Purebred Dragon Breed JSON

A purebred dragon definition provides a dragon's base values, taming and breeding items, abilities, habitats, and client resource locations.

File Location

Place files in data/<namespace>/purebred_dragon_breed/ in a data pack. For example:

data/example/purebred_dragon_breed/azure.json

This file has the registry ID example:azure.

Fields

Every field is written directly in the root object. There are no core or content child objects.

Field	Type	Default	Description
ambient_sound	Sound event ID	optional	The dragon's ambient sound.
death_loot	Loot table ID	optional	The loot table used when the dragon dies.
hatch_time	Integer	-1	Hatching duration in ticks. Values less than or equal to 0 use the server configuration.
growth_time	Integer	-1	Growth duration in ticks. Values less than or equal to 0 use the server configuration.
size_modifier	Float	-1.0	Size multiplier. Values less than or equal to 0 use the server configuration.
primary_color	Hex color string	optional	Primary color without #, for example "4e91d9".
secondary_color	Hex color string	optional	Secondary color without #.
inventory_texture	Resource ID	minecraft:textures/block/stone.png	Texture used by the dragon inventory screen.
breath_type	Breath type registry ID	optional	References an entry in dragon_breath_type.
immunities	String array	[]	Immunity identifiers. For example, "drown" changes water pathfinding malus.
attributes	Object of attribute ID to number	{}	Overrides entity attribute base values, such as "minecraft:max_health": 40.0.
habitats	Habitat array	[]	Inline conditions used for habitat scoring.
abilities	Ability array	[]	Inline abilities possessed by the dragon.
taming_items	Item ID array	[]	Items that can tame the dragon.
breeding_items	Item ID array	[]	Items that can breed the dragon.
hatch_particles	ParticleOptions object	optional	Hatching particle. The object must contain type, which is dispatched by the vanilla particle Codec.
accessories	String array	[]	Permitted accessory identifiers.
model_location	Resource ID	optional	GeckoLib model resource location.
animation_location	Resource ID	optional	GeckoLib animation resource location.
variants	Variant array	[]	Available variants for this purebred dragon.

Variant Object

Field	Type	Default	Description
id	String	required	Local variant ID.
texture	Resource ID	optional	Skin texture.
saddle_texture	Resource ID	optional	Saddled texture.
glow_texture	Resource ID	optional	Emissive-layer texture.
egg_texture	Resource ID	optional	Egg texture.
breath_type	Inline breath-type object	optional	Variant-specific breath type. Its schema is documented in Dragon Breath Type.
primary_color	Hex color string	optional	Variant primary color without #.
secondary_color	Hex color string	optional	Variant secondary color without #.
size_modifier	Float	-1.0	Variant size multiplier.

Example

{
  "ambient_sound": "minecraft:entity.ender_dragon.ambient",
  "hatch_time": 24000,
  "growth_time": 48000,
  "size_modifier": 1.15,
  "primary_color": "4e91d9",
  "secondary_color": "d8f3ff",
  "inventory_texture": "example:textures/gui/azure_dragon.png",
  "breath_type": "example:frost",
  "attributes": {
    "minecraft:max_health": 40.0,
    "minecraft:movement_speed": 0.28
  },
  "taming_items": ["minecraft:salmon"],
  "breeding_items": ["minecraft:cod"],
  "hatch_particles": {
    "type": "minecraft:snowflake"
  },
  "habitats": [
    {
      "type": "dragon_mounts:biome",
      "biome": "#minecraft:is_snowy",
      "points": 4
    }
  ],
  "abilities": [
    {
      "type": "dragon_mounts:frost_walker",
      "level": 2
    }
  ],
  "variants": [
    {
      "id": "pale",
      "texture": "example:textures/entity/dragon/azure_pale.png",
      "egg_texture": "example:textures/entity/dragon/egg/azure_pale.png",
      "primary_color": "d4efff"
    }
  ]
}

note

variants[].breath_type is a complete inline breath-type object. The root breath_type field is a breath-type registry ID. These fields are not interchangeable.