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Difficulty BEYOND Hard Mode (Master Mode)

Welcome to Master Mode, a difficulty that continues to challenge the strong and willing and utterly crushes everyone else, as the learning curve is spiked exponentially. All currently existing mobs will see a 100% increase in their damage output. In addition, rare loot drops from mobs will also increase by 5 percent in their frequency. For instance, Drowned will now deal 8 points of melee damage and 24 points of trident damage, but will also have a 1 in 5 chance of dropping their trident. Players choosing to undertake this difficulty must constantly pick and choose their battles carefully, even with their fully enchanted arsenal. They must be smart and strategic with their approach, avoiding the conventional charge of reckless abandon in favor of keeping a shield on hand, ranged combat, or even building traps for stronger mobs to fall for (could play very well into the upcoming combat update). The greater frequency of rare drops will act as incentive for players to take such risks, and they will reap bigger rewards for being successful. Other ideas to increase difficulty on existing mobs:

-Skeletons now have a 15% chance of firing a certain type of Lingering Arrow at their targets
-Spiders now have a 15% chance of giving a player an adverse potion effect upon successfully hitting them (blindness, nausea, slowness, etc.)
-Pillager parties now spawn in greater numbers, with the chance of their party being lead by a Vindicator or Evoker

Peter Conigliaro shared this idea.

• January 16, 2020 18:10
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  • January 17, 2020 02:44
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  What about enemies can heal if left alone, this also leaves open the idea of a health bar for any type of mob.

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  • January 17, 2020 03:47
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  That would be pretty neat, too. It would certainly add a factor for players to consider before engaging a group of mobs on top of everything else, and force players to think and act quickly about how they engage them.

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  • January 17, 2020 03:59
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  A few additions to the idea (couldn't fit it all in one place due to the character limit)
  
  -Give all potion effects in the game's code a craftable potion. Potions of Absorption and Health Boost, for instance, don't need to have a simple crafting recipe by any means, but implementing their effects would be crucial given how much damage you could take with just a single attack. Splash Potions of Blindness could be used to shorten a mobs line of sight by half or even temporarily disable their pathfinder. More on this in another suggestion.
  
  -Add mini-boss mobs and boss mobs that only spawn in Master level difficulty. These can be mobs that spawn exclusively in generated structures such as dungeons and stronghold, or even in the middle of the Overworld in broad daylight. Their inclusion could introduce new mob drops, materials, weapons, tools, and armor that can only be acquired at this difficulty. More specific ideas in future suggestions.

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  Spencer Johnson commented

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  • January 18, 2020 02:01
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  That's cool but I don't think that the skeleton and spider affects should be 15% instead it should be lower 

  like a 5% chance on being hit

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  WeightedDig6048 commented

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  • May 27, 2020 17:59
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  It would also be cool if there was a way to play Hardcore mode on Master difficulty.

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  • August 22, 2020 16:08
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  I dont want all these mob buffs, such as skeletons shooting special arrows, spiders giving bad effects. I just want a harder difficulty without changing the whole game