The Sand Wurm, a rare, powerful, and enormous mini boss character. It would burrow under deserts similar to how a silver fish burrows in stone. An encounter with a Sand Wurm would be marked with large rumbling sounds from beneath the sand and a shaking of the earth, making it hard for the player to walk. The encounter can be avoided if the player runs far away enough from the rumbling. However, if one doesn't, the wurm will emerge from the sands and a boss health bar would appear above. The wurm wouldn't be nearly as strong as the Enderdragon, but would be stronger than normal mobs. When defeated, it would drop large amounts of wurm teeth and experience. Wurm teeth could be used as an alternative to iron, being just as strong.
I think it would be cool if there was a sandworm similar to those in Dune, but that would require a much, MUCH larger and deeper desert biome for it to have any maneuverability.
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