Mojang is removing spawn chunks mechanics from Minecraft Java Edition, but there's a catch

Mojang recently released Minecraft Java snapshot 25w31a with loads of new features that will officially become part of the title with the new fall game drop. These features include all the copper features like copper golem, chest, tools, armor, shelf block, and some unique accessibility and debug screen features. Apart from these, Mojang has also brought a massive change to spawn chunks.

Moving forward, the developers have planned to remove spawn chunks altogether from Minecraft Java Edition, which is massive news for many. Though this change can completely topple many players' worlds, Mojang has added a small note about how they will ensure that most features of spawn chunks remain intact.

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Details about how Mojang is removing spawn chunks from Minecraft Java

How and why is Mojang removing spawn chunks?

Spawn chunks are being removed because of heavy memory and performance usage (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || Mojang Studios)

In the snapshot 25w31a patch notes, Mojang mentioned that the spawn chunks will be removed from Minecraft Java. This was followed by an explanation about how the game will only load a few types of chunks before the player joins a world or when a server starts. These types of chunks include:

• Chunks loaded by the forceload command.
• Chunks that have active portal activity.
• Chunks in which an ender pearl is thrown in singleplayer.
• Chunks around the player.
• Chunks required to create a world spawn during world creation.

This means that the 3x3 area near the spawn that was always active will not be loaded constantly.

After announcing this in the patch notes, Mojang added a developer note to the section, saying that the removal of spawn chunks was mainly because of how much memory was being consumed in running those chunks at all times.

This change was made mainly to marginally increase the game's performance. The developers also stated that as spawn chunks have served their initial purpose in Minecraft for years, they can now be removed.

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How will it affect players, and Mojang's response

Mojang acknowledges that the removal of spawn chunks can affect farms and contraptions (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || Mojang Studios)

Since spawn chunks are areas that are always loaded, no matter where the players are, they are frequently used to create all kinds of automatic farms. Players can build sugarcane, lava, iron, melon, bamboo, and many other kinds of farms in the spawn chunks that can automatically run and collect millions of resources.

That said, Mojang acknowledged they were aware of spawn chunks being used to create various farms and contraptions, and how their removal could potentially cause problems.

However, according to them, players have found different ways of keeping other chunks loaded using methods like stasis pearl, portal activity, etc. As the community has discovered these alternative methods to keep a chunk active, Mojang thinks now is the right time to remove spawn chunks.

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