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Density function

Density functions make up mathematical expressions to obtain a number from a position, stored as JSON files within a data pack in the path data/<namespace>/worldgen/density_function. They are referenced from the noise router in noise settings.

A density function can be a constant number or an object.

If the [String]&#160;type is constant, a shorthand format is:

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