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Oreptile (A New Mob For the Caves)

Oreptiles are two-legged white giant salamander-like neutral mobs that spawn inside caves and ravines at axis Y 10-37

 

Behavior: Oreptiles in groups of 2-3. They are neutral in light levels 9 and below and they become hostile in light levels 10 and above. They emit sounds that can be heard 30 blocks away. When fed with any type of ore, the ore will appear inside their half-open mouth. The player will then receive a new effect called Miner's Luck and the Oreptile will lead the player to the nearest ore chunk of the specific ore fed to them. They'll do this by moving towards and pointing their head towards the nearest chunk of ore. (the previous idea was digging and replacing blocks with trail blocks, But I found out that it was too destructive and difficult to implement).

 

                           Ex: When the player feeds an iron ingot to an Oreptile, the Oreptile will then lead the player to the nearest Iron Ore.   

 

                                                    When killed, they will drop 1-3 Oreptile dung and 1-3 xp orbs. They will not drop the mineral fed to them once killed.

 

Purpose: We need more cave-exclusive mobs that have useful purposes and a friendly mob like this would be a brilliant idea. 

 

 

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    If you bring them into the Nether and feed them quartz would they do the same? What would you feed them to get them to look for Ancient Debris? Ancient Debris or Nether Scrap?

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    I'm thinking of enabling them to do that. But they're not really Nether mobs so unfortunately they won't be able to dig through Netherrack. Only the blocks mentioned. 

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    It would not be bad if they could be divided into classes (that is, workers, guards and aggressors)

    and make them diverse depending on the biomes in which they spawned.
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    I love the idea and the name! Oreptile dung should have a purpose, though, if it’s going to be added. I guess it would act like a trail to the ore they’re digging to, but the block itself needs to have a purpose. Maybe it could be used as fuel in a furnace?