Elytra recipe may include nether stars

[circuitsunfish]

Discussion topic.

Utilizing an item from a flying, challenging enemy presents a path to renewing a desirable item and creating additional engaging gameplay experiences - even if it is constructing some wither farm. Nether stars are an underutilized end game item. Elytra are a highly utilized, nonrenewable end game item.

If elytra are too cheap to produce, the following concerning playstyles and play effects occur:

• walkability is decreased, less emphasis on pathing
• the emphasis on flight demands low-latency connectivity which not everyone has
• constant need for rockets emphasizes mob farms, which increase latency
• robs players of satisfaction of achieving a difficult goal

Lore connections:

• Withers fly, nether stars have some magical properties to assist flight
• the beacon power from nether stars can increase jump height, also implying that the star may help players achieve flight

[circuitsunfish]

To transition to new format:

What item(s) do you want to add a recipe for? Elytra

What worktable does it use (crafting table, furnace, ect)? Crafting Table

what items should go into the recipe? Why? Nether Star - increase difficulty of obtaining the item and provide additional use for wither drops Phantom Membrane Feather String

Describe a possible crafting recipe

phantom membrane	nether star	phantom membrane
phantom membrane	leather chestplate	phantom membrane
feather	string	feather

Please describe some reasoning for the item(s) to be craftable and what the recipe adds to the game Why does this item need to be craftable? What does it add? How does it affect gameplay?

Elytra are already craftable in this datapack but currently use eyes of ender and popped chorus fruit in the recipe. Once the dragon is defeated in server events, this makes elytra accessible as an earlier/midgame item.

If elytra are too cheap to produce, the following concerning playstyles and play effects occur:

• walkability is decreased, less emphasis on pathing
• the emphasis on flight demands low-latency connectivity which not everyone has
• constant need for rockets emphasizes mob farms, which increase latency
• robs players of satisfaction of achieving a difficult goal

Additional context

Utilizing an item from a flying, challenging enemy presents a path to renewing a desirable item and creating additional engaging gameplay experiences - even if it is constructing some wither farm. Nether stars are an underutilized end game item. Elytra are a highly utilized, nonrenewable end game item.

Lore connections:

• Withers fly, nether stars have some magical properties to assist flight
• The beacon power from nether stars can increase jump height, also implying that the star may help players achieve flight

[rarmenia]

Proposed Recipe

Example Feedback: Currently this recipe does not include anything from the end. Do we want to remove the end connection with this recipe/allow access before gaining access to the end?

I think the recipe should still include popped chorus fruit, as this still requires the player base to have beaten the end dragon, or at least visited the end using an ender chest.

I like that this recipe give more use to both phantom membrane and nether stars which are both under utilized.

[circuitsunfish]

I see the point about end connections, but popped chorus fruit is something I have a hard time seeing as a component providing lift. I can however see the chorus flower being mixed in with feathers to provide lift - these are at the top of chorus plants, which begs the question of how these plants reproduce. I posit that pollination happens by the the self-fertilization of the flowers given that these may be planted to produce an entirely new plant. There is no rain or pollinator animal in the End dimension, which implies that the flowers themselves must glide to the location of the new plants.

chorus flower	nether star	chorus flower
phantom membrane	leather chestplate	phantom membrane
feather	string	feather

This recipe proposes that the chorus flower is used for the leading edge of the wing as flight secondaries, and retains the use of feathers for flight primaries.

[JaclynFox]

Currently elytra is uncraftable. The cause of this is the craftable_elytra.json file missing a closing curly brace and has a type of "minecraft:crafting_shaped". Changing the type to "crafting_shaped" and adding the brace makes the item craftable in game again.

[circuitsunfish]

After discussing with @mjsonofharry, I will be changing the string to beeswax when I fix this recipe. The recipe may be changed again in the future depending on how the discussions about including feather in the recipe go.

chorus flower	nether star	chorus flower
phantom membrane	leather chestplate	phantom membrane
feather	beeswax	feather