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Joel, and Jonny saddle up for more baby mob changes in the latest Minecraft snapshot, and discuss spears vs.  tridents, rope ladders, and crafting happiness all in email from listeners.

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FROM: Cinqo
SUBJECT: Spear + Nautilus = Awesome

I finally interacted with my first nautilus the other day, and I of course had an enchanted spear with me. I also had an enchanted trident on me. After sixty seconds it was clear that the spear combined with the Nautilus dash was very powerful, and a lot of fun! One hit every mob I encountered. The trident on the other hand… 

While I think the addition of the spear is great it’s pretty cheap to make, while the trident is a rare item especially on Java. Wouldn’t it make more sense for the trident to be more powerful than it is currently? I have had this thought before the spear was introduced. Shouldn’t Mojang have improved the trident in Mounts of Mayhem? Will they ever? Should they? If so, how do you guys think it should be changed?

Cinqo sat on the bottom of the ocean with his Nautilus buddy, dreaming about being able to hold right click to use riptide constantly…

FROM: Tim S.
MEMBER: Landscape Artist Member
SUBJECT: Rope Ladders In Minecraft

Hi Joel, and Jonny,

In Episode 385, when discussing maneuverability in Hytale, Pix mentioned using a water bucket as a grappling hook in Minecraft, but it has the downside of getting stuff wet below you.

Given that the player can already put climbable (well swimmable) blocks within reach, and pick them up from a distance with a bucket, I wonder if there’s a way to make a rope ladder in Minecraft? The main difference between a regular ladder, and a rope ladder could be that when it is broken – Perhaps with another rope ladder in your hand? – the rope ladder goes straight into your inventory rather than falling down as an item. Perhaps it could also be placed in midair if below another rope ladder, similar to how a water bucket can help with overhangs.

Tim finally explored that ravine because he knew he could get out safely without getting wet.

FROM: Chris T.
MEMBER: Landscape Artist Member
SUBJECT: Renewable Items

PIx, and Joel,

In a recent Hermitcraft video, some of the older members shared their thoughts around nerfing the rarity of name tags, stating that making them craftable reduces the desire to go explore dungeons for loot. Keep in mind there is already a method to get nametags in a renewable fashion with a small time investment in a villager trading hall. I could see that many newer players might not even know that part of the game loop even exists, making nametags inaccessible to a large population.

What are your thoughts on making previously rare items more easily renewable or craftable? Do you have any specific items that you would want to see get similar treatment?

Render Distance Chunk Mail

FROM: TofuRedPanda
MEMBER: Landscape Artist
SUBJECT: It’s Kinda Like Minecraft

Hi Pix, and Joel,

You have both recently discussed Satisfactory, and Enshrouded, and how they are similar to, and yet different from Minecraft. 

Do you have any game recommendations that you describe as “It’s kinda like Minecraft but…” ? 

Bonus points for coming up with some whacky comparisons.

TofuRedPanda might be alive or might be dead in Minecraft, but we don’t know, as she is off adventuring in other games.

• Joel
  • Hytale
  • Core Keeper
  • No Man’s Sky
  • Satisfactory
  • Valheim
  • Kyora
    • Not released yet, but coming soon.
• Jonny
  • Stardew Valley
  • Enshrouded
  • Terraria