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Florats - Flowery Rats of the Lush Caves (With Pictures)!

I love the ambiance of the Lush Caves, and I’d like to add to that with the addition of this mob:

The Florat

The Florat is a mob that floats around in the Lush Caves using the dandelion fluff around its neck. It can be led around and bred with glowberries, and its scruff grows flowers on it over time. These flowers, once in full bloom, can be sheared to give the player anywhere from 2-5 random short flowers. 

Although they are intended to be farmed for their flowers, they are neutral in nature, and, if provoked, in a similar way to wolves or zombie piglins, will attack the player as a pack, swooping down to deal small but exponential amounts of damage.

Overall, these mobs would add both ambiance and a sense of reward to the new Lush Caves biome, and provide a unique challenge if you attempt to fight them.

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A Florat in flight.

A smiling Florat.

Concept Art.

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Thank you for reading, and if you like the idea, be sure to vote for it!

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    Aww it's so cute!!!

  • 12
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    I do enjoy the dandelion fluff which could puff up when it flies/floats about. That brings more uniqueness to Minecraft and it reminds me of a certain monster in Monster Hunter World but cuter for the standards of this game.

    And of course, farming these creatures could influence brewing.

  • 4
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    Where did you make your textures?

     

  • 11
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    Maybe they could spawn in different colours too.

  • 6
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    I'll totally vote for that

  • 6
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    I demand this be in the game

  • 4
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    It will be fantastic with this is mob!

  • 4
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    this is amazing i need this

  • 7
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    I definitely agree for this little cutie to be added in! I'd just be delighted to see little Florat's floating around, and other people will too!

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    This is perfect for enhancing that the lush caves are an ecosystem and have life in them plus it would be perfect for farms and pets (doesn’t matter if there is a taming option or not I’m gonna keep them)

     

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    Maybe the smiling animation could be different by looking more adorable but I can barely imagine it could get better in any other way I LOVE THIS IDEA.

     

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    I would love to see this in the game! It would add more cuteness, ambience and diversity to the lush caves. I think it looks really unique and it would make sense to have a herbivorous creature/rodent in the lush caves to eat some of the plants (to maintain the balance of the ecosystem). Concerning flower production, maybe a system could be implemented that would allow you to 'feed'/give the florat a certain flower and they, in turn, would produce that flower when they bloom? Tameability would also be nice/cute but of course not necessary :)

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    MINECRAFT NEEDS TO ADD THIS!!!

  • 6
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    I have an idea- axolotls could attempt to eat them, but instead of dying, fully bloomed florats will make the axolotl sneeze then run away. And if the florat hasn't bloomed, other florats will aid it!

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    They are adorible

  • 2
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    I love it! Such a open and creative idea!

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    Idk why but this makes me think of fraggles