Minecraft's 'Useless' Features

Minecraft has a lot of completely useless features. While some people may brush these features off as a waste of time for the developers of the game to create, I personally have always loved these features. Lots of these mobs and items can be a fun challenge to collect, and others I simply think are just cool. In this video, I detail some of my favorite of these useless Minecraft features. How to get them, what they do, and why they're cool. Hope you all enjoy.

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:48 - Horse
3:34 - Camel
5:00 - Minecarts
6:54 - Turtle
9:36 - Sniffer
11:19 - Blue Axolotl
13:55 - Brown Panda
16:26 - Music Discs
18:25 - Outro

Music Used:
Intro / C418 - Subwoofer Lullaby
1:48 / C418 - Blind Spots
3:34 / Kirby's Return to Dreamland - Desert Area
5:00 / Lena Raine - First Steps
6:54 / Kirby's Return to Dreamland - Rainy Area
9:36 / Hollow Knight - Greenpath Theme
11:19 / New Super Mario Bro's Wii - Beach Theme
13:55 / Terraria - Jungle
16:26 / C418 - Wait
18:25 / C418 - Chris

Thanks for watching :)

[waffletop]

just realized something
minecraft got rid of the fireflies because fireflies are poisonous to frogs
yet bees can pollinate pitcher plants, the *carnivorous plant* that *eats bugs*

[manuelredgrave]

My main 'issue' with the sniffer is that it only has 2 plants. The plants being decoration only isn't necessarily bad, but when the mob only gives you 2 of them, and those 2 have a sorta unique style that doesn't fit with the other plants, it becomes a bit useless.

Give it more plants in that stile to sniff and make its egg a bit more common to find, 'problem' solved

[emilianodelgado]

shoutout to the tropical fishes who have like literally thousands of possible combinations of physical traits so most of them that you will see are unique

[RaisinHook]

the Sniffer was advertised to dig up "seeds" which implies new crops which is why it won, not 2 Flowers that inexplicably function as crops

[blockedjuser]

11:01 Thorch flower dosen't give off light but guess what does a god dam sea cucumber.

[lillyy]

saying horses are useless is like saying iron armor is useless, they're genuinely really useful mid game if you and your friend group aren't sweaty and play the game at a slower pace

[iTrapa]

Turtle shell is actually the most well-thought-out item in the bunch, it's mechanic is essentially pre-1.13 breathing.
For comparison, imagine Mojang added dagger so spam-clickers can still fight like they used to in 1.9.

[catbatrat]

I really, really wish you could ride the Sniffer. It just looks so much like a fantastical domesticated beast that when I saw it, I kinda just... assumed it would be a mount.

[prestonhunter]

I love how people say horses are useless, even though it’s the best way of travel before you “BEAT THE GAME”

[gordonramslay]

I feel like a big part of Minecraft’s player base has shifted a lot. I’ve been playing since 2012 and I grew up with just chilling and playing with friends and building stuff. A lot of newer players have been focused more on progression and automation which is cool and I’m glad they enjoy that but I think that’s why these “useless” features are hated so much. We had so many useless features in the early game, it’s all just meant to be fun, not functional.

[CreativelyJake]

dont forget, zombies cant reach you on the camel!

[tvb]

(PATCHED) In Bedrock, there's a feature (?) that's basically selective breeding on steroids. If two parents have specific potion effects, the offspring will be born with those boosts permanently. This can lead to godly mounts.

When you splash four pigs with Speed II and breed them, you'll have two babies with Speed II stats. Splash then with another Speed II, breed them, and then you have a sportspig!

Funny thing happened while I was pig breeding: the parents were too fast. When they tried to breed they ended up just running in circles, trying to catch each other.

This works with most mobs with standard breeding (rocket jump goat)

[hoovyonlifesupport]

Man you really hit the nail on the head with this one. Minecraft players now a days are just so obsessed with efficiency, farms and industrialization. I honestly miss the days of just hopping on with the boys and having a great time.

[CBZanderAlez]

I really like this new positive take on how the "useless features" can just be a fun random thing to do without having them be seen as just a part of minecraft's bloate

[rovelfox]

For me my favourite so-called "useless" feature is the fox. They can do so many things and it's hilarious how many items they can actually use, but it's all ultimately rather useless to the player. I've worked with foxes IRL and having them in game just makes me happy. I think one improvement I would make on them is instead of possibly spawning with an item in their mouths, maybe they can dig them up and you can barter snacks to them to obtain it. "Tame" foxes could give you rarer items and the items could vary on fox varient. Also could add more varients.

[nappeywappey]

I was one of those people who criticized trail ruins when they came out but when I actually dug one up, restored it and created a museum near it and its own lore it was one of the most fun experiences I've ever had in Minecraft.

[kachet-klme]

100% certified true. Never go to the end because it's not what i like in minecraft. I like doing my own small projects like "make futuristic drilling site with robots" or "build an aztec temple in a swamp and make it a village", or, the most recent one, "build statues of cryptic creatures like bigfoot or nessy in hidden places all around the server". Never rush it, always appreciate time spent on walking around.

[krill_CO]

This is honestly exactly what I feel about minecraft. It is the players game.
If the player wants to run around doing everything as efficient and grand as possible, have fun. If the player wants to take it slow and not even get armor, just build some bases and explore around, enjoy. If the player wants to fill their days with side quests and mini projects, thats lovely.
There is no "useless" feature. Because somebody out there loves that feature!

[KhuongTheKat]

The only problem about sniffer is only giving two types of flower for decoration purpose. I think it would be better if they give us more type of plants with different purpose beside decoration. If we can get another food source from a type of seed would be better.

[John_the_Paul]

Mojang when they discover that frogs die if they eat magma: