Overview

Pros

• Hoarder: Get 9 extra inventory slots that act sort of similar to an ender chest. After you die the items will still be there, making it very powerful if you die a lot and have valuable items.
• Sturdy Skin: You ALWAYS have at least 8(4 full armor icons) points of armor thanks to being sturdy.
• Strong Arms: You can break stone blocks quite quickly with your hands. You cannot mine ores, however, so it's only good for mining stone.

Cons

• Large Appetite: You get hungry faster.
• Unwieldy: You can not use shields! If shields are very important to you, this is bad. If you don't care or can make do, this is no problem.

Origin Playstyle

This origin is a very easy pick for most players and a recommended choice for players who don't use shields. Ideally you want to be interested in a tank and hoarder gameplay style. You should be good at gathering food to deal with your extra hunger. Since you don't have shields you'll be relying solely on your 8 armor points bonus. Being able to mine stone is very helpful if you run out of pickaxes or want a way to quickly get stone in general. You can mine andesite, diorite, granite, and even netherrack with your hands!

Gameplay

Hard Hitting Tank

Gameplay is mostly the same and this origin is extremely helpful if you don't use shields making this an excellent choice for an aggressive unshielded player. If you do use shields you'll need to make considerations of what you'll do without your shield.

Concerns for players who use shields are:

• Skeletons which use arrows to barrage you to death quickly and effectively. It's good to get extra armor and keep stacked on food.
• Cave Spiders which can get you poisoned. Milk is a good choice instead.
• Endermen hit very hard and have a long reach.
• Creepers which might need a split second reaction shield block to barely survive.
• Shulkers are significantly worse thanks to the fact you have to hit the projectiles and can't block.

You'll probably find your extra armor makes up for what you lost though. If you don't use shields in the first place the only disadvantage is eating more food which is barely even a problem!

Excellent Advantages

Take advantage of your 9 persistent inventory slots to keep your valuable items safe. This is a great feature to protect your inventory as it stays on death. Not only that if you get stuck in caves your ability to mine most types of stones by hand is quick and very effective, so don't ever think you are stuck in stone. More importantly, wearing iron armor thanks to your 8 armor you get for free means you have the protection of a full set of diamond armor. Shulker is a no brainer for people who don't use shields.

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