After seeing bees in the new snapshot, I started to wonder if we will be getting an update to farming. This is my concept for a new Farming Update (I don’t know if this is a thing already or if this is 1.15)
New Crops
Tomatoes - Tomato plants work work similar to cocoa beans. The Shoot Of The tomato will sprout first, then cocoa bean size tomatoes starting out green and small, to yellow and medium size, then Red and full size. At Red and full size, the plant will drop 1-3 tomatoes that would will 2 hunger. There is also a chance of a tomato plant giving a Rotten Tomato, working the same as the poisonous potato. Tomato seeds can be gathered from crafting them from a tomato or from sunken ships.
Corn - Maize can grow to the size of sunflowers and would be the second fastest growing crop, only beaten by bamboo. Maize would also work like sweet berries by damaging a mob near it with its leaves. When harvested, you would only get one and would fill up 5 hunger, but you could also put corn in the furnace and get Cooked Corn, which would fill 8 hunger. After eating an uncooked Corn, the corn would become a Corn Cob, which could be crafted into Kernels to plant Maize. You could also get Maize from villages.
Peanuts - Peanut plants would grow and the wild and exclusive to the plains biome, similar to how wild berries are exclusive to the taiga biome. When peanuts are ready to harvest, the plant will drop from 3-10 peanuts, which can fill 2 hunger each. Peanuts can also be roasted on a campfire to get Roasted Peanuts, which fill 4 hunger. Unroasted peanuts can be planted for more Peanut plants.
Pests And Pollinators
Squirrels - Squirrels would be a passive mob that. live in plains biomes and steal Peanut plants. Squirrels would have 3 health points. When chased, squirrels will run and hide in tree leaves. Squirrels can breed with peanuts.
Crows - Crows would be a new flying passive mob that would steal Maize. Crows would have 4 Health Points. Snow Golems or wearing a Carved Pumkin would scare them away. In villages, when crows are nearby, Farmer Villagers would be seen wearing a carved pumpkin to scare the crows. Crows can not breed.
Black bears - Black bears would be a neutral mob, more common in forests, but can be found in the plains biome. Black bears would have 30 health points. Black bears would attack Bee Nests and Beehives and have the ability to destroy entire thing. Black bears can Breed with honeycombs.
Hummingbirds - Hummingbirds would also be a new flying passive mob that would be beneficial to crops. Hummingbirds would have 2 Health Points. Similar to bees, Hummingbirds would be a natural bone meal for crops, preferring red crops like beetroot and tomato.
Hoe Enchantments
(Yes. Hoe Enchantments)
Fertilize I, II, III - Fertilize would make the dirt that you tilled make the crop on the dirt grow 2x,3x, or 4x faster.
Pesticide - The Pesticide enchantment would make mobs like Squirrels and Crows not eat the crop where the hoe tilled.
Draw I, II Draw would make Bees And Hummingbirds be more attracted to the crops where the hoe tilled.
Effects
Hero Of The Hive - This Effect would happen when you save a Bee Nest/Hive from a Black bear. Bees would not attack you unless you destroy the hive. Bees would also produced double the honey.
Blight - This Negative effect would be cause by having a poisonous potato or rotten tomato in your farm. If not removed, all potatoes will become poisonous, all tomatoes become rotten, and all other plants will refuse to grow, even with bonemeal. (This would be a reference to the Irish potato famine)
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After seeing bees in the new snapshot, I started to wonder if we will be getting an update to farming. This is my concept for a new Farming Update (I don’t know if this is a thing already or if this is 1.15)
New Crops
Tomatoes - Tomato plants work work similar to cocoa beans. The Shoot Of The tomato will sprout first, then cocoa bean size tomatoes starting out green and small, to yellow and medium size, then Red and full size. At Red and full size, the plant will drop 1-3 tomatoes that would will 2 hunger. There is also a chance of a tomato plant giving a Rotten Tomato, working the same as the poisonous potato. Tomato seeds can be gathered from crafting them from a tomato or from sunken ships.
Corn - Maize can grow to the size of sunflowers and would be the second fastest growing crop, only beaten by bamboo. Maize would also work like sweet berries by damaging a mob near it with its leaves. When harvested, you would only get one and would fill up 5 hunger, but you could also put corn in the furnace and get Cooked Corn, which would fill 8 hunger. After eating an uncooked Corn, the corn would become a Corn Cob, which could be crafted into Kernels to plant Maize. You could also get Maize from villages.
Peanuts - Peanut plants would grow and the wild and exclusive to the plains biome, similar to how wild berries are exclusive to the taiga biome. When peanuts are ready to harvest, the plant will drop from 3-10 peanuts, which can fill 2 hunger each. Peanuts can also be roasted on a campfire to get Roasted Peanuts, which fill 4 hunger. Unroasted peanuts can be planted for more Peanut plants.
Pests And Pollinators
Squirrels - Squirrels would be a passive mob that. live in plains biomes and steal Peanut plants. Squirrels would have 3 health points. When chased, squirrels will run and hide in tree leaves. Squirrels can breed with peanuts.
Crows - Crows would be a new flying passive mob that would steal Maize. Crows would have 4 Health Points. Snow Golems or wearing a Carved Pumkin would scare them away. In villages, when crows are nearby, Farmer Villagers would be seen wearing a carved pumpkin to scare the crows. Crows can not breed.
Black bears - Black bears would be a neutral mob, more common in forests, but can be found in the plains biome. Black bears would have 30 health points. Black bears would attack Bee Nests and Beehives and have the ability to destroy entire thing. Black bears can Breed with honeycombs.
Hummingbirds - Hummingbirds would also be a new flying passive mob that would be beneficial to crops. Hummingbirds would have 2 Health Points. Similar to bees, Hummingbirds would be a natural bone meal for crops, preferring red crops like beetroot and tomato.
Hoe Enchantments
(Yes. Hoe Enchantments)
Fertilize I, II, III - Fertilize would make the dirt that you tilled make the crop on the dirt grow 2x,3x, or 4x faster.
Pesticide - The Pesticide enchantment would make mobs like Squirrels and Crows not eat the crop where the hoe tilled.
Draw I, II Draw would make Bees And Hummingbirds be more attracted to the crops where the hoe tilled.
Effects
Hero Of The Hive - This Effect would happen when you save a Bee Nest/Hive from a Black bear. Bees would not attack you unless you destroy the hive. Bees would also produced double the honey.
Blight - This Negative effect would be cause by having a poisonous potato or rotten tomato in your farm. If not removed, all potatoes will become poisonous, all tomatoes become rotten, and all other plants will refuse to grow, even with bonemeal. (This would be a reference to the Irish potato famine)