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Welcome to 2026! "Feature" officially enters its second year. In the new year, we hope that everyone will continue to actively contribute to "Feature", and you are also welcome to post your insights in the comment area! In addition, the Vanilla Awards 2025 are now being awarded! Come and take a look~

Special plan

Vanilla Library Working Group

The Vanilla Awards (TVA) 2025 Awards Ceremony

The most vanilla award in the entire MC circle is now being awarded! Come and see if your most vanilla work has won an award!

Featured

Alumopper

The latest masterpiece of the library: vanilla pre-library is now online!

Vanilla Wheel Repository is developed and maintained by the Vanilla Library team. It aims to collect various front-end information and provide a search function to facilitate data pack developers to quickly find the front-end they need. The vanilla front-end library can now be accessed through the front-end index button on the homepage, or through the front-end library button on the navigation bar. Of course, you can also access the address directly.

Vanilla News Mojang Spotlight

Alumopper

Vanilla News - January 2026

Mojang released a total of three snapshots this month, namely snapshots 1-3 of 26.1. 26.1 is also the first version of Minecraft to use the new version number rules. Currently, the data pack version has reached 97.0, and the resource pack version has reached 78.0. A lot of interesting content has been updated this month, including data-driven villager transactions, new lighting-related environmental attributes, and new world clock functions, etc. Overall it belongs to the Super Large Cup level.

Insights

Ling

TheSkyBlessingdata pack analysis part two

OhMyDat is a wheel data pack attached to TheSkyBlessing map project. It creates a private data space for entities through a system of ID mapping data space, and is widely used in maps. This article analyzes the design ideas of this system and the implementation ideas of techniques in MC data pack, which may be inspiring for a deep understanding of the map technology and vanilla algorithm design used in the project.

CR_019

How to use the latest and hottest MC features to create exciting chess pieces (Part 1)

This article analyzes how to use many new features updated in the past two years from the three perspectives of chessboard model, chess game interface, and back-end system: dialog, item model mapping, function macro, etc., to create playable chess.

leather sword

How to determine the NBT data type of a given address

This article analyzes the problem of determining the NBT data type of a given address from different perspectives and gives multiple feasible solutions.

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Summary of common sense in vanilla development (Part 1)

A short guide-style tool book that records the author's overall summary of vanilla development in a casual way

ethansansansansansan

Better right-click detection: Halving method

Implemented by mathematical calculations, using a single variable, it can judge binary state changes without shaking, and can be used for key detection.

Masterpieces

WinsreWu

A MC map that can only be played once based on asymmetric encryption

Explore how to use asymmetric encryption to create a data pack that can only be played once