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Getting started

Installing the datapack

  • Download the latest release on GitHub here
  • Copy the .zip file that you've downloaded to your Minecraft world's datapack folder. You can usually find it in %APPDATA%\.minecraft\saves\<world_name>\datapacks. Copy it here.
Development releases

Due to the datapack being in pre-release stage, releases may not be updated with the latest changes. If you'd like to have the latest updates, you should:

  • Download the source code from the dev branch here.
  • Extract the MobArena-dev.zip file's content.
  • Open the just extracted MobArena-dev folder and compress into a new .zip file the content of this folder. You must have these files inside the new .zip:
    • data folder
    • pack.mcmeta
    • pack.png
  • Follow the second step of the normal installation procedure (copying the file to the datapack folder).

That's it! You've downloaded the datapack, now it's time to enable it!

Granting permissions to run the datapack

In order to enable the datapack, you need cheats enabled (if you're on a singleplayer world) or OP permissions (in case you're running it in a server).

If the world you're in doesn't have cheats enabled, you can enable them by doing this:

  • Open the Pause menu when you're in the world (usually done with ESC)
  • Click on Open to LAN
  • Click on Allow Cheats and set the button to ON
  • Start the LAN world
  • You should now see in chat: Local game hosted on port <port>

If you aren't an operator in the server (aka having OP permissions), you can:

  • Ask an operator to OP you
  • Or, if you're the server owner, head over to the console and type op <your_username>
    • You should see a message in the console saying: "Made <your_username> an operator"

Enabling the datapack

Now that you can run commands, type in chat: 

/datapack enable "file/MobArena.zip"

Now you're ready to use the datapack. Head over to the "First boot" section to start using it!