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Village and Castle Ruins

I would really like this idea to be a part of Minecraft. I wanted to tell this idea as a sort of story so that people would want to read more.

Imagine you’re wandering around an oak forest and you stumble across random blocks of cobblestone, stone and mossy cobblestone. These blocks were once part of an impressive fortress or walled village that had been left to rot many centuries ago. You go beyond these blocks and you see what used to be houses and shops lining a street which is no longer filled with villagers. Grass and even trees grow around and inside of these houses and have even created some of the holes and gaps you can see everywhere. A tower closer to the wall still stands, although it could be more structurally sound. Somewhere in the tower is a chest but you have to climb the walls and even jump over gaps in the walls. The slightest mistake could be your last.

Suspicious gravel can be found dotted around the area. If you dig in the right places, you could reveal hidden tunnels with more suspicious gravel, secret rooms, dungeons and even the old inhabitants of the village, zombified! Were they once the prisoners in this ruin or were they trying to escape from a terrible curse that caused them to become zombies? If it was the latter, they didn’t escape.

You have to be careful though. A Pillager camp could be found anywhere here. Woollen tents and a campfire indicates an ambush could be anywhere…

These Castle Ruins can also be found in plains, taigas and snow biomes.

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    Some exclusive loot from brushing away the suspicious gravel could be a pottery shard with a picture of a castle or village on it which could suggest what the structure used to look like, an exclusive armour trim, used stone or iron spears which you can throw and enchant, a banner with a new banner pattern on it (the castles coat of arms). There could be versions of the banner pattern that have decayed in certain places over time and other versions that are complete.
    An arrow slit block can also be found on the towers and walls of the castle ruins. This block has a hole in it that is the same shape and size as a dispenser hole and it’s in the same place. Not only can players fire arrows through the holes themselves but they also can place a dispenser directly behind the arrow slit so that dispensers can fire arrows through the hole as well. If you try to take arrows from the dispenser when the dispenser is behind the arrow slit, nothing happens. You have to destroy the arrow slit first before you can take the arrows.

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    Different structure types would include Ruined Villages, Ruined Castles, Ruined Castle with a Ruined Village surrounding it and Ruined Monasteries. Ruined Castles should be identified by size as they would be the biggest structure by far.

    Feel free to add any suggestions in the comments. Please vote for this idea and let others know too so that we can get this idea in the game sooner. Thanks