Have you ever felt like the caves of Minecraft, while fun, could be more grand? Look no further than my suggestion for the new realm of Gemopyus, a miner's dream come true! In this post I'll go over my ideas for Amythest and Rubies(both important parts of entering Gemopyus), and Gemopyus and its various mobs and blocks.
Part One: Amythest, Rubies, and the Gem Vortex!
Amythest is one of the two new ores to Minecraft, found at about the rarity of Lapis Lazuli. It would be an essential part of opening the Gem Vortex to enter Gemopyus. While it is mainly used for your portal, it can also be used in villager trading as a substitute for 5 emeralds.
Rubies are the next new ore to Minecraft, and are found at about the same level of rarity as Lapis and Amythest. It has the same property of 1 ruby = 5 emeralds, and is another ingredient in your Gem Vortex. Both of the new gems can be made into blocks, and are mined with a diamond pickaxe.
To make your Gem Vortex, you will need a Gem Alter, which is made with a Gem Star, which is in turn made by made by putting a Nether Start in the middle of your 3x3 grid, and putting a Diamond above it, an Emerald below it, Amythest to the right, and a Ruby to the left. To make the Gem Alter, put it above an Enchantment table on a 3x3 or 2x2 grid. When you right-click it, a GUI appears with a small square split into 4 tiles in the middle, and 4 slots on the sides of it. To activate it, you put in 1 of each gem used in the Gem Star into the slots, which makes one of the tiles light up in that gem's color, then you click the lit-up tile. Do this with all 4 types of gems, and a Gem Vortex appears in front of the Gem Alter. It looks like the cheaper design for a Nether Portal, but made of gem blocks (ruby blocks on left, amythest on right, etc.
Part Two: Gemopyus Boogaloo
Once you jump in, you enter Gemopyus! You spawn in a tunnel, , and once you climb out, you can look out in awe. The whole realm is like a huge ravine/cave, with waterfalls, natural tunnels, and more! You may notice the new blocks around this time. The trees here have blue-ish white bark, and bright cyan leaves- these are Crystal Trees, which give you blue-ish white Crystal Planks, and on occasion, Gold Apples! The grass, while the same, has a biome shade of emerald-block green, with ponds of water and the occasional patch of grass around. The tunnels are made of plain old stone, but ore spawn rates are increased and ores spawn in all parts of Gemopyus, so you can come home rich! However, by now, you begin to notice the new mobs...
Part Three: Tortoises and Ants and Ore Gremlins, oh my!
Gemopyus is full of life! Mobs crawl, run, and traverse the land all day and night here. However, the mobs in this realm are special- being made of gems, they are best killed with a pickaxe, rather than a sword! There are 6 new mobs added.
The first new mob is the Emerald Tortoise! It moves quite slowly, and has a shell that looks like an emerald block. It is a peaceful mob, trying to escape you if you hit it. It has loads of health, but if you manage to kill it, it drops 1 Emerald Shell! The Emerald Shell, when fired from a Dispenser, acts sorta like a Koopa shell from Super Mario Bros.- it goes at high speeds, and does 1 1/2 hearts of damage to whatever mob it hits. However, it breaks upon hitting 5 things, stopping it from being a viable grinding tool unless you have plenty of the shells.
The next new mob is the Diamond Crab. They are found in the ponds of this realm, being neutral like pigmen- they won't hit you until provoked. They do half a heart of damage per attack, and when killed, drop Diamond Claws, which can be crafted into 2 Diamonds per claw.
The next mob is another neutral mob, the Ruby Ant. Ruby Ants are giant insectoids, roaming the caves of Gemopyus. They can slowly break through blocks, instinctively making more tunnels! When you attack one, it calls in its buddies. They do 2 hearts of damage, and leave a poison effect every few hits. When killed, they drop Ruby Legs, which can be used to make Ruby Arrows which poison whatever it hits.
Another new mob is the Amethyst Chameleon, a rather large, instinctively hostile mob. They spawn on trees, climbing the bark easily. They are invisible until hit, but make an ambient sort of buzzing noise while invisible. They will attack by jumping at you, which will do 4 hearts of damage. Killing one gives you an Amythest Eye, which would be used to brew Invisiblity potions (the current method would be removed)
The final common mob would be an Ore Gremlin. Ore Gremlins are small hostile mobs, looking similar to a block. They stay in ore veins of diamonds, waiting for the moment you try to mine them. When you try to mine them, they hop out! They look like a block of diamond ore, but with small legs, and big light blue eyes. They run at you, doing 3 hearts of damage and lots of knockback. When in block form, they can be identified by their lighter shade of grey. They drop Diamond Bits, which are like Gold Nuggets but used to make Diamonds.
The true final mob is very uncommon, less common than the coveted pink sheep or spider jockey. It is the Crystal Pig! Looking like a pig with pink gem skin, it is a bit larger than your normal pig. It acts like the pig, and when killed, it drops Crystal Pork, which can be eaten. It gives less health points than a porkchop, but gives you Jump Boost 1, Speed 1, and Regeneration 1 for 45 seconds.
Hope you enjoy my little suggestion, +1 and give your opinion if you like it!
i think this would probably be better suited as a mod because a new dimension would only make ppl with bad computors lag more but it would be a very nice mod
That and I'm already having fun exploring mineshafts and cave systems. And the creepers, skeletons, spiders, zombies, water, lava, coal, iron, gold, lapis, redstone and diamonds, I can't see how the current underground is a miners dream. I like this idea, but not as a miners dream. Underground is a realm where I can mine all day and night. May I suggest you repost this under "mod suggestions"?
I like some of this but I don't think we need a new dimension. Maybe they could make the ground 30 or so blocks higher and then flesh out the caves in the overworld. Make them much bigger, longer, possibly with new structures. I also like the idea of trees that drop golden apples but maybe that could be in a new rare biome called the "Enchanted Forest" or something. Perhaps it could have increased ore generation as well? I also like ore gremlins. They could spawn like silverfish blocks now do in the snapshot. Maybe they could even spawn in groups sometimes? Also rubies could be the next teir in the trading system like you said. They would be quite a bit more rare than emeralds and so the trades to get them would be much more expensive, but the items you get from trading with them would also be significantly better. For instance you could get a currently unnatainable enchantment such as Unbreaking VII, Efficiency IX, Etc from a librarian. XD I just realised I've practically made a new post... Oh well. I hope if you read all that you enjoyed my input and that's all for now.
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I like some of this but I don't think we need a new dimension. Maybe they could make the ground 30 or so blocks higher and then flesh out the caves in the overworld. Make them much bigger, longer, possibly with new structures. I also like the idea of trees that drop golden apples but maybe that could be in a new rare biome called the "Enchanted Forest" or something. Perhaps it could have increased ore generation as well? I also like ore gremlins. They could spawn like silverfish blocks now do in the snapshot. Maybe they could even spawn in groups sometimes? Also rubies could be the next teir in the trading system like you said. They would be quite a bit more rare than emeralds and so the trades to get them would be much more expensive, but the items you get from trading with them would also be significantly better. For instance you could get a currently unnatainable enchantment such as Unbreaking VII, Efficiency IX, Etc from a librarian. XD I just realised I've practically made a new post... Oh well. I hope if you read all that you enjoyed my input and that's all for now.
This is actually better than my idea. You should make a post out of it, I wouldn't mind at all! In fact, I'd help out!
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I agree, but this sounds like a mod way too much.
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I suppose it is mod-ish, but I think it'd be a nice addition- a realm where miners can mine all day and night!
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This is actually better than my idea. You should make a post out of it, I wouldn't mind at all! In fact, I'd help out!
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