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The Red Dragon

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Long ago, when Notch was still apart of Mojang, he planned to add a Red Dragon. Sadly, it was forgotten, and as a result, never added. That could all change eventually, anything could happen. Just in case the Red Dragon is added, I have some ideas.

Edit: This post has changed A LOT from its original state. It is more fleshed out and more balanced now, and in my opinion it is so much better.

Size/Texture/Model

The Red Dragons base color should be #9e2700. The model of the dragon should be a little different and more complex than the Ender Dragon. The size of the Red Dragon should be 3/4 the size of the Ender Dragon.

Spawn 

The Red Dragon would be extremely rare, only 3 should spawn in a world. When you find the Red Dragon it's asleep. In order to wake the dragon you either have to hit it, stand on it, or place the Ender Dragon egg on a pedestal.

Pedestal

The dragon would be sleeping underneath a pedestal. Now, anything can wake this dragon, hitting it, placing blocks, killing other creatures(But the structure is lit up) In order to reach the pedestal, you HAVE to do a challenging parkour course to reach it. You CANNOT place blocks, that would wake the dragon. You CANNOT touch the sleeping dragon, that would wake it as well. The pedestal would be floating, so you MUST do the parkour at all costs. Well, when entering the structure, you might land on top of it when going down. Which of course I would not suggest doing, if you accidentally land on the dragon, it wakes up. Once you place the egg on the pedestal, the dragon would wake up, eat the egg, and face you directly(I guess like a cut scene, a cool little cut scene in Minecraft that shows what happens.Either that or it just happens in front of you) Once the dragon digests the egg(Which might take one in game day) it will be tamed.

The Structure

The structure would be huge, a castle like structure with a huge hole in the caves. The only thing you can see is the castle with four doors with bridges leading to the middle of it. On the bridges there might be signs of warning? Like, "The Egg is what he wants", or "BEWARE, don't bring matches!" not anything threatening, but something cute and fun, but in the meantime still gets the player prepared. The structure would probably be 50 blocks in height, depending on the castle size they go with and the giant hole underground. It would be easier to find(Use Feather Falling 24/7) It would probably be once of the biggest structure in game if they go with the whole bridges to the castle thing, but they don't have to.

Waking the Red Dragon

If you wake up the Red Dragon, it will not attack you. You've freed the End, you don't need another dragon boss. You have three tries, the dragon WILL warn you, you place one block, it warns you. The warning HAS to be VERY noticeable, you don't want people building up, not paying attention, and losing the dragon. So, maybe it roars and throws you back away from the dragon. Each time would be louder and stronger. Three strikes, and once it happens a fourth time, the dragon would fly up out of the castle and into the Overworld. It would be set free and you cant do anything about it, but over time(Maybe ten in game days) the Red Dragon would return to its slumber and you can try again.

Digestion of the Egg

Once the Red Dragon has the egg, it'll digest the egg. The digestion of the egg, if you do nothing would take one in game day. There is a catch, you can do things to speed up the process, and make the process take longer. To speed up the process: You can give the Red Dragon riches(Only Emeralds, Diamonds, or Gold) nothing else, its not that easy. You could also give it animal sacrifices, but only your pets. It wouldn't just eat your pets, but you have to willingly give the pet to the dragon. It will kill the pet, but it is the best thing you can do to speed up the time. One more thing you could do to speed up the time is throw good potions on it(Like speed) It is the least effective thing when making it go faster, but it still works a lot. Things that could slow down the time: You could break the castle(Not that effective) You could steal the riches he guards(Doing this would remove the ability to offer him gifts, and it slows down the time more) Finally, you could hit it, it would slow time, and it would slash you back(5 HP). There is a cap on each of these, once the clock hits 1 and a half in game days, it caps on slowing it down, and once it hits half an in game day then you can't make it go any faster. Each time you speed up the time, the dragon respects you more. Each time you slow down the time, he respects you less. Something would pop up in the chat once you hit the maximums as well.

Using the Dragons Respect

The dragon has a set number of respect at the beginning, lets call it "Normal Respect" If you slow down the time to the max his powers become less powerful. If you speed up the time, his powers become as powerful as they go.

Normal Respect Powers: At normal he would have 50 HP(25 hearts) Not that much, but what are the chances of this thing dying. You could ride it, and it would fly at three times the sprinting speed. It would be the best form of travel, and would never "run out" of fuel. It would have two things it can do, breathe fire and attack mobs. You can control both of these from the Red Dragon. You can directly control its fire breathing, and you can turn on and off the attacking other mobs(7 HP of damage to each mob). When flying, on or off, it will never attack mobs, it will always fly in the direction you want. The Red Dragon would always stay in a 30 block radius of where you are. It will NEVER follow anyone else besides you.

Low Respect Powers: At his worst he would have 40 HP(20 hearts) You could ride it, and it would fly at twice the sprinting speed. You could set the dragon to attack mobs and when flying each mob has a 50/50 chance to be attacked(5 HP to each mob). The Red Dragon would stay within a 40 block radius of where you are. It will NEVER follow anyone else besides you.

High Respect Powers: At his best he would have 70 HP(35 hearts) You could ride it, and it would fly four times the sprinting speed. The dragon could fire breath and attack mobs(9 HP to each mob), but you could lead animals on the tail of the dragon. You could lead 5 animals at once on his tail. The fire breathing would have twice as big of a span as well. It will NEVER follow anyone else besides you.

Mid Respect Powers: Powers in between normal, full low, and full high would be done with percentages. 20% into the full high you can lead one animal on its tail, 40% two animals, something along those lines.

Attacking the Dragon

Whenever you hit the dragon it will slash you back, dealing 5 HP(2.5 hearts) If its obvious you are trying to kill it, it will go full battle mode, the more respect you have the more time it takes for the Dragon to get mad. Once the dragon is mad it will actively try to attack you, same goes with anything else. If it gets hoarded by a bunch of zombies, it will kill.

Drops

The Red Dragon would drop nothing, there's no nee  Maybe something like a Red Dragon egg or scales? It doesn't need drops, but it could have some.

Resurrection?(Unsure about this one)

If they take the whole resurrecting the Dragon thing, it might be an adult that you'd have to regain the respect of, or a baby dragon you could train. Kill a certain mob in front of it, that mob would be a higher priority to kill than others. Raising the Red Dragon could deal with the respect as well, the more valid you are in the Dragons coming of age determines how respected you are.

End City Loot

The Red Dragon can wear armor, but only dragon armor. Dragon armor is found very rarely in end cities, but that's the only place you can find dragon armor. There are diamond, gold, iron, and leather dragon armors. Low Respect can't have diamond dragon armor though, but bringing the Red Dragon armor at the start could make the respect you gain higher. Also, in the end cities, you have a 0.05% chance to find the dragon tracker, which is a map to the Red Dragons castle.

Benefits: Adding this dragon would completely expand the world of Minecraft. Adding more to the dragon race, a second species of dragon. Not only that, but it would the second longest grind in the game, it would so much work, but it would be so worth it. The final, final end. A reward to work towards, a use to a reward to get a better reward. The game would gain more depth to it, a bigger world(Not really, but it would feel like it) This would be a fully welcomed addition, and something you don't have to have. One plus is if you're on a server, and you've got the Red Dragon you're basically a god.

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    Hi huntmom06 -

    We know it's been a while since you've visited this post in particular, but in a discussion today, we took a look at this idea and we also have concerns about the OP nature of some of these features (for example the HP, block breaking ability, etc.) - some of these have also been noted by other community members in the thread below.

    We recommend perhaps taking a look and revisiting this post, and possibly accommodating some of these ideas to help improve its chance of success.

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    Finally! Someone who remember this idea! You have a good plan for this idea except that there would only be 3, they should make them and their structure randomly generate. However, the chance of one spawning would be extremely rare. I was thinking that they would generate the way strongholds generate. Go to the Generation section of the website below and look at how they would generate. All you would need to do is tune the numbers down a bit then it would be a legendary find.

     

    https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Stronghold

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    I totally agree with this idea.. except that the "REd Dragon" should spawn in the Nether... and we should make giant obsidian portals to let him through to our world. And I support the idea of it being tamable through the ender egg :D

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    i have wanted this for soooooooooooooooooo long. it NEEDS TO BE A THING. or at least a tameable dragon of some kind.

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    Maybe it could hatch from the egg instead and then depending on where you hatch it have different abilities?

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    I really like the Idea, and therefore upvote it, though I don’t quite like the idea of it breaking blocks. I guess I’d be ok as long as that behavior could be toggled through behavior packs, though.

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    and grow from baby to adult

     

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    YES! Except block breaking is a bit OP.

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    The drops, spawning limits, and its ability to be an overpowered mining machine is well too OP. It should have a rare spawn in the Nether with its rare structure. The size should be as big as the Ender Dragon because why not and something else. No other mob in game has the ability to breathe fire, that should be one of its abilities. It can breathe a long ranged fire blast that will do a lot of damage. Holding the Ender Dragon's Egg though for it to be tamed seems off. The Ender Dragon's Egg is a different species and so instead when the Red Dragon dies it will drop the Red Egg which can be hatched into becoming your new tamed dragon which you would have to raise in order to ride it. Also if this hopefully gets added in game I hope for it to have a sick animation and a cool new roar. One last thing though, it shouldn't have a spawn limit to where only 3 can spawn. Other players who share Minecraft world together want to have dragons too.

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    I agree with GladCamiloC94 only I think it should spawn in the nether and the overworld, in the overworld it should be neutral and in the nether it should be aggressive. It could spawn above the nether, dinnerbone said he wanted to use the area above for something and the normal nether is too crowded for a giant dragon to fly around. A red fire dragon definitely deserves to be in a red fiery dimension.

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    I love this idea but try nerfing(weakening) the dragon.

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    Lots of clever ideas! I think it should be less OP and less rare (Java edition world is 60 million blocks squared, nobody would really want to travel tens of millions of blocks to find one and return home without cheeky methods). Also, if it is tamed with the Dragon Egg, I think they should make the egg renewable (maybe it always drops the first time you kill the Ender Dragon, then like 1-2% chance of dropping from a respawned dragon).

    In response to Blast Burner's comment regarding taming, I would say thats a smarter idea. Another alternative could be changing the Dragon Egg to look like something more generic so it could associate with both mobs.

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    I really like this idea. But breaking blocks... I don't know. Actually it can break blocks like glass, leaves or something like ravager does. Mojang really needs to add the dragons to the game.

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    Tameable dragons...they could just be a little companion that follows you around for all I care, I'd do almost anything for my own personal pet dragon.

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    I Agree, just make it a bit less Over Powered, and more rare.

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    This Idea of it being a non respawnable Boss with only 3 per world is kind of stupid no offense. I dislike the idea of non-respawn able mobs. Here is my opinion on how they should wok...

    -They are neutral mobs with 150 health instead of being boss mobs

    -They are 3/4 the size of the Ender dragon

    -they cannot destroy blocks

    -they shoot fireballs

    -They spawn in a Biome called "dragon mountains", this biome is even rarer than the modified jungle edge

    -They are tamable, but only with Diamonds, Gold ingots, and Emeralds

    -They can be bred and fed with Phantom membrane

    -They can be ridden, but only with the dragon saddle, this item can only be found in End Cities

    -They would drop red dragon scales, this item can be used to craft Red dragon Scale armor, this armor would give fire protection to whoever wears it, just like the Turtle Shell. it would have the same durability as iron and would provide the same protection as leather

    -when bred, instead of producing a live Baby red dragon, it produces a red dragon egg which can be hatched by surrounding it with torches

    -They are hostile towards phantoms

    ok bye

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    it would be an awesome and super cool addition to the game but there should be a gamerule to disable the dragon as its going to be horrible in multiplayer servers and you will also need a way to heal the dragon other than instand healing (maybe chorcus fruit at a rate of 3 hp per piece)

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    I think its a little too OP, block breaking can be bad, for your builds, and the HP, I think about 250, at most.

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    Wow this idea is nice but the thing about being tamed with the dragon egg and there being 3 in the world is nonsense think about it there is 1 dragon egg per world once the dragon is defeated even if you use end crystals to respawn it when killed it wont give you another dragon egg making the other 3 dragons useless why is this a problem? Its not on single player but if you were to join a multiplayer survival world then the first person to kill the ender dragon on the server would get! Even if you kept the dragon egg that player would still get it so yeah.....there are a few flaws in this

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    While I desperately want Mojang to add a Red Dragon into Minecraft, I don't think this is the way to do it. This seems more like a mob from a mod rather than an actual mob from the game. It's complicated, it's OP, and it just doesn't feel like it would fit into the game.

    Here are my thoughts on how the Red Dragon should be implemented, these are how I think that Mojang would implement it into the game. First off, I agree that the model of the red dragon should be 3/4ths the size that of the Ender Dragon, and that it should be rare, but that's where I stop agreeing. I think that the Red Dragon should also have a structure to go along with it, but what I'm thinking of is that it should be a volcano. I will detail the rest of my suggestion in other comments due to the "charecter" limit.

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    The Actual Dragon

    The Red Dragon itself would probably generate in one of the volcanoes or in a large cave in the biome. Wherever it decides to lair, it should have a pile of treasure consisting of gold and emerald blocks. There could even be some chests containing some valuable loot, such as enchanted swords, enchantment books, and maybe some new items such as scales. The Red Dragon would be a fearsome opponent, maybe not a boss, but can pose enough of a challenge to keep you from taking the hoard right away. It would even attack passive mobs such as villagers, sheep, and cows. The Red Dragon would have attacks similar to that of the Ender Dragon, such as a fiery breath attack, a diving attack, and shooting a fire charge. They would all deal less damage than the ender dragon, but (aside from the dive) would set you on fire. The breath attack could have way more range than the Ender Dragon's to keep it from being just a worse version of the Ender Dragon. The Red Dragon upon death, would drop red scales, dragon's breath vials, random metal weapons from fallen adventurers, and maybe even some bones from said adventurers.

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    If the Red Dragon is added as a type of new boss

    it should roam the Overworld flying very high in the sky, the only way to get it's attention is to hit it with a sword. After you do this, it would initiate the boss fight, giving the dragon a health bar and it would start attacking you with Fire Breath and other sorts of attacks.

    This dragon would avoid damaging the surrounding land until you get it to half health, where it starts to get more ferocious. In it's second stage it will do more damage to the player and have new attacks.

    If you manage to beat the dragon then it will dragon a Red Dragon Egg symbolizing that you beat it, and some XP along with 1-3 Red Dragon Scales.

    These scales could be used to craft a Dragon Shield which will have a more important look compared to the current shield (like link's Hylian Shield) It will have more durability than the current shield but cannot be enchanted. It could however allow the player to use a "Shield Bash" type of attack that would deal damage to mobs. 

    This mob should only start spawning after we defeat the Ender Dragon or Wither. It should also have a very rare chance of spawning (0.01%-0.005%)

     

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    I would suggest this to be a mini boss and can be found naturally in the minecraft world but very rare

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    This is a great idea! One change I would like is that maybe it spawns in the Nether, like how the Ender Dragon is in The End. Maybe, it could be called the Nether Dragon or something. Taming seems a little much though. I think it should be more similar to the Ender Dragon and not be able to be tamed and you have to kill it.

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    I think the Red Dragon shouldn’t drop an egg. But I like the idea with the saddle. Maybe just use a regular saddle though. The Red Dragon shouldn’t attack or be attacked by nether mobs.

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    I love the idea! Everyone's been talking about the Red Dragon since it was announced. It does seem a bit overpowered though. Perhaps if it was slightly less powerful and simply hard to find, it wouldn't be OP. Love the idea! Please add!         
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    I like this idea but it could be better. I think block breaking is too OP and it’s health should be a bit lower. I think the structure should be more simplified but you should have to tame with rare ores, gold diamond etc. I also disagree with only 3 spawning I think they should just naturally generate. I’d also prefer if the dragon could be hatched and raised from a hatchling to an adult to give you the experience of raising it :)

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    More ideas -

    When you killed red dragon, It will dropped a Red Dragon egg. You can hatch it and tame it. The baby red dragon will drop dragon scale over time , and you can use it to upgrade diamond gears to dragonite gear. Dragonite armor makes you run faster and jump higher,and Dragonite sword and axe has less cooldown. Red Dragon spawns in a new biome called Abandoned land, It will live in a abandoned castle, There will be loot chest in abandoned castle and monsters. When you reach the Dragon's nest, Red Dragon will wake up and starts to attack you.

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    Hey! I just completely recreated this post, now its more balanced than ever! Can't wait to see what y'all think of the changes! Thanks for all the support by the way, I appreciate it so much!

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    I think this idea is almost PERFECT. I mean, other than the block breaking. I think this because it’s like this dragon (unlike the ender dragon) has some sort of intelligence! Like you have to be WORTHY in order to have this dragon. I. LOVE. IT.