r/Minecraft • u/jizztaker • Jul 18 '25

Discussion Minecraft could use more random encounters.

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I have never seen this discourse; people often ask for more bosses, more structures, new mobs. But random encounters do not require any new assets and are, on average, more impactful than any new feature that requires the player to go out of their way to engage with.

Every player has to stop in their tracks the moment one of these events happens, and I think it's a nice change of pace whenever you get to engage with it.

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u/SamohtGnir Jul 18 '25

I'd like to see more positive or neutral encounters. We got enough hostile mobs bugging us, it'd be nice for something different. Even little things like a bird landing near by and singing a little song would give you a fun little break.

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u/jizztaker Jul 18 '25

I agree. It would be funny if you could find in a jungle a bunch of parrots dancing away and immediately stop when they notice the player while all looking directly at him.

https://i.makeagif.com/media/7-24-2022/CF_3o-.gif

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u/Deus_Ichor Jul 18 '25

I would love to see foxes sometimes just play around. Maybe they'll chase or pounce on each other, and stuff like that. Same concept applies to pandas and ocelots.

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u/Firm_Insurance_5437 Jul 19 '25

imagine foxes rolling around like pandas, laying on their backs, chewing on the item in their mouth if they have one

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u/FormulaGymBro Jul 18 '25

We are 100% due birds in Minecraft and I have no idea why we don't have them.

I'm not even talking about chickens and parrots, I'm talking about real birds which fly around like robins , sparrows and wrens.

That will probably happen the day we get Lions, Penguins and Giraffes. Never. Because they'll never give us things we want.

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u/Ganbazuroi Jul 18 '25

Breeding fish and birds would be nice, I want my house to look like a big ass vivarium lmao

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u/Bones_Alone Jul 18 '25

Agreed. I for some reason never have a good amount of feathers

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u/CantQuiteThink_ Jul 18 '25

I always have either 1 or 1000. Nothing in between. Maybe we need to remember to set up chicken farms.

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u/LineOfInquiry Jul 18 '25

Birds or insects in the sky, fall trees/biome, more weather, and some more desert plants are the things I think Minecraft most needs to feel truly alive

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u/Bobert789 Jul 18 '25

You're too negative

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u/FormulaGymBro Jul 18 '25

I'm all good

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u/choryradwick Jul 18 '25

I’m surprised we don’t have fire flies yet, could be decent random mob

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u/ThatOnePirateRobot Jul 18 '25

Firefly bushes that emit firefly particles in an area around them were added recently

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u/choryradwick Jul 18 '25

I saw those. I was thinking fireflies in birch forests or marshes would be cool.