Ender Pearl Chunk Loader

A Minecraft Bedrock behavior pack that makes thrown ender pearls force-load chunks around them while in flight.

What it does

Vanilla Bedrock doesn't tick unloaded chunks — farms and machines stop when you're far away. This pack adds minecraft:tick_world to the ender pearl entity, keeping chunks active in a configurable radius around the pearl as it travels.

Requirements

Minecraft Bedrock 26.20+
Achievements remain enabled (tested on Bedrock 26.20)

Installation

Download the .mcpack from CurseForge
Open it — Minecraft will import it automatically
Apply the pack to your world under Behavior Packs

Settings

Select the ticking radius from the pack settings slider before applying:

Option	Area
2 (default)	5×5 diamond (13 chunks)
3	7×7 diamond (25 chunks)
4	9×9 diamond (41 chunks)
5	11×11 diamond (61 chunks)
6	13×13 diamond (85 chunks)

Higher values load more chunks but may cause lag on low-end devices.

What works in loaded chunks

Feature	Works?
Redstone machines	✅
Crop / plant growth	✅
Fluid movement	✅
Mob AI and movement	✅ (if mob was already in the area)
Mob spawning	❌ requires a player nearby
Entities drifting outside the area	❌ stop moving until a player is nearby

Mob farms won't benefit from this pack — spawning always requires a player within simulation distance.

How it compares to `/tickingarea`

/tickingarea is static — you define fixed areas upfront. This pack loads chunks dynamically as the pearl flies, which is useful for chunk-loading contraptions that need to cover variable paths.

References

minecraft:tick_world component — Microsoft Learn docs for the component used to force-load chunks

Vanilla reference

The ender pearl entity definition is based on the official Mojang bedrock-samples repository at tag v1.26.20.4. The only modification is the addition of minecraft:tick_world — all other behavior matches vanilla exactly.