Dungeon Descent
by ColonelHades
Dungeon Descent adds the Cursed Underhold, a five-floor underground stronghold that generates naturally beneath the surface and holds themed rooms, traps and five bosses.
What it does
The Cursed Underhold is a sprawling dungeon of connected floors, each with its own theme: Bone Crypts and Ruined Barracks, Prisons, Forges and Execution Chambers, a Fungal Rot level with Corrupted Gardens, Ancient Quarries and Seismic Ruins, and finally Burned Palace and Ashen Cathedral. Branching corridors lead to combat rooms, loot chambers, hidden traps and collapsed passages that tell a story through small details. Safe-room checkpoints let a player retreat and recover between floors.
Every floor closes with a boss fight staged in a dedicated arena, where the enemy relies on attacks and gear tied to that floor's theme. Defeating a boss yields a boss soul, which can be used to awaken artifacts and craft gear.
Dungeon Descent requires Curios API and runs on client and server, so both the server and every player need it. It is published for Forge and NeoForge, with files covering 1.20.1 and 26.2 and the release versions in between, and the code is covered by All rights reserved, so the mod is not open source.
Key features
Five themed floors
Each of the five connected floors has a distinct look, layout and set of enemies, from crypts to a burned palace.
Five boss encounters
Twinbone Sentinel, Iron Gaoler, Rotbound, Deepstone Colossus and Ashen King each guard a floor with their own mechanics.
Boss souls and crafting
Boss souls awaken artifacts and are used to forge equipment, linking progress in the dungeon to new gear.
Permanent artifacts
Artifacts such as the Twinbone Emblem, Rotheart Seed and Emberstep Seal grant lasting effects like poison immunity, knockback resistance and extra melee damage.
Natural generation
The Cursed Underhold generates underground in the world, so players find it while exploring rather than through a command.
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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 1
How it compares
Stonevault, Dungeons & Towers is open source under the MIT License, supports Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, and covers 1.20.1 – 26.2. Extra dungeons is not open source, is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, and covers 1.20.1 – 1.21.11. Deadly Deadly Dungeon is server required with optional client support, uses a custom license, and covers 1.20.6 – 26.3 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dungeon Descent | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-09-16 |
| Stonevault, Dungeons & Towers | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-08-07 |
| Extra dungeons | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-03-08 |
| Deadly Deadly Dungeon | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.6 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-26 |
Questions
Does Dungeon Descent need Curios API?
Which loaders does Dungeon Descent support?
Can the Ashen King be fought more than once for the same artifacts?
In the catalog
Dungeon Descent is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,058 World generation mods for Forge. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Deep beneath the surface lies the Cursed Underhold—a sprawling five-floor dungeon filled with ruined halls, deadly creatures, powerful bosses and forgotten equipment. Explore increasingly dangerous floors, discover safe rooms, defeat the rulers of the Underhold and use their remains to forge equipment capable of…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/dungeon-descent
- Owner
- ColonelHades
- Published
- 2026-08-21
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15