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Phantom Nest and Phantom Rework

With the new caves and mountains of 1.17 (and see how huge they are). I thought it would be a nice idea to bring in Phantom Nests. Phantom Nests can spawn/be located on mountains (using the same spherical shape as an Amethyst Geode) or in caves. This addition would also come with a Phantom rework; unfortunately the Phantom is a mob that is not popularly revered among the community despite it having been a mob that we voted for. Making Phantoms travel in packs through the sky and stay in packs at their nests would make Phantoms more intimidating and actually imposing enemies. Keep damage the same (low) so that immediate death does not always happen. This would encourage players to really pick it up with building a home in a new world. But there is something that could come for players with long term worlds: Phantom Eggs. Breaking Phantom Eggs with a normal pickaxe would give you 1-2 pieces of Phantom Membrane, while using it with silk touch would allow you take the egg and be able to "crack" it open to get 9 Phantom Membranes (or 4; seems more balanced).

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    I really like the idea of Phantom Nests, but I think the Phantoms whole kinda deal is Insomnia. Maybe the Nests would only be active once the 3 Day Timer is done? There also should be more incentive to seek out and kill Phantoms, like some cool crystal similar to Amethyst that is in their nests alongside Phantoms, and are only obtainable when the player mining them has Insomnia. Maybe call this the "Nightmare Crystal", it could let you make items that let you control your Insomnia or other Items that make it so Sleeping isn't objectively the best answer (Saturation after not sleeping, Better Cat Gifts, etc). 

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    Thay need to be fixed

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    Yas you got my vote! But what if there is a new phantom boss there. Like in one out of ten nests, it’s there. It can be a larger phantom called the “queen phantom” that lays the eggs. Attacks include 1, lullaby, and it gives you 3 seconds of blindness and slowness. 2, wing blast, blasts you away from it. 3, swarm, summons 2 or 3 phantoms that are smaller and weaker, Mabel slower? They would be baby’s and they don’t do much.

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    Pretty cool this- to add onto it, Phantom nests would occur in the shallow caves atop mountains. As for the insomnia bit, I really think that needs to remain- there are simple ways to make it less annoying & more interesting on that front.

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    Phantom Flag

    It can be crafted from a phantom membrane and two wind wands. When placed above a bell in a village, the villagers will no longer want to trade and will hide in their houses. While the flag is above the bell, every night the village will be attacked by phantoms. Their goal is to kill all available iron golems. Building a golem in a cage won’t help, as it will be out of their reach and they won’t be able to access it. During the raid, golems do not respawn.

    The raid lasts 5 minutes, and if during that time the phantoms defeat all the golems, the phantom flag does not wither. However, if at least one golem survives until the end of the raid, the flag withers, villagers resume trading, and the player receives the “Hero of the Village” effect. But if you fail to protect the golems and they all die, the raid will repeat the next night, though the golems will respawn during the day.

    Phantoms do not react to cats in the village, which is unnatural since they are normally afraid of cats, but the flag disables that fear.