Improved Genetics

Each entity carries genetic values that set its maximum health, movement speed, drop counts and appearance. Genes stay hidden until a DNA sample is taken from the entity and examined. Breeding is the core of the system, because a single trait is hard to isolate, so players usually breed a species over several generations to push a gene further. Genes fall into two groups: core genes exist on every living entity, and additional genes apply only to certain entity types. Genus is the base DNA and cannot be changed, while species determines the identity of an entity and can be edited, so an offspring can change species without ever leaving its genus.

The mod adds several new mobs inspired by Minecraft Earth. It works on Forge and NeoForge for 1.16.5, and its client and server environment means both the server and every player need it. Files also exist for 1.15.2, 1.16.4 and 1.21.1, with the latest Forge file at 0.7.1 and the latest NeoForge file at 0.8.1. The mod is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 license and is not open source. Its interface is in English by default, with Polish, Portuguese BR, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese Simplified translations that were machine-translated with AI and may contain mistakes.