Custom Crates, Relics & Falling Meteors
A lightweight survival expansion for Minecraft 1.21+ that completely reworks fishing into an active mini-game, introduces 55 themed loot crates, adds custom relic gear with actual abilities, and drops naturally falling copper meteorites with live chat coordinates. Zero mods required on the client. Runs purely on vanilla datapack mechanics and is 100% compatible with Paper and Geyser/Bedrock cross-play.
What This Pack Actually Does
Fast-Paced Fishing Mini-Game
Vanilla fishing is slow and boring. This pack speeds up the bite rate by roughly 2.5x and turns reeling into a timing-based catch mechanic:
- The Goldilocks Zone (Ticks 48-52): Catch the fish right when the bobber dips to trigger a rising pitch chime, ring particles, and a 2.5x boost to your crate chances.
- The Bullseye Frame (Exact Tick 50): Hit the exact center tick for a guaranteed Epic or Mythic crate roll, accompanied by a crystalline chime burst.
55 Custom Crates & 10 Specialty Rods
Forget pulling up just leather boots and raw cod. You can reel in custom sealed barrel crates across 7 themes:
- Mining Crates: Raw ores, copper dynamos, and mineral caches.
- Nether Crates: Ancient debris nuggets, blaze rods, and magma supplies.
- Deep Dark Crates: Echo shards, sculk sensors, and recovery compass parts.
- Biomes Crates: Rare flora, sniffer eggs, packed ice, bamboo, and armor trims.
- Combat Crates: Pre-enchanted gear, heavy weapons, totems, and golden apples.
- Builders Crates: Deepslate variants, copper grates, bricks, and lanterns.
- Mythic Crates: Top-tier drops with netherite upgrades and unique relic chances. Pair your trips with 10 specialty rods crafted for rapid bites, extra crate luck, or specific dimension loot pools.
Unique Relic Weapons & Custom Abilities
Rare crate rolls can yield one-of-a-kind relics with actual custom on-hit and passive perks:
- Molten Pickaxe: Passively auto-smelts raw iron, copper, gold, and ancient debris straight into ingots while you mine.
- World Ender: Releases an area-of-effect wither cloud to all nearby hostile mobs on melee hit.
- Dawnblade: Ignites enemies and triggers a localized fire explosion on hit.
- Titan Mace: Unleashes a kinetic shockwave that damages surrounding targets.
- Tempest Trident & Glacial Stiletto: Discharge electric sparks or inflict freezing slowness on your target.
Geode Loot Bundles
No confusing custom crafting tables or clunky anvil menus. Geodes in this pack are native 1.21 Bundles packed to the brim with 64 assorted crystals, ores, and tech items. Just right-click the bundle in your hand or empty it in your inventory to dump all the loot out. There are 7 variants: Amethyst, Redstone Magnetic, Abyssal Echo, Prospector's Supply, Molten Magma, Tidal Ocean, and Celestial Star.
Naturally Falling Copper Meteors
Every 15 minutes or so (accelerating during thunderstorms), an orbital disturbance triggers in the sky:
- A meteor streaks down from 25 blocks up with fire trails, distant thunder, and a ground explosion.
- A 5x5 copper impact crater forms on the surface without suffocating players.
- The game prints the exact XYZ coordinates of the crash in chat so anyone on the server can race to find it.
- Inside each crater is a core chest containing copper building blocks, tech parts, and the corresponding Geode Bundle. There are 7 distinct 5x5 copper structure variants matching every bundle theme.
Commands & Admin Tools
Regular survival players are strictly locked out from admin functions and cannot trigger free items.
- Test natural meteor event with coordinates:
/function crates:structure/test_natural_meteor - Fast-forward the meteor timer by 5 seconds:
/function crates:structure/fast_forward_meteor - Give all 7 Geode Bundles:
/function crates:bundles/give_all_bundlesand many more!
Installation
- Download the
.zipfile. - Place it into your world's
datapacksfolder:- Singleplayer:
.minecraft/saves/<your_world>/datapacks/ - Dedicated Server:
<server_root>/world/datapacks/
- Singleplayer:
- Run
/reloador restart your server.
Bug Reports & Discord
Found an issue, have a suggestion, or need help setting it up?
- Join the Discord!
- Or drop a comment right below on this page.