CreateCities

Minecraft 1.20.1 · NeoForge / Forge

CreateCities is a datapack + resource pack that overhauls Lost Cities world generation with hand-crafted city districts, custom buildings, a subway and highway rail system, and deep integration with the modpack ecosystem it was built for.

What's Included

Custom city districts — each biome group spawns a distinct city style:
- 🏡 Suburb Residential (forests, birch, taiga, meadow)
- 🏢 Highrise Office (plains, savanna, grasslands)
- 🏨 Highrise Hotel (mountains, snowy peaks, frozen biomes)
- 🏘️ Highrise Residential (jungle, swamp, cherry grove, lush caves)
- 🛍️ Retail District (Mediterranean, scrubland, volcanic)
- 🏚️ Wasteland (desert, badlands, scorched earth)
Subway system — underground rail tunnels with stations across all city types
Highway system — elevated road bridges with crash debris and signage
30+ custom buildings — apartments, offices, hotels, police stations, hospitals, casinos, clubs, and more
Multi-block structures — large landmark buildings spanning multiple city blocks
Custom scattered structures — cabins, food trucks, hideouts, treehouses
Loot table integration — loot adapted for mods in the ecosystem
Recipe tweaks — adjusted crafting for Create, Big Cannons, and other mods
Language support — en_us, cs_cz, es_es, ko_kr, ms_my, pt_br, ru_ru, tr_tu, ua_uk, zh_cn

Required Mods

These mods must be installed. The datapack will not function correctly without them.

Mod	Minimum Version	Purpose
Lost Cities	1.20-7.4.11	City world generation engine
KubeJS	2001.x	Data pack scripting and resource loading
Apocalypse Now	3.0.1+	Zombie waves, horde buildings, boss mobs
Zombie Extreme	0.2.6+	Advanced zombie variants and AI
Biomes O' Plenty	19.0.0.96+	Biome tags for district assignment
Create: Steam 'n' Rails	latest	Train tracks for the railway system
Create Big Cannons	5.9.1+	Cannon structures, loot, and recipes
Ritchie's Projectile Lib	2.1.0+	Required dependency of Create Big Cannons
Lost Worlds	1.20-0.0.3+	Abyss dimension chunk generator (used by the createcities:abyss dimension)
Legendary Survival Overhaul	1.20.1-2.3.23.1+	Survival mechanics (temperature, limb damage, healing)
Nameless Trinkets	1.20.1-1.8.5+	Trinket items used in loot tables
Diet	2.1.1+1.20.1+	Food diet system integration
Bakery	1.1.15+	Food items in loot tables and recipes
Horror Element	1.6.2+	Horror mob types and structures
Spore	2.1.5+	Fungal biome content integration
FTB Quests	2001.4.16+	Quest system for the guidebook and progression
Custom Portal API	0.0.1+	Required by the Abyss portal KubeJS script (`logics/abyss_portal.js`)
DragN Vehicles	1.3.2+	Required dependency of Refueled (vehicle content)
Another Furniture	3.0.4+	Furniture blocks used in building palettes — missing causes chunk gen errors
Craft Furniture Mod (CFM)	7.0.0-pre36+	Furniture/hedge/bench blocks used in park and building palettes
Create Deco	2.0.3+	Decorative blocks (lamps, panels) used in city palettes
Embellish Craft	7.0.0.0+	Stone/metal/marble blocks and furniture used in building palettes
Redeco	1.14.1+	Decorative blocks (gravestones, benches) used in palettes
Refurbished Furniture	1.0.20+	Sofa, fence, and furniture blocks used in building palettes
Simply Light	1.4.6+	Illuminant light blocks used in building palettes
This Rocks!	1.5.1+	Decorative rock/stick blocks used in scattered structure palettes
Quark	4.0-462+	`quark:iron_rod` used in highway bridge palette — missing causes chunk gen errors
Zeta	1.0-31+	Required dependency of Quark
Just Outdoor Stuffs	1.0.2+	Outdoor decoration blocks used in park and garden palettes
Plushie Buddies	0.1.6+	Plushie blocks used in building palettes
Vertical Slab Compat	2.5+	Vertical slab variants for EmbellishCraft blocks used in palettes
Engineered Schematics	1.2.3+	Schematic table block used in building palettes
MOA Decor: Art	1.20.1+	Decorative art blocks used in building palettes
MOA Decor: Bath	1.20.1+	Bathroom fixture blocks used in building palettes
MOA Decor: Science	1.20.1+	Science lab blocks used in building palettes
Comforts	6.4.0+	Sleeping bag and hammock blocks used in building palettes
Create: Crafts & Additions	1.3.2+	Create addon blocks used in industrial palettes
Fast Paintings	1.2.7+	Painting blocks used in interior palettes
Interiors	0.5.6+	Interior decoration blocks used in building palettes
Chalk	1.6.7+	Chalk marking blocks used in building palettes
Create: Central Kitchen	1.4.3+	Kitchen appliance blocks used in restaurant palettes
Create: Diesel Generators	1.3.5+	Generator blocks used in industrial palettes
Exposure	1.7.16+	Camera/photo blocks used in building palettes
TACZ (TaCZ)	1.1.6+	Gun rack and display blocks used in building palettes
Paladin's Furniture Mod	1.4.4+	Sink, toilet, fridge, freezer blocks used in hospital and park palettes

Optional Mods

These mods are supported but not required. Content will be added or enhanced when they are present.

Mod	Purpose
Parcool	Parkour skills, ziplines, movement across city rooftops
Animal Pen	Animal pen structures in suburban areas
Vinery	Winery buildings and wine loot in retail districts
Farmer's Delight	Food items in loot tables and kitchen structures
Immersive Engineering	Industrial structures and loot
Artifacts	Rare artifact loot in buildings
Curios API	Required by several optional mods
Display Delight	Display items in shop and restaurant structures
Fancy Trinkets	Trinket loot in buildings (badges, dog tags, etc.)
Undead Revamp	Additional undead mob variants
Naturalist	Wildlife in scattered structures
Item Scrapper	Scrapping recipes for salvaged materials
Critters and Companions	Small animal encounters near structures
Vanilla Music Discs	Music discs in loot tables
Builders Delight	Building material variety in structures

Installation

As a standalone datapack (singleplayer)

Download and unzip the latest release
Place the folder inside your world's datapacks/ directory:
```
.minecraft/saves/<your world>/datapacks/createcities/
```
In-game, run /reload or create a new world

As part of a modpack (KubeJS)

Place the contents into your instance's kubejs/data/ folder:

<instance>/kubejs/data/createcities/

Make sure kubejs/data/pack.mcmeta exists. If it doesn't, create it:

{
  "pack": {
    "pack_format": 15,
    "description": "KubeJS Data Pack"
  }
}

KubeJS Scripts

The kubejs/ folder contains startup, server, and client scripts that power CreateCities gameplay systems. These scripts register custom items, rebalance armor/weapons, add crafting recipes, define loot tags, and manage worldgen. Below is a breakdown of every script and which mods it depends on.

Startup Scripts (item registration & modification)

Script	What it does	Mod required
`startup_scripts/items/badges.js`	Registers all badge items (`createcities:*_badge`)	—
`startup_scripts/items/materials.js`	Registers crafting materials (rubber, fiber, steel alloy, gun parts, etc.)	—
`startup_scripts/items/bullet_casings.js`	Registers bullet casing items	—
`startup_scripts/items/molds.js`	Registers ammo mold items	—
`startup_scripts/items/skill_books.js`	Registers skill book items	—
`startup_scripts/items/flyer.js`	Registers flyer/leaflet item	—
`startup_scripts/items/incomplete.js`	Registers incomplete crafting component items	—
`startup_scripts/items/misc.js`	Registers advancement display items, horde calendar, survivor radar; rebalances IE glider durability	Immersive Engineering (optional — skipped if absent)
`startup_scripts/weapons/*.js`	Rebalances damage/durability for all melee weapons (axes, bats, fists, hammers, hoes, knives, maces, machetes, shovels, swords, misc)	Apocalypse Now (optional — skipped if absent)
`startup_scripts/armors/tier_1.js`	Rebalances leather + Apocalypse Now tier 1 armors + Create: SA copper/zinc	Apocalypse Now, Create: Steam 'n' Rails (both optional)
`startup_scripts/armors/tier_2.js`	Rebalances chainmail + Apocalypse Now tier 2 armors + Create: SA jetpacks	Apocalypse Now, Create: Steam 'n' Rails (both optional)
`startup_scripts/armors/tier_3.js`	Rebalances IE steel + Apocalypse Now tier 3 armors	Apocalypse Now, Immersive Engineering (both optional)
`startup_scripts/armors/tier_4.js`	Rebalances netherite + Apocalypse Now SWAT/Juggernaut armors	Apocalypse Now (optional)
`startup_scripts/entity/attribute.js`	Adjusts entity attributes (health, speed, damage)	Legendary Survival Overhaul (optional)
`startup_scripts/food/food_value.js`	Rebalances food hunger/saturation values	Apocalypse Now, Farmer's Delight (both optional)
`startup_scripts/logics/abyss_portal.js`	Registers the Abyss dimension portal activation logic	Create, Lost Cities, Lost Worlds
`startup_scripts/logics/ore_removal.js`	Removes conflicting ores from worldgen	Zombie Extreme, Undead Revamp (optional — skipped if absent)
`startup_scripts/removals.js`	Removes vanilla items (enchanting table, diamond/gold armor, ender eye) and optional mod items (CGM guns, bigreactors, securitycraft, quark, nameless trinkets, apocalypsenow originals, etc.)	Vanilla only required; all mod removals are silently skipped if mod is absent

Server Scripts (recipes, tags, functions)

Script group	What it does	Mods required
`recipes/createcities/*.js`	All custom crafting recipes (armor, weapons, materials, ammo, gun parts, ore processing, arc furnace, cures, repairs)	Immersive Engineering (arc furnace), Apocalypse Now
`recipes/apocalypsenow/*.js`	Replaces vanilla food + item recipes from Apocalypse Now	Apocalypse Now
`recipes/legendarysurvivaloverhaul/medical.js`	Rebalances LSO medical item recipes	Legendary Survival Overhaul
`recipes/immersive_aircraft/items.js`	Custom recipes for IA items (skipped if mod absent)	Immersive Aircraft (optional)
`recipes/refinedstorage/items.js`	Custom RS recipes (skipped if mod absent)	Refined Storage (optional)
`recipes/securitycraft/items.js`	Custom SecurityCraft recipes (skipped if mod absent)	SecurityCraft (optional)
`recipes/simpleplanes/items.js`	SimplePlanes recipes (skipped if mod absent)	SimplePlanes (optional)
`recipes/pipez/items.js`	Pipez recipes (skipped if mod absent)	Pipez (optional)
`recipes/wormhole/items.js`	Wormhole mod recipes (skipped if mod absent)	Wormhole (optional)
`recipes/refueled/*.js`	Refueled vehicle/body recipes (skipped if mod absent)	Refueled (optional)
`recipes/sophisticated_backpack/items.js`	Backpack recipes (skipped if mod absent)	Sophisticated Backpacks (optional)
`tags/*.js`	Item/block tags for diet, loot, melee, armor, bullets, lostcities biomes, etc.	Diet, Lost Cities, Apocalypse Now
`removal/items.js` / `removal/mods.js`	Removes items and full mod registries at server load	Zombie Extreme, Undead Revamp (all removals silently skipped if mod absent)
`functions/*.js`	Game logic: horde calendar, survivor radar, gas mask, flyer usage, mining mobs, spawn commands, skill books	Apocalypse Now, The Hordes

Client Scripts

Script	What it does	Mods required
`client_scripts/jei.js`	Hides removed/unused items from JEI	JEI / REI (optional)

Summary: Mods that MUST be installed for KubeJS scripts to work correctly

Mod	Why
KubeJS + Rhino	Script engine — mandatory
Apocalypse Now	Armor/weapon rebalancing, item removals, food recipes, spawn logic
Lost Cities	City biome tags, abyss portal
Create	Abyss portal activation
Lost Worlds	Abyss dimension (required by abyss portal script)
Custom Portal API	Abyss portal script uses `CustomPortalBuilder` directly — hard crash if missing
Diet	Diet category tags

Summary: Mods that are optional but have dedicated script support

Mod	Scripts that support it
Immersive Engineering	Tier 3 armor rebalancing, arc furnace recipes, glider durability
Create: Steam 'n' Rails	Tier 2/3 armor rebalancing, item removals
Legendary Survival Overhaul	Medical recipes, entity attributes
Farmer's Delight	Food value rebalancing
Zombie Extreme	Ore removal, mod item purge
Undead Revamp	Ore removal, mod item purge
Nameless Trinkets	Trinket item removals
Artifacts	Artifact item removals
FancyTrinkets	Badge trinket registration via `defaultconfigs/fancytrinkets-server.toml`
The Hordes	Horde calendar and beacon logic
Immersive Aircraft	IA item recipes
Refined Storage	RS item recipes
SecurityCraft	SC item recipes + removals
Sophisticated Backpacks	Backpack recipes + removals

Note: All ItemEvents.modification, removal, and recipe scripts for optional mods are silently skipped by KubeJS if the mod is not installed — they will not crash the game.

Lost Cities Configuration

For the custom city generation to work, Lost Cities must be pointed at the createcities profile.

config/lostcities/common.toml

[profiles]
    dimensionsWithProfiles = ["minecraft:overworld=createcities"]

defaultconfigs/lostcities-server.toml

[profiles]
    selectedProfile = "createcities"

The createcities profile and worldstyle are included in this datapack under data/createcities/lostcities/.

City Districts

Each district spawns in a different biome group. The district type affects building style, street layout, park design, and loot tables.

District	Biomes	Buildings
Suburb Residential	Forest, birch, taiga, meadow, dark forest	Apartments, houses, shops, gas stations
Highrise Office	Plains, savanna, windswept hills	Office towers, police station, bank
Highrise Hotel	Mountains, snowy peaks, frozen rivers	Hotels, premium stores, clubs
Highrise Residential	Jungle, swamp, cherry grove, lush caves	Residential towers, community center, hospital
Retail District	Scrubland, crag, volcanic, Mediterranean	Shops, restaurants, gallery, market
Wasteland	Desert, badlands, scorched earth	Damaged buildings, crash sites, ruins

Version

5.10.14 — Minecraft 1.20.1 · Forge 47+

Create: Cities