Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-30830745-20180318092103

I mentioned this in the "Homemade Coral" Thread before, but now I will explain the system in this suggestion.

Kinds of Mussels:

Freshwater Pearl Mussel: Mussels found in River and Lake biomes in non-orc infested regions north of Near Harad of Middle-Earth. They spawn rarely there, but you can increase the spawn rate drastically by building a "Mussel Pole" (see below). Have a 20% chance to create a pearl.

Oysters: Found near Coasts and in Coral Reefs in all Belegaer. You can breed them by building Mussel Poles. Have a 10% chance to create a pearl.

Ithilbrithla Mussel: Large, rare, precious mussels found rarely in Coral Reefs of Far Harad. You can't breed them. They have a 5% chance to create an Ithilbrithla Pearl. If you have an Ithilbrithla Mussel in your inventory, you get the achievement [Treasures of Ulmo].

And a tropical freshwater mussel for Far Harad.

Mussel Poles:

To build a Mussel Pole, you simply must place wood logs or beams from the ground of the water body reacing over the water surface. Now, mussels will spawn on the pole in the water. You can "harvest" mussels by left-clicking them with a dagger. Simply put them in your crafting grid to open them. If there is a pearl in a mussel/oyster, you get a pearl in the first craft. When you have "crafted" a pearl, you must put the empty mussel/oyster again in the crafting grid to open it. now you have a raw mussel/oyster. Raw mussels and oysters can be cooked. Raw Mussels restore 1 hunger, Cooked ones restore 2 hunger. 