25 Things You Didn't Know About Minecraft's Deep Dark 

Maybe a use for the goat horn it can emit such a loud sound that it stuns the warden so you can escape or loot real quick

The soul sand generating in Ancient cities means that on bedrock edition you can beat the wither without ever going to the nether (strays drop wither skulls when killed by a charged creeper)

The Wild Mod (fabric) adds in deep dark biomes and they're great to come across. You can be near one and might not even know it until your screen starts darkening.

Remember void fog? That would be perfect for the deepest parts of this biome

The fact that only the warden can spawn as a hostile mob in the deep dark could make way for some really cool bases that could be elevated mid air in the cities. Interesting spawn mechanics to say the least.

One thing that I think they could do to make the warden even more dangerous is the digging animation that it has. After a while, the warden would go back underground if not been disturbed. So use that as a way to counter the player whenever they start building up. If the warden can't hit them because they're to high up. They'll dig underground and go up the blocks up to the block that the player is standing on. New idea: It will be even more dangerous if it starts doing that a soon as you try building up.

The deep dark would make a incredible base location ...well once you remove the skulk block no mobs can spawn you could basically make a impenetrable fortress protected from outside mobs

When the Warden comes in the game it will finally be able to classificate as a horror game

Deep dark biome improvements: 1: It needs to be less common and alot less random. 2: I think it should feel like it's actually it's own biome instead of just random stains around a cave. 3: I think it should be like the wild version of the ancient cities. Like while the cities have loot and buildings I think the deep dark should have more natural loot like some kind of deep dark ore and maybe some skulk vines that hang from the ceiling in bunches. 4: the deep dark needs to be less of an annoying interruption to a mining expedition and more like something you find while your caving and want to come back for when your ready. 5: I think the deep dark should generate lower down and be easy to get lost in like IKEA and players would know that it's a dangerous adventure with great profits. 6: the ancient cities are almost perfect exept they need better loot and FAR LESS ways to cheese the warden! But I'm sure that will be fixed in the final release!

Theory: Sculk is something special it’s not just another dimension to be explored, it’s a creature of its own. The sculk only spreads when creatures or entities are killed near it, and it converts the blocks into sculk. Suggesting it feeds on the life force (Exp of other mobs). There is no doubt in my mind that it’s from another dimension however this substance is not just existing in the overworld. It is consuming the overworld, this dimension in essential slowly hunting and killing the overworld. It is a parasitic realm seeking to spread and ingulf our own, and like most living things it has a means to defend itself aka the Warden. The Warden is merely the sculks self-defense mechanism and a form of feeding itself. The souls in in its chest are the mobs the sculk consumes, reused into a type of energy that gives life to the warden. Now although this is all very scary there is one important thing to keep in mind. To the luck of the overworld these sculk growths appeared underground in caves places were there is very little to feed its growth. It would take a long period of time for sculk to spread to from a cave system to the surface. This does present players with the opportunity to find these sculk breaches and eliminate them. That is if they can bring down the warden first…. (Sorry about all the text I get really into this stuff o-0).

Is the civilization that built the ancient city the same one that built the ruined portals? Maybe that is how they got access to the nether blocks.

Minecraft deep dark is basically my life now.

I wish the sculk jaws would come back :( They seem to be so interesting

Question: Is it possible to dig out a section of the floor in the deep dark then replace the flooring with honey blocks on the ground to muffle the sensory?

I know what the sculk jaw was supposed to be: I saw it in a mod, basically it was a trap that would activate when stood on similar to a steel jaw trap. It dealt some damage and caused the player to stop for almost 2 seconds. Parred with the warden would be very deadly.

And yet, still no mention of the fact you can waterlog skulk sensors to prevent them from sending out a relay signal while still letting them be used for redstone (as proven by those redstone lamps in the deep dark biome near the warden statue/portal.

A very useful video for all minecraft players, thanks for the video, atmospheric and fun video)

Since players arent meant to kill the warden, they should give it an instant or at least crazy fast health regeneration to make it even more terrifying.

11:22 my theory for this: before getting angry, he is not sure if you are in the deep dark, so he doesn't respond to small vibrations. when he is angry, he starts going to every vibration he detects

i hope the sculk jaw gets added, its part of the sculk family and shouldnt be left out.

Super informative wattles, well done.

Was definitely not expecting the warden to chase him down that 1x3 hallway

10:51 Those two experience orbs that are left at the end of the hallway, look unsettling.

I did know, but I wasn`t sure how this works. I means details. I think noone did make video about it, so it`s really nice that you`re doing it for us.

Love it keep up the good work

I actually new all of them, except one. I follow the snapshots really keenly! Loved the video, can't wait 'till all of this is in game!

I knew exactly 0 of these things. Great work, Wattles!

The mechanic used here at 4:20 (noice) could potentially make for some really interesting one time toggles in redstone if used properly, or maybe even a mob powered secret entrance. That’s a really cool mechanic and I’d love to see how people find ways to use it, this deep dark update is affecting so many aspects of Minecraft, and definitely for the good.

What if the warden is so called the warden because it’s protecting the world from the horrors that are through the portal a bit like the wall of flesh in terraria Edit: for example something that could change your world forever

Hi wattles, for the survival series, where you never build wither skeleton farms, there's an incredibly easy one made by ianxofour like it takes me more time to get 3 witherskelleton skulls manually than building the farm itself. And the rates are amazing 😉

there is actually an addon called: "Bunch o sculk" and in that there is a sculk jaw. If something is on top of the sculk jaw, they will fall one block and the sculk jaw will bite them

really need Survival Guide series for 1.19

Wattles, I am a huge fan of all your videos, including the (to me) inspirational Survival Series, but I have to ask. What's your beef with villagers? You seem to have terrible luck with villagers disappearing under mysterious circumstances in your survival series, and other videos you outright slaughter them. I'm just curious. Love the vid!

Oh man I can't wait for the update

That new end screen is 🤩😍❤ It perfectly captures the new wattles era.

Wattles: _Ancient City’s are the only structure that spawn candles_ That Cabin on that Warden 1.17 Footage: *W H A T*

Time to combine a skeleton spawner farm and skulk catalyst for lots of exp for enchantment grinding

I think honestly a block that takes forever to mine that is hard to break is super fun, it allows for vaults that are actually functional

Fun video as always 🌹

I think when it knows is being tricked, it does something similar to what that earth bender girl from avatar does, which is using sound to map their surroundings. The warden uses a very loud roar that maybe feeds certain vibrations back to it that allows it to figure out whos actually around, then starts chasing you, causing you to run and make more noise

could make alarms for someone outside the base with this mechanic

Great Video!! Next Line

So what would be the best way to disarm an area with both sensors and shriekers? What order would you break/cover the components?

I think you should make a warden statue next to the build that you did in Episode 19 (building the first warden).

Warden out here doing big brain math to pinpoint you based off your snowball placement.

So, remember the theory about the endermen being a ancient society and what not? And went to the end to probably escape something? Maybe the wither? Ore…was it the warden? Considering wardens hit like a fucking truck, And what if said ancient society escaped to the end to get away from the warden? What if there were hordes of wardens? There’s definitely a boss warden isn’t there?

I want a mushy sculk block, that is like gravel but its sculky and has the old gravel texture but with the sculk palette and glowing dots.

I found 2 ancient cities meshed together one of them were in underwater probably bitwise in bedrock

1:25 I've found a seed with a mineshaft inside an ancient city the seed is 2884165630492883514 The coordinates are -100 -200

Catalyst need to grow more catalyst every now and then otherwise they would not be renewable. Will mobs spawn on skulk blocks out side of the deep dark?

Theoretically, if one removes all skulk shriekers in the deep dark/ancient city, will the warden not spawn?

What's interesting one of the skulk block where removed it looks like a Jaw you can see it in the Warden reveal trailer

I've actually found a deep dark biome that had a mineshaft directly above it I also suggest going into spectator mode in the deep dark, go to the middle part with the reinforced deepslate, and go underneath. There is something very unexpected there. Surely I cant be the only one whos found this.

i might make a sculk reactor with that mechanic

I found a mineshaft covering half an ancient city Java edition players: “500 health is absurd” Me a BE player: “Wither has 600HP? Nah lemme grab ma wooden sword and let’s go”

The deep dark is finally coming!!!

I knew about 16 By the way mumbo jumbo proved that you can explode reinforced deepslate if you move it and explode a TNT at the same time

Got something neat. Stand on the Sensor. Then, drop an item on the sensor. Some neat effects occur

deep dark being dark, as usual

wattles be like uploads a video about: 25 things you did not know about the deep dark everybody: umm we already know everything about the deep dark lol🤣

I dig the new end screen image.

"Ancient" city has lit fucking candles. Of all the places this makes the least sense

a cool feature would be if you kill a mob that give exp with a bane of arthropods sword the scluk would spread more if a catylist is nearby

wow i learned a lot lol :)

I don't play online much. there's live chat option right? do the skulk sensors pick up the mic?

I'm gonna trap one in a boat and name it Jason since it's too tanky and can't "accidentally die" unlike my other Minecraft pets, then put it in an enclosure. This one's gonna be tedious.

IDEA!!! Mojang could give us the ultimate twist and make skulk blocks (and its spreading variants) STICKY, causing you to get trapped like a pit of tar or at least slow you down like soul sand to make it more difficult to escape the Warden!

Oh so to avoid the dangers of the deep dark either break it or light it up as much as possible

RU-vidrs: 20 things that you didint know about pig! Also youtubers: pig drops porkchop when killed Me: thanks I didint know that PS. Actualy you made alot better video with not-so-well-known facts I only knew 24/26.

Can’t wait till the update comes out

Wait what yesterday i found a ancient city with a mineshaft combined wth

I’ve noticed that night vision helps with blindness effect

Wow i found out my brain was small because i did not understand anything u said its like way smart for me btw im subscribed

And really good video

Well I don’t know what I don’t know but i do know that i will be killed by warden more time than countable

Maybe the reinforced deepslate is for a portal for a new dimension

Man, I'm almost a sculk expert! I only know 26 facts!

apparently Daredevil teached the warden some good skills

Another thing that he forgot to add is that more than 1 warden can spawn, trust me , it’s terrifying

If you are somehow able to obtain reinforced deepslate, you can craft a special pickaxe that can break bedrock but it takes almost 4 minutes to break in survival.

It would be could if they allowed the catalyst to absorb experience orbs from bottles of enchanting also I would be interesting if someone could give a skulk. Block infinite charge it would never stop spreading and converting blocks 5:40 oh ok so basically it just destroys natural resources

Fact #26: The Warden is actually looking for companionship and what's to give you a big hug ^^

Soooo Keeen For This Update!

Fun fact, the warden is not part of the monsters hunted achievement, despite being a hostile mob.

I wonder if the reinforced deepslate portal is lit by soulfire or lava.. skulk juice? Maybe water? Something the warden drops? Firefly sweat?

10:40 So that's how the warden dropped down in Pewdiepie's video. I didn't know the warden can fit within a 1 block width gap. That's terrifying.

Well the skulk jaws could have made a loud snap sound to get the warden there and trap you till you get there

The Warden makes me think of the creature in Pan’s Labyrinth

I wonder if ancient debris will be in ancient cities

mojang just suprising me in every update first i thoght the aqutic/underwater update was the best one with the pilligers and new village's and villigers mechanics that still gets me so fricking exites till today and then the nether and then the caves and cliffs and now.... its just a record breaker how could it be even better?! every eampty thing that was in the game they filled and gave it a story new blocks new mechanics im a 100% minecraft player rn its....INSANE!

They need to buff the loot tables for ancient cities

there was a massive cave underneath our whole base in a realm i had no clue there was a deep dark underneath us😳

So if you're someone who tends to avoid monsters and play on Peaceful all the time, is there any particular reason to go searching for one of these biomes, other than a few new blocks? Do they have any special loot you can't get anywhere else? Or should I just ignore it?

I really like the adding of a biome in the underground and the whole thing with abandoned city and the Warden, a mob with an insane amount of hp, but I feel this lacks something.. I mean.. the loot is trash for such an amazing thing coming and I feel like it isn’t a part of the story of Minecraft.. same thing with nether bastion. I really love these structures but I would want to be required to go there to advance in my journey to the End or at least give me something worth risking my hardcore world. Does anyone feel the same?

If you know what they do, could you explain the redstone lamps in the center of the ancient city near the large warden statue?

The sculk jaw probably would snare the player for the warden to kill them

Gooood evening our boi WARDLES

Snow ball throw distance not random so triangulation possible plus last direction?

The Warden is just an evolved Snorelax

I feel like the deep dark should have its own faction Minecraft has an expanded on factions in a while we have arthropods which really don’t even classify as a faction then we have the undead and then the rest of the world