The Spawn Chunks 311: A Bundle Of Changes

Aug 19, 2024 | podcast

Jonny, and Joel immerse themselves in the first new snapshot for Minecraft 1.21 Tricky Trials where Mojang is experimenting with changes to minecarts, redstone, and bundles. A listener has a smashing idea for the mace, and both Jonny, and Joel have big projects on the go.

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FROM: DFCordova
SUBJECT: Idea For The Mace

Hi Joel, and Pix!

Congrats on 6 years of the show!

I have an idea that I think could add a cool new use for the mace, and help with reducing more UI being added to the game. What if you could use the mace to crush items?

This is how it could work: You throw as many items as you want on a crafting table. They must be in item form, and the more you throw, the more you may damage your mace. Next, you hit the crafting table with the mace from at least 3 blocks high, and you get the chance of crushing some, or most of those items into different ones. The higher you fall from for the hit, the better the chances of conversion. 

For example, you could throw some cobblestone on a crafting table, then when it’s crushed it could turn into gravel, and crushing gravel could turn it into sand, and so many other possibilities.

I think crushing items could take more durability off the mace compared to combat, just like the sword when used for bamboo harvesting. That’s the tradeoff.

I get that most of this you can do with the autocrafter, but I think it’s a different way for doing the same thing, and that’s something very “Minecraft-y.” 

Hope to hear your thoughts on it.

Cheers!

Dfcordova died of fall damage while trying to turn gravel into sand.

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The First Snapshot Of Minecraft 1.21

There is a lot to talk about in the first snapshot for Minecraft 1.21. Jonny, and Joel focus on the big three changes the community is talking about, changes to minecarts, changes to redstone, and changes to the bundles. All of these changes have been implemented in the Experimental Features part of the game, and have no assigned update as to when, or if they may be coming to Minecraft in their current iterations. Mojang is looking for constructive feedback, so Jonny, and Joel dive in.