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Warden Antlers

Hey guys! Had this idea when I heard that Mojang didn’t want the Warden to drop loot when killed. I think that players should be incentivized to encounter and work with the warden, so I though of a reward that can be obtained other than killing the warden. They’re called “warden’s antlers” and they have a variety of uses listed later in the post. To get these antlers, you’ll have to find two wardens and lead them near each other, either by snowball or using yourself as bait. When they get near each other and pick up the other’s movement, both will “grapple” their antlers together kinda like when two deer get their antlers stuck together. They will grapple for about five seconds, then both will lose their antlers. They will both have a dazed look about them, like cartoon stars around their head to make it obvious that they’ve stunned each other. They remain stunned for about twelve seconds, growing their antlers back slowly. This gives the opportunity for the player to run to the wardens and collect the antler item dropped after the grapple ended. If the player isn’t fast enough, they will have to fight two angry Wardens. However, if they manage to get the antlers (4 in all) and escape, they can use the antlers for a variety of things. Check out the next post for the uses, I’ll post all of my ideas though only some would probably make it into the game.
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    The antlers would have a couple uses, each adding a niche but interesting mechanic to the game:
    1. A player can wear antlers on his/her head to gain the “sculk sense” effect. This effect is similar to the nausea or blindness effects, it permanently modified the player’s vision until the antlers are removed (either one antler is placed in the helmet slot, or an “antler helmet” type item could be made with just two antlers. Either way works). The sculk sense effect would essentially switch the player’s vision from regular to the vision of a Warden. The player can only see a black screen, other than grayish outlines of unidentifiable blocks for the environment. When the player sees movement, a white blip would eminate from the source of the movement or sound to notify the player of movement. This effect could be really fun for mini games, also the antlers would just look dope as a helmet type item.
    2. A player can combine one antler with an arrow to create a “sculk arrow.” When shot at a player, this arrow will add the “sculk sense” effect to any player hit with the arrow. The effect will be applied for 15 seconds, then the duration ends. (Details pt 1, continued in comments)

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    It was confirmed that Warden's will not attack each other, and you almost certainly won't encounter more than one Warden at the same time. The incentive to go to the Deep Dark will be through the structures and blocks you find there.