Ender Pearl Chunk Loader

Ender Pearl Chunk Loader

A Minecraft Bedrock behavior pack that makes thrown ender pearls force-load chunks around them while in flight.

What it does

Vanilla Bedrock doesn't tick unloaded chunks — farms and machines stop when you're far away. This pack adds minecraft:tick_world to the ender pearl entity, keeping chunks active in a configurable radius around the pearl as it travels.

Requirements

• Minecraft Bedrock 26.50+
• Achievements remain enabled (tested on Bedrock 26.50)

Installation

1. Download the .mcpack from CurseForge
2. Open it — Minecraft will import it automatically
3. Apply the pack to your world under Behavior Packs

Settings

Select the ticking radius from the pack settings slider before applying:

Option	Area
2 (default)	5×5 diamond (13 chunks)
3	7×7 diamond (25 chunks)
4	9×9 diamond (41 chunks)
5	11×11 diamond (61 chunks)
6	13×13 diamond (85 chunks)

Higher values load more chunks but may cause lag on low-end devices.

What works in loaded chunks

Feature	Works?
Redstone machines	✅
Crop / plant growth	✅
Fluid movement	✅
Mob AI and movement	✅ (if mob was already in the area)
Mob spawning	❌ requires a player nearby
Entities drifting outside the area	❌ stop moving until a player is nearby

Mob farms won't benefit from this pack — spawning always requires a player within simulation distance.

How it compares to /tickingarea

/tickingarea is static — you define fixed areas upfront. This pack loads chunks dynamically as the pearl flies, which is useful for chunk-loading contraptions that need to cover variable paths.

FAQ

Does it work with mob farms? No. Mob spawning always happens in a radius around a player, so no spawner-based farm works without you nearby — iron farms, gold farms (including nether portal piglin farms), hostile mob grinders.

Do mobs already in the chunk keep working? Yes. Mobs that are already inside the loaded area keep their AI, move, and grow up. A villager crop farm keeps running, and bees keep pollinating. Mobs that wander outside the loaded area freeze until a player or another loaded chunk reaches them.

Is it survival friendly? Yes. It only adds minecraft:tick_world to the ender pearl — no cheats, no gamerule changes, and achievements stay enabled.

How is it different from /tickingarea? /tickingarea covers fixed areas you define upfront. This pack loads chunks dynamically along the pearl's flight path.

Which Minecraft versions are supported? Bedrock 26.50 and newer. The entity definition tracks the latest stable Mojang bedrock-samples release and is checked weekly.

References

• minecraft:tick_world component — Microsoft Learn docs for the component used to force-load chunks

Vanilla reference

The ender pearl entity definition is based on the official Mojang bedrock-samples repository at tag v1.26.50.4. The only modification is the addition of minecraft:tick_world — all other behavior matches vanilla exactly.