I wanted to liven up Minecraft a little more, maybe add some mobs that are kind of useless, but not too useless (sorry bats). Something that won't drastically change Minecraft. Ocelots will actively hunt the birds (1 heart per 2 seconds), though when tamed, Ocelots will still attack birds when tamed. Tamed cats will not attack a tamed bird. Even when there are no birds around you, birds can still be heard chirping, the only place where you will not hear birds chirping are underground, Nether, The End, and in oceans.
Blue Bird: I like - but what is it's speed (flying and walking)
Health: 1.0 Heart
AI: When you approach the bird, within 5 blocks, it will fly away. When landed, it will occasionally hop around, and peck at the ground.
Drop: 1-2 Feathers and has a 50% chance of dropping a stick (Birds carry sticks to make nests, so it makes some sense there)
It is Blue, with a Brown Chest
Biome: Forest, Mountain
Cardinal: YAY CANADIA BIRDS... but spped again?
Health: 1.0 Heart
AI: When you approach the bird, within 5 blocks, it will fly away. When landed it will occasionally hop around, and peck at the ground. Like the Bluebird
Drop: 1-2 Feathers and has a 50% chance of dropping a stick.
Red, with a partly black face.
Height: 1 slab
Biome: Forest, Mountain
Macaw:
Health: 1.0 Heart Macaws are much bigger. I'd say 3 hearts
AI: Same as Bluebird and Cardinal I'd make it more of flying between trees and CAWing loudly
Drop: 1-2 Feathers and has a 50% chance of dropping a cocoa bean
Blue, Green, Yellow and Red body, with an all red head.
Height: 1 block
Biome: Jungle
Toucan:
Health: 1 Heart I'd say 4
AI: Almost always lands on trees, when approached from 6 blocks away, it will fly away to another far away place to land.
Drop: 1-2 Feathers and has a 60% chance of dropping a cocoa bean
Black, with a yellow and red beak
Height: 1 block
Biome Jungle
Pigeon: There is already a GREAT thread for this - but I like this one as well
Health: 1.0 Heart
AI: Will fly away from player when it approaches it from 3 blocks away. Will occasionally land on the ground, but will tend to land on a structure (example: A house in a village)
Drop: 1-2 Feather
Grey with a partial white chest
Height: 1 slab
Biome: Spawns in and near Villages This will be a village locator
Seagull:
Health: 1.0 Heart I'd say 2
AI: Same as Cardinal, BlueBird, etc. Wouldnt it make more sense to fly around the beach, sometimes swim, and follow players a bit? Or maybe eat dropped items? Or just be attrected to dropped items?
Drop: 1-2 Feathers
White with slightly orange bottom.
Height: 1 slab
Biome: Beach, Stone Beach, (basically any beach related biomes)
Crane:
Health: 2.5 Hearts I'd say 5
AI: Stands in any water source (block), Freshwater, saltwater or both? (Fresh preffered) when provoked it will attack by pecking How is it provoked? with its long beak (1 heart per 2 seconds). Wouldnt cranes rather fly away? It occasionally "pecking" the water with its beak (as if to imitate it catching fish).
Drop: 1-4 feathers, and a 50% chance of dropping 1-2 fish
all Grey body
Height: 1.5 blocks
Biome: Swamp, Plains (around water sources)
Duck:
Health: 1.0 Heart I'd say 2
AI: Swims in any water source, occasionally dipping its head in the water.
Drop: None
Black with an orange beak (If beaks can't be added, then it can just be orange where the beak would be)
Ability: (Only available when tamed) When sitting, it will sound a harsh 'caw' when hostile mobs, or other players, are atleast 7 blocks away from you, or the tamed Raven.
Vulture:
Health: 2.5 Hearts I'd go 4
AI: Will fly away when approached from 4 blocks away, will attack cats if it is within that range. I think that if a mob has 1/4 or less of it's max health, it will circle it's location from the sky
Drop: 2-5 feathers, and 1-2 rotten flesh (since its a scavenger)
Black with a hint of dark grey
Height: 1.5 blocks
Biome: Desert, Savannah, Mega-Taiga, Mesa
Owl:
Health: 1.5 Hearts I'd go 3
AI: Will fly away when approached from 2 blocks away, almost always rests in trees (if there is any). Will watch the player. Spawns at night, despawns at day. Personally, I like 1/2 a chance to despawn in the day. Won't despawn when tamed or nametag is used.
Drop: 1-3 Feathers
all white
Height: 1 block
Biome: Taiga, Roofed Forest, Birch Forest, Forest
Eagle:
Health: 7 Hearts I'd say 6
AI: Will attack when player is 15 blocks away from an Eagle nest, occasionally flies 10-25 blocks away from nest, but always comes back to the nest.
Drop: 6-10 Feathers
Brown with White head
Height: 1 1/2 blocks.
Biome: Mega Taiga, Taiga, Extreme Hills (+),
Eagle Nests:
Eagle Nests can be located on the ground (on hill-ish areas) but are more commonly found in trees,they are about 4x4x2 blocks. The blocks they are made out of are "Nest Block" which are a wood type block. The Nest block's texture are sticks that appear to be in a jumble, (though in a cube shape, like all Minecraft blocks). Nest Blocks can be made with 9 sticks in a crafting bench, and can be broken as easily as a leaf block, they burn the same time as regular wood planks, same burn time in a furnace, and will burn the same time as planks when on fire (until it disappears).
Eagle Nests have a 50% chance of occupying 1 Eagle Egg, 40% chance of occupying 2 Eagle Eggs, and 30% chance of occupying 3 Eagle Eggs. Eagle Eggs, are white with a few light grey patches, and are slightly smaller than an EnderDragon Egg. At max, they can occupy 4 eggs, (which only 3 can be found in the nest, naturally spawned), 1 Nest block can occupy an Eagle Egg.
Eagle Nests have a 50% chance of occupying 1 Eagle Egg, 40% chance of occupying 2 Eagle Eggs, and 30% chance of occupying 3 Eagle Eggs. Eagle Eggs, are white with a few light grey patches, and are slightly smaller than an EnderDragon Egg. At max, they can occupy 4 eggs, (which only 3 can be found in the nest, naturally spawned), 1 Nest block can occupy an Eagle Egg.Eagle Nests have a 50% chance of occupying 1 Eagle Egg, 40% chance of occupying 2 Eagle Eggs, and 30% chance of occupying 3 Eagle Eggs. Eagle Eggs, are white with a few light grey patches, and are slightly smaller than an EnderDragon Egg. At max, they can occupy 4 eggs, (which only 3 can be found in the nest, naturally spawned).
Note: Leaves will spawn randomly around the Eagle Nest. Personally, I'd like that the eagles make their own nest.
Eagle Nest Image:
The bird Spawn-egg will spawn a bird, randomized by type; Cardinal, Bluebird, Raven, Toucan, and Macaw. Snowy-Owl, Vulture, Crane, Duck, and Pigeons will have their own Spawn-Eggs. Ok
Spawn Egg Colors:
Blue/Red - Bluebird,Cardinal,Macaw,Toucan, Raven, and Seagull
Grey/white - Pigeon
White/Red - Crane
Black/DarkGrey - Vulture
White/Black - SnowyOwl
White/Brown - Eagle
Nests and Taming Birds:
In 1 out of 15 trees, there would be a nest (near the edge of the top of the tree), you can pick up these nests by breaking them. You can put these in a crafting table (and in the crafting area in your inventory) to get 6 sticks. When broken,it can drop whatever amount of eggs are in the nest (randomized from 1-4). You can also pick up the eggs from the nest by right-clicking, (Only 4 eggs can be in the nest). You can use these eggs to tame a bird that hatches from the egg (It is randomized what bird will hatch). I'd say a nest randomly generates with no eggs, and a bird will go fly and land in the nest. Then there will be 1-4 eggs. These eggs will be that bird's type You trigger the "hatching" process by putting an egg into the nest (when placed on a block), the time when the bird hatches is from 5 to 10 minutes This process confuses me. The birds that can 'hatch' from the egg(s) are Bluebirds, Cardinals, Magpie's, Crows, and Pigeons. I like these They will fly towards you when you are atleast 10 blocks away, which then they would fly and follow you. To make the birds "sit" you right-click the bird and the top of the block that you want them to "sit" on. (Currently the birds do nothing. I am thinking of ways they could help the player, or they could just simply fly around the player. I say NO TAMING... except maybe macaws and pigeons
Sorry for the wall of text there.
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When tamed, you can right-click a pigeon, and an inventory will appear with 2 slots, right above the slots you can register and select a friend to send the 2 items to. When registering a friend, you can type in the coordinates of where you would like to send the items, and type in the name. The items will be put in the nearest chest. If the chest is full, the rest will be put in a different chest. I saw this in another suggestion
Also, my suggestion for this would be to type in the player's username, and it'll send it to them IF they are within 50? chunks of each other. You can "remember" 6 usernames to automatically show up as an option to send the stuff to... a "speed dial"
[Note: This came from my mind, and my mind only. Not inspired by a mod.]
Have any suggestions to add to this? Feel free to reply in the comments! Any more birds you want to be added to this thread? Post it in the comments! Pleasepost in the comments what you would want changed if you voted you would want a thing changed with something in the thread, if you don't, I will remove your vote in the poll(s). Thank You.
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[Update log]
1.1: (credit to leonelmegaman)
- edited the biomes the Snowy Owl, Raven, Duck, Bluebird, and Cardinal spawn in
- removed Magpie
- Added Toucan and Macaw
- Added that Ocelot will attack birds, tamed cats will not attack tamed birds
- Added attack speed of Crane
- Added Snowy-Owl Spawn/Despawn Times
1.2: (credit to Endergirl00)
- added Spawn-Eggs for Birds
1.3: (credit to FrozenToothpaste / FalconFlurry / Marugi)
- Added Eagle
- Added Crow tame 'ability'
1.4: (credit to TipTop)
- Added Seagull (gotta love dem 'Beach birds')
1.5: (Credit to McNubberson)
- Added Ambient Sound of Birds Chirping
1.6:
- Renamed 'Snowy-Owl' to 'Owl'
1.7:
- Renamed Crow to Raven
If you Support, Voting/Liking would be appreciated!
So bascially, no taming, and adjust the health (and delivery service). If you do that, then SUPPORT but for now, 80% support
This here belongs in the hall of fame.
Anyway,
Support; adds ambiance and character to the game.
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I silently cheered to this. xD
Renamed the Crow to Raven off from the poll! (not big news though..) Sorry I didn't get to it sooner, I had a stiff neck for a few days.
So bascially, no taming, and adjust the health (and delivery service). If you do that, then SUPPORT but for now, 80% support
Oh... BTW magpie is still in the poll
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Thanks so much! I'll get back to work on the thread right away! Also, thanks for telling me that the magpie was still in the poll!
Hm, they should have listened to the Employee, birds then and now would have livened up Minecraft.