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Shavings

Description: Shavings are a block used as bedding for SWEM Horses. They come in the types light, medium and dark, plus a soiled variant when used.

Details: 

Renewable: Yes

Stackable:

Unopened: Yes (16)

Opened: No
Tool: Pitchfork
Blast Resistance: N/A
Hardness: N/A
Luminant: No
Transparent: No
Flammable: No
Flammable (Lava): No

Obtaining

Smelting
Shavings come in 3 colors - light, medium and dark. Soiled shavings cannot be crafted.

Light shavings can be crafted by smelting 1 Birch or 1 Jungle leaves in a furnace.

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Medium shavings can be crafted by smelting 1 Oak or 1 Acacia leaves in a furnace.

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Dark shavings can be crafted by smelting 1 Dark Oak or 1 Spruce leaves in a furnace.

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Usage

A bag of shavings starts out unopened until right-clicked in hand to open. This gives the item's inventory texture a slightly crumpled appearance.

Each bag of shavings can be used eight times before it is used up (disappears). Right-click a (solid) ground block with a shavings bag in hand to place; shavings work exactly like snow and can be layered up to 8 layers a block. Unlike snow, it will not melt. Shavings are perfect for use in horse stalls. Shavings are transparent and will allow light from SWLM blocks through even if placed on top.

SWEM Horses standing on or near shavings may soil them occasionally. Soiled shavings have a darker appearance than any other shaving types. Shavings can also be placed on pee puddles to soak them up, creating soiled shavings, as an alternative to using the hose (useful when travelling without a water connection). 

Break shavings with by any tool or using a pitchfork. Shavings that are not soiled will yield back a used bag equivalent to the number of levels of shavings placed when broken. Example: If destroying a shavings pile that is 3 layers deep, breaking it will return a bag of shavings with 3 uses. These reclaimed shaving bags do not stack, this is the case with all opened shaving bags, do destroying large areas of bedding can quickly fill up your inventory in survival. Shavings that come into contact with moving water will be destroyed instantly without dropping any shaving bags or soiled shavings.

Shavings bags cannot currently be placed for realistic storage, and must be kept in an inventory or item frame instead.

Compost
Soiled shavings can be placed in Wheelbarrows in order to make Compost, a crafting ingredient used as bonemeal or to combine into wet compost blocks.

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A pile of light, medium and dark shavings of various levels (depth).

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Soiled shavings of various levels (depth).

Shavings may make it possible for horses to get over some walls, fences, dividers or hop onto feeders to jump out of stalls or pastures. For that reason, their depth and location as well as wall/fence height should be considered for escape points.

Known Issues

  • [-] Shavings can be combined with enchantments that allows greater use or repair (OP given their cheap crafting cost).

Data values

swem:light_shavings
swem:light_shavings_open
swem:medium_shavings
swem:medium_shavings_open
swem:dark_shavings
swem:dark_shavings_open
swem:soiled_shavings

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