Update to 1.20

[kwvanderlinde]

These are the new additions to 1.20 that we need to look at making obtainable (list from mc fandom):

Blocks:

• [x] Bamboo Mosaic
• [x] Bamboo Planks
• [x] Block of Bamboo
• [x] Calibrated Sculk Sensor
• [x] Cherry Leaves
• [x] Cherry Log
• [x] Cherry Planks
• [x] Cherry Sapling
• [x] Chiseled Bookshelf
• [x] Decorated Pot
• [x] Hanging Sign
• [x] Piglin Head
• [x] Pink Petals
• [ ] Pitcher Plant
• [ ] Sniffer Egg
• [ ] Suspicious Gravel
• [ ] Suspicious Sand
• [ ] Torchflower

Items:

• [x] Brush
• [ ] Music Disc (Relic)
• [ ] Pitcher Pod
• [ ] Pottery Sherd
• [ ] Smithing Templates
• [ ] Torchflower Seeds

Mobs:

• [ ] Camel
• [ ] Sniffer

Non-mob Entities:

• [x] Cherry Boat
• [x] Raft

[kwvanderlinde]

State of thing without any changes

Vanilla

Several are obviously obtainable through vanilla mechanics.

Wood is of course obtainable, so we can get:

• [x] Chiseled Bookshelf
• [x] Hanging signs (iron is available too)
• [x] Brush (copper and feathers are available too)

Bricks are obtainable, so:

• [x] Decorated Pot (though no designs)

Bamboo can be obtained from fishing or killing pandas, allowing blocks of bamboo, so the new bamboo stuff is obtainable:

• [x] Bamboo Mosaic
• [x] Bamboo Planks and derivatives
• [x] Block of Bamboo
• [x] Raft

Wandering Traders can seel Cherry Saplings, so that unlocks the cherry features:

• [x] Cherry Leaves
• [x] Cherry Log
• [x] Cherry Planks
• [x] Cherry Sapling
• [x] Cherry Boat

Biomes are available, so Pink Petals can also be obtained:

• [x] Pink Petals

Piglins exist, which gets us:

• [x] Piglin Head

Skyblock Mini

We added ways to obtain echo shards and budding amethyst, making them obtainable and renewable. So we can get:

• [x] Calibrated Sculk Sensor

Not available

Without changes, the following are not obtainable:

• [ ] Suspicious sand
• [ ] Suspicious gravel
• [ ] Music Disc (Relic) (requires suspicious gravel)
• [ ] Sniffer Egg (requires suspicious sand)
• [ ] Sniffer (requires Sniffer Egg)
• [ ] Pitcher Pod (requires Sniffer)
• [ ] Pitcher Plant (requires Pitcher Pod)
• [ ] Torchflower seeds (requires Sniffer)
• [ ] Torchflowers (requires Torchflowers Seeds; I can't seem to get a Wandering Trader to trade them)
• [ ] Camel (only generated at world generation)
• [ ] Smithing Templates (in chest loot)

[kwvanderlinde]

Among the "Not available" things, the only one I really care about it is the Smithing Templates and especially the Netherite Upgrade. There's a couple challenges here:

1. We don't have access to diamonds, so we can't duplicate them which could be a drag. I think the other ingredients for duplication are all available
2. No way to get them outside of chest loot.
3. Netherite Upgrade is functionally important, but the others can be cool.

The lack of diamonds is an issue in itself as it prevents us from getting Enchanting Tables and Jukeboxes. Niether are vital, but do have interesting uses even in Skyblock. So adding renewable diamonds would be really handy. I don't care about making them extremely rare, so something like smelting diamond tools into diamonds (would still require villagers, which is an effort in itself).

Assuming we add renewable diamonds, that leaves the need to get an original template that we can duplicate. We basically have two options:

• Crafting an original
• Looting an original

For the Netherite Upgrade specifically, I am in favour of making it lootable, specifically by killing the Ender Dragon (it's the last boss without a customized drop). And yes, there will be a risk it falls into the void! The others can be obtained by converting the Netherite Upgrade into a trim, similar to the duplication process but by incorporating the new trim's duplication material, with diamonds and emeralds to distinguish to different possibilities. This will consume the Netherite Upgrade.

[kwvanderlinde]

For the other "Not available" things...

Camels are interesting in themselves, but I don't see them meaningfully affecting the skyblock gameplay. So I will leave them out.

For the others, they form a "suspicious" bubble: they don't really seem to do anything meaningful outside of getting more of that group of things. I also don't really care about suspicious block mechanics, and ggiving players access to placing suspicious blocks is not enough to get loot out of them, so I don't think I'm going to add the suspicious blocks. The torchflower is the only interesting one to me, in that it can be used to make night vision suspicious stews, but poppies already do that. So unless I get a compelling idea from somewhere, the suspicious blocks, pottery sherds, relic music disc, sniffer, pitcher plant, and torchflower won't be added.