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New kind of Dungeon

They don't have to replace the already existing ones but the idea is this:

You would find an entrance kinda hidden in the surface or in a cave or at the side of a mountain. Then there would be some stairs that leed to the start of this Dungeon... First, you couldn't be able to place nor brake blocks inside of this structure. Not because some effect or anything, but because of some kind of Idol/Totem/Golem that has the function of protecting the area (could be powered with an amethyst block or something to extend the area) and the only way of being able to break or place blocks in that area would be destroying it but there's 3 problems: 1. the totem only protects that area, meaning that other rooms of the dungeon will still be protected by other totems, 2. it has probably around 50-100 health so it's hard to break, and 3. the totem that protects each area is at the other side of the room/hall, meaning that you would have to go though every obstacle in that area before you can break the totem. Besides the rooms and halls with puzzles and traps like arrows, potions, pools and more, there would be some rooms with chests behind copper grates or bars and some decorated pots with more loot inside, so you would have to break the totem in that room. However, after you attack the totem, it'll spawn mobs like zombies, skeletons and more to protect itself, and after you kill all the mobs, the next time you attack the totem it will spawn more mobs again.

(A few more details in the comments)

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    This new totem could MAYBE be crafted. Maybe breaking the totem drops the material required to craft it or you can find it in the loot. Could be a good incentive to go to this structure (you could place some amethyst blocks or some other block to, as I said before, extend the area of effect and then place the totem to protect that area from mobs or other players).

    Also, the totem would have a limit of the area it can protect AND this protection should be able to also stop pistons from moving the blocks it protects.

    The loot should be pretty good since there's no way of avoiding the puzzles and traps by placing and breaking blocks. Maybe just using elytras, enderpearls or potions, but elytras are late game and the others can be a little expensive, so it's ok.

    Also, the rooms and halls with traps should look pretty similar or just exactly the same so players can't tell what traps there are based on the room generation and instead have to pay atention to what the traps actually are.

    Some ideas of puzzles and traps could be: a hall with floor that sometimes falls when stepped on, so you have to be careful not to fall to some stalagmites. A hall with hidden pressure plates or tripwire hooks connected to dispensers out of reach with strong potions and arrows. A room with levers that have to be activated in some order hidden in the room.

    Also some rooms with beds and empty chests like in trial chambers could be great and also would be cool if there were different paths you can take.