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Cenozoic Kingdom

by containmentcreations

Cenozoic Kingdom is a Fabric mod for Minecraft 1.18.2 that centers on extracting ancient DNA from frozen materials to bring prehistoric creatures back.

FabricClient and serverMIT LicenseOpen source1.18.2

What it does

Players collect frozen bone, frozen meat and frozen skin, then process them to extract DNA. Fossils are dug up through an excavation mechanic, and the recovered genetic material is combined in a cloning chamber to produce prehistoric creatures. Cenozoic, Paleozoic and modern DNA are kept as separate types, and some specific samples such as mastodon and dimetrodon DNA are planned.

Synthesis carries risk. Advanced mutation trees can yield rare, unstable hybrid DNA, and failed attempts destroy the sample. The author describes the mod as early pre-alpha, with some placeholder assets, names and tags that may change, and features still partially implemented. Cenozoic Kingdom runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. It is open source under the MIT License, and its source code and issue tracker are public. The only published build is 0.0.1 for 1.18.2, marked as an alpha release.

Key features

  1. Fossil excavation

    Fossils are unearthed through a dedicated excavation mechanic, which supplies the raw material for DNA extraction.

  2. Frozen material processing

    Frozen bone, meat and skin are each processed to extract ancient DNA before any synthesis begins.

  3. Cloning chambers

    Cloning chambers take combined DNA and attempt to bring prehistoric creatures back, with a chance of failure.

  4. Mutation trees

    Advanced mutation trees produce unstable hybrid creatures from rare mutated DNA, and failed syntheses destroy the sample.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

No stable releases
Every published file is a beta or alpha build.
1.18.20.0.1
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

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

Questions

Does Cenozoic Kingdom need to be installed on the server?

Yes. It is a client and server mod, so the server and every player need it installed.

What equipment is needed to start?

The author notes that special equipment is required, and an iron pickaxe is mentioned as part of the early progression.

Is the mod finished?

No. The only file is 0.0.1 for 1.18.2, an alpha build, and the author says names, tags and assets may change in future versions.

In the catalog

Cenozoic Kingdom is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 9,044 mods support Minecraft 1.18.2.

Mobs mods11,058Fabric modsMods for 1.18.29,044

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What the author says

A Minecraft 1.18.2 Fabric mod that brings ancient creatures back to life! BTW my first mod ever, so I am excited and pleased to say that this mod is Open-Source Disclaimer: Some assets are placeholders, some assets are missing but will be definetely changed in future, this very early pre-alpha 0.0.1 version is only…
containmentcreations, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
containmentcreations
Published
2025-06-14
Updated on Modrinth
2025-06-14
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

AdventureGame mechanicsMobsTechnologyUtility
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