Loot tables inform Minecraft what to drop or to show when a user kills an entity or opens a block that can contain items.

The location for loot tables is at loot_tables.

Table of contents

  1. Subdirectory structure
    1. chests

Subdirectory structure

Within my data packs, I use some structure to quickly find the right asset.

chests

For the residential areas, I have custom chest loot table definitions which currently only refer to the main, vanilla loot table. My builds will gradually use these custom loot tables instead, as that allows me to adjust and fine-tune the loot tables.

chests / <residential> / <biome> / <profession>
Name Description Example(s)
residential Type of residential area hamlet, village
biome Biome in which the area is placed plains, swamp
profession Profession of the villager the chest belongs to farmer, cartographer