Biology Dictionary
by xienaoban
Biology Dictionary is a Fabric, Forge and NeoForge mod that adds a book for cataloguing mobs, vanilla and modded, as players meet them.
What it does
A Biology Dictionary book is obtained from the end city Tools and Utilities tab, bought from Wandering Traders, or set up by the pack author. Right-clicking with it or pressing the hotkey opens a screen whose contents depend on what the player is looking at. In Survival the book is required unless the config changes that, while in Creative the hotkey always opens the screen without a physical book.
The mod keeps a full mob catalog that covers vanilla and modded mobs, collected automatically once set up. Each entry records how and where the player first met a mob, and the book tracks discovery progress, showing which mobs have been found and which are still waiting. Discovery rules can use a simple mode, vanilla kill statistics, or the mod's own discovery system, and the default setting hides details of undiscovered mobs.
The mod is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only and requires Architectury API, Cloth Config API and Fabric API. The server and every player need the mod installed. Files cover 1.20.1, 1.21.1, 1.21.11, 26.1.2, 26.2 and 26.3, with the latest build for 26.1.2.
Key features
Mob catalog
A catalog of vanilla and modded mobs, with a tag page that supports several views and built-in groups from Minecraft tags, mod namespaces and Java class categories.
Discovery progress
Tracks mobs already found and those still waiting, with configurable actions such as observing, telescope use, interaction and kills.
Discovery records
Each record notes how, where and when the player first met a mob, kept in the book's data.
Configurable detail screens
A mob's detail screen can be shown or hidden, and undiscovered mobs keep their details hidden by default.
Trader sales
Wandering Traders sell the book, and the chance to sell it begins at 100% and drops 20% over time, without using the vanilla trade slots.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want a mob index inside their world, and server owners or pack authors who want to tune how discovery works.
Questions
Does Biology Dictionary need Fabric API on every loader?
Does the server need the mod for players to use it?
Can Survival players open the book without finding one?
In the catalog
Biology Dictionary is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Discover, highlight, inspect, modify - your vanilla & modded mob encyclopedia The tag page supports several views: built-in groups, MC tags, mod namespaces, and Java class/interface categories.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/biology-dictionary
- Owner
- xienaoban
- Published
- 2026-01-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
