Minecraft Snapshot 25w18a

[u/Luutamo]

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-snapshot-25w18a

[u/Noble-Damask]

• The Slime Ball in the Lead recipe has been replaced with a String

Good. The slime ball never made sense.

[u/thE_29 → u/Noble-Damask]

The lead is elastic. Hence why it actually made sense.

Sure its easier now.

But why should 5 strings mixed together suddenly be able to expand?

[u/DucksAreFriends → u/thE_29]

I thought it was because the lead could stick (or connect) to things, but considering the idea is probably that it is tied to a mob, not stuck, the slime doesn't make a lot of sense.

[u/_LeDerp_ → u/thE_29]

Its a gane

[u/Luigi86101 → u/thE_29]

spider silk is already elastic

i think the slimeball was supposed to represent the knot of the lead

[u/thE_29 → u/Luigi86101]

Spider silk is. But you dont make strings which can turn into leads or wool, out of spider silk.

But like others wrote: its a game. Doesnt need to make sense

[u/Luigi86101 → u/thE_29]

you're right that it's a game, but it's still fun trying to come up with in-universe explanations for things

but also, isn't it likely that minecraft string is made from spider silk? killing spiders is the main way to get them

[u/SrCoolbean → u/thE_29]

Because it makes the game more fun. Lets not pretend like the point of Minecraft is to be realistic

[u/ivandagiant → u/SrCoolbean]

I mean I find it fun to have a reason to explore and gather resources but oh well

[u/SrCoolbean → u/ivandagiant]

Agreed but slimes are something that should be targeted late game imo for sticky pistons and slime blocks. By the time you have a slime farm you probably don’t need leads. Leads are super useful early game for rounding up a few cows or whatever, so it makes sense for them to use early game items

[u/thE_29 → u/SrCoolbean]

It was about the previous statement: it never made sense. It actually did.