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New mob idea: Screecher

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    Maybe remove the coating of netherite from their beaks or make the chance rarer (1/128, 1/256?) so they aren’t too overpowered.

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    I like this idea, as it would make netherite renewable. Although you can potentially find as much as you need, a renewable (and farmable, if you're clever enough) source of netherite would be great. Also, animals generally have a small impact at advanced stages in the game, and a flying pet would be just the thing to traverse the nether where striders are more early game. I think balancing making them difficult to make use of early and making them worth using late would be difficult, but a worthwhile effort.

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    I think that the netherite scrap for a rare drop is not a good idea. It would either have to be much more rare or removed completely, because then netherite could be farmed

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    Hell yeah!!! Sounds cool. I thought it would be cool if there was a nether mob guarding the portal ruins. Like a piglin or wither skeleton?

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    Since Hoglins already exist in the Crimson Forest I think it'd make sense if they were in the Warped Forest instead, because they wouldn't want want to be around their baby killers. Just have the Nether Fruit grow on the Warped stems instead. Plus, it'd also make more sense since you said they liked the Warped fungus. Also, since the Hoglins dislike warped fungus, maybe there could be a 1/4 chance their nest spawns with warped fungi around it, showing that they're protecting it from Hoglins.

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    So they are like terrifying crow like phoenixes

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    I really like this idea but I think maybe make the chances of finding a wither skeleton head a little more rare.

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    I say that the Wither Skull Drop is too OP, cause then, when you are searching for the structures, you will have a guaranteed wither skull. Summoning the Wither is supposed to be hard, not easy, so maybe make the skull a rare spawn, or make the entire structure rarer to find.

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    To LordSugarBear and Rudquack, the chance of scrap had been increased to 1/142. I took your suggestion to make it rarer. However I didn't want to make it almost impossible to drop, netherite ingots are very difficult to make so I wanted to add that just to make it a bit easier. Plus these guys are like phantoms, except bigger, they shriek, and do more damage. So you already have to deal with that just for the chance. So, I think I hit somewhere in the middle. Thank you for your feedback!

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    To Toxic Fox3029, I like the concept however, I never said they liked warped fungus. Only Nether fruit and wart. I think they could look really cool there, however since the whole place is filled with endermen. I think it would make it too chaotic. Fighting chicken like phantoms in a forest where if you look at anyone you will be attacked seems to difficult. But that is also why I added them to the Basalt deltas. That is their true home, they only go to the Crimson forest for food. In the basalt deltas, nothing can reach them but Ghasts. So their eggs and babies are safe. Thank you for your feedback!

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    To Nicolas Lau, Yes, just not fire resistant. And to CyclicalFish147. The rarity has been increased of the skulls, also added was the rarity of Screecher nests. They are rare now. Simple as that. Thank you for your feedback!

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    I like the idea
    Though the chance of dropping netheright should be like 1/2000

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    Maybe like the vulture mob that was voted on it could pickup items and take them to their nests or if you tame one and die in the nether they take your items to their nest so it doesn't despawn. Also maybe they could pickup the player and drop them, I really like this mob idea and I think it would be a great addition to the nether

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    Technically speaking, it is tamable. However it is not tamable in the conventional way. I wasn't able to fit this in but it is pacifiable, not truly tamable. It would be a new variant of taming. You can give mobs an item they like, and they will not attack you and be docile. But, even if accidentally, if they are hit. They will attack you again and revert back.

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    I like the idea, but instead of Netherite which is supposed to be this non-renewable rarity, i’d say make the beak out of gold, that gives the piglins more reason to hunt them, too!

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    To Squirtle747, I do agree that that would look awesome. However, it wouldn't work, the screecher idea I have is much more avian. It is pretty much a giant chicken. If you want an idea of what it looks like, take the suggested vulture mob, remove the neck, give it a large fan-like tail made of 3 rectangular blocks that increase in size with each block, give it the chicken texture and make the beak netherite color. That's the best description I can give without pictures, if anyone knows how to put pictures on here it would be much appreciated. Thank you for your feedback.

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    I actually really like this idea!!! but, the wither skeleton skull is a lil to overpowered, its best to have the mob itself there, not the skull. And its best if it docent drop chicken and feathers, a new drop perhaps, I really like the nephrite scrap drop tho

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    Apart from all of the Ancient Debris from this mob, great idea!