Sand N' Stones

In addition to their vanilla drops, Husks will now drop 0-2 sand upon death, or more with the looting enchantment following the same probabilities as rotten flesh.

The most complex part of the pack is the creation of new spawning boxes around desert temples. Any zombie, skeleton, spider, creeper, enderman, or witch that spawns with their hitbox touching the bounding box denoted below (the diamond blocks in the image form the outline of the box) will instead spawn as a husk. Like witch huts, this bounding box persists regardless of the blocks present where the temple is supposed to be.

EDIT: as of the 1.21.11 version, this aspect of the pack now works by modifying the default desert temple structure file, meaning it should work in all worlds both old and new without the previous jank, it also means the spawning box is now the default structure bounding box of the desert temple.

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(Note: mobs spawning standing on top of the top block of the bounding box count as intersecting the bounding box)

Additionally, there are now 5 new crafting recipes:
sand + redstone -> red sand
cobblestone + nether wart -> 2 netherrack
cobblestone + blackstone -> 2 cobbled deepslate
smooth basalt + amethyst shard -> calcite
deepslate + andesite -> 2 tuff

Does this pack work on desert temples in existing worlds?

Yes, once loaded into a world, this pack will create spawning boxes even for already loaded or modified desert temples.

Yes! as of the 1.21.11 version it should work without jank automatically.

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Will this pack work on multiplayer?

Yes, all functions should work if this pack is installed on a multiplayer server.

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I've had some non-husk monsters spawning on my desert temple, what's the problem?

Either the datapack has not yet scanned for and converted that temple yet, in which case try moving around 100 blocks away and moving back, or those mobs are spawning outside of the bounding box, which does not include the entire temple.

As of the 1.21.11 version, this means that the pack is either broken, or if bogged are spawning inside, that a corner of the temple is in a swamp biome.

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Does this pack work with 1.18 changing the heights of temples?

Yes, although it should be noted that the height is determined by the location of the blue terracotta when the temple is first found and the pack is active, if this block is missing (say, the temple has already been modified or it's a skyblock world) then the spawning box will be at the old height.

As of the 1.21.11 version, it uses the whatever the structure bounding box for the temple is as determined by minecraft

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Am I free to use and modify this datapack?

Yes! Feel free to use this file however you like, however if you modify and re-distribute it, please give me credit somewhere.

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I'm having issues with this pack, is there anyway I can figure out my problem or have a little more control?

Yes! This pack as two built-in functions for users wanting to bugfix or customize. Type /function sand_spawning:toggle_debug to get messages in the chat every time the pack starts looking for desert temples or converting monsters to husks, or type /function sand_spawning:toggle_scanning to stop the pack from looking for more desert temples around you to add a spawning box to.

Debug features removed in 1.21.11 version

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Will you be continuing to update this pack?

This pack is feature complete as I have envisioned it, but I am more than happy to release bug-fixes if needed and listen to user feedback.

Edit: I may make some versions for pre-1.21.11 if there's interest but I plan to mostly focus on newer versions