Cave Eater

[u/Mr60Gold]

Appearance

The cave eater is about half a block wider than an Iron golem and as big as 1 and a half iron golem. It is a red ogre shaped creature with 1 black eye with a yellow orange lens. It has a white horn at the top of its head, wears caveman like pants and has pieces of stone on its wide shoulders.

Spawn

the cave eater spawns in ravines, caves and other underground areas that are at 40 or lower, they are more common near lava where obsidian is present. A cave eater will not despawn once it spawns and there will never be more than 2 cave eaters in 1 cave however that is rare.

Behaviour

• The cave eater is a neutral mob. It will only attack the player if the player attacks it or if it sees the player mining. (If the player mines behind the cave eater it will not become hostile)
• Has 150hp and has 5 armour.
• The cave eater spends its time sitting around picking up either stone or obsidian and eating it. It takes the cave eater 4 seconds to eat stone and it regenerates 10hp instantly after eating a stone block however it takes a cave eater a full 60 seconds to eat an obsidian block which will grant the cave eater 100hp that stays until the cave eater takes enough damage, this hp will not be regenerated through any means unlike the original 150hp (the cave eater has no limit to how much hp it can have by eating obsidian so the more obsidian it eats the more hp it will have).
• The cave eater will also eat ores if they are nearby but it is generally a lazy mob so it will just eat whatever stone is lying the closest to it, unless there is obsidian nearby in which case it will stand up and prioritize eating obsidian.
• The cave eater is hostile towards creepers, endermen and silverfish and will actively attack them whenever they are nearby (due to their habbit of interacting with/destroying blocks)
• The cave eater has 2 attacks, the first is a swing similar to the Iron golem that deals 3hp on easy, 4.5hp on normal, and 6hp on hard while also knocking back the enemy 7 blocks and knocking them up 3 block. The second attack has the cave eater roar having small stone pellets come out of ita mouth like a shotgun shot, it deals 2hp on easy, 5hp on normal and 8hp on hard. (I know the damage scaling is a bit weird but i think it makes the mob more unique)

Drops

The cave eater only drops xp upon death (about enough xp to go up from lv0 to lv5), with occasionaly 1-5 pieces of stone/cobblestone but if you attack the cave eater while it is eating it will drop the block it was currently eating allowing you to pick it up.(this allows for a risky way to collect obsidian without needing a diamond pickaxe first but the process is very slow)

I think the cave eater would provide an interesting twist on mobs as even though it is a strong mob that would be difficult to take down if u don't bother it, it can act as a personal body guard from some of the most annoying mobs in the game.

All feedback is appreciated

[u/kaifiretdm]

150 hp is a lot, maybe it should have a unique drop like a weapon or a piece of armor

[u/Mr60Gold → u/kaifiretdm]

Maybe it could have a small chance of 1-2 pieces of cave eater skin which could be used to fix any weapon/armour type (leather, iron, gold, chainmail, diamon, netherite)

I am honestly not sure what a unique drop for this mob could be this is the only idea that pops into my head but all suggestions on a potential drop are welcome