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Fossils and Archaeology: Legacy

by Willatendo

With Fossils and Archaeology: Legacy, players dig up dinosaur fossils in the world and build skeletons from them, and a fork of the original mod keeps those features running on current versions.

FabricForgeNeoForgeClient and serverMIT LicenseOpen source1.20.4 – 1.21.1

What it does

The mod adds dinosaur content since 2024, with fossils generated in the world that players can excavate and assemble. It is a fork of the original Fossils and Archaeology mod by Team July, with its latest versions patched up for newer game releases. Fabric API is required on every loader. Just Enough Items (JEI) is optional and shows recipes when installed.

Key features

  1. Dinosaur fossils

    Fossils for dinosaurs are added to the world, where they can be found and then worked on by the player.

  2. Gamerule for animal growth

    A doAnimalGrowth gamerule can be set to true or false, which controls whether world animals grow up.

  3. Translated interface

    Language files are included for French (France) and Brazilian Portuguese, with thanks to the translators.

  4. Patched fork

    The fork updates the original Team July code so it loads on the current release builds.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.11.4.9Not available1.4.9
1.211.4.3Not available1.4.3
1.20.61.2.4Not available1.2.4
1.20.51.2.4Not available1.2.4
1.20.41.2.31.2.31.2.3
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 1

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required

Optional 1

Just Enough Items (JEI)View Items and Recipes
Optional

Questions

Does Fossils and Archaeology: Legacy need Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API is a required dependency, and the mod must be installed next to it on every loader.

In the catalog

Fossils and Archaeology: Legacy is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.

World generation mods8,515Fabric modsMods for 1.21.132,366

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What the author says

"/gamerule doAnimalHunger [true/false]" or you can when creating the world as "Do animals get hungry" > How do I disable block-breaking? "/gamerule doAnimalBlockBreaking [true/false]" or you can when creating the world as "Do animals break blocks" > How do I disable animals growing?
Willatendo, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Willatendo
Published
2024-02-27
Updated on Modrinth
2025-02-27
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

AdventureMobsWorld generation
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