After its first gameplay reveal just a week ago,Minecraft Legendslooks as though it’s shaping up to be quite the impressive spinoff. Taking theMinecraftfranchise into uncharted action-strategy territory,Minecraft Legendslooks like a breath of fresh air for not onlytheMinecraftfranchise, but the gaming industry as a whole, with not too many quality action-strategy games releasing nowadays.Minecraft Legendslooks like it’s filled to the brim with exciting features and mechanics, one of which, its adorable mob hats, should come to the mainline game in a future update.
Slated for a Spring 2023 release,Minecraft Legendsputs players in the shoes of an adventurer tasked with protecting the Overworld,repelling the mischievous Piglin forces, and destroying their Nether Portal gates across the land. To do so, players make use of a set of building tools that grant access to defensive and offensive structures, and their own set of weapons. However, what will really turn the tide of battle is the player’s mob army, some of whom wear cute little hats.
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Minecraft Legends' Mob Hats Should Come to Minecraft
The player’s biggest and best weapon inMinecraft Legendsis the mob army at their disposal. By gathering enough resources, the player can task their Allays to create a number of different mob spawn points. If the footage released so far is anything to go by, then players should be able to choose from a wide range of different mob types, ranging from zombies to creepers to golems and everything in between. Each of these mobs has its own specific purpose in battle, whether it’s exploding next to unsuspecting Piglins, or rushing a structure at blistering speeds.
A good portion ofMinecraft Legends' mobsare also equipped with a little hat. This hat actually has a pretty neat lore justification for the gameplay, as it’s meant to protect undead mobs from the sun, which is deadly to most of them, and much ofMinecraft Legendsseems to be set during the day. These hats will probably have no impact onMinecraft Legends' actual gameplay, but they are a nice little detail, and they show that Mojang still cares about its own series' lore.
ThoughMinecraft Legends' mob hats are just a small feature, they could make their way over toMinecraftproper, where they might actually have quite a lot of potential. Mojang could introduce hats inMinecraftas a way to capture and tame mobs. Right now, it’s only possible totameMinecraft’s wildlife, but the ability to tame hostile mobs like zombies could add a lot of gameplay opportunities.
If players could craft a specific hat for a specific mob, and use it on them, then it could act as a way to befriend the creature. After giving it some food or other consumable item, that mob should then follow the player on their adventures. From here, it would be great if players could command those mobs as allies, with each different mob type having a new purpose in the game. For instance, befriending a Creeper would allow players to control a mobile explosive, orbefriending an Endermancould let players teleport at will. Zombies could be used to set up a defensive perimeter around the player’s settlement. Though the hat feature may be fairly insignificant inMinecraft Legendsitself, it could spawn a totally new and exciting piece of gameplay for the originalMinecraft.
Minecraft Legendsreleases in 2023 for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
