(May/June 2018) Featured Topic: Underground!
(A fine solid theme that digs deep into the very core of Minecraft!)
Every month, we ask the community for suggestions on a specific theme (this time we have a double theme, look in the Community and Events area to talk Livestreams) so we can all brainstorm together.
This month's theme is "The Underground" and everything to do with them(mining, ores, cave structures, cave ambience, railways, etc.).
We can't wait to hear your creative ideas.
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Moles would dig out dirt to make one block holes about half a second every time and would create long one-block tunnels, just to avoid players and hostile mobs. This behavior would be annoying to any players, especially if players are getting dirt. So to make up for this annoying behavior, they would be hostile to slimes (the closet thing to worms in Minecraft) in swamps (so the population of slimes there would be under control), despite moles being only rabbit-sized, and slimes would be scared of and inherently does from moles, since slimes are substitute for worms in Minecraft. They could be bred with slime balls to breed more moles and, therefore, less annoying slimes.
here are some of my ideas for "The Underground"!
aesthetics:
Make lava pools on the surface have a new type of lava, cool lava. This lava flows much slower, and it's texture looks like it has pieces of obsidian in it while the lava under ground is the same lava we are used to, only you take more damage from it. Also, make any water near lava evaporate like in the real world.
Repurposeable aesthetics:
Stalactites and stalagmites:
Forms from dripping water or lava and grows over time but is also naturally generated in caves. These can be new hazards for caves increasing fall damage 2x . They can also be mined and used for base defense, or death traps for multi player servers. these blocks can also be used to make a spear, witch in turn will introduce different spear strengths. For example: you can use 3 sticks to make the lowest grade, the wood spear, 2 sticks and a stalactite, or stalagmite, formed from calcium salts, witch comes from dripping water, to make a slightly stronger spear, 2 sticks and a stalactite, or stalagmite, made of obsidian, dripping lava, for the third strongest spear, then the strongest would be the trident. You can also use 2 of these blocks and thier full block counterpart to make a stone, or obsidian, pick axe.
Native tribes around the world would that live, or lived, near volcainos colect, or colected, obsidian shards to make spiers and arrows so I think, if you add these blocks to minecraft, the addition of different levels of arrows would make sense.
poisonous mushrooms:
gives the poison effect first, then adds nausea, then slowness, then blindness and stops after 30 to 40 seconds when the player is at half a heart, dang, after reading this back, it sounds brutal lol. This mushroom can be brewed into a new potion and drank to get the new advancement; slow and painful, or smelted to remove the effects.
structures and caves:
Mine shaft improvements:
- Break rooms. this it where miners went to smelt ores, take a break, or to fix their tools. This new room comes complete with loot, a map of the mine shaft, a crafting table, a furnace, and a skull! great for moments when you run out of food, tools, resources, and sanity!
- Replace gravel with wood planks to keep the mine shaft looking nice.
- Add occasional skulls laying on the floor here and there for dramatic effect.
Stronghold improvements:
- Increase endermen spawn rate in and around the stronghold's chunks, including inside the stronghold.
- Add a super rare loot room with 5 silverfish spawners under the lava below the portal. It's got to have good loot with that security!
- Add a bed room. If theirs a library, someone must have lived there.
- Make a new villager that spawns in the bedroom and has the normal player model. and let the skin be changeable using a command that searches for a skin in some folder, then has you choose the file name and auto saves it to the world's folder. This would be great for fan made maps!
Hot springs:
Hot springs can be found on the surface, attached to a cave system, or in it's own little pocket, but are rare. This special water can regenerate your health as you step into the warm, soothing, pool of relaxation. It will also cool into regular water when put it into a bucket or bottle, but can be reheated in a furnace. Now I want to take my own soothing bath!
Ores and other materials:
tip: make diamonds and quartz capable of generating around lava pockets, tubes, and lava filed ravines. It only makes sense seeing as their formed as a result of intense heat and pressure in real life. diamonds should also generate in the nether because of the pressure and heat.
Clear Quartz:
Can be found where ever normal quartz is found, sometimes mixed in with quartz veins. When made into a block and placed, hostile mobs will try to avoid it unless your right next to it. If you put the crystal in your off and, hostile mobs will hesitate to come near you, or try to get away if you sprint toward them. Clear quartz will clear any negative effects if the player is within 5 blocks of it, but reduces the effects of enchanted items as well to give it a fair balance. And, so it isn't too op in sea temples and the ender dragon fight, cause it to turn into regular quartz after a short time in and around those areas. the texture would almost as clear as glass but with scuff marks. and make it possible to turn then into panes as well, this could look good in builds! I got the ideas for this from the real life history of clear quartz crystals, witch people used to believe it was ice that didn't melt. it's said to be used to keep evil beings away, have healing properties, and block magic spells.
Redstone:
I know what your thinking "redstone already exists in Minecraft!" Well, just hear me out. Have redstone ore drop redstone instead of redstone dust, but can still be crafted into redstone dust. Red stones can be used to make these items:
- redstone torch
- redstone block
- redstone dust
- redstone charger (charges until it reaches level 30, twice the maximum redstone level, then releases it in a quick burst then starts recharging. The max charge can be changed in increments of 5 by right clicking the device.)
- piston (the redstone replaces the iron and the dust goes in the same slot. may need to change the texture for this one.)
Here are some new redstone dust recipes as well:
- piston
- red quartz dust (redstone dust mixed with clear quartz dust to increase the distance a redstone signal can travel by 20 blocks. great for large redstone contraptions, but you only get one dust per recipe. The clear quartz is is used to keep the signal from disbursing into the air, keeping it contained it the redstone.)
leaverite:
An ore that you leave alone. Leaver' right there!
Mobs:
Tip:
remove the eyes from spiders that spawn in caves, they don't need them in the dark anyway.
Hostile mobs:
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whip spider:
Spawns in caves, some mine shafts, and rare spawner rooms. the whip spider will use it's large pincer looking mouth to grip it's victim, immobilizing it while it feasts. can be killed like normal spiders. - Cave dweller:A creature that has no eyes or pigmentation because it only lives in caves. It uses antennae to listen for it's pray. This strange creature also uses clicking sounds to hear the shape of the cave, like echo location.
Passive mobs:
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Cave fish:
A small fish built for a cave life stile. the lack of light means that they don't need eyes, or color for that matter, in fact those features use up too much energy, energy that they need to survive due to the small amount of food they find. They use moving water to feel any obstacles that may be present, similar to echo location.
thanks for reading my post, I aprecimate it.
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