Border Quest

Border Quest

A server-side Fabric mod for Minecraft 1.21 that turns your world border into a cooperative progression challenge.
Players collect resources, donate them to altars, and unlock an ever-growing world — stage by stage.

Features

| Feature | Description |
|—|—|
| Progressive world border | Starts small and expands as players complete stages |
| Altar system | Donate items by right-clicking any altar block |
| Stage rewards | Give items, potion effects or XP to all players on stage completion |
| Dimension locks | Nether & End are gated behind configurable stages |
| Donation leaderboard | /bq ladder shows the top contributors |
| Altar particles | Visual END_ROD particle effect on every altar |
| Chat announcements | Server-wide broadcast on large donations |
| HUD sidebar | Tab-list header displays current objective |
| Map integrations | BlueMap, Dynmap, JourneyMap, Xaero’s Minimap & World Map |
| Discord webhook | Sends a message on every stage completion |
| Fully configurable | All stages, radii and behaviour tunable via JSON |

Requirements

| Dependency | Version | Required? |
|—|—|—|
| Minecraft | 1.21.x | ✅ |
| Fabric Loader | ≥ 0.14.21 | ✅ |
| Fabric API | any | ✅ |
| BlueMap | any | Optional |
| Dynmap (Fabric) | any | Optional |
| JourneyMap | any | Optional (singleplayer / LAN) |
| Xaero’s Minimap | any | Optional (singleplayer / LAN) |
| Xaero’s World Map | any | Optional (singleplayer / LAN) |

Server-side only. Clients do not need to install this mod.

Installation

1. Drop border-quest-mod-x.x.x.jar into your server’s mods/ folder alongside Fabric API.
2. Start the server once — config/borderquest.json is generated automatically.
3. Edit the config to suit your server, then run /bq reload.

Commands

All commands start with /bq (alias available via any registered alias).

Player commands

| Command | Description |
|—|—|
| /bq or /bq status | Show current stage, objective and progress |
| /bq submit | Donate all eligible items from your inventory |
| /bq ladder | Show the top 10 donors |

Operator commands (permission level 2)

| Command | Description |
|—|—|
| /bq setaltar | Register the block you are looking at as an altar |
| /bq setaltar <name> | Same, but assigns a display name (shown on maps) |
| /bq removealtar | Remove the looked-at block from the altar list |
| /bq skip | Force-advance to the next stage without filling the objective |
| /bq reset | Reset the game to stage 1 |
| /bq reload | Reload borderquest.json and the saved state without restarting |

To donate, right-click any altar block while holding items.

/bq submit works from anywhere and scans your entire inventory.

Configuration

File location: config/borderquest.json

{
  // General -------------------------------------------------------------------

  // Duration of the celebration fireworks on stage completion (ticks, 20 = 1s)
  "celebrationDurationTicks": 200,

  // Damage per second while a player is outside the border
  "borderDamagePerBlock": 0.2,

  // Distance (blocks) at which the border warning is shown
  "borderWarningBlocks": 5,

  // Nether coordinate scale factor (Nether border = Overworld radius / netherScale)
  "netherScale": 8.0,

  // Altar particles -----------------------------------------------------------

  "altarParticlesEnabled": true,
  // How often particles spawn, in ticks (20 = once per second)
  "altarParticlePeriodTicks": 20,

  // Donation announcements ----------------------------------------------------

  // Broadcast a message to all players when a single donation reaches this count
  "donationAnnouncementsEnabled": true,
  "donationAnnounceMinItems": 16,

  // Dimension locks -----------------------------------------------------------

  // Prevent players from entering a dimension until the required stage is reached
  "worldLocks": [
    { "worldId": "minecraft:the_nether", "requiredStage": 5 },
    { "worldId": "minecraft:the_end",    "requiredStage": 7 }
  ],

  // Discord webhook -----------------------------------------------------------

  "discordEnabled": false,
  "discordWebhookUrl": "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/YOUR_ID/YOUR_TOKEN",
  "discordUsername": "Border Quest",
  "discordAvatarUrl": "",   // Leave empty to use the default webhook avatar

  // Stages --------------------------------------------------------------------

  "stages": [
    {
      "borderRadius": 10,
      "title": "Clear the area",
      // Fixed items required
      "requirements": [
        { "itemId": "minecraft:cobblestone", "count": 64 }
      ],
      // Biome-resolved categories (the mod picks the right log type automatically)
      "categoryRequirements": [
        { "category": "logs", "count": 64 }
      ],
      // Rewards distributed to ALL online players on completion
      "rewards": []
    },
    {
      "borderRadius": 25,
      "title": "First steps toward civilisation",
      "requirements": [
        { "itemId": "minecraft:iron_ingot", "count": 32 },
        { "itemId": "minecraft:bread",      "count": 32 }
      ],
      "categoryRequirements": [],
      "rewards": [
        // Give 3 bread to every online player
        { "type": "item",   "itemId": "minecraft:bread", "count": 3 },
        // Apply Haste I for 30 s
        { "type": "effect", "effectId": "minecraft:haste", "duration": 600, "amplifier": 0 },
        // Give 50 XP points
        { "type": "xp", "amount": 50 }
      ]
    }
    // ... add as many stages as you like
    // The LAST stage represents total freedom (use borderRadius: 29999984)
  ]
}

Stage anatomy

| Field | Type | Description |
|—|—|—|
| borderRadius | double | Half the side length of the square border (diameter = radius × 2) |
| title | string | Displayed in chat and the tab-list sidebar |
| requirements | list | Specific items required — itemId + count |
| categoryRequirements | list | Biome-adaptive requirements — category + count |
| rewards | list | Rewards given to all online players on stage validation |

Built-in categories: logs, planks, wool, sand, stone — resolved to the most common variants found in the spawn biome.

Reward types

| type | Required fields | Example |
|—|—|—|
| "item" | itemId, count | { "type": "item", "itemId": "minecraft:diamond", "count": 2 } |
| "effect" | effectId, duration (ticks), amplifier (0 = level I) | { "type": "effect", "effectId": "minecraft:speed", "duration": 400, "amplifier": 1 } |
| "xp" | amount | { "type": "xp", "amount": 100 } |

Altar setup

Altars can be any block — a beacon, a chest, a custom banner — whatever fits your server’s theme.

1. Place the block in-world.
2. Look at it and run /bq setaltar (optionally /bq setaltar Altar du Spawn).
3. Players can now right-click the block to donate items.

To remove an altar: look at it and run /bq removealtar.

Altar positions are saved in world/data/borderquest_state.json and survive restarts.

Map integrations

BlueMap

Requires BlueMap installed on the server.
The mod automatically renders:

• A green rectangle showing the current border extent on the overworld map.
• A POI marker for each altar (with its display name if set).

Markers rebuild automatically when BlueMap reloads.

Dynmap

Requires Dynmap for Fabric installed on the server.
Same markers as BlueMap — rendered via reflection, no extra dependency needed.

JourneyMap & Xaero’s Minimap / World Map

Singleplayer & LAN only. These mods run client-side and are not available on a dedicated server’s classpath.

When running in singleplayer or LAN, if JourneyMap, Xaero’s Minimap, or Xaero’s World Map is installed:

• A waypoint is created for each altar when it is registered.
• The waypoint is removed when the altar is removed.
• Border shapes are not supported (client-side map limitation).

The integration uses reflection — no additional configuration is needed.

Discord webhook

1. Create a webhook in your Discord server: Channel Settings → Integrations → Webhooks.
2. Copy the URL and paste it in borderquest.json:

   "discordEnabled": true,
   "discordWebhookUrl": "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/123456789/abc...",
   "discordUsername": "Border Quest",
   "discordAvatarUrl": ""

1. Run /bq reload.

A message is sent automatically each time a stage is completed.

Dimension locks

By default:

• The Nether is locked until stage 5.
• The End is locked until stage 7.

Attempting to enter a locked dimension cancels the teleport and displays a red message.
Customise or remove locks in borderquest.json under worldLocks.

Saved state

The game state (current stage, submitted items, altar list, donor stats) is saved in:

<world>/data/borderquest_state.json

Back up this file if you want to preserve progress between map resets.

Building from source

git clone <repo>
cd border-quest-mod
./gradlew build
# Output: build/libs/border-quest-mod-x.x.x.jar

Requirements: Java 21, internet access (to download Fabric Loom and BlueMap API).

Dependencies at a glance:

| Artifact | Scope | Purpose |
|—|—|—|
| net.fabricmc.fabric-api | modImplementation | Fabric API |
| de.bluecolored:bluemap-api:2.7.7 | compileOnly | BlueMap markers at compile time |
| Dynmap, JourneyMap, Xaero’s | none | Integrated via reflection — no compile dependency |

License

MIT — see LICENSE.