Preservatives are items that preserve dropped items. Any drops within 3 blocks of a preservative drop will not decay and stay there forever. However, this effect can be further enhanced by crafting 9 together to get a preservative block. Any drops within 15 blocks of a placed preservative block will not decay. This has two uses: first, to preserve your belongings when you die (you can put them in your inventory), and second to enhance mob traps. However, drops will still burn in lava. But how do you get them? Easy. Sea water contains salt, right? Salt is a kind of preservative. Therefore, we should be able to extract salt from water. You can do this by letting water source blocks evaporate in the Nether. Evaporated water will have a 30% chance of dropping salt. Four salt in the crafting table will yield a Processed Preservative, or simply a Preservative. Now you don't have to worry about losing your diamond tools anymore!
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I haven't even bought MineCraft, I don't have the money...
The idea makes little logical sense, even for Minecraft.
Placing salt near dropped items makes them float there indefinitely?
First of all, Salt preserves FOOD by making spoilage and decomposition slower. Also, the salt has to be dissolved with, or in contact with the food for it to work.
The idea you're suggesting, to have another item or block keep items from "decomposing" would be more logically fit by something that emits gamma radiation.
So long story short, no thank you.
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"Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty" -Jefferson Davis
No, he's right. The salt part of this topic is... well it's pretty crap.
But the underlying idea could be useful in some situations. Like the TC said, the item form would protect your items if you die while carrying it - at the expense of one of your precious inventory slots.
And the block could be used to build the display cases that so many people want. Use the block as a pedestal, throw down the item you want to display, and surround it with glass panes. Tadaa! Museum exhibit.
Even if the dropped block is 3 blocks near it would disappear after 5 minutes
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!!!
My point is, when the dropped block is near it it WONT disappear after 5 minutes, therefore protecting your items after death!!!
And yes, the salt part is pretty crappy, but why not? It's not like Minecraft is realistic, it does approximately the same thing. But your point IS valid...
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I haven't even bought MineCraft, I don't have the money...
Preservatives are items that preserve dropped items. Any drops within 3 blocks of a preservative drop will not decay and stay there forever. However, this effect can be further enhanced by crafting 9 together to get a preservative block. Any drops within 15 blocks of a placed preservative block will not decay. This has two uses: first, to preserve your belongings when you die (you can put them in your inventory), and second to enhance mob traps. However, drops will still burn in lava. But how do you get them? Easy. Sea water contains salt, right? Salt is a kind of preservative. Therefore, we should be able to extract salt from water. You can do this by letting water source blocks evaporate in the Nether. Evaporated water will have a 30% chance of dropping salt. Four salt in the crafting table will yield a Processed Preservative, or simply a Preservative. Now you don't have to worry about losing your diamond tools anymore!
Placing salt near dropped items makes them float there indefinitely?
First of all, Salt preserves FOOD by making spoilage and decomposition slower. Also, the salt has to be dissolved with, or in contact with the food for it to work.
The idea you're suggesting, to have another item or block keep items from "decomposing" would be more logically fit by something that emits gamma radiation.
So long story short, no thank you.
But the underlying idea could be useful in some situations. Like the TC said, the item form would protect your items if you die while carrying it - at the expense of one of your precious inventory slots.
And the block could be used to build the display cases that so many people want. Use the block as a pedestal, throw down the item you want to display, and surround it with glass panes. Tadaa! Museum exhibit.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!!!
My point is, when the dropped block is near it it WONT disappear after 5 minutes, therefore protecting your items after death!!!
And yes, the salt part is pretty crappy, but why not? It's not like Minecraft is realistic, it does approximately the same thing. But your point IS valid...