MagicManICT wrote:ghandhikus wrote:Also make mother of pearl act as a pearl! It's annoying to gather mussels for hours. And let's get real, mother of pearl has a pearl in its name, and is produced by a big mussel. But can't be used in anything that uses a pearl, is this another intended behavior, that makes no sense for anybody? </triggered>
You do realize that "mother of pearl" is from the built-up lining of the shells and is used for inlays and such in jewelry and decoration of luxury items? You can't really string this into a necklace (ie pearl necklace). I mean, if you want to get real about it....
Now think of how big that mussel is and how thick that lining is. It's made out of the same material as a pearl and is at least as thick as tiny pearl from a mussel. Or will you try to tell me that car sized mussel won't produce 5-8mm thick lining. Where small mussels have 1mm thick linings. Okay I can agree that it's not round, but has as much workable material as a pearl.
Imho it should not only be used as a single pearl but it should also count as more as one. But it takes only 1 inventory slot so I won't go for that.
Here's sticks made out of that lining.
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There is also a lot of uses for nacre. Like these tiles