Minecraft Player Avenges Their Dead Dog In 60 Block High Mech Suit

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So, a villager just killed your dog in Minecraft. They didn’t mean to--it was really just an accident. They pushed the little block-faced canine off a cliff when you weren’t looking. You could seek revenge the old-fashioned way by developing your armaments until you can create a diamond sword to plunge into said villager’s back, but Reddit user blockboykpg had a somewhat more apocalyptic plan for vengeance.

"A villager killed my dog so I made a big mech to kill everything," is the only explanation blockboykpg gives in their Reddit post. We’ve seen transforming robots in Minecraft, but giant, walking robots? That’s a new one.

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You're probably wondering how someone managed to create a walking robot in Minecraft that's over 60 blocks high. That's because this isn't vanilla Minecraft. Blockboykpg used the Create Mod to give Minecraft the functionality to walk. Create adds a number of functional pieces to Minecraft like pulleys, levers, and moving blocks that allow you to create everything from working trains to factory assembly lines.

If you look closely, however, you'll note that this Pacific Rim-style Kaiju fighter isn't really moving on its own. A little tug is pulling the robot forward, and a collection of "cogwheels and bearings" pulls the chassis forward. Having the tug move on a certain schedule makes the legs move at a slow, shuffling walk. Throw in some screen shake and a few sound effects, and you've got yourself a giant robot ready to enact revenge on an entire village rather than just the one offensive villager.

We haven't yet seen blockboykpg's robot crush an entire village, but we can assume it was absolute carnage that we probably