Five years ago, Minecraft introduced deepslate in the Caves & Cliffs update, a new, stronger block found in the lower depths of the Overworld. It functions similarly to stone, turning into cobbled deep slate when mined, and can even be used to craft items such as furnaces. However, unlike paving stones, there is no way to create a generator of renewable and more readily available deepwater shale.
Cobblestone generators work by feeding water into the lava.
One fan, u/Super_Leadership_808, has a new idea for how Mojang could fix this, all thanks to the game's new Chaos Cube drop. Launching later this year, the update will add a new sulfur cave biome with vermilion colored red and yellow crystalline sulfur blocks, home to the new Sulfur Cube mob and more importantly, sulfur springs.
These will generate on the surface much like the azalea trees above the lush caverns, and the idea is that “the sulfur water meeting the lava should generate deep slate instead of cobblestone, finally giving players a renewable deep slate generator.” What differentiates sulfur spring water from normal water is a strong block of sulfur that produces a noxious gas when placed under the source, so the tools already exist to bring this concept to life.
What a Deepslate Generator would look like
As for why you'd want a renewable deep shale, similar to stone, it's a versatile building block with several variations, and having it available via a generator would be less of a hassle than having to venture deep into the bowels of the Overworld every time you want to restock.
This wouldn't be the first time Mojang introduced a new block generator as you can create basalt with soul soil, blue ice and flowing lava. For deepslate, you could achieve something similar with strong sulfur, and that could even be added to the Wandering Trader inventory so you don't have to look for a sulfur spring or cave.
Some have argued that the current cobblestone generator should simply produce deep shale when it's low enough without requiring sulfur at all, but that defeats the purpose of the generator. If you need to venture that low to make it work, you can also simply mine the existing deep shale, which brings the added bonus of potentially finding diamond or other minerals. Also submitted by r/MinecraftSuggestions, u/Super_Leadership_808's idea is not only more practical, but would add some much-needed utility to sulfur caves.
- Released
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November 18, 2011
- ESRB
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E10+ for everyone 10+ for fantasy violence
