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A lot of people think sharks should be in Minecraft. Minecraft seems to be doing the not so "mainstream" mobs. (Ocelots, bats) So I Personally think orcas should be added instead. They look like this:


(Credit to Koopachris for model concept!)
The orca is a neutral mob that will attack for two reasons:
1.You stay in it's view for more than 40 seconds.
2.You attack it.
It has 3 main ways of attacking, it does 4 hearts of damage per hit:
1. The orca will swim towards you, and do damage on hit. This attack is similar to the enderdragons, and it runs when hit, but it obeys gravity.
2. The orca can break ice, and will attempt to jump out of the water to surprise you.
An example of this attack is here:
This will get you in to the water, where you are slow, and weak.
3. The orca will jump on to a beach, and wriggle it's way back on to land. It can jump up to 10 blocks onto land. Example:
More information:
The orca has 30 hearts, but it is not too common.
It can break boats like most mobs.
It has a 1/75 chance to spawn in ocean (per chunk), and a 1/40 chance to spawn in frozenocean (Which would be made to generate again). It spawns like most hostile/ neutral mobs.
it normally swims 5-10 blocks below sea level.
It can see through ice.
It will hunt squids, and maybe even fish occasionally.
They can be named with name tags if you would like an orca enclosure.

Drops:
1-2 Raw Fish
0-2 Salmon
0-2 Pufferfish
0-1 Clownfish (Has anyone else noticed how rare this useless item is?)
0-2 ink sacs.

Thank you for reading my suggestion. If you don't like it, don't just say: "No support" Give me a reason like: "I don't like the trees, No Support." So that I can improve the suggestion.

I support this. It would add more things to see underwater other than squids and dirt(aka. useless stuff).

I like this idea, i think it could be a good addition, and why the hell not?... good written out app, nice idea, i got nothing to complain about, one suggestion though, since there is a lack of seals, they could possibly have hostility towards squids? Support.

full support.

Support:
They are already adding more diversity to the oceans, why not more.

Thanks for all the support!

Really cool idea, I like how they aren't automatically hostile and the attacks are pretty awesome. Support!

support. Need more sea life. Also, did you make that model and texture? looks pretty nice.

I agree there should be more water mobs, and maybe even some hostile ones. But to be fair, we need stronger boats if we're going to fight hostile mobs out in the ocean. Just sayin'.

Conditional support (if they make boats stronger)

i really like this but one thing i believe there should be spears or some sort of weapon people use to kill (or attack/defend) huge marine life
but any ways full support

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i really like this but one thing i believe there should be spears or some sort of weapon people use to kill (or attack/defend) huge marine life but any ways full support

I was thinking of a harpoon crafted with a Fishing rod, and a bow, but I decided that a sword would be a better weapon for this.

Quote from Fredashay

I agree there should be more water mobs, and maybe even some hostile ones. But to be fair, we need stronger boats if we're going to fight hostile mobs out in the ocean. Just sayin'. Conditional support (if they make boats stronger)

I think a boat with the same health as the player would work well. You could heal is with wood planks. They could add a way to upgrade a bot to 20 hearts with 5 iron and a boat too.

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support. Need more sea life. Also, did you make that model and texture? looks pretty nice.

I make the models and textures for all of my suggestions, like I think most people should, rather than taking them from a mod.

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I support this, but you know what'd be even better? Narwhals.

Narwhals don't really hunt people. Believe it or not, this was based on a narwhal model The orca is actually a little bit small, but I know that it's possible to code something to make it look bigger than it is.

I strongly support this, for reasons that were already mentioned above. Also, orcas are my favorite animal so I strongly support this suggestion!

Support! Nice pictures

although I still want them rideable like I had in my ultra old dolphins thread (attached to my sig).

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Support! Nice pictures

although I still want them rideable like I had in my ultra old dolphins thread (attached to my sig).

Thankyou. For everyone who doesn't know how to make them: http://techne.zeux.me/Techne

I wanted orcas to be the creature that makes the sea difficult. In the time that it would take to get angry at you, you probably couldn't tame it anyway.

I don't like the trees, no support.

This is a pretty cool idea, I like the idea of another mob in the ocean. Since ice isn't completely transparent, I think there should be a probability of if they see you through the ice or not.

This was thought out really well. If fish were visible in water, I would say have the orcas eat those occasionally as well as the squids. It would give them a little diversity in their diet.

Overall, great idea! I support this.

I love it.
Reminds me of....Shamoo....*Shivers*
Hey, it's a great idea. Kudos to you!

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I don't like the trees, no support.

This is a pretty cool idea, I like the idea of another mob in the ocean. Since ice isn't completely transparent, I think there should be a probability of if they see you through the ice or not.

This was thought out really well. If fish were visible in water, I would say have the orcas eat those occasionally as well as the squids. It would give them a little diversity in their diet.

Overall, great idea! I support this.

lol

Maybe, but then it should be like that for all mobs.

It would already be added if fish were visible! (Get on it Mojang!)

I don't like the multiple attacks... but the model and behavior is very good. Maybe the Orca should close its jaw or something when in sight, because it might be hard to know if the Orca is about to attack or not.

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I don't like the multiple attacks... but the model and behavior is very good. Maybe the Orca should close its jaw or something when in sight, because it might be hard to know if the Orca is about to attack or not.

The multiple attacks are to add as much difficulty to the oceans in a single mob.
The normal water attack is for attacking, the ice attack is to get you into the water, and stop it from leaving huge trails of broken ice, and the beach attack adds danger to the beach.
No other mobs do, but that's because no other mobs need to. Why did you set your signature to back up what you said? I personally don't support the harpoon by the way, but somebody suggested something similar.

I love this idea! The only thing I don't like is the orca's huge size! Maybe make it half or two-third of its size?

Almost full support!