Fantasy Islands

Quickstart

1. Gather feathers, ender pearls, and a diamond, then craft the Sky Compass at a crafting table:

1. Hold the Sky Compass and use it (right-click / tap the use button) to open the generation menu.
2. Pick a height — Cloud level (Y 174) or Above the clouds (Y 232).
3. Pick one of the eleven island shapes.
4. Confirm with Generate. The island appears roughly 96 blocks ahead of where you're standing.
5. Fly or teleport up to explore. A safe landing spot on the island's grass surface is always cleared for you.

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Overview

Fantasy Islands lets you conjure massive floating islands high in the sky on demand. Each island is a fully solid, mineable structure 70–100 blocks across, packed with ores, vegetation, and unique sky materials. Use the Sky Compass whenever you want a fresh island — at cloud level for a scenic build platform, or higher up for a dramatic sky fortress.

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What It Adds

Items

Custom Blocks

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How To Use

Generating an Island

Use the Sky Compass while standing somewhere open. The menu walks you through three steps:

1. Height — Cloud level (Y 174) or Above the clouds (Y 232).
2. Shape — Choose from eleven options (see below).
3. Confirm — Press Generate to begin. The island builds a short distance ahead of you; a chat message confirms when it is done.

Only one island generates per use of the compass. You can use the compass as many times as you like to create additional islands.

Island Shapes

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Abilities And Mechanics

Island Layer Structure

Every island is built in distinct vertical zones:

• Top surface — Vanilla grass blocks, decorated with Sky Grass tufts and vanilla short grass.
• Upper soil — Three layers of dirt beneath the surface.
• Interior — Organically mixed Sky Island Stone, Reddish Sky Stone, stone, dirt, and rich ore veins.
• Bottom section — Dirt, coarse dirt, and mud blended together.

Ores

Island interiors contain all of the following ore types in abundant veins:

Coal, Copper, Iron, Gold, Redstone, Lapis Lazuli, Diamond, Emerald, Nether Quartz, Nether Gold, and Ancient Debris.

Vegetation

Trees, grass, and vines only grow where the surface supports them. Sky trees have custom logs and leaves; inverted-pyramid islands also grow inverted sky trees whose canopies hang downward, draped with Orange Sky Vines and vanilla vines.

Water Features

Some islands include carved water basins and embedded waterfalls on the surface.

Sky Stone Slow-Fall

Eating Sky Island Stone (or Reddish Sky Stone) grants a lasting Slow Falling effect. Use this as a safety net when descending from a high-altitude island without a way back down.

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Progression And Strategy

• Early game: Craft the Sky Compass as soon as you have ender pearls and a diamond. A single island contains enough iron, coal, and copper to supply a full mid-game smelting run.
• Mid game: Target diamond and emerald veins in island interiors. The dense ore mix makes sky islands more efficient to strip-mine than deep underground caves.
• Ancient Debris: Every island interior can contain ancient debris — making sky islands a renewable source of netherite without entering the Nether.
• Building: Flat Disc and Hexagonal Prism shapes give the cleanest surfaces for sky bases. Generate at Above the clouds height for maximum dramatic effect.
• Survival tip: Collect a few pieces of Sky Stone before you start mining. Eating one before a long fall will let you glide safely to the ground below.
• Multiple islands: Use the Sky Compass repeatedly to create an archipelago. Each new island spawns 96 blocks ahead of your current position, so reposition between uses to space them out.