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Endermen sometimes spawn holding blocks

A simple and subtle solution to common blocks such as sand, end stone, and netherrack ultimately being finite- Enderman have a chance of spawning holding the respective biome's block.

It would be around a 10% chance. They can spawn with blocks that they normally cannot grab, but they are unable to pick them back up once they place them.

In deserts they can spawn with sand, in warped forests they can spawn with warped nylium, in the End they can spawn with end stone, etc.

In caves, they have a 0% chance of spawning holding a block

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    Good idea, it's a very minor addition so I think it'd work

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    I'm not sure if this is a thing, but when Endermen spawn they should have the teleport particles around them, making it seem as if they have just teleported from another dimension with the block

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    Also, Endermen shouldn't spawn carrying blocks from the dimension they are currently in, they should be holding blocks from other dimensions as if they just teleported from there

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    Also, what if naming an endermen makes it so they can still despawn, but their data is saved so they can respawn with the same name and block, even in other dimensions. If they could then be tricked into picking up certain blocks they could be used to transport stuff

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    Would be great for the finite blocks in Skyblock. I think its important that these particular enderman not be able to place their blocks. To avoid breaking farms and just causing random blocks in the world.

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    It's a simple solution that solves quite a lot of problems!

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    I think they should be able to spawn in any dimension with any holdable block and be able to place them as well. This would allow Enderman farms in the End to also function as farms for those blocks, which would not only be helpful in Skyblock maps, as another user pointed out, but also allow for renewable sand and red sand without relying on Wandering Traders, as well as renewable Netherrack when they drop nylium.

    And considering the fact that they could spawn with blocks in the April Fools' 22w13oneBlockAtATime update, this could be a possible feature.