Your thoughts ? I built all this on my Survival World :D

This is a part two to this post, where I suggested Rusted Iron, as well as Wrought Iron.

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Forgive the lazy texture, but I always thought the copper grate could use a "pane" variant. Unsure what it could be called, maybe "Copper Register," given its similarity to some real world examples. The name isn't important, would just be a nice addition for building. It would unfortunately bump copper out of order in the creative inventory, but IMHO that's a weak objection considering every other block in the game jumbles the inventory around.

That being said, I love the copper blocks and their oxidation process. Building with it really shows the passage of time, both literally as you play in your world, and in terms of builds and structures telling a story. Iron having the same use would be a phenomenal addition.

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Having rusting iron, complete with all the same variants as copper, would bring a tremendous amount of parity to the two reactive metals in the game. All the blocks, like doors, bars, and trapdoors, would be craftable as usual, and the rest would be crafted/cut just like copper blocks.

Rust could affect blocks exactly as Copper does, perhaps more rapidly. Items made of iron wouldn't be affected.

Iron blocks, doors, bars, and trapdoors already in existence could be waxed by default.

Fully rusted iron could crumble when broken, unless waxed or Silk Touched. When scraping rust off a fully rusted block, it could have a chance to crumble unless

Wrought Iron is my own invention, for wholly aesthetic reasons, and has nothing to do with parity. I just want to flesh out my other post here.

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Wrought Iron Ingots would be made by smelting iron ingots.

Wrought Iron Ingots/Nuggets would replace Iron Ingots in the crafting recipe for Cauldrons, Anvils, Hoppers, Smithing Tables, Lanterns, and Chains, as well as Wrought Iron Blocks, Doors, Trapdoors, and Bulbs. Wrought Iron Blocks could be cut just like Copper and Iron blocks above.

Blocks made up of wrought iron would not rust under any condition, and the doors & trapdoors would function the same as iron doors, needing a redstone signal to open.

It would be a fantastic, achievable replacement for Netherite Blocks in survival builds, as well as a desperately needed dark, blueish block that doesn't really exist at the moment, save for niche uses of the Smithing Table. I made the texture based on the anvil, cauldron, and chains, and I find it works very well with deepslate, blackstone, and even blocks like the new pale oak wood.

Wrought Iron could be a great block to show strength, and a show of plenty. I've made the doors look quite robust, while the chiseled block, grates, and bulbs are inspired by art deco designs. It would be a mid-late game decorative block, but not as late game as using Netherite Blocks.

Both rusting and wrought iron could have phenomenal use in Minecraft's structures. In existing structures, I can imagine rusted or wrought iron doors and iron bars in strongholds, and perhaps adding rusted materials to underwater ruins would add a lot of depth to the wreckage. The possibilities for yet-introduced structures are great as well, limitless even.

I do truly hope to see these features in game some day. It surprises me that they haven't been implemented already, in all honesty.