I so desperately want archeology to be able to be added and not get scrapped. My favorite part of minecraft is going slow and building a nice place for my character to live. Having an option to tell my own stories with the artifacts I find and use them to decorate my living space sounds amazing to me

you forgot about the most important mystery: why are desert wells so much more useful than the ancient city

The use I would give to the fletching table would be to let you make more tipped arrows from one potion Instead of 8 arrows you can make 16 from one potion This would encourage tipped arrows actually being used in single player and survival in general

imagine if they added a carpentry table, it would be the lumberjack workstation (he would sell wood and its blocks) and could be used as a stonecutter for wood.

that footage of you moving the frog to the nether felt so anxiety-inducing for some reason

I think the End and the teleportation theme and the Skulk and their death and soul theme are too different to be connected. Yeah they look similar to the portal but that is really it. The fact that the portal in the ancient city is really high and inconvenient to get too unlike the other two portals indicate that it may not be a portal to a new dimension for you. I think something would come out of it. The warden doesn't seem to be made by the ancient people because it comes out of the skulk and I don't think that the people made the skulk. I think the skulk came out of the portal and the sound that the people made summoned the warden and kill many which spread the skulk.

A dungeons and beast update would solve some of these, dungeons desperately need an update and you can convincingly lob in archeology with an update like this, paring this with some new mobs and making a dungeon where the fire fly resides as it may be the only light source in that dungeon would give them a use

thanks for the gifted member from the stream

I feel like no other feeling would compare to stepping into a 4th dimension for the first time in vanillla minecraft

Imagine you can grab fireflies with a glass bottle, and put it in your off hand to light up like a moving torch just to help vision. More fireflies in the bottle could increase the radius

Maybe the fletching table will have a use with a combat rework update? OR something as cool as the smithing table, could you IMAGINE if we got an update where they added like a magical / legendary / mythical bow , and it could only be created in the fletching table? Just like netherite gear.

Portal theory: the Aether (here me out, sorry for the length🤣) Ancient city is in a deep dark, the aether is high light (or a better sounding name😂 ) so they're opposite Sculk's theme colour is blue, and so is the aether portal (similar to how the nether's is purple) The developer in charge of the whole deep dark/Ancient city is the original aether creator The warden essentially makes the current end game armour/weapons pointless, if i remember right, in the mod you had to basically start again using materials from aether in order to do the the dungeons, basically doing the same thing New content appose to just updating previous stuff, would probably a nice change from a developer point of view The Majority of players (retired/acitve) know of the aether so it would build massive hype And finally, it just makes sense, they update all the major things that needed it, now they can make brand new stuff, and why not start with a whole new dimension.

I really think the next update will be the end update, maybe finally having Jens combat update too so it's similar to the original combat update. After that I have no idea what else they could do

Mud is gray in the real world. What you are thinking about is what happens when soil becomes wet, a temporary state. While mud in areas that are permanently wet like around rivers, marshes or beaches are generally grey. Because of the make up of this type of mud. I hope you look into this.

i love hearing you talk about the deep dark, the caves, the cliffs, the mangrove swamps, and the fireflies, and hearing you talk about maybe the end next would be cool

Also some unfinished features that you missed : Bundles, combat update, illusionaires

THANK YOU for mentioning this! Been wondering about this feature for the entire snapshot cycle!

I really hope Archeology comes back in some form. The idea of story telling in your world is incredible

I was wondering how my world was still experimental after the wild update came out. Clearly, it's not just me.

With the new menu screen, I had it when I made a new world after the wild update came out. When I’ve made a world since then though I didn’t have it for some reason

I think that 1.20 wil be something like a kind of ``Feature Update`` or a ``Celebration update`` and it is going to be somehow like Village and Pillage but with a little bit less content . They could get some new textures , and add some kind of special item , like the 10 year aniversary cake . Or maybe an exclusive cape , and some ambient structures . Kinda like ``Structure Update`` mods , but less OP. I mean we could have some abandoned lighthouses or abandoned treehouses ya`know ?

The end update is THE MOST NEEDED UPDATE

Dude ur content quality has sky rocketed recently , gg super enjoyable content😁

The chest that spawns directly in front of the portal always contains a regular golden apple (unlike the randomly generated chest in the city that usually have God apples) that is always in the center of the chest maybe this will be involved in opening the portal

Some form of link between the deep dark and the end would be highly possible, if they find a way to make it relevant and interesting. the skulk looks like void/end portal. Many of the skulk blocks have a yellowy tone to them that looks a bit like endstone and the end portal frames.

Hey, ibxtoycat, here's a video idea: Triggering a raid in an ancient city! I'm nobody has done it because it will be incredibly hard, but think of the entertainment!

The editing at the start was great. That thunder really brought everything together. :)

the warden and the ender dragon both are protectors. the warden protects his city, while the dragon protects his dimension, both are protecting against the player

Why were fireflies taken out due to them being poisonous to frogs yet cookies are in the game despite being poisonous to parrots irl and when fed up a parrot in minecraft it kills them

Loving this new style of content

my opinion is the portal will be given a use (new dimension) after a couple updates, with 1.20 being some sort of year-long end update, then another smaler one and around 1.22 will add the skulk dimension

The devs did say that they did not have a grasp of how the end would look like yet. so maybe they are working on what they envision the end to be.

i love hearing you talk about the deep dark, the caves, the cliffs, the mangrove swamps, and the fireflies, and hearing you talk about maybe the end next would be cool 👍

I love the music just at the end of this video that plays in the deep dark. It's so unsettling because it should be calming but you're in one of the most scary dangerous places of the world and it feels very doctor who-ey.

I had the new menus in 1.18.3 but as soon as I downloaded 1.19 it was gone.

I'm learning a lot with you! :D

I genuinely feel there gonna do a whole new dimension, only because the way the new horrifying mob is added especially the way the abandoned underground city is, just take a look at the skulk stuff and take a look at some of the new blocks, it makes more sense to me that it's not gonna link to the end only because the end hasn't been updated yet, and the horrifying mob is probably stronger then the ender dragon, and some of the blocks can take over the over world. I honestly feel that this new dimension will have more creatures, and more stuff to expand on to kinda make it more scary. Or even make a new boss and a new dimension that we want to experience either before or after the ender dragon. Tho we don't know yet as to what it could be, it just feels like we would have to defeat the ender dragon or even get something from the end to use it for the new dimension. Maybe even the dragons breath stuff, I just feel the end and this new dimension are gonna be connected in some way, just not enough to say that you can travel to the end and back easier after defeating the ender dragon once.

I would love to see a WILD dimension, or a BEYOND dimension

I think before we get a new dimension update we need the End and Nether both updated, more so the End. The Nether has already great uses to go there, killing mobs for your potions, conquering nether fortresses, finding netherite etc. I think one more biome to the nether would be nice such as “Wither valleys”. It be a poisonous wasteland with wither skeleton groups, riding around on wither skeleton horses seeking for any threats to its land to get rid of them. (The biome being poisonous the player will need a potion of poison resistance to even walk over the land or it will deal moderate damage not having said potion) -with dead trees all over giving a creepy vibe, and a light fog making it not so visible when entering this biome. I think something like a wither fortress/kingdom when traveling these lands would be awesome to come across. I think it more so have to be an above ground entrance where you are fighting wither skeletons to get to the underground lair that would hold the “Wither Necromancer”. Yes another wither boss! It would be a great idea since there are no bosses in the nether as of now. Yes I know we got the “Wither” as a boss already but that’s in the overworld. This boss guards his fortress protecting what the player needs most from him. Which is gonna be his Wither magic. Only way to get it is by defeating him of course. He’ll have the power of summoning wither skeletons to attack you, while shooting wither skull projectiles from his staff at you that will deal great damage to the player. It be more wise to attack this boss with a group of friends making it easier. When defeated the “Wither Necromancer” he will drop his wither magic. This item is going to be what falls out of his staff. When the player picks up this item it’s going to be a dark ball that echos of souls trapped in it, which gives said wither magic. You will need to craft a staff and then combine the two to have your own wither magic staff. Might wonder why can’t the Wither Necromancer just drop his staff, well if you think about it. When fighting him he’s going to be taking damage as well. It’s not like he, or his weapon will be in great shape after the battle. The wither magic is what would be left after defeating him. It being a magical item it cannot be destroyed. A staff could be a new combat item, that can be made out of wood the weakest one, or netherite which would be the strongest most durable. When obtained this item onto the next step of the new dimension. Now the end/end city dimension. We all know getting to the end is sometimes a challenging task but very rewarding in the end when defeated the Ender Dragon. Once defeating the Ender dragon we have our end cities to go explore. Where we get our elytra, shulker boxes, and miscellaneous loot. But that’s it right?.. what if when we defeat the Ender dragon and get to the end cities we introduce 2 new biomes and 3 new mobs. The first biome which will host 2 of the new mobs. Will be the “End Forest” this will be a forest biome with vibrant colors all around, with the dark atmosphere, edgy terrain, end like trees, with end like oasis’s around that will host one of the new mobs. When traveling through this biome the player is going to be spooked by the “endolyte”. This ground bug type mob that makes ugly noises, it will hang out by the end oasis’s but will be frightened when you approach it and will bury itself in the ground when close by it. It’s a passive mob but if you attack it, when it’s vulnerable, it multiplies itself into 3 and it’s attack damage is multiplied by 3 as well and it will start to attack you. It only multiplies once and after it is killed it will have a chance to drop its “endolyte heart” this new item is what will be used to brew a new potion. “Potion of darkness” might wonder why a potion of darkness? would that be useful?!? Well hold on.. there’s one more mob and its lighting up the the dark end forest, it’s the “enderflies” like dragon flies, fire flies.. you know since mojang didn’t add fireflies haha.. anyways. This is of course a firefly type of mob and all it’s doing is lighting up areas that you the player cannot see. They will also lead you into end caves where it will hold a new ore that’s only obtainable with a netherite pickaxe. That is “Enderite”. Enderite armor and tools will be added in this as well. Now back to the “Potion of darkness” why would we the player ever need that? we need to see right? Well this potion is specifically going to allow you to see things in the end that you cannot see without this potion, like our new mob in the new biome the “the Ends end” this is where you do not want to be but need to be to get the righteous items to get to our new dimension. When we get our potion of darkness we the player must take it in the Ends End, this vast land that holds nothing but the void ripping into the land taking over it. When we the player are here we must be careful as there is going to be the “Endusk” this is a ground mob that roams around and can only be seen in complete darkness hence “Potion of Darkness” you will have to be looking down when attacking this mob otherwise looking straight into its eye like the endermen will release a rage like the wardens more than likely killing you in 3 to 4 hits. It’s health bar is most vulnerable when you don’t look at it. Well whats going to make this mob hard to kill is when it is attacked it does retreat jumping into the sky releasing its wings to get away from whatever was attacking it. Now this mob will make a loud screeching noise when retreating making it somewhat easy to locate it. This mob will only spawn in the ends end biome and can only be seen in complete darkness. When this mob is defeated it will leave behind “end dust” now this is end dust is what we are going to use to get to our new dimension. You will combine the end dust with a flint steel creating a more powerful portal starter to get to our new dimension which we will assume is the skulk dimension. Now entering our new dimension… Where there are wardens everywhere🌚 the end. Jokes aside I think some more lore to the nether and end is much needed. The end really needs a revamp, it is a must. The nether could use a couple things here and there but more said the than less I think the nether is fine where it’s at.

This video convinced me even more that the Wild Update was rushed. Plus I think that portal will do nothing for a long time, it seems to be Mojang way right now, come up with an idea, half develop it, promise it’s coming the next update then forget about it because they got bored of it, then blame the community for expecting it in the first place.

Judging by the footage in the background,I think toycat is gonna make a part 2 to his'Surviving a week in an ancient city'video

The new Mobile controls are already “available”, technically to mobile users, including myself. We just download a resource pack that unlocks the toggles for new controls. If we take the pack off, the new controls are still on, but.. it acts weird. Oh also, although the new controls were hyped, most people in the mobile pvp community I know hate them. We generally are upset at the route that Mojang are taking with making the new controls, and I personally absolutely abhor them. Sure I do like some small aspects of the controls, but the way they were made, had me feeling that they have no clue what playing on mobile is like, other than doing certain actions are hard, so woopty doo, lets add more buttons to make it “easier.” Sure casual mc players will find these buttons useful. However, the controls are very restrictive, and limit what we can accomplish on mobile. Albiet jump bridging is pretty cool. Anyways, thats my rant on it. I have many suggests for the mobile controls if anyone wants to hear them :)

u should do a whole video dedicated to 1.20

1:21 "whoa hey, let's talk about this, you don't wanna AARRGGHH!!!"

Nice video ibxtoycat

in super mario 3 you can use the music box to make the hammer bros go to sleep and bypass them without triggering the battle , that's the kind of mechanic i imagine, maybe play a new disc after the battle is triggered and the warden falls asleep then the gate lights up. New dimension.

I think a great idea for the portal is that, it leads to a pocket dimension, and there you can find materials to build your own - like the immersive portals mod

I think that the ancient city’s were built by entities trying to study the power of souls. It feels like the main frame played some important part into accessing the resource as it’s the only area surrounded by spreading sculk. It most likely would have been redstoners utilizing the new “biotech” they discovered considering the sculk activated lamps and experiments with redstone under the sculk frame. The area feels like it was a destroyed residence with the bath areas, walkways, and coolers for possible food storage placed around the structure. The ruins you find chests in look like destroyed buildings and that would explain the loot you find in it. I believe they recorded their findings but after realizing the danger, they destroyed their records explaining the disc fragments. Now to dive into how they used it. Firstly, this may have been ancient builders. They have always been known to be fascinated with other dimensions and it wouldn’t be surprising if they indeed played with the use of souls. Okay so obviously you need life to access souls. It looks like they used bones or fossils over deep slate to form the frame which would emphasize the direction they were going in. Accessing some kind of dimension to the afterlife. My explanation is In music disc 5, it sounds like an army went in a portal and the light music that plays is the amazement in what they discover. You can hear mining of shards as if they were collecting the rare resources and the different ambient sounds from what’d you hear anywhere else. But something happens in the middle of the disc that sets the scene on someone feeling the need to run back through the portal. You can hear another warp sound. I’m assuming they exited. I think they might’ve suffered casualties or disappearances and as they kept sending in more people, it grew stronger because that’s what skulk feeds on. Thats why in the end of the disc after they left, it sounds like something was happening to the portal, or all portal frames since there’s many, until a big explosion of skulk starts bleeding out. The person tries building away but comes across the sensor which summons the warden. Finally I’m going to give my explanation on what sculk even is. Since I spoke about it being a new dimension, I’m going to build off of that. It seems like it’s a concentration of souls which needs to spread by consuming the soul of life that’s died around it. It feels like one big entity since each of the sculk blocks work together in some way to help achieve that. It was angered by the ancient builders scraping off parts of it and needed some way to protect itself and that’s why when they first entered the dimension, the warden wasn’t present. That also would explain how powerful the warden is as well. It’s a chunk of the many souls the sculk has consumed. My finals thoughts. By going off of my explanation, I’m unsure if the sculk was originally a bad or good thing. If it’s a pleasant thing for your soul to be consumed by sculk. In the disc, whatever the ancient builders discovered seemed absolutely magical until they realized it was all alive and one entity being hurt by them collecting pieces of it causing it to be hostile towards anything that comes near. Anyways I spent entirely too long on this analysis but I hope anyone who read enjoyed reading through 💀

Let’s gooooooo toycat!

-End update -Dungeons update -Combat 2.0 -They should add tin, combined with copper, to create bronze as a new weapon tear. There are so many possibilities.

Your end portal comment gave me a great thought. The ancient city portal portal could tie in to an end update by being part of a end biome. Much more plausible than a new dimension, and works well for the lore speculations about the portal being to where the warden/skulk comes from, a dark horror-style challenge. It also works for the end portal lore since it could be that the reason end portals don't work like nether portals and instead only go to one location is because when nether-style portals were used they only took ancient builders to the deep dark biome of the end.

Great video chum

I'm a 4th dimension believer, personally. The theme of the deep dark doesn't feel End-y to me. I personally think it's coming, but it won't be in the next update, or even the next few. I think there'll be an End update first. It's screaming for an update, imo. If anything, the sculk screams "underworld dimension" to me. There are SO many connections with souls and death: the soul sand/fire/lanterns/torches all over the ancient cities, the visible souls within the warden and the shriekers, the sculk catalyst growing sculk by feeding on death (experience specifically, which makes it seem a bit more magical/metaphysical than just consuming nutrients), not to mention literally emitting soul particles when it does so, the recovery compass that naturally attunes to death, the bone motif, the teal blue motif that's historically tied in with souls. I know it's a stretch, but I can't help also connecting the visible evidence of illagers' presence in the ancient cities with the fact that evokers possess artifacts of literal death-defying magic. All that to say, to me it reads like this is some sort of afterlife/underworld/limbo dimension, and the sculk is some sort of parasitic thing that feeds on souls, or something like that. Maybe the people of the ancient cities were studying this "underworld" to try to learn of a way to cheat death, and it spelled their downfall. That'd be classic. Anyway, thanks for an opportunity to ramble my thoughts on this 😅

Ancient cities being abandoned and infested with this corruption-like sculk stuff is fascinating. So many interesting theories and ideas can come from that alone. I personally don't think the portal will be anything and it really is just decoration. However, given how few players have been to the end (and that the 1.16 update was made to make the nether more accessible and desirable to visit), having the city portal link directly to end islands so players can bypass the dragon fight might be a way to increase the playerbase in the end (especially if 1.20 is an end update). PS: in the video when you're talking about 5 you show otherside instead (a little bit of an oops there).

Update Mysteries! A new series/miniseries?

idk if Archy is actually coming. that's all I've really gotten this video

I like the idea of the warden guarding some giant massive creature. And I would like a nether creature too. The sound effects sometimes sound like a huge far away beast so it's made me wonder

Honestly, what i think is the best thing for minecraft future updates is to add in a new dimension threw that ancient city portal and then they can update the end because if they update the end first i feel like the hype around the portal is going to die and as of the fleching table, fire flies they could come as an extra feature in seprit future update.

Very cool video about the mysteries of 1.19 ✅

The only issue I have with the whole deep dark portal. Not only was the nether update already released but Minecraft has said they probably aren’t adding new dimensions. Also disk 5 has the portal turn on and then some mob that doesn’t sound like anything we have heard… also I think the disk 5 crafting recipe should have no shard in the middle to make more sense as a disk, mostly cause disks have that little hole in the middle for holding it in place

I am SURE that big portal has to be a 1.20 thing! New dimension? 1.20 is a big number so sure Mojang has big plans for the portal! Maybe it’s a new BIRCH FORREST DIMENSION!!!

the absolute lack of transparency with mojang in the past years has been awful. im glad it blew up in their face this update.

hey toycat just something for you to think on here in the us a warden is the person who guards prisoners in a state prison compound

Hey toycat, what is your opinion on the new ban system on Java edition?

I think your right about the portal leading to end but maybe a alternate 1

I think it's one of two options. A new dimension that is going to be ultra dark and scary, or the ancient cities will be the only way to get to the end with a massive end rework. With the second idea, I think they'll completely redo strongholds as well, and take away the end portal, then move the portal to the ancient cities and completely rehaul the end from the ground up. Probably still have the end dragon, but have it be harder, and basically make the end unrecognizable from what it is today

I suspect the fletching table has been tied to the ever elusive combat update

I was thinking, maybe the skulk could originate from the end of they have another end update. And make it something like the echoing void from Minecraft dungeons.

maybe if you tame a firefly or have a firefly in a jar (work like a lantern) and put it at your base, you could do something in the swamp to have the fireflies show you the way home. like disney's princess and the frog, and various cartoons and games where fireflies point to something

I think the portal is definitely something related to the end. If you look at the texture, it is just a sort of deepslate end portal-ish thing. Perhaps in the lore it is a man-made end portal, where some ancient things made tried making a portal to the end but failed and made the wardens? Just a guess

Can you imagine if it's going to be a new horror/skulk dimension, it would feel a bit strange for them to do two horror themed updates in a row, but maybe they will leave it a few updates or will continue the idea more like a continual story. The skulk could have spread like a virus from this other dimension (like it actually does when you kill mobs near it) and the warden isn't actually guarding anything but was an iron golem in a stronghold, but then it got corrupted into an undead version by this skulk virus similar to other conversions villagers/zombie villagers, drowned, etc, they do have very similar models and attack animations to iron golems. Just hope they don't forget about it for 5 years then never do anything with it, still seems super basic of an area to me, personally I would never revisit the area as it has no purpose beyond your first time exploring it.

I’d love just being able to make my own little clay pots. That sounds like soooo much fun for vanilla, the customization would be vast

As a person who has the new menu the weird thing about it is that it only pops up when creating a world and doesn’t show up when you try changing a world

It would be cool if the ancient cities were connected to the end islands, because then they could even make a new boss using the dragon egg which would be pretty coo;

Hi toycat!

My theory for the deep dark portal is that, it’s a portal not for the sake of transporting the player to a new dimension but instead for things from a new dimension to be transported to the overworld. When activated, it will start spawning unique mobs & items & such, that the player can farm as a reward for conquering the ancient city. This way, it won’t be a new dimension (because I really don’t think it’s a new dimension, and adding a new dimension rn is a bad idea imo), but it’ll be a really great & content-rich thing that will finally give a proper & unique reward for “beating” the ancient city.

Also another thing about the Deep Dark and the End connecting to each other, I feel like the Endermen sound alot like the Warden and the skulk sensor.

The rain in the Acity is pretty sweetcool!

Does anyone else think that the pillars with Redstone lamps in front of the portal look like they could be used to open the portal🤔 maybe with a block or item.

if your correct on this new dimension being the ultimate link to the end they may do what everyone is hoping for and make an end update for 1.20 and if so they might do that and add the new dimension with it or do a caves and cliffs route and do 2 parts

never been this early since I work so much

I really want a enchantments and potions update with fun new uses for materials like copper frogs etc

The good thing about archeology is having more structures for once and actually encouraging exploration as long as it has unique loot like real loot not just a disc even though I like the new one or a very mediocre enchant where you only use it in the area you get it in

I wonder if the portal might be used for some sort of End transport, maybe a far out End structure?

I predict the portal will be a screen where you can play the minecraft Alpha... What I found interesting is the areas of some Ancient Cities where there is wool stacked up in a similar way with similar colors to what I've seen in Woodland Mansions.

I wonder if the disk numbers are pointing out to something mojang mentioned in the past.. 11 13 5 could spell out these dates : 5/13/11 5/11/13 11/5/14 (11/13/5) Idk call me a conspiracy theorist but i do think that's worth checking out!

I think the fletching table will be saved for the END update and will be used to make all sort of different types of arrows in addition to spectral arrows and adding them to bedrock. They will be used against the enderdragon since potions and enchantments are no use, and tipped arrows will not relate to the fletching table because those are made by cauldrons. As for archeology and bundles, I think they will come at 1.20 as either a holiday update that doesn't feature much more, or adds alot more to it and comes out next summer, but I think it's mainly devoted to those two missing features, and I think judging by the time it will take to complete those, it might come out in 2023 and update birch forests. As for END update, I think that will be out in 2024 as another summer update.

I would of love for them to add fireflys and add empty lanterns so we can catch fire flies with it. The cool mechanics would be that for every firefly you catch it gets 1 light lvl and caps at lvl 10 light level and you can always open it and when you do release the fire flies they will stay there so you can transport them in survival.

how about the portal being overworld fast travel. I think it could be great for traveling big distances without the nether

I think the ancient city is the fortress used by the piglins in minecraft legends to atack the overworld. The portal in the ancient city once was the nether portal they used to import things from the nether.

i remember I somehow had the new ui for windows, and I really liked it. I thought it looked awsome. then I had to reinstall the game due to some problems I was having and I no longer had the new ui.

The sarcasm and passive aggression in this video is on POINT. Mojang completely dropped the ball on this update lmao. Its less about how small the update is, because it was already going to be small compared to the other cave updates. No, its about cutting the update down to even smaller over the most ridiculous reasons. We have NEVER had concepts at Minecon be completely cancelled before like fireflies and birch forests.

I think it would be cool if the portal frame thing did lead to a new dimension, but not just any new dimension. What if this dimension had special properties, like flying/no-gravity or special plants? Maybe that was why the "ancient builders" built the portals, but they accidentally caused skulk to leak into the overworld in the process. It would also be cool if all of the ancient cities were linked to eachother through the dimension the portal leads to.

Dooood Archeology would be awesome!

I like to think the warden is one of the creatures from the other side, and the people of the city closed off the portals too late

okay so if anyone knows plz lmk bc i found disco 5 in a mineshaft when the update first came out but the deep dark was nowhere near me to my knowledge. So does it also spawn in mine shafts?

I tried to mine re-enforceed deep slate with diamond silk touch and I didn't get it now my nearest ancient city portal is broken for future updates 😭

Is there a reason for the existence of End ships? I suspect the portals might link to End cities and allow players to use End gateways as a fast-travel network. The new Nether is pretty hard work to build a significant portal network in, and that just not how a lot of players want to spend their time.

Honestly I think it’d be insane if Minecraft could make a new dimension, and I’d hope it be the “upside down”. I don’t know how they would do, but imagine if it’s the world you already know. But completely dark and twisted? And if you build something in the over world, for that same build to appear but corrupted by the skulk or whatever it may be? Inside of that dimension they could easily add the “stalker” that weird non symmetrical mob. Or even add corrupt varieties of already existing mobs, that would be the best case I think, and I really hope for. Besides it’s not like adding a ton of new features to develop, since most have already been developed and implemented. All they’d have to do is change some things around, and bam, a whole new dimension with tons of content for the community. I know it’s not that easy, butttt it’s an idea, one I hope others agree with and hopefully so does Mojang. It’s 3:30am where I live, and I’m currently playing Mc, if that’s an indication of my love for this game 😆😆

Also the reeinforced deepslate is coded so that it can't be overrunned by other structures. So it's clearly importent .