Removing Loot

In this tutorial you will learn how to remove loot from a loot table. I will be removing porkchops from the pig loot table as an example. To do this we need to know 3 things, the name of the pig’s loot table, the name of the pool with the porkchop entry, and the name of the porkchop entry. To obtain that information follow these steps:

First launch Minecraft. Then open the instance folder for the instance of Minecraft you launched. If you don’t know where this is, a simple way to find it is Options->Resource Packs->Open Resource Pack Folder, this opens the resourcepacks folder, which is inside the instance folder.

Finding the table name

1. If the table is for an entity, spawn the entity ingame. Now look at the entity and run the command /ct loottables target. Not all entities have loot tables. The Wither is a vanilla example (More Loot Tables adds one). If a modded entity does not have a loot table, you will have to ask the author to add one. Until they do you can use CraftTweaker’s Drop Functions.

2. If it’s for a loot chest, find a loot container that you think has the right loot table and do not open it. Now look at the chest and run the command /ct loottables target.

3. If it’s neither of the above, check the the mod’s documentation, or for vanilla, this list.

If you found the name using c), run the command /ct loottables byName <loot table name> before continuing.

Finding the entry name

Go to the instance folder and open the subfolder called dumps. You’ll find the loot table in here as json with the path dumps/loot_tables/<domain>/<path>.json, so a loot table named awesomemod:chests/awesomechest would have the path dumps/loot_tables/awesomemod/chests/awesomechest.json. In the case of the pig loot table, it is called minecraft:entities/pig. Now open the loot table dump file, in the case of the pig, the JSON looks like this

{
  "pools":
  [
    {
      "name": "main",
      "entries":
      [
        {
          "entryName": "minecraft:porkchop",
          "weight": 1,
          "quality": 0,
          "type": "item",
          "functions": [
            {
              "count": {
                "min": 1.0,
                "max": 3.0
              },
              "function": "minecraft:set_count"
            },
            {
              "function": "minecraft:furnace_smelt",
              "conditions": [
                {
                  "properties": {
                    "minecraft:on_fire": true
                  },
                  "entity": "this",
                  "condition": "minecraft:entity_properties"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "count": {
                "min": 0.0,
                "max": 1.0
              },
              "function": "minecraft:looting_enchant"
            }
          ],
          "name": "minecraft:porkchop"
        }
      ],
      "rolls": 1.0
    }
  ]
}

First, find the entry. We’re looking for the entry with a name tag that is the same as the registry name of porkchops, which is minecraft:porkchop. The item you’re looking for may have NBT and/or metadata, in that case you’ll need to check the functions tag, and look at the set_nbt and set_data functions, respectively.

Next look for the entryName tag for the entry you just found. It will often have the same value as the name tag, but not always. Remember or note down the value of entryName. In this case the value is minecraft:porkchop.

Find the pool the entry is in and remember or note down the value of name. In this case it’s in the pool called main.

Creating the script

Finally, in your script import loottweaker.LootTweaker, loottweaker.vanilla.loot.LootTable & loottweaker.vanilla.loot.LootPool. Then combine LootTweaker.getTable(), LootTable#getPool() & LootPool#removeEntry() with the table, pool and entry names you found earlier. The resulting script for removing porkchops from the pig loot table looks like this

//Import necessary types
import loottweaker.LootTweaker;
import loottweaker.vanilla.loot.LootTable;
import loottweaker.vanilla.loot.LootPool;

//Get the loot table named "minecraft:entities/pig" and store it for later use
val pig = LootTweaker.getTable("minecraft:entities/pig");
//Get the pool named "main" from the loot table and store it for later use
val pigMain = pig.getPool("main");
//Remove the entry named "minecraft:porkchop" from the loot pool
pigMain.removeEntry("minecraft:porkchop");

The key thing here is not the arrangement of the methods, but the methods used, the parameters passed to them and the objects they are called on. The below script does exactly the same thing as the above script and is also valid. I recommend the above style when modifying a table or pool more than once, as it is more concise and readable.

import loottweaker.LootTweaker;
import loottweaker.vanilla.loot.LootTable;
import loottweaker.vanilla.loot.LootPool;

LootTweaker.getTable("minecraft:entities/pig").getPool("main").removeEntry("minecraft:porkchop");

You are now ready to move onto the next tutorial.