Ore Golems
by dxseo
Ore Golems adds iron golem variants themed on ore materials, each with its own block, stats, visuals and special effects on Forge and NeoForge.
What it does
Each variant is built from a matching ore block and keeps the vanilla golem base while gaining its own stats, look and special effect. The mod includes more than 40 such ore-themed variants, and combat with each one is meant to feel distinct from the others.
Breeding works within a variant, so two golems of the same type produce a child of that type. When two golems of different ore types breed, the offspring takes its block from the child golem's side of the cross. Spawn egg tooltips show the special effect of each golem.
The mod supports JEI for summoning and breeding recipes, and can be extended with custom golems, edited stats, traits, drops and breeding results. Compatibility with other mods can be added, and TerraFirmaCraft is supported on 1.20.1. Files are published for Forge and NeoForge, for game versions 1.20.1 – 26.1.2. The license is MIT License, and the project is not open source.
Key features
Ore-themed golem variants
More than 40 iron golem variants, each tied to an ore material with its own block, stats and visuals.
Distinct special effects
Each golem carries a special effect and combat behavior that sets it apart from vanilla golems.
Same-variant and cross breeding
Golems breed with their own type, and cross-breeding produces a child whose block comes from the child golem.
Inherited baby stats
Before a young golem reaches adulthood, it receives half of each parent's health and armor values.
Spawn egg tooltips
Spawn egg tooltips display the special effect of the golem each egg summons.
Gallery
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: Modpack authors and server owners who want ore-themed golems with different stats, and players who use JEI to look up summoning and breeding recipes.
How it compares
Advanced Golems is a Fabric, Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 under All rights reserved, with client and server required. Expressive Golems is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 – 26.1.2 under the MIT License and is open source, also with client and server. Iron Golem blacklists is a server-side only NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 under the MIT License, so players need nothing installed.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ore Golems | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-05-25 |
| Advanced Golems | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-22 |
| Expressive Golems | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-04-22 |
| Iron Golem blacklists | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-02-24 |
Questions
Which loaders does Ore Golems support?
Does the server need Ore Golems installed?
In the catalog
Ore Golems is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
For Modpack Authors Ore Golems is data-driven and built for pack customization. You can: - add custom golems - edit stats, traits, drops, and breeding results - add compatibility for other mods - customize behavior through datapacks or KubeJS
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ore-golems
- Owner
- dxseo
- Published
- 2026-05-25
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15