The working ledger for a family of Minecraft projects about making the Nether a place to live, explore, fish, build, and find things.
Status at 17 July 2026: the source audit is complete and Java 26.2 is the working target. The existing code and assets have not yet been refactored for the current syntax.
This records what was found and the decisions stated so far. “Legacy syntax” means the source survives but has not been translated or tested on Java 26.2.
| Project | Role | Source condition | Decision | Compatibility | Migration note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetherWorld core | |||||
| Nether Fishing | Flagship progression and experience | Substantial 1.20.2 release and WIP trees | Refactor | Legacy syntax | Datapack and resource pack predate current pack, item, and model syntax |
| Nether Pouches | Authored Nether-native storage; handcrafted art | Datapack and resource assets survive | Keep | Legacy syntax | Recipes, item data, and model definitions predate current syntax |
| Procedural structures | Exploration, discoveries, and world identity | 57 NBT exports; older graph 39/39, newer graph 15/41 | Critical path | Unvalidated | 26 references in the newer graph are unresolved |
| Nether spawn | Make a Nether-first playthrough possible | Old implementation survives; lifecycle wiring needs repair | Refactor | Legacy / broken | Load/tick tag paths and function targets need correction |
| Nether geology | Iron and copper deposits that reward exploration | Seven iron NBT deposits; copper source status is not yet established | Keep | Unvalidated | Iron exports survive; copper source inventory remains unresolved |
| Companion mechanics | |||||
| Softer Silk Touch | Probabilistic recovery; second-favorite project | Full and Vanilla editions survive | Keep | Legacy syntax | Loot tables and functions predate current syntax; edition structure undecided |
| Material buckets | Small recipes and visual flavor across six materials | Copper, diamond, emerald, gold, netherite, and wood assets survive | Keep family | Legacy syntax | Pack metadata, recipes, and resource definitions predate current formats |
| Nastier Netherite | Nether survival utility | Datapack source survives | Refactor | Legacy syntax | Uses legacy item data and command syntax |
| Bows, Netherscope, tools | Progression rewards and utility | Mixed surviving datapack and resource assets | Undecided | Legacy syntax | Not individually assessed |
| Nether Crafting Table | Small visual family pack | Legacy resource assets survive | Keep family | Legacy syntax | Pack metadata and resource definitions predate current formats |
| Archive and laboratory | |||||
| Infernal Fishing Lite | Former alternate experiential target | 82 JSON files and 51 functions survive | Archive | Legacy only | Preserve for reference; do not maintain a second edition |
| NetherShield, Twisted Bow, tests | Unreleased experiments | Mixed local sources and prototypes | Not assessed | Unvalidated | Not individually assessed |
NetherWorld is one principal datapack, centered on Nether Fishing. Nether Pouches belong to that identity: the art, recipes, and Nether-native material logic are intentional authorship, not a workaround waiting for Mojang to make ordinary bundles usable. Modern bundle support may make their implementation easier; it does not make the Pouches creatively optional.
The intended NetherWorld pack includes Nether Fishing, the structure work, Nether spawning, and Nether iron and copper deposits. The buckets and Nether Crafting Table remain part of the wider family. Softer Silk Touch remains a companion project and the second favorite.
Infernal Fishing Lite does not return as a maintained edition. It split attention between two experiential targets and duplicated the most decision-heavy work. Its useful ideas remain available to the one Nether Fishing design.
The exports survive; some of the structure graph does not. An NBT file preserves one structure piece, not its complete development context. The surviving evidence includes block data, connectors, pools, processors, filenames, screenshots, and older counterparts.
57 exported structures: 16 in the newest Infernal Fishing branch, 27 in Warped Structures, seven Nether Iron deposits, and seven test pieces. The largest twisted-tree and fort origins are 47×48×47 blocks and each records roughly 37,000 block positions. Their jigsaw connectors survive.
The older Warped Structures graph resolves 39 of 39 references. It contains forts, outposts, portal houses, and reusable rooms.
The newer Infernal Fishing graph resolves 15 of 41 references. It names 26 absent pieces. Ten missing fort-room references appear to have older Warped counterparts; the other 16 must be found under changed names, reconstructed, replaced, or pruned.
Individual NBT pieces do not preserve unfinished or unexported work, their original spatial relationships, terrain and biome context, test iterations, or which assemblies were considered successful.
The maintained sources target the 1.20.2-era pack format 18. Several later changes are real migrations, but many also make the eventual codebase cleaner:
tag data became item components. Custom names, model data, food, enchantments, fire resistance, recipes, and loot outputs need translation.Primary references: 1.20.5 item components, 1.21 datapacks and enchantments, 1.21.2 bundles and technical changes, 1.21.4 item models, 1.21.9 pack metadata, and Java 26.2.
The old GitHub tree and Planet Minecraft pages are reference material, not statements of current compatibility. The release pages document the 1.20-era mechanics and artwork; the Infernal Fishing gallery predates the later structure experiments. This dashboard records the current source inventory, migration status, stated decisions, and known limitations.
Legacy GitHub repository · Infernal Fishing and gallery · Softer Silk Touch · Planet Minecraft catalog