Jonny, and Joel bounce around their thoughts on the new baby hostile mobs in Minecraft, then answer listener email about copper golem smarts, ice crystal caves, and enchanted echo shards in the February Chunk Mail Dispenser.

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FROM: HalfPint
SUBJECT: Smart Copper Golems

Hi Pix, and Joel!

I’m working on an item sorter, command center system that would both benefit from, and would be limited by the copper golems ability to sort items regardless of the item’s data.

I would love a way to level up or train a copper golem to be able to sort items like enchanted books by enchantment, or sort tools by durability, etc. Perhaps using another variation of the copper golem, like those that have poppies, could have advanced sorting abilities. 

I appreciate your discussions from the perspective of game mechanics. It has helped me a lot to understand the game!

HalfPint died after accidentally hitting an iron golem while trying to wax her copper golem.

FROM: Divo
SUBJECT: Winter Update

Hi Joel, and Pix,

With the recent cold weather, and snow I’ve been thinking about a Minecraft Winter Update. Icicles could be a perfect addition using existing pointed dripstone mechanics. Icicles could generate in cold biomes or ice caves, and even fill cauldrons with powder snow. 

I would also love to see Minecraft implement more “Easter eggs.” Currently, chests turn into presents from December 24–26 in the Java Edition, but an environmental overhaul for the season would be even better. 

Would love to hear your thoughts!

Divo was impaled by an icicle.

FROM: Fyr3yr0
SUBJECT: Echoing Enchantments

Hi Pix, and Joel!

I was thinking recently about how the echo shard could have more uses. What if you could enchant an echo shard in the enchantment table, and whatever you enchanted it with would continue to appear as an option in the enchantment table, ‘echoing the shard’ for a random amount of uses?

Fyr3yr0 was crushed by despair when he mistakenly enchanted his echo shard with channeling.

FROM: YerOldMan
MEMBER: Landscape Artist
SUBJECT: Crafting Heart Of The Sea

Hi Jonny, and Joel,

Sorry I’m a week behind, but I just finished Episode 386, and while I agree that nametags should be easily crafted, I do not believe that heart of the sea should be crafted from other materials. The heart of the sea is a magical item, and reasonably easy to find. The real bottleneck in my opinion is farming all those nautilus shells to craft a conduit.

I would suggest an easier way to find shells. Perhaps using a brush on regular sand could have a chance to produce a shell?  Or perhaps shells could be found with some reasonably deep diving?

YerOldMan had a great time standing on the seashore searching for seashells.