A new tier set of ruby armor and tools would be superior to iron but inferior to diamond, and in fact, it would be quite consistent.
Because in real life:
Diamond holds the number one spot as the hardest stone, scoring 10/10 on the Mohs scale (hardness scale).
Guess what the second hardest gem is? That's right, ruby, scoring 9/10 on the Mohs scale (hardness scale).
Redstone Interaction (Remotely via Light)
Basically, they're adding a kind of beacon that, when a light source is placed on it, emits a beam of light. Using the ruby armor to reflect this light, depending on the direction you're looking, the ruby armor will reflect the light in that direction. If it interacts with redstone mechanisms, these will activate them. The number of light puzzles and mechanisms that can be created would be quite amazing.
Its crafting recipe: 3 glass, 3 ruby, and 1 amethyst.
And to make rubies more profitable, I have this idea:
Diamonds need to return to their former rarity. Making them so easy to find has made me lose the satisfaction of mining them. Assuming diamonds become rare again like in the old versions, I would give the ruby pickaxe a special use: when mining diamonds without needing a Fortune enchantment (in case you're too lazy to enchant it with Fortune), it would give you double the diamonds or whatever ore you mine with the ruby pickaxe. However, this wouldn't be an unlimited ability; it would only work 40 or 50% of the time you mine, so as not to completely replace the Fortune enchantment.
Use rubies to upgrade the enchanting table. This upgrade would give better enchantments.
Crafting: Enchanting table in the middle, 2 rubys to the left and right of the table, and one amethyst on top of the table.
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Higher probability of excellent enchantments for all tiers
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Better enchantments at almost half the cost of experience levels
Example
Normal Enchanting Table: Protection IV
30 experience levels
Ruby-Enhanced Enchanting Table: Protection IV
18 experience levels
Ruby Reflector Beacon
Crafting: 3 glass on top, 1 amethyst in the middle with 2 more glass to surround the amethyst, and 3 ruby on the bottom
by Kylegodzilla091
5 Comments
Im not the biggest fan of another set of armour/tools but The other stuff especially the light beams are unique and can give some variation to Redstone and builds
Personally I’d love to see rubies as a very rare ore that can be traded with villagers once there profession has been maxed offering unique and valuable items for a single ruby (per villager profession).
With the ore being incredibly rare and it offering a range of valuable trade items it cannot be found elsewhere but mining. Aswell as the idea of an upgraded enchantment table, trims and the light beams! Cool Concept nonetheless!
I liked the idea, but since they added copper armor recently, I doubt any new armor set will be added so soon
The crafting recipe including amethyst would be perfect to give it a proper use, and a enchantment table upgrade/rework is something the game really needs
If Ruby armour has no fans, then I am dead
1st picture is from some generic gear slop mod
2nd picture is from Rubinated Nether (goated mod)
>Redstone Interaction (Remotely via Light)
>Basically, they’re adding a kind of beacon that, when a light source is placed on it, emits a beam of light. Using the ruby armor to reflect this light, depending on the direction you’re looking, the ruby armor will reflect the light in that direction. If it interacts with redstone mechanisms, these will activate them. The number of light puzzles and mechanisms that can be created would be quite amazing.
Say less. This is a really cool feature. Hope you gain traction on this.