
This is a simple utility mod built for NeoForge modpack developers. It automatically creates the folder structures needed to add custom dimensions for the player to spawn in.
On the very first boot, it automatically generates a required data pack inside your global_packs/required_data/ folder. This includes templates for a dimension and a dimension_type.
Inside config\startingdimension-common.toml, you can set some important properties, such as:
- Dimension Name (JSON File name must match)
- Dimension Type (Dimension Type in Dimension.JSON must match name)
- Spawn Coordinates (Rough placement of player)
- Spawn Dimension (Should the player start here on World Creation?)
- Respawn in Dimension (Respawn here if no spawn point set?)
- Ignore Set Spawn Point (Respawn here even if a player has set spawn point)
By utilizing the config file, you can create all sorts of worlds. The player doesn't even have to start here. You could create a netherlike place where the player is forced to go upon character death, regardless of spawn point.
Here is an example Dimension named Frozen Wasteland:
{
"type": "startingdimension:frozen",
"generator": {
"type": "minecraft:flat",
"settings": {
"layers": [
{
"height": 1,
"block": "minecraft:bedrock"
},
{
"height": 63,
"block": "minecraft:powder_snow"
},
{
"height": 1,
"block": "minecraft:ice"
}
],
"biome": "minecraft:frozen_peaks",
"features": false,
"lakes": false
}
}
}
Dependencies:
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as Starting Dimension v1.0.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 148 KB
- Download link checked 23 Aug 2026 — working
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