Legacy

The Reaction to His Death

The announcement video — “so long nerds”, uploaded June 30, 2022 by his father — became the top trending video on YouTube within hours and stayed on the trending tab for days, drawing more than 30 million views in 24 hours. By the end of August 2022 it had been viewed over 80 million times and liked over 8 million times, and it was recognized as the top trending video on all of YouTube for 2022. YouTube even added an Easter egg: searching “Technoblade” on the site suggested “Did you mean: Technoblade never dies”.

Dream and members of the Dream SMP posted condolences, as did the official Minecraft and YouTube accounts, Hypixel co-founder Simon Collins-Laflamme, and Elon Musk. On October 28, 2022 — nine years after the channel was created — YouTube uploaded its own eight-minute tribute, “Technoblade Never Dies”, and revealed that an average of 300 new videos using the catchphrase in the title were being uploaded every day.

Tributes Inside Minecraft

• July 2, 2022 — Mojang Studios added a crowned pig to the Minecraft: Java Edition launcher image, in reference to Technoblade’s skin and branding.
• After fan requests, Mojang added the splash text “Technoblade never dies!” to the Minecraft title screen.
• 2025 — A Minecraft Movie includes a crowned pig as a tribute; when Henry asks if it is a king, Steve (Jack Black) answers: “No. That’s a legend.”

Community Memorials

• Hypixel opened an in-game space where fans wrote messages with the book and quill; 377,000+ messages were printed across 22 volumes and delivered to his family by Hypixel’s CEO in November 2022.
• The Sarcoma Foundation of America presented its Courage Award to his family on September 28, 2022.
• A Technoblade artwork appeared in the July 2023 r/place experiment.
• By June 2024, Sarcoma UK estimated about £1 million had been raised for sarcoma awareness in his name since his death.

By Other Creators

• Dream hosted a memorial livestream with Technoblade’s father on October 18, 2022, raising $47,087 for the Sarcoma Foundation of America; released the tribute song “Until I End Up Dead” (June 23, 2023) and its alternate video “The Duel” (August 26, 2023).
• MrBeast uploaded a video on October 28, 2022 believed to be the last one Technoblade participated in.
• TommyInnit edited and uploaded previously-unused Technoblade footage to the official channel on June 30, 2024 — it drew nearly three million views within hours.

A Legacy That Continues

The channel kept growing after his death: 15 million subscribers by August 2022, 20 million by May 2025. In September 2026, a feature-length documentary titled “Technoblade Never Dies” was announced. The motto he coined as a joke now functions as a fact among his fans — carried in Minecraft splash screens, movie cameos, charity totals, and every time a player survives a fight they had no business winning and mutters, “Technoblade never dies.”

“If I had another hundred lives, I think I would choose to be Technoblade again every single time, as those were the happiest years of my life.”