Scaffold Decay

# Scaffold Decay This datapack generates procedurally placed abandoned scaffolding towers and platforms throughout the overworld. These structures appear in plains, savannas, and desert biomes as tall scaffold formations between 8-20 blocks high, often featuring partial wooden platforms, chests with basic building materials, and scattered tools. ## Core Mechanic Scaffolds are unstable. While chunks containing them remain loaded, individual scaffold blocks have a small chance each minute to break and drop. This causes cascading collapses as scaffolding loses structural support. Players can harvest these structures for early-game scaffolding supplies or observe them naturally crumble into piles of bamboo sticks over time. ## Technical Details The decay system uses scheduled functions with randomized checks, processing only scaffolds in loaded chunks to maintain performance. No permanent terrain modification occurs—all structures are vanilla-compatible and despawn with chunk unloading. ## Environmental Details Occasionally, structures spawn with a single iron golem trapped within the scaffolding maze, suggesting construction workers who never returned. This creates organic world history and environmental storytelling through vanilla mechanics.