u/cybr_glow

The sniffer is the most overlooked and forgotten minecraft mob, It came with the Archaeology update,both of which are practically non-existent in the game as you don't really find them at all.

In mojang's official guidebook it has a few rules for updates two of Which are "Finding something is fun,searching for it isn't" and "An item should have at least two uses" this update breaks these rules imo.It feels like they didnt rly expect or wanted the sniffer to win So they gave us what they showed and forgot abt it completely.However the potential this guy has is huge,these are some of my suggestions to improve the sniffer's implementation.

1.The sniffer should be able to find a lot more than 2 seeds -Instead of adding something new for the sniffer to find they could find something already in the game by sniffing and digging

My suggestions are:A extremely low chance of finding the trail ruins map(which most people dont even know exists in the game) or the jungle temple map.Both of these are ancient structures so it would fit well into the Archaeology update.Other things they could find include:Pottery sherds,a new set of armor trim or a low chances of finding a new ancient music disc.But these dont rly make sense since sniffer finds things by smelling and maps and sherds dont rly have smell,So instead of finding maps and sherds by itself, it could find these things in a bundle along with a flower.they could also add new wood type by making the sniffer dig up a new sapling

2.The sniffer should be biome dependent -This helps people actually find they would be looking for instead of hoping it would drop.

My suggestions are:If the sniffer is bought to or born in a specific biome ,its loot table changes depending on the biome.

For example In the desert they have a chance of finding bones(since fossils spawn in desert),and have a higher chance of finding a desert temple map.and they could occasionally find emeralds or something.

In biomes like old growth taiga they could find maps like trail ruins map.

In the swamps they could find frog lights or something

(As a bonus they could also be used to find buried treasure in

Beach biomes by making a sound or digging near it)

Etc etc...

3.The sniffers could have some sort of connections to structures--They could have a higher chance of finding maps near desert wells or those stone things you find in old growth taiga or old Structures like jungle temple.

4.The torch flowers and pitcher pods could have some other use-For example The torch flower could be used to illuminate things,By combining it with arrows like potions it could be a craftable from of spectral arrows.

Those are just some of my suggestions,but I rly think they should add sniffers digging up maps to ancient places like trail ruins so they arent forgotten completely.

(Also the image looks weird cuz I couldn't rly find a good image of the sniffer in the trailer style and manually made it by drawing on top of a screenshot of an in game sniffer).