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grappling rope

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Crafted with two string and an iron pickaxe it would have twenty uses and only goes up sixteen blocks each use with a cooldown of two seconds

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    I love it.  It serves a similar function to ender pearls, but is less powerful because of the distance limit.  It would be great for caving or building when you just have to get up a few blocks.

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    This is awesome. This would be easier to get than ender pearls AND wouldn't do damage! This would be a good addition 

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    I would say that since the crossbow is out the normal bow will loose popularity. Which is why I believe they should make the grappling hook with a bow, lead and an arrow. 

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    Ive wanted a grapling hook in minecraft forever. It futs the theme! Voted

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    It needs more uses. Maybe 200 or 300.

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    We need this 

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    I love this idea! However, I think there should be more uses, because it's kind of expensive.

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    After you’ve thrown it would you be teleported there or would it function as a ladder? I’d prefer it as a quickly placed ladder, it’s more realistic

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    Some kind of grappling hook would really be awesome and usefull 
    I'm here after the new snapshot (20w15a) and with the new nether biome introduced it would help so much to have such an item.. The new biome looks really amazing but since there are a lot of cliffs it would be awesome to have an other way to travel through around..
    I know you can use blocks and everything to just have a permanent way but this would seriously just destroy the amazing look of this biome with random bridges going everywhere..
    Voted for this idea because now Mojang really needs to bring a grappling rope/grappling hook into the game it would make the experience much much better in the new biome!

    Imo the grappling hook shouldn't create a permanent rope to travel it should rather pull you to your destination

    I can totally understand why Mojang didn't put a grappling hook in the game yet because now when I really think about it it's a really complicated and hard item to make (if you want it to work very good and fluent) 

    Anyways thanks to everyone who red this 'till the end I wish y'all a very nice day and I hope this idea gets included in the game somehow

    -Smijo

    (sorry for if some phrases aren't correct english is my second language please don't judge me)

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    This. We should be able to climb it like a ladder and maybe even swing across gaps with it. Comes with its own fair amount of risk in use too, so it would be game-breaking.

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    Yeah! The animation should be similar to throwing a trident, but it should look like a fishing rod...Enchantment: Grip (Max level 3) add 10 block for every level you add! I think it should not hang on to semi-solid or translucent blocks.. imo

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    This would be spectacular, especially with the new Nether and mountain updates, it would make exploring the three dimensional terrain of the nether and the improved mountains easier and much more interesting than just building staircases all day long

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    How about a fish pole and pick axe, same amount of durability as elytra

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    Maybe more than 20 uses. Maybe 50?

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    I've got an idea for this related to the Nether update.

    I'm thinking that, as a new form of transportation, there could be a Netherite grappling hook.

    It would be made out of Netherite ingots and weeping vines.

    When thrown from the hand it could act as sort of a reverse lead, possibly allowing the player to tie it off and climb it. (right right clicking would pull it back to you)

    Its real strength, however, would be from using it with a Crossbow. When loaded into a Crossbow, you'd be able to fire it far and quickly, and right clicking would pull the player towards the block it connected with.

    With the crossbow you'd also be able to quickly pull certain mobs, and maybe items, towards you as well.

    I do not think something like this would be OP because for one thing, I see no way it'd be better than flying, and it wouldn't negate fall damage or anything like that, so it'd still be dangerous. (especially in the Nether, where I'm imagining it could be very useful)

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    I like this idea a lot, but I feel string does not cut it. We now have chains but that is too heavy of a line. The idea of rope has circulated, but until that comes about I think the best bet would be using leads (tangent: 1 rope could be made from 1 center lead & 2 string, like the chain). Here's the rest of my two cents:

     

    Grappling Hook (GH) - 1 Pickaxe (any type, upper left of crafting grid) + 4 leads (top center & right side of grid)

    - A tool mainly used for climbing vertical cliffsides, swinging off a ledge, or catching yourself mid fall

    -Will attach to surface or individual up to max mining distance

    -When making contact, the distance of the line in between is set (if you hook a brick 3 blocks away, you have 3 blocks' worth of slack on the line)

    -If you hit an individual, it acts like an attack dealing the damage of the pickaxe and the results follow (btw enchants on pickaxe wiped upon creation of GH)

    - Upon attaching to a surface, you can hold the 'use' button to climb the rope. Upon attaching to a mob, tapping will pull them towards you (get over here!!!!)

    - While hanging, you can rock yourself left and right up to 45 degrees of the GH. Selecting mine will disconnect GH.

    - Durability is based off of the pickaxe. You have to account for the initial 'hit' of the pickaxe colliding, the pulling of a mob, but most of all catching a fall. Depending on the material of the pickaxe, ideally it should be able to catch you 3 / 6 / 12 / 9 / 18 / 25 times before breaking.

     

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    This is a great idea my friend but I feel like it needs an upgrade. Why not make it like crossbow attached to the players wrist and they can shoot from there?

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    Hook should have a spring and rope mechanics like if you jump with low speed and one block away the hook will act as a spring and pull you up like a spring and as a rope if you run it will hold you on the air for seconds so you could reach another point with a little springy jump

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    brilliant for them enhanced biomes, it would be particularly be beneficial if it has a revers function to, especially to scale down ravines, you have my vote. 

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    Mountains are being updated how about the way we climb the mountains. It would make sense to have grappling hooks in Minecraft. Not only would it be easier to climb mountains, but it would be easier to build tall structures in survival with out having to switch from survival to creative every time. To have a grappling hook in Minecraft would be amazing! I would feel like batman LOL! 

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    What if you make rope from three-string and some honey?
    Then, with the rope, you can make grappling hooks or maybe attach the rope to a bow/crossbow for long-distance effect!
    It would be a useful crafting component too!

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    This should definitely happen but I prefer if it has 100 uses or more instead of 20.

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    This would go good with that new mountain update.

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    If you were to exchange the strings for a lead, this might be a less OP item, giving the player a slightly more difficult time to construct sed item and i would imagine it would function like throwing a trident, then you simply hold jump to climb towards the pick or hold shift to lower yourself down a casm. 

    Edit: as described by: Aethalia66 , the recipe should be an iron/diamond pickaxe, 1 lead and 2 tripwire hooks to seem more realistic. 

    It should also should be able to be repaired by string. 

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    Yes the grappling hook would a very useful and needed feature/item in the 1.17 mountain update to climb up those huge mountains. And I dont see why not.

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    Something similar that was discussed in the comments that I think would be a better alternative would be the addition of grappling hooks. Imagine the possibilities for building, mining or just plain adventuring. Even better if we could dual wield grappling hooks and feel like spiderman or the scouts from Attack on Titan just hooking around. I love the elytra but this sounds like a way more fun way to travel and potentially more useful for tall but smaller sized areas. I feel that they should have an expensive recipe and be an end-game. Don't know if I should make a new suggestion or just keep it as a comment.

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    Nice idea! I up-voted!

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    I love it if it was in game it would be so cool

     

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    You can swing and use it to pull items and entities.

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    This is a pretty great idea, but why does it need a cool-down? Also, instead of the weird sixteen block rule, what if it were to act similarly to the fishing rod, but has a stronger throw upwards as well as to the side? I get that without a cool-down it will be kinda powerful, but it won't add much to combat and mainly focuses on traveling around. The crafting recipe could also be a fishing rod with two pickaxes and the stronger the picks, the more uses the grappling hook has. Wood=5, Stone=10, Iron=15 or 20, Gold will be glimmering and look really nice, but only go 10, and Diamond=30.