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Archaeology idea

Hello! Since a lot of people have been concerned about the Archaeology feature and that its been postponed for understandable reasons: I have thought of an idea on how to make the Archaeology feature work and fit in Minecraft.

The excavation sites (That was shown in the 1.17 reveal trailer) are there for a reason, apart from finding a brush to brush off dirt, sand and gravel to get items: Its a place where if you go a bit deep down underground, you'll find a rare structure that contain valuable stuff.

The structures that you can find under the excavation sites are random, You can find already existing structures like a Dungeon, Amethyst Geode, Mine shaft, Stronghold.

But if you're lucky... You can find new structures! a small or a big cave temple that has traps to look out for. They can contain a treasure chest that have good items in them! Items that cant be found elsewhere or are too hard to find.

When it comes to the brush that can be used to brush off dirt, sand and gravel as mentioned before: It shouldn't be used for getting diamond blocks or anything like that. (if so then whats the point of going out mining?) It should be used to get stuff like mob heads and pieces that are used for customizing big clay pots that was shown in the reveal trailer. There could be like a 1% chance to get an ore block or rare items.

So there you go! An idea for how to make The Archaeology Feature fit in the game!

I hope this idea will help out or at least will be inspired! 

 

 

 

 

 

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    it would be interesting to find bones from buried animals

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    The core of: shards that make pots that tell stories about the history of the world was great. Instead of 'dig sites' it would be great if archaeology paired with an overhaul of the oldest structures in the game (temples, dungeons, stronghold) and the addition of ruins on land to match the ones in the ocean.

    Archaeology could be focused around these structures. Each structure would offer a pool of common shards (blank, tree, flower, animals..) and one or two shards unique to that structure. To collect all the shards in the game you would need to travel to a variety of structures sometimes visiting multiples of the same structure to claim the rarest shards and giving the player a reason to adventure out even into the late game. Shards then become trophies of your adventures as well as a story telling device allowing you to show off your rarest as pots and maybe also mosaics in item frames.

    I agree with you that diamonds are not the right direction for archaeology loot. Mob heads are a great idea and maybe chain mail and a new record or banner.

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    Plant flowers or ancient plants in the pot