How does respawn work in Minecraft?

[Pyro9278]

The site supposedly accepts Steve's respawn as a Resurrection ability, but if we consider that a respawn, then what about the Totem of Undying?

The item explicitly serves to resurrect Steve, so the fact that it exists and can be used should indicate that Steve dies and requires an external means to reanimate. Meanwhile, the respawn would remain solely as a gameplay mechanic, right?

 

[AThe1412]

They're just two different methods of resurrection. Totems work on the spot and save him from losing his items on death but at the cost of not healing him fully.

 

[Diamond_Drone]

No, Steve just has multiple methods of resurrecting. There's also the Respawn Anchor, which sets Steve's respawn point inside the Nether.

 

[Oiguana2701]

Isn't Minecraft just steve dreaming?

What?

 

[Ommf_Deity]

What?

Mb lol

 

[AThe1412]

No, Steve just has multiple methods of resurrecting. There's also the Respawn Anchor, which sets Steve's respawn point inside the Nether.

Yeah. If respawning was non-canon then respawn anchors (and beds serving as spawn points) would have no reason to exist. Normal difficulty is also the default and thus canon option where respawning is permitted.

 

[Rakih_Elyan]

“I have said all this before and I will say it again. I hateyou, Fin. I hate you, Mo. I hate you more than the last timeI told you I hated you,” Grumpo began. “The ender dragon is the heart of this world. It beats in the center of the End,round and round in circles, steady as a pulse. Nothing works without ED. And since the beginning, humans have come questing after it. To find ED and kill it for no particular good reason other than that it is killable. Everytime my poor doggo dies, another one must be born. That cycle was perfectly acceptable. A world must have a heart. The ender dragon vanishes, an egg appears in its place,and a new ender dragon rises. But something as powerful and ancient and loyal to the Great Chaos who is its master does not die without leaving…a wake. Let’s call it that. When a ship passes by at great speed, the sea churns andripples after it as water is displaced and replaced again.That is what happens when the ender dragon dies. What is going to happen in about…oh, I would wager ten to fifteen minutes, give or take. A great wake pulses out from its body. It travels through the End like the tide. It touches everything and everyone. And it makes them forget. The world resets. What came before is gone. There is only the now.”
“Why? How can that be good for anyone?” asked Mo.
“Why does your body respawn when you die?” Grumpo shrugged as well as he could without shoulders. “It is how ED decomposes. You shouldn’t judge. You always were very judgey, Ultimo. It’s a nasty habit.”

“You saw them. The cycle is getting worse. It’s evolving. It’s changing the laws of nature. Endermen use weapons and build armies and…apparently humans don’t respawn. I’m only here because of my totem, and here’s hoping I remember to grab another one on the next go-round. They should have woken up in their own beds. But you saw them.They were just lying there on the ground. Cold and quiet and gone. We can’t leave them like that. We just can’t. And you never know. Grumpo said they were new. Maybe this is what changes everything. Maybe this time it’s different.”
-Minecraft: The End Novel

(Ignore the scuffed copy paste)
The Respawn Mechanics are because of the cycle of Order and Chaos, apparently. So, in order to nullify Steve Immortality, you need both Concept Manip and Law Manip to do it.