This add-on will add different types of crates that generate naturally in your world. By using keys and other equipment, you can unlock the crates to obtain random loot, ranging from low-tier to high-tier items.
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(v1.14)
NEW UPDATES:
Version: 1.14
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Version: 1.14
NOTE:
- This version may no longer be able to update over older versions.
- This update only works with Minecraft version 26.10 and higher.
TECHNICAL CHANGES:
- Changed the UUID to fix importing issues on Realms. (Note: This will prevent the add-on from updating over older versions.)
BLOCKS:
- Fixed Nether Hyphae Crates not dropping loot when opened with a Flint Axe.
- Added Trial Crate and Ominous Trial Crate. Trial Crates can be found naturally in the deepslate layer underground, and can also be obtained through trading with the Crates Trader. They can be opened using Trial Keys and drop loot similar to Trial Vaults.
TRADING:
- Crates Traders now offer the Learning Book of Crates Trading at the Apprentice level (Level 3).
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Version: 1.13.1
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Version: 1.13.1
STRUCTURES:
- Improved Overworld structure generation. Structures are now generated using jigsaw structures.
- Increased block variety in structures.
- Decorated Pots in structures may now contain different types of items.
- Structures can now be located using the /locate command in Creative Mode with their identifier names:
- ntk:crates_trader_house_desert
- ntk:crates_trader_house_plains
- ntk:crates_trader_house_savanna
- ntk:crates_trader_house_swamp
- ntk:crates_trader_house_taiga
- ntk:pile_of_acacia_wood_crate
- ntk:pile_of_bamboo_wood_crate
- ntk:pile_of_birch_wood_crate
- ntk:pile_of_cherry_wood_crate
- ntk:pile_of_dark_oak_wood_crate
- ntk:pile_of_jungle_wood_crate
- ntk:pile_of_mangrove_wood_crate
- ntk:pile_of_pale_oak_wood_crate
- ntk:pile_of_spruce_wood_crate
BLOCKS:
- Fixed Golden Crate destruction particles.
- Copper Equipment can now be obtained from Copper Crates.
TRADING:
- Revamped trade stack limits.
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Version: 1.13
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Version: 1.13
NOTE:
- This update only works with Minecraft version 26.0 and higher.
MOBS:
- Crates Trader:
- Increased the health value from 26 to 30.
- Improved trading behavior and trading animations.
- Reduced movement speed when approaching a player while being tempted by items.
- Reduced the avoidance distance from Sculk Blocks and lava.
- Will now hold the Learning Book in the off-hand instead of the main hand.
- Piglin Crates Trader:
- Fixed a bug where it would become angry when a player opened a container without being seen.
- Can now also become angry when a player breaks nearby colored Shulker Boxes or Copper Chests.
- Can now use kinetic weapons, such as spears.
- Increased movement speed.
- Reduced the maximum amount of Gold Nuggets dropped on death.
- Decreased the chance to drop a Flint Axe on death.
- Decreased the trading stock of Piglin Crates and Piglin Crate Keys.
BLOCKS:
- Custom blocks now support precipitation behavior.
- All Wood Crates, except Hyphae Crates, can now be used as fuel. Smelting them in a Furnace or Blast Furnace produces Charcoal.
ITEMS:
- Changed the Copper Crate Key recipe; it is now crafted using 2 Copper Nuggets and 1 Copper Ingot.
- Copper Crate Keys can now be smelted in a Furnace or Blast Furnace to produce Copper Nuggets.
- Iron Crate Keys can now be smelted in a Furnace or Blast Furnace to produce Iron Nuggets.
- Golden Crate Keys can now be smelted in a Furnace or Blast Furnace to produce Gold Nuggets.
TECHNICAL CHANGES:
- Updated several files to 26.0 version.
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Version: 1.12
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Version: 1.12
TECHNICAL CHANGES:
- Updated for compatibility with Minecraft version 1.21.130.
- Added PBR texture support for all the custom items, entities, and particles.
MOBS:
- Crates Trader:
- The Spawn Egg now has its own unique visual.
- Fixed an incorrect Crates Trader variant spawning inside the Crates Trader House.
- Piglin Crates Trader:
- The Spawn Egg now has its own unique visual.
- No longer displays trade items in its hand when a player is holding an Emerald, preventing a bug where its equipped weapon would disappear when showing trades.
- Fixed a bug where it did not avoid Soul Firebirds, Nether Soul Wisps, and custom Soul Lanterns.
- Can now pick up newly added gold items and custom gold equipment, such as Golden Nautilus Armor, Golden Spears, Gold Powder, Golden Chains, Golden Crate Keys, Golden Feathers, and Golden Wands.
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Version: 1.11
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Version: 1.11
NOTE:
- If you’re updating from an older version, this add-on will not work properly in existing worlds.
"General"
- Changed file identifiers.
- Shortened several file names.
- Added PBR texture support for all the custom blocks.
- Added language support for Spanish and Japanese.
- Revamped the crates loot tables, reducing the chances of some uncommon items.
- Dwelling Crates Traders now have a closed-arm model similar to the Vanilla villager arm model.
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CONTENTS:
BLOCKS:
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BLOCKS
- NOTES: Crates are not a storage block like chest or barrels.
Wood Crates:
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Wood Crates
Oak Wood Crate:
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Oak Wood Crate
Guide Book #55
- Rarity: Common
- Generate naturally in: Plains, Forest, Windswept Hills, Beach, Stony Shore, Mushroom Fields surfaces.
- Trade by: Crates Trader
- Craftable: NO
- Stackable: 64
- Blast Resistance: 15.0
- Hardness: 2.0
- Flammable: YES
- Mining Tool: Axe
- Drops on breaking: Oak Wood Crate
- Can be opened using: Flint Axe
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Spruce Wood Crate:
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Spruce Wood Crate
Guide Book #55
- Rarity: Common
- Generate naturally in: Snowy Plains, Windswept Forest, Taiga, Snowy Taiga, Grove, Snowy Slopes, Snowy Beach surfaces.
- Trade by: Crates Trader
- Craftable: NO
- Stackable: 64
- Blast Resistance: 15.0
- Hardness: 2.0
- Flammable: YES
- Mining Tool: Axe
- Drops on breaking: Spruce Wood Crate
- Can be opened using: Flint Axe
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Birch Wood Crate:
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Birch Wood Crate
Guide Book #55
- Rarity: Common
- Generate naturally in: Flower Forest, Birch Forest, Meadow surfaces.
- Trade by: Crates Trader
- Craftable: NO
- Stackable: 64
- Blast Resistance: 15.0
- Hardness: 2.0
- Flammable: YES
- Mining Tool: Axe
- Drops on breaking: Birch Wood Crate
- Can be opened using: Flint Axe
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Jungle Wood Crate:
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Jungle Wood Crate
Guide Book #55
- Rarity: Common
- Generate naturally in: Jungle, Overgrown Jungle surfaces.
- Trade by: Crates Trader
- Craftable: NO
- Stackable: 64
- Blast Resistance: 15.0
- Hardness: 2.0
- Flammable: YES
- Mining Tool: Axe
- Drops on breaking: Jungle Wood Crate
- Can be opened using: Flint Axe
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Acacia Wood Crate:
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Acacia Wood Crate
Guide Book #55
- Rarity: Common
- Generate naturally in: Savanna, Badlands surfaces.
- Trade by: Crates Trader
- Craftable: NO
- Stackable: 64
- Blast Resistance: 15.0
- Hardness: 2.0
- Flammable: YES
- Mining Tool: Axe
- Drops on breaking: Acacia Wood Crate
- Can be opened using: Flint Axe
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Dark Oak Wood Crate:
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Dark Oak Wood Crate
Guide Book #55
- Rarity: Common
- Generate naturally in: Dark Forest, Swamp, Corrupted Forest surfaces.
- Trade by: Crates Trader
- Craftable: NO
- Stackable: 64
- Blast Resistance: 15.0
- Hardness: 2.0
- Flammable: YES
- Mining Tool: Axe
- Drops on breaking: Dark Oak Wood Crate
- Can be opened using: Flint Axe
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Mangrove Wood Crate:
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Mangrove Wood Crate
Guide Book #55
- Rarity: Common
- Generate naturally in: Swamp, Mangrove Swamp surfaces.
- Trade by: Crates Trader
- Craftable: NO
- Stackable: 64
- Blast Resistance: 15.0
- Hardness: 2.0
- Flammable: YES
- Mining Tool: Axe
- Drops on breaking: Mangrove Wood Crate
- Can be opened using: Flint Axe
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Cherry Wood Crate:
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Cherry Wood Crate
Guide Book #55
- Rarity: Common
- Generate naturally in: Cherry Grove surfaces.
- Trade by: Crates Trader
- Craftable: NO
- Stackable: 64
- Blast Resistance: 15.0
- Hardness: 2.0
- Flammable: YES
- Mining Tool: Axe
- Drops on breaking: Cherry Wood Crate
- Can be opened using: Flint Axe
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Pale Oak Wood Crate:
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Pale Oak Wood Crate
Guide Book #55
- Rarity: Common
- Generate naturally in: Pale Garden surfaces.
- Trade by: Crates Trader
- Craftable: NO
- Stackable: 64
- Blast Resistance: 15.0
- Hardness: 2.0
- Flammable: YES
- Mining Tool: Axe
- Drops on breaking: Pale Oak Wood Crate
- Can be opened using: Flint Axe
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Bamboo Wood Crate:
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Bamboo Wood Crate
Guide Book #55
- Rarity: Common
- Generate naturally in: Bamboo Jungle surfaces.
- Trade by: Crates Trader
- Craftable: NO
- Stackable: 64
- Blast Resistance: 15.0
- Hardness: 2.0
- Flammable: YES
- Mining Tool: Axe
- Drops on breaking: Bamboo Wood Crate
- Can be opened using: Flint Axe
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Crimson Hyphae Crate:
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Crimson Hyphae Crate
Guide Book #55
- Rarity: Common
- Generate naturally in: Crimson Forest.
- Trade by: Piglin Crates Trader
- Craftable: NO
- Stackable: 64
- Blast Resistance: 15.0
- Hardness: 2.0
- Flammable: NO
- Mining Tool: Axe
- Drops on breaking: Crimson Hyphae Crate
- Can be opened using: Flint Axe
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Warped Hyphae Crate:
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Warped Hyphae Crate
Guide Book #55
- Rarity: Common
- Generate naturally in: Warped Forest.
- Trade by: Piglin Crates Trader
- Craftable: NO
- Stackable: 64
- Blast Resistance: 15.0
- Hardness: 2.0
- Flammable: NO
- Mining Tool: Axe
- Drops on breaking: Warped Hyphae Crate
- Can be opened using: Flint Axe
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- Use the Flint Axe to open or loot the Wood Crates.
- Wood crates are the most common crates you can find in the overworld.
- Wood crates don't need any keys to loot; you just need Flint Axe to interact with the crates, and then the loot will drop.
- Wood Crate drops random common items.
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Locked Crates:
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Locked Crates
Copper Crate:
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Copper Crate
Guide Book #57
- Rarity: Common
- Generate naturally in: Overworld Underground.
- Trade by: Crates Trader
- Craftable: NO
- Stackable: 64
- Blast Resistance: 45.0
- Hardness: 2.5
- Flammable: YES
- Mining Tool: Axe
- Drops on breaking: Copper Crate
- Can be opened using: Copper Crate Key
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Iron Crate:
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Iron Crate
Guide Book #57
- Rarity: Common
- Generate naturally in: Overworld Underground.
- Trade by: Crates Trader
- Craftable: NO
- Stackable: 64
- Blast Resistance: 45.0
- Hardness: 2.5
- Flammable: YES
- Mining Tool: Axe
- Drops on breaking: Iron Crate
- Can be opened using: Iron Crate Key
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Golden Crate:
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Golden Crate
Guide Book #57
- Rarity: Common
- Generate naturally in: Overworld Underground.
- Trade by: Crates Trader
- Craftable: NO
- Stackable: 64
- Blast Resistance: 45.0
- Hardness: 2.5
- Flammable: YES
- Mining Tool: Axe
- Drops on breaking: Golden Crate
- Can be opened using: Golden Crate Key
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Diamond Crate:
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Diamond Crate
Guide Book #57
- Rarity: Common
- Generate naturally in: Overworld Underground.
- Trade by: Crates Trader
- Craftable: NO
- Stackable: 64
- Blast Resistance: 45.0
- Hardness: 2.5
- Flammable: YES
- Mining Tool: Axe
- Drops on breaking: Diamond Crate
- Can be opened using: Diamond Crate Key
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Piglin Crate:
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Piglin Crate
Possible Loots:
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Possible Loots
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Guide Book #57
- Rarity: Uncommon
- Found naturally: NO
- Trade by: Piglin Crates Trader
- Craftable: NO
- Stackable: 64
- Blast Resistance: 150.0
- Hardness: 5.0
- Flammable: NO
- Mining Tool: Pickaxe
- Drops on breaking: Piglin Crate
- Can be opened using: Piglin Crate Key
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ITEMS:
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ITEMS
Flints Axe:
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Flints Axe
Recipe:
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Recipe
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- Rarity: Common
- Trade by: Tool Smith Villager
- Craftable on: Crafting Table
- Stackable: 1
- Equipable: YES
- Durability: 149
- Mining Speed: 3
- Melee Damage: 3
- Enchantable: NO
- Repairable with: Flint, Flint Axe.
- Can be used to open or loot the any Wooden Crates.
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Copper Crates Key:
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Copper Crates Key
Recipe:
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Recipe
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Guide Book #56
- Rarity: Common
- Craftable on: Crafting Table
- Stackable: 64
- Can be used to open or loot the Copper Crate.
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Iron Crate Key:
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Iron Crate Key
Recipe:
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Recipe
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Guide Book #56
- Rarity: Common
- Craftable on: Crafting Table
- Stackable: 64
- Can be used to open or loot the Iron Crate.
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Golden Crate Key:
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Golden Crate Key
Recipe:
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Recipe
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Guide Book #56
- Rarity: Common
- Craftable on: Crafting Table
- Stackable: 64
- Can be used to open or loot the Golden Crate.
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Diamond Crate Key:
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Diamond Crate Key
Recipe:
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Recipe
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Guide Book #56
- Rarity: Common
- Craftable on: Crafting Table
- Stackable: 64
- Can be used to open or loot the Diamond Crate.
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Piglin Crate Key:
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Piglin Crate Key
Guide Book #56
- Rarity: Uncommon
- Trade by: Piglin Crates Trader
- Craftable: NO
- Stackable: 64
- Can be used to open or loot the Piglin Crate.
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Nether Star Fragment:
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Nether Star Fragment
- Rarity: Uncommon
- Obtainable from: Piglin Crate
- Craftable on: Artifacture Table
- Stackable: 64
- Used to craft: Nether Star
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Learning Book of Crates Trading:
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Learning Book of Crates Trading
Guide Book #105
- Rarity: Common
- Dropped by: Crates Trader
- Trade by: Crates Trader
- Craftable: NO
- Stackable: 64
- Offhand equipable: YES
- Can tempt: Custom villager-type mobs.
- Can be used to transform custom villager into Crates Trader.
- By giving this to a custom villager, their trade table will automatically change and reset.
- When used on a Crates Trader, it will transform them into either a Wandering Crates Trader or a Dwelling Crates Trader.
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MOBS:
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MOBS
Crates Trader:
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Crates Trader
Trades:
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Trades
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Guide Book #54
- Variants: 2
- Rarity: Common
- Behavior: Passive
- Mob type: Villager, Trader, Humanoid.
- Spawns in: Overworld surface, Crates Trader House.
- Health: 30
- Walk Speed: 0.3
- Breathe in: Air
- Tempted by: Learning Books
- Possible drops: Learning Book of Crates Trading, XP Orbs.
- Avoids: Monsters, Sculk blocks.
- Can trade with players.
- Can transform into another villager type when given a Learning Book.
- Crates Trader has two versions: Wandering and Dwelling.
- Giving them a Learning Book of Crates Trading can transform them into either Wandering or Dwelling Crates Trader.
- Wandering Crates Trader:
- Spawns randomly on overworld surface and underground.
- Does not sleep at night.
- Has lower trade prices and a larger trade supply compared to the Dwelling Crates Trader but cannot resupply its trades.
- Dwelling Crates Trader:
- Spawns only inside a Crates Trader house.
- Can sleep in a bed at night and responds to bells.
- Has higher trade prices and a smaller trade supply compared to the Wandering Crates Trader but can resupply trades by interacting with a nearby Locked Crates.
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Piglin Crates Trader:
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Piglin Crates Trader
Trades:
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Trades
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Guide Book #96
- Rarity: Common
- Behavior: Neutral
- Mob type: Piglin, Trader, Humanoid, Monster.
- Spawns in: Piglin Crates Trader House
- Health: 20
- Walk speed: 0.3
- Breathes in: Air
- Possible drops: Gold Nugget, XP Orbs.
- Avoids: Nether Soul Wisp, Soul Fire Bird, Any soul-type light sources.
- Aggressive toward: Wither Skeleton, Players without gold armor equipped.
- Equipped weapon: Flint Axe
- Melee attack damage: 5
- Can barter with Gold Ingot.
- Can trade with players.
- Can pick up weapons and equip it.
- Can pick up armor and equip it.
- Can pick up gold-type items and store them in its inventory.
- Can transform into Zombified Piglin when exposed to other dimensions other than the Nether.
- Can broadcast its enemies to all nearby Piglin.
- Can be aggressive towards players if they open or break Crates, Chest, Barrel, Shulker Box, Gold Block, Gold Ores, or attack other Piglins.
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STRUCTURES & GENERATION:
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STRUCTURES & GENERATION
Pile of Wood Crates:
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Pile of Wood Crates
Pile of Oak Wood Crate:
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Pile of Oak Wood Crate
- Variants: 9
- Generate in: Plains, Forest, Windswept Hills, Beach, Stony Shore, Mushroom Fields surfaces.
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Pile of Spruce Wood Crate:
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Pile of Spruce Wood Crate
- Variants: 9
- Generate in: Snowy Plains, Windswept Forest, Taiga, Snowy Taiga, Grove, Snowy Slopes, Snowy Beach surfaces.
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Pile of Birch Wood Crate:
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Pile of Birch Wood Crate
- Variants: 9
- Generate in: Flower Forest, Birch Forest, Meadow surfaces.
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Pile of Jungle Wood Crate:
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Pile of Jungle Wood Crate
- Variants: 9
- Generate in: Jungle surfaces.
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Pile of Acacia Wood Crate:
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Pile of Acacia Wood Crate
- Variants: 9
- Generate in: Savanna, Badlands surfaces.
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Pile of Dark Oak Wood Crate:
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Pile of Dark Oak Wood Crate
- Variants: 9
- Generate in: Dark Forest, Swamp surfaces.
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Pile of Mangrove Wood Crate:
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Pile of Mangrove Wood Crate
- Variants: 9
- Generate in: Swamp, Mangrove Swamp surfaces.
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Pile of Cherry Wood Crate:
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Pile of Cherry Wood Crate
- Variants: 9
- Generate in: Cherry Grove surfaces.
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Pile of Pale Oak Crate:
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Pile of Pale Oak Crate
- Variants: 9
- Generate in: Pale Garden surfaces.
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Pile of Bamboo Wood Crate:
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Pile of Bamboo Wood Crate
- Variants: 9
- Generate in: Bamboo Jungle surfaces.
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Pile of Crimson Hyphae Crate:
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Pile of Crimson Hyphae Crate
- Variants: 9
- Generate in: Crimson Forest.
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Pile of Warped Hyphae Crate:
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Pile of Warped Hyphae Crate
- Variants: 9
- Generate in: Warped Forest.
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Locked Crates:
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Locked Crates
Copper Crate:
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Copper Crate
- Generate in: All overworld underground.
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Iron Crate:
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Iron Crate
- Generate in: All overworld underground.
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Golden Crate:
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Golden Crate
- Generate in: All overworld underground.
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Diamond Crate:
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Diamond Crate
- Generate in: All overworld underground.
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Crates Trader Houses:
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Crates Trader Houses
Plains Crates Trader House:
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Plains Crates Trader House
- Generate in: Plains, Flower Forest surfaces.
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Taiga Crates Trader House:
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Taiga Crates Trader House
- Generate in: Snowy Plains, Taiga, Snowy Taiga surfaces.
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Savanna Crates Trader House:
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Savanna Crates Trader House
- Generate in: Savanna surfaces.
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Desert Crates Trader House:
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Desert Crates Trader House
- Generate in: Desert surfaces.
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Swamp Crates Trader House:
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Swamp Crates Trader House
- Generate in: Swamp, Mangrove Swamp, Mossy Forest surfaces.
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Piglin Crates Trader House:
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Piglin Crates Trader House
- Generate in: Nether Wastes, Crimson Forest, Warped Forest, Basalt Deltas.
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See more information here:
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Known Issues/Bugs
- Crates loot spawns are not centered:
- Wooden crates and locked crates loot spawns aren't centered on block location.
- To help resolve this issue, please vote on the bug on Mojang: MCPE-156080
- Can't place directly on some of the custom blocks:
- Some custom blocks always act like interactable blocks and can't place a block on them. The only way to place a block on them is when the player is sneaking.
- To help resolve this issue, please vote on the bug on Mojang: MCPE-179928
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Add-on Notes
- Add-on may only be compatible with Minecraft version 26.10 or higher.
- This add-on is NOT using a 'player.json' file.
- This add-on is mostly compatible with other add-ons.
- Add-on will work on the realm or server; just make sure you install the correct files.
- Add-on is not tested yet on the beta and preview versions of Minecraft, so expect some bugs if you are using those versions.
- Remove the old packs before installing the new version of the packs.
- If you create a review, gameplay video, or showcase of this add-on, please remember to give credit and include the original link to this webpage.
- Do not provide any other download links.
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Installation!
- Download the 'Keys Crates (v1.14).mcaddon', or the seperated packs (Behavior Pack & Resource Pack).
- Import the packs into Minecraft and wait until the both behavior pack and resource pack are successfully imported.
- Make sure to install both the behavior pack and resource pack before entering you world.
- This add-on doesn't need any experimental options to toggle to on.
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