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An Empty Village
8 months ago
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This is a small and s̵͙̩̒̊̕p̴̡̈́̈́̋͌̀͜ͅͅơ̴͙̼͊̔o̸͍͖̙͖̗͌͗͗̆k̸̨̲̲̠̲̓ẏ̵̧̟͓̙̰̈̏̌͝ update on my Minecraft adventure.
Things were going rather well up until recently - progress on the mansion (a project I now regret pursuing before the fortification of the village) was going well, and I'd learned that you could peel the bark from trees/wood blocks, which resulted in some experimental interior design. The village was also doing well - there had been no major monster attacks, and the villagers were breeding, resulting in a handful of children who I'd often see wandering around the outskirts of the village proper as I gathered wood and the like for my project.
And then, without any warning, all but one of the villagers vanished.
I'd like to say that this is the part where Herobrine started to appear to me in dreams or that one of the villagers' homes was built upon the entrance to a deep, dark mine where something terrible had finally awoken from its hibernation and fed upon the poor souls that had so foolishly built their home atop its resting place... but after some brief research, it's more likely that a fairly common bug caused the mass vanishing, and that no fiend or spectre was involved in the matter. I admit that, at first, I was unsettled - the village was on the larger side, and suddenly finding it empty, save for a single farmer who continued to tend his crop, had my mind cooking up all sorts of eerie ideas. But as I continued to build my home, which faced the village itself, I became increasingly disheartened - the whole reason I'd decided to build my home (or base, I suppose) so close to the village was so that I could improve and fortify the village later, but now that all but one of its residents are gone, including the iron golem, the endeavour feels pointless.
I will mourn for my Squidwardian friends.
Anyway - my mansion will remain unfinished, and I will search for another village - and this time, I will prioritise its fortification before building my own home, which I will place some distance away to hopefully prevent another 'vanishing'.
So yeah, that is how my Minecraft journey is going so far. It's honestly quite a bit of fun, and I'm pleased to see that, despite the many changes, Minecraft still retains that slightly unsettling vibe.
Unrelated, but I found this video this morning and 'ME WANT BITE' has been stuck in my head - now, I share the curse with YOU: https://youtu.be/Kbjvb9t3_yU?si=bGI7mG4SJdAgTcmh
Things were going rather well up until recently - progress on the mansion (a project I now regret pursuing before the fortification of the village) was going well, and I'd learned that you could peel the bark from trees/wood blocks, which resulted in some experimental interior design. The village was also doing well - there had been no major monster attacks, and the villagers were breeding, resulting in a handful of children who I'd often see wandering around the outskirts of the village proper as I gathered wood and the like for my project.
And then, without any warning, all but one of the villagers vanished.
I'd like to say that this is the part where Herobrine started to appear to me in dreams or that one of the villagers' homes was built upon the entrance to a deep, dark mine where something terrible had finally awoken from its hibernation and fed upon the poor souls that had so foolishly built their home atop its resting place... but after some brief research, it's more likely that a fairly common bug caused the mass vanishing, and that no fiend or spectre was involved in the matter. I admit that, at first, I was unsettled - the village was on the larger side, and suddenly finding it empty, save for a single farmer who continued to tend his crop, had my mind cooking up all sorts of eerie ideas. But as I continued to build my home, which faced the village itself, I became increasingly disheartened - the whole reason I'd decided to build my home (or base, I suppose) so close to the village was so that I could improve and fortify the village later, but now that all but one of its residents are gone, including the iron golem, the endeavour feels pointless.
I will mourn for my Squidwardian friends.
Anyway - my mansion will remain unfinished, and I will search for another village - and this time, I will prioritise its fortification before building my own home, which I will place some distance away to hopefully prevent another 'vanishing'.
So yeah, that is how my Minecraft journey is going so far. It's honestly quite a bit of fun, and I'm pleased to see that, despite the many changes, Minecraft still retains that slightly unsettling vibe.
Unrelated, but I found this video this morning and 'ME WANT BITE' has been stuck in my head - now, I share the curse with YOU: https://youtu.be/Kbjvb9t3_yU?si=bGI7mG4SJdAgTcmh
But seriously, the village being abandoned by everyone but one person after everyone just vanishes is an amazing story. Probably should grab some villagers and put em in a far chunk so you have backups for your next village. Just to be safe
And if you're looking for more scary stuff, I would recommend caving. Especially in deeper levels- there's something down there that's terrifying... buuut I would also feel bad if I just sent you into the deep end without any advice, so stay quiet in the black and blue darkness
unrelated- but the kobold is so cute! It really is a blessing to see that video :)
And lol, thank you for the warning! I've done a fair bit of mining and have yet to find anything like you've described, but I'll keep an eye out. The most dangerous thing I've found so far was a witch bumbling about some cavern. Those potions they throw are VERY annoying to deal with.
also, TBH our entire interaction with villagers is 100% immoral. We go and raid their chests for random loot, build random structures to "protect" them (probably destroying their houses and way of life in the process) and then also enslave them for farms, not to mention what the technical heavily-optimized minecrafters do. (though some people do put the "we're trading the villager's wheat back to them" as another immoral thing, but that's more them paying for our labor than us selling their wheat back to them). Really this all stems from villagers being basically glorified vending machines, not people like are and how there's not social side to them beyond "do X action, get Y result" which allows for optimization of said systems. which isn't helped by the fact that you also have the ability to move the earth beneath their feet so you can 100% force them into situations they'd never want to be in
I don't remember witches all that much TBH, just from a time where I was basically invincible and poison was like the only thing that could even hurt me. But I'm moreso warning you because there is a significant punishment for not following that advice and I'd feel bad if I didn't tell you something about it (if alll goes well, you won't even really know why I told you)