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Nether Biome: The Soul Wastes! A fungal, haunted wastland! (Includes TONS of Content, Textures and Models)

INTRODUCTION: (Skip this part if you wanna get to the meat...)
In the current state of the Nether, we will find ourselves in an enclosed space filled with red rock.
If you have seen one part of the Nether, you've seen it all, unfortunately.  I am here to proclaim that this shouldn't be the case for the Nether and that the Nether should head in a new direction filled with various biomes and mobs and ADVENTURE!

Everything that I am about to show to you in this HUGE "suggestion" are simply for inspirational purposes.
I am not creating this post with the hopes of this being implemented in the game (Though that would be sweet.)  This is simply to give the Developers inspiration to push the Nether into some sort of direction.
Not necessarily this direction. (though I wouldn't mind if it went this direction)  But at least Some direction...
With that out of the way, Now Presenting (In Wikipedia Fashion):

The Soul Wastes Biome: 
The Following links will take you to Pictures and Detail about the subject

The Biome:
The Soul Wastes Biome

New Blocks:
-Spoul Shroom Blocks
-Soul Sandstone 
-Soul Glass 
-Possessed Soul Sand
-Cursed Chests 

New Mobs:
-Spoul Ghouls
-Lost Souls 
-The Ripper 

Items:
-Spoul Fruit
-Soul Paste
-Potions of Phasing
-Ripper Claw
-Bottled Souls 

Gear:
-The Soul Scythe 
-Amulet of Preservation 

Structures:
-Catacombs, Mausoleums, and Shrines
-Buried Remains 
-Soul Sandstone Formations 

Game-play Mechanics:
-Spirit Mechanics

Conclusion:
So that's it!  Yup, that's a lot to cover and read through!  I hope you found it worth it though, I tried to make each and every inclusion in this suggestion feel exciting a new.  This is what I want from the Nether... for it to feel exciting and new again.  Dimensions in Minecraft should no longer be single glorified Biomes, but rather a collection of biomes, like the Overworld. It is an entire Dimension after all, it should feel like one.

So as I said.  I am not suggesting that the Nether gets pushed in this direction, specifically.  I am suggesting that the Nether Does get pushed in a direction.  I am hoping what I created here will provide the Mojang team with some inspiration to do so! 

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    Brilliant textures and a unique method of tying together Mushrooms and Spirits! Adds a lot of fun gameplay while it still being Minecrafty.

    And anyone who says it's not Minecrafty, I will fight you. With respectful debate.

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    This is genius

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    I'm sure it could be fine tuned a little bit but I love the idea of being interested in exploring the nether again

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    Mojang, hire this peep. This exactly the kinda Nether content we need, and could be a whole update in itself (+ Maybe a handful of other Nether biomes, like a mushroom forest or fireland, etc)

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    This is the kind of stuff we NEED for Minecraft. Creative, beautiful, everything about this is brilliant.

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    The trees that you showed in the pick should be petrified trees. You would harvest them with a pickaxe and they would be fire proof along with the tools and blocks crafted from them. So you could make a boat that floats on lava but sinks in water.

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    Ok this is epic

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    I love this, except for two things:

    1.  What is a "4-hit combo"?

    2.  What happens if you die while wearing an amulet of preservation and holding a totem of undying?

    Those are minor points, though, and I love this idea.  Voted.

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    Finally, a reason to go to the Nether!  I find the whole place kinda scary and boring since there hasn't been anything new in there since it was added.

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    Love it! I think that the nether could really use a wide variety of biomes! That would make it a lot more scary: not knowing what to expect around every corner.

    On the other hand, I spend at least half my time in game in the nether because of the resources and adventure it provides.

    Overall I think the most ideal nether would be just like it is now, but with small areas (still hundreds or thousands of blocks) with a unique biome, a few unique structures, and possibly an RPG element (like a note in a ruin from a terrified explorer who left his chest his chest with his favorite pick, or any loot, in the nearest nether fortresses, but was too afraid to go back for it. In some cases a loot chest could actually be generated in the nearest nether fortress, and in others it could be a trap set by a new boss mob, and a boss battle could commence once an empty chest is opened. The boss could be a "king" version of an existing mob or a 'Nethromancer' etc). The ruins/ biome patch could also be guarded by unique mobs. 

    This would provide some much-needed variety, but not drastically alter the nether and be mostly avoidable for players who want to avoid danger.

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    if ANYONE doesnt agree imma kick them out! Wonderful idea!

    This would definitely add excitement in the game AT LAST!!!!

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    I love the passion you have for this idea, the way you included concepts and everything. Amazing artwork, definitely deserving, then Nether has been pretty bland since beta, with only small additions every couple of updates.

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    You should make the nether chest a separate entry to make sure that Mojang doesn't ignore it.

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    Genius, the soul mechanics in pvp sounds like a fricking blast to use.

    like the strats and meta of pvp would be changed forever in the wackiest way and i love it to bits.

    I'd just scramble their inventory around lol

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    I'm sorry, but you are saying Mojang doesn't need to add this? This has an amazing amount of content in a single biome. This provides another reason to enter and truly explore the nether. Well thought out and interconnected, giving all sorts of content to other features as well, including combat

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    AWESOME IDEA unfortunately mojang might not add because of mechanics like turning into a ghost all the biomes all mobs OP armor easy to get and I just think mojang wouldn’t want that but I love ❤️ it.

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    AWESOME IDEA unfortunately mojang might not add because of mechanics like turning into a ghost all the biomes all mobs OP armor easy to get and I just think mojang wouldn’t want that but I love ❤️ it.

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    This is honestly the best idea I've seen in ages! Great work on all of this.

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    A bit to religious if you know what i mean. May be offensive to religious people.

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    Seems a bit to dark for minecraft

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    While I do think some of the mobs (notable the ripper) are a bit to insane/creepy for a kid's game, this is the update that the nether needs. If I were to rework the mobs, I'd have them be new variations of old mobs (the ripper could be a Grimm reaper like skellington for instance)

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    Dang, thats just amazing! your definetly gonna get a vote from me, i hope mojang adds this in the 1.15 update!

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    This is a great idea! I believe nether biomes would add a great deal of variety to the nether, and make it an extremely cool place to build a base or live

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    Keeps an amazing idea vanilla, i love it. i hope the devs see this

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    HIRE THAT PERSON MOJANG, that idea will revolutionize the nether, add it asap

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    I really like everything but the ripper and the soul combat. That part is a bit much and will put a lot of unnecessary work on the devs shoulders. The bottled souls are cool and the soul mobs but having the soul combat ruins it for me. But overall great ideas and textures

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    Can you make this into a mod and send it to me? I would like this in my modpack :)

     

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    I love the idea of make the nether more of a helscape and more of in 'Underworld' than just lava firey depths

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    Its wonderful upgrate!

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    Very detailed and worked out. Full support!