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"We know what you're doing down here. Soul sand and three wither skulls? You're building a Wither!"
Jesse to Ivor about the Wither Storm. (Determinant) src

The Wither Storm, is an enormous destructive mutated wither that served as one of the main antagonists (alongside Romeo) of Minecraft: Story Mode.

It was created by Ivor through the use of the Command Block, three wither skulls, and soul sand which was later destroyed after the fourth episode, It was programmed to follow Gabriel the Warrior's amulet. However, due to some mishaps, it became out of control and unstoppable, destroying everything in the way of the amulet. It was destroyed by Jesse using a command block tool in "A Block and a Hard Place".

Overview[]

Appearance[]

When created, the Wither Storm appeared to be a regular Wither with a Command Block within its chest. Though as it began to pull in the surrounding blocks, it quickly transformed into a gigantic, black creature with long, powerful tentacles, along with its three heads. With each head comes one blueish purple, glowing eyes and a large set of mandibles. The Wither Storm was also made of mostly obsidian, with a nether brick interior, and quartz teeth.

While the Wither Storm still held some of the similarities to a normal wither, it contained a few enderman-esque qualities as well. The tractor beam was able to pull blocks and objects toward itself. The ability can be compared to the abilities of the endermen. Both were able to manipulate a block's location without tools or breaking it, similar to how an enderman can pick up any block. The Wither Storm's eyes were also purple; the associated color of the End.

At the end of "The Last Place You Look", the Wither Storm was split into three separate entities. Two of them resembled slightly smaller versions of the original. The other one was the main Wither Storm monster; it had the largest body and held the command block inside.

Behavior[]

The Wither Storm's behavior is similar to a regular Wither's, but it is on the more cataclysmic and dangerous level due to its power. Though Ivor programmed the Command Block that was used for its creation to ensure that his Wither would obey him, it ultimately went berserk and caused destruction throughout the land as it ignored him. Ultimately, the Wither Storm is a primal living force of destruction that only exists to destroy everything until nothing is left.

In "A Block and a Hard Place", Ivor revealed that the Wither Storm does not cause destruction randomly; when programming the Command Block that created the Wither Storm, he also programmed to have it follow the Order of the Stone's amulet, which explained why the Wither Storm followed wherever Jesse and his friends went.

Abilities[]

Compared to a regular Wither, the Wither Storm's powers are so immense that it is more like an incarnation of the God of Destruction. Its Wither Skill projectile's firepower is far more destructive than a regular Wither's and has developed the ability to project a powerful tractor beam that sucking in any mobs or blocks in it, and inflicts them with Wither Sickness upon being devoured. The Wither Storm can also display God-like strength and durability, as its tentacles can easily break through Obsidian walls like a twig, even before it reaches its massive size, and is immune to conventional weapons. Its regenerative ability that comes from a Command Block used to create it is so potent that even after being blown into pieces with the Formidi-Bomb, the Wither Storm can eventually resuscitate in mere minutes as well as allowing some huge chunks of it to grow into entire separate creatures and take on lives of their own, which explained why two smaller Wither Storm can emerge alongside the original one. It means had Ivor's Wither Storm allowed itself to mutate several times with destructive weapons such as the Formidi-Bomb whilst its Command Block remained intact, it would allow the Wither Storm to overrun the whole world (which fortunately never happened).

In spite of the God-like strength that it possesses, the Wither Storm can actually be destroyed for good, as it has a few weaknesses. It is true that it cannot withstand a Formidi-Bomb's explosion, and can be incapacitated by it, but using such a highly destructive weapon is not recommended as should it be blown into pieces with its Command Block still intact, the Wither Storm would just regenerate and split into three or more creatures. The first thing that can delay the creature's advance is the mutilation by Endermen. An Enderman's ability to dismantle and move blocks causes rapid and significant harm on the Wither Storm, and an entire horde is enough to keep harming it that it cannot regenerate. The only thing that can destroy the Wither Storm, as well as its brethren, is destroying the Command Block used to create it, with weapons that are enchanted with the same power with the Command Block itself being used in Story Mode.

The Wither Storm has another unique ability: its heads can pop out inside its body, as shown in "A Block and a Hard Place" when Jesse went inside the Wither Storm and two of its heads attacked him by popping out from the skin.

Summoning The Witherstorm[]

The Wither Storm can be created with the same materials and same fashion as a normal variant. The difference, however, is that the middle soul sand must be replaced with a Command Block that immediately functions as its heart. Once brought to life, the Wither Storm will at first have a typical Wither-like form, but once it assimilates any objects around it, it evolves into a floating behemoth with long, powerful tentacles, three heads, glowing purple eyes, and large teeth. At the end of episode 3, the failed attempt to destroy the Wither Storm caused it to evolve and separate into three pieces, two that bear resemblance to the original Wither Storm, and one with a giant head.

Killed Victims[]

The list below shows the victims the Wither Storm has killed:

Death[]

Killed By[]

The Wither Storm was powered by the Command Block, so to defeat it, Jesse used an enchanted weapon (with Command Block powers) to destroy the Command Block. Reuben helped by retrieving the enchanted weapon for Jesse and bringing it to them, though endangering himself in the process. This defeated the Wither Storm and assured it would never reanimate back to life.

Trivia[]

  • The Wither Storm is the first major antagonist in the series and the first antagonist to be created by a person.
    • The second antagonist created by a person is PAMA.
      • Although it's possible PAMA was the first one to be created chronologically.
    • It is also the first non-human major antagonist, the second being PAMA.
  • The Wither Storm cannot be built in normal Minecraft, though all of the materials needed to build one exist. You can actually summon the Wither Storm via the Engender Mod and Cracker's Wither Storm Mod.
  • The terms "Witherstorm" and "Wither Storm" are interchangeable; in fact, both terms were used to refer to it in Minecraft: Story Mode. The former was used in episodes 1 and 2, and the latter was used in episodes 3, 4, and 5.
  • When the Wither Storm's middle head mutated, its eye color changed to cyan, in contrast to its main color, purple.
  • In "Hero in Residence", several posters of The Wither Storm are seen throughout Beacontown.
  • The Wither Storm is the first antagonist to have an antagonistic role for more than one episode, the other being Romeo.
  • The Wither storm is the only main antagonist with no dialogue.
  • There is a mod known as Cracker's Wither Storm which adds The Wither Storm into Minecraft, including withered mobs, Command Block Tools, withered blocks and even config settings. This isn't the first time The Wither Storm was put in a mod, an older mod known as Engender adds it too. and there's even a newer mod named Decayed Reality being very 1:1
  • The Wither Storm is currently the biggest mob and character not only in Minecraft Story Mode, but also the entire Minecraft Franchise respectively.

Gallery[]

For all images related to Wither Storm, see Wither Storm/Gallery.

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