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Rope and Hook

So currently, the only way to climb down in Minecraft is through placing sand or gravel and then breaking it. Since we are getting an update to caves and cliffs (as well as archaeology) I figured that climbable ropes would be the perfect addition. They could be crafted from a new type of plant (similar to tall grass) that is found in lush caves and jungles. They could be placed on the side of a block with a drop next to it. Only the top one has to be placed, as it could work like a reverse scaffolding. If the player clicks on a placed rope, it automatically fills in the air blocks below it until it reaches the block directly below the rope. Another cool feature is that a player could then right click the top of the rope with a hook (or similar item) to get all of the rope blocks instantly back into their inventory. Another advantage of ropes is that they would be the only climbable block that could be climbed on all four sides!

Every archaeologist needs a telescope, a brush, and a rope! This would be a super immersive feature, and it would be absolutely perfect for the new update's deep caverns and terrifyingly high cliffs. Let us be free from our unrealistic sand and gravel elevators and let as be adventurers!

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    That sounds like the item we need.

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    Ropes can be extended from dispensers. When on they will extend the rope and when off they will retract it. They can also shoot the rope arrows when first activated and then pull it back on the second activation. I also had the idea that if you wanted to not extend a rope fully you could activate two sides of the dispenser and it would stop it from retracting or extending. Another idea is that dispensers will always extend fully, but if the rope reaches the ground it will create a coiled rope block which gets higher the more rope is in it.

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    Other variants of rope could be vines and webs, which would be generated by spiders to lower themselves. All of these can be crafted to become thicker variants. Rope would become ladders, vines would become the current vines, and webs would go from a string to a block that can spread across blocks like glass panes.