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Quote from Ouatcheur

Personally, I'd make all those boosts lilke this:

Fully drawn bow: 100% of the matgical boosts are added.
Not fully drawn bow, between 50% drawn and 99% drawn: only half of the total strength of the boosts gets added.
Not fully drawn bow, less than 50%: no magical boost.

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Good Morning MineCrafters! Welcome to Day... 1625+ of the suggestion
(Name Changed From: OFFICIAL GOLD GOLEM THREAD)

Quote from Sacheverell

.Surprisingly solid idea you have there. Not sure how much work it would be for Mojang to program it, but definitely interesting.

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When I found a pyramid it was just too easy to get my 11 gold, 2 emeralds, 3 diamonds, 12 iron, and 9 TNT. there needs to be something more to protect it. Such as "Desert Guardians" AKA "Gold Golems".

Health Points
200 (x100) (Debatable)

Armor 4 ()

-Includes Boss Health Bar

-They do not: Take fall damage, Drown in Water or Burn in fire/Lava
-Slow healing factor so that you can't attack then wait a long time then attack again

-High resistance to ranged attacks
Attack Strength
Melee Strike:

Easy 4 () Medium 6 () Hard 8 ()
Charge Attack:

Easy 7 () Medium 9 () Hard 11 ()
Laser Attack:

Easy 4 ()+ Medium 6 ()+ Hard 9 ()+

(see info below)
Spawn
-In Desert Temples
-Only ONE Gold Golem will spawn in the temple

-If a Gold Guardian generated as part of a Pyramid is killed, another will NOT spawn to take its place.
-The Golem WILL spawn in peaceful, but will stay inactive.
Drops
(5-10)(Why Gold? Because Ancient Egypt used Gold Plating on it's statues))
(3-6)(Why Lapis? EXCELLENT QUESTION! The golem has blue glyphs on it and i like Lapis)

( 1 )( Mob Head. Trophy/Used to create Inanimate Statues) (more info below)

( 1 )("Power Core". An Item Used To Revive The Fallen Boss) (more info below)

(Not so strange to think about now-a-days since the dragon can be re-summoned with a single purpose item)
Experience
50 EXP
(Iron Golems Drop 0)

(Wither Drops 50)

(Dragon Drops 1,200)

Movement
Rather slow unless charging

(more info below)
Does not need to jump to move up 1 block

Behavior
-The golem will stand dormant in the Pyramid like a statue until a player gets within it's line of sight

(10 Blocks), then it will "Wake Up" and attack the player.
(It will also awake if any chests within a 20 block radius are interacted with. Eyes are dark while Inactive)

Once awake, it's awareness of the player will extend 32? blocks.
If the player manages to escape, the Gold Golem will give up the chase and go back to its spawn point (or if target is killed).

It moves slowly, but when it gets close (5-8 blocks Ish?), it will begin its attack pattern:
-Attempting to Melee the player three times, raising it's arms for a moment then brings them down, giving about half a second to react and move away.

-After that, Its jaw will drop, the Eyes Glow Red and it will charge the player, making a low Roar as it attacks. This sprint can only be stopped by a wall (of at LEAST 2m tall) OR if the golem has charged for a distance of 10 blocks, causing a sort of bull fighter effect.
(Anything weaker than blast resistance 30 EXCEPT for sandstone/sandstone variants will be broken on impact. stones/sandstone will show damage cracks but never break from impact.)
-Finally, After it has come to a stop, It will look at the player, after a few seconds will shoot a beam from its mouth in a horizontal line with the player in the midpoint, causing a sort of sweep attack from left to right. (This laser will be able to break the same blockset as the charge attack, igniting any Mob/Player in its path as well as any blocks it comes in contact with. The point of this is to clear out possible barricades the player has built around it, or used to hide.)
-If the player cannot be reached for Melee attacks (Like, being stuck in a hole or a small doorway) The Golem will go strait to using its Charge (To break a wall that's possibly blocking it), Then continue with the Laser.

Gold Golems do not attack random monsters because random monsters don't want to steal treasure. A Gold Golem's primary purpose is to defend Pyramids from raiding players

(But using one as a guard in your prison/gladiatorial battle/boss for your dungeon, is also GREAT!)
(And Because they only target players they cant be used to make mob grinders to get items easier.)

WHY ATTACK PLAYERS?:
Gold Guardians are meant to protect Pyramids from THIEVES (Players) As Iron Golems protect Villagers from zombies.

(And YES, Players are thieving from the pyramid, there is no way to sugar coat it. You tomb raiding player you......)

Gold Guardians do not attack random monsters because random monsters don't want to steal treasure.A Gold Guardian's primary purpose is to defend Pyramids from raiding players (But using one as a guard in your prison/gladiatorial battle/boss for your dungeon, is also GREAT!)
And Because they target players they cant be used to make mob grinders to get items easier.
They do not; Take fall damage, Drown in Water or Burn in fire/Lava

The Guardian Can NOT Be Tamed!
(The Purpose of the Golem is to attack players. NOT RANDOM MONSTERS! If you want that then make IronGolems. Not Going To Debate It.)

Crafting A Statue/Reviving the Boss.

To craft An Inanimate statue place the dropped boss's head onto a T of gold blocks.

To revive, use the "Power Core" on the statue to bring it back to life with a mighty roar and a short "Boot up" time

Here is a Concept model done by

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If you have been to one of these temples. you will see THIS BLOCK all over. It is the reason for the creeper faces and the Lapis bands. There ya have it.

I will not make a poll. This thread has had a number of polls, each having up to a thousand "yes" votes, so I don't find much of a reason to make one.

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Most of us have encountered at least one mind-bogglingly hugemongous cave system that we couldn't even begin to navigate unaided. Most of us have died in at least one of these and lost a hefty fraction of the minerals it contained. I spent most of Beta deep underground, looking for and looting the biggest caves I could find. I like to think I've gotten quite good at it; I die in my base more than I do in caves. This guide is a summary of the strategies I use to navigate them successfully and safely.

EQUIPMENT LIST
There is not a whole lot if disagreement over what to bring, but this is what usually comes with me when I step into the shadows of a likely tunnel.

• Pickaxe, shovel, sword
The higher-level, the better. Diamonds in caves are too rare to make plain diamond tools sustainable, though, last time I checked. But a high-end diamond sword will save your life and thus your loot.

• Fortune or Silk touch
whatever your main pick is, bring one of the above two. Either a fortune pick to get the most out of your ores, or a silk touch pick to bring them home and use the fortune pick in safety. Having a fortune pick and/or unbreaking on your diamond tools can make it easy possible to turn a diamond profit while spelunking.

• Bow and arrows
For creepers, mostly. Go down with a stack if you don't like sword fighting. Take half that if you save it for creepers. I sometimes gain arrows in caves, due to frequent skeleton encounters. Low-level enchantments do a lot for bows, by the way. All you need is power 1 to take all monsters down in two hits.

• Iron armor
Leather is weak sauce. Diamond is awesome, but usually prohibitively expensive. Only creepers, cave spiders, and careless mistakes around lava can kill you with full armor. I can't stress enough how important having full armor is.

• Lava bucket and Water bucket
Did you know that emptying a bucket into a source block will make the contents disappear? Pick up the source you emptied it into and move on. Use this trick to clear all the random water and lava flows you find.

• Torches - 1 stack
Make more as needed.

• Logs - 1 stack
Logs, not planks. And at least half a stack. Yes, you might run through thirty blocks making torches, workbenches, tools and chests. No, you don't want be out of wood when you're in so deep that you ran out of wood. You get it? In mineshafts, you can mine your wood, but I prefer not to rely on that.

• Food - 1 stack
The best food is the one you can bring the most of, except melon slices and mushrooms. Melons just don't fill you much, and shrooms take a lot of inventory space because you can't stack soup. I prefer baked potatoes. Very easy to get a lot of, and they keep you full for a long time.

• Some cobblestone and gravel
For bridges, long drops/ascensions, etc.
You will find more, but it's good to have some before you enter. Same thing with iron.

NAIVGATION SYSTEM
My navigation system isn't very complex, but it works perfectly for completely searching cave systems. It doesn't work well for the strategy of lighting caves up then going back to mine the ores, but I always mine as I go. This whole guide is built around the idea of using what you find down there to keep going.
The primary rule is always turn right. Right, right, right (left works too, as long as you always go the same way), until you hit a dead end. Then you mark the dead end with a cobble pillar at the last intersection that has an unexplored option. With the rightmost path marked off, it's time to try the next path to the left. This means that when I enter a large room with many paths coming off it, I tend to go counterclockwise around the room as I explore each path. And if I come across a section of cave I've already been through, I mark the meeting point like a dead end. This often results in one meandering and excessively long path through the cave system, but at least it's one path. To prevent getting lost if I make any mistakes, I also place torches on the right. If I get confused, I can just keep walking walking with my torches on the left and I will always approach the exit.


CERTAIN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS
Sometimes, the cave will say, "­**** you. I don't want you to get out alive today. Good luck surviving THIS." This section explains how to survive those situations with as much grace and remaining health as possible. The first and best way to survive anything is to be prepared for it, though. ALWAYS keep your health high and replace destroyed armor, even if it means stopping right there and making a workbench and furnace. Skeleton squad got you down to three hearts? There may be a creeper squad around the corner, so get ready for it before they catch you off your guard.

Lava pools
Weak sauce. You got that water bucket? Stand somewhere where the flow won't push you into the lava, and let it spread out over the lava and make a nice, safe obsidian floor. Then scoop it back up, repeat until it's all frozen, and be on your way. Don't feel obligated to mine all the obsidian.

Water pushing you into lava
Holding SHIFT will keep you from falling into the lava. Freeze the rest of the lava with your water bucket (or at least enough to make it unlikely to kill you), then find the source of the problem flow and scoop it up.

Skeletons below you
Goddamn it's hard to shoot those buggers without getting shot. Having the high ground is good in a real firefight, but bad in a Minecraft firefight. Either jump down and take the hit, or pour lava on them. It goes around corners.

Creepers above you
Shoot them ­ if you have space. Run if you don't. If you hear hissing and don't know where the creeper is, turn around and spam punch while backing up. I consider gunpowder to be a bit of a trophy, so letting them blow up in a safe place is a last resort.

Endermen
Do not engage endermen in a cave. It will teleport away, then five minutes later it will pop up behind you while you're digging something up in a ravine wall or next to lava. Every goddamned time. They KNOW. Only hunt endermen on the surface.

Where the hell is that goddamned spider?
Spiders lost their telepathic player detection in some update and this section is only preserved as a tribute to deaths long past.

INVENTORY OPTIMIZATION
This isn't a really complicated topic, but it's worth discussing a little. There's a lot of information in the equipment list too. Bring logs, not planks. Diamond tools, only one bucket of each liquid, making everything you can as you go so it isn't taking up space until you run out. The only important factor that hasn't been explained is taking the time to smelt iron once you have more than two stacks. At that point, you're guaranteed to save an inventory slot after smelting metals and converting to blocks. You'll also want to convert lapis to blocks.
Using cobblestone as dead-end markers will also save you inventory space. If you aren't out to mine much coal or redstone, you can use those tricks to spend afternoons down there without running out of space. But if you are out to mine all the minerals you see, you might want a mini-base.


MINI-BASE
If you need to travel far for caves and you want to bring back everything in them, you might want to construct a base within the cave. An ideal spot has plenty of room but few entrances.
In the forward base, you probably want to place a bed. Much better than writing down the coordinates of the entrance and running for your stuff across the overworld. Aside from the obvious furnaces and chests, you might want to set up a small farm or two. Wheat, melons, potatoes, and carrots are all good. Carrots are unique in that they can be planted directly in their edible state, saving inventory space. Melons and mushrooms are poor choices, but they can be found underground if you're running out of food.
If you're in for the REALLY long haul, or you think you might die and lose all your wood, bring a sapling (not pine, pine sucks for farming) and read this article. If you plan on using a tree farm, look for a place with a lot of headroom for your base. Ditto with a bonemeal-based mushroom farm.

FINDING GOOD CAVES
If you're playing the current version of Minecraft, all you need to do to find good caves is find a cave, usually. The newest terrain generator makes great caves everywhere. But I actually wish there were fewer caves. It used to be that you could completely explore a system. Now, caves seem to make up an infinite network and I never get that satisfaction of finishing one off.

Sailing at Night
You wouldn't think hanging around the ocean at night would be a good way to find caves, but it is, especially for mineshafts. The ocean is much easier to look through when it's dark out. Look for collapsed sand. If you're sailing in shallow water, you might actually hear the water flowing into the cave. If there's light coming from it, you've probably spotted a mineshaft. See weird blocks of air scattered through the water? It's a bug that occurs above mineshafts. Just remember that caves under ocean without much nearby land will be have more monsters because there is nowhere else to spawn.

Eyes and ears
I keep my ears open for cave noises, flowing water, and monster calls. Headphones, good stereo, or surround sound will make it easier to pinpoint where the monster is. When you're in a cave and you think you have it explored but hear monsters, dig for them. Remember that there is no way to tell by ear if they are above or below you. This is a good way to find dungeons. They are usually quite noisy.

Mining
Simple enough. Dig deep and start a branch mine on lava level (F3 will read 11 for X at the right elevation), and listen for cave sounds, monsters, or the sound of water or lava. Or just dig straight into one by accident. That happens often enough, and the systems you find this way are usually very deep and rich.

Mapping Utilities Don't know of any good ones for the current version, sorry
I used to use Cartograph G, but last time I checked, it wasn't updated for the newest update. Not sure if it works. But anyway, if you can find a mapping program with a cave mode, you can compare the cave images with a surface image of the same area, and find unique systems that way.

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Quote from Deonyi

I'd make it more crafting like and less plopping clay down in a slot and it turns into a pot or something.

Quote from MUSHROOMSOCK

You could earn my support if you came up with more uses for this other than making a cauldron ripoff.Some more clay decoration would be good, but for this idea to be AMAZING, it needs something totally new.