In real life, gunpowder was made using sulfur, charcoal, and saltpeter. Now with sulfur caves added to the game, we have two of the ingredients, and I think it would be a good idea to allow gunpowder to be crafted using sulfur spikes and charcoal (exact amounts could be balanced). I think this could be balanced potentially by using sulfur spikes in the crafting recipe, as they would be renewable but fairly slow, and not as available by just strip-mining a sulfur cave biome. This would make it significantly easier for players to take advantage of TNT or firework rockets before being able to build large-scale mob farms for gunpowder, but there would still be an incentive to build those mob farms once a player's gunpowder needs go past a certain point.. It would also be the new easiest way by far for peaceful players to obtain gunpowder.
It would also be a cute homage to the fact that gunpowder was originally known as 'sulphur' when it was first added to the game!
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