Boring Spawn Chunks
by Ennui
Boring Spawn Chunks restores a smaller spawn area for Quilt worlds, so the game keeps only a 3x3 block of chunks loaded around spawn.
What it does
Older versions loaded a 19x19 area of chunks at spawn by default, controlled by the spawnChunkRadius game rule. The mod changes that default to a 3x3 area while leaving the rule itself adjustable. Servers that want no spawn chunks at all can set the value to 0.
The mod also updates the world loading screen to a classic square whose size changes with the spawn chunk radius. It is a server-side only mod, so players join without installing it, and the server needs Quilt Loader and Quilt Standard Libraries. Quilted Fabric API (QFAPI) is listed as a required dependency. Files cover 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.3 and 1.20.4, and the latest, 1.0.1+1.20.4 for 1.20.4, is dated 2024-04-06.
Boring Spawn Chunks is not open source and is released under All rights reserved. Public links exist for the source code and the issue tracker. Boring Default Game Rules is needed to apply the default value of 0. The mod is incompatible with Carpet and Ksyxis.
Key features
Backported spawn radius rule
Adds the spawn chunk radius rule to worlds that predate it, with a newer default.
Smaller default spawn area
The default keeps only a 3x3 block of chunks loaded around spawn instead of the older 19x19 area.
Loading screen update
The world loading screen shows the classic square, and its size changes with the spawn chunk radius.
Full removal option
Setting the rule to 0 removes spawn chunks completely, which requires Boring Default Game Rules to apply that default.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Servers keeping chunks low
Server owners who want less of the world loaded at spawn can adopt the 3x3 default on their current game version.
Earlier Minecraft builds
Servers on the supported builds can use the smaller spawn behavior while keeping the game rule adjustable afterward.
Who it’s for: Server owners running Quilt on the supported builds who want a smaller spawn chunk area and can install the required libraries on the server.
Questions
Does Boring Spawn Chunks need to be installed on the client?
Which game versions does Boring Spawn Chunks support?
Can spawn chunks be turned off completely?
In the catalog
Boring Spawn Chunks is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,150 Game mechanics mods for Quilt. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
Boring Spawn Chunks is a mod that backports the spawnChunkRadius game rule from Minecraft 1.20.5. It not only does that, but also backports the default value so that spawn chunks occupies a 3x3 area instead of a 19x19 one and also backports the visual changes to the world loading screen so that the classic square…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/boring_spawn_chunks
- Owner
- Ennui
- Published
- 2024-03-27
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-04-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15