I've been playing MineCraft for a very long time. I started playing when I was a kid back in 2011 and have always had ideas and suggestions but none am I more passionate than this one. With the fairly recent 1.13 release Mojang added Dolphins to MineCraft. Never has my idea been closer to fruition. With this update it gave life to the mainly dull ocean biome. This was amazing for me because with the addition of dolphins it seemed like with just a few model changes and code changes that Orcas could be in there as well. I really hope that this is the right sub reddit to post in because my MineCraft dreams would be complete with the addition of Orcas lol. I have taken the liberty of trying to model a Orca that could mabye be used. It's nothing spectacular, just a recreation of the already implemented dolphin but with a texture change and the removal of the nose. I had used it in a MineCraft mod I made a few months back and posted on Minecraft Forum. The mod is nothing crazy, no natural spawning and they are currently land mobs but I wanted to try my hand at it in hops that it shows my dedication to this idea.
I was thinking that they could spawn naturally in the deep ocean and that they would hunt the other ocean mobs because Orcas are known to eat everything in the ocean and they are the top of the food chain(even known to hunt sharks!) They would spawn in every ocean biome because they are found in every part of the ocean around the world! The drops for the Orcas would be raw fish with maybe even some lucky drops such as raw pufferfish. You might think Orcas dropping puffer fish is weird but dolphins (which Orcas are dolphins) have been known to eat pufferfish intentionally to get high off of their toxin.
Health:
Orcas health will reflect that of a doplhin's, Orcas are just big (and beautiful dolphins). That's why I think Orcas should have 15 health and do 3 damage on easy, 5 damage on medium, and 7 on hard.
Nature:
Orcas are the kings of the sea but that does not mean that they are aggressive creatures. There has never been a recorded attack of a wild Orca on a human being. The only attacks that have ever happened are the attacks at SeaWorld where they are kept in captivity when they should be wild. This is the reason that I think Orcas should behavior very similar to dogs where they are passive creatures until they are attacked.
Tamability?
Only a thought but I was thinking that you could maybe tame Orcas with raw fish and be able to ride them. This is obviously based on the real life Orcas in Seaworld(yes, I know sad but MineCraft is only a videogame lol). So taming Orcas is not too far out of an idea. The fact that the only real way to get across oceans fast is with a boat so I thought it might be an interesting idea to have a ride-able mob in the ocean. Please let me know your thoughts and if you have any suggestions to further the development of this idea please let me know!
I think some more details are necessary. Like how much health this thing has, how much damage it does, if it's hostile to the player, etc.
It seems interesting tho. So support for now I guess? I think if the mob is supposed to be potentially dangerous restricting its spawn might be necessary, as I wouldn't enjoy getting killed by an orca when I'm trying to swim to places early game.
I think some more details are necessary. Like how much health this thing has, how much damage it does, if it's hostile to the player, etc.
It seems interesting tho. So support for now I guess? I think if the mob is supposed to be potentially dangerous restricting its spawn might be necessary, as I wouldn't enjoy getting killed by an orca when I'm trying to swim to places early game.
Thanks for the feedback! I added some information regarding your questions!
According to the Minecraft wiki, killer whales are a mentioned feature that they talked about a few years ago. Your wish may come true without them even seeing this suggestion!
I agree, more biome diversity would be fun! I think they could implement orcas as an extra-large reskinned dolphin spawning in icebergs. Whales are closely related to dolphins so it might work, and you wouldn't have to worry about implementing special uses for them.
I agree, more biome diversity would be fun! I think they could implement orcas as an extra-large reskinned dolphin spawning in icebergs. Whales are closely related to dolphins so it might work, and you wouldn't have to worry about implementing special uses for them.
Support.
Thanks for the reply! Yeah it wouldn't be a hard addition at all! I mean for the model all you'd have to do is remove the bottle nose from the dolphin. And also Orcas are dolphins as well! Their name can be misleading but they are just big dolphins!
According to the Minecraft wiki, killer whales are a mentioned feature that they talked about a few years ago. Your wish may come true without them even seeing this suggestion!
Oh I didn't even realize this was the case. Would love a link to the wiki page you are refering to!
Good sir you might be in more luck than I thought. Orcas and seals/sea lions were mentioned as something they’d like to add as of LAST YEAR! Scroll down till you see “brief mentions” and go down to 2018.
Mind you, these aren’t gauranteed, but many of these were partially if not fully implemented so...
Also worth mentioning is that the only reason pink river dolphins weren’t added was because of time constraints. Nice thing about Minecraft being ever updating is they will have more than enough time in the future.
EDIT: It was mentioned to not expect anymore sea creatures anytime soon, but the idea has been put in their head.
Good sir you might be in more luck than I thought. Orcas and seals/sea lions were mentioned as something they’d like to add as of LAST YEAR! Scroll down till you see “brief mentions” and go down to 2018.
Mind you, these aren’t gauranteed, but many of these were partially if not fully implemented so...
Also worth mentioning is that the only reason pink river dolphins weren’t added was because of time constraints. Nice thing about Minecraft being ever updating is they will have more than enough time in the future.
EDIT: It was mentioned to not expect anymore sea creatures anytime soon, but the idea has been put in their head.
Thanks for the link. I know they have moved on from sea creatures for the time being but hopefully they will return to it in the future!
Hm... An ambient mob? Don't mind those. Makes the world feel a little more
alive. But there will be people who'd dislike orcas for the sake of disliking all
ambient mobs, simply for not having a specific use (like people making
a fuss about the addition of polar bears... or coming up with explanations on
how bats are actually not useless by their own logic when pointed out that
these creatures are already in the game and are there to stay).
But then again. Everyone has their own playstyle and tastes... whilst I like
the idea of having majestic orcas roam the oceans there will be at least one
or two people who would have issues with endangered species in games
(not sure if orcas are on the list... must ask captain obvious on that one)
...though we do already have polar and panda bears (those are endangered
as far as I know... so best bait for moral outrage) that people can be
cruel to. It is just a game but you know how some take these things too
serious. So to end the monologue: Yes this mob sounds fine to me.
-Support.-
I always have loved the addition of ambient mobs to Minecraft. I was happy with the addition of polar bears and bats. The snow biomes and caves always seemed quite dull to me. And to answer your question about Orcas being on the endangered species list, they are not considered endangered due to lack of data on their numbers.
Though I must admit I'm not so keen on the idea of taming orcas.
In my opinion they should be more wild like the newly added foxes.
Essentially you can breed them but they won't be tame... the whole
idea of taming them kind of gives the wrong impression of coming
across as, adding a pet to jump through hoops in an aquarium
just to entertain people like an aquatic clown as opposed to the
mighty leviathan and apex predator of the arctic ocean eating seals
by the dozen... just sounds less... badass to me. Just my two cents.^^
I was just throwing that idea out there. It just thought of a good addition to me because of the fact that the only way getting across oceans is the plain boats that have been around since early Beta. If they weren't tamable I would love to see an overhaul of the boats in Minecraft!
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I would love to see orcas in Minecraft too. With the addition of orcas I think there should be sharks. Although this is not true in real life I think sharks should attack you when you get near them. Also if your health is really low, sharks will come to you from a further distance. If you tamed an orca it would keep sharks away just like cats keep away creepers.
Yeah but the people working at Mojang already said they won't be adding sharks. Not sure if it was
for moral reasons due to possible image damage (like for example with the movie Jaws that gave
sharks a far worse reputation then they deserve) or because they'd rather have a more
'fantastic' sharklike beast for the sake of originality.
I don't really know what their reasoning was in the end since they came up with all kinds of arguments
boiling down to saying no to sharks.
But then again... if the later is the actual case raynextgen could make a thread to intruduce a hostile
maritime mob and call it a snapper or something in that direction, which is a shark in all but name...
make it a little blocky to fit the game and have it be your own fantasy shark like predator
(think of the slaughterfish out of the several Elder Scrolls games).
I found the ridiculous explanation as to why sharks won’t be added here.
Honestly, I only wouldn’t want sharks because Drowned’s spawn rates, at least in Bedrock are absolutely insane. When swimming in the ocean I can run into a group of about 20 at once, at least 1-3 with tridents. I sooner die to a group of Drowned before I even get closed to dying in an ocea monument.
I just have a strong feeling that adding sharks to Minecraft won’t cause players to mass kill sharks. The shark from Banjo-Kazooie would cause me to do that before this. I also believe pandas and polar bears are or were endangered, and unlike polar bears, pandas are quite easy for humans to access and cause harm to.
Two thoughts about the discussion so far. 1. I don't think that any additions to Minecraft would have any noticeable impact on the real world. 2. The discussion has kinda shifted away from Orcas into sharks! Lol
I myself have also wished for Orcas to be added to minecraft as they are my favorite aquatic animal. Ive actually made an Orca suggestion in the past on a different account, and so I fully suport your idea. One thing I would like to add is that I feel the stats you gave the Orca are far too weak. An Orca only having 15 health would mean that the player has more health than it. A human being more durable than an Orca is very ridiculous. I feel that the Orca should at least have 40 health (same as an enderman), but honestly it should be even more. Same thing with the damage you gave it. 5 damage on normal is not much considering its coming from a 10,000 pound beast. It should at least be 7 (again same as enderman), but preferably even more. Maybe it could be given an attack where it can grab and pull you under the water in an attempt to drown you. Anyway I still completely agree with your suggestion, its just that if Orcas were added to Minecraft I would hope that they would not be underpowered. Also an idea for how the taming could possibly work is maybe it could be a one use per tame kind of thing. So say you give the Orca some fish. It will then allow you to ride on it for say 5-10 minutes then it throws you off until you give it more fish.
I've been playing MineCraft for a very long time. I started playing when I was a kid back in 2011 and have always had ideas and suggestions but none am I more passionate than this one. With the fairly recent 1.13 release Mojang added Dolphins to MineCraft. Never has my idea been closer to fruition. With this update it gave life to the mainly dull ocean biome. This was amazing for me because with the addition of dolphins it seemed like with just a few model changes and code changes that Orcas could be in there as well. I really hope that this is the right sub reddit to post in because my MineCraft dreams would be complete with the addition of Orcas lol. I have taken the liberty of trying to model a Orca that could mabye be used. It's nothing spectacular, just a recreation of the already implemented dolphin but with a texture change and the removal of the nose. I had used it in a MineCraft mod I made a few months back and posted on Minecraft Forum. The mod is nothing crazy, no natural spawning and they are currently land mobs but I wanted to try my hand at it in hops that it shows my dedication to this idea.
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I was thinking that they could spawn naturally in the deep ocean and that they would hunt the other ocean mobs because Orcas are known to eat everything in the ocean and they are the top of the food chain(even known to hunt sharks!) They would spawn in every ocean biome because they are found in every part of the ocean around the world! The drops for the Orcas would be raw fish with maybe even some lucky drops such as raw pufferfish. You might think Orcas dropping puffer fish is weird but dolphins (which Orcas are dolphins) have been known to eat pufferfish intentionally to get high off of their toxin.
Health:
Orcas health will reflect that of a doplhin's, Orcas are just big (and beautiful dolphins). That's why I think Orcas should have 15 health and do 3 damage on easy, 5 damage on medium, and 7 on hard.
Nature:
Orcas are the kings of the sea but that does not mean that they are aggressive creatures. There has never been a recorded attack of a wild Orca on a human being. The only attacks that have ever happened are the attacks at SeaWorld where they are kept in captivity when they should be wild. This is the reason that I think Orcas should behavior very similar to dogs where they are passive creatures until they are attacked.
Tamability?
Only a thought but I was thinking that you could maybe tame Orcas with raw fish and be able to ride them. This is obviously based on the real life Orcas in Seaworld(yes, I know sad but MineCraft is only a videogame lol). So taming Orcas is not too far out of an idea. The fact that the only real way to get across oceans fast is with a boat so I thought it might be an interesting idea to have a ride-able mob in the ocean. Please let me know your thoughts and if you have any suggestions to further the development of this idea please let me know!
I think some more details are necessary. Like how much health this thing has, how much damage it does, if it's hostile to the player, etc.
It seems interesting tho. So support for now I guess? I think if the mob is supposed to be potentially dangerous restricting its spawn might be necessary, as I wouldn't enjoy getting killed by an orca when I'm trying to swim to places early game.
Thanks for the feedback! I added some information regarding your questions!
According to the Minecraft wiki, killer whales are a mentioned feature that they talked about a few years ago. Your wish may come true without them even seeing this suggestion!
I agree, more biome diversity would be fun! I think they could implement orcas as an extra-large reskinned dolphin spawning in icebergs. Whales are closely related to dolphins so it might work, and you wouldn't have to worry about implementing special uses for them.
Support.
Thanks for the reply! Yeah it wouldn't be a hard addition at all! I mean for the model all you'd have to do is remove the bottle nose from the dolphin. And also Orcas are dolphins as well! Their name can be misleading but they are just big dolphins!
Oh I didn't even realize this was the case. Would love a link to the wiki page you are refering to!
Good sir you might be in more luck than I thought. Orcas and seals/sea lions were mentioned as something they’d like to add as of LAST YEAR! Scroll down till you see “brief mentions” and go down to 2018.
Mind you, these aren’t gauranteed, but many of these were partially if not fully implemented so...
Also worth mentioning is that the only reason pink river dolphins weren’t added was because of time constraints. Nice thing about Minecraft being ever updating is they will have more than enough time in the future.
EDIT: It was mentioned to not expect anymore sea creatures anytime soon, but the idea has been put in their head.
Hm... An ambient mob? Don't mind those. Makes the world feel a little more
alive. But there will be people who'd dislike orcas for the sake of disliking all
ambient mobs, simply for not having a specific use (like people making
a fuss about the addition of polar bears... or coming up with explanations on
how bats are actually not useless by their own logic when pointed out that
these creatures are already in the game and are there to stay).
But then again. Everyone has their own playstyle and tastes... whilst I like
the idea of having majestic orcas roam the oceans there will be at least one
or two people who would have issues with endangered species in games
(not sure if orcas are on the list... must ask captain obvious on that one)
...though we do already have polar and panda bears (those are endangered
as far as I know... so best bait for moral outrage) that people can be
cruel to. It is just a game but you know how some take these things too
serious. So to end the monologue: Yes this mob sounds fine to me.
-Support.-
Though I must admit I'm not so keen on the idea of taming orcas.
In my opinion they should be more wild like the newly added foxes.
Essentially you can breed them but they won't be tame... the whole
idea of taming them kind of gives the wrong impression of coming
across as, adding a pet to jump through hoops in an aquarium
just to entertain people like an aquatic clown as opposed to the
mighty leviathan and apex predator of the arctic ocean eating seals
by the dozen... just sounds less... badass to me. Just my two cents.^^
Thanks for the link. I know they have moved on from sea creatures for the time being but hopefully they will return to it in the future!
I always have loved the addition of ambient mobs to Minecraft. I was happy with the addition of polar bears and bats. The snow biomes and caves always seemed quite dull to me. And to answer your question about Orcas being on the endangered species list, they are not considered endangered due to lack of data on their numbers.
I was just throwing that idea out there. It just thought of a good addition to me because of the fact that the only way getting across oceans is the plain boats that have been around since early Beta. If they weren't tamable I would love to see an overhaul of the boats in Minecraft!
Yeah same... One of the reasons I posted a simple ship thread myself. I can understand you now that oceans aren't just
barren underwater wastelands.^^
I would love to see orcas in Minecraft too. With the addition of orcas I think there should be sharks. Although this is not true in real life I think sharks should attack you when you get near them. Also if your health is really low, sharks will come to you from a further distance. If you tamed an orca it would keep sharks away just like cats keep away creepers.
Yeah but the people working at Mojang already said they won't be adding sharks. Not sure if it was
for moral reasons due to possible image damage (like for example with the movie Jaws that gave
sharks a far worse reputation then they deserve) or because they'd rather have a more
'fantastic' sharklike beast for the sake of originality.
I don't really know what their reasoning was in the end since they came up with all kinds of arguments
boiling down to saying no to sharks.
But then again... if the later is the actual case raynextgen could make a thread to intruduce a hostile
maritime mob and call it a snapper or something in that direction, which is a shark in all but name...
make it a little blocky to fit the game and have it be your own fantasy shark like predator
(think of the slaughterfish out of the several Elder Scrolls games).
We need massive mobs at the sea! PLEASE! That would make swimming even more interesting.
I found the ridiculous explanation as to why sharks won’t be added here.
Honestly, I only wouldn’t want sharks because Drowned’s spawn rates, at least in Bedrock are absolutely insane. When swimming in the ocean I can run into a group of about 20 at once, at least 1-3 with tridents. I sooner die to a group of Drowned before I even get closed to dying in an ocea monument.
Oh I see! So it was to prevent something like the Jaws fiasco (that led to people killing great whites after the movie was aired).
Luckily you still have those not entirely docile polar bears to cuddle! XD
I just have a strong feeling that adding sharks to Minecraft won’t cause players to mass kill sharks. The shark from Banjo-Kazooie would cause me to do that before this. I also believe pandas and polar bears are or were endangered, and unlike polar bears, pandas are quite easy for humans to access and cause harm to.
Two thoughts about the discussion so far. 1. I don't think that any additions to Minecraft would have any noticeable impact on the real world. 2. The discussion has kinda shifted away from Orcas into sharks! Lol
I myself have also wished for Orcas to be added to minecraft as they are my favorite aquatic animal. Ive actually made an Orca suggestion in the past on a different account, and so I fully suport your idea. One thing I would like to add is that I feel the stats you gave the Orca are far too weak. An Orca only having 15 health would mean that the player has more health than it. A human being more durable than an Orca is very ridiculous. I feel that the Orca should at least have 40 health (same as an enderman), but honestly it should be even more. Same thing with the damage you gave it. 5 damage on normal is not much considering its coming from a 10,000 pound beast. It should at least be 7 (again same as enderman), but preferably even more. Maybe it could be given an attack where it can grab and pull you under the water in an attempt to drown you. Anyway I still completely agree with your suggestion, its just that if Orcas were added to Minecraft I would hope that they would not be underpowered. Also an idea for how the taming could possibly work is maybe it could be a one use per tame kind of thing. So say you give the Orca some fish. It will then allow you to ride on it for say 5-10 minutes then it throws you off until you give it more fish.