Data Packs Challenge

Blocked in!

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Minecraft 1.21
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FriendlyNightshade
Lvl 64High Grandmaster Pixel Painter Procrastinator
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A world bending datapack that sees you trapped in a small worldborder by a crazed AI.
Complete tasks or eat delicious soup to expand your world.



Blocked in adds a layer of complexity to your vannila minecraft world.
Start your new world with this pack and you will be greeted by an AI datapack who has trapped you in a 5x5 box.

Using the hints left by the Datapack creator you can expand the area in which you are trapped.
Glitch storms will happen naturaly or have a chance of happening after you sleep. These will temporaraly shut down the AI allowing you to explore the world freely and gather loot. Just dont stay out too long!

There are 15 new recipies added to the game with powerful effects.
The world generation has been altered for smaller biomes making it easier to explore.


This Pack can be added to other packs for even more challenges!

High performance!

Notes: please ingnore the outdated datapack warning it will work.
If you start in an ocean or inside a mountain...just start a new world! Or don't...I'm not your mum.
If running on a server: be aware that the world boarder shrinks to 5x5 area when no players are connected. So maybe do a /worldboarder set (number) in server commands before joining after a server restart.

I hope you enjoy this chalenge! If its not hard enough for you try Blocked In Hardcore, my newest datapack!
That is all :) have a great day.

16 Update Logs

Update #16 : by FriendlyNightshade 04/04/2026 3:46:50 pmApril 4 @ 7:46 pm UTC

Removed some duplicate code
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popfly2010
12/25/2025 2:41 am
Level 1 : New Miner
idk if its just me but when i loaded the game nothing happened
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FriendlyNightshade
12/25/2025 4:12 am
Level 64 : High Grandmaster Pixel Painter Procrastinator
also make sure you are running Java version 1.21.11 as if you are running an older version of minecraft there was changes to the code and it wont work. :)
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FriendlyNightshade
12/25/2025 4:09 am
Level 64 : High Grandmaster Pixel Painter Procrastinator
history
hey! Lets see if I can help. Have you used datapacks before?
I don't mean to insult just checking your experience.
did you add the datapack through the minecraft menu or did you add it in the files? (both should work but ill need to know which way you did it to help)
one way to check is start a game in creative with the data pack and do /datapack list in game chat. it should list it there.
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popfly2010
12/27/2025 2:06 am
Level 1 : New Miner
i added the datapack through the minecraft menu
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FriendlyNightshade
12/27/2025 2:43 am
Level 64 : High Grandmaster Pixel Painter Procrastinator
Did you make sure to add the datapack to the world before starting it? Sometimes Iwhen ai start a new world I add the data pack to minecraft and forget to click it again to add it to the world. (The datapack should be listed on the right side of the screen.)
When you click 'create world' it should pop up with a 'are you sure? Experimental blahblah' message. That's one way to test if the data pack is added correctly.
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Pandoggie
11/13/2025 3:35 pm
Level 11 : Journeyman Miner
history
Great data pack I loved playing it it was very fun althogh i did spawn in a ocean wich was a bit annoying so i started a new world
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FriendlyNightshade
11/14/2025 4:55 pm
Level 64 : High Grandmaster Pixel Painter Procrastinator
Awesome thanks! Yeh I can't really control that unless I recommend a seed. But I guess the ocean start might be a good challenge for those who like it a bit harder. If you have any feedback let me know 🙂 thanks for the comment.
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Bauzalm
10/10/2025 10:11 am
Level 1 : New Miner
I died after restarting because I was too far outside the border. Now I can't get to the potato anymore.
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FriendlyNightshade
10/10/2025 3:29 pm
Level 64 : High Grandmaster Pixel Painter Procrastinator
history
Ahh, that's a shame! Are you playing it on a server? Or single player world? I know that there's currently a problem when a sever is restarted that the world boarder gets reduced and can kill people on first join and I will try to figure out how to stop that today.
If you could please give me a little more information that would be helpful! :)
Things you can do to reload for now (might be a grind).
1. Grow a poisonous potato. (Hopefuly you have regular potatoes)
2. Sleep in a bed. (If you have a bed)
3. Wait for a storm. (Might take a long time.)
4. Craft a zapple. (If you have the ingredients)
5. Type /reload in the chat (if cheats are enabled, if not..go to settings>start LAN> click enable cheats> start world and then type /reload)
I hope this helps! Let me know :D
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Bauzalm
10/11/2025 2:12 pm
Level 1 : New Miner
Hi, im playing on a single player world. 1.21.7.



Everything is far away from the start border :D

Only way to save the world is with /reload
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