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A Fossil Revamp (Fossil Saving) / Ancient Beast Boss

Currently Fossils in Minecraft are nothing but super-rare aesthetic structures found underground with no purpose. This should totally be changed.

First thing’s first: Fossils should not be rare. They should be more common (not too common).

Secondly, Fossils need a purpose other than aesthetic. This can either be, A. to contain some kind of new underground ore/block, such as a Fossil ore that contains bones, or coal, or even more rarely, some kind of rare new item; 2. a way to “clone” or recreate a new boss a la the Wither.

And that is what this second part of this topic is all about. “The Prehistoric Beast”, though the name is up for debate.

The first thing that must change is the Fossils’ structure. The game must recognize what its layout is specifically when it generates, and will “save it” when the player nears/discovers the Fossil. The game will “remember” what the Fossil’s shape and structure is, and will require that exact structure to be rebuilt in that exact shape in order for the Ancient Beast to spawn. Think of it like building a golem or the Wither, but you must first discover a fossil, excavate it to see its shape, and then rebuild it above ground or wherever you are going to fight it.

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• August 10, 2019 04:39
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  • August 10, 2019 04:47
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  (continued) Now, coal naturally replaces some parts of the bone blocks in the fossil. When the player is rebuilding the fossil, in order for it to spawn, they need to replace those coal blocks with bone blocks, either ones the player has crafted, or ones found naturally. *The entire structure/fossil needs to be made of Bone Blocks in order for it to spawn the Ancient Beast*.

  When that is done, the Ancient Beast will spawn. (Or right click the completed fossil with a Totem of Undying?) The Ancient Beast is a massive mob resembling the fossil. There will be different varieties of Ancient Beast. and different skins, for each one.

  As fossils are made of 8 total different set structures (4 skulls and 4 ribcages), there will have to be 16 varieties of Ancient Beast in the game, one for each fossil combination. There can be great creative liberties taken with their designs, and some can be based off of dinosaur-like creatures, or some can be based off of ice age mammals, it’s up to the developers to create these monsters.

  However, they should keep the same AI for simplicity sake. They will all have a single rare item drop, along with some bone blocks.

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  • August 14, 2019 21:01
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  This idea sounds amazing, it would add a ton to the game. I have a few suggestions and tweaks I might add to the idea though.
  1) To make it easier on the developers, we could decrease the amount of possible configurations of the beast. Possibly even just one. As much as I love the idea of multiple different beasts, it’s a bit too much to ask for.
  2) instead of cloning the boss, what if you just had to tap it with a totem of undying? When so has happened, there would be a gigantic explosion, which would clear out a “battlefield” underground.
  3) Once the boss has been slain, it should drop a rare item that doesn’t necessarily have to be useful but could be. The best object I could come up with was a scale. The scale could be used as a shield which had infinite durability.
  Any other ideas for a drop would be cool as well!