Here's an idea for a pretty useful navigational device.
The Nether Compass
This item would be crafted by combining a compass with a piece of quartz, and look like a compass with a white needle.
By right clicking with the nether compass on a lit beacon, you can attune it to those coordinates and make it point there instead of spawn. It will remain attuned to those coordinates whether the beacon is on or off, or removed. So you can use it to point to places even if you don't want a beacon there, as long as a beacon was there at one point.
You can switch which beacon the nether compass is attuned to just by right clicking on a different lit beacon, and do that as often as you like.
This would be an extremely handy way to find your way back to your base, even if you're far from spawn and don't have coordinates written down. And adventure maps could give players nether compasses attuned to different locations around the world, to help them find areas of interest.
Hmmm....see nothing wrong with it. Better then the idea where a compass points to the nearest beacon (major griefing potential there)
Another thing I would like to see is a compass made with quartz instead of redstone that would point to the last nether portal you traveled through.
That could be useful too, if you're exploring a portal network, and coming out of lot of different places on Earth.
It's worth pointing out that the Nether Compass wouldn't actually work in the nether, since beacons can't be lit there. Mojang deliberately made it hard to navigate (maps don't work, compases don't work) so I don't think that should be changed.
Hmmm....see nothing wrong with it. Better then the idea where a compass points to the nearest beacon (major griefing potential there)
Another thing I would like to see is a compass made with quartz instead of redstone that would point to the last nether portal you traveled through.
Something that points to the nearest beacon would be kind of cool, if it changed when the beacon was turned on or off though. You could use redstone to change people's compasses. That's pretty useful. Fixing it to one coordinate probably makes it easier to code though, and does make it griefer proof.
Regular, I don't think this is very useful and balanced. If it could point to beds and/or beacons, that would be better. Incorporating a hard to get item, like a Nether Star or something could make it more balanced.
Regular, I don't think this is very useful and balanced. If it could point to beds and/or beacons, that would be better. Incorporating a hard to get item, like a Nether Star or something could make it more balanced.
You need a Nether star in order to make a beacon to attune it to.
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Should try a Nether Portal, to attune it to. (the Nether Portal block not the obsidian). As soon as it is attuned, the compass part will turn purple and cannot be attuned again, except...
You could try to add an extra effect to the Nether Compass which give the ability to toggle your nether compass between a portal and a beacon. In which that when used upon the compass part will turn Green, if already enchanted with a portal, the needle will be purple. In which when left clicked, the needle color and compass color will switch color. Changing to what it is attuned to.
Hence that a Nether Stars are very hard to obtain, since wither skeleton heads are very rare to obtain.
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Renaming the compass afterwards should be strongly considered, since it can be confusing.
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The Nether Compass
This item would be crafted by combining a compass with a piece of quartz, and look like a compass with a white needle.
By right clicking with the nether compass on a lit beacon, you can attune it to those coordinates and make it point there instead of spawn. It will remain attuned to those coordinates whether the beacon is on or off, or removed. So you can use it to point to places even if you don't want a beacon there, as long as a beacon was there at one point.
You can switch which beacon the nether compass is attuned to just by right clicking on a different lit beacon, and do that as often as you like.
This would be an extremely handy way to find your way back to your base, even if you're far from spawn and don't have coordinates written down. And adventure maps could give players nether compasses attuned to different locations around the world, to help them find areas of interest.
Another thing I would like to see is a compass made with quartz instead of redstone that would point to the last nether portal you traveled through.
That could be useful too, if you're exploring a portal network, and coming out of lot of different places on Earth.
It's worth pointing out that the Nether Compass wouldn't actually work in the nether, since beacons can't be lit there. Mojang deliberately made it hard to navigate (maps don't work, compases don't work) so I don't think that should be changed.
Something that points to the nearest beacon would be kind of cool, if it changed when the beacon was turned on or off though. You could use redstone to change people's compasses. That's pretty useful. Fixing it to one coordinate probably makes it easier to code though, and does make it griefer proof.
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Curse PremiumYou need a Nether star in order to make a beacon to attune it to.
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Curse PremiumYou could try to add an extra effect to the Nether Compass which give the ability to toggle your nether compass between a portal and a beacon. In which that when used upon the compass part will turn Green, if already enchanted with a portal, the needle will be purple. In which when left clicked, the needle color and compass color will switch color. Changing to what it is attuned to.
Hence that a Nether Stars are very hard to obtain, since wither skeleton heads are very rare to obtain.
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Renaming the compass afterwards should be strongly considered, since it can be confusing.
Yeah, this is a late game reward.
Although if you get one beacon you can move it around to attune to compasses in many different locations. No need to kill dozens of withers.