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The new mob I've been working on is a bit creepy..
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Scott Lyke
+10
DO NOT WANT.... I get chills just looking at those
Ryan McKay
+1
The night shot helps the creepiness.
Sean Pliley
+1
Creepy Spider guy that throws death at you!
Katie Cunningham
+41
It's carrying a block. A sand block. Is that my block? Did it take my block? Is it going to take my stuff?!
Kyle Olsen
+2
AH! it's holding a block of sand. does that mean, it can destroy and build blocks?
Bill Niblock
+8
"a bit" is an interesting choice. They look like shadows. Shadows that can manipulate their surroundings. My houses may need better defenses...
Daniel Sørensen
+42
Oh god... black mobs steeling blocks? Nope, not gonna tell those jokes, forget it!
Jeff Adamus
+2
It's Holding a Block!!!! Look out, It's got a block
Piotr Kędziorko
+6
Oh my god, just think about a monsters carrying an Explosives.
Brendan Robb
+2
Awesome stuff! The more mobs the better!
Hats off to you sir
Ryan Reynolds
+3
oooh, i really like this one. creepy awesome aesthetic, like the apes from Princess Mononoke.
Rena Hobden
+3
I don't want mobs touching my blocks ;_;
Nick Martin
These neeed to happen! They're so awesome and creepy.
Nathaniel Chan
+15
Oh no. They can carry blocks? Possibly build/destroy? I'd call them griefers.
Tommy Gentry
+28
Ok, what do we know?
They can collect blocks or pickup block items and hold them.
They can collect grass blocks.
They are in a desert-flavored Giant Mushroom Biome.
What can we logically deduce(Read: guess)?
They spawn at night.
They burn with sunlight.
They can break your walls(Block collection).
They are creepy as fuck.

Looking forward to 1.8!
Joe Rivera
+1
It reminds me a bit of slender man. I may have a hard time sleeping whenever I see one of these.
Matthew Bush
Is that a giant mushroom at the far right? Also, I dont like the idea of a mob that can steal my blocks...
Kevin Taha
As if creepers were bade enough :D.Hope this thing wont be a griefer.
Sammy Lutes
+3
Oh lord. One of them has a block. I'm afraid.
Alain Arduain
+4
AHHHH! Notch! I am never leaving my house at night again!
Don Green
+1
Minecraft has never lacked in the terrifying factor and I see this trend will continue. Good stuff!
Francesco Vovk
+3
omg, weren't you happy enough to give me nightmares about creepers?!? this is even worse! I won't be able to sleep...
Joel Sager
+5
Notch, you could post about taking a crap and get 100 + comments and a +100... LOL
Gary Karkat
+2
OH GOD NOTCH WHY WOULD YOU ADD SLENDERMAN D:
Dave Lockwood
+2
That is Uber-creepy.. WTH notch :P Im already afraid of Creepers!
Aaron Knirk
+11
+Markus Persson You should make them a bit rare, but able to pass through blocks that aren't lit well enough, then give them an affinity for knocking down torches.
Kim Hedgårds
Damn, I hope you wont finish these...or I will have to stop playing minecraft...I won't be able to sleep...
Johan Sigfrids
+1
Reminds me of the Dark Ones in Metro 2033. Will these be as creepy?
Hendrik Wiese
+4
I'm scared! That's Slenderman... and Slenderbro! Or Slendersis? Or Slendermom? I don't exactly know. It's too dark to distinguish...
Buzz Tremblay
You sure you won't be releasing more updates up to the final? Villages, these mobs, all awesome to have, even if just as decoration to our worlds ....
Nathan Pflanz
+1
I saw this over on Reddit and the first thing I thought was, "Wow, that's creepy." Good to see it was intentional.
Greg Brown
+1
Everyone talking about the "tree"... it's a giant brown mushroom. this has already been confirmed.
Nick Cardullo
+6
The more we think about the SlenderMan the more real he becomes..
Daniel Mönch
easy: villagers at night
.... well with really long arms ^^
James Dooley
I see I am going to need more fire... or better yet lava.
Haydn Ahmed
I'm never going outside on Minecraft again! It's scary as!
Cameron Tauxe
Umm..Let's see. I see long spindly legs, glowing eyes...I'm Scared!
Marco Rosado
+1
Looks like something out of Silent Hill. I hope most mobs now spawn in caves and dungeons instead of the surface.
Brandon Ray
these are terrifying. I wonder if they destroy structures???
Tim Sutton
+1
If that really is Slenderman, this is the coolest day of my life.
DeadHerrings Gaming
eeeeee ^_^ can't wait til this is out, we'll be swamped trying to cover all the features!
Nico Bergemann
Finally some real Nightmare Fuel in Minecraft! Do they spawn in dark caves, too?
Luís Antunes
+1
Creeeepy mob!!! Why the heck is one holding a block? AI has it minecraft?!?!? Oh well, keep the suspense :D Of course, posted to twkgaming.com :D
Matt Hayes
That is definitely creepy! What do they do with the blocks? They're going to brick up all my doorways, aren't they. O_O
Joe Morin
+1
silly people, its the villagers! :D
Chris Shaw
Do they steal blocks from the environment?? that would be kind of annoying if you come back from mining and find your beach stripped of sand!!
Gina Mh
Sweeeeeet~ This is going to be great Nightmare Fuel. So excited!!!
Ryan Young
I see slendermen. I think. Too dark for my phone. 
Grit Erlum
I wonder if all of this is gonna work in multiplayers servers...
Ale Labarca
+1
to me it looks like itll carry away blocks you place
John Doe
Now we need anti-griffer traps in SSP too.
Donald Roberts
+2
Just when I felt safe going outside of my little hovel at night.
Jonny Gregson
Well he did say that he is adding NPC Villages... maybe they build their own villages?
Evan Lide
+5
Have you ever ever NOPE'd so hard you HELL NOPE'd?
Gábor Tóth
So, they steal stuff, or just alter terrain. Are they evil? Do they eat brains? Do they burn at sunlight, or they build a lair to protect themselves?
Kyle Eady
+3
Oh god, the horrors... They're... They're just...Why. On another note, can we recruit them like wolves? Think about it. An army of guardians to protect your castle
Reegan Beveridge
They look cool, hope they don't attack you first. I would laugh so hard if you stab one and they turn red and charge viciously at you.
Danny Welch
Hey! Where's that dude going with MY sand?!
Nico Bergemann
"Slendermen exist! They steal your blocks, but only the left ones. What's with that?"
Levi Titus
+7
Will I be the only one editing the texture so it's wearing a suit with a white face? ......
Reegan Beveridge
+15
Notch please give them real voices xD. Sneak up behind you , "Hi" in a light whisper. These guys have so much potential to scar children for life
Kaylei Bristol
+2
Notch adds Slenderman to Minecraft. Minecraft becomes most popular creepypasta game ever.
Joshua Agnew
+1
Building slender-men! This will ensure i get to bed at a reasonable hour each evening!
Albi Pisha
wtf near the water is a flying squid :O
Magnus Hølvold
+2
This makes me want a mob that will build little monuments and stuff while you're not looking. Whenever you come too close they scarper, and if you try to destroy their finished pieces they come at you from all sides and attack! :D
Christopher Schmitt
two are holdign blocks... one sand block and the otherone a dirt block hmhmhm... they have really looong legs xD
Josh Allsop
Just another reason to be afraid of the dark.......
Andrew Caputo
I'd love it if these guys were passive unless you attack them... or break blocks they place?
Peter Grimm
Looks scary. What's the yield of it, feathers? Hehe.
Nathan McCoy
+1
Awesome. A bit Hayao Miyazaki-ish in design.
Casey Blackman
Fantastic! Creatively simple and amazingly creepy. My favorite.
Geno Martinez
Wow, creepy mob is creepy. Zombies got anorexia and mated with ghasts?
Steven Kueck
+2
The one in back is holding DIRT! he's gonna move my blocks! more torches! need more torches!!!
Dziadu z Lasu
+3
Slendermen! This is totally awesome, I can't wait for the update.
Casey Henley
+2
Wow... I really hope they can't open doors.
Rob Wert
+4
Please make these mobs have a common awareness of your presence. It would be very creepy if they all stopped what they were all doing and stared at you all at once. oh and It would be awesome if they were territorial.
Max Antinone
Nooo, they're building!
Those look familiar. Like shadow things I've seen in some anime...
Liam Craver
God those would scare the crap out of me if one just appeared out of no where! But why the hell is one holding a block. That just makes it creepier! Then again are they aggressive or do they just want a hug! :D
Graham Hadden
I hope this is as creepy in game as it looks. Because it looks pretty terrifying.
Andrew Pratt
fun fact: there are actually 5 mobs in this picture
Erik Hieb
Look like shadow people. The fact that they can apparently hold blocks is a bit disturbing possibility wise.
Quentin Pélisson
+11
I can imagine...

Creeper: -Hey dude, I wanna blow up that house, but I can't.
New-super-creepy-mob: -Heh, no problem, I'll just steal his wall/door and you're in !


Fuck everything about that.
Robert Wenz
Why are they so creepy? Why are they holding blocks? I MUST KNOW!
David Moncrieffe
+2
Am I the only person who doesn't think that they will destroy your stuff? If they do that would break the game in my opinion.
Kyle Izbicki
+4
Slenderman?

Slenderman.

Slenderman that can pick up blocks?

We're fucked.
Tristan Teasdale
+3
Don't make them move around a lot. Have them stay quite still, only moving a little bit, but then move and attack quickly if you get too close. Make them dangerous, creepy and kinda rare >:)
Metalio Seelic
+3
Looks like I'll be building a moat of lava around my house tonight.
Andrew Wang
wut
WOW damn, thats scary...i wan sum good mobs :( sad face
Cody Frear
+1
I don't want to live in this world anymore.
Wesley Jun
+1
your mobs freak me out. but nowadays theyre more of a nuisance because i've gotten used to them. here's to hoping this new mob will make me cower in a 2x1x1 room
Charles-Aurélien Goulois
+1
Sure that one take and place blocks, like a vicious parasite that change the landscape while you are digging a mine at night.
Then you go out at the morning, and you can't remember where you have built your house. Poor of you.
Nicolette Whealy
+1
My question is are the going to make noise? Silent then a noise like a creeper or just silent no matter what like a shadow o.o now that would be creepy
Kyle Izbicki
What if they aren't hostile, and just mess around with the blocks?
Jarryd Dempsey
+2
I think the slenderman should hum a tune...that would be creepy.
David Notheis
This has to be the most anticipated update for any game I have ever played. Going to give me many more hours of play as it will give me something else to screw around with. Ha ha.
Andrew Hamilton
First thing I think is Slender Man, then I check the comments only to see 30% of the comments say the same thing. Haha.
Joshua (Moseroth Pitcheart) Gray
+1
those are terrifying but I like it so far I hope they make some sort of disturbing sound also reminds me of the giants from Majora's mask
Michael hof
+5
he just said new mob, not hostile mob. this could be the mob that builds the npc towns we've seen
Chris Connolly
+2
I just hope that they burn when the sun comes up...
PJ Anderson
+1
Well i've got nightmares for the next month
Christian Tausch
+4
make it just moving when you turn your back on it and i will never ever play MC again. ಠ_ಠ
Chris Henry
+2
Oh god he's holding blocks oh god oh god WHAT DOES IT MEAN
Oasis Nite
+2
That's scary. :O

I don't want to see one of those wander into my house.
Dan Roman
+2
That would be pretty sweet, if they were nocturnal neutral mobs that change the landscape. In any case they look awesome.
Benjamin Cooks
hmm..Bizarre looking creature, I wonder what sort of materials it might drop and its possible use.
Nicholas Money
I love it, I wonder how they play into minecraft tho.
Alex Youngman
Definitely interested as to what he is going to do with that block...
Zsolt Hegyi
Slenderman is at your doorstep and he wants $20...
Mason Horwege
oh god, their arms are as long as as their legs. They're like Slenderman.
Joe Le
Now... Make them dance :D
Fernando Martinez
+1
...and now I'll never step out of my home at night. Unless you're including tanks in the adventure update as well.
Liam Doherty
+1
its not a new tree, its a giant mushroom! :D
Jason Chinsen
We only come out at night, the days are much too bright
We only come out at night
And once again, you'll pretend to know me well, my friends
And once again, I'll pretend to know the way
Zack Keys
+3
These really need to be mobs that dig their way up and build an above ground fortress to protect themselves from the sunlight. Maybe they can even raid the new villages....
Sarah Ervin
+2
Maybe they are actually friendly - like even more creepy versions of garden gnomes.... and they help you build things! (Please say yes, please say yes! I don't want them to actually be scary!!!! O.o )
Ben H.
that looks awesome and creepy!
Eduardo Sanzio
+1
I choose to believe they are like builders...
Everynight thay show up and recreate the beautiful landscape that you destroyed...
Just peaceful "mind-their-own-business" builders... or else I'm not leaving at night ever!
Daniel Harris
+1
Not creepy at all, you guys are huge pussies. These new mobs are awesome!
James Feakins
What the hell that's creepy D: Slendermen in Minecraft?
Declan GS
+1
if we end up with Slender Man in Minecraft i will flip a shit
Marilyn Schultz
Do they build? Do they destroy? Do they eat terrain for nourishment? Are they trolls? I hope they are friendly or neutral night mobs. I would be the heroine and save them from the bad guys. I like 'em.
Scott McCaffree
+1
OMG! AMAZING! Do they eat the world block by block? or do the pick up then place blocks randomly as if building? Do they attack or are they neutral until you take action? SO MANY QUESTIONSSSSSSSSsssssss... BOOM.
Janus Valberg-Madsen
+1
Slenderman? Cool. Now a Minecraft night will automatically become an all-nighter, since I most definitely won't sleep after encountering one of those.
Dylan Cork
+13
I hope that they eat blocks. Imagine . . .
You come home from a long day of slowly beating trees into pieces with your hands, and - just as you begin to settle into your bed - you hear a strange noise. You think and think, but you can't think of anything that may be making the noise. Then, a block suddenly disappears from your wall, followed by a very audible "munch". You back away in horror from the hole in your wall.
As your back presses up against the glass of your window, you turn to look out. And behind you is an eerie black figure with glowing eyes. You watch in horror as it removes a piece of your window and consumes it whole. You attempt to scream, but - while you were distracted - the first one had entered your home and is upon you. Fighting is futile as it devours you.
Chad Hal
+1
Woah, those look chilling. I hope they don't eat my soul. :(
George Doucy
Creepers haven't got anything on these bitches!
Eric Wells
Keep them. They actually fit really well.
chris simmons
Please make them giggle in a really creepy manner Notch!
Brent Ellis
I am so excited about this. You have no idea.
Matt Murray
Thats creepy as hell. Also, just watch the 20 minute aethermod demo. That should happen if possible. It's pretty brilliant.
Robert Gallo
... They're moving the sand... Oh! And one in the back is moving the dirt!
Jacob Evans
More badass than the wolf who blow the pigs house down, These guys just pull ur shit down!
Alexander Kvartz
they look kinda strange, if u want mobs to carry blocks it should be non-humanoid. turtle or ants would be better.
and yes these are creepy
Grace Tveit
I do wonder if they make sand pyramids, chop leaves off of trees, and dig small tunnels through hills :P
Nitay Ronen
Thank you Notch, I really felt that sleeping is a burden! Thank you for making sleep impossible after watching the new mob!
Joel Marklund
When you get close, does it scream so you get paralyzed? And then it goes up to you and hump your face? (guess the reference)
Daniel Pererva
Can they throw blocks? What will they sound like? TELL US EVERYTHING! o_O
Thomas Mosey
+2
Has anyone else realized he's standing under a giant mushroom??
Eric Davey
So... squids with half the legs, that can walk on land, and build stuff? And you say that is "a bit creepy"?
Joel Marklund
+Will Blocher They're out, sorry :x ...Someone ate them all
Manticore Pinion
My friend said they're anti-spirals from Gurren Lagann. It's true though, go look!@.@
ɥsıℲ uɥoſ
Um... no block looks like that when it's night :O i wonder what it is...
Uriah Brown
Loving the Endermen, can't wait to see what they're capable of.
Jeffery Lucchetta
+1
Holy **, This is creepy.. Still can't wait till the update, I wonder what they drop as loot.. :D
Roland Soós
WhÁÁÁThth fuk? creepers got outdated, this is way creepier....
Gordon Chin
That isn't Slenderman. No black suit, no white skin, no tentacles. If Notch showed you this pic and told you, "This is Slenderman" there would be a huge uproar about how he in fact, isn't Slenderman.
Myke Pwnage
what do they sound like? can you throw up an audio clip??
Riggs Mohler
what's scarier is there's at least FIVE in that picutre
Ryan Yontz
+1
well, they're scary as is without knowing how they attack...they kinda look like they could be Dementors for the Minecraft realm.
Will Foley
I don't know what's worse, having my stuff blown up by creepers or having my stuff griefed by AI.
Jennifer Sorrell
+7
It would be kind of fantastic if instead of catch fire in the sun, they just vanish.
Jade H
+3
They must be the shadows of fallen minecrafters, looking out to the seas and trying to build boats out of sand to escape. D:
Tristan Louet
+1
Jennifer Sorrell, are you crazy ? It's already scary enough :-(
Leandro Silveira
+2
It's gonna be creepier than creeper only if it eats creepers oO
Tom Walker
Oh shi-! You made blacks!? And that one's stealing some sand from the desert!?
Jeff Toner
I get chills thinking about these guys dismantling your house while you sleep. They're coming to get you Barbara
Matt Mensch
+3
I'm so scared I can't even wet my pants.
Ryan Fenton
+1
I don't think I want to play at night any more if them things gets added :/
Meimi One Three Two eccoles
When my little bro described em to me, my first thought was indeed slenderman... shudder Creepers sound creepy/scary, but these.... are the whole hog... I wonder what they'll sound like... if they're not silent....
Jeremy Harlan
Wow... That's REALLY creepy... Also are they carrying something?
David Morrow
I can't wait and i think it looks like it could have the potential to surpass the Creeper in terror
Griffin Anderson
+2
Thats a very nice new mob you have there. It would be a SsSsssShame if anything happened to your new mob
Quentin Preik
+1
The only way to stop them is to build a giant wall, all the way to the top of the world, and it's made out of ice...
Joseph Tristan
+2
That's like Thin Man levels of creepy.

Notch, y u do this?
Karl Stamm
+2
I'm so glad there's going to be a gamma adjustment in 1.8 Clearly Notch designs with nightvision or monitors with brightness that goes to 9000.
Idgarad Lyracant
still waiting on my mud monster... inverse creeper that blows up at sun rise into a pile of sand of other mobs to climb over...
Kuba Best
This new mob look's so scarry ! This is final look, or only the shape of it?
Chris Ksoll
For some reason I thought: Zelda.
I don't know. Romani Ranch from Majoras Mask in particular...
But it looks cute how he's holding that block ^^
Ben Lyon
+2
sort of reminds me of No Face from Spirited Away
Annelie Holm
Haha..what are those? They are sure gonna be hard to spot in the dark. :P
Owen Niles
Can you please add Herobrine again, that's creepy!
Kai Darrow
Are you talking about the big gray thingy coming out of the water?
Matthew Forrest
the thing in the water is a big mushroom not a mob it's the black things in the distance
Kai Darrow
+1
Oh... so you're talking about the endermen....
Alex Pfaff
well i cant update my minecraft it says Failed to Launch(4):null idk why
Alex Pfaff
FRIENDERMAN i have 1 as a pet in mai cave
Omar Luna
ender men? there already here or are you going to make them possible to be your freind?
Omar Luna
Is that a giant mushroom? I think thats a brown one.Red mushrooms you can use for houses
Omar Luna
So its a creeper if you said its creepy.
Omar Luna
but WHY WHY DID YOU REMOVE HEROBRINE?????????
Omar Luna
And why did you take out docks creations you could have still kept em'
Tanner Mestre
Man, this looks so cool! I am a huge fan of Minecraft, but I have not bought it yet. :(
David Bennett
Herobrine is creepy, not endermen. they're just annoying.
Julia ailuJ
I've found a few glitches with them, but other then that, they are really cool!
Callum Hain
I HATE ENDERMEN
But at least you keep them still provided u keep looking at them
Alex Radomski
its the enderman !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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