Right now the smithing table is only used to give villagers the tool smith job. It has no functional use to the player right now, but 1.16 is has introduced the very item that could give the smithing table a use: netherite. Right now netherite tools are crafted simply by combining the whole tool with a single netherite ingot. Enchantments are lost and the process just seems crude. What if we used the smithing table instead?
There would be three slots on the GUI: the tool slot, the material slot and the product slot. The material slot is above the item slot and is where the netherite would be placed. The item slot is where the tool or armor is placed. The product slot shows what item will be created. The smithing table can also preserve enchantments, but it comes at a potentially heavy level cost. Don't worry about it too much if your items are unechanted or have some enchantments, but if you have a diamond sword that has sharpness 5, knock back 2, fire aspect 2, sweeping edge 3, unbreaking 3 and mending then it will cost you a fortune to upgrade your item. The level cost would likely max out at 30-35 levels, given the strength of netherite tools this is a reasonable cost in my opinion. The level count is not required to upgrade but not meeting the required number of levels will result in some enchantments getting down graded or some even removed depending on how far you fall short. Say you only have half the required levels to upgrade that sword. You may end up with a sharpness 3, knockback 1, fire aspect 1, sweeping edge 1, unbreaking 2 netherite sword.
Below is a concept image on how upgrading a normal tool would look:
Mojang has said that there would be a use for the smithing table at some point, (along with the fletching table) but this is a cool suggestion and a provides a reasonable hurdle to get past the drawback of not being able to keep enchantments when upgrading gear to netherite.
Right now the smithing table is only used to give villagers the tool smith job. It has no functional use to the player right now, but 1.16 is has introduced the very item that could give the smithing table a use: netherite. Right now netherite tools are crafted simply by combining the whole tool with a single netherite ingot. Enchantments are lost and the process just seems crude. What if we used the smithing table instead?
There would be three slots on the GUI: the tool slot, the material slot and the product slot. The material slot is above the item slot and is where the netherite would be placed. The item slot is where the tool or armor is placed. The product slot shows what item will be created. The smithing table can also preserve enchantments, but it comes at a potentially heavy level cost. Don't worry about it too much if your items are unechanted or have some enchantments, but if you have a diamond sword that has sharpness 5, knock back 2, fire aspect 2, sweeping edge 3, unbreaking 3 and mending then it will cost you a fortune to upgrade your item. The level cost would likely max out at 30-35 levels, given the strength of netherite tools this is a reasonable cost in my opinion. The level count is not required to upgrade but not meeting the required number of levels will result in some enchantments getting down graded or some even removed depending on how far you fall short. Say you only have half the required levels to upgrade that sword. You may end up with a sharpness 3, knockback 1, fire aspect 1, sweeping edge 1, unbreaking 2 netherite sword.
Below is a concept image on how upgrading a normal tool would look:
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Praise be to Spode.
A use for the Smithing Table? Sounds good to me.
Full Support.
Mojang has said that there would be a use for the smithing table at some point, (along with the fletching table) but this is a cool suggestion and a provides a reasonable hurdle to get past the drawback of not being able to keep enchantments when upgrading gear to netherite.
Full support.
We did it bois.
Praise be to Spode.