I wanted to add something that ties well into the themes of Minecraft, gives players a new challenge, and adds depth and motivation to finding the new netherite resource. So why not add a new boss called the “Ancient Wither” created the same way as a normal wither but with ancient debris instead of soul sand. Also it can only be summoned in the nether. This guy can raise pillars of lava when flying over lava oceans and chew through netherrack like a hot knife through butter. It will eat gold ore and quartz ore if it sees it before subsequently spitting them back out as deadly projectiles. Occasionally it will do a rapid 360 shooting fire charges in all directions. And instead of generating wither roses, netherrack that the Ancient Wither travels over becomes magma blocks. I imagine it’s health would be similar to that of a normal wither. It will target ALL mobs including other hostile mobs. If a normal wither happens to be in close proximity it will obey the commands given to it by the Ancient Wither. (Attack “this” and blow up “that”) The Piglins will band together and try to kill it but are easily wiped out by the monster. The hoglins run as fast as they can but are easily made into cooked pork chops. The endermen? Oh they shriek with terror and run for their lives. They will desperately try to build a wall to protect themselves with whatever is available. They are no match for the Ancient Wither though. The Ancient Wither can only be damaged via projectiles and netherite tools. Also anything worse than netherite armor won’t do you any good. If you (somehow) manage to slay the thing, you get an Ancient Nether Star. This dazzling object will point you to the nearest nether fortress when thrown. It also can be used to make a beacon that can be harnessed with a pyramid of ancient debris in the nether or overworld making the player immune to lava when in range. Also the player can see through lava like water when swimming in it if immune. The last thing the Ancient Nether Star can do is be combined with a netherite helmet in the smithing table creating the Ancient Wither Crown. This gives the wearer full fire resistance allowing the player to swim in lava unharmed and increases the durability of all armor worn by the player. The player must also be fully clothed in netherite gear for it to be donned (No elytra). And it does one other thing; endermen tremble before you when it’s on your head and if you look at them they run away screaming instead of attacking you. That is my idea for a new boss in the game. A fun challenge that ties into the themes of Minecraft and gives more motivation to find netherite and use the new materials. Please tell me what you think!
Another thing to add: once the beast has been awakened, the nether portal becomes a one way gate locked from the inside. The only way back to the overworld is death or defeating the Ancient Wither
This is a really neat idea! I've been wanting to see a new boss in the game for years now! I also really like how you tie in the other mobs and their behavior toward the "Ancient Wither." I especially like how you described the enderman's behavior and that they run away when that piece of armor is equipped. Would love to see this go somewhere
Well done for having it all thought out and described well. This wouldn't be too hard for someone to make, maybe even yourself since it's already based off an existing mob.
For modeling I'd start with the original Wither and add to it using "blockbench" which is a simply free program for making minecraft things.
As for the special abilities, spawning lava would be easy I think. You could have it shoot out a fire charge and tell the game "hey spawn a lava block 10 blocks above where this hits, if it hits an existing lava block." then have it despawn the source block after a second so you get falling lava without ruining the nether with random lava in the air.
For the netherack digging, I imagine it'd work like dragons in Ice and Fire. Blocks have a rating for breaking and just set the wither to break anything around netherack or cobblestone strength.
Finally the magma change can happen once it lowers and you can have it change any block it "walks" on into a magma block!
Love this idea! If it doesn't become a mod of its own it'd be a cool addition to Mutant beasts or mowzies mobs or any boss pack.
I’m not much of a coder or artist but I might try dabbling a bit just to see what happens. After all, I would like to see it in action and by extension see it get recognized.
I wanted to add something that ties well into the themes of Minecraft, gives players a new challenge, and adds depth and motivation to finding the new netherite resource. So why not add a new boss called the “Ancient Wither” created the same way as a normal wither but with ancient debris instead of soul sand. Also it can only be summoned in the nether. This guy can raise pillars of lava when flying over lava oceans and chew through netherrack like a hot knife through butter. It will eat gold ore and quartz ore if it sees it before subsequently spitting them back out as deadly projectiles. Occasionally it will do a rapid 360 shooting fire charges in all directions. And instead of generating wither roses, netherrack that the Ancient Wither travels over becomes magma blocks. I imagine it’s health would be similar to that of a normal wither. It will target ALL mobs including other hostile mobs. If a normal wither happens to be in close proximity it will obey the commands given to it by the Ancient Wither. (Attack “this” and blow up “that”) The Piglins will band together and try to kill it but are easily wiped out by the monster. The hoglins run as fast as they can but are easily made into cooked pork chops. The endermen? Oh they shriek with terror and run for their lives. They will desperately try to build a wall to protect themselves with whatever is available. They are no match for the Ancient Wither though. The Ancient Wither can only be damaged via projectiles and netherite tools. Also anything worse than netherite armor won’t do you any good. If you (somehow) manage to slay the thing, you get an Ancient Nether Star. This dazzling object will point you to the nearest nether fortress when thrown. It also can be used to make a beacon that can be harnessed with a pyramid of ancient debris in the nether or overworld making the player immune to lava when in range. Also the player can see through lava like water when swimming in it if immune. The last thing the Ancient Nether Star can do is be combined with a netherite helmet in the smithing table creating the Ancient Wither Crown. This gives the wearer full fire resistance allowing the player to swim in lava unharmed and increases the durability of all armor worn by the player. The player must also be fully clothed in netherite gear for it to be donned (No elytra). And it does one other thing; endermen tremble before you when it’s on your head and if you look at them they run away screaming instead of attacking you. That is my idea for a new boss in the game. A fun challenge that ties into the themes of Minecraft and gives more motivation to find netherite and use the new materials. Please tell me what you think!
Another thing to add: once the beast has been awakened, the nether portal becomes a one way gate locked from the inside. The only way back to the overworld is death or defeating the Ancient Wither
This is a really neat idea! I've been wanting to see a new boss in the game for years now! I also really like how you tie in the other mobs and their behavior toward the "Ancient Wither." I especially like how you described the enderman's behavior and that they run away when that piece of armor is equipped. Would love to see this go somewhere
I’m so glad to hear that you like it, bro! I wanna see it move up too!
Sounds like a cool idea to me! Clearly you have put a lot of thought into this!
Thanks! Yeah I’ve had it on my mind since 1.16 came around in the snapshots
Well done for having it all thought out and described well. This wouldn't be too hard for someone to make, maybe even yourself since it's already based off an existing mob.
For modeling I'd start with the original Wither and add to it using "blockbench" which is a simply free program for making minecraft things.
As for the special abilities, spawning lava would be easy I think. You could have it shoot out a fire charge and tell the game "hey spawn a lava block 10 blocks above where this hits, if it hits an existing lava block." then have it despawn the source block after a second so you get falling lava without ruining the nether with random lava in the air.
For the netherack digging, I imagine it'd work like dragons in Ice and Fire. Blocks have a rating for breaking and just set the wither to break anything around netherack or cobblestone strength.
Finally the magma change can happen once it lowers and you can have it change any block it "walks" on into a magma block!
Love this idea! If it doesn't become a mod of its own it'd be a cool addition to Mutant beasts or mowzies mobs or any boss pack.
So great to hear this feedback!
I’m not much of a coder or artist but I might try dabbling a bit just to see what happens. After all, I would like to see it in action and by extension see it get recognized.
Thanks so much for the detailed response!