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Main setup

Setting world type on single player as default

You simply start the game once. It will generate a config called forge-common.toml. Change the only value in this config to skyblockbuilder:skyblock, or use this example and create a file called forge-common.toml in the config directory with this content: 

[general]
    defaultWorldType = "skyblockbuilder:skyblock"

Setting world type on server as default

If you want to provide a custom server.properties file, set the level-type to skyblockbuilder:skyblock. Otherwise, it's the same as in single player.

Creating a custom skyblock island

  1. Build an island.
  2. Use the custom item Structure Saver from the vanilla Tools tab in creative inventory. The output directory for this is <minecraft>/skyblock_exports/<name>.nbt. Alternatively, you can also use the vanilla Structure Block. Keep in mind that this can only save islands up to 48x48x48 blocks and the output is in <minecraft>/saves/<world>/generated/minecraft/structures/<name>.nbt.
  3. Copy the generated file from its directory (see previous step) to config/skyblockbuilder/templates/<name>.nbt.
  4. Configure the template with a better readable name and spawns in config/skyblockbuilder/templates.json5. There can be multiple spawns, each one is an array with [x, y, z] relative to the 0, 0, 0 from the template structure. You can also modify existing spawns and export them with /skyblock spawns EXPORT. IMPORTANT: You need to be in a world with world-type Skyblock to use the commands.
  5. To view your current spawns, you need to run /skyblock spawns debug to view all possible spawn points.
  6. To apply the new spawn points to your template, copy the exported spawn points (you need to open the file) into the file config/skyblockbuilder/templates.json5 where needed.

Setting a default spawn island

You can set a default spawn island for new worlds by setting spawn. If it's set to null, it will use the default template used for new teams. For more information about the value for spawn, look at Configuring templates.

Setting multiple templates

You can set multiple schematics by putting them into config/skyblockbuilder/templates/. These schematics can the user use by pressing the Customize button in world options screen or changing the schematic with command /skyblock manage islandShape <template> where <template> is the name specified in next chapter.

Configuring templates

As described in Creating a custom skyblock island, you can improve the readability of templates and set the spawn points for each template in the config here: config/skyblockbuilder/templates.json5. There you have 2 options. First the spawns: 

{
   "spawns": {
      "default": [
         [ 6, 3, 5 ]
      ]
   }
}
This option holds multiple objects. The key (here default) is important for the templates option in the next step. You can have multiple entries, but keep in mind that no key can be used twice! The content of each object is an array. This array contains the spawn positions. The spawn positions are formatted this way: 
[ x, y, z ]

Now the templates: 

{
   "templates": [
    {
      "name": "default", 
      "desc": "Default template",
      "file": "default.nbt",
      "spawns": "default", 
      "direction": "south"
    }
  ]
}

  • The name is the name displayed in the Customize screen when selecting the world-type.
  • The desc is the description displayed in the Customize screen when selecting the world-type.
  • The file is the name of the file for that template.
  • The spawns is the spawn configuration name from the spawns option.
  • The direction is the direction the user should look at for this template. If not provided, it'll be south. You can have the same file and the same spawns in multiple configurations. They all are only separated by the name.

You can also set an icon for each template. This is located in config/skyblockbuilder/templates/icon/<name>.png. The name needs to be lowercase.

NOTE: If you spawn inside a block, you could add this block to the block tag 🔗 #skyblockbuilder:additional_valid_spawns.

Loot chests on island

If you want a loot chest on an island, you need to set the NBT data to the chest with the /data merge block <x y z> {LootTable: modid:path/to/loot_table} command to set it as loot chest.

WARNING! Do not open that chest after merging this data into the chest.

Last update: June 12, 2024