#Minecraft Levels

[starswordneo]

HOT MINECRAFT XP REWORK/OVERHAUL

Okay so, ive been kinda brainstorming about Minecraft and I have to get these off my chest. I want to improve the current systems, but I dont want to change them too radically, but I do want them to be better, because some of the minecraft Systems are god awful. So heres some thoughts down below

MENDING, DURABILITY & UNBREAKING

Okay so answer me this, whos actually made a swamp villager for mending books? Name a person that has actually gotten a full set of mending armor & tools that isnt a youtuber or a NEET. Im sure its gonna be an extreme few of anyone. The main issue is durability. You invest so much XP, and time to make that Netherite, and if it breaks, its a SLOG to get it back. But if you have mending, you have to make annoying returns to the mob farm and grind out XP to repair all your tools, which is boring. So, my solution? Remove mending! (WOAH WOAH STAY WITH ME HERE!!!!)

So, in this hypothetical, ive removed mending & now everythings on fire. What am I doing to replace mending? Well, Unbreaking. Im putting out the idea of making an Unbreakable enchantment. You can already upgrade enchantments of the same strength and get a stronger one. So, all you would need is 2 tools with Unbreaking 3, and then... Bam! Unbreakable. So essentially, you'd have to spend double resources in order to make an Unbreakable tool.

35 diamonds makes a full set of Tools and Armor, and thats not too uncommon for people to reach. But to make double of that? 70 diamonds is a full stack, but then enchanting them all and combining them together to make them unbreakable i feel is a worthwhile investment for tools and armor that no longer break. Combine that with 9 netherite for the 5 tools and 4 pieces of armor is something that also takes a fair amount of diamonds and time to create, and a whole investment in itself, and there you go, all kitted out and you dont have to worry about making or grinding out a new set all over again. You invest in your tools, they should be worth that investment and make your life easier.

Though, Enchanting itself is kind of a pain too... So thats the next topic.

XP & ENCHANTING

The XP system is highly outdated, and the Enchantment table is something you find yourself at very often. Its a lot of gambling, grindstoning and the reason why so many mob farms primarily exist for. Well, im going to give some tweaks to shake things up and make it better.

First of, Levels are going to be MUCH easier to get, as im making them a static amount. 30 Xp per level. Thats equal to 6 mobs slain per level. Overall, to get to pre-rework level 30, is 1,395 XP with 279 mobs slain. With my system, it would be 900. Thats 500 XP less, and with only 180 mobs slain. A hundred mobs less to kill for the coveted Level 30.

Now since we can get our levels, what about the enchantment table? Unfortunately, this is where I'm about to do the biggest of reworking, but Im still keeping a couple core features. So, heres my new enchantment table. First off, when you put in your tool and lapis, you will get 3 enchantment choices. However, the first option always tells you what you will get, and with more books around the enchantment table, it tells you what you will get for options 2 and 3. Secondly, theres now a Reroll option, costing 3 lapis. Clicking that button will change the enchantment options.

Now, when you decide to enchant, you'll find that basic enchantments that can be upgraded always cost 1 level and 1 lapis. And more special enchantments that cant be upgraded like Fortune or Silk Touch cost 3 of each outright. When you enchant your equipment, you can STILL enchant it. To spend more and more levels and Lapis on your equipment. Yes this will take more time, but the idea here is for consistancy and control. Noone likes spending 18 levels for a helmet for Aqua Affinity 3, Unbreaking 3 and Protection 3 and just not getting it. Here, you'll just spend a bit more lapis from the mountains of Lapis you most definitely have to find the options, tap it, and when you remove blast and fire protection for normal protection, you can just continue investing what you what into your helmet.

With this, theres no need to grind intensely for level 30 and try and stay above it. Wether youre level 100 or level 3, you both can find the Unbreaking 3 enchantment and simply get it with 3 levels and some lapis spent. While yes, these tools might cost a little more in the end, but with Levels being easier to obtain and the overall control the player has over what they get should make up for the investment they put in. With my Unbreakable enchantment, you'll have to invest 3 more levels into another tools, along with materials and merge them together at an Anvil which will also cost Xp. Actually, that brings me to my next topic:

THE ANVIL.

The bane of any enchanter or person who wants to repair or merge their tools. Well, im going to give it a light modification. When it comes to repairing, It will always cost 1 level per material spent to repair your tool.

As for Merging enchantments together, any enchaments that get merged will cost 1 less then the level of the enchantment. So, If you have 2 Effieciency 3 Pickaxes and combine them together, it will cost 2 to merge them together. For Unbreakable, it'll be an extra 2 levels (combining 2 level 3 enchantments, thus 2 levels), totaling 8 Levels and 6 diamonds for permanent tools. No going to a rare structure for a rare material, or finding multiple of rare needles in a haystack. Just craft 2 of something you want, spend 6 levels and some lapis, go to an Anvil, spend 2 more levels and there we are. Unbreakable. If you are merging 2 tools together with say, Unbreaking 2 and 3, It will simply cost 1 level, and if theyre both damaged, combining them together costs 1 level. For each unique enchantment not on the other, thats an additoonal 1 level.

Now, to get unbreakable 8 more times is certaintly *more* of a task, but remember, for each piece done, its there for good. A bit of a slow burn as you invest more into your equipment, it in turns, becomes more and more worthwhile. More rare options like Maces and Tridents can be made unbreakable for the grind of 2 of them. Not to mention, since ANYONE can make these unbreakable, no fighting over templates or mending books. Just good ol work for what you want, and the payoff will be worth it.

ENCHANTMENT BOOKS

This is the last and easiest section so far. Enchantment books? Keep them as is. However, when used at an Anvil, they cost 1 less of the level of enchant, and for stff that cant be upgraded, they just cost 1 level. With Level 1 books simply being free to put on. Enchantment books are able to be more controllable enchants, but since my new enchantment table already does that, they can be cheaper skips to higher tiers. 3 Levels for Fortune? How about an Anvil, Fortune book and one level. Save that spare lapis too.

As for enchanting books? Id say for fun, let them always cost 1 level, and they are always random, like the old enchantment table.

MISC STUFF

Now, a main concern might be, Well, Mob Farms are now even MORE Op! And to that I say, yeah. To be honest, mob farms are a players fix to a problem. Iron Golem farms were an issue because of how little iron people can get. But with Fortune now working with Iron, higher amounts of iron in the world overall, Iron Golem farms arent as required as they used to be. Instead of making things harder for balancing on mechanics, instead, find out WHY people are doing these things. People make Mob farms for renewable loot, and XP. Golds a problem? Well, Fortune now works on Gold and Gold can spawn in the nether, making it much more plentiful. XP an issue? Well... Lets just make XP consistant, remove the need for level 30, and enchanting to be consistant as well.

Enchantment Tables are RNG hell, and youre only told 1 enchantment, and not the level. Im still keeping some RNG elements with only being able to pick 3 enchantments at a time, and needing Lapis to reroll it. The reaso why I made Lapis reroll is because players just go to a book or a worthless tool and spend a lapis and level to change the enchantment for their better tool. So, for quality of life, just make em spend 3 lapis to reroll what you can get. Id also make enchantments based on world seed too, and enchanting a different tool will not effect the other tool's enchantments. Again, consistancy and making sure things go as intended.

However, Since Unbreakable exists, Id like to throw put a couple more "Upgradable" Tier 3 enchantments.

Fortuitious (Fortune "4") - Ores are now GARUNTEED to give 2 at the minimum.

Severing (Sharpness "4") - Pierces armor to deal an extra heart of damage

Penetrating (Piercing "4") - Crossbow Arrows can now pierce infinitey

Mass Shot (Multishot "2") - Crossbows shoot 2 more arrows.

Now, another question is, When updating a world, what happens to Mending? Id say just turn mending into Unbreakable. Thats what Mending essentially is, but lets just go through with making Mending better overall.

Thanks for reading!

[cintipede]

been getting into shapes and colors lately

[waitingawhile]

more of this archetype of Guy in minecraft please

[blu3b3rrin]

uhhh parkciv ate my brain so i jumped for the cringeass yaoi

EDIT: minecraft but i read yuri in PARKOUR CIVILIZATION (this comic is loosely based on this fic ↓) https://archiveofourown.org/works/59668831/comments/839813416

[tanjir0se]

Zelda having a secret room for when she "needs to concentrate" carries with it the implication that it's Link that makes it difficult to concentrate, since they pretty clearly lived together between BOTW and TOTK. A lesser zelink shipper would turn this into something romantic but I'm operating on a higher wavelength.

"Zelda Zelda Zelda look at this cool rock I found don't you think it looks like a frog? Hey Zelda do you think I could climb all the way to the ceiling without falling hey hey Zelda listen to this *makes horse noise* doesn't that sound just like Epona I'm really good at horse noises hey Zelda Zelda Ze-

[theevilfishywizard]

Who is the victim of the most mischaracterization in Minecraft diaries and why is it Garroth Ro'meave

[deliriuxe]

cat eye glasses...

[unparalleledbore]

POV: you (captain lexapro) and the gang in fuckass sunglasses ready to ROCK

(they are in the most unserious glasses known to man and your glasses can’t even hide your eyebags)

[astronomodome]

skizz vs. his ambidextrous brother-in-law: a love story

[xesnox]

All currently active NeoBuilders.

Minecraft default skins in Ancient Ruins, reference picture at the end for comparison.

Don’t look too close at the faces, had to speedrun this so I could actually motivate myself to finish the entire lineup. Definitely not my best work. Clothing was a pain to figure out and I’ll definitely change some things in the future as I’m still not entirely happy with the general aesthetics of some sets. Zuri and Efe were the worst to figure out, their clothing styles were very modern in comparison to what I’m going for with Ancient Ruins so it took me a while.

But first of all, what is a NeoBuilder?

Lore entry Ahead, body horror warning, nothing too extreme I wouldn’t say, but the concept definitely isn’t the prettiest.

“NeoBuilder” describes a category of individuals that appear to be within the homo-genus (Artisan Family.).

The dissection of a deactivated individual showed (us) they are made of about 85% mechanical components, most of which consist of copper and iron. Organs however remain fully functional and can be traced back to Ancient Artisans in origin through DNA sampling. Blood vessels aswell as a large portion of their flesh has been replaced by machinery, activated regulated and moved through restricted soul energy coursing through their veins as blood would on a fully biological human.

The change of energy source makes them effectively immune to the green plague, which is transmitted through blood. In place of a heart they have a still unnamed chamber (Ch1), acting akin to a cockpit housing a freshly created soul, which is replaced by converting experience farmed in the previous lifecycle to the next, taking the raw energy and morphing it into a new soul. As souls are neither human nor animal but simply an energy cluster made of (if found post mortum) memories and life experience this can easily (and understandably) be transferred, even if the origin of the experience in question happens to be non-sentient. The experience is collected and stored within yet another unnamed organ replacing their left kidney (Ch2).

But do not be fooled, this process by no means makes them immortal. If the body is in critical shape it will resort to exporting the active soul and using the remaining soul energy still running through the machinery to activate the emergency program. In this state the body will do nothing but return to whatever point the machine has clocked as “safe” (this kind of reset happens when the person is resting for an extended period of time, as it marks said area as safe enough to stay vulnerable within.) and fix its injuries back to base point, excluding the bio-matter, as there no longer is any such material around. Through the expelling of the last soul, and slow process of developing a new one, the machine will power down there until the next energy burst. This means that even though the body itself remains alive, every life cycle houses a different person. If you see the same NeoBuilder twice it is therefore not guaranteed it will come with the same intention, as it might be a completely different soul speaking through the same form.

If the damage is too bad however, the NeoBuilder will shut down and cannot be reactivated unless one with actual knowledge of how to do so were to interfere. The how has been lost to history however, we blame the creature of despair and decay that shall not be named. It is different from deactivation, as it renders the body permanently dead. Many NeoBuilders have deactivated, we assume only 9 of the previous 30 remain.

We have no idea as to why these manmade humanoids were created, as the why has also been buried and lost to years of untouched unaddressed missing history.

Infact, their names are quite new, till about half a century ago, due to my own research if I may pat myself on the back, we had assumed them to be a strange strain of plague infested ancients, as they’d always remained distant to us and a dead specimen was a more than rare find. It is not a fully worked out name whatsoever, the “Builder” merely connecting them to the Artisan family, and the word “Neo”- as in “New” replacing the word “Ancient” we’ve been using to describe the other half of the family thus far, it is a placeholder by all means, but so is the latter.

Their nature would definitively make them more akin to bio-mechanical golems, however we chose to group them into the artisan family for the previously mentioned bio material, which matched identical to that of the mummified remains cave divers had found a few years back lodged between long forgotten pathways shut to time. Wasn’t a pretty sight when they showed me. One would think after a good few millennia they’d be nothing but a pile of ash and bones, but low oxygen levels within the closed off cave system made for some awfully good preservation, not pretty I dare say, I’m just glad nothing snapped at me during inspection as, perhaps in this case thankfully, the undead plague only infects the living; anything that doesn’t breathe and lacks running blood cannot fall victim to such a thing. But personal tangent aside, some interesting notes here:

- Despite the soul of the Neobuilder swapping with each lifecycle they generally keep the same base morals of the previous host.

- it seems Mother Earth isn’t very fond of them for whatever reason. The undead are very manageable if one isn’t around, but as soon as one chooses to stay in close vicinity it very quickly gets nearly impossible to maneuver, they’re like a magnet. It seems this is the reason they rarely last longer than 20 years within a single lifecycle.

- they’re actually quite cooperative, and many have learned our language. Though sorrowfully it appears they only store a single slot for their language, and forget all other information of a previously spoken one upon interaction (perhaps they were meant as a situational translation device?). I’ve attempted my best to reteach them, but I’m no linguist; I limit my research to history, with a limited understanding of biology. To figure out the mechanics alone I had to get a whole other villager to help my case.

- despite a large portion of their flesh being replaced by mechanical components an extra layer of the fat cells within the subcutis create an artificial layer of flesh like material dampening any slashes at the golem like form below.

More research to be added once I acquire more material to work with. This is a work in progress.

Understudied field, more research either classified information or unable to be attained due to both lack of examples and individuals willing enough to risk their lives acquiring such needless information. Ivan D. P. Retired shortly after writing his book discussing categorized biological information regarding the entities within our realm, which has since been removed from the market. The authors doctor title has been revoked due to a less than fortunate suspected alliance with the Illager cult on his end, so choose the information you’re willing to believe wisely, the villages dislike him for a reason.

We sincerely apologize but certain behaviors are to be taken seriously regarding the issues the cult on the outskirts has caused us in the past. Rumors have to be believed regarding individuals actively choosing to house away from the masses for whatever reason, to keep the general public safe.

Moving just out of sight to dedicate your life to dissecting humanoids on your dinner table is not normal behavior and was it not for his living position would hastily be investigated,

mumbling about how you hate our community doesn’t lessen our concerns, if you read this Ivan, it was not funny and it will never be, you know of the missing people concerns: if it happens again we’re sorry to inform you but you’ll no longer be welcome within this village.

[dirtsoilmulch]

rip l4d2 survivors you would've loved the minecraft movie

[my-coven-is-claudia]

not to think too deeply about a block rp series but! the implication that mystreet is the ‘good’ timeline where the cast are ‘happier’, ‘better’ people. however, when you look at characters like katelyn whose diaries counterpart is arguably more stable, less aggressive and has a better grasp on her emotions, this suggestion falls apart. are the mystreet cast more well-rounded people for not going through the horrors of their diaries counterparts, spared from the trauma and suffering that led many of them to the breaking point? or are their privileged lives a breeding ground for the most egregious of behaviour? contrasting the cast’s two iterations, with the mystreet’s cast spoiled naivety leading them to act far more morally bankrupt than borderline war criminals, are they really all that ‘better’? expanding this past just basic personality traits to trauma, my mind goes to garroth - would you prefer a chivalrous knight weighed down by the burden of duty or a cheeky extrovert oblivious to the feelings of others? just something to think about.

[ghostofjjupiterparttwo]

old order u will always be famous to me

[kyown]

forget moira, we need to put oliver stark in a deep deep state prison

[venisonhare]

still find it crazy that what allowed me to know what the hell the Ravenloft map system is like wasn't reading the map over again. It wasn't my notes and my Google Docs, or even YouTube videos going through it. It was a- it was a video of someone showing off their scale model of castle ravenloft IN MINECRAFT. They even had red stone traps set in place. Seeing someone go through it physically even in Minecraft made the dumb-ass elevator click so fast in my mind. All those stairs, all the connected levels suddenly made sense

[snail-speed]

Imma be real the people that are unironically angry that the Minecraft movie isn’t arthouse cinema tier are ridiculous.

Yeah idgaf “ITS FOR KIDS IS A NONARGUMENT!!!”’ dude it’s a fucking videogame movie. Y’all are acting as if kids movies are all soulless slop and as if adults get all the well-written shit. You’re upset it’s the camp insanity fest it is because for whatever reason you abscribe morality to personal taste and as such can’t handle the notion that you enjoy something the general public sees as just silly fun.