Marvelous Menagerie (DISCONTINUED)
by VoidArkana
Players who want prehistoric creatures and a few whimsical extras can add Marvelous Menagerie, a Forge and NeoForge addon for Unusual Prehistory that is no longer updated.
What it does
Marvelous Menagerie is an addon for Unusual Prehistory, so Unusual Prehistory must be installed alongside it. Twelve creatures, three decorative animals, a single plant and one mushroom are included.
Several creatures take a name that changes their appearance: naming a Thylacine metropolitan gives it an alternate skin based on Sheather888's illustration of what the domesticated Thylacine looked like, naming a Dodo nugget gives it a special skin, naming a Trilobite with a pride term gives it that flag's colors, and naming a Pikaia pikachu colors it to resemble the Pokemon mascot. The mod requires Geckolib and Unusual Prehistory, and it is published for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 on Forge and NeoForge. Both sides need it, and the code is under the MIT License but the mod is not open source.
Key features
Twelve new creatures
The mod adds 12 creatures alongside 3 decorative animals, one plant and one mushroom from the Unusual Prehistory line.
Name-based skins
Naming certain creatures in an anvil gives them alternate skins, including a Thylacine metropolitan skin and a Dodo nugget skin.
Pride and mascot colors
Naming a Trilobite with a pride term or a Pikaia pikachu changes its colors to match the flag or the Pokemon mascot.
Woodset and foods
One new tree comes with a complete woodset, along with foods and tools.
Gallery
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 2
Optional 2
How it compares
Peculiar Predators is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 with the same client and server environment, under All rights reserved and not open source. Peculiar Primordials is a Forge mod for 1.20 – 1.20.1, released under the MIT License and open source. Similar Prehistory is a Forge mod for 1.20.1, also under the MIT License but not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvelous Menagerie (DISCONTINUED) | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-01-16 |
| Peculiar Predators | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-11-13 |
| Peculiar Primordials | Forge | 1.20 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-06-05 |
| Similar Prehistory | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-12-07 |
Questions
Does Marvelous Menagerie need Unusual Prehistory?
Do players and servers both need the mod?
Does the mod still receive updates?
In the catalog
Marvelous Menagerie (DISCONTINUED) is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,337 Food mods for Forge. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
Marvelous Menagerie is an addon for the Unusual Prehistory mod, adding some creatures and plants I think would be neat. Right now the mod adds 12 creatures, 3 decorative animals, one plant, one mushroom with a woodset and one new tree with its complete woodset, along with foods and tools based from some of the…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/marvelous-menagerie
- Owner
- VoidArkana
- Published
- 2024-06-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-01-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15