Wanderer’s Broom

Wanderer’s Broom

A rustic flying broom for Minecraft Java Edition 26.3.
Made of a plain branch, golden straw bound with jute twine, and a small green travel charm.

Craft it, set it down in mid-air, hop on side-saddle and fly wherever the road takes you.

Features

• Craftable with a Hay Bale, an Ender Pearl and a Stick
• Place it anywhere, even in mid-air, 2 blocks in front of you at waist height
• Side-saddle riding: your character sits sideways on the broom while flying
• Simple controls: movement keys to fly, Jump to rise, Sprint to descend, Sneak to get off
• Responsive: about 2.5x sprint speed, stops the moment you let go
• No fuel, no height limit, stops when you bump into a block
• Soft landing: a few seconds of slow falling after you get off
• Your broom is yours: only the player who placed it can ride it or pick it up
• Multiplayer ready, works with or without cheats
• Compatible: everything lives in its own namespace, no vanilla files replaced

Crafting

Place a Hay Bale, an Ender Pearl and a Stick side by side in one row of a crafting table.
Any row works, and the order can be mirrored.
The recipe unlocks when you pick up any of the ingredients.

Controls

| Action | How |
| — | — |
| Place | Hold the broom and right-click |
| Get on | Right-click the placed broom |
| Fly | W A S D |
| Rise | Jump (Space) |
| Descend | Sprint (Ctrl) |
| Get off | Sneak (Shift) |
| Pick up | Sneak + right-click the placed broom |

Installation

This project needs both files from the download:

1. Data pack: put it in your world’s datapacks folder (or add it when creating the world).
2. Resource pack: put it in .minecraft/resourcepacks and enable it.

On a server, put the data pack in world/datapacks and share the resource pack with your players (for example as the server resource pack).

Good to know

• While flying, a stand-in body wearing your skin sits on the broom and your real player is invisible. Armor and held items stay with your invisible player, slightly in front of the stand-in body.
• In first person you can see the stand-in body when you look down or behind you.
• The broom is a Carrot on a Stick with a custom model. Other packs that react to any Carrot on a Stick use may also notice it.

Uninstalling

Run /function wanderers_broom:uninstall once before removing the data pack (needs cheats or operator permission).

License

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Free modpacks are welcome. Please credit this page.

Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang AB. This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Mojang or Microsoft.