Structory Outposts

The Structory Outposts are a family of eight small outpost structures added by Structory: Towers. Six generate in the Overworld and two in the Nether. Each outpost is tied to one biome group, and each has its own theme, which shows in its name and in its chest loot: the Farmer Outpost holds farm supplies, the Nomad Outpost holds desert-trader goods, and so on.

Outposts are the smaller, more numerous counterpart to the larger Structory Towers in the same mod. Of the eight, only the Taiga Outpost has hostile mobs built in.

Generation

All outposts use the surface placement step and select their biomes by tag, so each only generates in its own biome group. The placement sets are as follows:

• Farmer, Foraging, Nomad and Taiga share the main Structory towers set. Each has a weight of 1 out of 13 in that set.
• Mirage and Quarter share the rarer towers set, where each has a weight of 1 out of 4. The Quarter Outpost also has a weight of 1 out of 13 in the main towers set.
• Strange and Warped share the Nether towers set, with weights of 5 and 6 out of 14.

By biome group:

• Farmer Outpost generates in the oak biomes, 67 in total, including Plains, Forest and Savanna.
• Foraging Outpost generates in dense forests, 31 in total, including Dark Forest and Mystic Grove.
• Taiga Outpost generates in taiga and cold forest biomes, 59 in total, including Taiga, Snowy Taiga and Old Growth Spruce Taiga.
• Nomad Outpost generates in badlands, 12 in total, including Badlands and Eroded Badlands.
• Mirage Outpost generates in desert biomes, 15 in total, including Desert and Saguaro Desert.
• Quarter Outpost generates in jungle biomes, 17 in total, including Jungle and Bamboo Jungle.
• Strange Outpost generates in the Nether's soul sand valleys: Soul Sand Valley, Withered Abyss and Black Ice Glaciers.
• Warped Outpost generates in the Nether's warped forests: Warped Forest, Glistering Meadow and Mycotoxic Undergrowth.

The main Overworld towers set has a spacing of 115 chunks and a separation of 28 chunks. The rarer set has 158 and 46, and the Nether set has 95 and 28. These are the in-game values, after the pack's Sparse Structures setting has spread structures further apart than the mod's defaults.

In a 26 km² Overworld sample, only Farmer and Taiga Outposts were found, with two of each. The other Overworld outposts were not seen in that sample, so they are much rarer. The Nether outposts are outside the sample's scope.

Layout

Each outpost is assembled from jigsaw pieces. The Taiga Outpost is a single piece, with a typical footprint of 35 by 57 by 35 blocks. The other outposts chain up to six levels of connected pieces. The Farmer Outpost has a typical footprint of 35 by 52 by 35 blocks.

The variants differ in the materials and blocks their chests are themed around:

• Farmer Outpost: farm supplies such as wheat, bread, hoes, bone meal and composters.
• Foraging Outpost: dark oak logs, wool, campfires, mushrooms, honeycomb and bread.
• Taiga Outpost: copper, wool, bows, arrows, bookshelves and smithing templates. Its pieces are the frosted outpost templates.
• Nomad Outpost: cactus, wool, paintings, item frames and emeralds.
• Mirage Outpost: sand, redstone, TNT, note blocks and slime or honey blocks.
• Quarter Outpost: jungle logs, azaleas, tulips, lanterns, and cartography or smithing tables.
• Strange Outpost: blackstone, obsidian, crying obsidian, soul lanterns and warped stems.
• Warped Outpost: warped stems, warped fungus, shroomlight, lapis lazuli and gold.

Inhabitants

The Taiga Outpost has a spawn override for its monster category across its full bounding box. Inside the outpost, pillagers replace the usual hostile spawns, so the only hostile mobs that appear there are pillagers. Pillagers carry crossbows, so they can attack from range as the player approaches.

No spawn overrides were found for the other seven outposts, and none of the eight places fixed mobs. Any hostile mobs in the other outposts come from the normal spawn rules for their biome.

Loot

Each outpost has two chest loot tables, one basic and one top. Top tables also include the matching basic table as one of their entries, so a top chest can contain basic loot as well as its own goods.

The most valuable entries are in the top tables:

• Enchanted golden apples appear in the Farmer, Foraging, Strange, Warped and Quarter top tables. Their weights are small, between 3 and 5.
• Netherite scrap is found in the Strange, Warped and Mirage top tables. The Strange top table also includes a netherite upgrade smithing template, and the Warped top table includes a netherite ingot.
• Diamonds and emeralds appear in the Foraging and Nomad top tables. The Taiga top table has emeralds but no diamonds.
• Enchanted bows, crossbows and iron tools appear in the Farmer, Foraging, Strange and Taiga top tables.
• Music discs appear as rare entries in most top tables.

Farmer Outpost structory_towers:farmer_outpost

Biomes (67): Plains, Sleepy Hollows, Forest, Brushland, Highlands, Clover Plains, Savanna, Arid Highlands, Coniferous Forest, Prairie, Maple Forest, Prairie, Alpine Highlands, Dry Bushland, Redwood Forest, Orchard, Mediterranean Forest, Seasonal Forest, Lavender Field, Hot Shrubland, Shrubland, Scrubland, Steppe, Shrubland, Jacaranda Glade, Aspen Glade, Bayou, Meadow, Fir Clearing, Old Growth Forest, Grassland, Willow Forest, Savanna Badlands, Poppy Fields, Birch Taiga, Flower Fields, Wisteria Grove, Orchard, Woodland, Highland Fields, Old Growth Woodland, Sunflower Plains, Pasture, Pumpkin Patch, Orchid Swamp, Willow Swamp, Swamp, Baobab Savanna, Flower Forest, Marsh, Fractured Savanna, Blooming Valley, Blooming Plateau, White Mesa, Snowy Shield, Valley Clearing, Fen, Snowy Maple Forest, Shield Clearing, Yosemite Lowlands, Savanna Slopes, Wetland, Bog, Marsh, Basalt Cliffs, Caldera, Fungal Fen

Foraging Outpost structory_towers:foraging_outpost

Biomes (31): Dark Forest, Blackwood Taiga, Forested Highlands, Shield, Mystic Grove, Temperate Highlands, Maple Woods, Overgrown Greens, Old Growth Birch Forest, Field, Silver Birch Forest, Shrubland, Old Growth Pine Taiga, Old Growth Spruce Taiga, Rocky Shrubland, Redwoods, Old Growth Golden Boreal Taiga, Old Growth Boreal Taiga, Sparse Redwoods, Forested Field, Alpine Grove, Lavender Valley, Grassland, Sakura Grove, Windswept Maple Forest, Moonlight Grove, Sakura Valley, Siberian Grove, Moor, Lavender Forest, Old Growth Bayou

Mirage Outpost structory_towers:mirage_outpost

Biomes (15): Wasteland, Desert, Joshua Desert, Saguaro Desert, Lush Desert, Dryland, Outback, Lush Savanna, Sandstone Valley, Desert Oasis, Desert Canyon, Lush Desert, Ancient Sands, Desert Spires, Granite Cliffs

Strange Outpost structory_towers:nether/strange_outpost

Biomes (3): Soul Sand Valley, Withered Abyss, Black Ice Glaciers

Warped Outpost structory_towers:nether/warped_outpost

Biomes (3): Warped Forest, Glistering Meadow, Mycotoxic Undergrowth

Nomad Outpost structory_towers:nomad_outpost

Biomes (12): Badlands, Snowy Badlands, Savanna Badlands, Wooded Badlands, Outback, Bryce Canyon, Eroded Badlands, Eucalyptus Forest, Wasteland Steppe, White Mesa, Red Oasis, Painted Mountains

Quarter Outpost structory_towers:quarter_outpost

Biomes (17): Jungle, Rainforest, Rainforest, Sparse Jungle, Volcanic Plains, Sparse Rainforest, Fungal Jungle, Rocky Jungle, Floodplain, Bamboo Jungle, Rocky Rainforest, Bamboo Forest, Eucalyptus Forest, Tropical Jungle, Jungle Mountains, Amethyst Rainforest, Amethyst Canyon

Taiga Outpost structory_towers:taiga_outpost

Biomes (59): Ominous Woods, Yellowstone, Blackwood Taiga, Coniferous Forest, Taiga, Forested Highlands, Shield, Pine Taiga, Boreal Taiga, Maple Woods, Field, Snowy Taiga, Muskeg, Tundra, Cold Boreal Taiga, Rocky Mountains, Fir Clearing, Old Growth Pine Taiga, Frozen Pine Taiga, Grove, 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, Crag, Sparse Redwoods, Dead Forest, Siberian Taiga, Snowblossom Grove, Jade Cliffs, Snowy Maple Woods, Forested Field, Wintry Lowlands, Alpine Grove, Pine Slopes, Spires, Snowy Shield, Moonlight Grove, Hot Springs, Lush Valley, White Cliffs, Scarlet Mountains, Snowy Maple Forest, Frozen Cliffs, Bog, Emerald Peaks, Siberian Grove, Icy Heights, Caldera, Lavender Forest, Golden Boreal Taiga (Removed)

Tips

The Taiga Outpost is the only one with built-in danger. Its pillagers are spread across the whole outpost, so clear them from range or from a position where they cannot surround you before walking through the compound.

For netherite scrap, the Strange and Warped top tables are the Nether options, and the Mirage top table is the Overworld one. The Strange top table also has enchanted bows and iron swords, and the Warped top table has enchanted golden apples.