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New Nether Biome: The Living Cavity

This biome could possibly be the nethers version of the deep dark, being one of the most rare and dangerous biomes. What makes this biome truly unique is that the entire biome itself is one living hostile being. Walking in this biome the player will be greeted by a pink fog, with some occasional pink spore particles flying around. The biome will be made up of a new block called the mold, a pink and soft living block, that also come in its own family or variants of mold. For example, mold cords; which are decorative blocks that pillar to the floor and ceiling of the biome to add support, mold jaw; grabs and sinks the player when stepped on, mold tendril; will lash at the player when they approach too close or is activated by redstone, and mold veins. A new redstone block will also generate this biome too called the mold eye which sends a redstone pulse when a mob or player approaches its line of sight within a certain vicinity. New structures called mold stalks generate in patches within this biome too, which hold onto a new valuable mold spores blocks that can be used to craft new items and loot (the picture below showcases what the mold stalks may look like with the blocks being placeholders). A new Piglin variant will exclusively spawn in this biome too, called the infected Piglin which are extremely hostile to all mobs and cant be bartered with. No other mobs will spawn in this biome.

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    Umm infected hoglin? Since it looks like the mold infects mobs who wander in it, its fair to say the hoglins are pretty stupid and wandered over

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    Yeah good point actually, will just need to figure out a mechanic for them, could be similar to the infected piglin. I also wanted to perhaps maybe add a feature to the mold that touching it damages you and gives the block animation like its trying to get inside the player and infect it, to really make the feel of this biome being alive. This of course could add a new potion into the mix to prevent taking damage by the mold which could be called potion of purity. Could be an enchantment added to any armour instead too.

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    is it worth going there in the first place? how good is the valuable block

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    Whilst i havent figured out a proper use for the mold spore block, i would definitely like to give it many beneficial uses considering how dangerous it would be to obtain it. There is also the mold eye that’s extremely valuable for redstone uses, as its a redstone block that detects motion. Along with the mold tendrils and jaw that can be used for good base defences. Would also plan on adding another structure in the living cavity called the Infested Barracks that could host great loot such as maybe netherite gear (see Infested Barracks Post). 

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    Maybe another cool feature to make the living cavity feel more alive is that when too many spore blocks are mined, the living cavity gurgles and then summons mold tendril blocks from the ground that attack, to make it as if the biome is trying to protect its spore eggs.