**Note: This datapack requires the associated resource pack to display the texture for the Sun Stone. Otherwise, you’ll get a purple and black cube.**<\/p>\n
## Overview<\/p>\n
This datapack adds a challenge where the player will burn in sunlight. This datapack also adds a new item and enchantment to help. When burning, you will take 1 heart of damage per tick. You will also get the blindness effect.<\/p>\n
To make things a bit easier, the time will be set to midnight when you first generate a world with this pack. This is to give you enough time to gather surface resources and find a cave. Although, as a side effect, this time change will occur if you add the datapack to an existing world as well.<\/p>\n
You can avoid sun damage in the following ways: The Sun Stone can be found in Desert Pyramid chests. Once obtained, you must hold the Sun Stone in either your main hand or your off hand to work.<\/p>\n Alternatively, you can also use this command:<\/p>\n “` Note: Other datapacks that override the loot chests for Desert Pyramids might be incompatible. You have a rare chance to find an enchantment book for Sun Protection in End City chests. You can only apply this enchantment to helmets.<\/p>\n Note: Other mods or datapacks that override End City chests might be incompatible. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n ## Disabling\/Enabling Sun Damage<\/p>\n To disable the Sunburn effect, run:<\/p>\n “` And to re-enable:<\/p>\n “` ## Planned Changes<\/p>\n – Backporting to versions 1.21 -> 1.21.3. A datapack that adds a new challenge to Minecraft by causing you to burn in the sun like undead mobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":150095,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"sunlight-burn","_minecraft_project_id":"AmoFNVRn","_minecraft_author":"Widget8032","_minecraft_license":"LicenseRef-All-Rights-Reserved","_minecraft_downloads":71,"_minecraft_follows":2,"_minecraft_client_side":"optional","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"sunlight-burn.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":8640,"_minecraft_version_count":2,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-15T22:54:35.808384Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2025-08-06T05:57:24.938483Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2025-07-31T21:35:08.836381Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/sunlight-burn","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":150095,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-09T00:56:29+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"b965adfcad3ce0ed611f0be83831cbe4","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[87,43,84,89],"mod_loader":[86],"minecraft_version":[38,78,79,80,81],"class_list":["post-150094","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-adventure","mod_category-cursed","mod_category-datapack","mod_category-game-mechanics","mod_loader-datapack","minecraft_version-1-21-4","minecraft_version-1-21-5","minecraft_version-1-21-6","minecraft_version-1-21-7","minecraft_version-1-21-8"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n– Hiding in caves or under blocks.
\n– Avoid traveling during the daytime.
\n– Swimming in water.
\n– Using the Sun Stone.
\n– Using the Sun Protection enchantment.<\/p>\nSpoiler – Obtaining & Using The Sun Stone<\/summary>\n
\n\/function sunlight_burn:give_sun_stone
\n“`<\/p>\n
\n<\/details>\nSpoiler – Obtaining & Using the Sun Protection Enchantment<\/summary>\n
\n\/function sunlight_burn:disable
\n“`<\/p>\n
\n\/function sunlight_burn:enable
\n“`<\/p>\n
\n– Implementing a different way to handle loot tables for compatibility.
\n– Having sun damage reduces the durability of helmets with the Sun Protection enchantment.
\n– Increase damage amount in hot biomes like deserts and badlands. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"