
Better Starts
Start your Minecraft SMP Faster & Easier! This datapack will setup a spawn area in one command, this is an area that no player can escape but can still be…
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Start your Minecraft SMP Faster & Easier! This datapack will setup a spawn area in one command, this is an area that no player can escape but can still be in before the server starts for everyone at the same time. The prestart command will set gamerules (like doDaylightCycle and doWeatherCycle) which will undo when starting the server. Use this datapack to start a Minecraft server with your friends, but without having to manually create a bedrock box. You want to download this datapack so you don't have to go through the manual process of setting everything up for a private SMP server.
Video tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogV77kOGZTE
Commands:
Auto Setup the Server Spawn, Gamerules, gamemodes, spawn location, etc.
/function betterstarts:prestart
Start the server (removes the bedrock box, sets everyone to survival, remove the modified gamerules, etc.)
/function betterstarts:start
Delete the Structre created when running the prestart function
/function betterstarts:undo
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.20, 1.20.1, 1.20.2
- 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 — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
- Downloads as betterstarts.zip
- Download size: 4 KB
- Download link checked 11 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.