After watching the minecraft monday show, and asking for what mob i'd love to see, and passing it around to a few friends for their thoughts first... I came up with a Jack o' Lantern mob.
Jack will spawn in well lit areas, since he is technically a plant until the pumpkins ripen.
He will have the standard jack o lantern head (unlit) while he is hiding within the pumpkin patch. (player grown or natural) However when he gets angry his head will change to an angry look (as seen by my crappy drawing skills) with green glowing eyes/mouth/area lighting as apposed to the yellow ones made by players.
He will have a long slender body (and tall like endermen) textured to look like roots as well as four legs in total. (that will bring quadrupeds up to TWO so the creeper isnt lonely anymore)
Now to anger Jack you must either hit him, or harvest pumpkins near him.
Personally i really love the idea of him spawning inside of a player's garden to give a bit of apprehension to mass farming.
-=EDIT!=- i forgot to add, that he will be BURIED under the ground until aggrivated (it will be possible to mine underneath him and expose his root body, with an axe you can "tend the garden" so to speak and kill him before he can attack you while harvesting)
I like the general CONCEPT, but not the idea. Jack-o-Lantern-Mob just sounds kinda dumb. Something that might make more sense is an Ent or a Treespirit. Something that spawns very rarely to make people more cautious. So nice general idea, but overall in my opinion this mob will never be implemented.
I like the general CONCEPT, but not the idea. Jack-o-Lantern-Mob just sounds kinda dumb. Something that might make more sense is an Ent or a Treespirit. Something that spawns very rarely to make people more cautious. So nice general idea, but overall in my opinion this mob will never be implemented.
Hrrrm, it does seem kind of silly...
...But aren't slimes kind of silly, too...? I mean, they're just blobs that jump around and split into other slimes upon death.
But, with Halloween coming up, I can see this fitting in for a new update.
It was inspired primarily by halloween i will admit, it just seemed like a good idea, like endermen you never know when they are gonna teleport and hit you from behind... (and ever noticed that they STOPPED attacking you when you look at them? you have to hit them now first -.- )
but for those who will say "its too OP not being able to find them!" you can turn on peaceful mode.. but if you REALLY want mobs... easy mode will have Jack lit up like he has a torch in his head (so you know which patch is "bugged")
however this is just a suggestion, how the mob behaves/reacts ect ect is all up to Jens and his team I just wanted to throw this out there.
It was inspired primarily by halloween i will admit, it just seemed like a good idea, like endermen you never know when they are gonna teleport and hit you from behind... (and ever noticed that they STOPPED attacking you when you look at them? you have to hit them now first -.- )
but for those who will say "its too OP not being able to find them!" you can turn on peaceful mode.. but if you REALLY want mobs... easy mode will have Jack lit up like he has a torch in his head (so you know which patch is "bugged")
however this is just a suggestion, how the mob behaves/reacts ect ect is all up to Jens and his team I just wanted to throw this out there.
The lit up head would require tons of updates and cause lags... Meaning that part probably won't make it in game.
Anyway, what would this mob drop? Pumpkin Seeds and a rare drop of a Jack O' Lantern...?
The lit up head would require tons of updates and cause lags... Meaning that part probably won't make it in game.
Anyway, what would this mob drop? Pumpkin Seeds and a rare drop of a Jack O' Lantern...?
Honestly i only put the light idea in there due to the fact that alot of my favorite features of mobs have gotten nerfed by people saying they were too hard to kill.
as for what he will drop? i havent thought about it xD seeds for sure, but he could also have a chance to drop "pumpkin roots" or something of the like to use in future potions updates. (like a splash potion to light up an area temporarily, like a flare) or it can be combined with a torch (i'd say like a 1:15/20 ratio of root to torches) to make them glow green.
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https://d.facdn.net/...aiwait_jack.jpg a little doodle i did while it was still in my head.
and for those who cant read my chicken scratch;
Jack will spawn in well lit areas, since he is technically a plant until the pumpkins ripen.
He will have the standard jack o lantern head (unlit) while he is hiding within the pumpkin patch. (player grown or natural) However when he gets angry his head will change to an angry look (as seen by my crappy drawing skills) with green glowing eyes/mouth/area lighting as apposed to the yellow ones made by players.
He will have a long slender body (and tall like endermen) textured to look like roots as well as four legs in total. (that will bring quadrupeds up to TWO so the creeper isnt lonely anymore)
Now to anger Jack you must either hit him, or harvest pumpkins near him.
Personally i really love the idea of him spawning inside of a player's garden to give a bit of apprehension to mass farming.
-=EDIT!=- i forgot to add, that he will be BURIED under the ground until aggrivated (it will be possible to mine underneath him and expose his root body, with an axe you can "tend the garden" so to speak and kill him before he can attack you while harvesting)
I like the general CONCEPT, but not the idea. Jack-o-Lantern-Mob just sounds kinda dumb. Something that might make more sense is an Ent or a Treespirit. Something that spawns very rarely to make people more cautious. So nice general idea, but overall in my opinion this mob will never be implemented.
...But aren't slimes kind of silly, too...? I mean, they're just blobs that jump around and split into other slimes upon death.
But, with Halloween coming up, I can see this fitting in for a new update.
but for those who will say "its too OP not being able to find them!" you can turn on peaceful mode.. but if you REALLY want mobs... easy mode will have Jack lit up like he has a torch in his head (so you know which patch is "bugged")
however this is just a suggestion, how the mob behaves/reacts ect ect is all up to Jens and his team
The lit up head would require tons of updates and cause lags... Meaning that part probably won't make it in game.
Anyway, what would this mob drop? Pumpkin Seeds and a rare drop of a Jack O' Lantern...?
Honestly i only put the light idea in there due to the fact that alot of my favorite features of mobs have gotten nerfed by people saying they were too hard to kill.
as for what he will drop? i havent thought about it xD seeds for sure, but he could also have a chance to drop "pumpkin roots" or something of the like to use in future potions updates. (like a splash potion to light up an area temporarily, like a flare) or it can be combined with a torch (i'd say like a 1:15/20 ratio of root to torches) to make them glow green.