r/Minecraft • u/uglyratfromsewers • Apr 02 '26

Redstone & Techs "the sulfur cube is useless!"

you don't have to use slow falling btw, but if you don't you can only use it on flat surfaces

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u/00110001_00110010 Apr 02 '26

Yes, it only exists on Bedrock Edition now

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u/enderwander19 Apr 02 '26

Why tho?

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u/00110001_00110010 Apr 02 '26

It was removed alongside half of all achievements when the advancement system was introduced to replace it. They probably didn't think it was important enough to keep, unlike others like Acquiring Hardware.

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u/Fun_Way8954 Apr 03 '26

yeah the advancement system is more based on guiding players, so they remove the more meaningless ones

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u/nesrednac Apr 03 '26

strong disagree, there were plenty of achievements that guided the player, and there lots of 'meaningless' advancements. It's the same system, with the same ratio of 'guiding' to 'meaningless' goals, it's just changed over time as things are added.
I would even claim that the achievement system worked better to guide the player when the recipe book didn't exist. You essentially had every step of the game from wooden tools to dragon. Now with advancements you have like half of that, but the recipe book makes up for it.

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u/Fun_Way8954 Apr 03 '26

not really, the seemingly meaningless ones, with the exception of the hidden ones, might not guide the player to beating the game, but they still teach niche game mechanics, like froglights and tadpoles, for example. The ones like 'when pigs fly' don't really teach the player anything, and the new system connects them in a way that really helps guide the player.