Cobblemon Fossil Deposits
by Chikuhitsu
Cobblemon Fossil Deposits lets sandstone, red sandstone and deepslate generate fossil ores that yield Cobblemon fossil items, giving players an alternative to archaeology.
What it does
The mod places fossil deposits in the world, in sandstone, red sandstone and deepslate. Each deposit behaves like an ore block and can be mined with a pickaxe, so fossils become reachable without relying on archaeology alone. Deposits are relatively rare, and fossil beds in deepslate are rarer and smaller than those in either sandstone type.
Mining a deposit drops fossil items, and the mod works with Silk Touch and Fortune enchantments. It includes a bugfix for a vanilla problem that kept those enchantments from working on the affected blocks, so both apply as expected. The mod requires Cobblemon, Fabric API and Fabric Language Kotlin, and it runs on Fabric for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 with the latest file, 1.1.0 for 1.21.11, released on 2026-06-23 under the MIT License. The code is open source and public links to the source and issue tracker are available.
Other mods can react to fossil excavation through a new event, FossilExcavationEvents.FOSSIL_EXCAVATED, which fires when a deposit drops fossils. Listeners can cancel the drop or change the dropped item stack before it reaches the player.
Key features
Fossil deposits in three stones
Deposits generate in sandstone, red sandstone and deepslate, placed in the world as ore blocks.
Ore-style mining
Deposits are mined like ore blocks and drop fossil items, without forming classical veins.
Rarer deepslate beds
Fossil beds in deepslate are rarer and smaller than the sandstone variants.
Excavation event for other mods
The FOSSIL_EXCAVATED event lets other mods react to fossil drops or change the dropped item stack.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 3
How it compares
Cobblemon Fossils Plus is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 that runs on client and server, under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license, and it is not open source. Cobblemon Fossil Tweaks is a Fabric and Forge mod for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 that runs on the server only, under the MIT License. Cobblemon: Charged is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, for 1.21.1 on Fabric and NeoForge, and runs on client and server.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobblemon Fossil Deposits | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-06-23 |
| Cobblemon Fossils Plus ✨🦖 | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-02-17 |
| Cobblemon Fossil Tweaks | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2025-02-23 |
| Cobblemon: Charged | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-16 |
Questions
Does Cobblemon Fossil Deposits need Cobblemon?
Does the mod need to be on the server?
Which versions does the mod support?
Do Silk Touch and Fortune affect deposits?
More from Chikuhitsu
What the author says
Adds fossil deposits to sandstone, red sandstone, and deepslate. These basically behave like ore blocks (but without necessarily forming classical veins), including support for Silk Touch and Fortune enchantments (note that the latter is currently broken in vanilla because of 🪲 this bug, so this mod includes a…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/cobblemon-fossil-deposits
- Owner
- Chikuhitsu
- Published
- 2026-06-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15