Dungeons and Taverns by NovaWostra

About Dungeons and Taverns

Dungeons and Taverns is a Minecraft data pack published on Modrinth by NovaWostra. A Structure Datapack adding dungeons, taverns and other structures to find while you explore the world.

On the technical side, Dungeons and Taverns ships for Vanilla data pack, Fabric, Forge, NeoForge. Installs on both client and server (or has optional server integration).

Dungeons and Taverns maintains compatibility with 28 Minecraft releases, from Minecraft 1.19 up to Minecraft 26.2. Always download the file that matches your Minecraft version, and re-check the version dropdown after any Mojang release to avoid crash-on-launch bugs.

Content-wise, Dungeons and Taverns is categorized as Adventure, and Worldgen. That means it fits neatly into a wider Minecraft data pack category so you can pair it with other data packs from the same tag on this site.

Popularity: Dungeons and Taverns has been downloaded 19.3M times on Modrinth and was updated 2 months ago. Large download counts combined with recent updates are a strong signal that NovaWostra is actively maintaining Dungeons and Taverns.

Full description (from NovaWostra)

This datapacks adds (hopefully) vanilla like structures that are supposed to blend in with the rest of the game and feel like they belong there. going from environmental additions like fire watch towers and taverns to dungeons like badland minder outpost and illager hideout

**To unlock maps at a tavern, you need to trade with the cateographer inside a tavern and level them up to aprentice. after that you can "move" them to wherever you want and keep leveling them up to unlock new charts**

**To remove Structures you dont like, go to "Dnt/data/nova_structures/worldgen/structure_set/" and delete the file of the structure you dont want.**

**To see the custom key textures, while using the datapack version, Install DnT also as a resourcepack. It's a 2 in one file The Mod version loads those resources automatically **

Various new enchantments can be found with this datapack, all being unique structure loot. This is the current information for 5.0+, as such it may not be accurate to prior versions of DnT.

List of enchantments:

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Aerial's Bane

• Increased damage to targets that are up in the air; be that from knockback, jumping, or falling. Also works against Breezes, Vexes, and Withers.
• Items: Swords, Axes, Tridents, Maces, Bows, Crossbows
• Max level: 5
• Incompatible with: Damage boosting enchants like Sharpness and Power
• Found in: Lone Citadel, Sealing Halls, End Castle

Antidote

• Negates all damage from Poison and Wither effects and deals it to the chestplate.
• Items: Chestplates
• Max level: 1
• Incompatible with: Protection enchantments
• Found in: Toxic Lair

Blowthrough

• Is equal to the Piercing enchant, but works exclsuviely for Bows
• Items: Bows
• Max level: 4
• Incompatible with: Infinity, Tri-shot
• Found in: Toxic Lair

Curse of Conductivity

• Gives a chance to get struck by lightning during a thunderstorm when held or equipped
• Items: Any "metallic" item :)
• Max level: 1
• Incompatible with: N/A
• Found in: Witch Villa

Ghasted

• Arrows transform into Ghast fireballs, while slowing crossbow charge time. Higher levels increase fireballs' explosions.
• Items: Crossbow
• Max level: 3
• Incompatible with: Multishot, Piercing, Might, Aerial's Bane
• Found in: Sealing Halls

Gravity

• Shoot an arrow which pulls all mobs around it upon landing, destroying the arrow in the process
• Items: Crossbow
• Max level:
• Incompatible with: N/A
• Found in: End Castle

Hydro Veil

• Increases Happy Ghast healing to match rain / cloud layer healing, except when in the Nether. Also takes less damage from fire and explosions per level.
• Items: Harnesses
• Max level: 4
• Incompatible with: N/A
• Found in: Nether Keep, Sealing Halls

Illager's Bane

• Increased damage against illagers, ravgers, vexes, and witches.
• Items: Swords, Axes, Tridents, Maces
• Max level: 5
• Incompatible with: Damage enchants like Sharpness
• Found in: Illager Manor, Illager Hideout

Outreach

• Increases block interaction range per level, allowing you to place or break blocks from farther.
• Items: Chestplate
• Max level: 4
• Incompatible with: N/A
• Found in: Desert Ruins

Photosynthesis

• Restores the item's durability while the user is under sunlight from the sky or in block light that can grow crops.
• Items: Any with durability
• Max level: 1
• Incompatible with: Mending
• Found in: Jungle Ruins

Might

• Boosts the arrows damage equal to Power enchantment, but applicable to Crossbows.
• Items: Crossbow
• Max level: 5
• Incompatible with: Gravity, Ghasted, Piercing, Multishot
• Found in: Lone Citadel

Spiteful

• Users with 2.5 hearts or less are given a attack damage boost per enchant level. If hit by a mob at any health there's a small chance to receive Strength.
• Items: Swords, Axes, Tridents, Maces
• Max level: 3
• Incompatible with: N/A
• Found in: Pale Residence, certain Shrines...

Swift Soar

• Boosts the Happy Ghast's flying speed while the rider is considered sprinting.
• Items: Harnesses
• Max level: 3
• Incompatible with: N/A
• Found in: Nether Port, Nether Keep, Sealing Halls

Traveler

• Boosts movement speed and step height while sprinting. Slowly drains durability while doing so.
• Items: Boots
• Max level: 3
• Incompatible with: Soul Speed
• Found in: Shrines, random graves found in DnT structures

Tri-shot

• Is equal to Multishot in effect, but applicable to Bows
• Items: Bows
• Max level: 1
• Incompatible with: Infinity, Piercing, Multishot
• Found in: Toxic Lair

Wax Wings

• Negates elytra damage from slow gliding, but raises durability drain from firework boosting.
• Items: Elytra
• Max level: 1
• Incompatible with: Unbreaking
• Found in: End Castle

Wither Coated

• Inflicts Wither effect to direct hit foes. Higher levels boost potency but lowers duration. In practice, this causes the same amount of Wither damage but faster with higher levels.
• Each attack also reduces item durability by 1.
• Items: Swords, Axes, Tridents, Maces
• Max level: 3
• Incompatible with: Fire Aspect
• Found in: Nether Port, Sealing Halls

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Secret Librarian Trades

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With this datapack, certain DnT structures will award a librarian villager with an exclusive trade if they're leveled up from novice to apprentice while inside certain structures, thus allowing many enchantments to be renewable. Can only get one enchantment at a time. The potential structures are listed below.

• Desert Ruins: Outreach
• End Castle: Aerial's Bane, Gravity, Wax Wings
• Illager Hideout: Illager's Bane
• Illager Manor: Illager's Bane
• Jungle Ruins: Photosynthesis
• Nether Keep: Hydro Veil, Swift Soar, Wither Coated
• Nether Port: Swift Soar
• Pale Residence: Spiteful
• Piglin Donjon: Soul Speed
• Sealing Halls: Aerial's Bane, Ghasted, Hydro Veil, Swift Soar, Wither Coated
• Lone Citadel: Wind Burst, Aerial's Bane, Might
• Toxic Lair: Antidote, Blowthrough, Tri-shot
• Shrines: Traveler
• Shrine Tower: Traveler
• Bunker: Traveler
• Undead Crypt: Traveler
• Witch Villa: Curse of Conductivity
• Ancient City (requires the DnT Ancient City Overhaul): Swift Sneak

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If you dont Want those enchantments, use this datapack: [[https://modrinth.com/datapack/nofun-dnt](https://modrinth.com/datapack/nofun-dnt)](https://modrinth.com/datapack/dnt-enchant-disabler)

the current structure list is: [See Here](https://modrinth.com/datapack/dungeons-and-taverns/gallery)

if you have trouble to find dungeons, type "/locate structure nova_structures:[then a list of structure names should be prompted for autofill]"

Compatibility & requirements

Environment: Client + server — Installs on both client and server (or has optional server integration).

Loaders / platforms: Vanilla data pack, Fabric, Forge, NeoForge

Supported Minecraft versions (28): 26.2, 26.1.2, 26.1.1, 26.1, 1.21.9, 1.21.8, 1.21.7, 1.21.6, 1.21.5, 1.21.4, 1.21.3, 1.21.2, 1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.1, 1.21, 1.20.6, 1.20.5, 1.20.4, 1.20.3, 1.20.2, 1.20.1, 1.20, 1.19.4, 1.19.3, 1.19.2, 1.19.1, 1.19

Categories: Adventure, Worldgen

How to install Dungeons and Taverns

1. Match your Minecraft version. Confirm the file you download from Modrinth is tagged for Minecraft 26.2.
2. Drop into your world's datapacks folder. Run /datapack list in-game to confirm Dungeons and Taverns loaded.
3. Launch and verify. Start Minecraft (or your server) and check Dungeons and Taverns appears in the mods / plugins / resource packs list.

Frequently asked questions about Dungeons and Taverns

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Official links

• Community Discord

Source, safety, and licensing

Dungeons and Taverns is indexed by MinecraftBible directly from the official Modrinth REST API. All files are hosted on Modrinth, which virus-scans and moderates every upload from NovaWostra before publication. Downloading through Modrinth is the recommended safe path — never install data pack files from unknown mirrors.

License: LICENSEREF-ALL-RIGHTS-RESERVED (LicenseRef-All-Rights-Reserved).

Freshness signal: Dungeons and Taverns was updated 2 months ago, which is a positive sign of active maintenance.

Author profile: Visit NovaWostra's Modrinth profile to see every other project they maintain.

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