Fossil Digsites (Fossils and Archeology)
by pidoubleza
Fossil Digsites adds world-generated digsites where players brush suspicious blocks to uncover fossils, without having to dig out ores for them.
What it does
The mod adds fossil digsites to world generation. Suspicious blocks hold fossils that a player finds by brushing them, which gives a way to collect fossils that does not rely on ore digging. The two systems are integrated, and the digsites spawn as two structures in the world, each filled with a set of suspicious blocks.
Digsite loot is tied to the loot tables of Fossils and Archeology: Revival, which must be installed for the loot tables to work. Fossil Digsites is aimed at modpacks that want to extend the Fossils and Archeology content and at players who want fossils to show up in the world instead of only underground.
Fossil Digsites is server-side only, so players join without installing anything. It is published for Forge only, for Minecraft 1.20.1, under the MIT License, and the code is not open source. Its first and latest release is 1.0.0 for 1.20.1, dated 2026-01-31.
Key features
Fossil digsite structures
Two structures generate in the world and hold suspicious blocks that contain fossils.
Brushing for fossils
Players brush suspicious blocks to uncover fossils, a mechanic that fits the vanilla archaeology system.
Fossils without ore digging
Fossils can be found on the surface of the world, so players do not need to dig out ores to get them.
Loot table support
Digsite contents draw from the loot tables of Fossils and Archeology: Revival.
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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
The Fossils Mod is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.20.1 that runs on client and server and is licensed as All rights reserved. Unusual Prehistory is a Forge mod for 1.20 – 1.20.2 with a custom license that also needs both client and server. Prehistoric Spawns is server-side only and under the MIT License, but covers 1.12.2 – 1.18.2 and so does not reach 1.20.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fossil Digsites (Fossils and Archeology) | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2026-01-31 |
| The Fossils Mod | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-16 |
| Unusual Prehistory | Forge | 1.20 – 1.20.2 | Client and server | 2023-11-21 |
| Prehistoric Spawns (A Fossils and Archeology Revival Add-On) | Forge | 1.12.2 – 1.18.2 | Server-side only | 2025-06-16 |
Questions
Does Fossil Digsites need Fossils and Archeology: Revival?
Does Fossil Digsites have to be installed on the client?
Which Minecraft version does Fossil Digsites support?
In the catalog
Fossil Digsites (Fossils and Archeology) is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,058 World generation mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
IMPORTANT: NEEDS FOSSILS AND ARCHAEOLOGY otherwise the Loottables won't work. Remember when Mojang published the Archeology Update? Well I wanted to expand that very cool feature (with limited use in the Vanilla Game) and combine it with a very great mod which really should've re-used that mechanic for their own…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fossil-digsites
- Owner
- pidoubleza
- Published
- 2026-01-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-31
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15