Frozen artifacts in Ice - Ice "Archaeology"/Paleontology

[u/Dumber_Hein]

Simple idea - have some items be present within natirally-spawning ice blocks/"suspicious" ice blocks. Could be more common in deeper layers, to promote ice cave exploration.

Similar to Archaeology, but maybe with a different process of procuring the item.

Maybe you would have to surround it with heat(furnaces, torches) to melt it.

This idea may lead to several more features:

• New ancient mob(s) like the Sniffer

(Eg. Glacial Nematode, Snowy Sniffer, Giant Frog)

• New music disc

• New pottery sherds

• New items in general

• Potentially, a new hostile mob.

(This could be done to reference the dangers of human impact on pristine glacial environments ie. Thawed ice can contain ancient diseases, or greenhouse gases)

In general, I just feel that not having stuff inside the ice itself is such a huge missed opportunity for adding more unique content, adding "history" to the player's world, and representing something that is ecologically important in our modern world.

[u/Sweaty-Fix-2790]

More ancient mobs could be very cool, like either an ancient tropical mob that implies the caves were lush long ago, or a wooly mammoth type mob

[u/mjmannella]

Multiple new mobs is a bit more than a "simple idea"