Biome Scanner

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Biome Scanner

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Adds a new item that can be used to locate biomes.

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Description

Overview

This datapack adds a single new item - the Biome Scanner. This item can be used like a compass to locate biomes.

Crafting

The Biome Scanner is crafted with a compass, three copper ingots, and a lightning rod:
Crafting recipe for the Biome Scanner

Usage

To use the Biome Scanner, hold the 'use' button (i.e. right click) with the biome scanner in one hand and an item related to the biome in the other. See below for the full table of items and biomes.

After a short time (longer if the nearest instance of a biome is far away), the screen will light up with arrows pointing towards the targeted biome.
Some of the different faces of the scanner

You can use the following command to register a new item/biome pair with the following command, to allow more or custom biomes to be found with the biome scanner:

data merge storage biome_scan:dict {"minecraft:item_id":{dimension:"minecraft:dim_id",biome:"minecraft:biome_id",message:"Finding Biomes"}}
  • item_id is the id of a single item.
  • dim_id is the dimension the biome is found in.
  • biome_id is the biome or biome tag to search for.
  • The message field is displayed when the player starts scanning, and added as item lore when scanning is complete

Default Biome List

The following table includes every biome grouping and the item(s) used to locate the nearest biome in that grouping:

Biome Group Biomes Items
Badlands badlands, wooded_badlands, eroded_badlands Any Terracotta
Bamboo Jungle bamboo_jungle Bamboo
Basalt Deltas basalt_deltas Basalt
Birch Forests birch_forest, old_growth_birch_forest Birch Sapling
Cherry Forests cherry_grove Cherry Sapling
Warm Ocean warm_ocean Any Live Coral
Crimson Forests crimson_forest Crimson Fungus
Dark Oak Forests dark_forest Dark Oak Sapling
Deep Dark deep_dark Deepslate, Cobbled Deepslate
Dripstone Caves dripstone_caves Dripstone, Pointed Dripstone
Flower Forest flower_forest Any Flower Forest Flower
Frozen Biomes frozen_ocean,deep_frozen_ocean,frozen_peaks,frozen_river Ice
Gravel Hills windswept_gravelly_hills Gravel
Ice Spikes ice_spikes Blue Ice
Jungles jungle,sparse_jungle Jungle Sapling
Lush Caves lush_caves Small Dripleaf, Big Dripleaf
Mangrove Swamp mangrove_swamp Mangrove Propagule
Mountains jagged_peaks,stony_peaks Stone, Cobblestone
Mushroom Islands mushroom_fields Brown Mushroom, Red Mushroom
Oak Forests forest,windswept_forest Oak Sapling
Oceans ocean,lukewarm_ocean,cold_ocean,deep_ocean,deep_lukewarm_ocean,deep_cold_ocean Water Bucket
Pale Oak Forest pale_garden Pale Oak Sapling
Plains Biomes meadow,plains,windswept_hills Grass Block
Sandy Biomes beach,desert Sand
Savannas savanna,savanna_plateau,windswept_savanna Acacia Sapling
Snowy Biomes snowy_beach,snowy_plains,snowy_slopes Snow Block
Spruce Forests grove,old_growth_pine_taiga,old_growth_spruce_taiga,taiga Spruce Sapling
Sunflower Fields sunflower_plains Sunflower
Swamps swamp Lily Pad
Warped Forest warped_forest Warped Fungus