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Simple flying machines rarely naturally generate above Outer End Islands

Simple piston/redstone/slime-block-based flying machines should rarely spawn as naturally-generated structures at high altitudes above Outer End Islands. Honey Block + Minecart variants can even have Chests as loot!

These naturally-generated structures would have some mechanism to get kickstarted when loaded in (I think a simple well-placed Redstone Torch would work), though eventually they would break down when they get out of loaded chunk range. They wouldn't spawn over the primary End Island either, only the outer islands.

This would fit the general theme/challenge of the End (how does one traverse between islands), as well as show new players how to construct simple flying machines in a similar way to how various temples demonstrate redstone traps.

What do you think? Thank you for your time and feedback!

 

 

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• September 08, 2020 18:59
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  Robotics5 commented

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  • September 11, 2020 21:34
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  Why would slime & honey be in the End? Also, that doesn't seem to fit in the End at all

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  TheGreatGimmick commented

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  • September 11, 2020 22:58
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  I don't know how to reply to a comment on this site; can it be done, and if so, could someone give me some pointers?

  To reply to Robotics5's comment, though, the makers of these flying machines came from the Overworld. That's why they need them at all; they can't teleport like Endermen can, and thus needed other locomotion.

  We know the player isn't the only entity that travels dimensions, such as how Witches and Villagers obviously have access to the Nether. As for the structures themselves...

  Temples have redstone traps, woodland mansions have redstone double-doors. Igloos have a secret basement with an actual tutorial on how to cure zombie villagers. Someone left behind sunken ships, broken Nether Portals, and of course the End Portal itself.

  Why couldn't someone have left behind one of the only ways to conveniently travel the End?

  Each End City only has one Elytra in an ornate treasure room, so we can assume it is a rare artifact, and unless you can teleport like Endermen, flight is the only way to move over the Void. Even with the Endermen's teleportation, they can't breach the massive gaps between many islands. Flight machines make as much sense in the End as sunken ships do in the Overworld.

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  PlantedParty174 commented

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  • September 15, 2020 18:59
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  Adds some lore, which I love.

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  PlushYapper0483 commented

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  • December 28, 2020 19:23
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  This would be great as the already-advanced people who entered into the end wouldn't suddenly know how to build End ships and create the elytra in the beginning. They probably used fly machines before the those things were invented. I think these flying machines should be near End cities that don't have nearby End ships.