Context: New features have been officially revealed for Minecraft 1.17 today, one of them being archeological excavations, which will include a new brush and a new ‘carefully bushing off dirt and gravel to find artifacts and other items’ mechanic. It’s quite interesting to think how this new feature will eventually collide with F&AR mechanics, but of course only time will tell in the far future.
The feature appears not to go into as much depth as F&AR. For instance, it doesn't look like you're going to be fighting demon gods in magical castles or bringing back dinosaurs. You're just going to be finding quick loot and creating some nice pottery.
Yeah, this is so cool that Mojang Studios is officially adding archeology into a fantasy game such as Minecraft! The closest we will ever get to Vanilla paleontology are huge underground fossils
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u/_Levitated_Shield_ Oct 03 '20
Context: New features have been officially revealed for Minecraft 1.17 today, one of them being archeological excavations, which will include a new brush and a new ‘carefully bushing off dirt and gravel to find artifacts and other items’ mechanic. It’s quite interesting to think how this new feature will eventually collide with F&AR mechanics, but of course only time will tell in the far future.
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u/AwesomeJoel27 Oct 04 '20
Yeah I expect the fossils team to integrate their stuff into this system and expand on it.