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Cow, pig, chicken variations (was: New Animal Variations)

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I think it would be a cool idea to have more animal varients. Cows could have a black and white varient, we could have more wolf varients depending on the biome your in like a desert wolf, snow wolf, etc.

Next we could have new pig varients like a brown pigs, black pigs, spotted pigs, and white pigs.

Same with chickens, black chickens, brown chickens, and could drop the appropriate feather color.

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    I made a couple of posts related to this:

    https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/360022340731-Layers 

    https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/360018584212-Bulls-The-Protector-of-Cows-and-The-Mighty-Mount 

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    Please?
    Please!
    There are almost 20 different colors for the horse alone, and the chickens are still nothing but white. There are plenty of colors for chickens, cows, and even pigs that could be translated from real life into minecraft.

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    I do say this is an excellent idea but something i think would be great if they had a bear spawn egg so as announced at mine con earth 2018 the pandas and polar bears could be   in one spawn egg with new bear types

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    I think it would be neat if animals had biome-based variants! Like cows in cold biomes would turn into highlanders, and pigs in cold biomes would turn into boars, with fur and tusks and stuff.

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    /perm ban EmmaKate01

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    I like this idea

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    Q366TR

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    I agree, Jappa will do good work !

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    They also need to buff pigs so they aren’t useless

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    I'd love to see Cows, Chickens and Pigs given the same treatment as some of the newer mobs and receive more skin varieties.  These mobs are so common in the game world that it's pretty strange they're some of the few passive mobs to not have any variety.  It's even more glaringly obvious when these mobs are pillars of farming/breeding and players end up with pens full of identical cows, chickens and pigs.  However even some of the much more obscure mobs like Parrots have several skins.

    Minecraft is all about creating beautiful, colorful and diverse environments.  A simple update to these mobs skins would go a long way to achieving all of that.

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    Yes, and also sheep variants for the skin tone. There could be tan sheep and black sheep.

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    YES!! SO MUCH YES!! Livestock is such an integral part of the game I feel, and so many players take the time and energy to build structures, breed animals, grow food. Large parts of the game is centred around livestock, and quite frankly it seems almost lazy or clumsy when your looking out over a huge field with nothing but identical animals. 

    It would not only help the immersion but overall add a new aspect to the game. 

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    We might actually get this? Idk, if some of the features revealed for Minecraft Earth are actually coming over, then there’s mobs like the Cluckshroom, Moobloom, and Muddy Pig

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    yeah I feel like this is something that development has been a little lazy on but I definitely support the idea because it would add more life to the game and also would give it something else to look forward too when exploring 

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    I love this idea... Chickens could have Buff or Silver-laced Wyandotte... Cows with Angus or Holstein.

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    고양이의 종류가 새로생겼 듯 강아지의 종류도 늘어났으면 좋겠다고 생각한다

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    Good idea

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    Простите что на русском , но это обязанно быть в игре . Я так считаю.

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    That's a good idea

     

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    That is a cool idea, it will bring diversity of standard mobs and make people to travel and explore the land to find new tipes of mobs into their collection

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    Yup! This real good idea!

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    They could do this to Creepers too as the Zombie and Skeleton both have variants they could have creepers that blend in with their surroundings. Also Make it obvious which Gender it is with the Cows, sheep, chickens because there are clear differences and it would make breeding more interesting.

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    Да, будет круто, игра станет более разнообразной!
    Yes, it will be cool, the game will become more diverse! (Google translator)

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    we need a variation of chicken for every breed that actually exists

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    Make a rooster colored chicken, please. (It's not male, that's just what it looks like. It lays eggs too, okay?)

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    for the Cows variations:

    I think they should have less variations than horses because horses are more special. So, I suggest 4 colors - white, cream, brown and black. and three pattern - full, spotted and mixed.

    most of the cows spawn as browns with white spots just like current cows, for continuity.

    full blacks would be the rarest. they are beef cows and drop more beef than usual cows!

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    This suggestion makes the most sense, and I am surprised it has not yet been implemented!

    The old mobs feel very outdated.

    Horses, Llamas, Pandas, Parrots, Tropical Fish, are all passive mobs that have multiple textures!

    Why should cows and pigs be left out?

    P.S

    The squid hitbox really needs an update because the squid mob can appear like it phases through walls.

    Also the player should get blindness when inked by a squid.

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    This is an amazing idea! It adds more realism to the game and a better quality of life

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    All mobs (Including hostile mobs) should have varying textures.  They should do it the way they did with tropical fish. They are randomly given one of each these variations: shapes, colors, patterns, and colors for the pattern.

    This would allow for hundreds to thousands of textures without too much work done by the devs.  You'll never see the same skeleton or cow ever again!

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    Imaging barred Plymouth rock chickens and Rhode island red chickens