Game Theory: The Tragic Story of Minecraft's Zombie Pigmen (Piglins)

"There are no pigs in the nether" Pig that walked through my portal: Am I a joke to you?

Teacher: so does anyone know how glass is made?- Me: my time has come

My theory: Piglins and the ancient civilization were once allies, they went in the nether and met each other. At first they weren't aggressive, so they made a truce, piglins provide protection, and they build the bastions for them, but one critical mistake was made. The builders brought a zombie virus with them into the nether and they zombified the piglins, making them incredibly angry at them for obvious reasons, so they became hostile and hate the wither skeletons for obvious reasons. Nowadays piglins are desperate for gold because they think it may stop the virus, think about it, gold is obviously magical it cures villagers and makes golden food, so the piglins saw how the civilization used this and they use it in the hopes it will cure their race, with the ruined bastions being all they have left they use them to protect their sacred gold.

Does anyone else feel like MatPat would be a great lawyer?

6:11 "1.6: The Nether Update" 1.6 Horse Update: Am I a Joke to You?

Matpat: "This is the main lore of Pigmen and Endermen" Meanwhile Mojang just going with the flow: write that down, write that down.

“Has no non-zombified versions of itself left anywhere on the planet” 1.16: im about to end this man’s whole career

Or, the “nether pigs” first became Piglin Brutes, and some sort of monster zobiefieded them, so, the zombifieded pigmen are not hostile to Steve because they don’t remember.

Matpat: “netherwart is the only crop that can survive such a hostile landscape.” Mushroom: “am i a joke to you?”

"The pigmen are related to pigs" Hmm, the floor here is made out of floor

Theory. Perhaps the soul sand the pigs were buried on held the souls of the ancient builders. That’s why they are bipedal because the souls of the ancient builders went into the pigs, which could also explain how they know how to hold swords

Even if there is no actual lore, it's still fun to believe it's cannon it makes a simple game about building feel so much bigger and cooler.

Remember: The soil that grows nether warts is made by dead human souls so I think that explains the evolution of growing human-like.

Fun fact: nether wart grows on soul sand so the pigman kinda eat souls and start 2 think like human, (holding swords and standing on 2 legs)

I feel proud to be a Swede knowing that another one of my Swedish bretheren created this masterpiece of a game

Theory: Since netherwart grows on soul sand, the Pigmen are partly eating souls. Since souls are kinda like ghosts and they used to be human, the tiny bit of conciousness left could be how the Pigmen have telepathy.

We still need a Theory about why saddles aren’t craftable... Wow me

Everyone: notch made them on accident Matpat: L O R E

I feel like there is a lot of new theory content in the nether surrounding the piglins and this potentiol war between piglins and ancient builders and the zombie virus. A rework on this video would be amazing

He's covered wither skeletons, and now zombie piglins (and somewhat native piglins). Hoping for a blaze theory next. I think blazes are like the guardians in that they're robotic sentries, and with how their breathing sounds very dry but humanlike, they could be powered by souls. 😐 I got nothing on ghasts though.