Bukkit

Example Configs

So I've found that some people are having trouble setting up a config to make chests spawn automatically in their worlds. In light of this, I'm going to show you a few example configs.

The most common cause of chests not spawning in a world automatically is that the world is not Enabled. In the config, it appears like this:

WorldOptions:
  world:
    Enabled: true

Ingame, you can always check the current options of the world you're in with /hunt settings. If it says Enabled: false, you can do /hunt enabled true to turn it on.

The second most common cause of chests not spawning automatically is that there are not enough players online to meet the Options.MinPlayers setting. There are two ways around this:

WorldOptions:
  world:
    OverrideMinPlayers: true

or

Options:
  MinPlayers: 0

You can also adjust overrideminplayers ingame with /hunt overrideminplayers true.

The third most common cause of chests not spawning automatically is that the config settings are too restrictive to allow the plugin to find a good location for a chest. Here's an example config that would cause there to be a 1 in 60 chance of a chest spawning each ten seconds (so basically this should averagely allow one chest to spawn every ten minutes). This also sets the plugin to allow the chest to spawn in any amount of light (so not just in caves) and at any elevation between 4 and 128, although only if it is on grass, dirt, or stone.

WorldOptions:
  world:
    Enabled: true
    ChestChance: 60
    ChestInterval: 10
    MinLightLevel: 0
    MaxLightLevel: 14
    MinElevation: 4
    MaxElevation: 128
    MaxElevationRare: 128
    CanSpawnOn:
      - GRASS
      - DIRT
      - STONE

A Few Ideas

Here's a few setups based on different ideas of where chests should spawn.

This one will spawn chests anywhere in the nether, but only on top of netherrack, lava, or soulsand. The chance will be 1 in 60 every 10 seconds.

WorldOptions:
  world_nether:
    Enabled: true
    ChestChance: 60
    ChestInterval: 10
    MinLightLevel: 0
    MaxLightLevel: 14
    MinElevation: 4
    MaxElevation: 128
    MaxElevationRare: 128
    CanSpawnOn:
      - LAVA
      - NETHERRACK
      - SOULSAND
      - STATIONARY_LAVA

This config is pretty close to the default. It will allow chests to only spawn in dark caves underground, and with a chance of only 1 in 100 every 15 seconds. It also will only allow chests with rarity Rare or higher to spawn below 32 height.

WorldOptions:
  world:
    Enabled: true
    ChestChance: 100
    ChestInterval: 15
    MinLightLevel: 0
    MaxLightLevel: 4
    MinElevation: 4
    MaxElevation: 64
    MaxElevationRare: 32
    CanSpawnOn:
      - DIRT
      - STONE
      - MOSSY_COBBLESTONE
      - OBSIDIAN
      - GRAVEL

This one will force the plugin to keep 5 chests up at any given time, regardless of how many players are online. Otherwise it is exactly the same as the previous example.

WorldOptions:
  world:
    Enabled: true
    OverrideMinPlayers: true
    MinChests: 5
    ChestChance: 100
    ChestInterval: 15
    MinLightLevel: 0
    MaxLightLevel: 4
    MinElevation: 4
    MaxElevation: 64
    MaxElevationRare: 32
    CanSpawnOn:
      - DIRT
      - STONE
      - MOSSY_COBBLESTONE
      - OBSIDIAN
      - GRAVEL