About Chunky
From HangarPre-generates chunks, quickly and efficiently
Chunky
Pre-generates chunks, quickly, efficiently, and safely
Features
- Start one or several chunk generation tasks at the same time (if you want to leverage your CPU more)
- Pause chunk generation tasks, saving them for later
- Shows detailed information such as chunks processed, percent to completion, ETA, chunk processing rate, etc
- Custom world shapes, and optional world border support with ChunkyBorder installed
Commands
Task Management
chunky start Starts a new chunk generation task from the current selection </br> chunky pause Pauses the current chunk generation tasks, and saves progress </br> chunky continue Continues running current or saved chunk generation tasks </br> chunky cancel Stops the current chunk generation tasks, and cancels progress
Selection
chunky world [world] Sets the currently selected world </br> chunky shape <shape> Set the shape to generate </br> chunky center [<x> <z>] Sets the current center block location </br> chunky radius <radius> Sets the current radius </br> chunky worldborder Set the center and radius to match the world border in the selected world </br> chunky spawn Set the center to the spawn point </br> chunky corners <x1> <z1> <x2> <z2> Set the selection by corner coordinates </br> chunky pattern <pattern> Set the preferred generation pattern </br> chunky selection Display the current selection
Miscellaneous
chunky silent Toggle displaying update messages </br> chunky quiet <interval> Set the quiet interval in seconds for update messages </br> chunky progress Display pre-generation progress in-game for all tasks </br> chunky reload Reloads the configuration </br> chunky trim Delete chunks outside selection
Examples
Generate chunks in a square centered at 0,0 in the overworld with a 1000 block radius
chunky radius 1000
chunky start
Generate chunks in a circle centered at spawn in the nether with a 1000 block radius
chunky world the_nether
chunky shape circle
chunky spawn
chunky radius 1000
chunky start
Generate chunks inside a world border centered at 0,0 with a 10000 block radius
worldborder center 0 0
worldborder set 20000
chunky worldborder
chunky start
Links
Wiki Find up-to-date information about plugin features </br> Discord Visit the #chunky channel and ask questions </br> Crowdin Help translate the plugin into several languages </br> Donate Support the project if you've found it useful </br> bStats Check out some cool stats for the plugin </br> CodeMC Download the latest builds from this mirror </br> ChunkyBorder Custom world border addon
Screenshots
Example pre-generated square world with radius 2000 </br>
Generating 3 worlds simultaneously using a Ryzen 3700X processor + 16GB RAM </br>
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 32 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.
Loaders
Runs on Paper.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogPlugins
Its source category doesn’t say more about what it does, so NxLabs lists it under Other.
Runs on your server
From source side supportHangar lists Chunky as required on the server. Check its Hangar page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- Paper
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 26.3 and 31 earlier
- Requires
- One-click install needs a Paper server.
Verified at the source
- ✓HangarOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓Authorpop4959, as published on Hangar
- ✓LicenseGPLFree








