How do I open and read .dat files for minecraft?

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I have created structures for minecraft, but they're way too common. I could just open the .dat file and change the rarity from there, but i'm not sure how.

each thing i've used to open the file has the file unreadable.

What I have tried:

i've tried notepad, wordpad, notepad++. none of those worked.

Posted 12-Apr-17 13:31pm

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Updated 12-Apr-17 21:51pm

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2017-04-12T17:09:00

Unless you're writing code to open the file and read it, this question is off topic for this site.

Minecraft .DAT files are not text files. They are a proprietary binary format called Named Binary Tag. There are problably apps out there that can open and parse the data so its readable and I'm sure you know how to use Google to find them.

Patrice T · Answer 2 · 2017-04-12T21:51:00

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each thing i've used to open the file has the file unreadable.

Normal. Those files are not plain text, they are encoded in a certain format that is specific to the game. The goal of the encoding is also to prevent tampering.

You have to build or create a program that can decode the minecraft .dat file format.

How do I open and read .dat files for minecraft?

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