Old Joseon
by cherish
Old Joseon adds a Korean founding myth mode to 1.20.1 Forge and NeoForge, with a tiger boss, a dagger weapon and custom combat rules.
What it does
Players who want a themed adventure can work through a Korean founding myth progression. The mod adds a Core Boss Item and a tiger boss that changes behavior at half health, with its name shifting to Honyangi Kitty-tiger and its skills firing far more often. A secret reward is hidden in a fight that the author calls extremely difficult, and a translator item serves as a hard counter to it.
The content centers on equipment: a Bipa, a Bronze Dagger, Bronze Bells, Copper Gacha, unfired and plain or coarse pottery, and a Sehyung template with a bone armor set of helmet, chestplate, leggings and boots. A dagger held in either hand takes zero fall damage from any height and reduces invincibility frames when it hits mobs, under a custom mujuk gamerule. Striking the air with the dagger throws a projectile that deals a flat 5.0 damage with a brief 0.5-second cooldown.
Old Joseon is installed on the server and on every player's client, since the environment is client and server. Files exist for Forge and NeoForge, both for 1.20.1 and dated 2026-03-14. The mod is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Korean founding myth mode
A progression built around a Korean founding myth, with the tiger boss as its central encounter.
Fall damage immunity
Holding the Bronze Dagger in either hand cancels fall damage, however high the fall.
Invincibility frame bypass
With the custom mujuk gamerule enabled, the dagger shortens the invincibility frames of attacked mobs.
Projectile from air strikes
Left-clicking the air throws a projectile that deals 5.0 damage on hit, limited by a 0.5-second cooldown.
Ore conversion
Holding a dagger for 1 second turns nearby Redstone and Lapis ore within a 16-block radius into Copper Ore.
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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.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want Korean-themed equipment and a boss fight with set rules, on Forge or NeoForge for 1.20.1.
How it compares
Bronze Tools is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 with the same client and server environment, under All rights reserved and not open source, so it covers a narrower set of tools. Ore Heart is also Forge for 1.20.1 and client and server, but its license is the MIT License and it is not open source. Daggers and purpur is Forge for 1.20.1 and client and server, released under the MIT License.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Joseon | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-14 |
| Bronze Tools | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-11-07 |
| Ore Heart | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-31 |
| Daggers and purpur | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-08-02 |
Questions
Does Old Joseon need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Old Joseon support?
Does the dagger's fall immunity apply to any fall?
In the catalog
Old Joseon is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 9,216 Equipment mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Phase 2: When its health drops below half (300), its boss bar name changes to "호냥이" (Honyangi / "Kitty-tiger") and it uses its skills much more frequently. 💡 [CORE] The Secret to Beating the Tiger & The Hidden Reward Fighting the Tiger head-on is extremely difficult, but the Translator item is its hard counter.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/old-joseon
- Owner
- cherish
- Published
- 2026-03-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15