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Broken Tools Shouldn’t Disappear, But Become “Broken” And Need Repair

When an item finally breaks, it should not disappear forever, but instead take on a “broken item” state where it can not be used until it is repaired. Additionally, the durability bar should be replaced with a simple visual representation of items at different stages of decay, like a cracked anvil.

This would intuitively balance out the durability system and allow an alternative repair method that doesn’t rely on the desperate need to enchant everything with Mending, and would also open up gameplay possibilities involving collecting and restoring broken items, such as a powerfully enchanted broken sword found in a loot chest.

The current durability bar is quite a messy, antiquated UI to look at tacked onto all of our items and I find that it is a missed opportunity for a more immersive and aesthetically pleasing system.

I also think that items disappearing when broken is more of an irritation than it enhances anything about the gameplay, and is another missed opportunity for a much more balanced and fun system of saving or collecting broken items and bringing them back from the dead.

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• March 15, 2024 18:31
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  • April 07, 2026 22:21
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  Also not everyone is frantically checking the health bar of their items doing massive builds clearing bulk items it’s easy to lose yourself in the actual mining then all the sudden that pick or shovel that you spent building up is destroyed and you have to completely switch gears and restart the process of building up that tool getting the netherite the levels enchanting it for it to break again down the road