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Coelacanths

Coelacanths are a fish that was assumed to be extinct, but was later discovered to not be extinct. Coelacanths would be a little bigger than a normal fish, and they live in deeper water. Killing a coelacanth would give you scales and oil. The scales would be used to make a potion of defense, allowing you to take less damage. The oil would be used to make oil lamps, which would be used as a light source. I'm open to criticism, so if you have any, feel free to leave some.
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    Forgot to add this: if a coelacanths is dragged onto land, it will quickly lose energy and die, even if it is put back in the water afterwards.

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    Coelacanths are really cool animal and I'd love to see them in-game (albeit I admit having a heavy bias towards sea creatures because the oceans are my favourite ecosystems and host most of my favoured animals.) I personally don't know whether I like the idea of having the coelacanth being used as a source of oil for lamps though, since it's a rather rare animal and there are plenty of easier light sources, like torches and lanterns. but the potion of defence would be a really cool idea, and having it be obtainable via a deep-sea fish is a unique concept, and gives more reason to explore the depths, which is something that I am always for in this game! (could do with a better name tho, at least IMO, perhaps Potion of Hardening or Potion of Calcification could work?)

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    Turtle shells already do the scale thing

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    Nice idea but maybe not as common mob but some kind of smaller boss.
    And oil that drops could be used to make oil lamp that can be held in off hand as portable light source

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    The oil lamp sounds good.