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Transforms your survival Minecraft experience into a recreation of the hit game 'Raft' This datapack comes with an overhauled experience, with new mechanics, new blocks and structures, and even new mobs!

Since this is a Datapack and Resource pack, both can be installed once server side and will apply to all players that join, voiding the need for each player to install the pack!

Building

• Decorate to your hearts content!

• You can place various large structures such as foundations, smelteries, collection nets and more with a grid-like building style!
• You can tear down structures with your builders hammer!

Flotsam

• Scoop up various types of junk too craft with!

• Flotsam spawns around the raft and can be fished up with a fishing rod

Steve the Shark

• Chomp Chomp

• Steve is a friendly lil' fellow!
• He circles your raft and occasionly scoots in to take a snack off it

Custom Features

Building & Construction

• Grid-based raft expansion system
• Multi-level construction with wooden platforms, stairs, support beams
• Foundation armor for shark protection
• Hammer tool for dismantling raft components
• Walls (regular and L-junction variants)
• Carpentry table and carpentry kit system

Resource Collection & Processing

• Collection nets with 15-item capacity and warning particles
• Ocean debris spawning system
• Smeltery for refining scrap materials
• Recycler for converting junk into trash cubes
• Water purifier for ocean water conversion
• Rain collector with weather-based filling

Survival Systems

• Hydration management system
• Dynamic weather system affecting gameplay
• Storm effects on shark behavior and rain collection
• Custom recipe unlock progression

Farming & Food

• Crop plots for growing thatch, wheat, sweet berries
• Large crop plots for planting trees
• Cooking pot with dynamic stew creation
• Simple grill for individual ingredient cooking
• New food items: dough, bread, fish stew, fruit salad, grilled seaweed

Exploration & Travel

• Sailable raft for ocean navigation
• Island radar for locating structures
• Tropical island generation in warm ocean biomes
• Multiple island variants (evergreen, barren tropical, lush tropical)
• Radio tower quest structures

Fishing & Trading

• Complete fishing overhaul with 7 fish types across 3 tiers
• Advanced rod and collector's rod
• Trading post system with reputation progression (levels 1-3)
• Portable trading post
• Fish-to-coin trading system

Custom Items & Equipment

• Scrap armor set
• Metal tools and armor (iron-tier)
• Spear set (wood, stone, scrap, metal)
• Simple bow and arrows
• Sturdy rod for fishing
• Storage sack
• Flippers for swimming speed
• Crafting materials: rope, nails, thatch, metal ore, refined scrap, trash cubes

Tech Structures

• Receiver with battery consumption and radar targeting
• Foundation counter (wall-mountable)
• Battery and circuit board system

Custom Mob: Steve the Shark

• Custom pathfinding and AI
• Raft circling behavior
• Water player targeting
• Raft structure attacks
• Storm aggression increases
• Trophy drops when defeated

Trophy & Combat System

• Trophy board for displaying shark heads
• Wearable shark head
• Shark repellant crafting

UI & Interface

• Crop plot UI with growth timers
• Collection net capacity display
• Water purifier UI
• Trading post level indicators
• Structure proximity UI elements (5 block range)

Admin & Management

• Interactive admin menu with item browsing
• Weather control toggles
• Stats management (reputation adjustment)
• Gameplay settings menu
• Credits and discord commands

Progression & Advancements

• Research guide system
• Custom advancement tree
• Recipe unlock based on progression
• Custom recipe book organization

Development Notes

This datapack is continually being updated with new features inspired by Raft. Future updates may include:

• Additional crafting recipes
• New raft mechanics/structures
• Recipe reworks that could disable outdated items
• Quests and storyline

Join the discord to report bugs and chat about future updates!!!

IMPORTANT READ DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS BELOW!

How To Download

Data Pack:

1. Click the latest Datapack version.
2. Scroll down and Download the Primary file.
3. If you want to create a World, go to Singleplayer > Create New World > Data Packs > Open Pack Folder. (It is not recommended to put it in an already existing world!)
4. Copy/Cut and Paste the downloaded file there.
5. Open/Create your world.
6. Note: You need to also install the Required Resource Pack.

Required Resource Pack:

1. Click the Datapack featured version.
2. Scroll down and Download the Required Resource Pack.
3. Open Minecraft and go to Options > Resource Packs > Open Pack Folder.
4. Copy/Cut and Paste the downloaded file there.
5. Activate the Resource Pack. (you can reload the resources with f3+t ingame)

See image below for reference