New Redstone Oven Block for Minecraft

 Hello. C J here. I’m working today on more prep for the first map region in the Minecraft server world I’m making called Fantasy Plus. I’m setting the server to Adventure mode so no one can break or place blocks and you can’t mine or cut down trees. This means you can’t obtain ore or fuel. I’m adding in additional monsters that drop finished crafting ingredients and anything made with a crafting table or other table variety will still work. Coal exists but is a rare quest reward used to buy player housing and bases. See more about that in my post City Building in Minecraft Bedrock Edition.

The one thing I still want players to be able to do is cook meat. I’m adding in a new block called the redstone oven. The redstone oven works using a redstone signal rather than fuel. So long as it has a signal it can cook food. As a trade off it can’t smelt ore so it’s not overpowered. I’m adding in some more recipes as well. I’m thinking meat pie, vegetable pie and some fruit pies like apple and sweet berry. I also thought it would be fun to make a soup cauldron that acts like a cauldron but you can make soup and stew in it. I think I might go overboard and allow you to dye the oven to match the time period you want it in.

I have several guidelines for adding in new content to Minecraft. I want everything I do to mesh well with what it already has so I need to not over-complicate the designs or mechanics. I need to do what Mojang does. They get the most work out of the fewest number of new things and never contradict an existing tool or system that already works. In addition to that I’m not adding in any new natural blocks, new ores, or new varieties of brick or worked stone. I’m going to add in more powerful bows made with a combination of a wood and two metal bars and also I’m looking into making spellbooks that can cast spells by using up lapis lazuli like a bow uses arrows.

All of my new changes will be available as Addons when they’re done. This also means I have an easier time managing them on my end as they’re single packs of content and not endless file management. I’ll have them on the Marketplace later. I don’t know if it’s just me but I haven’t ever been able to load the Marketplace. I’ve never seen it in a non-crash state. I guess it’s popular.

C J Mcpherson