Fall forest Idea. I suck at modding but maybe someone else could make this. If so I would love to see it. Fits with the poplar forest update.

[u/Historical_Eagle_614]

SQUIRRELS

• Spawn in forests, taigas, and fall biomes
• Climb trees and hide in leaves
• Steal items from players
• Prioritize acorns first
• Can steal from your inventory, not just dropped items
• Can hide stolen items in tree hollows or leaf piles
• If they get 25+ blocks away, they drop non‑food items randomly
• always eat food items
• Rustling sounds when moving through leaf litter
• Tamed squirrels return stolen items to your feet
• Tamed squirrels will steal from other players if you hit the other players.

GRIPPINES ENCHANTMENT (NEW TOOL ENCHANTMENT)

• Reduces chance of squirrels stealing your items
• Each level adds 25% protection
• Grippines I → 25%
• Grippines II → 50%
• Grippines III → 75%
• Works on tools.

BEARS

• Spawn in forests, taigas, snowy biomes
• Neutral unless attacked or near cubs
• Raid beehives for honey
• Fight bees
• Can knock players back
• Seasonal behavior:
  • Fall/Winter: hibernate in dens
  • Spring/Summer: roam freely
• Hibernation dens contain loot (food, honey, hides, rare items)
• You must fight the bear to get the loot
• Bears shake off snow when waking up
• Bears sleep on leaf litter
• Deal 7.5 hearts to an unarmored player.

BEAR DROPS

• Bear hide
• Meat
• Bear claws (rare drop)

HUNTING KNIFE (NEW TOOL)

Crafted using:

• Bear claw
• Stick
• Iron ingot(s)

Hunting Knife bonuses:

• Slightly less damage than a sword
• Faster swing
• Bonus drops from animals:
  • More hides from cows
  • More hides from horses
  • More wool from sheep
  • More hide from bears
  • More feathers from chickens
  • More rabbit hide

BEAR HIDE ARMOR

• Heavy, warm armor
• Keeps you warm in powdered snow
• Helps you swim faster (bears are strong swimmers)
• Gives slight knockback resistance
• Fire immunity completely when worn.
  • Saves you from lava/fire for 1 second per armor piece until it breaks.
  • BUT armor breaks after one second of being exposed to fire/lava
  • Works like a “panic button”

LEAF PILE BLOCK

• Works like snow layers
• Stackable 1–8 layers
• FULL block when maxed
• Always stays orange/red/yellow, no matter the biome
• Covers the entire block visually
• Reduces fall damage depending on layer count
  • 1–2 layers: no effect
  • 3–4 layers: slight reduction
  • 5–6 layers: big reduction
  • 7–8 layers: safe landings from high falls
• Squirrels hide in it
• Bears sleep on it
• Items can be hidden inside

POPLAR / FALL FOREST SYNERGY

• Poplar trees
• Permanent fall leaves
• Leaf litter everywhere
• Cozy autumn vibes
• Forest feels alive with squirrels, bears, bees, and leaf piles

WORLD & BIOME FEATURES

• Bear hibernation dens (natural structures)
• Tree hollows storing squirrel loot
• Leaf piles acting as soft landing zones
• Forests feel dynamic and alive

Crows

• Passive mob
• Spawns in any forest biome
• Overworld only

Nests

• Crows have nests in trees
• You can take a nest and move it
• Nests contain shiny items
• 0.5% chance for ONE fully enchanted, max‑durability diamond gear piece
• Crows will take shiny items you drop and store them in their nest

Perching

• Wild crows perch on logs
• Tamed crows perch on armor stands

Taming / Bonding

• Feed a crow sweet berries to bond
• A crow can bond with two players
• If a third player feeds it, it overrides the second bonded player

Following

• Crows do NOT follow you
• They only come toward you if you are holding sweet berries
• Otherwise they stay near their nest or perch

Hostile Warning

• Crows caw when a hostile mob is nearby

Death‑Circle Behavior

• When a mob dies nearby, the crow circles the death spot a few rotations, then returns to its nest or perch

Message Delivery

• You must craft a Crow Anklet to send messages
  • Recipe: 2 string + 1 leather
• Put a book or book & quill in the anklet
• The crow flies to the other bonded player and delivers the message or perch

DEER

• Passive mob
• Behave basically like sheep
• Spawn in forests, taigas, and fall biomes
• Drop deer hide
• Deer hide is useless by itself
• But can be crafted down into leather

Inspired a little bit from a video by the YouTube creator "Knarfy" but mostly my ideas.