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Try worldgen. :)

I second what DinowCookie & HoboMaggot suggested as Bertiecrafters tutorials are excellent and I highly recommend them! :)
With that said, I can also recommend the Minecraft Wiki as it has proven to be an invaluable resource over the years. If there is a command or something else related to datapacks you want to learn about, chances are that the minecraft wiki has you covered.
I also recommend giving Slicedlime a try. He's a Mojang dev who uploads to Youtube pretty regularly going into detail about what has changed throughout each snapshot, and release in recent years(yes, even the technical stuff). He's pretty underrated IMO. :)

Now if I had to give a recommendation on where to start, it would definitely be to start with functions. The fact that you already have an idea on how to use command blocks is all the more reason to do so. If you are already familiar with the concept, and can get started on cool stuff a lot sooner as a result, why not? :)

Not sure what you mean by "Name", but understanding JSON is a very good next step. You will be able to do more things like making use of the /tellraw command, messing with loot tables, and even block/item/function tags.

My final tip is to experiment! Try things out, and don't be afraid of things breaking(If you're paranoid about it, try things out in a test world you don't care about.). I actually plan to be messing with worldgen settings for the first time rather soon. I'm probably going to have a hard time getting started, but diving right on in is sometimes the best way to learn IMO. :)

But yea, I hope this helps!

for everyone mentioning Bertie's tutorial. I saw it after I posted this. just saying

How much do you know about commands? There's a LOT of stuff you can do with functions data packs and resource packs together - There's a lot of stuff that I haven't done after several years of data packing!


You're going to need to know how to use scoreboards to make the more advanced stuff. At first you might just use scoreboards to store and increment/decrement/set values for your data pack's scoreboards, but eventually you can start using combinations of scoreboards and other commands to do more interesting stuff.

For example, one thing I learnt to do a few months ago was to make an entity (can be a player) shoot a fireball. The fireball was first summoned ahead of the player, then the XYZ coordinates of the player and the fireball were stored in scoreboards, then the difference between the scores was stored in the fireball's scores, and the motion of the fireball was set from the scores (there might be a few more steps xP).


If you're interested in adding custom items, you should look into resource packs, specifically overriding with CustomModelData. From there you can get to designing good-looking models for your items. Also, you can try out custom nbt-output crafting. This is, interestingly, done using knowledge books. The knowledge book is unobtainable without cheats, so it's commonly used for these recipes. The recipe will output a knowledge book, use a custom advancement to detect when a player uses this recipe, and then clears the knowledge book and gives the desired item using /give. The possibilities are limitless!


I'd say, start with functions, then learn JSON stuff like loot tables and advancements, and then use the two together.

Try Bertiecrafter's Function Data Packs for Dummies 😁

Bertie crafter already has a tutorial up
www.planetminecraft.com/forums/minecraft/datapacks/function-data-packs-for-dummies-a-tutorial-blog-series-604217/

Plan out your datapack first, then make the function files and make a start with the commands, adding in anything else where needed.

after my post came a data pack function tutorial. what a coincidence...

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