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Step 1: Download and extract demo content

The best approach to creating a book as a datapack (as opposed to datagen) is to create a datapack from the demo book, and then modify and extend it to your needs. This saves you a lot of time and effort in manually creating a valid file structure for your book.

First, download the modonomicon source code, as it contains the demo book:

  1. Start by visiting https://github.com/klikli-dev/modonomicon
  2. Find the green "Code" button and click it. Then click "Download ZIP" at the bottom of the dropdown menu.
  3. Extract the ZIP file to a location of your choice.
  4. Remember where you extracted the files, you will need them in a future step.
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If you are already well-versed with datapacks you can look at the demo book here and the demo multiblocks used by the book here and simply download the individual files you want to use as a reference.