Data Packs Challenge

Nether Start

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Minecraft 1.20
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Minecraft 1.21
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Cray_On
Lvl 48Master Lemon
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I have been brought back to life for the sole purpose of updating the pack. I will most likely go back to not post anything for a while LMAO.

Bringing back : Nether Start
Start your adventure in the most hostile environment


Features :

The only thing this datapack does is transfering the world spawn to the nether.
The vanilla game doesn't allow to put the actual world spawn in the nether. For that, the datapack will teleport you immediatly to the nether when you respawn and do not have a personal spawnpoint.

The overworld is still available through portals like usual. Escaping the nether may be the challenge you want to set when starting your world.

Setting your spawn in the overworld by sleeping in a bed works as usual.

The command "/function nether_start:setworldspawn" allows you to change the world spawn to your current position.
Due to the scaling between the overworld and the nether, the vanilla "/setworldspawn" will set the world spawn to incorrect coordinates. This is why this function is needed.


Installation :
Add the datapack to your world in the world creation menu. (or put it it in your world folder afterwards and use the "/reload" command), the datapack does the rest.


Known issues :

The spawn chunks aren't permaloaded like the one in the overworld. It may be possible to change that but I don't know what the benifits of it would be and the impact it would have on performances. If people ask for it and more technical players are willing to give me some advice on that, I may consider it changing it.


Have fun on this challenge ! Please give me feedbacks, for example if you experience some issues or just enjoy it !

Nether Start Minecraft Data Pack

3 Update Logs

Update #3 : by Cray_On 05/07/2025 4:19:00 pmMay 7, 2025 @ 8:19 pm UTC

- Updated the datapack for the newest versions. Jeez, it took a while to understand that I only had to change "functions" into "function" smh.

- Actually changed the spawn radius this time.
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User6207470G
01/08/2026 9:00 am
Level 1 : New Miner
Anyway to download an older version for 1.20.1?
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Cray_On
01/08/2026 1:17 pm
Level 48 : Master Lemon
Hey ! Hum, I don't really have a way to cleanly host different versions of the datapack but I think you can simply download the current version and replace the "function" folder with "functions" with an S.

It's a stupidly simple change but every datapack broke at some point because of it. Tell me if it works !
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Crimsoncatyt
09/28/2022 8:45 am
Level 1 : New Miner
will there be a 1.19 compatibility?
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Cray_On
09/29/2022 5:29 pm
Level 48 : Master Lemon
It should be 1.19 compatible. If you have any issue let me know but it should work alright :)
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Kenoboi
07/03/2021 11:42 am
Level 1 : New Miner
Is there any way to make this 1.17 compatible? I really want to add it to my server that’s running on 1.17.
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Cray_On
07/04/2021 5:22 pm
Level 48 : Master Lemon
I haven't tested it in 1.17 yet, but it should be compatible

Try it out ! And tell me if it works properly, I'll update the submission page :)
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SpartanNamorGD
06/22/2021 2:00 pm
Level 1 : New Explorer
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How would I put this on my server?
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Cray_On
06/22/2021 5:29 pm
Level 48 : Master Lemon
I haven't been dealing with a server in a while so I may get some things wrong, sorry in advance, but here is what I remember :


You may want stop your server while you are doing those manipulation depending on your server host.
Most popular hosts let you directly interact with the server folders, it's very handy.

In there, you should find a folder with the name of your world.
There, it's pretty much exactly the same thing than that of a singleplayer world folder.
Just upload the datapack file in the "datapacks" folder and you're ready to go!

You may just need to use the /reload command if the server is online when you do all of this but it should be right.


I'm not certain this is 100% correct so maybe you can look it up on Youtube,. There seem to be a lot of different tutorials for a whole bunch of different servers so you will definitely find your answers there!
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EmileXD
06/08/2021 12:39 pm
Level 1 : New Miner
ojo me lo paso en extremo
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AtharvaTITAN
05/07/2021 9:29 pm
Level 2 : Apprentice Miner
thanks , i liked it too much, i actually downloaded for yt,
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