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Rideable Polar Bears

Polar bears are one of the most useless mobs in the game . How about making polar bears tameable and rideable. They could be tamed with raw salmon and could be ridden. They would be much slower than horses but would have a lot more health and instead of a jump feature pressing the jump button would cause the polar bear to use it's attack animation dealing damage to anything close to it. Adding this feature would add a use for polar bears and also allow for a combat mount

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    Clever idea, I’m all for it

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    I move for a total revamp of the Polar Bear

    I tried to make a separate post about this but I guess it was to closely related to this one so I will add it here I think rideable Polar bears is a great Idea but I think they need a lot more.

     

     

    The Polar Bear is a a great looking mob. And I cant help but have a moment of excitement when run into one. That is until I remember how fairly useless it is and like I said it makes me quite sad. So here is my attempt to do something about it.

     

    Mount

     

    Make the the bear a a mountable mob! Yea that's right what could be a cooler use for this mob than a new mount. If I am not mistaken Mincraft has not gotten a new mount since horses. The bear should be slightly faster than a pig but slower and fewer HP than a horse. It can't jump more than 1 block but can step over 2 blocks.The unique ability of this mount is that it has a powerful melee attack and a huge game changer for up close melee combat.

     

    Weapons while mounted -

    As the polar bear has such a lumbering gate it would likely be impossible to effectively fire a bow or swing a sword while mounted on a bear and in motion.

     

    Domesticating-

    Taming a polar bear should not be easy they are not know for having the best temperament. This could be accomplished not by changing the polar bear to a hostile mob outright but when you are holding a raw salmon in your hand and you are within x amount of blocks of the mob it becomes hostel. (and peaceful again when you are not holding raw salmon that is unless you already hit it.) this would keep balance to the game for players that are not looking to tame these mobs. Getting clawed by one of these giants should be quite devastating toy your health bar. So the fact that you would need to expend a large amount of salmon to convince this beast that you are trust worthy would be quite difficult. Befriending such an animal would be quite an accomplishment and a distinct advantage in combat.

     

    Mounting-

    As if domesticating a polar bear wasn't difficult enough. You cant just hop on a polar bear and head off to inflict damage Mounting a bear requires equipping it with a bear saddle.

     

    Bear Saddle-

    The Bear Saddle is a craft able item that a player will need to make. This Item should be crafted by adding on to a horse saddle with another materials like additional leather and Iron. This would require that the player do some exploring and presumably engaging in combat before obtaining the polar bear mount.

     

    A possible Bear Saddle recipe

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    Drops-

    Personally I am of the opinion that all mobs should drop useful items. So lets address some possible useful items that a polar bear could drop

     

    Bear Hide -

    a.) Bear hide can be tanned just like cow hide and made into leather IRL. So why not in Mincraft too throw it in a furnace get a few leather.

    b.) Use the Fletcher station block to turn a bear hide into a bed roll. Bed Rolls can be used to sleep and skip the night without changing you spawn away from your bed. This is especially useful now that phantoms are something that we need to contend with now.

     

    Bear Meat- It doesn't make any sense that an animal this size wouldn't be able to provide a substantial amount of food for a person. Raw and cooked bear meat should provide less than a raw or cooked steak respectively as it is not the most tasty and satisfying meat. But a bear s hould drop 3-5 pieces at least as the Polar Bear Is a large animal.

     

    Bear Meat Stew-Raw Bear Meat, a Bowl, a Bottle of Water and, a Carrot in a crafting bench would make Bear Meat stew leaving an empty glass bottle in the bench this would provide the same hunger replenishment as a cooked steak and a carrot with improved saturation and provide the strength buff for a short time.

     

    Bear's Head- Its a helmet same stats as iron but can be enchanted with a new enchantments that can only be put on this item.

    a.) Predator's Instinct- When in use causes double XP to drop from mobs and players that you kill.

    b.) Fight or Flight- When in use XP converts into health. If you drop to 3 or less hearts you get a speed bonus

     

    Bear Claw Boots- Just like leather boots in stats but allows you so climb flat wooden black faces useful for harvesting trees or climbing wooden structures, climb a fort wall, or take a tactical sniper position on a roof. Can be used to climb non wooden surfaces but the boots take heavy damage when you do.

     

    Bear Armor- It's found in igloos obviously. It could be in the furnace. its hard to find but is extremely valuable because bears have lower HP and are slow. Your bear mount is is going to need armor if you intend to ride into any serious combat. Bear armor can be enchanted with most of the standard armor enchantments.

     

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    Love the idea

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    I agree. However, I think untamed polar bear should be hostile.

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    I agree, and they need more maybe you could ride them really fast on water like how they swim faster then the run on land. They should also be like I wolf in some ways like sitting and standing and following but other wise great idea.

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    I think it should go fast on ice and snow

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    They should also be faster on water than land, as polar bears are in real life. It would also be cool if you could charge up the attack like you do with your jump on horses but when charging you get slowed to balance it! Maybe, but just maybe you could ride 2 people on the polar bears.

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    Would love for this idea to come true

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    I agree that we should be able to ride polar bears, but I don't think they should be able to be tamed. I think the polar bears should be closer related to how pigs work. You would need a saddle to ride them, and they should be controlled with a fish on a stick. Maybe they could have a unique feature like attacking instead of jumping, and this would make up for having to hold the fish on a stick and not being able to use a weapon. They should still attack you if you attack them, or if there is a baby polar bear around, and they would kick you off if you tried to ride them while they are aggravated similar to how a horse kicks you off if you don't successfully tame it. This would make it so polar bears have a unique use that is not too overpowered, and it stays true to how the game currently is, and still warns people to stay away from angry polar bears in the real world.

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    I think of the Golden Compass