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Lodestone needs a different crafting recipe (including iron)

Lodestone in nature is naturally magnetized iron ore.
Therefore it would make sense for the crafting recipe to include Iron Ore. Also iron loses its magnetization when smelted, so it makes sense to require the Ore and not the Ingot.

My proposed recipe for it would be 5 Iron Ore and 4 Chiseled Stone blocks.

Netherrite Ingot doesn't seem very intuitive and is too expensive for it's purpose. Lodestone could be a feature that replaces writing down coordinates of rare spots, like most players do right now, but Netherrite is too expensive and too late-game for its usage.

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    Andreas G commented
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    @...

    you are right, it was late when i wrote it, sorry, no silk touch for iron ore needed of course.

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    Nathan Lewis commented
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    It uses netherite because the block allows you to point your compass at wherever the lodestone is. This is used in all dimensions, and maps don't work in the Nether or the End, so this allows you to find your way there. Iron would be too cheap.

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    Ivon365 commented
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    I totally agree on this crafting recipe idea. Not only would this make it cheaper to make but it would make more sense as well.

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    gas powered pick commented
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    I agree with the idea, but I think your recipe would be slightly too easy to create. Note that the lodestone is an alternative to coordinates, so it should be cheap enough to be easily accessible, but expensive enough to not be made in mass quantities. Adding in a diamond to your recipe would be perfect.

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    FolkUnicycle450 commented
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    I agree with the idea that iron should be included in the recipe especially since real lodestone is a magnetic type of iron ore. 

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    Tigerboy7658 commented
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    I like the idea of iron in the recipe. I was thinking that it would have iron on the corners of the recipe so it can still have iron and have the netherite. Just a suggestion to your idea.

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    INEDEBEKFEST commented
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    I was thinking the same

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    Henrik673 commented
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    I don't think iron would fit. In my opinion, Minecraft doesn't need to be scientifically accurate since it never tried to be. I'd rather have the recipe that is used now, but with chiseled basalt blocks instead of stone bricks.
    This block will probably used the most for a nether home and leaving the Nether for one common overworld block sounds kinda boring. I think these nether blocks should be crafted only from nether items.

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    edwardsjs commented
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    I think an Iron block in the center as a substitute for the netherite would make a lot of sense

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    Landen Burns commented
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    The fact that netherite is required to make this block is for the challenge of obtaining it, not everything is going to be easy

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    gas powered pick commented
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    But why would I spend a whole netherite ingot on a lodestone, if I could just use a screenshot with coordinates, and add an extra damage to my sword. Using coordinates is alnost always easier than obtaining a netherite ingot, rendering the current lodestone as useless as a poisonous potato. 

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    PiMan6 commented
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    I agree that it should require iron ore, but the crafting recipe should be shaped like Mojang’s existing one, replacing the netherite ingot with iron ore, and the chiseled stone bricks with either basalt or polished basalt, just to make it a bit more nether-ey.

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    Matteo Carlon commented
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    Or keep the lodestone's recipe and use a compass or empty map instead of the netherite ingot for the crafting recipe

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    BassTangent5499 commented
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    i agree. maybe they could add "magnetic iron" just like restone with iron or something, then use that instead of netherite