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Over the years, Minecraft has grown from a simple building game to an epic sandbox survival game. Starting with just a few blocks, it has grown to add many new mobs, items, and tools that allow players to make and do all kinds of creative things. It is with this in mind that I propose a new mob that I think would contribute to the spirit of Minecraft.

And it doesn't hurt that this is a water-based mob, something that Minecraft doesn't have much of.

(Note: All ideas are open for tweaking based on other people's ideas, including the name. I'm not fond of the name Fanfish)

Contents

Fanfish

Description
Statistics
Images
Behavior
Attack
Interacting with Mob
Drop

Drop Related Item: Fan Block

Description
Behavior

Description
The Fanfish is a water dwelling hostile mob that resides in deep waters such as an Ocean biome. It is a very unique mob, with it's own special attack that is different than any other mob and a unique item that it drops when killed. In another first for Minecraft, it actually has two separate models, depending on if your graphics are set to Fast or Fancy.

Statistics

Spawn Criteria
Must spawn in at least a 7x7x7 area of water

Size
2x2x1 Blocks (LxWxH)

Health

• Easy: 4 Hearts (8 HP total)
• Normal: 6 Hearts (12 HP total)
• Hard/Hardcore: 8 Hearts (16 HP total)

Damage
All Difficulties: 0 (Uses an indirect attack, see the Attack section)

Images
When I was doing concept ideas for this mob, I got inspired to build a scale 3D model of it using Autodesk 3DS Max. I'm not a very good pixel artist, so I would love it if you guys downloaded them and showed me some coloring ideas.

Keep in mind that these images are larger than what you would see in the game. Each square that makes up the mob's body represents one pixel of what the final model would be.

Top

Front

Isometric (Fast Graphics)

Isometric (Fancy Graphics)

Isometric GIF (Fancy Graphics)

Behavior

Movement

• Stays 6-12 blocks beneath the water's surface
• If not actively pursuing a player it will randomly make a whirlpool for a few seconds before moving to a new area.
• Has the same player detection range as the Spider, but cannot see through solid blocks
• Tries to stay underneath the player, backs away if it cannot

Attack

• Creates a Whirlpool, sucking the player down and trying to drown them
• Cannot move while making a Whirlpool
• Whirlpools last a minimum of 4 seconds (If player is caught in whirlpool it stays until the player dies, escapes, or kills the mob)

The Whirlpool

Interacting With a Fanfish

Avoiding

• Build Bridges over where they can spawn so you don't have to fight them.
• Use Boats (Fanfish can only destroy a boat if it stays in the center of a whirlpool for 3 seconds or by the boat changing course from the whirlpool and crashing
• Stay in shallow water (Due to the 7x7x7 area requirement)

Fighting

• Swim to middle of whirlpool
• Look down
• Attack the Fanfish, which will cause it to temporarily stop creating a whirlpool after it takes 2 damage

Drop

Fan Scale
The Fan Scale can be used to make a Water Breathing potion, returning a once available potion back into the game. (removed, as Pufferfish now create this potion)

It is also used to create the Fan Block, which is described in the next section. My current thought is that this item would have a drop rate of about 33%. Here is a picture of the Fan Scale, courtesy of thisguy1045.

Crafting Recipe

My Idea


The Feather represents the Fan Scale

Once I get a picture of the the Fan Block I will update the crafting recipe. I'm also interested in hearing alternatives for recipes.

Behavior

The Fan Block is powered by Redstone, and is placed like a Piston. One face of the block is where the air comes from. The Fan Block blows four blocks in the direction that the block is facing. These air currents can be mixed similar to water paths coming from multiple water source blocks. They have a maximum range of 4 blocks, and any solid block obstructs the fan.

To go into a bit more detail, the Fan Block actually creates four "Wind" blocks in front of it when powered. These blocks are invisible, like air, and cannot be broken. They have special interaction with Water (possibly Lava) that will be covered below.

Pushing Entities

Items: Can be pushed 4 blocks in any direction except down (because of gravity). This can be used to make item elevators or to move items uphill. Experience is not affected.

Mobs/Players: Mobs and Players interact with the block differently than items do. There are multiple ways they can interact with the Fan Block depending on how many fan blocks are affecting them, if they are running towards or away from a Fan Block, and if there is a Fan Block above or below them.

Land Movement

Elytra Movement

Fan Blocks in Water - The Current Block

The Fan Block has another use (credits to Bob Fizzle and bebe33) when placed in water. It becomes a Current block, acting as a jet that pushes the water, or in certain cases, pulls it. However, there are many different ways it can be used in water, so consider this section under construction for now.

Solid Water

The Fan Block will not displace Water Source Blocks the way it will flowing water, but will push entities and items through Water Sources.

Flowing Water

The Fan Block has the ability to redirect flowing water with the wind generated when it is powered. Flowing water is any water that is generated from a Water Source block, such as the water below:



The Red Wool indicates the location of the Water Source Block, and the White Wool is any flowing water. Now let's throw a Fan Block, which is represented by a non-cooking Furnace. the front of the Furnace indicates the front of the Fan Block:



Now let's power it up (Cooking Furnace represents being powered):



So basically, any flowing Water that comes into contact with the wind generated by a powered Fan Block basically acts as if it were obstructed by a solid block and redirects as it normally does. It can even prevent water from falling down vertically, acting as an alternative to using a Sign or a Ladder.

Here is the same set up with multiple powered Fan Blocks:



But if the Wind made from a Fan Block is stopped by a solid block (our Gold Block in the picture below), then it behaves as expected and the wind stops there:



So it is fairly simple to remember the hierarchy here. Water obstructs nothing, Wind obstructs Water, and Solid obstructs both.

That's basically my take on this mob at this point in time, I appreciate any feedback or changes you guys think I should make. And as I said, feel free to give your designs of the mob, the drop, or the Fan Block if you want. Thanks for reading.

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