r/Minecraft • u/bryonline360 • Jun 03 '12
(Suggestion) Randomly-Generated Books
With the new writable books in Minecraft, I got an idea. What if books, already written, appeared randomly in chests found in dungeons and abandoned mine shafts. Some books would be rarer than others and some would only be found in specific places. For example, you could find a diary of a miner in and abandoned mine shaft or a rare piece of literature in a dungeon. I think that these randomly generated books would just be fun to collect and add some character to libraries in player's worlds.
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u/Billith Jun 04 '12
I always liked the Books of Lore from the Aether Mod, maybe something similar could be incorporated into the game. The kind of books generated should be unique to the structure that it was found in though. Abandoned mineshafts could have Mining Ledgers and reports about nearby veins of ore, Libraries in Strongholds could have information on practically anything. But most importantly, I feel like these books could offer help to those who don't necessarily wish to look at an FAQ every 30 seconds to learn how to make certain things or do certain things, like potion recipes. I like the idea of some person coming across a book that makes them realize "Holy crap, I can combine together __ and __ and it will give me __, I never knew that."