An issue with Festival thats becoming more apparent over time is the rarity of the "Sword Blade" token that drops from the Piglin King. The festival market is oversaturated with the other pieces of this sva sword, with the gem being about 0.1c, and some of the other parts being sold for up to 1c, but the blade is priced at about 40c due to its rarity.
The scarcity of this blade comes from the fact it is only dropped by the Piglin King, who requires 750 items sacrificed to spawn the boss, just to have the chance to obtain it. With the /shop demanding high amounts of emeralds, it seems almost counter-intuitive to spend your mob drops on the sacrifice chest instead of grinding out more emeralds for the other SVA items in /shop.
I have two proposals to address the Sword Blade token scarcity:
1. Make the Sacrifice value of an item equal to it's emerald value.
As it stands, sacrificing a crocodile tooth, with a value of 18 emeralds, would be no different to sacrificing a rabbit pelt worth 2 emeralds. Despite this, I know that I have dumped large amounts of high emerald items into the sacrifice chest just to contribute to spawning in the Piglin King. If we instead appraised item's sacrifice value to be equal to the emerald value, or even half of the emerald value, it would significantly increase the frequency of Piglin King spawns making the Sword Blade and other Piglin King drops more obtainable.
2. Make the Castle Maze reusable.
If the Castle Maze could be repeated after obtaining the Knight Rank, even on a 6-12 hour cooldown, and setting the loot pool to the Piglin King's loot table, it would increase the opportunity to obtain the Sword Blade token, if even marginally. This would also ensure that areas like the Castle Library maze don't go under utilized for how much effort goes into it.
Thank you for your time, and I hope these suggestions are considered!
@Swrds I would really appreciate your thoughts or input on something like this, and I think it would increase the activity on Festival significantly!
The scarcity of this blade comes from the fact it is only dropped by the Piglin King, who requires 750 items sacrificed to spawn the boss, just to have the chance to obtain it. With the /shop demanding high amounts of emeralds, it seems almost counter-intuitive to spend your mob drops on the sacrifice chest instead of grinding out more emeralds for the other SVA items in /shop.
I have two proposals to address the Sword Blade token scarcity:
1. Make the Sacrifice value of an item equal to it's emerald value.
As it stands, sacrificing a crocodile tooth, with a value of 18 emeralds, would be no different to sacrificing a rabbit pelt worth 2 emeralds. Despite this, I know that I have dumped large amounts of high emerald items into the sacrifice chest just to contribute to spawning in the Piglin King. If we instead appraised item's sacrifice value to be equal to the emerald value, or even half of the emerald value, it would significantly increase the frequency of Piglin King spawns making the Sword Blade and other Piglin King drops more obtainable.
2. Make the Castle Maze reusable.
If the Castle Maze could be repeated after obtaining the Knight Rank, even on a 6-12 hour cooldown, and setting the loot pool to the Piglin King's loot table, it would increase the opportunity to obtain the Sword Blade token, if even marginally. This would also ensure that areas like the Castle Library maze don't go under utilized for how much effort goes into it.
Thank you for your time, and I hope these suggestions are considered!
@Swrds I would really appreciate your thoughts or input on something like this, and I think it would increase the activity on Festival significantly!