🎯 Your First Chamber

Time to turn that dusty Trial Chamber into a repeatable endgame experience! This guide walks you through registering and configuring your first chamber.

🗺️ Step 1: Find a Trial Chamber

First things first—you need a Trial Chamber to manage. Got one already? Great! Need to find one?

/locate structure trial_chambers

Teleport to it and explore until you find the main vault room. You'll want to register the entire chamber structure, not just one room.

Pro tip: Trial Chambers can be MASSIVE. Some span 100+ blocks in each direction. Bring blocks to mark corners!

📐 Step 2: Select the Chamber

TrialChamberPro needs to know which blocks belong to your chamber. The easiest way? WorldEdit.

Using WorldEdit (Recommended)

1. Grab your WorldEdit wand: /wand or /tool wand

2. Left-click one corner of the chamber (lowest point)

3. Right-click the opposite corner (highest point)

Your selection should encompass the entire chamber—all rooms, hallways, spawners, and vaults.

Important: Make sure your selection includes a bit of padding around the structure. If spawners or vaults are right on the edge, they might not get detected in the scan.

Without WorldEdit

Don't have WorldEdit? You can still do it manually (but seriously, get WorldEdit):

/tcp generate coords <minX,minY,minZ> <maxX,maxY,maxZ> <name>

Example:

/tcp generate coords -150,-20,400 -50,40,500 MainChamber

That's painful. Get WorldEdit. Moving on!

✅ Step 3: Register the Chamber

With your selection made, register the existing Trial Chamber with the plugin:

/tcp add MyChamber

Replace MyChamber with whatever name you want. Keep it simple—no spaces!

You'll see:

[TCP] Chamber MyChamber created successfully!
[TCP] Next step: Run /tcp scan MyChamber to detect vaults and spawners

Naming conventions: Use clear names like MainChamber, NetherPortalTC, or SpawnChamber1. You'll thank yourself later when managing multiple chambers.

Note: /tcp add registers existing Trial Chambers for management. It doesn't create or modify blocks—it just tells the plugin to start managing the selected region.

🔍 Step 4: Scan for Vaults and Spawners

Now we tell the plugin to find all the vaults, spawners, and decorated pots:

/tcp scan MyChamber

This takes a few seconds. The plugin is searching every block in your selection for:

• Vaults (normal and ominous)

• Trial Spawners (normal and ominous)

• Decorated Pots

You'll get a summary:

[TCP] Scanning chamber MyChamber...
[TCP] Scanning complete! Found 8 vaults, 12 spawners, 24 decorated pots.

What if it finds 0 vaults? Either your selection didn't include the vaults, or you're in a decorative Trial Chamber variant without vaults. Expand your selection and scan again!

📸 Step 5: Create a Snapshot

Here's where the magic happens. TrialChamberPro needs a "snapshot" of your chamber in its pristine state:

/tcp snapshot create MyChamber

The plugin will:

1. Scan every block in the chamber

2. Save block types, orientations, and tile entity data

3. Compress it all into a file

4. Store it in snapshots/MyChamber.dat

This might take 5-30 seconds depending on chamber size. You'll see:

[TCP] Creating snapshot for MyChamber...
[TCP] Snapshot created successfully! (12,847 blocks, 1.2 MB)

Keep it pristine! Create snapshots when your chamber is in perfect condition. This is what the chamber will reset back to.

🚪 Step 6: Set an Exit Point

When the chamber resets, players inside need somewhere to go. Stand where you want them to teleport and run:

/tcp setexit MyChamber

This saves your exact position (including look direction). Usually, you'll want this just outside the entrance.

No exit set? If you don't set one, players will teleport to the world spawn instead. Not the worst thing, but a dedicated exit is cleaner.

🎉 Step 7: Test It Out!

Your chamber is now managed! Let's verify everything works:

Check Chamber Info

/tcp info MyChamber

You should see:

• Chamber bounds

• Number of vaults and spawners

• Snapshot status

• Reset interval

• Last reset time

Test the Reset

/tcp reset MyChamber

This forces an immediate reset. You should:

• Get teleported to the exit point

• See the chamber fully restored

• Notice all vaults are locked again

Perfect! Your chamber is now on autopilot. It will automatically reset based on the interval in your config (default: 48 hours).

⚙️ Step 8: Configure Reset Schedule (Optional)

By default, chambers reset every 48 hours. Want to change that for this specific chamber?

Edit plugins/TrialChamberPro/config.yml:

# This is the default for all chambers
global:
  default-reset-interval: 172800  # 48 hours in seconds

Or set it per-chamber in the database (advanced users only).

Common intervals:

• Daily: 86400 (24 hours)

• Twice daily: 43200 (12 hours)

• Weekly: 604800 (7 days)

• Custom: Use an online converter to get seconds

📚 Quick Reference

Here's everything in one place:

# 1. Select chamber with WorldEdit
/wand

# 2. Register chamber
/tcp add MyChamber

# 3. Scan for vaults/spawners
/tcp scan MyChamber

# 4. Create snapshot
/tcp snapshot create MyChamber

# 5. Set exit point
/tcp setexit MyChamber

# 6. Check info
/tcp info MyChamber

# 7. Test reset (optional)
/tcp reset MyChamber

🎯 What's Next?

You've got a working chamber! Now let's make it awesome:

Learn how to replace boring vanilla loot with custom rewards, economy integration, and more!

Configure reset schedules, warnings, and player handling.

Understand how per-player loot works and configure cooldowns.

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💡 Pro Tips

Multiple chambers? Just repeat the process! Each chamber is independent with its own settings, loot tables, and reset schedules.

Update the snapshot: Made changes to your chamber? Run /tcp snapshot create MyChamber again to update it. The old snapshot is overwritten.

Don't delete snapshots manually! The .dat files in snapshots/ are critical. If you delete them, you can't reset that chamber anymore.

❓ Common Issues

"No WorldEdit selection found" You didn't make a selection. Use /wand and select both corners first.

"Scan found 0 vaults" Your selection doesn't include the vaults, or they're not actually vaults (check with F3).

"Snapshot creation failed" Usually a disk space or permission issue. Check console logs for details.

"Players aren't teleporting on reset" Make sure you set an exit point with /tcp setexit MyChamber.

Still stuck? Check the full troubleshooting guide!