Send messages to your friends with Pigeons!
Letter
I have a pen, I have paper. Uh, Paper— wait a second.
Right-click with pen or quill while holding paper on the other hand and turn your pal to your, well, penpal! Tie it with a string (right-click) and have a Pigeon deliver it.
Pack Makers
Add/remove items to #pigeonchat:writables/letter to control their writability as letter items.
These items will be converted to Letter once written.
By default, the tag contains #c:papers.
Pen
The mighty writing tool. Holds a decent amount of ink. Right-click while holding an Ink Bottle to fill it.
Beware, writing with ink is permanent!
The modern ballpoint pen was invented by László Bíró in 1938 and became commercially available in 1943. Prior to that, fountain pen was the goto choice for day-to-day writing.
Pack Makers
Add/remove items to #pigeonchat:nib_materials to control which items are usable as pen nibs.
By default, the tag contains #c:nuggets/gold and #c:nuggets/iron.
Quill
Cheaper than pen. Right-click a Feather while holding an Ink Bottle to turn it into a Quill.
Beware, writing with ink is permanent!
Pack Makers
Add/remove items to #pigeonchat:quill_materials to control which items can be used as quills.
These items will be converted to the Quill item when used with an Ink Bottle.
By default, the tag contains #c:feathers.
Ink Bottle
Comes in 16 colors! Right-click a Bottle of Water while holding 2 dyes of the same color to turn it into an Ink Bottle.
Pigeon
The Postmaster of the sky. Right-click while holding a sealed Letter (or other deliverable items) to bring up the target selection screen. All online players in the same dimension are valid targets, regardless of range!
Homing pigeons are selectively bred for their ability to fly home over long distances! Messages were tied around the legs of the pigeon, who would then fly back to its original nest. Homing pigeons were employed all around the world well into the 21st century, though their use has largely diminished with the expansion of the internet.
Pigeons are friendly, but they're not tamable. Be sure to capture a few!
Receiving a pigeon delivery? Right-click the pigeon to retrieve your item.
Pigeons will patiently wait by their target until dismissed or assigned a return delivery job. Right-click with an empty hand or a deliverable item to send them back. Similar to receiving a delivery, right-click the pigeon to retrieve the item, if they carried one, and dismiss them from the return delivery.
Many carrier pigeons only carried messages one way, requiring manual transportation before they could complete another flight. However, some were trained by placing their food at one stop, away from their nest (the other stop). These pigeons were able to cover round-trip flights up to 100 mi (160 km) twice a day!
Pack Makers
Add/remove items to #pigeonchat:deliverables/pigeon to control their deliverability.
Items in #pigeonchat:writables/letter are additionally checked on whether they are an instance of LeterItem.class.
If they are, then they must contain the pigeonchat:sealed component to be deliverable.
Bird Cage
Like a bird house, but portable!
Right-click a pigeon with a cage to capture it. Place down the cage to begin delivery. Make sure the front face is clear or the pigeon won't come out. Sneak + right-click to retrieve placed down cages.
Pigeon Meat
Just as edible as chicken (when cooked), and just as dangerous as (raw) chicken. Hopefully, this one wasn't carrying your letter.
Many domestic pigeons are selectively bred and farmed for their meat. In fact, there are many commercial operations producing pigeon meat.
Name Tag
While holding a Pen or Quill, right-click a Name Tag to name it.
Bugs and feature requests?
Head over to GitHub Issues and report them there!
