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The Beaver Dam, The Beaver, Stick Block

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The beaver dam can spawn near beaches and deep oceans. Just like the turtle, they're both new water mobs. The beaver has 15 hearts and is a neutral mob. It has the same characteristics as zombie pigman and wolves. The beaver can be tamed using sticks, and healed using raw fish of any type, except the puffer fish. The beaver dam consists of a new block known as the stick block. It can be crafted in the three-by-three with sticks, and it also has a texture of sticks compact into a block and has a brownish tint. The block is very flammable just like any other wood block, it can only be found in beaver dams. The beaver can only spawn in the beaver dams. They're very rare to find and have the same spawn-rate as the witch hut. They can also spawn with loot chests and other goodies. The beaver can also be used to help chop down trees faster, it will give the player a speed boost when chopping down trees. It can deal two hearts of damage to any mob that attacks you or that you attack. When a beaver is killed, it'll drop a new item known as Beaver Skin. It can only be used to craft armor. The armor will have the same durability as iron armor, but will be as strong as diamond. Upon wearing, you will be able to swim faster underwater and have infinate water breathing. Also the player will be able to break blocks faster underwater. The stick block can smelt five blocks in a furnace and can be broken the fastest with an axe.

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    Great idea! I had been thinking of suggesting something like this myself.  I have a few suggestions though. 

    I think they should be totally passive and untameable.  Also, beavers are herbivores, eating only algae and birch leaves.  Not fish.

    Beavers should create stick blocks and stick blocks should drop sticks (similar to the dead bush) when mined.  They should not be craftable, and only mineable with a silk touch axe.

    Beaver skins should be used to craft leather, like the rabbit skin.

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    Woah, woah, woah! That beaver skin armor sounds enormously OP just from it having the durability of iron armor! Why not use two beaver skins to craft one piece of leather instead?

    The idea of beavers helping defend you makes sense - those teeth are nasty when they bite you.

    I suggest having the beaver dams spawn in rivers, though, and that wolves are hostile to the rodents.

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    It's a good Idea but they should spawn near or in rivers and you shouldn't be able to be tamed

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    Was going to post the same idea, but will add comments here instead.  I think beavers would be best if they weren't as overpowered as you suggest.

    • Rare spawn rate
    • Spawns in birch forests which are currently rather empty.
    • Requires a natural stream and a non-flat geography that could be flooded
    • Passive and untamable.
    • Thins out the forests, leaving behind birch trunks on the ground with bark intact.
    • Leaves behind planted birch saplings after it chews down a tree.
    • Turns streams into ponds or lakes using stripped birch wood for damming the stream.
    • The dam logs could slowly convert to soil leaving behind natural pond areas.
    • Would be best if they were combined with a change that allowed sticks to be placed as a block.
    • If you don't want stick blocks, then dead bushes might achieve the same look.
    • Makes a beaver hut
    • Tail slaps the water when it detects intruders, or when it plays around.
    • Flee into beaver hut when startled.
    • Could drop beaver tails that can be used for making aquatic armor if killed.
    • Beaver tail could be made into a soup/stew, or used for brewing.
    • Swimming animation, tree chewing animate, building, and stick dragging animations

    Thanks for suggesting this idea.

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    Beavers should be hostile to untamed wolves, also.  There have been cases where a large beaver has literally torn a fox to shreds because it got too close to the lodge.

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    It should exist but in rivers and make the stick block smelt less blocks in a furnace. The beaver skin armour should provide the same protection as leather and a durability in between leather and iron, the only efects it should have are the mining underwater faster and more respiracion not unlimeted about double

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    Fascinating idea. I'm intrigued. 

     

    The stick block does sound a bit odd but then again such an idea- perhaps a "thatch" or "wicker" block? - would be intriguing for use in all kinds of other builds from fences to roofs, to wasteland-like fields and more. Interesting.

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    I agree except for the absurdly OP Armour

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    I think beaver dams should be a bit more common than witches huts

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    Wouldn't it be a little more realistic for dam's to have a chance to spawn in river biomes?

    Also, that beaver's skin is TOUGH if it makes armor that good! (Imbalanced)

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    Beavers should become hostile when the player is close to the dam.

    My opinions:

    Beavers shouldn't tamed. It seems out of place. And the armour...  that's a bit ridiculous. 

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    Make the armor a bit less OP...

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    My thought on the idea: Passive to anything unless near to the den. When killed drop XP and only sometimes leather, and VERY rarely, beaver fur. Beaver fur can b made into a beaver hat which can be put on your head. The hat can be used for when you are going into beaver den's so they don't attack you. You can't tame them, but breed them by potatoes

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    I like the idea except for the armor which honestly makes no sense this is BEAVER SKIN. Other than that I love the idea and I think it will be a nice little detail to the game. 

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    You should also be able to tame beavers to fight off drowned.

     

    Beavers should also be able to cut down trees;

    they/the players should also be able to peel logs on one side instead of all the sides.

    Maybe the stick block could be called a stick bundle??? Just brainstorming...

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    Spawn in river not ocean.

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    The stick block should be crafted with 8 sticks and a clay ball in the middle. Also I think ‘thatch block’ would be a better name. Also agree with others about the armour. It’s way too powerful.

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    I like it.

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    it would make more sense to have Beaver's spawn in river's or ponds but still having what i consider to be the national animal of Canada would be very cool seeing these hard working rodent's in this game

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    I agree, Except I think they should spawn near Rivers and the Beaver Dams should spawn in Rivers. Also I don't know about you being able to tame them.

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    I like the idea of beavers in the game, but a lot of the stuff here doesn't seem right for them. First, that armor is too OP. Second, beavers don't eat fish IRL, so why should they in Minecraft? Third, you shouldn't be able to tame them. (maybe they could be trusting though?) Fourth, the dam structure should spawn in rivers, not beaches/oceans. Fifth, the dam loot chests shouldn't be there.

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    The stick block should be a “nest” block like the bee nest. Instead of stick block it should be the beaver lodge as the nest block.
    The dam area is a structure that spawns in rivers. It is stripped logs and stick blocks with a small lake behind it. Beavers eat logs, turning them into stripped logs.

    Beavers should be untamable and run away from you if you get close. They should instead be friendly if you feed them sticks. This means they will not run away from you anymore.
    The dam spawns with 2 beavers and a 20% chance for a baby.

    They have a random schedule that is as follows. 
    12500:Forage(look for logs to eat)

    Around 15000:build dam(will drag log blocks from trees to the dam, starting with the top of the trunk)

    Around 22000: go home

    Around 23000:sleep

    Around 4000: wake up and wander

    around 5000: go home and sleep

    Around 12000: wake up and wander

    Those are my ideas. Thanks for reading

     

     

     

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    Love the idea in general, just don't agree with the armour part

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    This suggestion is interesting but seemed to go off the rails a bit here. The armor is very excessive. Stick Blocks could just be replaced with Logs. Also, as beavers cannot be realistically tamed, nor should they be in Minecraft. I can't imagine beavers are intelligent enough to make chests, either. As beavers aren't especially dangerous, I'd assume they'd be outright peaceful.

    Beavers as a mob and a Beaver Dam as a structure would make for a great addition to the River Biome, and I would love them in a Biome Vote. I imagine their functionality would be useful for farming wood, giving these mobs real utility.

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    This mob will be a good fit in the new Birch forests.

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    Way to OP

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    I think it’s a good idea but no unlimited water breathing, and maybe armour is just as strong as iron, or it’s too OP

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    INFINITE BREATHING. don't you mean CREATIVE without flying and blocks. Pretty much perfect except the breathing bit. You have my support.

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    Like the idea of using beaver to make potion to chop down trees faster or make new item. Perhaps breaking all blocks connected to the wood block. However you should breed them with sticks.

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    I think it's an amazing idea exept they shouldn't be tameable and eat some type of plant, and should spawn in rivers uncommonly instead of rarely