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Minecraft Data Packs are compatible with the Java Edition of Minecraft, starting from version 1.13 and above. They are not compatible with Minecraft Bedrock Edition or Minecraft: Pocket Edition. Prior to installing, check the version compatibility of the data pack to your game version.
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Data packs can be placed in the .minecraft/saves/(world)/datapacks folder of a world. Each data pack is either a sub-folder or a .zip file within the datapacks folder. After it is in the folder, a data pack is enabled for that world when the world is reloadedor loaded. Data packs load their data based on the load order. This order can be seen and a...
Folder structure
More than one directory for different namespaces may exist under the datadirectory.
pack.mcmeta
A data pack is identified by Minecraft based on the presence of the pack.mcmeta file in the root directory of the data pack, which contains data in JSONformat. pack.mcmeta, as used by the "vanilla" data pack in 1.19, as found in the client and official serverjars:
data
This folder contains all the data under one or multiple namespaces. It can contain advancements, dimension, dimension_type, functions, loot_tables, predicates, recipes, structures, tags, chat_type, damage_type, and/or worldgen folders. The worldgen folder can contain biome, configured_carver, configured_feature, density_function, flat_level_generator_preset, noise, noise_settings, placed_feature, processor_list, structure, structure_set, template_pool and world_presetfolders. The dimension, d...
Minecraft data packs modify your game experience from quality of life changes to new game mechanics and challenges. Data packs are easy and safe to install.
These tutorials are meant to help you use data packs in Minecraft. Data packs allow players to customize command functions, loot tables, world structures, advancements, recipes, and tags, which will change the actual game play. Before installing a data pack, you will first need to download one...
pack_format, sometimes referred to as pack_version, is a version number used to group Java Edition versions with compatible assets. This number is used in: version.json pack.mcmeta This number is used to declare the format of a resource pack in pack.mcmeta. Below is a list of all valid formats...
