I think the recovery compass is an item you keep where you respawn, as opposed to on you when you die :-)

I think it's going to be a new boss. After all, a "warden" is someone who guards someone to prevent them from escaping.

It's a cell door. The warden is trying to keep you from releasing whatever is inside. That's why it's called the warden

Minecraft has a very abandonned theme throughout the whole game: -Ocean ruins and temples that used to populate the ocean -Nether fortresses in the nether -End cities in the end And now of course the ancient cities in the overworld caves With the exception of villages that are still inhabited (but fairly primitive), there are a lot of structures reminiscent of some older civilisation. Maybe, as a lot of people suggest, this portal is an exit only portal and was some kind of fail point: something destroyed the world when it was built. To me the two mobs that stand out a bot from the game are shulkers and skulks. Could they be the inhabitants of this dimension? Maybe along with other mobs/boss as well. And I've seen a lot of people mention the warden is some sort of guard trying to stop this seemingly dangerous dimension from being opened.

It’s totally possible for it to be an exit portal, because the mob that guards it is named the warden. The ancient cities could be abandoned because of this monster that the warden is trying to contain, and it is hostile to you because it doesn’t want you to let the monster out. Side note: the monster probs has some magic powers that turned the residents of the ancient cities into sculk but also the warden. just my take.

4:28 Sneaking keeps you from slipping off ledges regardless of your speed, even with the max possible swiftness level using commands you stick to the ledge like glue. Thus it makes speed bridging faster

I would say that it would unleash some kind of boss, as in the newest disk you can hear what seems to be someone lighting a portal and something massive coming out of it, worse than the warden.

When you listen to the music disc, there's a place where you hear the armored feet of an army(?) seeming to march into or out of the area... Seems to me that the size of the portal is key here. I get the feeling that it was made as such to accommodate an invasion force, either into or out of another dimension. Add in the fortified walls and soldier barracks and it feels like they were trying hard to contain something.

There are so many theories about the portal, I can't wait to see what we get!! Mojang puts a lot of effort into the Warden and Ancient Cities, I'm sure there is a good reason for that!!

Something that I found while I streamed a few tests with the Ancient city, The warden seems to REALLY like either Reinforced Deepslate, or the center structure itself. Whenever I spawned Wardens, they tended to move towards the center structure when they burrow underground. If they were high enough, they would only burrow inside the deepslate frame.

I came up with an concept idea for the 'Deep Dark Dimension', if there will be one. Maybe the 'Deep Dark Dimension' is a version of your current world where everything has been overtaken by sculk, and the only mobs are the Wardens that trap the souls of the dead in their ribs. Also, maybe the main goal of the dimension is to get to the some center point. Maybe sculk bubbles lead the way to the center, where there is some other final boss. Recovery Compasses should point to the center, too, so they have some added functionality. I think maybe "Otherside" is a nice name for this other dimension, because it's 'another side' to your world.

I've heard some theories that the actual reason as to why the portal is so wide is that it actually served as a portal for some sort of army. This easily could fit into the "ancient society" lore in some way and maybe we will get to find out more about them on this dimension. Maybe, what this new dimension will be is like a graveyard of sorts, where the remnants of an ancient army resides. They could also be alive, but I really doubt it, unless they've gone through some supernatural transformation

I've heard one idea for a dimension that I really like, and it's some sort of deeper dark, made up of structures and terrain hanging off a bedrock ceiling over the void. This would serve as the final environment type after bedrock below (overworld), bedrock above and below (nether), and no bedrock, just void (end).

As of the most recent snapshot, I'm willing to bet the portal will be opened using the new music disc and a jukebox. It would play really well into the theme of 'sound.' I wouldn't be surprised if this started a sort of boss wave while you wait for the CD to finish playing.

As I see the finished update, it’s just decoration. There’s no real incentive to go down other than maybe early game loot. Sometimes there’s free diamond gear, but that doesn’t really help against the warden.

Just would like to be clear that swift sneaking is actually pretty good for many things outside of the deep dark. Move faster while hiding your nametag on servers. Also makes for great assassin RP.

the thought of a different plane, essentially the minecraft feywild, is really interesting, I just imagine going through a world I've played in for ages, but everything is ever so slightly off, and there are pixies and nymphs and sylph and such wandering through the places I've spent so much time in, my base, the cave I frequent, the nearby village, and just the thought that they had always been there from the very beginning, just out of sight, that would be so indescribably awesome

you see an "echo" layer on top of the overworld unlocked trough this gateway using perhaps the echo shards would be really interesting

The "plain" theorie sounds amazing - especially with the swamp as a basis - a kind of fairy land with the vexes and others

I feel as though Minecraft is starting to develop a story in a way that each update will continue the story and this portal (or whatever it is) is the major start of it. Maybe it will have a real storyline like other games?

I think the mob "toll" theory actually makes sense, because, below the portal, there's a line of soul fire, lighting up the whole thing. Along with that there's soul fire beacons around the city as well.

There’s a few more points to make that could justify it being a portal to another dimension: 1. If you look at the change logs for the past 3 major updates, there has been a huge overhaul to the way dimensions work, including custom dimensions, and customs world generation 2. Over the past couple years Mojang has hired 2 developers of dimension mods: Cojomax99 who created the Tropicraft mod, and Kingbdogz who created The Aether. From tweets from the devs and dev interviews, Cojomax was responsible for leading the Village and Pillage update. Where’s Kingbdogz is said to be leading the development of Ancient cities. 3. Like you said, In the experimental snapshot the reinforced deepslate was movable, and this was unintentional behaviour. What other reason than for a portal could it be?

My guess would be its a Boss spawner. Since ya know, warden should be someone that protects something. Tho the idea at 5:29 sounds nice, they could make it like something in Metroid Prime 2 with that games "Echo Visor" in the way that you can not (or only very hardly) see anything normal but instead fully see soundwaves and you can see your surrounding with the traveling soundwaves (I guess kinda like Toph from Avatar sees her surroundings). That or just make a whole new Dimension with that gimmick. You could even incorporate @Henkaans comment idea that that would be the Origin dimension of the Skulk. Hell, you could even incorporate all I said so that you need to activate and then kill a boss that comes out of there before you can access the dimension yourself.

Theory five reminds me of the Occultism mod; specifically, the Demon's Dream, a fruit that allows you to harvest Otherwood from the Otherwood tree, and if you're not under it's effects you get oak wood instead

There was something on reddit about this. Dimension Hanging from a Bedrock Roof - A dimension unlike the other 3 still following their established patterns With the new structure in the Deep Dark's Ancient Cities that looks a lot like a portal, speculation about a new dimension in the works for a later update has started to ramp up more. It makes sense that Mojang would want to establish a dimension's lore well before adding the actual dimension to the game so as to make the expansion feel natural, and another issue that comes up regarding that is making a new dimension itself feel completely unlike the other ones while still fitting into vanilla. I believe the best way to go about this is to use an already established difference among the current dimensions and expand upon it for a possible new one, and that brings me to the following: a dimension where everything hangs from the ceiling, and there is no ground. Here are my reasons why and ideas regarding it: #1 - Consistency: Every other combination already exists in the game. The Overworld has a bedrock floor with no roof; the Nether has a bedrock floor and roof; and the End has neither a bedrock roof nor floor. A dimension that has a bedrock roof but no floor is able to perfectly contrast with every other dimension's most defining feature in regards to layout while not only staying within but actually completing a defined pattern. #2 - Implications of the Dimension's Structure: With a bedrock roof, it is unlikely to find floating islands, but also without a bedrock floor, that means that everything that does exist in the dimension has to hang from the ceiling. This provides an opportunity for a very unique type of terrain. Be they upside-down mushrooms, trees, or something else entirely, a large stalk hanging from the ceiling, expanding out into large, island-like (upside-down) canopies makes the most sense. These could support their own plants, animals, and possibly even structures. Traversal could be done by by bridging, but one could also build up into the "ground" of the roof and mine place to place. It's a perfect place for rare ores to hide, and it reverses the idea of digging down to mine. Trees etc. would be found on the canopies whilst mining would take place above that in the ground, and movement from high places becomes more attractive than from low ones. The hanging canopies could have large roots supporting them too, making mining unique since an axe would be needed in these cases. Finally, elytra flight would allow the quickest traversal, but it would require the player to decide between flying below the canopies or between them and the roof. The former would be like flying under the End islands while the latter would be like flying in the Nether. #3 - Mobs and why the Deep Dark especially could benefit from this: The game already has mobs that can climb walls, but this could open up mobs that actually spawn on the ceiling and hang down. Projectiles could make them still reach the player too. As for the Deep Dark biome, it seems its main thing is sound over light, and it could be made that instead of just an upside-down sun, there could be absolutely no light at all in this dimension, possibly even with a level darker than our current light level 0 or even using the darkness effect. #4 - Originality: I've seen "Minecraft but everything is upside down" or adding a new biome to the End that just has upside down plants, but I've not seen a single suggestion or mod (and I did search here the best I could) regarding a dimension revolving around traversing hanging islands. New dimensions structured like the old ones have been suggested to death, and this could subvert expectations while still delivering what people want. It seems Mojang tries to always add their own spin to granting community wishes for major additions, so I think this could fit well into that pattern. Here is a crudely drawn interpretation of how it could look (hopefully embedded; I usually use old reddit). I have zero art skills and nothing here is meant to be "exactly how it should be," but I think it makes things easier to visualize: preview.redd.it/a22tiqhz78r81.png?width=835&format=png&auto=webp&s=5c13b01377bd0feb6451db015cc8c6f6387e8840 EDIT: The post is pending approval still, but I went ahead and made a suggestions page on the official site - feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/5261899789325-Dimension-hanging-from-a-bedrock-roof-without-a-bedrock-floor EDIT 2: And IK a lot of suggestions get deleted for no reason, so feel free to suggest something similar yourself too, mainly the whole "dimension with only a bedrock ceiling" thing just so there's a higher chance of the idea ticking whatever boxes they require. here's even more.

Honestly, I’m all for the “spirit world” idea, but it could instead function similar to terraria’s hard mode when defeating the wall of flesh. The world would get repopulated with greater threats and a new end goal, to avoid new players from accidentally activating this “portal” or “shrine” it can only be activated after defeating the ender dragon.

I think it’s going to be a portal to a new dimension. Something with a similar kind of vibe to the Aether mod. There is something kinda nice about the link between the deep dark below the earth and a dimension up in the sky.

It's worth noting that Mojang actually changed the file name of those ambient structures in the ancient cities to exclude the term "portal". Perhaps this is just Mojang attempting to limit spoiling the intended function of the new dimension, however, I'm of the opinion that it's likely Mojang has no intentions of making a new dimension and edited the file name to curb misinformation.

The Swift Sneak enchantment would maybe support the theory that there's going to be a new dimension. Got this from another video but there was the idea that the ancient city might work the same as the nether blocks surrounding the ruined portals as in its mimicking / the same as the actual dimension and having a whole dimension where Swift Sneak is as useful as in the ancient city would certainly make it more important to get (although a whole dimension where you have to sneak a lot seems really annoying).

i agree with number 9. i think its probable that mojang had even bigger plans for the ancient cities but didnt want to push the warden and skulk back even further, especially after all the backlash they got for splitting caves and cliffs

Whether this is gonna be it or not, I do hope a new dimension is added. Specifically a really late game one. I find myself getting bored after I defeat the Ender Dragon, so hopefully this might change that.

I think it’d be cute if it is a “gateway” to the amplified world.

My suspicion is that it could be a portal enemies come from for a raid style event. Sarc addresses this. I’d add it is a bit unusual that the sculk catalyst exists in an area where they’d see almost no natural action. A raid event where you’re actively spreading sculk could be interesting.

In the modding community, the Deep Dark is something that has been around for quite awhile now - It's a dimension where being in darkness actively damages the player, mobs are buffed to deal more damage/have more health, and there are holes that go straight into the void, but ores spawnrates are doubled. With KingBDogz having come from the modding community, and with the name being exactly the same as the modded dimension, I have a feeling that it may be something like what the original modded Deep Dark was, but iterated/changed in a way that feels original.

I got this video recommended and your videos are perfect for like mowing or something when I can’t look at the phone. I also love your thumbnails, keep up the good work

Here's my thought: It's portal into a dimension, less like the Nether or the End, and more like those april fools dimensions. A maze of randomly spawning corridors surrounded by nothing but endless skulk, guarded by Wardens that you need to sneak past, and at the heart, is a prison containing some kind of boss monster. Sort of like a dungeon. Minecraft's definitely lacking a little on the dungeons (only about 3, technically 5 if you count ancient cities and monster spawners.)

A Minecraft upside-down dimension sounds like it could be very interesting.

To restate something that I recall Mojang saying, there will not be a new dimension UNTIL they feel the other current dimensions are at satisfaction, we have had The Nether Update which covers the Nether, The Caves & Cliffs along with the Aquatic Update has overhauled the OverWorld, which means we still need an update to the End to complete the three current dimensions before we hear of dimension four, thing is though the End is very lack-luster but it was also meant to be kinda empty, so what would an End update add that does not take away from its emptiness.

I am INLOVE with the gateway theory, it sounds like something mojang would do to try to break off the idea of portals and that this deep dark thing is only just DIFFERENT.

What if it’s a Terraria “Wall of Flesh” type deal, and after passing through it, your world gets put into super-hard mode?

I am about 80% confident that it's going to be some kind of portal to a combat dimension/challenge. It just makes too much sense not to. Minecraft's loot system is in a dilemma right now for being a somewhat rpg-esque loot system that insists on not being an rpg. Because they can't just keep adding more tiers of combat gear, a lot of the loot they've been recently adding is focused on utility, which they can only keep up for so long. At the same time, Minecraft is sorely lacking any challenges that necessitate upgrading your gear past regular diamond. The "final boss" can be beaten with an iron set, the Wither can be beaten with regular diamond(assuming you don't bedrock-cage it), and raids can be beaten with prot 1 diamond. To add tougher combat challenges to the overworld, however, would also be to go against Minecraft's core design philosophy of player freedom and encouraging players to build and shape the world around them. The solution would be to add an entire new dimension dedicated to combat, effectively fulfilling the purpose of the player making powerful gear while not impinging on the player's build projects.

One thing I’ve been thinking about lately is the possibility of an animation update. If you look at the Warden, it’s animations are much more smooth than other mobs, similar to the animations of the CGI trailers. I think it would be really cool, and make the game much more visually appealing.

Here's some of my theories: Mining Station: What if the weird Centerpiece Structure was just a Station for a giant Super Mining Machine? It would make near-perfect sense for the reinforced deepslate, since it can't be moved by pistons. It would help construct a massive flying machine specifically designed to mine large areas of stone and ore. Portal: Assuming the Centerpiece is in fact a brand new Portal, what if it doesn't send you to another dimension or another plane of existence? What if it sends you back in Time? This could be an interesting feature for Minecraft: going back in time to different ages and eras of the past. You could go back in time to the Age of Dinosaurs, Older Versions of Minecraft or even back in time minutes or hours ago in a respective World. You could even back to the time of the infamous *Herobrine.* Okay, maybe not that last one, but it would be a very interesting feature for this Centerpiece thing. Portal 2: If the Centerpiece really is a new Portal and it *doesn't* send you back in time, maybe it can send you to another World. Not a new Dimension, but a World you loaded. That would mean the former Inhabitants of the Ancient City found some some way to travel the Multiverse. If Mojang were to add either of these two Portal Features, that would be some serious Doctor Who craziness right there.

After watching Alan Becker's Animation VS Minecraft Shorts EP 26 (The Warden) I had the thought that the "portal" is like a time machine that would take you back to when the ancient city wasn't so ancient.

i think the final ""theory"" is correct completely, i cant remember the exact interview but i recall one of the developers saying that instead of adding new things, they enjoy re-contextualizing older mechanics to make the world feel more integrated within itself (things like wool blocks blocking sound, leather boots allowing you to walk on powdered snow), but you can only do this so many times, for me, this feels like a new chapter, in which we're going to get a lot of brand new things, so later down the line we can have new features and mechanics added to them, the portal of course, being the cherry on top.

theory: its probably a portal but, WE dont come to it, it comes to us, thus why its a "warden" to guard whatever is on the other side. Its only hostile towards mobs because the warden thinks WE are that thing, so it starts to attack us, because its not used to hearing sound. The portal was probably built by whatever lived there, maybe villagers, because the warden looks like a sculk infected iron golem, and since its been infected with sculk, it is inable to see, and probably hears things differently too, so it thinks that every sound is the sound of a monster, so it starts to attack it, to protect the area from whatever it is, so that mob cannot access whatever is on the other side, that massacred the city.

Every time I hear Disk 5, I imagine how the residents of the Acient city leave the city, through the portal they have built, and to the Demension ...

I feel like it’s actually a time machine that takes you back to when the ancient city was alive

What if you activate it with some use of dragon’s breath? As we have been looking for it’s use for a long time now and giving the end some kind of importance to another biome would be quite interesting.

Mojang's Major To Do List as of this Point in Time: -New Archeology System -4-5 promised biome updates -End Dimension Update Edit (stuff I forgot): -Combat Update

The compass should be a totem instead that lets you keep your stuff on death but pops when you die. And you still get teleported back to your spawn.

I think the most likely course of action is for the portal to be able to be opened but become an exit only portal that spews out new mobs in waves almost like a raid. This also makes it possible for a new boss mob to be introduced as a part of the final wave, this would make sense as it is theorised that the sculk originated from that portal so therefore there must be more where it came from.

Since this concept was introduced, I've had this inkling of an idea that this is connected to an invasive force. whether or not it's being contained, as you mentioned... that's what I feel from the theme skulk gives off. It spreads. and consumes things around it to sustain itself and spreads further. This is possibly the portal the skulk is coming from. it would be cool if we need to go through there to kill the "source" and "reclaim" the ancient city. but that doesn't seem very Minecraft-like. either way, it's fun to speculate about.

The "weird totems" are just mojang's way of showing off skulk sensors activating light poles when you walk by them

My theory is that its a part two to the end credits' "conversation." But only after you solve a puzzle, or the usual, defeat a mob.

I think the idea that the frame lets out some sort of super-boss when activated might be onto something, especially considering the design of the structure. I've always thought it looked like the face of some sort of creature, with the loop/circle structures on the sides being the eyes and the central portion being the mouth. Also, my guess is it's probably not going to be functional in 1.19 and instead set up features in future updates, but it would make for one heck of an awesome surprise if they went ahead and made it do something like lead to a new dimension in 1.19

I think that the theory of activating it with souls may actually be valid, since there is soulsand with water (to create bubbles floating upwards) underneath this mysterious structure after all / (or soul fire)

I think it's a portal to a new dimension. More specifically, a dimension where the skulk originated from. It kinda looks like the skulk is "leaking" out of the city, which is very similar to how the nether seems to leak out of naturally generated nether portals. There's also a chance that the skulk comes from something instead of somewhere, so maybe the portal leads to a boss. I definitely think it's a portal tho. Will it be added in the Wild update? eh, probably not.

I'm glad that someone else agree's with the compass being kept after death.

I'm nearly at the end of the video, so I don't know yet if this is already an Idea, but it could be something like the world is crumbling apart, and there is something to do with the portal thing reinforcing the world, before corruption. Another thing could be something like a hidden world of dragons or a creature lie, hiding through a secret gateway ( The portal structure ) but maybe activating the portal could set the world to the past or future, where the city was living and ancient builders exist, or maybe something in the future. There could also be like, as soon as the portal is opened, a MASSIVE, hundred-feet tall monster crawls out of the void as it has been summoned

that spirit realm theory is really cool. Having to sacrifice something to get to a sort of shadow, or echo of the overword, and finding new mobs and items is one of the craziest Minecraft ideas I've ever heard

One of the main pieces of evidence for it being a portal, was the name of some of the structure files. There was (not sure if there still is) a structure file that contained what seems to be a miniature version of the "portal" structure, and the name of the file was essentially "portal_small". Internal file names can't always be relied upon, as intent can change after they were named, but that's one reason the portal idea really caught on early.

The gateway idea is sick

I think it's either going to be a new dimension a new boss or Mat pat's game theory

"It is a portal, but it takes you to somewhere that already exists." The End has always been a bit of an issue because beating the Ender Dragon is supposed to be the end of the game, but most players want to do it immediately because Elytra and Shulkers are locked behind it. Maybe this is going to be a way to get to the Outer End before having to deal with an updated Ender Dragon that's coming soon?

I love the idea of a plane of sorts. I think that would be a excellent addition to the game and fit with what the devs have been saying about never before seen concepts in Minecraft. Because the compass really doesn't cut it.

There indeed is probably going to be a 4th dimension soon. What I’m the most excited about the dimension is that, these dimensions has a key role to beating Minecraft, the The overworld being the place where you find build a structures to the dimensions, The nether, to get blaze rods to turn into ender eyes, and the end to beat the game. I’m really excited and curious on how this will play a role in Minecraft

It should take you to one of those “luckiest Minecraft moments” thumbnails where there’s a cave made of diamond blocks

I haven’t heard anyone say this yet, but the structure is almost a perfect statue of the warden itself, so if anything it may be a boss that is a larger form of a warden

one thing i've noticed -- or, well, friends have pointed out to me -- is that there's some implication that illagers were/are involved in the construction of the ancient cities; you pretty much only see dark oak used in illager structures, and the heavy usage of wool is pretty consistent with illager buildings as well. why is this important? well, bear with me here: in Minecraft Dungeons, there are several things/places that don't show up in modern Minecraft. this is because Dungeons is a _prequel_ to Minecraft proper, taking place many years _before_ it. the illagers are also far more active in Dungeons, and... there is also an evil centipede monster called the Heart of Ender. it's... the wrong color for the ancient cities, it's sort of a pinkish purple, but the _rebirth pit_ it sits in is the same color as the end gateways/portals. i think it's very likely that we could definitely see some kind of gigantic boss monster come through that portal, is what i'm saying, _and_ i think we should probably be squinting at the worldbuilding of Dungeons for more information on how that might happen. illagers in Dungeons are pretty known for messing with things they probably shouldn't, Dungeons is a prequel, _and_ the cities are classified as ancient... it kind of adds up, right?

the stucture looks like an oversized warden head. which could mean some godly entities could have existed

Wow cool changes, I love this :D

What if the portal brings you to a “plane” that is in the past sorta, when the cities are thriving except you only see echos f it, like ghost walking around phantom buildings or something. The implications that would have on the lore would be huge.

the best case scenario is that 1.20 is an end update, 1.21 is a structure update, and 1.22 is a fourth dimension

i like the idea of them adding the aether but instead of a paradise of floating islands its a nightmere, or perhaps a tainted or corrupted paradise of sort, got the idea from disk 5

i really like the idea of overworld planes!

I've always thought that all the dimensions were layered like a cake, having the end on top, then the over world in the middle, then the nether on the bottom. The nether still has a bedrock layer underneath it, meaning you could still have something there. My hope is that if there is a new dimension, its like a bunch of giant roots or stalagmites (Or stalactite, i can't remember) hanging down from the roof, maybe have a bunch of hanging islands too. While it would likely be possible to reach without going to the end or nether, you would really want something like the elytra before heading there, encouraging you to go after beating the ender dragon. Another theory is that it could be some water themed dimension, we already have earth(Overworld), Fire (nether) Air (End). but no water themed one, although this one is much more of a stretch.

That deep dark portal could lead to the “past” end where it’s entirely assembled and not fragmented, and the end portal is the “present” end

I believe it is a portal, but not to a different dimension. It could be a gateway to an entirely different planet that exists in the same dimension as the Minecraft overworld. Or it could possibly take you to different continents on the same Minecraft world that have a different seed and assortment of biomes. Each continent would be like a world within a world where every continent is so large that it is functionally infinite when traveling by conventional means, and the only way to move from continent to continent. That or it could be a way of bridging different Minecraft worlds together so that hub worlds would be a vanilla feature. It’s also possible that the gateway could be a time machine of sorts that allows players to travel to a future and past version of the Minecraft world.

i personally really like the teleporter theory and also the spawner, possibly there could be a boss coming thru the portal and it would be really cool, also the gateway theory is good

Here's my theory: it's a portal to a new dimension, but not one we can enter. Maybe the technology to power it up has been lost, or (my preference) the dimension is too volatile, alien, and dangerous we physically can't survive there. It's the homeworld of skulk, which in my mind is some kind of hive-intelligence fungal lifeform, and it was able to enter the Overworld when residents of the ancient cities (foolishly) built and opened portals there. They tried entering the new dimension, and either instantly died, or were afflicted by the skulk and brought it back through the portal while fleeing. The subsequent deaths of the explorers allowed the skulk to spread into the city, killing more and more people, and it used their life force to create wardens, who decimated the rest of the city. Now, the skulk just waits underground, isolated from any other life and unable to grow further ...until we start mining.

it is also possible that the "portal" in the ancient cities could be a time travelling portal, taking us to the past, where the ancient cities are not so ancient anymore, and with that so many possibilities are opened

I think that if they decide to add a new dimension, there is so much potential behind it that it’s insane.

Ok I am obsessed with the design in the thumbnail. Very impressed

This feels like something that might have to do with the Ender Dragon. It just looks like the perfect size for a dragon to fly through

I feel it is definitely a boss related thing, whether it just summons it or it’s a 4th dimension where you can fight or get the materials to fight the boss. Personally, seeing how cool the Wardens are, the boss could be extremely cool and maybe even a challenge since the Wither and Ender Dragon aren’t really all that hard at this point in Minecraft

i have seen a mod that does the overlayed things on the overworld, most (if not all) of them looked like normal things like stone, glowstone, and oak trees, and if broken normally would just drop those things, but when under a particular effect you would see them as what they truely are, and interact as such. they could then be used to do useful things in the normal overworld.

When I look at the ancient city, I see a formerly majestic city that fell in the past. The portal at the middle seems to be a shrine of some kind based on the candles, the portal itself is similar in appearance to the warden and the skulk seems to be leaking out of it but the soul fire and wither based blocks, makes me think it may involve the nether fortress mobs in some way. There is wool throughout the city similar to the ones you'd find in woodland mansions. This new dimension may include all the advanced mobs in the game, illagers, wither skeletons/blazes, wardens and be an extremely dangerous area you may want to avoid. Since this dimension can be something the other 2 isn't, a challenge, of course they may include additional mobs they had thought of in the past like the blaze lord or worse. A prison dimension if you will, something that requires a warden.

I know this won't happen, but imagine if it was like the wall of flesh in terraria, where after this boss is finished it'd unlock new items in the world and mobs/release a type of creatures/dimensional horror into the world

I really hope you’re right about an End update coming soon. The End levels in Minecraft Dungeons really emphasized how much can still be done with it.

Idea: it could take you to other worlds, taking your character from one world, to another, keeping your items from the previous world.

When you said “4th dimension” it took me a while to realize that the plain old overworld is also a dimension itself

Biggest theory that I agree with is that the "portal" doesnt let the player in, but lets *something* out. The Warden needs to be guarding SOMETHING... maybe guarding the player from ever activating the portal and letting out whatever this ancient civilization sealed away. The way to activate the portal MUST have to do with sacrifice as well, I think.

Here's a theory: Maybe it's some huge speaker? You activate the structure and it produces sound for a certain time, luring EVERY warden in your world to it and distracting them regardless of how long the warden has been spawned for. This allows you to explore the deep dark and lost cities as you please without any threat of the wardens for as long as the structure remains active. My best advice would be for it to be active for a few in-game days to allow for plenty of time. As you walk around maybe you hear a soft humming noise like an AC unit but to the wardens it's the equivelent of a high pitched dog whistle sound. This might be great in multi-player if you coordinate teams of players. One team turns the speaker on while the others pillage and loot.

I hope it’s a dimension where it’s like amplified forests, a overworked that is more wild and lush. Like a feywild

I love the idea of it being a horde spawner, I’d love if you got unique powerful enchantments from completing it, or doing the terraria approach where it gives you a currency to exchange to get items

So glad Sarc is making videos again!!!

I think what's important is that they make those spooky shards have a purpose beyond an item you probably need 1-3 of.

I like the plane idea ear!

I hope, it's a portal, which, when activated, spawns waves of intruders, raiding the overworld, and if you kill the raid bosses, you get access to their dimension.