Render player/zombie heads into skulls with stoked cauldron

[ehsanmp]

Again, I'll keep it succinct.

Overmind/Slowpoke/Lexmanos skulls can really build up with auto pig farms, as of the moment i just filter and destroy them.

What about the option to render their faces off in a stoked cauldron, or crucible if you feel it fits better for getting rid of organic matter, and then one can grind the subsequent skulls for bonemeal?

[DaveYanakov]

Or you could just toss them into the fire itself. Just sayin'

Bonemeal is not exactly in short supply if you've got a mob trap up and running. If you really want to do something like this, the hooks are right there in the cauldron code.

[Benanov]

All that does is give you a higher skull drop rate, effectively.

"Give a useless item a use" is not exactly a good reason to do something. The completionist in me doesn't like that, but it's okay. There are many uses of the heads. I think they prevent spawns...

Native Americans used every part of the animal - but in this case, these are things that should be thrown away. It's...more symbolic.

Afterthought: "Mmm, scrapple."

[FlowerChild]

Nah man, the heads were intended as an easter-egg, not as a source of resources.

If I were to do anything with the heads in the long term it would likely be more along the lines of ripping them out as a joke that has eventually run its course rather than expanding on the concept.

Going the opposite route would be akin to me making the Companion Cube a part of the tech tree or something.

And yes, the above poster was right. If you consult the forum rules "give a use to useless item" suggestions are frowned upon.