Minecraft Mod 2021

= Design Tenets =
* Encouraging conservation
** No real-life hostile mobs
= Updates =
= Ideas =
* themes:
** Rivers and Woods Update
*** changed world generation:
**** Rivers no longer spawn at sea level height, and can spawn above or below.
**** Underground Rivers have been implemented.
**** Lakes have been implemented and differentiated from smaller "Ponds"
*** new biomes: 
**** Autumnal Forest
**** Shield (https://biomesoplenty.fandom.com/wiki/Shield) - Foxes can be found here. Contrasts from Taiga forests in that it's much flatter and stonier.
*** new blocks:
**** Mulch - Crafted from Rotten Flesh and Sticks. Trees that grow on Mulch will grow into their "larger"/"old growth" counterparts.
**** Peat - Generates underneath Mud in Swamps. Can be used as a very powerful fuel source.
**** Down Block - Crafted from feathers, for use in storage.
**** Pillow Block - Essentially a "polished" Down Block.
**** Padded Pillow Block - Essentially the "Stone Bricks" version of the Pillow Block.
*** new decorations
**** Hedges - Crafted with Leaves and Sticks. Function like Fences or Walls.
**** plants:
***** Clover
*** new utilities:
**** Sawmill - A Stonecutter for Wood-based items. Can store limited amounts of items for use in crafting, like Sticks.
*** new items:
**** Fur - Drops from Wolves, Bears and Foxes. Can be used to craft Fur Armor, which is equally as powerful as Leather Armor.
*** new mobs:
**** variants of mobs:
***** Arctic Fox
**** Songbirds
***** These birds spawn in Nests with trees, which generate in Trees like Beehives.
***** types: Blue Jays, Robins
**** Owls - Hunt Rabbits and Songbirds. Perch in leaves and hoot at night. Drop Feathers on death. Occasionally vomit up Bone Meal or Rotten Flesh. Can be bred using Raw Rabbit.
***** 
**** Grizzly Bears - Spawn in Forest and Taigas. Grizzly Bears kill and harvest Salmon and will seek out Beehives. After eating a Beehive, Grizzly Bears will head to Caves where they will hibernate. Grizzly Bears can be bred with Honey Combs.
**** villagers:
***** Carpenter - Work station Sawmill.
***** Apiarist - Work station Beehive.
**** mob changes -
***** Salmons now swim upstream.
***** Bears now catch and kill Fish, especially Salmon that jump out of the water.
***** Wolves now spawn in packs, and howl at the moon each night.
**** Deer
**** otters!
**** beavers?
**** butterflies
**** ents in roofed forests?
**** raccoons?
**** ducks
**** woodpeckers?
**** 
*** new cave biomes:
**** Bear Cave - Spawns at surface-level.
*** spooky woods forest?
*** eclipse and blood moon?
*** birch forest revamp? maybe add the autumnal woods in this update?
*** new mob:
**** butterfly monarch forest
*** add stuff to the flower forest in this update? like jacarandas? mooblooms?
** Shifting Sands Update
*** or combine it with the tropics update?
*** move salt flats to this update?
*** new mobs:
**** Camel
**** lizards?
*** new biomes:
**** Dunes
*** brown sand/sandstone? tan sand/sandstone? like for underground sandstone caves
** Builder's Delight Update
*** new blocks:
**** Iron Brick - Crafted from four Raw Iron Blocks
**** Gold Brick - Crafted from four Raw Gold Blocks
**** variations:
***** Glass Stairs, Slabs
***** Moss Slabs, Stairs
***** Calcite Brick
***** Granite Brick
***** Diorite Brick
***** Andesite Brick
***** Dripstone Brick
*** new decorations:
**** Glass Door
**** Stone Ladder
**** Iron Ladder - Made of nuggets
**** Gold Ladder - Made of nuggets
*** new biomes:
**** White Cliffs
*** new cave biomes:
**** Calcite Cave
*** we need a warped counterpart to red magma brick
** The Beautiful World Update - scrapping this and dividing it up
*** new blocks
**** Ash Block
**** Cinder Block, Cinder Brick - Essentially "Smooth Ash". https://media.forgecdn.net/attachments/thumbnails/392/777/310/172/cinder.png
**** Limestone, Polished Limestone, Limestone Brick https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/elwb0j/i_never_liked_the_look_of_granite_blocks_no_i/
**** Block of Magma Cream
**** Blaze Lantern - Crafted from 9 Blaze Powder.
**** 
**** 
**** variations:
***** Grey Sand - Spawns on Snowy Beaches, replacing the Sand.
***** Black Sand
***** Blue Ice Brick
***** Packed Snow Brick
***** Granite Brick
***** Diorite Brick
***** Calcite Brick
***** Sandstone Tile
***** Sturdy Stone - Crafted from 9 Cobblestone. https://quarkmod.net/img/features/building/sturdy-stone.jpg
***** Soul Sandstone (along with Cut and Smooth Soul Sandstone)
***** Magma Brick - https://media.forgecdn.net/attachments/422/437/magma-bricks.png
*** new decorations:
**** Stone Ladder
**** Iron Ladder - Can stand on its own.
**** Paper Lantern - Crafted with a Candle surrounded by paper. Comes in all colors.
**** Glass Doors - https://github.com/KnightMiner/Inspirations/wiki/images/building/glass_door.png
**** Chain Link Fence - Crafted with six iron chains.
**** Gold Chain
**** Slime Puddles - Essentially slime block carpets.
**** Dripping Slime - Essentially a "Crying Obsidian" variant of Slime Blocks. Occasionally, Slimes will spawn on their undersides and fall.
**** Clams - Spawn at the bottom of the ocean. Occasionally open to release bubble columns. Can only be mined with Silk Touch.
**** Sword Pedestal - Can sheathe and display a sword. Produce redstone signals when used or occupied.
**** paths
***** Nylium Path
***** Warped Path
***** Soul Soil Path
***** Gravel Path
***** Sand Path
**** natural:
***** Algae - Spawns on the Sargasso Sea and in Bogs, on top of water like Lily Pads.
***** Buttercups
***** Water Lily - Spawns on Lilypads. Can be forced to spawn using Bone Meal. Crafts into Pink Dye.
***** Rafflesia - Spawns in Jungle Biomes, similar to Spore Blossoms but on the upside of blocks. Scares away all mobs.
*** new utilities:
**** Kiln - Smelts Sand and Clay blocks faster.
*** new trees:
**** Renamed Jungle Tree to Rosewood Tree.
**** Cactus can be crafted into Cactus Planks, which in turn opens up a whole new type of green-tinted wood.
*** new items:
**** Three Sugar Cane vertically now craft one stick.
*** new biomes: 
**** Bog - A wetlands biome. Unique among the biome is Algae and Peat. Sparse in terms of trees, but heavy in underground Iron.
**** Volcanic Peaks - A mountains biome, filled with Ash Blocks, Stone, Lava, and Smooth Basalt.
**** Frozen Cliffs https://stardustlabs.miraheze.org/wiki/Frozen_cliffs
*** new minibiomes:
**** Sargasso Sea - Ocean minibiome, filled with Algae.
**** Alluvial River - River minibiome. River bottom is composed primarily of Gray Sand and Gravel.
**** Canyon - River minibiome, spawning similar to classic rivers in mountainous/badland areas.
**** Rapids - River minibiome that tends to be somewhat steep, filled with "waterfalls".
**** Blackwater River - River minibiome. Water in this biome is tinted somewhat similar to Swamp water. Tends to spawn near Bogs and Swamps. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_river
**** Oxbow Lake - River minibiome that spawns similar to classic rivers, although more "curvy". Spawns at sea level.
**** Painted Mountains - https://stardustlabs.miraheze.org/wiki/Painted_mountains
**** Sandstone Valley - https://stardustlabs.miraheze.org/wiki/Sandstone_valley
**** Warped Mesa - https://stardustlabs.miraheze.org/wiki/Warped_mesa
**** White Cliffs - https://stardustlabs.miraheze.org/wiki/White_cliffs
**** cave biomes:
***** Underwater River - Limestone patches are more likely to spawn.
***** Thermal Cave - Filled with Ash Blocks, Smooth Basalt, and Lava.
***** Slime Cavern - Spawns in Slime Chunks underground, filled with Slime Blocks, Dripping Slime, and Slime Puddles.
***** Sandstone Cave
*** new nether biomes:
**** Ash Shores - Beaches composed of gravel and ash blocks.
**** nether hive?
*** new mobs:
**** Butterflies
***** Different types:
****** Monarch Butterflies
****** Moths - Unique to other types of Butterflies, Moths are attracted to other light sources.
**** 
**** Wooly Cow - Can be found in Mountain biomes. Can be sheared to get Wool and milked to get Milk.
**** Mooblooms - Can be found in Flower Forests. Can be sheared to get flowers on their back
**** aquatic:
***** Jellyfish - Spawn in oceans, especially Warm Oceans. Drop Slimeballs upon death, but can grant the Wither effect if a player grows too close.
**** semiaquatic:
***** Penguins - Spawn in Frozen Oceans and, rarely, Stony Shores. Can be bred by throwing them Cobblestone like one would do to a Villager. Lay eggs, which they carry between their feet, until they eventually hatch into fluffy penguin babies. Penguins will kill fish, much like Axolotl.
***** Otter - Spawn in Oceans and more prominently Rivers. They like to swim and float on their backs. They'll occasionally obtain Nautilus Shells while diving, and the player can attempt to barter with them with Raw Fish.
**** new villagers:
***** Potter
***** 
**** dog breeds? like cats?
**** seals?
**** beavers?
*** new plants:
**** Cattail - Must be planted next to water, like Sugarcane. Spawn along bodies of freshwater.
*** visual changes:
**** Shooting Stars - Occasionally blast across the night sky.
**** At world height, the background changes to the night sky.
*** gameplay changes:
**** Using a Poison Potato on a baby animal prevents it from growing up.
**** Enchantment Tables store lapis lazuli.
**** Players gain a jump boost but slowly lose oxygen at world height to reflect the low atmosphere.
**** 
*** new structures:
**** Badlands Village - Tend to spawn around cliffsides, with a pallet of Stained Clay. Reminiscent of Pueblo villages.
**** Apothecary - Spawns with lone female Apothecarists in Mountain Biomes, along with some cats. Apothecarists will trade for items like Froglights or Potion Ingredients. Within her house are several potions and rarely a brewing stand.
**** Sword Shrines - Spawn underground, close to the surface, with lots of leave blocks (similar to Terraria sword shrines). At the center, is a Sword Pedestal, containing a singular sword.
*** adobe blocks?
*** mob-catching system? with jars and nets?
** building update
** combat update
*** enchant - Unhanding I/II - 6/12.5 chance to knock an item out of an enemy's hand.
** Gas/Steampunk Update
*** more metals - tin, zinc
*** bronze and brass
*** saltpeter ore?
*** Block Breaker and Block Placer
*** Redstone Clock (automatic timer thingy like in RedPower)
*** rubber trees + conveyor belts
*** cogs for vertical redstone
** Sweets and Treats Update
*** 
*** chocolate, cheese, milk, caramel, sugar, etc.
*** new crops:
**** Corn - Grows two blocks tall, with the top block yielding Corn. Corn can then be replanted or eaten raw like Carrots. Corn can also be crafted into Bread.
**** Ginger
*** new berries:
**** Blackberries - Can be eaten or crafted into Black Dye.
**** Blueberries - Can be eaten or crafted into Blue Dye.
*** new food:
**** Sushi - Crafted with Kelp and Tropical Fish.
**** Cake changes:
***** Pumpkin Pie is now placeable like Cake.
***** add carrot cake?
****** 
*** new trees:
**** Maple Trees - https://www.minecraftmods.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/blocks-625x352.png Spawn in Forests and Birch Forests. Stripped Logs can occasionally be harvested with Buckets or Bottles to receive Syrup. Stripped Logs can be Salted to prevent Syrup from regrowing.
**** Sakura Trees - Found in Cherry Blossom Groves https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DawnTeamMC/DawnTeamMC/master/promenade/screenshots/cherry_oak_wood_blocks.png
*** new fluids:
**** Syrup - A highly viscous liquid that essentially traps mobs in it. Attracts arthropods. Bottled Syrup can be crafted into Sugar.
**** Milk
*** new blocks:
**** Butter Block - Butter is created by leaving Milk in a cauldron over time. It can be crafted into Buttered Bricks. Butter Blocks are slippy, much like ice. They will evaporate over time if near fire, lava, or when placed in the Nether.
**** Cheese Block - Cheese is created by leaving Butter in a cauldron over time. 
**** Illuminated Leaves - Crafted with 8 Leaves and a Glowstone dust, allowing you to decorate for Christmas.
**** Peppermint Block
**** Marshmallow Block - Crafted from Sugar, 
*** new decorations:
**** Peppermint Fence
**** new plants:
***** Peppermint
*** new ores:
**** Salt Ore - Drops Salt, which scales with Fortune. Salt can be used as the antithesis to Bonemeal, pretty much reversing its effects. Using Salt on Grass turns it into Dirt, using Salt on Dirt turns it into Coarse Dirt.
***** or instead make it a thing in Salt Flats? or maybe it only spawns in certain biomes, like under Oceans or Deserts?
*** new utilities:
**** Grindstone - Slowly turns Cobblestone into Gravel, Gravel into Flint, Flint into Sand, and Wheat into Flour.
*** new items:
**** Flour - Can be baked into Bread much more efficiently than crafting Bread.
*** new biomes:
**** Salt Flats -
**** Cherry Blossom Grove - 
***** tanuki mob?
***** crysanthemums?
***** more japanese shit pls
**** Autumnal Forest, for reliable maple?
*** more farmable dyes!
*** pancakes - placeable like cake, but more like snow - i.e., multiple layers. can be buttered (adds slippiness), maybe syruped (sticky)?
*** marshmallows?
*** gingerbread?
*** tea? early game potion alternative?
** Tropics Update
*** new trees - 
**** Palm Trees - Drop Coconuts, which can either be planted on sand to grow palm trees or consumed like Milk to remove status effects. If planted in jungle, Palm Trees can also grow Bananas https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DawnTeamMC/DawnTeamMC/master/promenade/screenshots/palm_wood_blocks.png
*** Crabs
*** Seagulls
*** Pelicans?
*** flamingos???
*** barnacles and starfish?
*** birds of paradise
*** hermit crabs
*** new mobs:
**** fish:
***** Cuttlefish - 
***** manta rays? sunfish? flounders? idk
**** Lobsters - Spawn at the bottom of the sea, occasionally in pairs. Lobsters will slowly grow larger the longer they are alive. When killed, they drop Raw Lobster, which can be crafted into Cooked Lobster.
*** mini biomes:
**** Tide Pools - Beach minibiome.
**** Dunes - Desert and beach minibiome, comprised of desert hills.
**** Oasis - Desert minibiome.
*** new decorations:
**** plants:
***** Koru
*** new biomes:
**** Tropics
**** Volcanic Beach
**** Lush Desert
*** new blocks:
**** Black Sand - Spawns on Volcanic Beaches
** Shifting Sands Update
*** new mobs: 
**** Camel
*** desert caves?
*** antlions?
** Prismatic Update
*** more crystals
*** colored water
*** crates
*** balloons
*** silk worms
*** clouds?
*** harpies that spawn at the top of the world?
*** oil shale -> plastic
*** flower forest revamp?
**** jacaranda?
**** cartwheel flower
*** colored lamps for sure. and i'm talking like fluorescent lights
*** sheet metal? https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/dustrial-decor
*** new decorations:
**** Brick Button
**** Bookshelf Button
**** Carpeted Trapdoor
**** Carpeted Pressure Plate
**** Torch Lever
*** new blocks
**** Wool Stairs and Slabs
**** Concrete Slabs and Stairs
**** Terracotta Slabs and Stairs
*** end crystal mountains biome https://media.forgecdn.net/attachments/317/162/2020-10-17_10.png
**** maybe call the block Mesmerite and it changes rainbow? maybe like terraria rainbow bricks? there can be Mesmerite Shards, which craft into Mesmerite Glass or Mesmerite Bricks. color shifting can be toggled with redstone?
** spooky update?
*** maybe adds something like holy water to use in a cauldron to turn r. flesh into leather? villager plague doctors? idk
*** Infested Caves - filled with spiders, silverfish
** spelunking update? alchemy update?
*** Hitting an entity with a Blaze Rod has a 100% chance to set the target entity on fire, but consumes the Blaze Rod.
*** Loading a Bow or Crossbow with a Blaze Rod in the offhand will ignite the arrow. 
*** Fire Charges are thrown like snowballs.
*** quivers
*** rope
*** Barrels of Gunpowder
*** quicksand
*** Target Dummy - or maybe Scarecrow?
*** Bewitched Tome - add to end cities or strongholds maybe? he buffs nearby enemies with enchantments and drops his respective book when killed
*** Treasure Slime
*** Mimics
*** https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/primitive-mobs
*** Changes:
**** Zombies, skeletons, and piglins (and all of their variants) can now climb ladders.
*** New decorations:
**** Nether Brick Ladder
*** iceologer? "Griefer" illager varient?
*** drowned summoner, who can summon guardians?
*** creeper-heart armor which negates explosion damage?
*** new illager type, that throws Sickens + sicken eggs, which can poison livestock? idk sounds like a cool concept
*** blood moons?
** Savannah Update
*** mobs
**** Rhinoceros - Spawns in Savannahs.
**** Buffalo - Spawn in Grasslands and Plains. 
**** elephant
*** honey badger and their bird friends?
*** kangaroo?
*** new minibiomes:
**** Watering Hole - Savannah sub-biome, filled with mud blocks and water. Lots of animals and plants.
*** new biomes:
**** Outback (https://github.com/TerraformersMC/Terrestria/wiki/Outback)
**** Outback Bushland
**** Outback Heights 
** musical update
*** musical instruments that can be played similar to Starbound's
** Nether Update 2
*** frozen hell? or make that a new dimension?
*** bone reef - maybe a minibiome?
*** new biomes:
**** Quartz Caverns https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/oh-the-biomes-youll-go/images/b/b2/QuartzDesert.png/revision/latest?cb=20201107064331
***** gonna need new hostile mobs to haunt it
*** quartz now grows on the side of nether quartz ore like amethyst shards
*** new blocks:
**** Obsidian Bricks
**** Crying Obsidian Bricks
*** new mobs:
**** Bone Serpent
*** Sulfur Ore, maybe like a whole sulfury biome? https://media.forgecdn.net/attachments/328/797/2020-12-20_21.png https://media.forgecdn.net/attachments/328/798/2020-12-20_21.png (those are from the Better End mod)
**** or make this an underground cave? add underground caves like Borderlands 2's crystal levels? idk bro
** weather update
*** new weather types:
**** dust storm
**** heavy rain
**** light rain
**** winter storm 
**** acid rain? only in nether?
**** heatwaves/heatstorms? maybe for nether weather?
*** wind??????
*** can no longer sleep through thunderstorms
*** add some features from Immersive Weathering?
** unsorted:
*** california condors?
*** falconry?
*** neon lights
*** snow leopards
*** moose
*** mice
*** yaks
*** yetis?
*** moors biome
*** rainforest?
*** underground jungle, frost cave,
*** sashimonos for attaching to endgame armor
*** Endster - Spawns at the bottom of the End Islands, occasionally generates an Ender Pearl. Is basically an End oyster.
*** more endgame armor types
**** i.e. like a cold-themed set, an End-themed set, maybe a space/sky set, and an underwater set (in contrast to the Nether's fire endgame stuff)
*** nether update 2?
*** mobs that spawn in forest fires?
*** asphalt like terraria
*** minotaurus with his labyrinth
*** mushroom update https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/shroomed
***https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/supplementaries
***fjord
***gnomes?
***add in some Harry Potter-inspired mobs
***https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Minecraft_Earth:Mob
***rolling hills biome
***creeper biome variants
****Sleeper? paralyzes you
****Leeper?