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📦 Datapacks & Dev-World Overview
🎒 1. datapacks/ — Minecraft’s Built-In Modding System
Datapacks are Minecraft’s official way to add custom game logic without installing mods.
They allow you to create:
- 🍲 Recipes
- 🎁 Loot tables
- 🗺 Structures
- ⚙️ Commands/functions
- 🌌 Dimensions
- 🏆 Advancements
- 🌱 Worldgen features
- 👾 Mob behavior (via loot/function triggers)
Datapacks live inside:
world/datapacks/
(or inside any other world folder you choose).
📁 Example Structure
world/
datapacks/
my_custom_pack/
pack.mcmeta
data/
minecraft/
mypack/
⚡ How Datapacks Work
- When the server starts, Minecraft automatically loads all datapacks in that folder.
- You can reload them live with:
/reload
🧠 Why Track Datapacks in Git?
Because datapacks are basically tiny mods made from text files, Git gives you:
- Full version control
- Rollbacks for bad experiments
- A safe way to iterate
- Easy syncing between machines
- A complete history of every change
Note: Minecraft 1.1 did not support datapacks yet — but this structure is useful for future worlds or modern servers.
🌍 2. dev-world/ — A Safe Testing Sandbox
dev-world/ is not a built-in Minecraft feature.
It’s a folder you create to safely test changes without risking the real world.
🎯 Purpose
Use this sandbox world to test:
- Dangerous commands
- Datapack functionality
- Worldgen changes
- NBT edits
- Anything experimental
📁 Example Structure
dev-world/
level.dat
region/
playerdata/
This mirrors your real world/ folder.
💡 Why a Dev World?
- Reset it instantly
- Duplicate it whenever needed
- Safely break anything
- Prototype new features
- Avoid griefing or corrupting the main world
🔧 How to Use dev-world/
In your server.properties, set:
level-name=dev-world
Start the server → it loads the dev world.
When you're finished testing, switch back:
level-name=world