Lantern

Lantern is a data pack library that provides forceloaded chunks and slightly adjusts the data pack loading process. Lantern provides a very small API--the bare minimum required to use the forceloaded chunks effectively.

Lantern offers the following features:

• Load hooks that allow your data pack to verify the version of Lantern or other dependencies.
• Various scoreboard objectives used to hold global variables and data pack metadata.
• A forceloaded chunk for each dimension, each containing several useful utility blocks.
• A permanent armor stand entity useful for computational loot tables and other calculations.
• Per-dimension tick hooks required for certain timing-sensitive operations.

This documentation serves as both a guide on the correct usage of Lantern and a reference of its various features. However, it is not a guide to 1.14 commands or the internal workings of data packs; the reader is expected to possess at least an intermediate understanding of these concepts.