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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.

FabricForgeNeoForgeClient and serverGNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 onlyOpen source1.20.1 – 26.3

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

  1. 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.

  2. Discovery progress

    Tracks mobs already found and those still waiting, with configurable actions such as observing, telescope use, interaction and kills.

  3. Discovery records

    Each record notes how, where and when the player first met a mob, kept in the book's data.

  4. Configurable detail screens

    A mob's detail screen can be shown or hidden, and undiscovered mobs keep their details hidden by default.

  5. 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.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

26.3v1.3.2-mc26.3-fabricNot availablev1.3.2-mc26.3-neoforge
26.2v1.3.2-mc26.2-fabricNot availablev1.3.2-mc26.2-neoforge
26.1.2v1.3.2-mc26.1.2-fabricNot availablev1.3.2-mc26.1.2-neoforge
1.21.11v1.3.2-mc1.21.11-fabricNot availablev1.3.2-mc1.21.11-neoforge
1.21.1v1.3.2-mc1.21.1-fabricNot availablev1.3.2-mc1.21.1-neoforge
1.20.1v1.3.2-mc1.20.1-fabricv1.3.2-mc1.20.1-forgeNot available
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 2

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required
Cloth Config APIConfiguration Library for Minecraft Mods
Required

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?

Fabric API is listed as a required dependency, along with Architectury API and Cloth Config API. Forge and NeoForge builds use the same requirement list.

Does the server need the mod for players to use it?

Yes. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod.

Can Survival players open the book without finding one?

The book is required in Survival unless the config changes that. Creative mode always opens the screen through the hotkey.

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.
xienaoban, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
xienaoban
Published
2026-01-11
Updated on Modrinth
2026-10-02
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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