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Collapsing Caves/Mineshafts

I would love to see some parts of mineshafts or caves start to collapse? So say if you hit gravel or a ore you start to see dust drop and then the mine starts to cave in and you have to escape? This makes Survival mode more survival and have it where Mobs come towards the mine that just collapsed because they heard the noise and try to attack you!

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    Yeah! Gravel should generate in cave ceilings more frequently.

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    I find gravel generates in the ceilings a lot, but I don't know if that's a difference between Java and Bedrock world generation (I play Bedrock).  I don't think there should be a new collapse mechanic, and I don't think gravel should be even more common in Bedrock.

    Remember that doing things underground is more than just caving and mining.  Some people build their bases underground, and that would be very much disrupted by a random "cave-in" mechanic.

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    @ClayGoddessSari It seems like gravel does generate in the cave ceilings much more often in Bedrock Edition. I couldn't find anything about it being intentional, but it should also be in Java Edition.

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    I think you need to change mineshafts. You need to make them look more technolical and add a new kind of villager working at Mineshafts!

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    Or randomised areas of 'cracked stone' which becomes a gravity block when it touches a player.

    It would be broken slightly quicker than stone, and would have a chance of dropping as an item when it hits the cave floor.

    Only picked up using silk touch.

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    Imagine if you mine too much on cave , it starts to crumble by particles fall upon you and ceiling starts to fall down. Mojang hear this

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    I kind of agree, but not quite... Whilst the general idea is cool, the way you put it is just... Yeah, a few points make it non-minecraft-ish (I understand updates are made to change the game, but we can't ruin some people experiences), but the idea of a collapsing cave is interesting.

    Perhaps the "vibratons" would be able to disturb both gravel/sand piles and snow in mountains? It would make caving harder, even more if it brought something of value that can only be obtained by exploring the collapsing caves... Gravel could generate arroound them, making it harder to use any other strategy other than good ol' caving (If it was a bolck it oblygatorilly would generate facing "air"). Imagine the tension you would go trought if you were caving looking for that something, trying not to disturb the mortal trap above your head...

    TL;DR: good idea, though I think there are better ways of executing it.

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    Rather than having mines that the player digs collapsing, which I think would ruin the game for many players for a number of reasons, I’d rather it be that naturally occurring caves have certain blocks that when mined would trigger a collapse. I’d like it if when a support block (unrecognizable from other blocks?) were mined, some ominous sound effects of collapse would trigger and it would cause several other blocks to fall (dropping items or not—perhaps, flint?). After mining several of these hidden “support” blocks, the cave (or portion thereof) would collapse.