The deepest and darkest part of the Overworld – the area that Mojang’s extremely-talented naming team calls the “deep dark” – is a dangerous place. Dangerous, and very very quiet!
Down here you won’t hear the oinking of pigs, the clucking of chickens, the huffing of horses or the sneering of villagers. You’ll rarely come across the clatter of a skeleton, moan of a zombie, or the hiss of a rapidly-expanding creeper. It seems that the wardens – the mobs who occupy this deep place – like things to be quiet.
Why? So they can hear when something wanders past that they can blast with a well-aimed sonic boom! An event to which they’re alerted by our very loud block of the month – the skulk shrieker.
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