Top 10 Most Interesting Minecraft Myths
Some things in Minecraft just don't add up. You've built your base, mined your diamonds, and suddenly a door slams shut on its own. Or you catch a glimpse of glowing eyes in the dark where no mob should be. Maybe it's a bug. Or maybe it's something older, something players have been whispering about for years in YouTube comment sections and Reddit threads.
Minecraft myths feel like campfire stories with pixels. Some are genuinely creepy, others are just strange, and a few have become so well known that they're basically Minecraft folklore. Ever heard of a mysterious figure watching from the fog? Or chickens that aren't as innocent as they look? These aren't just random ideas. They're tales passed around the community, each version a little weirder than the last.
This list pulls together some of the most talked-about and bizarre myths in Minecraft history. Your votes help decide which ones rise to the top.
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Herobrine
"I need help."
"Do you remember playing during the golden age of Minecraft? If so, do you remember the man you were greeted by every now and then?"
"The one who was as black as night itself?"
"Do not take this monster lightly. I am trapped. You can blame him."
"I'm sure you've heard stories about me. How I tortured innocent players? Every single one of them is false. I am feared upon being a very evil entity, but I'm not! I'm one of the good guys!"
"That man you've seen before... he is different. He is evil. Please tell everyone that I am trapped. Maybe they have a solution! If you don't help, however... well, then it's his game now."
-Herobrine
One day in my survival world, I was just going for a walk when random lightning spawned out of nowhere. I put on my Herobrine skin for safety. Then I saw man-made structures that I definitely didn't build.
There were a lot of trees without leaves, 2x2 tunnels in my cave, and perfect pyramids in the middle of the ocean. As I made it back to land, I saw a default Steve skin with no pupils. I tried to get a closer look. When I saw him, I typed in the chat, HEROBRINE?! He just one-shot killed me.
I respawned at my house, and it was on fire. I shouldn't have made my house out of wood. Later that day, I saw him again, and once again, he one-shot killed me. Luckily, I had set my spawn point and used a command to give myself armor and a sword.
I found him again. No one-shot kill this time. I tried to hit him with my sword, but he just teleported and killed me again. How will I kill him?
P.S. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A TRUE STORY!
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Evil Chickens
Don't worry, I got the chills when I heard that chickens can kill you. I know some mods, but one day I was right by a chicken and a ravine. I fell off.
Once I saw my first-ever diamonds. There was a chicken next to me and a pit of lava. The chicken pushed me in.
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Entity 303
One day, I was playing Minecraft. Also, this is known by the 3 AM challenge. I was playing Minecraft, and I did not know it was 3:00 AM. I saw this weird hoodie guy with red eyes. I tried to kill him, but something strange happened... my world was deleted, and my whole computer got corrupted. He was also known as a hacker from Notch.
Said to spawn in crevasses of mountains on the seed 1234. Sounds strange, right?
Maybe it's still out there, but maybe we should talk about whether it's real or not - and discuss with those who believe and those who don't.
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Wither Storm
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Null
I think Null is one of the three real myths, in my opinion. This could be the only real one, but it's certain Null is a strange myth. It's real because it blinks.
Null is not real. If he was, then why would he go for YouTubers?
Null is definitely real. I've seen him.
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Nightmare Steve, Shadow Steve, and Dark Steve
I've never seen these guys before, but they sound scary.
It's really very scary. Ten black shadows of Steve come to kill players, not the animals.
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Honeydew
A long time ago, some jockey spread a rumor about him seeing Honeydew in his single-player server. Then again, one day I was on Roblox and came across a game. There was a Honeydew in a volcano... this is the game he got it from.
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Cats scare creepers
Actually, I call BS. Cats do scare creepers. And how did the creeper kill it? Creepers only attack players. Unless you decided to sit your cat down and punch the creeper, the cat would scare it away.
It is very true that cats scare creepers. I almost forgot there were creepers until this came up. I always have cats as pets.
I tested it and it was real. Also, the creeper had red eyes and it killed me. Then my world was deleted.
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Broncos
Once again, some noob found a mod with "hostile horses" and said they were in Minecraft with no mods. So the creator of the mod sued him. Turns out, it was the same guy who came up with passive mob spawning cages.
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The Rain Man
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Cave Ambience
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Ruby Item
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Chickens and Ducks
People keep fighting about those birds in Minecraft - are they ducks or chickens? My opinion is they're chickens because of the red thing under their chins.
Ducks are cute yellow chickens, and chickens are white ducks. Ducks are not real mobs on any seed without mods, according to Mojang. But many lucky things can happen after seeing ducks.
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Ender Pearl Glowstone Glitch
I was bored one day, so I looked up "Minecraft Xbox 360 glitches." It said something about digging a hole three blocks deep then throwing an ender pearl overhead. I tried, and it didn't work.
You mean the glitch where if you get your Minecraft character's head and feet inside glowstone or TNT, you get an X-ray?
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Slender Man
Just a super-sane ender man on a Slender seed. So many bad things have happened to players on that seed.
I think he is real in Minecraft PC, but not in any other versions, so don't worry.
Once I tried a Slenderman seed, and the first thing that happened was that all the grass around me broke.
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Animal Spawner Cages
Once again, a jockey came up with a rumor, but he easily got busted for copyrighting a mod with animal spawning cages. They're only for hostile mobs.
I'm in survival mode, but once I saw an animal spawner. I destroyed it because it scared me.
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Ender Boss
The ender boss is said to spawn when you kill the ender dragon five times. Well, that's what other websites say. I have encountered one myself. It's basically an ender golem.
You find them, they will kill you. Haha.
Technically, you could just count the ender dragon as the 'ender boss'.
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Disc 11
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Enderdragon Respawn
In 1.9! (But you have to make it respawn.)
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Boot Catch
If you fish in Minecraft, you should know you can get junk catches sometimes. Everyone freaked out when they realized they were catching what looked like a boot. But Mojang accidentally turned junk catches into leather boots you can't pick up.
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Zombie Villager Village
It does exist. It's shown in a video.
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Potion of Enchanting
People are spreading rumors about the potion of enchanting giving you invincibility. It's to give you XP, not make you invincible. That's regeneration's job.
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Chickelikins
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Green Steve
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Chocolate Milk
Just another mod, people! In the Christmas mod, you need a bucket of milk and cocoa beans. People think they can do that in normal Minecraft! When they failed to make it, they still spread the rumor.
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Old Guns
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Seed Glitch