TL;DR: The Nethercon quiz includes a "lore" category based on Bedtime in the Nether episodes. Key facts: Piglins lost names (the Forgetting), Ghasts cry for the Piglins, Striders walk lava since before memory, Endermen carry blocks across worlds, the Magma Cubes split to find each other. The lava holds everything.
The quiz has a Lore category. These questions don't test Minecraft mechanics — they test whether you've listened to the Bedtime in the Nether podcast.
Here's the short version of what the stories say, organized for the quiz.
The Piglins and the Forgetting
A long time ago, Piglins had names for each other. Songs. A soft way of greeting. Then the Forgetting started — the names slipped away, one by one, like leaves falling.
Piglins built bastions to fill the empty place where the names used to be. They built barter rituals. They built a fierce face. The fierceness is not who they are. The fierceness is the bandage.
Quiz-relevant facts:
- Why did Piglins lose their names? — The Forgetting took them.
- What does the gold armor represent? — A memory of when the world was larger.
- What is the Bastion originally? — A structure built to fill the empty place where names were.
The Ghasts and the tears
The Ghasts lifted off the ground on the morning the Forgetting began. They have not come back down.
They cried. Not for themselves — for the Piglins and everyone else who lost something. Their tears fell into the lava. The lava caught them. The lava held them.
Quiz-relevant facts:
- Why do Ghasts cry? — They cry for everyone else, not for themselves.
- What happens to Ghast tears? — The lava catches them and holds them.
- When did Ghasts start hovering? — On the morning the Forgetting began.
The Striders
Striders have walked the lava since before the Piglins. They are older than the Bastions, older than the Forgetting. They remember the old song that ran through the bedrock.
They walk on lava because the lava — which holds the tears and the memory — will not let them fall. The lava is gentle with the Striders.
Quiz-relevant facts:
- What do Striders remember? — The old song that ran through the bedrock.
- Why don't Striders burn on lava? — The lava will not let them fall.
The Endermen and the home
Endermen lost a home long ago. They have been carrying blocks across worlds ever since, looking for the right piece to rebuild it. The home is still not built.
In Season 2, they start putting blocks back where they came from. That's a kind of coming home too.
Quiz-relevant facts:
- Why do Endermen carry blocks? — They're rebuilding a lost home.
- What new thing do Endermen do in Season 2? — They start putting blocks back.
The Magma Cubes and the memory
Magma Cubes split when hit. Each split is a memory dividing in half. The small cubes roll toward each other, slowly, hoping to be whole again.
Once — only once — two of them met and melted into one. The lava remembered.
Quiz-relevant facts:
- Why do Magma Cubes split? — Each split is a memory dividing.
- What do they want? — To find each other and be whole again.
The lava holds everything
The lava sea is the memory of the Nether. Every Ghast tear, every Piglin name, every song — the lava holds it. After the Morning (when the names came back), the lava began slowly giving things back.
The names rose first. Then small pieces: a snowflake, a chalk drawing, the kindness of a crossing.
Quiz-relevant facts:
- What does the lava hold? — Names, tears, memories — everything the Nether forgot.
- What happened in the Morning? — The Piglins remembered each other's names.
A closing thought
The Bedtime in the Nether lore isn't trivia. It's the Nether explained as a place with history — not just a biome with mobs. Understanding the lore makes the Nether feel bigger.
Listen to the episodes at nethercon.com/bedtime.
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