Minecraft:Barnacle

The barnacle,<ref name="BarnacleDevPanel">Template:Ytl</ref> originally known as Mob A or the "Monster of the Ocean Depths", was a proposed Minecraft:mob featured in the Mob Vote during Minecraft:MINECON Earth 2017, alongside the Minecraft:great hunger, the Minecraft:phantom and the Minecraft:wildfire.<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>

It was an ocean creature that resembled a gigantic counterpart of the real-world animal, and would’ve spawned in the Minecraft:deep ocean biome. It has a large mouth which it uses to propel itself through the water, and also has a long tongue-like tentacle used to grab Minecraft:players and pull them deeper into the ocean. In a promotional video for the Mob Vote, Minecraft:Jeb encouraged players to vote for 'Mob A' as "the oceans currently don't have that much content, and it would make it more exciting when traveling from island to island."<ref>Template:Tweet</ref> While the barnacle was ultimately scrapped, the concept of a water-based mechanic that pulled players down was later added with the Minecraft:magma blocks being given the ability to create Minecraft:bubble columns.

The barnacle was eliminated after the first poll, receiving only 23% of the votes.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>

Trivia

• The barnacle was originally part of Minecraft:Update Aquatic's feature slate before being moved to the mob vote, as the developers were unsure of how it would have been received by the community.<ref name="BarnacleDevPanel"/>
• The barnacle is referenced in Minecraft:Terra Swoop Force, one of the death messages joking about the player voting for it.

Gallery

• The four options of a new mob that will be voted into the game.
  The four options of a new mob that will be voted into the game.
• The full Mob A image used in the vote
  The full Mob A image used in the vote