Finding a Stargate
This guide will try its best to provide hints on how to proceed through the mod. And yet not reveal how it works behind the scenes and what the structures look like. Spoilers will be in collapsible sections, so it’s up to you if you want to see them, or you’ll enjoy the moment when you find them for the first time in the game.
To gain the ability to travel to distant planets, you will first need a Stargate. It is an advanced technology, so you cannot build it yourself (yet). You need to find it somewhere first.
[Spoiler] A cheat way to find a Stargate
You can use the locate command.
/locate structure #sgjourney:buried_stargate
An Archeologist villager could find a way. To employ a villager, you will need an Archeology table, which can be crafted with a golden idol.
Find a Golden Idol in Goa’uld temple
Golden idol is a relic left in this world by older civilizations. To find the idol, you must travel a little bit and find some Goa’uld temple. It’s slightly spoiler to say it can be generated in deserts, badlands, and jungles.
[Spoiler] Goa'uld temple overworld generation
There are three types of Goa’uld temples according to the biome in which they are generated: badlands ziggurats, desert pyramids, and jungle pyramids.
Each temple has a room with transport rings connected to six other nearby temples and a room with loot and a golden idol.
A cheat way: You can use the locate command to find the coordinates of the closest temple
/locate structure #sgjourney:goauld_temple
Archeologist villager
With a golden idol, you can now craft an archeology table that can be used as a workstation for a villager.
For crafting, you will need a book, a golden idol, 3 wooden slabs, and 2 (wooden) sticks.
Now, you can trade a Map to Chappa’ai (Stargate) on the villager’s last (Master) level.
The Map to Chappa’ai
The big red X on the map will lead you to a buried Stargate. Search and dig for the X. The Stargate is somewhere in there.
The gate is usually around 5 blocks under the surface (but not strictly).
[Spoiler / Hint] If you have trouble finding the Stargate on the X
The gate is always generated in the corner of the chunk.
So you can go to the X and press F3 + G to show chunk boundaries.
Find the chunk corner and dig there.
Once you find it, you want to look for three essential things.
- The Stargate
- Dial Home Device (DHD) buried somewhere nearby/next to the gate
- The cartouche placed in the middle of the seal
The Gate and the DHD can be broken with any tool (even by hand), but a pickaxe is best for the job. Use a stone pickaxe (or a better one) to break the cartouche.
[Spoiler] Stargate overworld generation
By default, two stargates are generated in the overworld (this can be changed by datapacks).
Both gates are generated and buried underground.
The Alpha gate is generated in a horizontal position and with a seal.
The Beta gate is generated in vertical position in a small cave.
In the overworld, the map should always lead to the sealed alpha gate. Although there are known cases where it does not (usually when datapacks are involved), The problem is that you won’t find the Abydos address cartouche.