Tutorial Reference
CompleteAndy's Shulker Box Kit System - Kit Layouts
The goal is not to create boxes full of random supplies.
Exploration Kit Design Notes & Replaceability Rules
As the kit system evolved, it became clear that simply filling shulker boxes with useful items was not enough. Every slot inside a shulker box is valuable, and every item included should justify its presence.
The goal is not to create boxes full of random supplies.
The goal is to create highly specialized kits that solve specific problems and support specific activities.
The Replaceability Rule
Every item included in a kit should pass at least one of three tests.
If an item fails all three tests, it probably does not belong in the kit.
Every kit must be evaluated for context based on its name, and then scenarios worked through on how, when, and why this kit would be used.
Test 1 — Difficult to Replace
The item cannot be reasonably obtained during the activity the kit is designed for.
Examples:
- Lodestone
- Compass
- Recovery Compass
- Spyglass
- Brush
- Shulker Shells
- Ender Pearls
- Leads
- Name Tags
- Totems
- Armor Trim Templates
These items are difficult, time-consuming, or impossible to replace during normal gameplay.
Test 2 — Frequently Consumed
The item is expected to be used in significant quantities during the activity.
Examples:
- Firework Rockets
- Food
- Torches
- Lanterns
- Signs
- Maps
- Rails
- Powered Rails
- Scaffolding
These items are expected to be consumed or depleted while performing the activity.
Test 3 — Enables a Core Function
The item unlocks an important capability.
Examples:
- Cartography Table
- Furnace
- Crafting Table
- Ender Chest
- Bed
- Brewing Stand
- Smithing Table
Without these items, the kit cannot fully perform its intended role.
Example: Why Chests Were Removed
A chest initially appeared in several expedition-oriented kits.
After review, it was removed.
A chest fails all three tests:
- Easy to replace
- Not consumed
- Does not enable a unique function
A chest can be crafted almost anywhere with a few logs.
Therefore it does not deserve permanent kit space.
Example: Why Shulker Shells Were Added
Shulker Shells are difficult to obtain and cannot be reasonably acquired during most expeditions.
They allow the creation of additional Shulker Boxes when unexpected loot volumes are encountered.
Examples:
- Ancient Cities
- Trial Chambers
- End Cities
- Large Mining Expeditions
- Archaeological Sites
- CWES Expeditions
Two stacks of Shulker Shells can create:
- 64 additional Shulker Boxes
- 1,728 additional inventory slots
This makes them far more valuable than carrying pre-crafted storage containers.
EXP-01 Explorer Kit
Color: Purple
Class: A — Permanent Carry Kit
Purpose: Surface exploration, scouting, discovery, mapping, documentation, and general adventure.
Scenario
Andy leaves civilization to explore unknown terrain.
The objective is to:
- Discover new locations
- Document findings
- Mark routes
- Establish temporary camps
- Return safely
Contents
| Slot | Item |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lodestone |
| 2 | Compass |
| 3 | Spyglass |
| 4 | Brush |
| 5 | Book and Quill |
| 6 | Empty Maps ×64 |
| 7 | Item Frames ×64 |
| 8 | Signs ×64 |
| 9 | Torches ×64 |
| 10 | Lanterns ×64 |
| 11 | Campfires ×64 |
| 12 | Furnace |
| 13 | Crafting Table |
| 14 | Bed |
| 15 | Ender Chest |
| 16 | Water Bucket |
| 17 | Boat |
| 18 | Fishing Rod |
| 19 | Leads ×64 |
| 20 | Ender Pearls ×16 |
| 21 | Golden Carrots ×64 |
| 22 | Cooked Beef ×64 |
| 23 | Firework Rockets ×64 |
| 24 | Firework Rockets ×64 |
| 25 | Scaffolding ×64 |
| 26 | Cobblestone ×64 |
| 27 | Cartography Table |
EXP-02 Cave Explorer Kit
Color: Purple
Class: A — Permanent Carry Kit
Purpose: Caves, Trial Chambers, Ancient Cities, Geodes, Mineshafts, Deep Dark exploration, and underground navigation.
Scenario
Andy discovers a major underground system and intends to spend significant time below the surface.
The objective is to:
- Explore safely
- Mark routes
- Recover resources
- Document discoveries
- Establish underground staging points
- Return safely
Contents
| Slot | Item |
|---|---|
| 1 | Torches ×64 |
| 2 | Torches ×64 |
| 3 | Lanterns ×64 |
| 4 | Glow Ink Sacs ×64 |
| 5 | Signs ×64 |
| 6 | Cobblestone ×64 |
| 7 | Cobblestone ×64 |
| 8 | Scaffolding ×64 |
| 9 | Ladders ×64 |
| 10 | Water Bucket |
| 11 | Lava Bucket |
| 12 | Ender Pearls ×16 |
| 13 | Brush |
| 14 | Book and Quill |
| 15 | Compass |
| 16 | Campfires ×64 |
| 17 | Furnace |
| 18 | Crafting Table |
| 19 | Shulker Shells ×64 |
| 20 | Shulker Shells ×64 |
| 21 | Minecarts ×64 |
| 22 | Rails ×64 |
| 23 | Powered Rails ×64 |
| 24 | Golden Carrots ×64 |
| 25 | Golden Carrots ×64 |
| 26 | Firework Rockets ×64 |
| 27 | Recovery Compass |
EXP-03 Expedition Kit
Color: Purple
Class: A — Permanent Carry Kit
Purpose: Long-distance expeditions, CWES operations, The Uncharted Lands, outpost establishment, mapping, and frontier exploration.
Scenario
Andy is leaving established civilization for multiple days and may not return to a central base for an extended period.
The objective is to:
- Map unknown regions
- Establish outposts
- Document discoveries
- Recover artifacts
- Create long-term camps
- Support self-sufficient travel
Contents
| Slot | Item |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lodestone |
| 2 | Compass |
| 3 | Spyglass |
| 4 | Book and Quill |
| 5 | Book and Quill |
| 6 | Empty Maps ×64 |
| 7 | Empty Maps ×64 |
| 8 | Cartography Table |
| 9 | Item Frames ×64 |
| 10 | Signs ×64 |
| 11 | Lanterns ×64 |
| 12 | Campfires ×64 |
| 13 | Bed |
| 14 | Ender Chest |
| 15 | Crafting Table |
| 16 | Furnace |
| 17 | Shulker Shells ×64 |
| 18 | Shulker Shells ×64 |
| 19 | Boat |
| 20 | Leads ×64 |
| 21 | Golden Carrots ×64 |
| 22 | Golden Carrots ×64 |
| 23 | Cooked Beef ×64 |
| 24 | Firework Rockets ×64 |
| 25 | Firework Rockets ×64 |
| 26 | Firework Rockets ×64 |
| 27 | Firework Rockets ×64 |
Future Exploration Branches
Planned future exploration kits include:
- EXP-04 Archaeologist Kit
- EXP-05 Ocean Explorer Kit
- EXP-06 Expedition Records Kit
- EXP-07 CWES Outpost Establishment Kit
- EXP-08 Expedition Loot Recovery Kit
- EXP-09 Survival Recovery Kit
Each future kit should follow the same design philosophy and Replaceability Rule established above.
Running List Of Kits that need a full workup. (Strikethrough kits that have been worked up and added and finalized)
Kits we need to work through (some may require multiple versions)
Redstone Kit (Multiple)
Builders Kit (Multiple)
Decorators Kit (Muliple)
Garden/Food Farm Starter Kit
Gear Kit
Camping Kit
Explorers Kit
Lighting Kit
Tuff Texturing Kit
Deepslate Texturing Kit
Stone Texturing Kit
Raw and Planked Wood Kit
Nether Builders Kit
End Builders Kit
Archeologist Explorers Kit
Banner Making Kit
Cubed Worlds Explorers Kit
Trading Hall Builders Kit
Auto Crafter Builders Kit
Water Transport Stream kit
Storage with Filter System kit
Concrete Builders Kit
Glass and Window Kit
Railway Builders Kit
Railway Kit - Material Transport - Unloader/Loader stuff
Mob Farm Builders Kit
Gold Farm Builders Kit
Cave Explorers Kit
Ocean Explorers Kit
Mud Brick and Adjacent Pathing palette Kit
Stone and Adjacent Pathing palette Kit
Sandstone and Adjacent Pathing palette Kit
Jungle and Adjacent Pathing palette Kit
Copper and Adjacent Pathing palette Kit
Ancient Pathways and Adjacent Pathing palette Kit
Forest Pathways and Adjacent Pathing palette Kit
Swamp Patheways and Adjacent Pathing palette Kit
End Pathways and Adjacent Pathing palette Kit
Nether Pathways and Adjacent Pathing palette Kit
Nether Highway Kit
Nether Spawner Farm Builders Kit
Trial Chamber Spawner Farm Builders Kit
Dungeon and Mine Shaft Spawner Farm Builders Kit
Witch Farm Builders Kit
Trident Killer Builders Kit
Rockets + Eyltra Repair kit
Tree Sapling Kit
Growables Kit with Bonemeal
Moss Builders Kit
Building Blocks Kit (Multiple)
Trading Item kit
Enchanted Book Cache Kit
Basic Enchanting Room Kit
Over The Top Enchanting Room Kit
Map Making Kit
Dye kit
Logic Builders Kit
Redstone Clocks kit (stuff for normal clocks, etho clock, observer clocks, etc.)
Signs & Dye & Glow kit with Item Frames too
Automated Melon Farm kit
Kelp Bonemeal Farm Kit
Wind Burst Launcher Kit
Savanna Texturing Kit
Jungle Texturing Kit
Mud Bricks Texturing Kit
Mud Bricks Kit
Meadow Texturing Kit
Flowers, Grasses, Bushes, Sapplings Kit
Doors, Trap Doors, Shelves Kit
Stairs Kit
Raw Blocks Kit (Multiple) (like stone, andesite, cobble, cobbled deepslate, diorire, tuff, etc)
Piglan Trading Hall Builder Kit
Villager Capture and Transport Kit
Beast Of Burden Kit (Dried Happy Gast, harness, saddles, leads, breeding foods, fencing, gates)
potion-based XP Farm kit
Auto Potion Crafter Kit
Potion kit (multiple with different scenarios as basis)
Fishing Outpost Establishing Kit
Logging Outpost Establishing Kit
Mining Outpost Establishing Kit
Village Builder kit (Multiple)
Pottery Kit
Slime Farm kit
Snowball Farm kit
Paper and Sugar Farm kit
Honey Farm Kit
Skulk builders Kit
Shulker Farm builder Kit
Water Draining Kit
Lava Draining Kit
Shulker Box making / dye Kit
Leave and Petal kit
Bamboo Farm Kit
Exepedition Food Kit
Expedition Gear Kit (Modest to Good)
Expedition Record Kit
CWES Outpost Establishing Kit
Expedition Looters Kit
Stew and Other Food Kit
Simple Smelter Kit
Super Smelter Kit
Warm Biome Lava Generator Kit
Cold Biome Lava Farm Kit
Obsidian Generator Kit
Cobblestone Generator Kit
Stone Generator Kit
Basalt Generator Kit
Clay Pit Builders Kit
Semi-Automated Clay Farm kit (Redstone, Hoppers, bottles, water bucket, pistons, observers, etc)
Moss Farm Kit
Cow / pig / sheep Breeder Kit
Simple Sheep Farm Kit
Raid Farm kit
Copper Builders Kit
Stone Bridge Builders kit
Deepslate Bridge Builders kit
Spruce, Oak Bridge Builders Kit
Spruce, Dark Oak Bridge Builders Kit
Iron Kit
Iron /stone Bridge Builders Kit
Wood Bridge Builders Kit
Lamp post Kit
Automated Door Kit (stuff unlocks it via chest)
copper builders kit
Copperling Mine Builders Kit (include copper golems)
Tunneling Kit
Library Builders kit
Armory Builders Kit
Armory Kit
Dirt, Mud, fungus kit
Leaves Kit
Resin Farm kit
froglight / shroomlight / glowstone / soul flame things kit
End Rod supply / creation kit
Potion Ingredients Kit
This list will grow in the future.