thinking about the upcoming minecraft update that adds armor trims (among other things) and how i need to go into overdrive getting myself a complete netherite gear set asap before i am hit with needing over 100 diamonds to make One Set.
to start with, for a full set of diamond armor you need 24 diamonds (helmet is 5, chestplate is 8, pants are 7, boots are 4)
you'll need upgrade tablets to change diamond armor into netherite (plus the netherite ingot). every item piece needs a tablet as they're consumed on use. each tablet uses 7 diamonds to "copy" (craft a second of the same tablet). 28 diamonds for 4 tablets for just your armor, an additional 35 for your tools (pick, shovel, axe, sword, hoe, unless you're like me and have TWO picks then it'll be 42 diamonds).
and THEN to apply the new -trims- you'll need more tablets of the designs you want, which are also consumed on use and cost 7 diamonds per to craft, another 28 for 4 armor pieces.
that is a total of 115 diamonds to make one set of netherite armor and gear.
meanwhile on a fresh multiplayer server after hours spent spelunking i have found... One Diamond.
the diamond economy is going to be in shambles.
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"Oh hey! Armour Trims are in the game now!", or: How I Learned to Stop Waiting and Start Actually Using the Goddamn Snapshots.
Ok so you know how there's a new 1.20 snapshot thing out? Yeah, here's a post showcasing it.
First off, here's how they work;
The slot on the left (which is animated in-game, fading between the outline of a Smithing Template and a Netherite Upgrade) is for inserting... well, Smithing Templates and Netherite Upgrades, the middle-slot (which gains another animated icon when the first slot is filled; the former cycles between different slot-icons, while the latter cycles between various tools and armour-slots) is for tools, weapons and/or armour, and the third slot (cycles through the outlines of various rare materials) is where the nice materials go. The armour-stand on the right displays a preview of your item, but unfortunately doesn't allow you to rotate it.
The materials that can be used as trims are:
Nether Quartz
Amethyst Shards
Netherite Ingots
Copper Ingots
Iron Ingots
Gold Ingots
Diamonds
Redstone Dust
Lapis Lazuli
Emeralds
They can be applied to any armour-type except Leather, for obvious reasons (although I'm guessing you can probably apply trims to Leather using commands).
Anyway, let's look at all those designs!
Sentry
Very generic, but it makes sense since it's the first one listed and it looks kinda like the Trimmed Armour inventory texture.
Dune
Nice design; somehow feels appropriately deserty. The stomach-pattern makes me think of the trap-floor in Desert Temples.
Coast
Ehhh... again, kinda generic, but it probably goes well with other trim designs.
Wild
See above.
Ward
This design made me realise the design on Chiselled Deepslate is meant to be a silhouette of the Warden's head. I like it!
Eye
Haha, eyebrow helmet... the eye-chest is very cool, gotta love character-designs with facial features in the wrong place. Also I'm biased because it has Big Cyclops Energy™.
Vex
Big eyebrows! I also like the more "formal" design down the front.
Tide
If you used Lapis on Diamond for the colours, you could make some pretty-decent Prismarine Armour for a multiplayer server or Adventure map.
Snout
Frogge-eye helmet. Yes.
Rib
Looks bad as a full set, but would make a great accent-pattern for a more distinctive set. Netherite on Iron is basically white-tiger, and the opposite is zebra.
Tower
The trim on the sleeves and boots makes me think of pizza and racing, although it could just be the colours I'm using.
And now, a thing I don't like.
Ok so you know how, when you want to upgrade your Diamond stuff, you put it on a Smithing Table and merge it with a Netherite Ingot? Yeah, not any more. This is how it'll work in 1.20:
See that item in the first slot? That is a Netherite Upgrade. Now, I don't know how how it'll be found, so it could be easy to obtain, but adding another step just kinda overcomplicates it. Not only that, but the process consumes the upgrade, so if it is rare/hard to craft/only findable in chests, it'll be annoying to make a full set of Netherite gear.
But aside from that I'm really excited!
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