Bio’s Journal

Bring your adventure world to life with a fully interactive, player-owned journal.

Bio’s Journal gives every player a personal journal for tracking discovered regions, landmarks, history, quests, notes, maps, destinations, and more. It is designed for handcrafted adventure worlds, RPG servers, roleplay maps, and any experience where exploration should feel meaningful.

Features

Personal Player Journals

Every player receives their own persistent journal when they join or respawn.

• Player-selected journal name
• Personal notes, history, discoveries, quests, explored terrain, and map data
• Journals remain owned by their original player
• Other players can view a dropped journal, but cannot edit its owner’s information
• Data persists between world reloads

Interactive Map

The journal includes a detailed exploration map built from terrain the player has discovered.

• Persistent explored terrain
• Multiple zoom levels
• Region borders and region icons
• Searchable map icons
• Standalone creator-placed icons
• Destination selection by double-clicking an icon or map location
• Custom destination marker for any point on the map
• Distance display and in-world destination marker
• Route line displayed in both the journal map and minimap
• Road-aware route planning that prioritizes creator-configured roads
• Paths avoid water, lava, and steep terrain when possible
• Support for covered roads, gates, tunnels, bridges, and underpasses
• Persistent road-network data for integrations such as Bio’s Travel

Minimap

Bio’s Journal includes an always-visible minimap.

• Terrain and nearby icons
• Player direction marker
• Coordinates and current region name
• Automatic settlement zoom behavior
• Destination route display
• Dynamic markers for compatible mods

Region Discovery

Bio’s Journal integrates directly with Music Regions.

• Regions remain hidden as ??? until discovered
• Discovering a region adds it to the player’s journal
• Region discoveries are recorded in player history
• Region information can include descriptions, rulers, locations, categories, icons, and more
• Creator controls determine which regions appear in the journal and on the map

Rich Notes Editor

Create detailed in-game notes directly inside the journal.

• Multiple persistent pages
• Bold, italics, highlighting, text colors, and alignment
• Section titles with custom colors
• Searchable sections
• References with hover popups
• Coordinate/location entries with region hover information
• Copy and paste preserving formatting
• Page navigation and page numbers
• Word-aware line wrapping

History Page

The history page records important events in each player’s adventure.

• Region discoveries
• Quest starts, completions, and failures
• Events grouped by Minecraft day
• Region names shown as interactive map references
• Searchable history entries
• Multi-page history navigation

Quest System

Create quests once, then trigger them from NPC mods, command blocks, dialogue systems, or any other mod capable of running commands.

• Creator quest manager GUI
• Main and side quests
• Active, completed, and failed quest categories
• Quest instructions
• Quest prerequisites and arguments
• Quest chains and triggered next quests
• Experience rewards
• Item rewards with enchantments and custom names
• Quest history integration

Quest Commands

Use commands to control player quests from NPC dialogue, command blocks, or scripts.

/biojournal quests give <player> <quest-id>
/biojournal quests end <player> <quest-id>
/biojournal quests fail <player> <quest-id>

Creator Tools

Bio’s Journal includes creator-focused tools for building adventure worlds.

• Region editor connected to Music Regions
• Region metadata, categories, descriptions, map visibility, and icons
• Standalone level-zero map icons
• Custom names for placed icons
• Road-material editor for navigation routes
• Main, secondary, and alternative road priorities
• Quest manager GUI
• Persistent creator settings

Integration and API

Bio’s Journal includes an API for compatible mods. Navigation Support Compatible mods can access:

• Player-selected navigation routes
• Persistent creator-baked routes
• Road corridor data
• Route points and road-state information
• Dynamic map-marker registration This allows companion mods, such as Bio’s Travel, to create wagons, drivers, mounts, and other entities that use Bio’s Journal navigation data.

Dynamic Map Markers

Other mods can register moving markers on the journal map and minimap without Bio’s Journal needing to depend on their entity classes.

Requirements

Required Dependencies

• Fabric API
• Music Regions

Recommended Use

Bio’s Journal is especially suited for:

• RPG worlds
• Adventure maps
• Roleplay servers
• Medieval or fantasy worlds
• Quest-driven experiences
• Custom NPC dialogue systems
• Exploration-focused survival worlds

Commands

/biojournal creator

Opens the region and creator tools.

/biojournal quests manager

Opens the quest manager.

/biojournal name <player>

Returns a player’s chosen journal name.

/biojournal run <player> <command>

Runs a command after replacing @n with that player’s chosen journal name.

/biojournal routes bake <route-id>

Saves the currently selected navigation route for compatible mods to use later.