Explorify Settlements

The Explorify Settlements are four kinds of small surface structures added by the Explorify mod to the Overworld: the campsite, the dark forest settlement, the farmstead and the mangrove hut. Each is a jigsaw structure built from a set of template pieces, and each is limited to a fixed group of biomes. Campsites and mangrove huts are small camps and huts rather than full settlements, but they are placed by the same mod and follow the same rules.

The farmstead and the dark forest settlement are the types that turned up in the sample of the world. The dark forest settlement holds the richest chest loot of the four, including items from other mods. None of the four is part of the Fear Nightfall horror set, so none is weighted toward horror biomes.

Generation

All four structures generate on the Overworld surface during the surface structures step. Each uses the beard_thin terrain adaptation, except the mangrove hut, which is placed without terrain adaptation. Each has its own placement set and is restricted to a biome tag.

The campsite is the widest-ranging type. Its biomes are mostly cold and coniferous, including taigas, snowy taigas, tundras and boreal forests. The dark forest settlement is limited to dark forests and a small set of temperate biomes such as grasslands, sakura groves and moors. The farmstead is found in open biomes such as plains, prairies, meadows and flower fields. The mangrove hut is restricted to the mangrove swamp, floodplain and bayou biomes.

Spacing is the average distance in chunks between placement attempts for the set, and separation is the minimum distance in chunks between two structures of the set. The values in the table are the in-game values after the pack's Sparse Structures scaling, which is about 2.88 times the mod's default spacing. Because of that scaling, the structures are spread far apart. In the 26 km² sample, the dark forest settlement appeared once and the farmstead twice, while no campsite or mangrove hut appeared at all.

The dark forest settlement is the largest type, with a typical footprint of 97 by 38 by 119 blocks. The farmstead is smaller, at about 48 by 36 by 46 blocks.

Layout

Campsite. A campsite is built from a main section, with five variants of the main pieces, and a set of ten tent pieces. The jigsaw depth is 7.

Dark forest settlement. The settlement starts from a centre piece, of which there are two variants. Thirteen house variants are attached along paths, and the paths are made from junction, straight and turn pieces. Two path decoration pieces add small features along the roads. Pieces are placed no more than 80 blocks from the centre. The jigsaw depth is 3.

Farmstead. A farmstead starts from one of two main house variants and is extended with build pieces. These include an animal pen, an animal shelter, a section with bees, a potato and beetroot farm, a pumpkin farm, a wheat farm, a sugar cane piece, a tree, a well, a wood piece, and road and turn pieces. The jigsaw depth is 6.

Mangrove hut. The mangrove hut consists of a main hut with two small variant pieces, one with a cat and one with a witch. The jigsaw depth is 7.

Inhabitants

The structures contain few mobs. The campsite and dark forest settlement templates place no mobs. The farmstead places bees in its bee section. The mangrove hut is the only structure with dedicated inhabitants: a cat in its cat variant piece and a witch in its witch variant piece.

Loot

The four structures use different loot tables. The campsite uses the taiga village house table, where rice, cabbage seeds and spruce logs are the most common results, and an emerald has a 19% chance. The farmstead uses the plains village house table, where apples, potatoes and bread are the most common results.

The dark forest settlement has the richest loot, drawing on four tables. Its own table includes arcane essence (51%), scrolls (34%) and onion crates (31%). Its armorer table gives an iron golem traveler's backpack a 14% chance. Its temple table is the best source of rare items: blank runestones (3%), silver rings (2%), uncommon ink (5%) and common ink (11%), along with redstone, lapis lazuli and gold. Its weaponsmith table has iron tools and armour at 24% to 30% each.

The mangrove hut has no chest loot table.

Campsite explorify:campsite

Biomes (52): Yellowstone, Blackwood Taiga, Coniferous Forest, Taiga, Forested Highlands, Shield, Alpine Highlands, Pine Taiga, Boreal Taiga, Shrubland, Maple Woods, Field, Snowy Taiga, Muskeg, Tundra, Cold Boreal Taiga, Old Growth Pine Taiga, Tundra, Frozen Pine Taiga, Snowy Coniferous Forest, Auroral Garden, Old Growth Spruce Taiga, Birch Taiga, Wintry Forest, Snowy Fir Clearing, Old Growth Dead Forest, Redwoods, Ice Marsh, Old Growth Golden Boreal Taiga, Glacial Chasm, Old Growth Boreal Taiga, Sparse Redwoods, Dead Forest, Siberian Taiga, Snowblossom Grove, Snowy Maple Woods, Forested Field, Wintry Lowlands, Alpine Grove, Spires, Snowy Shield, Moonlight Grove, Hot Springs, Lush Valley, White Cliffs, Snowy Maple Forest, Frozen Cliffs, Siberian Grove, Rocky Shrubland, Icy Heights, Lavender Forest, Golden Boreal Taiga (Removed)

Chest loot: minecraft:chests/village/village_taiga_house

Item	Chance	Avg. stack
Rice	69.7%	2.7
Cabbage Seeds	68.3%	2.7
Spruce Log	66.7%	4.5
Bread	66.3%	3.6
Potato	61.7%	6.1
Sweet Berries	42.7%	5.1
Pumpkin Seeds	41.3%	4.0
Spruce Sapling	40.7%	3.6
Fern	21.0%	1.2
Large Fern	20.7%	1.1
Emerald	19.0%	2.9
Pumpkin Pie	9.3%	1.1
Spruce Sign	8.3%	1.0
Iron Nugget	7.7%	2.8

Dark Forest Settlement explorify:dark_forest_settlement

Biomes (10): Dark Forest, Temperate Highlands, Overgrown Greens, Shrubland, Lavender Valley, Grassland, Sakura Grove, Windswept Maple Forest, Sakura Valley, Moor

Chest loot: explorify:chest/dark_forest_settlement

Item	Chance	Avg. stack
Flax Seeds	100.0%	3.9
Potato	74.7%	7.2
Bread	73.3%	4.4
Apple	69.7%	5.3
Onion	69.0%	10.0
Dark Oak Sapling	54.0%	2.4
Red Mushroom	52.7%	2.5
Arcane Essence	51.3%	4.0
Dark Oak Log	51.3%	2.4
Oak Sapling	50.3%	1.9
Scroll	33.7%	1.1
Onion Crate	31.0%	2.1
Dandelion	28.7%	1.1
Emerald	21.3%	2.9
Gold Ingot	18.7%	5.6
Quiver	14.0%	1.0
Book	11.3%	1.1
Golden Apple	11.0%	1.0
Gold Nugget	10.7%	2.2
Poppy	10.7%	1.0
Feather	10.3%	1.1
Common Ink	9.7%	1.7
Blank Runestone	5.3%	1.0
Uncommon Ink	3.7%	1.2
Music Disc	1.7%	1.0
Fireward Ring	1.3%	1.0
Rotten Spell Book	1.3%	1.0
Music Disc	1.0%	1.0
Ring of Expediency	0.7%	1.0
Conjurer's Talisman	0.7%	1.0
Heavy Chain	0.7%	1.0
Amulet of Concentration	0.3%	1.0
Ring of Recovery	0.3%	1.0
Emerald Stoneplate Ring	0.3%	1.0
Frostward Ring	0.3%	1.0
Ring of Invisibility	0.3%	1.0
Poisonward Ring	0.3%	1.0
Rare Ink	0.3%	1.0
Silver Ring	0.3%	1.0
Amulet of Teleportation	0.3%	1.0

Chest loot: minecraft:chests/village/village_armorer

Item	Chance	Avg. stack
Bread	80.0%	4.8
Iron Ingot	52.0%	2.8
Iron Helmet	31.3%	1.1
Emerald	30.3%	1.2
Iron Golem Traveler's Backpack	14.3%	1.0

Chest loot: minecraft:chests/village/village_temple

Item	Chance	Avg. stack
Rotten Flesh	90.7%	6.1
Bread	90.3%	5.6
Redstone Dust	48.3%	3.1
Arcane Essence	47.7%	4.3
Lapis Lazuli	35.0%	2.7
Scroll	34.7%	1.1
Gold Ingot	24.3%	3.0
Emerald	24.0%	2.9
Common Ink	11.0%	1.5
Uncommon Ink	5.0%	1.0
Blank Runestone	3.0%	1.0
Silver Ring	2.0%	1.0
Ring of Expediency	1.3%	1.0
Conjurer's Talisman	0.7%	1.0
Emerald Stoneplate Ring	0.7%	1.0
Heavy Chain	0.7%	1.0
Ring of Invisibility	0.7%	1.0
Amulet of Teleportation	0.7%	1.0
Ring of Recovery	0.3%	1.0
Frostward Ring	0.3%	1.0
Rare Ink	0.3%	1.0
Rotten Spell Book	0.3%	1.0
Air	0.3%	0.0

Chest loot: minecraft:chests/village/village_weaponsmith

Item	Chance	Avg. stack
Bread	59.7%	2.8
Apple	58.3%	2.8
Iron Ingot	45.0%	3.5
Iron Helmet	30.0%	1.2
Oak Sapling	28.7%	5.6
Iron Pickaxe	28.0%	1.1
Iron Boots	27.0%	1.1
Obsidian	26.7%	5.7
Gold Ingot	25.7%	2.3
Iron Chestplate	25.3%	1.3
Iron Sword	24.7%	1.1
Iron Leggings	23.7%	1.1
Diamond	17.7%	2.0
Saddle	16.3%	1.1
Diamond Horse Armor	6.3%	1.0
Iron Horse Armor	5.0%	1.1
Golden Horse Armor	4.7%	1.0

Farmstead explorify:farmstead

Biomes (35): Plains, Brushland, Highlands, Clover Plains, Arid Highlands, Coniferous Forest, Prairie, Prairie, Alpine Highlands, Mediterranean Forest, Seasonal Forest, Lavender Field, Shrubland, Temperate Highlands, Steppe, Jacaranda Glade, Aspen Glade, Meadow, Shrubland, Fir Clearing, Grassland, Poppy Fields, Flower Fields, Wisteria Grove, Highland Fields, Old Growth Woodland, Pasture, Orchid Swamp, Blooming Plateau, Grassland, Snowy Shield, Snowy Maple Forest, Shield Clearing, Caldera, Rocky Meadow (Removed)

Mobs placed in the structure: Bee

Chest loot: minecraft:chests/village/village_plains_house

Item	Chance	Avg. stack
Apple	75.7%	5.1
Potato	75.3%	6.9
Bread	72.3%	4.1
Tomato Seeds	71.7%	2.8
Onion	70.0%	2.8
Oak Sapling	49.3%	2.1
Dandelion	22.7%	1.2
Emerald	21.3%	2.9
Book	15.3%	1.0
Gold Nugget	14.7%	2.0
Feather	10.7%	1.1
Poppy	10.3%	1.1

Mangrove Hut explorify:mangrove_hut

Biomes (3): Floodplain, Mangrove Swamp, Bayou

Mobs placed in the structure: Cat, Witch

Tips

Look for dark forest settlements in dark forests and the temperate grasslands and moors that border them. The settlement is the best source of loot among these structures. Farmsteads are the easiest to find, and their fenced fields and crop rows make them stand out in plains and prairie biomes.

Campsites and mangrove huts did not turn up in the sample, so expect to search a wide area for them. A trip through a mangrove swamp or a cold taiga is the best chance of finding a mangrove hut or a campsite. The temple chest in a dark forest settlement is worth checking for the rare runestones and silver rings. Other Explorify structures are covered on Explorify Ruins and Monuments, Supply Caches and Watchtowers and Guide Posts.