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Echo Shards: Amethyst clusters infected with Skulk!

I love the new concept of echo shards, but I think minecraft is at its best when there is a sense of mastery and player-agency at the core of loot acquisition. The new skulk mechanic and the sprite for the new echo shard got me thinking.. What if instead of looting from a chest, the player creates echo shards by spreading skulk onto an amethyst culuster, turning it into an Echo Shard cluster! This could be broken into echo shards, or silk touched for an aesthetic block. This creates a unique incentive for players to interact with two new(ish) features, increases a sense of player ageny, and mechanically reinforces the aesthetic association of magical themes many players imply in the use of amethyst in builds. This also opens a variety of additional possibilities: - aesthetic echo shard clusters and echo shard buds, for a dark skulky crystal variety - potential interaction of skulk and Budding Amethyst Blocks, to create a new block with unique functionality (perhaps an "Echo Node" that could alter or emhance the return of EXP in a surrounding perimeter of skulk generated in the area or perhaps even be used to fuel or enhance spawners for additional rates) - other fun unique functionality, drop your ideas om the comments! Personally I would love to see the light-magic themes of Minecraft reinforced and diversified, this seems like a practical way to enrich those themes and stay true to the core of Minecrafts vanilla design philosophy.
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    I love this idea!!! There was another post talking about having to craft the shard like how netherite is crafted, which I loved because anything crafted with the shard would feel even more valuable, but I feel like this definitely gives more of an interactive feel and would give even more value to geodes! 
    This just makes me want both ideas. I think I'd prefer this idea for the echo shard, and then the other idea to be a different type of material that could be used for other things! or maybe a mixture of both where instead you need to use the shards combined with something found in loot chests to get a specific item used more for crafting!

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    I like this idea. I was thinking there should be at least a block type you can make with the new echo shard. A dark sculk-blue amethyst crystal would be incredible. Amethyst is already great for magical builds and to have a different color type with potentially added particle effects would really help with variation in builds.

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    Fantastic idea, I had pretty much had the very same thoughts! My only concern is that there would need to be some unique loot in ancient cities that takes the place of echo shards, since you wouldn't have to visit an ancient city to gather echo shards!