I think deep dark should have some source of food. What if you run out of food there? Large caves easy to get lost in, no coal for torches, lots of hostile mobs spawning... I see it as some kind of passive mob, like big rat or mole. It constantly running away from player, so you need to chase it in order to get food. Imagine, you running out of health, you chasing this mob, finally you get it, but you find yourself compleatly lost in dark cave maze. Only sorce of light - campfire where you coock your prey. This mechanic will fit naturally to deep dark ambiance. Another way to capture it is to seat quietly and whait when it comes closer. Because it blind. It can hear you but not see. You can use bait which you can obtain in caves (glow berries, mushrooms). This mob drops meat and trophy loot such as teeth or fur which you can sell to Deep Dark Merchant https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/360077253371-Deep-dark-Trader
I think deep dark should have some source of food. What if you run out of food there? Large caves easy to get lost in, no coal for torches, lots of hostile mobs spawning... I see it as some kind of passive mob, like big rat or mole. It constantly running away from player, so you need to chase it in order to get food. Imagine, you running out of health, you chasing this mob, finally you get it, but you find yourself compleatly lost in dark cave maze. Only sorce of light - campfire where you coock your prey. This mechanic will fit naturally to deep dark ambiance. Another way to capture it is to seat quietly and whait when it comes closer. Because it blind. It can hear you but not see. You can use bait which you can obtain in caves (glow berries, mushrooms). This mob drops meat and trophy loot such as teeth or fur which you can sell to Deep Dark Merchant https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/360077253371-Deep-dark-Trader
Please, vote for this featurure if you like it https://feedback.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/360077400172-Mob-as-food-source-in-Deep-Dark
About this "Deep Dark Merchant", is that a NPC that will be added or is it from another suggestion thread?
I think i've read something about that a while ago.
I can not imagine to find myself unprepared starving in the deep dark but i love the way you discribe the situation.
If a foodsource like that would be added i might try a deep dark challange using datapack to generate a complete deep dark world,
just to get this thrilling vibe. That is, if surviving like that will be possible.
My projects:
-are abandoned for now. I might pick 'em up in the future.
For now i'm working on a private modpack that suit's my own playstyle.
I am gonna stay in modded 1.12.2 untill my potato dies. No mercy! :Q
Perhaps we could have Gloworms in the cave as a food source. Does sound gross but if you were low on food you'd eat anything you can find.