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Humane animal farming and bonuses

Mojang has repeatedly turned down several animal related ideas due to concerns of animal cruelty, however ingame mob farming essentially encourages the player to coup several dozen animals in a small ring of fence for resource efficiency, and automatic farms leave mobs trapped in breeding chambers, both practices that are common place in real life industrial farms.

From a gameplay perspective, it also discourages players from deviating from the 'tried and true'.

Passives should make a check for grass, sunlight, water sources and haybales/composters, and depending on the abundance of the prior, an NBT 'joy' tag can be changed accordingly.

A single water source underneath air can satisfy up to 5 mobs, and a haybale/composter can satisfy 3. Abundance of food and water can result in bonuses.

NBT 'joy' levels:

  • 0: Overcrowded/absent water & food; Mobs won't drop items or xp.
  • 1: Crowded (max. animals per block) water, no food or viceversa; reduced drops (20-40%)
  • 2: Sufficient water and food: regular drop table.
  • 3: Abundant resources (animal isn't sharing it's water & food with more than 2 others); Max level, animals have increased drops and can breed automatically if there are enough resources for their children and the game day counter is a multiple of 5.
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    Maybe instead of having food drops range by how much, it could range by the quality of the food (How much hunger does it give).

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    There could also be a system where animals can sometimes catch sicknesses (maybe from bats) that could ruin the food, so if your farm is overcrowded, the sickness would spread quickly because the animals are always touching each other.