Generated structures data file format

The Village.dat, Fortress.dat, Temple.dat, Mineshaft.dat, and Stronghold.dat files are located in the data folder of a Minecraft level and store information about the generation of villages, Nether fortresses, desert and jungle temples and witch huts, abandoned mine shafts, and strongholds, respectively, in the level. Each is stored as a gzipped NBT file.

NBT Structure
Note that many of the tags listed for the structure pieces apply only to specific piece types.


 * : The root tag.
 * : List of features.
 * : A structure. Tag name contains the chunk coordinates of the structure's starting point.
 * : Identifier for the structure type. Typically matches the file name.
 * : Chunk X coordinate of the start of the structure.
 * : Chunk Z coordinate of the start of the structure.
 * : Bounding box of the entire structure. Value is 6 ints: the minimum X, Y, and Z coordinates followed by the maximum X, Y, and Z coordinates.
 * : (Village only) Whether the village generated at least 3 non-roads. If 0, the village isn't actually generated.
 * : List of structure pieces making up this structure.
 * : Structure piece data.
 * : Identifier for the structure piece. Typically a heavily abbreviated code rather than something human-readable.
 * : Appears to be some sort of measure of how far this piece is from the start.
 * : Likely orientation of the structure piece.
 * : Bounding box of the structure piece. Value is 6 ints: the minimum X, Y, and Z coordinates followed by the maximum X, Y, and Z coordinates.
 * : (Temples and huts) Width of the structure (X/Z).
 * : (Temples and huts) Height of the structure (Y).
 * : (Temples and huts) Depth of the structure (X/Z).
 * : (Temples and huts) Y level the structure was moved to to place it on the surface, or -1 if it hasn't been moved yet.
 * : (Jungle temple) Whether the hallway arrow trap dispenser was placed.
 * : (Jungle temple) Whether the chest arrow trap dispenser was placed.
 * : (Jungle temple) Whether the main chest was placed.
 * : (Jungle temple) Whether the hidden chest was placed.
 * : (Desert temple) Whether chest was placed.
 * : (Desert temple) Whether chest was placed.
 * : (Desert temple) Whether chest was placed.
 * : (Desert temple) Whether chest was placed.
 * : (Witch hut) Whether the initial witch has been spawned for the hut.
 * : (Mineshaft "MSCorridor") Whether the corridor has rails.
 * : (Mineshaft "MSCorridor") Whether the corridor has cobwebs.
 * : (Mineshaft "MSCorridor") Whether the corridor has a cave spider spawner.
 * : (Mineshaft "MSCorridor") Corridor length.
 * : (Mineshaft "MSCrossing") Whether the crossing is two floors tall.
 * : (Mineshaft "MSCrossing") Indicates the "incoming" direction for the crossing.
 * : (Mineshaft "MSRoom") List of exits from the room.
 * : Bounding box of the exit. Due to a bug in mineshaft generation, the Y coordinates do not actually match those of the room but a 2×3×3 empty space will be created at the coordinates anyway. This is the cause of the air pockets occasionally seen in oceans.
 * : (Fortress "NeSCLT" and "NeSCRT") Whether this fortress piece should contain a chest but hasn't had one generated yet.
 * : (Fortress "NeMT") Whether this fortress piece should contain a Blaze spawner but hasn't had one generated yet.
 * : (Fortress "NeBEF") Random seed for the broken-bridge fortress piece.
 * : (Stronghold) The type of door at the entry to this piece.
 * : (Stronghold "SHCC") Whether this chest in this stronghold piece was placed.
 * : (Stronghold "SHFC") Length of the corridor
 * : (Stronghold "SH5C") Whether the 5-way crossing has an exit on the lower level on the side with the upward staircase.
 * : (Stronghold "SH5C") Whether the 5-way crossing has an exit on the lower level on the side with the downward staircase.
 * : (Stronghold "SH5C") Whether the 5-way crossing has an exit on the upper level on the side with the upward staircase.
 * : (Stronghold "SH5C") Whether the 5-way crossing has an exit on the upper level on the side with the downward staircase.
 * : (Stronghold "SHLi") Whether the library has an upper level.
 * : (Stronghold "SHPR") Whether the Silverfish spawner has been placed in this piece.
 * : (Stronghold "SHRC") Indicates whether the room contains a pillar with torches, a fountain, an upper level with a chest, or is just empty room.
 * : (Stronghold "SHSD") Whether the spiral staircase is the source of the Stronghold or was randomly generated.
 * : (Stronghold "SHS") Whether the corridor has an opening on the left.
 * : (Stronghold "SHS") Whether the corridor has an opening on the right.
 * : (Village) Whether the village piece is a desert type.
 * : (Village) Count of villagers spawned along with this piece.
 * : (Village) Y level the piece was moved to to place it on the surface, or -1 if it hasn't been moved yet.
 * : (Village "ViS") Whether the blacksmith chest has been generated.
 * : (Village "ViF" and "ViDF") Crop in the farm plot.
 * : (Village "ViF" and "ViDF") Crop in the farm plot.
 * : (Village "ViDF") Crop in the farm plot.
 * : (Village "ViDF") Crop in the farm plot.
 * : (Village "ViSH") Whether the house has a ladder to the roof and fencing.
 * : (Village "ViSmH") Table: 0 is no table, 1 and 2 place it on either side of the hut.
 * : (Village "ViSmH") Hut roof type.
 * : (Village "ViSR") Length of the road piece.
 * : (Village "ViSR") Length of the road piece.