CWSM Bowels + Rundown House Only
If you love Cracker's Wither Storm Mod but hate fighting through a world cluttered with villages, temples, and mineshafts, the CWSM Bowels + Rundown House Only datapack is exactly what you need. This lightweight add-on strips out most structure generation while protecting the two locations that matter most for progression: the Rundown House and the Bowels. The result is a cleaner, more focused survival experience where the Wither Storm is the star of the show.
What This Datapack Actually Does
At its core, CWSM Bowels + Rundown House Only is a selective structure filter. Instead of forcing you to toggle Minecraft's global structure settings, it lets the game generate only the pieces Cracker's Wither Storm Mod depends on. Everything else stays out of your world.
The datapack is designed to keep:
- The Rundown House, also known as the Wither Storm spawn platform
- The Bowels, the eerie interior dimension tied to the Wither Storm's command block
- The underlying structure generation required for these CWSM features to function properly
Meanwhile, it disables the other unwanted structure generation that would normally populate your overworld. If you want a cleaner world without normal structures but still want to fight and progress through Cracker's Wither Storm Mod, this is the setup for you.
Supported Minecraft Versions and Loader
This add-on is built for the Forge loader, and separate files are available depending on your game version. Make sure you grab the file that matches your setup:
- Minecraft 1.20.1 — Forge
- Minecraft 1.19.4 — Forge
- Minecraft 1.18.2 — Forge
Mixing versions will cause the datapack to fail silently or break the Bowels entirely, so double-check before you download CWSM Bowels + Rundown House Only.
Don't Want the Rundown House Either?
Some players prefer to skip the Rundown House and jump straight into the action. If that sounds like you, grab the official Disable Rundown House datapack made by Cracker's team and run it alongside this one. That combination lets you use CWSM Bowels + Rundown House Only while also preventing the Rundown House from generating, giving you an even more minimal world.
Important: Keep Generate Structures Enabled
This is the mistake that trips up most new players. You must leave Minecraft's Generate Structures option ON when creating your world. Do not turn it off, even though the whole point of this datapack is reducing structures. The datapack handles the unwanted structures itself, and disabling the vanilla setting can prevent the Bowels from working correctly. Think of it as letting the datapack do the filtering while Minecraft keeps its default behavior.
For the smoothest experience, use CWSM Bowels + Rundown House Only when creating a brand-new world. Structures that have already generated in existing chunks cannot be removed by the datapack, so retrofitting an old save will leave leftover villages and ruins scattered around.
How to Install
Installation is quick and painless. Here is how to install CWSM Bowels + Rundown House Only for Minecraft:
- Download the version that matches your Minecraft version
- Create a new Minecraft world
- Add the datapack to the world's datapacks folder
- Make sure Generate Structures is ON
- Start the world with Cracker's Wither Storm Mod installed
If you would rather skip the manual file shuffling, the foxygame.net launcher offers a one-click install path for CWSM Bowels + Rundown House Only, handling the correct version match automatically so you never grab the wrong file. It also keeps your add-ons updated, which saves a lot of guesswork when Cracker's Wither Storm Mod pushes a new build.
Requirements and Why It Exists
Cracker's Wither Storm Mod is required. This datapack does not add the Wither Storm, the Bowels, or the Rundown House by itself; it only manages which structures are allowed to generate. The creator built it because playing CWSM with normal structure generation removed used to mean breaking access to the Bowels. Rather than disabling structures globally and losing progression, this datapack preserves exactly what the mod needs.
Final Thoughts
CWSM Bowels + Rundown House Only is a small file with a big impact. It gives you a tidy overworld, keeps the Wither Storm journey fully intact, and pairs neatly with the official Disable Rundown House datapack if you want to go even leaner. Just remember to keep Generate Structures enabled, match your Minecraft version, and start a fresh world. Do that, and you get the clean, focused CWSM playthrough you have been looking for.