Pete's Loot Tweaks for Saint's Dragons

By
petesc3

Adjusts the eggs present in loot tables for Saint's Dragons

Saint's Dragons is a great mod, but it's super hard to balance the loot pools.

You may find, especially in worlds with per-player loot or lots of other mods, that the eggs can be found far too often in chests (especially if you were hoping dragons could be a sort of rare commodity). This datapack decreases the chance of finding eggs to 20%, making them 5x more rare in the loot tables below.

I created this datapack for personal use (so this is not Saint-official), but I thought there are probably others who would like a solution for the same thing - so here you are!

To help make finding eggs feel more rewarding, as a rare treasure of great value for all you dragon fans, I rebalanced the loot table according to the following:

Loot table	Egg	Default chance	New chance
`minecraft:chests/pillager_outpost`	Raevyx	0.20 (1 in 5)	0.04 (1 in 25)
`minecraft:chests/ancient_city`	Raevyx	0.15	0.03
`minecraft:chests/shipwreck_treasure`	Volitans	0.12	0.02
`minecraft:chests/bastion_treasure`	Ignivorus	0.15	0.03
`minecraft:chests/nether_bridge`	Ignivorus	0.15	0.03
`minecraft:chests/ancient_city`	Ignivorus	0.10	0.02
`minecraft:gameplay/fishing/fish`	Raw Moop (fish)	0.10	0.10 (left alone)

Those are the only structures that get dragon eggs by default — Cindervane, Stegonaut, Varasuchus, Nulljaw, Mossback, and Ivy aren't found in chests. Note that breeding and other mechanics are not touched at all (so you aren't going to have a 1-in-5 breeding chance or anything).

Dependencies: I... feel like this should be unnecessary, but to be on the safe side, I would like to clarify you do need to have Saint's Dragons installed. This datapack literally does nothing without it 😂

Modpacks: Yes, you may use this in any CurseForge-hosted modpack!

This should be accessible in your game during initial world creation like any other datapack 👍

For use on servers or any other situation in which you would upload it manually as a file, it should still just function like any other normal datapack.

Need some help? If you are uploading datapack(s) for the first time (or have been unsure if you're doing it right), make sure to follow these steps:

1. Download the Datapack:

Download your chosen datapack. It will usually be a .zip file. Leave it zipped — Minecraft reads the .zip file directly. (If the creator specifically instructed you to extract it, or if it downloaded as a regular folder, that works too).

2. Locate Your Minecraft Directory:

Find your main game folder based on your operating system:

Windows: Press Win + R, type %appdata%\.minecraft, and hit Enter.

Mac: Open Finder, press Command + Shift + G, type ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft, and hit Enter.

Linux: Open your file manager and navigate to ~/.minecraft (you may need to press Ctrl + H to show hidden files).

3. Open the 'saves' Folder:

Inside your .minecraft directory, locate and open the saves folder. This contains the files for all your single-player worlds.

4. Find Your World:

Open the folder that matches the name of the world where you want to install the datapack. For example, if your world is named "My Survival World", open the folder with that name.

5. Open the 'datapacks' Folder:

Inside your specific world's folder, look for a folder named datapacks and open it.

Note: Every generated Minecraft world has this folder by default. If it is somehow missing, create a new folder and name it exactly datapacks (all lowercase).

6. Place the Datapack:

Drag and drop (or copy and paste) your downloaded .zip file into this datapacks folder. You do not need to unzip this one.

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