How to Make Custom Village Datapacks in Minecraft 1.20 (Ep 1) 

FAQ (please read before commenting) Q: "Where's the download link/Ep2 link?" A: Video description. Q: "Can I do this on Bedrock edition?" A: No! Bedrock doesn't support datapacks. Q: "I followed along and I can't get it to /place!!" A: I get this question frequently, and the answer is almost always that you spelled something wrong. Go back into your datapack, make sure all your references to your own files are spelled exactly the same as how you named them. Also, if you're running this on a personal server (which is highly recommended instead doing this in singleplayer), make sure you're checking the SERVER LOGS for any info on errors you might've made! Error messages often tell you exactly what part of the datapack is having an error. Q: "I got /place to work but it won't spawn naturally in the world" A: Same answer as the last question - make sure you've spelled everything right. But if you've checked through and still can't find the error, another potential problem is that in structure_set, "separation" must always be a smaller number than "spacing". Other things to remember: - Datapack files cannot have capital letters in their names. Lowercase letters, numbers, and _ - . are all allowed. - The command /reload DOES NOT WORK!! You MUST restart your world/server if you've made edits to your "worldgen" files. This is different from almost every other datapack file type. I've also gotten other questions such as "How do I make the structure spawn underground?" For questions like this, and pretty much any other type of question, see the available options on the Wiki: minecraft.wiki/w/Template_pool minecraft.wiki/w/Structure/JSON_format minecraft.wiki/w/Structure_set

Finally, someone who makes a vid on how to do this in 1.20

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude, this is amazing. A lot of the other tutorials focus on typing out the JSON, but this is EXACTLY what I was looking for! Specifically what file does what and how to test as you go. Now, I'll just need to watch it like 3 more times to get it to sink in and build my first datapack hahahah

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!! I have been trying for a year to get this working and it has never worked. Thank you for providing me with the tutorial that FINALY made it work! I hope you can continue the structure series, and maybe do tutorials on other custom worldgen to. Thank you.

Tysm, fjnally found someone who explains and makes the folders itself instead of having a preloaded pack and just explaining the json

How much talent do you want to have? Conure : Yes!

Excited for episode 2, jigsaw blocks seem so cool

FINALLY! Someone who has a GREAT tutorial for 1.20! Thank you!!

Excellent series from the very start. I will say the autocomplete functionality with the Visual Studio Code datapack plugin is super helpful.

This is amazing and really helpful! Thanks!

I made a little datapack myself where I also generate some custom structures but since 1.19.4 the worldgen just didn't work anymore and i didn't know why. And thanks to ur tutorial i could fix my mistakes and now it also works in 1.20! Thank u very much

Heya, I really liked the video's, your explanations are clear and consise, and you explain it better then other yt'ers in my opinion. I have a request! Would you also be able to make a video on how to add lootchests with loottables to these structures? I cant seem to figure it out. Much thanks already!

hi just found your channel. congrats on 1k subs! added one more for u :)

Hey, I am really enjoying it so far. Could you maybe paste the file templates for structures/pools though? Copying by hand takes time and it is easy to make a mistake so I figured it would be best to ask you. Thanks in advance :D Also you earned a sub with how well this is explained. Edit: OMG IT WORKED!!! YOU ARE WONDERFUL!!!! IT ACTUALLY WORKS I LOVE YOU THIS IS SO GREAT

You deserve 100k subs

Best Minecraft videos ive found on the internet about this topic. But how do i get the datapack into a world before it is generated?

very cool bro

if you want to make the structure underground remove the project start to heightmap line and put a Y number on the absolute line where there's a zero thing

YEEHAW

i downloaded the datapack you uploaded to planetminecraft and i edited it to be my structures and file names and for some reason it keeps saying that it failed to validate the datapack whenever i try to add it to a world

So....... I did exactly what you said but when I tried to save the structure I got a message that said: "Unable to save structure 'mci:well/entrance/well_top/well' " Do you know if there is something I did wrong?

hello I just need to ask. i can /place my structure as a template but not as a normal structure. I can't seem to find anywhere that I have misspelled.

Is there a way to disable blobs of ground from generating beneath the structures or even continue generating certain blocks down like how old villages generated cobblestone foundations if they generated over an edge? I'm interested in making a Mangrove Village that consists of raised docks and platforms so features like that are kinda essential.

I followed along but couldnt get the /place command to work is there anything I could try to fix that?

So I'm encountering a anoying error after implementing the worldgen JSON files. It says: the currently selected datapack prevents the world from loading. I've found out that it only gives me this message after adding in the JSON files. I am also using version 1.20.5. Don't know if that could be one of the reasons. Any ideas on how to fix this?

@Conure you advice has been amazing but i have one question. i am attempting to make boats but everytime they spawn they generate pieces of land with them and i dont want that to happen so how would i stop it

/place places only air, the portal structure is summonable by structure blocks but /places places nothing

Is there a how to put them underground

I can spawn my structure using /place in the world I made the datapack in but not in new worlds. It says "Generated structure..." but I don't see it anywhere, and when I use /locate it says it found the structure at this location but there's nothing there. Edit: Figured it out I just mistyped something but idk why it worked in one world and didn't in another

Can you please give us the scripts that you used to make the datapack work? The letters are to hard to copy.

What do I need to change to make this spawn underground?

Can you / replace air for the structure voids?

I got the error "Errors in currently selected data packs prevented the world from loading. You can either try to load it with only the vanilla data pack ('safe mode'), or go back to the title screen and fix it manually" Edit: if anyone else has this problem i got it because i forgot to put in separation, make sure to look for typos too!

Hi, i have question. Is the custom village thing also works on bedrock? If yes, how??

Im having a problem where I copied everything word for word, but mine doesnt do the /place at all

I'm trying to use /locate structure, but nothing. I don't understand how to put "overworld"

Does this work on 1.19.2?

I dont have the "pack.mcmeta" at 7:36, is it neaded? If yes why dont I have it and how do I get it

my datapack says that it's for an older version, how do i fix this?

im at 8:26 and it isnt working idk what to do ive restarted 2 times

For any dummy like me out there not figuring out why things may not work like really you have typed everything from top to bottom and almost pulling the hair out cause you cant figure out why, Well ladies and Gentlement i found out today thanks too the wonderful community that I for some reason mixed things up by putting my pack in the *Resourcepack* folder, And not in the *Datapack* folder in your saved world folder were it should be. Also for any one who struggle to find the numbers for the pack_format for 1.20.6, it is 41 Happy Datapack making folks!

Does this work on bedrock ??

as I've delved into some comments since I'm making a data pack for a friend discord server Minecraft server, and I've seen Concure512 say ".Json files can't be empty" they can be. at least on windows so, I humbly ask. put the base .Json code into the description or into the comment section.

Note to other people, bc this realy confused me. For some reason, structures made this way will not spawn naturally in a superflat, even with the correct biome. No idea why, but it is the case.

this doesnt work in forge does it

When add the .json files into the "structure" folder and the "template_pool" folder at 9:16, even with the .json files empty, I get an error message saying one of the selected datapacks had errors. I took out the .json files and the world booted up fine. How to fix?

dont get it

I.... followed this?

reusing this for later so i dont have to retype it "name": "minecraft:STRUCTURENAMEHERE", "fallback": "minecraft:empty", "elements": [{ "weight": 1, "element": { "location": "STRUCTUREHERE" "processors": "minecraft:empty", "projection": "rigid", "element_type": "minecraft:single_pool_element" } }] }

what about minecraft bedrock?

doesnt work... heres my json: { "biomes": "minecraft:wooded_badlands", "adapt_noise": false, "spawn_overrides": {}, "type": "minecraft:jigsaw", "start_pool": "ts:welna/budynek", "size": 7, "step": "surface_structures", "start_height": { "absolute": 0 }, "project_start_to_heightmap": "WORLD_SURFACE_WG", "max_distance_from_center": 116, "terrain_adaptation": "beard_thin", "use_expansion_hack": false }

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Will you remember me if you blow up?😂

In 2024 it doesnt work

I build much better then raiven