My general idea on an item to replace elytra boosting.

This "bow boosting debate" has been going on in r/minecraft, and I wanted to give my thoughts on how to make an item to replace it.

It needs to be hard to find, and use. (But not hard to use in a "how much lag are you getting" type of way like the elytra's are now.) It also needs to take durability off of your elytra when you use it, and possibly at a rate faster then what a bow would so you can't fly forever without multiple elytra. An item you have to charge to use so you can't spam it, obviously.

How would you find it? This is a hard one. It wouldn't make sense to be in the overworld or nether, due to the elytra being found in the end. End city wouldn't make sense either, because the elytra are already found there. So it would make the most sense to be in an "End temple". But that is a whole different feature suggestion in itself, so I would say if Mojang didn't want to go all out on this feature, it would be best to make it craftable. If it were to have a crafting recipe it would need to be expensive.

For example:

• d S d
• d Y d
• F S F

Where \ d= Diamond, S = Shulker Shell, F = Fireworks, Y = Elytra, and N = Nether Star.

Very pricey, requires lots of diamonds, an elytra, and a wither fight. Nothing to scoff at, and much better than a measly bow + fishing farm.

How would you use it? While you are in the air, you would charge it. It would boost you forward. To make it hard to use, maybe make it require good timing. So if you charge it too little, then it won't boost you, and if you charge it too much, you would take explosion damage to your health, and bonus damage on your elytra. (Maybe it could even lower your altitude when failing?)

This is very conceptual, and could easily be changed, but I thought this would be the best place to put it.

EDIT: Less expensive now. Note that it isn't a one time use item.