Hey this is BigChiefTim. I managed to log in to my old forums account so I could post this suggestion.


Title is self explanatory, as I learned the hard way that silk does not work on budding amethyst. Kerahna offered to move my budding amethyst for me when needed, so why not make silk work for it?

 

Yeah no thanks I like the feature I myself placed 3 budding amethyst when laying out my farm and just rolled with the punches. And I’d imagine Kerahna only said this as the update and all features are still new to everyone so with change will come mistakes and accidents and Kerahna is probably trying to minimize the negative impacts it has on players who are unaware of certain game mechanics. With that being said I sure do wish I knew this when I placed mine.

 

I agree with Skam. Budding amethyst is not at all that important when it comes to Skyblock. However, spawners are, given they are a major source of materials, food, and experience, that's why silk touch is enabled for those. Also it's nice to have something that you, yourself, had to place and keep-gives more meaning to the item.

My 2 cents...

 

I support. Budding amethyst blocks could become very useful for farming to craft other items. Tinted glass is a good example. I broke my first block and lost it because I wasn't aware it isn't mine able. Or on this server considering it was a create reward assumed I could pick it up to move it. Many other players I can imagine would place it as soon as they get one to have a look at it, without knowing they can't ever move it. This also makes relocating an old farm hard if you've saved up stacks of keys to earn a few budding blocks, only to forever loose them. Spawners in vanilla can't be mined. Or picked up, so comparing bud blocks to spawners in this case wouldn't make much sense. Treat budding blocks like a skyblock server spawner, only pickupable with silk. This could also open up a better trade for players wanting to sell their budding blocks to new players who wish to farm with them

 

in default vanilla minecraft budding amethyst only spawns in set locations in the world sometimes in an non ideal layout and in very inconvenient places, however spawners this also is the case for, i do think nbt text added to the budding saying this cannot be moved once placed could def help if possible, im on the fence tho abt moving this specific item but a warning before placing it like heads could also help if they intend on keeping it this way i could see the dev team going either way making it pickup possible or not so im curious to the direction that is taken with it i see the challenges that come with not moving them and also how it makes the item not able to be traded once placed which can add more depth to if you want to originally place or sell it also warning on the item will show you should plan where its home will be first once u do goto place it

when comparing this to spawners just understand spawners are mainly movable and in the game to reduce lag, having spawners reduces the need for elaborate mob farms that tend to lag the server so the ability to move them is more to keep the lack of mob farms. with budding lag isnt really an issue

another option is to have it so you can only pick it up one time if possible, where after you replace it then thats its permanent home to keep resell off the table for it if intended

 

Yeah, I agree that amethyst isn't that important, and I can tell amethyst shards and blocks really aren't gonna be worth much, especially when there are farms like mine and Kam's that are making a ton already. Also, not having silk touch enabled will keep the value of the actual budding amethyst item higher than it would be if silk was enabled.

However, I think that vanilla minecraft has silk disabled because of the fact that amethyst geodes are pretty common in worlds. If you are caving in survival, for example, chances are you will find enough geodes to fill your inventory with amethyst items (if you mine the entire amethyst). In skyblock, we don't have this ability, and collecting amethyst is always 'risky' because you have the chance of breaking your bud especially with all of the lag spikes that are occuring.

If we can't enable silk for these blocks, could we maybe increase the time it takes to mine them, so if you find yourself starting to break the block, you can stop before destroying it forever? This may not be as helpful to some of the richer players on the server, but it will maybe prevent a new player from losing a lot, getting frustrated, and quitting.

I personally have lost 3 buds so far already, 1 from testing if silkworks, and 2 from breaking them on accident due to a bit of lag or just a dumb moment from me not aiming my mouse correctly. Although I lost some buds forever, I don't think that keeping silk disabled just because I lost mine already is a good mindset to have, as this server doesn't/shouldn't focus on competition as much as creating a sense of community.

 

piston star around it go brr thank me later it aint fortune but it guarantees it wont break the source and can set to a nice 5 min timer

 

The power of pistons

 

Good point about pistons, but at this point I'm only really collecting the Amethyst Clusters (full grown crystals), so pistons aren't really an option for me.

 

Just make it silk touchable, it’s not a big deal.

 

I support making it silk touchable. I have a budding amethyst and have no idea what it does, and I'll never use it now because I know I can't pick it back up if I do something wrong.

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Thank you Dex for adding this!

 

Yay thank you Dex <#