 +15

      @@kvakq yes it does, it happened before in philza's hardcore world

    • @kvakq
      @kvakq 2 년 전 +3

      @@DonquaviusJDHigglebottom I dont know who the hell he is but I found video where he spawned 2 enderdragons after beating the firts one. That fair, but tbh 2 emderdragons are not that hard to beat either😅

  • @blutheriolu
    @blutheriolu 2 년 전 +696

    “Speaking of eternal torment, school is back in session!”
    Never change MatPat. Never change

    • @anargument1192
      @anargument1192 2 년 전

      @Damien Berry i think he was mentioning the fact that you can respawn the ender dragon by using end cristals thats also why you can craft them the craft has been haded along with the mechanic of being able to respawn the ender dragon

    • @emorhan2531
      @emorhan2531 2 년 전 +1

      @Damien Berry you know what? Imma still do it r/wooosh

  • @kingl0re
    @kingl0re 년 전 +2

    I had to come back and comment on this video because recently Docm77 moved a dragon onto his base in Hermitcraft season 9. Now while that's super cool coming from a technical standpoint. The lore implications are kind of even cooler. An ancient builder society killed by it's own hubris, and then years later descendants start popping up that begin unlocking these skills once again, only to make entirely new decisions with their own consequences. It would be amazing to think of a world where a descendant was able to undo the mistakes of their ancestors. Kind of a beautiful story in the long run, and maybe hope for our own real world.

  • @Shruti_Vijayakrishna

    If we can respawn the Ender Dragon, that means the builders finally achieved what they set out to achieve: to be able to create life. Of course, the price they paid was to never be able to enjoy the fruits of their labour.

  • @ProdByLJ
    @ProdByLJ 2 년 전 +616

    MatPat: “if you kill the ender dragon your wiping out a species!”
    Literally everyone: “oh no! Anyway…”

  • @willrobson7265
    @willrobson7265 2 년 전 +1447

    I mean the ender dragon's death animation ties in with this theory, as well as the fact it does not drop anything while the other dragons clearly did - their remains were used to craft the elytra. Jean has been kept alive long past the end of her lifespan by the end crystals, so when you destroy the crystals and then kill her, she disintegrates - the light that leaves from the cracks could be the crystal's magic, so she is just a shell of an ender dragon, held together by magic

    • @noway2835
      @noway2835 2 년 전 +18

      then she doesnt need the crystals to live?

    • @cocoaheart8402
      @cocoaheart8402 2 년 전 +16

      @@noway2835 wdym

    • @RasplinYT
      @RasplinYT 2 년 전 +19

      I actually just released a video explaining the lore behind end crystals the endermen and dragon, I think you will find it interesting :)

    • @user-js4jt1oz8q
      @user-js4jt1oz8q 2 년 전 +33

      this theory is the best and saddest one ive seen

    • @_zealos_8213
      @_zealos_8213 2 년 전 +64

      @@noway2835 Based on @Wll Robson's theory, quite the opposite. The crystals would be the only thing keeping her alive. With them destroyed, further attacks from the player are draining the leftover magic. In other words, the ender dragon is on some extreme life support, pushing Jean way past her life expectancy. Really cool theory Will!

  • @_deletus_
    @_deletus_ 2 년 전 +1

    4:52
    …Woaaah! Weird effect on the silhouette!

  • @averageutahraptor9079

    MatPat: ‘Jean is the last of her species’
    Me: *Laughs in summon command*

  • @ZxDsE
    @ZxDsE 2 년 전 +560

    “Speaking of eternal torment, school is back in session.” Incredible. Just incredible.

    • @alec0214
      @alec0214 2 년 전 +1

      LMFAOO

    • @ZxDsE
      @ZxDsE 2 년 전

      @ADR can you don’t

    • @exeecob3488
      @exeecob3488 2 년 전

      PFFF JUST REALISED

    • @Sonicbro-xx6sg
      @Sonicbro-xx6sg 2 년 전

      @ADR Cool? I mean I wouldn't really call it "evil". I mean, like SCP and Creepypasta most of those videos were probably created as a joke or to spook easily scared people.

  • @spoopyspades5740
    @spoopyspades5740 2 년 전 +758

    I feel like we should mention that phantom membranes or whatever they're called can fix the minecraft wings. It might just be that phantoms simply have similar wings to the dragon, but I just think it's a point to consider.

    • @MonsieurExist
      @MonsieurExist 2 년 전 +8

      “Minecraft wings”

    • @Northerncantaim
      @Northerncantaim 2 년 전 +5

      @Gff G who cares

    • @Northerncantaim
      @Northerncantaim 2 년 전 +4

      You mean the elytra?

    • @spoopyspades5740
      @spoopyspades5740 2 년 전 +4

      @@Northerncantaim yes, yes i do

    • @kaboomgaming4255
      @kaboomgaming4255 2 년 전 +12

      I'm gonna go off of wifies' theory here, but i assume they were related once, before they traveled out of the void into different dimensions, one where they grew massive and another where they became small, but the material is still the same

  • @aidenlosee
    @aidenlosee 9 개월 전 +2

    It is really interesting that, if you want to, you can use the same magic the ancient builders used to preserve the dragon, to hatch the egg.

  • @tcatking9761
    @tcatking9761 2 년 전 +3

    As Philza probably knows, you can get multiple dragons at once in one world since you can respawn it and sometimes they glitch. I wonder what would happen if you can breed them...

  • @DFloyd84
    @DFloyd84 2 년 전 +619

    About that opening line: "bees shouldn't be able to fly" is only true if you're using the laws of *fixed-wing* aviation. Bees (and presumably dragons) use sheer brute force to overcome gravity and drag.

    • @MbitaChizi
      @MbitaChizi 2 년 전 +1

      krplus.net/bidio/c9GoY4JpmKm8iKg

    • @Forestdude-be6ud
      @Forestdude-be6ud 2 년 전 +26

      Cool, I didn't know that, I thought bees were just less impacted by air resistance or something, though I guess then they'd struggle in moving in the direction they want to.

    • @HenriqueLSilva
      @HenriqueLSilva 2 년 전 +22

      Kinda, bees have a special way to flap their wings that generates more lift than a normal up and down stroke would if I'm not mistaken, dragons however would probably have to abide by the same restrictions and mechanisms of larger pterosaurs, as well as being ultimately limited by the accursed square cube law (at one point you become so heavy your muscles just cannot generate the power to make you airborne, and adding more muscle just makes it worse).

    • @MoreDepresso
      @MoreDepresso 2 년 전 +3

      imagin being so strong you just start flying

    • @Latenivenatrix_Mcmasterae
      @Latenivenatrix_Mcmasterae 2 년 전

      I love how there’s no reason for this comment to exist and I like it :)

  • @lucky-lotusyt3012
    @lucky-lotusyt3012 2 년 전 +1457

    Theory: phantoms are evolved ender dragons that migrated to the over world after near extinction from the hunters. You can use the membranes to heal the elytra due to the similarities is the chemical bond. Phantoms realized they would be better having many of their kind than a low count of big ones and that’s why they are easier and smaller. You can’t sleep in the end. That’s why the phantoms come when you don’t sleep. It’s a sense of recognition.

    • @kaboomgaming4255
      @kaboomgaming4255 2 년 전 +119

      that... actually makes a lot of sense

    • @PumkinPeter
      @PumkinPeter 2 년 전 +190

      Maybe thats why they only attack at night, the end seems to be a perpetualy dark state and they would be hypersensitive to sunlight, hence burning? And when you're tired- you would be much easier to fight. You're probably right Lucky-Lotus!

    • @lucky-lotusyt3012
      @lucky-lotusyt3012 2 년 전 +32

      @@kaboomgaming4255 I'm big brain

    • @lucky-lotusyt3012
      @lucky-lotusyt3012 2 년 전 +30

      @@PumkinPeter we both big brain boiz

    • @smt3
      @smt3 2 년 전 +31

      @@lucky-lotusyt3012 good theory. Now it's time to see if it gets put in a Game Theory video.

  • @elizabethjeffrey1292

    This nearly pulled tears from my eyes

  • @tcatking9761
    @tcatking9761 2 년 전 +3

    3:18
    Philza: 😳 I know bud

  • @jjprs3062
    @jjprs3062 2 년 전 +804

    Mat: Don't kill the dragon!
    Speedrunners: "Years of academy training wasted!"

  • @teu009
    @teu009 2 년 전 +638

    "Speaking of eternal torment, school is back in session"
    LOL

  • @hamzaalahmad8265
    @hamzaalahmad8265 7 개월 전 +1

    That's a lot of lore I can't handle it

  • @ShadowPrime300
    @ShadowPrime300 년 전

    Yoooo you made it to 17Mil dude awesome job now lets get you to 20mil subs MatPat

  • @lottaoats2221
    @lottaoats2221 2 년 전 +619

    What about the fact that you can summon another dragon using Crystal's, if the Crystal's are man-made, and they can summon dragons, does that leave the possibility of dragons being man-made?

    • @jmwhiting
      @jmwhiting 2 년 전 +62

      I doubt it. Perhaps the crystals tie to the ability of creating life that the builders were following. They finally achieve it, but are stuck in the End forever...

    • @tanishqayadav2239
      @tanishqayadav2239 2 년 전 +24

      Maybe the crystals had enough potential to hatch a non fertilised dragon egg (they would not hunt down their creation [if they created dragons ] so cruelly that only one of is left
      And if they could create more why protect the last of the species? Just make more of the dragons
      So dragons are not man made I think

    • @beans1697
      @beans1697 2 년 전 +37

      I personally theorise that the respawned dragons are mere clones of the dragons, since they do not drop another egg when killed. The builders were able to make the cloning technology but weren't able to breed the two dragons, moreover I think the real dragon was hostile towards the cloned dragon.

    • @sergeantsainsburys9181
      @sergeantsainsburys9181 2 년 전

      Gasp

    • @TotalyNotTony
      @TotalyNotTony 2 년 전

      @Gff G STOP

  • @lukxd3225
    @lukxd3225 2 년 전 +685

    You know what’s even more terrifying? The dragon never truly dies. Maybe the end crystals don’t just heal it, but they store it’s soul too, but you can respawn the enderdragon and start it’s torment all over again.

    • @tanishqayadav2239
      @tanishqayadav2239 2 년 전 +8

      No

    • @Cyberlong
      @Cyberlong 2 년 전 +18

      Maybe the soul never leaves the end and there is a soul fluid in the air. When Jean dies, the pillars act as sone sort of barrier not letting her soul be with the other dragons. Or even the bedrock structure, because you place the crystals in there to respawn her. Maybe the bedrock structure is tied to her soul

    • @youreverydaylemonfriend560
      @youreverydaylemonfriend560 2 년 전 +3

      I think the soul dies too. But the others dead dragon souls will be used to make a ressurected dragon

    • @snipermonkey6779
      @snipermonkey6779 2 년 전 +3

      @@tanishqayadav2239 wdym no
      you can respawn the dragon…

    • @omaryaboilol5431
      @omaryaboilol5431 2 년 전

      Dont think that would work cuz you can craft them

  • @birchsong742
    @birchsong742 2 년 전 +1

    Matpat i have an idea for you.I am aware that you have mad ALOT of theries based on the nether,but i have another.When mining for ancient debris or any thing else,you might just run into basalt and gravel.Basalt,found around the amethyst geodes in the OVERWORLD,is also a material from the end.Along with gravel.I think this would be fun to see explored.

  • @Sinocu
    @Sinocu 2 년 전 +2

    I was about to cry at the end, but you started talking about school. LOL

  • @Zyraphim
    @Zyraphim 2 년 전 +661

    "So, they built an elaborate security system to keep the dragon alive"
    Speedrunners: *_"no."_*

  • @fletcherthunder3364
    @fletcherthunder3364 2 년 전 +658

    "Speaking of eternal torment- School is back!"
    Perfect.

  • @gravities
    @gravities 년 전 +3

    the way i dont see anyone pointing out the fact that we just got bee movie’d at the start

  • @fionavillareal226
    @fionavillareal226 년 전 +1

    Jean is a trophy, I feel like they wanted to show their dominance over that species.

  • @arandomweeb1890
    @arandomweeb1890 2 년 전 +611

    Everyone always asks where’s the ender dragon, nobody ever asks how’s the ender dragon

    • @Avezedia
      @Avezedia 2 년 전 +3

      poor girl, just wanted some love. 😔

    • @jimmyplier74
      @jimmyplier74 2 년 전

      Emilia and Ram is better than u

    • @mavquill
      @mavquill 2 년 전

      hush.

    • @mcmodded1145
      @mcmodded1145 2 년 전 +1

      Whys the ender dragon

    • @magmotox2541
      @magmotox2541 2 년 전

      im jus confused about why the endermen dont attack you when you start fighting jean if this was to be accurate

  • @TheStrangestLad
    @TheStrangestLad 2 년 전 +373

    "Speaking of eternal torment, SCHOOL"
    Best transition ever.

    • @OkKo-ii3ei
      @OkKo-ii3ei 2 년 전

      krplus.net/bidio/cb2reZx0gYOudGU
      ...

  • @LesterHabenaro
    @LesterHabenaro 8 개월 전

    I love the casual Bee Movie quote at the beginning. 🤣

  • @suborinukeyou
    @suborinukeyou 3 개월 전 +4

    9:15 matpat out of context

  • @PineappleJB
    @PineappleJB 2 년 전 +385

    I feel like Mat would be the type of person to get 101% on his argumentative essays in school

  • @syberyah
    @syberyah 2 년 전 +774

    "Something tells me that Jean lacks the opposable thumbs to forge glass."
    Steve: *literally has square hands with no fingers or thumbs *

  • @UCLIrSTKD8qkMjdfvxK3Pt7w

    I'm a bit confused. Can't you use the crystals to animate the dragon egg once jean is dead?

  • @Why79-dx4rf
    @Why79-dx4rf 8 개월 전 +1

    9:34 those are all mammals. When we look at extinct reptiles like sauropods, we see quantity over quality prevail, so another reptile like the ender dragon could also prefer quantity.

    • @Monke_Man.21
      @Monke_Man.21 8 개월 전

      Bruh I was literally going to comment that

  • @SkullGuy207
    @SkullGuy207 2 년 전 +359

    Here's a mini theory: Once you kill the ender dragon it drops tons of experience orbs. All of those experience orbs were probably from all the builders who either died while building the towers, or from the ones that Jean killed. This would also explain why re summoning the ender dragon and killing it again won't drop all the experience it did the first time.

    • @MbitaChizi
      @MbitaChizi 2 년 전 +2

      krplus.net/bidio/c9GoY4JpmKm8iKg

    • @hasargel
      @hasargel 2 년 전 +7

      Also why would a baby dragon have a big amount of experience

    • @war_axe
      @war_axe 2 년 전 +10

      Or maybe its all from how long it lived

    • @theghostreckon69420
      @theghostreckon69420 2 년 전 +1

      You are a genius

    • @maxe624
      @maxe624 2 년 전 +1

      Many issues.
      Firstly, that exp is coming out of nowhere. You would expect the dragon to drop a normal amount amount if it truely got the xp from killing things. Secondly, mobs killed by anything but the player or something related to the player dont drop xp. The reason it drops less xp is most likely a game balance decision because getting caught 70 levels everytime you kill it is overpowered.

  • @Crazyness1994
    @Crazyness1994 2 년 전 +456

    I like this theory, however I'm curious how we would fit in the part where you in-game, can summon a new dragon by making 4 ender crystals.
    Could it be that the end crystal don't just "heal" the dragon, but actually regenerate or clone cells at an extreme rate?

    • @OkKo-ii3ei
      @OkKo-ii3ei 2 년 전 +1

      krplus.net/bidio/cb2reZx0gYOudGU
      ...

    • @GoldenEmbersYT
      @GoldenEmbersYT 2 년 전 +21

      I was wondering if he would touch on that

    • @calebmorri
      @calebmorri 2 년 전 +45

      I really hoped he would at least mention the respawn mechanic when he brought up End crystals.
      I like the idea that it creates ender dragon cells rather than healing. It makes sense seen as the end crystals don't heal anything else, so it isn't a general healing thing. Maybe the combination of ghast and ender eye creates something close enough to ender dragon cells which can be used to heal, or even create, a dragon?

    • @rosannevega5144
      @rosannevega5144 2 년 전 +6

      It revives the ender dragon, I remember seeing that from a gaming article

    • @Duquee__
      @Duquee__ 2 년 전 +8

      @@calebmorri If that was the case, instead of using the crystals to protect the last dragon, they could simply use them to create multiple dragons and thus save the whole species

  • @jabariwatkin9976
    @jabariwatkin9976 년 전 +2

    The elytra are craftable now. btw what about phantoms wings

  • @hyzmarie
    @hyzmarie 11 개월 전 +1

    Hey MatPat, I just wanna say, you have inspired me. I actually ended up using several of your theories (and some from RetroGamingNow, he’s pretty cool) to write a series of Minecraft stories that are way darker than I thought I could write lol. By now, out of 6 main characters, one is actually ok, and all the others have massive psychological trauma, two of those being dead at this point (and then I made them allays because apparently they all have to suffer). I mean, I guess an apocalypse might do that. Anyway, thanks for giving me a place to release my apparent dark side 0.0

    • @steinadler325
      @steinadler325 10 개월 전

      I want a link to these, I'm addicted to minecraft lore right now (my phase has come back in full force since last week lmao)

    • @hyzmarie
      @hyzmarie 10 개월 전

      @@steinadler325 lol, I don’t have a link where I share them at the moment, but I’ll find it

    • @hyzmarie
      @hyzmarie 10 개월 전

      @@steinadler325 docs.google.com/presentation/d/10I9dMykDd0_6Eoq8xGOxinRZflDrW6jmsU18qBlrKvo/view
      Here it is

  • @veronica_sawyer_1989
    @veronica_sawyer_1989 2 년 전 +223

    MatPat you NEED to look at all the lore in MC dungeons, in one of their most recent videos Mojang admitted that the two worlds were supposed to be link there is SO MUCH lore and information that you need to make a video about it and investigate.

  • @macomputersuck
    @macomputersuck 2 년 전 +416

    MatPat: "Do NOT Kill The Ender Dragon!"
    Speedrunners: "And I took that personally"

    • @siminak1866
      @siminak1866 2 년 전

      They don't even care man.
      They just want the world record 😔

    • @thisisme3378
      @thisisme3378 2 년 전

      krplus.net/bidio/p61win96hYrbd5Q🙏

  • @tannerwolfe3349
    @tannerwolfe3349 6 개월 전

    Something caught my attention here, when you said that the end civilization was serious about science, it reminded me about the desert civilization in your newest Minecraft video, how they were serious about science and they explored deep into the nether

  • @arikat9529
    @arikat9529 9 개월 전

    Dude why does your animation show off OP's expressions (aka his bombastic side-eye) better than the show does?? Your animation is so smooth!! ✨👀

  • @the_furf_of_july4652
    @the_furf_of_july4652 2 년 전 +772

    Counterpoints:
    - elytra wings are repaired with phantom membrane
    - you can respawn the dragon

    • @OkKo-ii3ei
      @OkKo-ii3ei 2 년 전 +7

      krplus.net/bidio/cb2reZx0gYOudGU
      ......

    • @silverforge8912
      @silverforge8912 2 년 전 +111

      The phantom membranes might be a part of the elytra, but aren’t the only resource needed, thus ender dragon wings. And you can only respawn the dragon after you kill her. It might be bringing her as a spirit or as a memory.

    • @Username-pz1te
      @Username-pz1te 2 년 전 +55

      I think that the reason you can use a phantom membrane to repair an elytra is because phantoms can fly so phantom meat can be used as a substitute for the broken parts of the elytra and for the fact that you can respawn the ender dragon, maybe the old builders didn’t know that you could respawn the ended dragon

    • @user-7R335
      @user-7R335 2 년 전 +40

      Counter counter argument, phantom membrane could be part of the recipe and the dragons wings could be the other part, and it could be the reason they are grey, and the way you respawn the ender dragon is the same way it heals, with the end crystals, which the ancient builders might have only discovered with the realization that Jean was the last dragon

    • @eldankdoge
      @eldankdoge 2 년 전 +5

      @@OkKo-ii3ei how about beat minecraft under 20 mins if u just want to advertise?

  • @nevergonnagiveyouup489
    @nevergonnagiveyouup489 2 년 전 +1063

    Why is nobody talking about how matpat just made the smoothest transition ever from eternal torment to school?? This stuff is gold.
    Edit: Yes, I do realize that school is eternal torment. I literally just started my school year too. That was the whole point of this post.

    • @xiaoqing2846
      @xiaoqing2846 2 년 전 +35

      But they are the same thing?

    • @soramph3006
      @soramph3006 2 년 전 +7

      @@xiaoqing2846 im dying XD

    • @hambo2228
      @hambo2228 2 년 전 +10

      And while on the subject of hell and eternal torment we have our theory wear for back to school

    • @anthonyacevedo2260
      @anthonyacevedo2260 2 년 전 +4

      The audio quality threw me off too much

    • @tac4y0n
      @tac4y0n 2 년 전 +3

      @@xiaoqing2846 eeeeeeeew
      eweeewewewewewewewewe rrrreee opp o

  • @DarkendWisp
    @DarkendWisp 2 년 전 +1

    matpat: DONT KILL THE ENDER DRAGON!
    me who has been playing Minecraft for years and has never legitimately beat the game: *you overestimate my power*

  • @Mr.Doggo83
    @Mr.Doggo83 9 개월 전

    This was the inspiration I needed to make a Minecraft series

  • @marcomachado3205
    @marcomachado3205 2 년 전 +520

    "the only dragon in the end"
    respawned dragons: "are we a joke to you?"

  • @berylredburrow__8810
    @berylredburrow__8810 2 년 전 +4498

    I'm not so sure...
    Looking at the dragon, it seems a bit odd. When the dragon dies, it doesn't just fall over like other mobs, it explodes, crumbling to pieces. It also creates a portal to the islands as it dies. And the sound it makes, it sounds like a machine crumbling, ending off with a powering down noise. Also, the dragon heads can be powered by redstone. And while you can't hatch the egg, you can respawn the dragon by using end crystals. If you can just make new dragons, why are you worried about their extinction?
    I propose that the dragon was in fact artificial, created by the builders as a sort of guard dog, to prevent anyone, or anything, from following them into the end. That's why every end portal goes straight to the center island, as opposed to nether portals, which go to a relative spot between the dimensions.

    • @OkKo-ii3ei
      @OkKo-ii3ei 2 년 전 +6

      krplus.net/bidio/cb2reZx0gYOudGU
      .

    • @jjjoshua1860
      @jjjoshua1860 2 년 전 +438

      Love it, but how would it open the portal back to the overworld? Why would they make it a guard dog if the portal could just stay open for people to grab resources maybe and leave? Still has a few loose ends, but amazing idea

    • @Zepego-jk2iz
      @Zepego-jk2iz 2 년 전 +106

      Snap, I like this theory!

    • @randomminecraftplayer6857
      @randomminecraftplayer6857 2 년 전 +138

      @@jjjoshua1860 maybe it was a test for any future people who wanted to use the end for themselves?

    • @jonbrundi321
      @jonbrundi321 2 년 전 +19

      Damn

  • @colown8319
    @colown8319 년 전 +1

    Im sure this would make the ender dragon egg very important in the future

  • @Piplup71
    @Piplup71 3 개월 전 +1

    I love the “speaking of eternal torture, school..”

  • @hal0w_
    @hal0w_ 2 년 전 +298

    "we clipped the enderdragon's wings"
    phantoms: am i a joke to you?

    • @UniBrine
      @UniBrine 2 년 전 +16

      The first Phantom design had thicker wings than what they currently are, they can drop membranes which are parts of those wings that allows repairing elytras, but prob not solid enough to merge together into Elytras themselves I fear (that my theory)

    • @GM_rio
      @GM_rio 2 년 전 +1

      @@UniBrine i hope

    • @lihenry2815
      @lihenry2815 2 년 전 +4

      Phantom Membrane is the only material other than another Elytra or Mending to heal an Elytra. Think about it

    • @ferdinandkuhn6975
      @ferdinandkuhn6975 2 년 전

      @@UniBrine But hey, that's just a theory. A GAAAAAAAME theory.

    • @fathermenace1856
      @fathermenace1856 2 년 전

      👹krplus.net/bidio/dcODnYhkh4zLn6Q

  • @Memorie__
    @Memorie__ 2 년 전 +1261

    When you resummon an Ender dragon twice:
    “Yo.”
    “Hi.”
    “Wanna repopulate our species?”
    “Lol k”

    • @jahelzimnarzeka
      @jahelzimnarzeka 2 년 전 +64

      But they are both females.
      Edit: Someone else already told me the rest are males since they don't drop eggs, and I already said that's a good point. So don't repeat it again please.

    • @JoiiBoi
      @JoiiBoi 2 년 전 +9

      Uhh

    • @orangeporridge1553
      @orangeporridge1553 2 년 전 +12

      U can resummon the enderdragon?

    • @bakedbeans9262
      @bakedbeans9262 2 년 전 +28

      @@jahelzimnarzeka some birds can change their gender

    • @Jamiedunford74
      @Jamiedunford74 2 년 전 +36

      @@orangeporridge1553 yep! Place a total of 4 end crystals on the middle of each side of the portal and it activates in a cool animation.

  • @user-wz6qw1ho9f
    @user-wz6qw1ho9f 3 개월 전 +1

    Matpat: The last of the species
    Me: Just summon the Ender Dragon

  • @Tries_To_Draw
    @Tries_To_Draw 년 전 +1

    Me: calls my friend and tells her the ender dragons name is Jene
    Him: hangs up