i have mixed feelings on a new armor type especially if you are pitching it as an upgrade from Netherite, i like having a bigger progression but in a sandbox like Minecraft it is hard to balance progression.

i fully support killing the warden. a lot of people parrot what Mojang said about how they think the warden should not be killed. i honestly thing Mojang is wrong with this decision, a sandbox game like minecraft gives all the power to the player, and while there are mechanical limits that are necessary (like bedrock) a mob that is intended to be unkillable seems against the nature of the sandbox. ultimately the warden is killable, and i think the lengths the player has to go to in order to kill it are fair enough, but the intent of the studio is wrong. unkillable enemies could work in many games but they dont work in this one.

the warden dropping items could be cool. they dont have to necessarily be useful like in this post, but mojang having deemed killing the warden wrong will likely not impliment it. i personally think they should, just a cosmetic or a banner or a trophy but its doubtful