The next update toMinecraftintroduces an amazing new feature: the Overworld Ghast. Players can rescue this dehydrated Ghast from the Nether, and after a couple of days of watering, it will become a friendly pet mob that multiple players can ride at once. This addition is amazing, but one aspect of it highlights a longstanding annoyance ofMinecraft:not being able to craft normal saddles.
Saddles were introduced toMinecraftover a decade agoand haven’t had many updates since beyond some slight cosmetic alterations.The obvious item power creep ofMinecrafthas never been clearer than before, and the first item that needs to be revamped and, most importantly, become craftable is the saddle.
Minecraft’s New Ghast Highlights This Crafting Need
The Overworld Ghast Comes This Summer
As revealed in therecent Minecraft Live, players will simply need leather, glass, and wool to craft a saddle for the grown-up Ghast. While it is amazing (and surprising) that such a cool item is so easy to make, it does highlight howplayers are still not allowed to craft saddles, which are needed to ride a growing list of mobs, including horses, pigs, striders, and camels.
Ever since saddles were introduced toMinecraft, they could never be crafted. Instead, they had to be discovered randomly in chests in strongholds, temples, and villages. Saddles can also be traded from specific Villagers, like leatherworkers, or found by fishing.
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With the addition of the Ghast’s saddle,it makes no sense why players should be able to craft a four-player seat for a flying mob, which includes goggles for the Ghast and not a simple saddle for a horse. It may have made sense before to make the saddle more limited, butMinecrafthas evolved since then.
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When saddles were first introduced toMinecraftover a decade ago, it made sense to treat them as treasure. Hiding saddles in dungeon chests gave players another reason to search their worlds and made being able toride a horse or a stridersomething of a status symbol. The problem is that the game has evolved, andbetter means of transportation have been added that completely eclipse riding a horsein usefulness, including the new Overworld Ghast.
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For example,finding Elytra in The End(along with a supply of rockets) is the easiest way to get around aMinecraftworld. Elytra are rare, but not that much rarer than a saddle, especially since players know exactly where to go to find them, which makes the effort of getting one more worth it.
Minecraftneeds to reevaluate items that came out years ago and let them evolve with the rest of the game.
With the Overworld Ghast and its craftable saddle coming toMinecraftvery soon, the original saddle that started it all needs to become craftable.Minecraftneeds to reevaluate items that came out years ago and let them evolve with the rest of the game, as the power creep for in-game transportation has become abundantly clear.
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Minecraft
Minecraft is an open-world sandbox game that throws players into a procedurally generated world that they can shape however they see fit. Conceived in 2011 by Mojang Studios, The game has expanded through various crossovers and updates on nearly all video game platforms, eventually becoming the highest-selling game of all time.
