We’re ready for our new feedback idea thread! This time we want to talk about ore, and the different, specific things we can do with ores that already are in Minecraft.
Show us your recipes!
Show us your original ideas using ores that already exist!
ORE YOU READY FOR THIS?
Here is an example of an idea we want to see:
“You should be able to combine gold nuggets with melon slices, and make a Glistering Melon Slice! Then you can make a potion from it that does XYZ”
That's such a great idea, so great it's already in the game. Oops.
Don’t copy stuff that’s just in the game already, or coming up, that’s super boring. We know you are more original than us.
This is a good idea because it uses things that are already in game to add something new and interesting to the game to make them even mORE useful, and that's what we like to see.
Here are some examples of ideas we don’t need to see in this thread:
- “You should add copper, zinc, steel, rubies, sapphires, space, and nether ore.” (that’s a list and doesn’t help us)
- “you should add emerald armor, weapons, and tools” (been there, seen it, there’s thread for that - original ideas only!)
- “add penguins” (it is an off topic post)
- new ore (remember we're talking about ore that exists)
- links to mods (it's good, we know they're out there)
- links to threads and videos discussing this (let's keep talk in this thread)
- big cave update, nether, or other mechanics ideas (obviously there are threads for those)
Off topic posts will be removed. Thanks! Let’s dig deep and find those creative ideas.
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Thanks everyone for your great input - it's April 1, so we're closing this thread up and passing this information and all these great ideas on to our team. (AKA no need to repost, you'll get seen!) :)
If this is supposed to be towards all minerals in general, and not JUST Ores, then I have a few ideas.
1. Make Gold and Iron ingots placeable, as this would be great decoration for a loot vault or something similar.
They could work like the turtle eggs, and what I mean by that is when you place the ingot you only start with one ingot in a 1x1 block space, and you can add more ingots to the 1x1 block space, until around 4-5 blocks are stacked. (Like in this image) This could extend to emeralds and diamonds to some degree also, but I image it would be much harder.
2.Give Emeralds more use or make them easier to find. I am not saying to add emerald armor/tools, but I just want emeralds to have more uses than trading. Emeralds are more rare than diamonds (I'm pretty sure, at least) but only are used to trade with villagers and as beacon fuel. Ideas I have personally are for emeralds are:
A light amplifier: Placing an emerald block under/near a light source could double its light value or something like that.
A new debuff potion: Potion of FAST falling, just a simple idea that could be lots of fun in PvP.
There is tons of other things you can do with emeralds, these are just some ideas I had.3. New building blocks using minerals. I know TONS of really good looking stairs and slabs are getting added in 1.14, but I have a few more ideas. Basically stairs (and maybe slabs) made out of Gold, Diamond, Lapis, Emerald, and Obsidian. Obsidian is personally one of my FAVORITE blocks to build with as it is my favorite color (Purple) and is hard to destroy. With the blast furnace being added though, I have a cool idea for a new block that I would absolutely ADORE. Smooth Obsidian would be only mineable with a diamond pickaxe like Obsidian, although much faster. I think they would look like regular obsidian but smoothed out, and with a lighted purple hue. For reference, I think they would look similar to the granite blocks from Terraria, but with a dark purple hue. I imagine these blocks would be created by placing regular obsidian inside of a blast furnace, and using Lava as the fuel, would create smooth obsidian blocks.
(Image of Granite Blocks from Terraria for reference)
)As I listed out new uses for the existing ores, I found that a number of them had already been suggested. So I have included links to those suggestions in order to bring these ideas together.
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Chains – created from 6 iron nuggets
These would allow lanterns to hang lower, create draw bridges, and many other decorations. Maybe the chains could be used to finally craft chain mail armor. -
Iron chests – Created from 8 iron ingots
These would open when receiving a redstone signal. Once opened the contents could be accessed by the player. A great addition to puzzle maps
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Hammer – Created from 5 iron or gold ingots, or diamonds and 2 sticks
Hammers would allow a player to change stone block into a gravel block which would then be affected by gravity. It has also been suggested that they could be used as a weapon, and could be part of an anvil update.
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Quartz pressure plate – Created from 2 quartz crystals and 1 red stone
Other than being a white pressure plate, this pressure plate would have a unique quality. When placing a second, third, fouth, etc. side by side the pressure plates would ‘merge’ into one solid pressure plate. This would give the player the ability to make custom sized and shaped pressure plates. This would also be a great decoration allowing players to create solid white surfaces across multiple blocks similar looking to carpet yet with a smooth quartz texture.
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Reinforced shields – Shields are a little OP in their current state. A primarily wooden shield is able to deflect the blast of a charged Creeper at close range with little effect to the player. I propose that the basic wooden shield be ‘weakened’. It would still provide some defense to the player and then add the ability to reinforce the wooden shield with various ores. The ore that was used to reinforce the shield would grant it a unique property. Banners should still be able to be applied to reinforced shields. When a banner is applied the border of the shield would show the color of the chosen reinforcing ore.
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Iron reinforced shield – Created by surround a shield with iron ingots. This would have the blocking ability to the way shields currently are. Although it makes them more expensive. This would make the strength of the shield more understandable.
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Diamond reinforced shield – Created by surround a shield with diamonds. In addition to making the shield stronger with would give the shield the power to deflect the projectiles back at the attacker.
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Gold reinforced shield – Created by surround a shield with gold ingots. Would give the shield more durability.
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Quartz reinforced shield – Created by surround a shield with quartz crystals. A melee attacker would be set on fire when coming in contact with this shield.
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Iron reinforced shield – Created by surround a shield with iron ingots. This would have the blocking ability to the way shields currently are. Although it makes them more expensive. This would make the strength of the shield more understandable.
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