It has been confirmed by Jeb on Twitter that he is reinstating the old recipe for Notch's golden apple.
The tweet (seen here) states, "I decided to restores @notch's old Golden Apple and give it an effect proper for its crafting cost."
This item will be separate from the Golden Apple currently in the game. In other words, the golden apples in-game now, won't change at all.
Notch's Golden Apple recipe required 8 gold blocks or 72 gold ingots. With a recipe as expensive as that we can expect the, "effect proper for its crafting cost" to be pretty good if not god-like.
Also, Jon has said he will improve Spider Jockey AI once he returns to MC programming. We are doomed.
For that cost, it should give you the star power from Super Mario Brothers - complete invulnerability for 10 seconds and anything you touch instantly dies.
My suggestion for a 72-ingot golden apple would be to permanently add an extra heart, zelda-style, up to 20 hearts. Just put the extra row of hearts above the current heart row, and shift the hunger bar over to the other side with the armor slots.
My suggestion for a 72-ingot golden apple would be to permanently add an extra heart, zelda-style, up to 20 hearts. Just put the extra row of hearts above the current heart row, and shift the hunger bar over to the other side with the armor slots.
I've seen some posts elsewhere speculating that extra hearts may be added. It would be a great incentive to craft it.
The tweet (seen here) states, "I decided to restores @notch's old Golden Apple and give it an effect proper for its crafting cost."
This item will be separate from the Golden Apple currently in the game. In other words, the golden apples in-game now, won't change at all.
Notch's Golden Apple recipe required 8 gold blocks or 72 gold ingots. With a recipe as expensive as that we can expect the, "effect proper for its crafting cost" to be pretty good if not god-like.
Also, Jon has said he will improve Spider Jockey AI once he returns to MC programming. We are doomed.
Golden Ingots should give 30 seconds of regeneration
Golden Blocks should give 5 minutes of regeneration
a golden apple made of either nuggets, ingots, or blocks.
Remember kids, when the mod crashes delete system32!
I've seen some posts elsewhere speculating that extra hearts may be added. It would be a great incentive to craft it.