Herobrine

Herobrine
Aliases	King of Monsters, God of Fear
Gender	Male
Species	Most Likely Human (Maybe God)
Relatives	Birger Persson (father) Ritva Persson (mother) Markus Persson (brother) Nidarc (brother) Anna Froeberg (Sister) Unknown half-brother

You may be looking for Herobrine (disambiguation).

Herobrine is a Mystery surrounding Minecraft. According to the Creepypasta, he is Notch's dead brother. The first sighting of Herobrine stated that Notch had said "I have a brother he is no longer with us" but has later stated that he has no brother, aside from a half-brother whom he rarely sees.

Legends say he is the ruler of the Nether, sort of an inversion of Notch's Overworld. He makes ghastly experiments, such as reanimating Pigmen, brewing potions (such as the Sangue Rosso), and creating plots to take over the Overworld. He also destroys the leaves on trees and sets out traps for Minecrafters.

According to Notch, he can be summoned by killing animals with lava, and is a benevolent being.

Powers and Abilities

The only consistent ability Herobrine has in all forms is being able to build and mine like the player. His creations are:

• Tunnels that are uniformly two blocks wide and two blocks tall
• Small, perfect pyramids in the sand
• Groves of trees with their leaves cut off

Herobrine has also become associated with the presence of redstone torches, however, this is never mentioned in the original story.

Enhanced Movment: Herobrine can move faster on land and on water. He can also fly at fast speed.

Enhanced Strength: Herobrine as enhanced strength. He can kill players with one punch.

Mob Spawning: Herobrine can spawn mobs to help him. He can spawn withers with enhanced attack speed.

Lightning Summoning: Herobrine spawns lightning to kill players.

Teleportation: His main transportation method.

Telekinesis & Reality Warping: Best way to make the player afraid of him.

He has been said to run and swim faster than the player, though he has also been said not to move conventionally at all, relying solely on his ability to teleport. He can differentiate every material and block. He takes up 2 forms-Canonical and Vengeful, In his Canonical form he stalks the player and disappears if approached. In his Vengeful form, he has been reported to ensnare the player in traps, wait for them to enter his dungeon and seal them inside or teleport behind them and kill them. He is supposedly responsible for breaking the player's creations and stealing from their chests. He reportedly has telekinesis, reality warping powers, and is virtually invincible.

Possession

Herobrine has sometimes been reported to be able to possess mobs (and players, in some fan stories), giving them white eyes in the process. It is thought that white-eyed mobs allow Herobrine to see through their eyes (much like the player can look through the eyes of mobs in spectator mode) and spy on the player.

Minions and Associates

Herobrine primarily acts alone and without assistance. It is on very rare occasion that he has been reported making use of any underlings to do his bidding. Still, a small cadre of servants and acolytes have been known to be employed by Herobrine:

White-Eyed Mobs

Herobrine is reportedly capable of possessing mobs, changing their eye color to white. Mobs Herobrine has been known to posses include:

• Cows
• Sheep
• Pigs
• Testificates of any kind
  • Villagers
  • Illagers of any kind
  • Witches
  • Wandering Traders
• Players (sometimes)

However, Herobrine's possession powers do not seem to be limited by much, so he is most likely able to possess the majority of mobs in the game. Still, he does not seem to possess arthropods, nor mobs made from inanimate materials like magma cubes or iron golems. Non-corporeal mobs like vexes are also presumably unable to be possessed, due to their lack of a true body.

There are several mobs who naturally have white eyes - the Wither, Vex, Piglin, Hoglin, Zombified Piglin, Zombified Hoglin, and the Stray. The Elder Guardian also has a white pupil/iris on a reddish-white sclera. It is unclear if Herobrine can possess these mobs, and if so, what effects that would have on their appearance.

Hostile Mobs

Some people have claimed that hostile mobs do not attack Herobrine, and will leave him alone, or even be commanded by him. According to The Book of Fleeting Shadows, Herobrine was the king of the Pigmen, and he also created the first creeper and unleashed it against his own brother, Nidarc, killing him. Some fan canons include large armies loyal to Herobrine, such as The Legions of the Nether and Herobrine's Mob Army.

However, this is not universally the case and, oftentimes these monsters are reported to be just as violent towards Herobrine as to players. The original story does not recount Herobrine working alongside hostile mobs whatsoever.

Allies

Herobrine has had several miscellaneous mobs and factions known to be his allies.

General:

• Nidarc - The brother of Herobrine, and thus presumably brother of Notch, he is an enigmatic figure sometimes allied with Herobrine.
• The green steve - According to the original creator of the green steve, he is a servant of Herobrine.
• Anti-Sorcerer

Fan Story/Canon Specific:

• Dark Clan - One of the Elemental Clans which was persuaded to assist Herobrine in the Union Canon. Herobrine ultimately betrayed the Dark Clan and slaughtered them.
• The Snare mobs - In Sad's Fanon, one of the pieces of the Omnibrine was originally going to take shelter in the Snare dimension. Unfortunately, these plans were cancelled and few details are known on how this would have played out.
• default - In HELP-craft, the default character, named "default," is assisted by Herobrine.
• Stevebrine - In Minecraft: A New Start, once Herobrine is defeated, Stevebrine (an amalgamation of Steve and Herobrine) will avenge his death.
• Wielders - In The Wielder Chronicles, Herobrine can use the Sangue Rosso to turn people into Wielders, who are immortal but bound to follow Herobrine's commands.

Is Herobrine Real?

Currently, Herobrine has not been proven present in any version of Minecraft.

However, you can have Herobrine present in your PC world by downloading a mod or have a player wear a Herobrine skin activated. On the Xbox and PlayStation version of Minecraft, players that download various skin packs may come across multiple Herobrine variants. These include the standard skin and Zombie Herobrine.

So what is the cause of the purported sightings? Aside from hoaxes, of course.

Prior to Beta 1.8, there was a mob simply titled "Monster" which looked exactly like Steve, it could be spawned in preclassic, but this feature was later removed in the early stages of classic; Intriguingly, beta 1.6.6, an update in which all of the monster's class files were removed, was also the first time Notch included the "removed Herobrine" message present in the changelogs.

The original sighting included a screenshot, in which leaves were lighter than the color they were changed to in Alpha 1.2.0, meaning the "monster" was still present in the game, and had its stats intact, though it couldn't spawn. It may be possible that in versions prior to beta 1.8, these "monsters" spawned due to a glitch, being misidentified as Herobrine.

Actions attributed to Herobrine are also likely explained by normal occurrences. Trees with no leaves can be caused by forest fires, either caused by lava pools or, if none are nearby, lightning. The same can be said of any structures lit on fire with no apparent source. Lightning strikes can still happen even if the player is in a nearby desert or other biome with no rainfall.

As for Notch having a dead brother, Notch has two siblings: An estranged half-brother (source) and a sister (source), both of whom are still living and neither of who are in the game.

In Fan Stories/Books

• The Story of Minecraft - Herobrine is a primary antagonist and the brother of the main antagonist, Lairobrine.

• The Journey- A Story- Herobrine is known as Edward Brine in the far past. He came from England in the 17th century. He finds his way through the island before finding an amulet. Upon wearing it, Notch and Jeb banish Herobrine to the Nether, but he escapes back to the Overworld.

• Alone Again/Dark Outside These take place after CSL and FoH, so Herobrine is up to something, as always.

• Herobrine's Revenge: He is the main villain of the story who plans to destroy the Overworld.

• Legend of the End: Herobrine had destroyed a distant, forgotten planet. Now he wants to destroy ours.

• Herobrine: The Final Attack: Herobrine is revealed to be Steve's brother, Hank. He destroys Heroesburg atop the Ender Dragon.

• The Herobrine: Joseph finds himself in a city that Herobrine makes people and makes them fight to the death or he kills them

• Herobrine's Curse After Herobrine is killed. He returns, Only to Kill 1 of the player's friends when they celebrate about Herobrine's death
• Surviving Herobrine - Herobrine's take over of Minecraftia, finding the one who possessed his third brother who died, and destroying Minecraftia until he finds him.
• Herobrine's Legend: Herobrine was revealed to be a normal person who turned evil. He is not Notch's brother (it was a myth). He forged a diamond sword and used it to kill his opponents. He made people into his wielders (his temporary servants) to destroy villages. He then created the Sangue Rosso potion to make his weilders immortal. In the book, he disguises himself as Steve, to lure Nya de'Analov into becoming his immortal wielder.
• Herobrine's Revenge: Herobrine survived as a spirit form, despite being killed by Nya and Zach in the last book. He makes a deal with Claire Jones to be his new wielder. Claire agrees, being Nya's friend at the university. Later, he (using Claire) kills Tali and wounds Mackenzie. He possibly knew about Lillian and the Ender Army. It is revealed he killed his sister as a child. In the end, Claire turns on him and uses her wielder powers to bring his Nether palace crashing down on him, killing him again.
• Take Back the Night (book): Herobrine barely survives as a spirit and manages some possession of Jordan Glass. Jordan tries to help Herobrine's sister Lillian attack Bloquear and Minecraftia using the Ender Army. Herobrine finally dies during a duel with Nya, in which Nya fatally stabs him.
• Steve's Life from 0-24: Back in 6969, Herobrine arrived at Steve's parents' house. He killed Stephanie and Stanley (Steve's parents) and blew up the house after Steve and Stella got out and ran to their aunt and uncle's house.
• Creatures of the Void: Herobrine is one of the antagonists of the storyline, hoping to take the Void and control the domains of Muriminus from within the Between-space. He is an unstable man, uncontrollably warping through dimensions, and ends up joining Steve in the final fight against Muriminus. He is one of the eight pieces of the Omnibrine.
• Invasion of Marvel (Aftermath Minecraftia) - Herobrine is an elite warrior among The Legions of the Nether who comes to help lay siege to Marvel.
• Diary of an 8 bit warroior - Herobrine is the main antagonist
• Withering Heights - Herobrine is the main antagonist in many of the stories. He started the Corruption and then was banished to a prison in the Creators’ world. He is known as the Wither, Bringer of Chaos, and the Lord of Balance.\
• Call of the Wither - Herobrine is the leader of the Undead army, and he will command the forces to kill. Although he can teleport, he can't exactly summon reinforcements, so he is harmless as long as he is by himself. But the Wither rises...

Trivia

• His coding does not appear in any of the game's files for any version.
• Many popular Youtube videos on Minecraft are based on Herobrine.

Pronounciation

Herobrine is sometimes erroneously pronounced as "hero brin", or spelled "hero brine".

Quotes

"I've publicly told people there's never been any such thing as Herobrine, and that I don't have any dead brothers, and that letting too many animals die in lava is a foolproof way to summon him but that you don't need to be afraid of him. He only means well, he's looking out for you, trying to warn you of the dangers you can't see. There certainly are NO physical manifestations of Herobrine that will sneak out of your computer if you leave Minecraft running at night, looming over you as you sleep with his pale eyes inches away from your face, as he tries to shout at you to wake up. Sometimes you wake up with a jolt, and he's gone, and all that lingers is the memory and faint echo of his wordless screaming. Of course, it was just a dream. There's no way a morally dubious ghost with a god complex could at any point decide to haunt the children who play my game "for their own good", as there is NO SUCH THING. etc -Notch

"Herobrine cannot be destroyed!" -Herobrine, at the end of Herobrine's Legend (book)

Gallery

Herobrine, in Mailjesuru's stories

First sighting of Herobrine

Lairs / Homes

• The Nether (palace/lair): Generally the most common place for his lair. Destroyed by Claire in the Wielder Chronicles. In other fanfictions, still standing.
• The Overworld: Goes here when angered or plots an attack. Had a former base here in the Wielder Chronicles, which is now decaying. In other fanfictions, just visits, or has a lair here.
• The End: Goes here to his brother Nidarc, in a fanfiction.
• Aqua Dimension (When underwater for 40 seconds)
• Darkness Dimension: His own creation.
• The Void: His current prison, in some fanfictions. But he will escape when the time is right…

References

Powerful/God-like beings

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