Ore Lizards
by birdsprime
Ore Lizards is a Fabric mob mod that adds a rare cave creature hidden inside stone and deepslate below Y=0.
What it does
A lizard stays dormant, embedded in stone or deepslate underground, until a player walks within five blocks. It then bursts out of the ground with a shower of block particles and flees directly away from whoever triggered it, moving faster than normal for thirteen seconds. When the timer runs out or the lizard is killed, it stops bursting and digs back underground, vanishing from view.
Killing a lizard with a pickaxe drops one of eight possible ores: coal, iron, gold, redstone, lapis, diamond, emerald or copper. The ore appears as a color-tinted cluster. The mod is built on GeckoLib, which must be installed alongside it. Ore Lizards runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for Fabric only, with builds for 1.16.5 – 26.2 across 19 release versions, all released under All rights reserved. The author notes that the project is still in development and that this is the first mod the author has written that adds a custom mob.
Key features
Hidden cave mob
A passive creature that spends its life concealed inside stone and deepslate, out of sight until a player comes near.
Eruption and flight
The lizard bursts from the ground when approached, then flees for thirteen seconds at a noticeably higher speed than usual.
Ore drops
Striking it with a pickaxe yields one of eight ores, including diamond and emerald, rather than a fixed item.
Burrowing back
When the flee timer ends or the lizard dies, it digs back underground and disappears from view.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.21.x8 of 8 versions with builds
1.20.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.19.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.17.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Ore Recipes is a Fabric, Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.16 – 26.3 that is server required and client optional, and it is not open source. Flee On Sight is open source under the MIT License, runs on client and server, and targets 1.20.1 – 1.21.10 on Fabric.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ore Lizards | Fabric | 1.16.5 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-09-04 |
| Ore Recipes | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.16 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-08-30 |
| Flee On Sight | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.21.10 | Client and server | 2026-01-26 |
Questions
Does Ore Lizards need Geckolib?
Does the server need Ore Lizards?
Which game versions have Ore Lizards files?
In the catalog
Ore Lizards is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Ore Lizards adds a dark souls inspired, passive cave creature that spends its life hidden, embedded invisibly in stone or deepslate underground (below Y=0). It sits dormant until a player wanders within 5 blocks, at which point it erupts from the ground in a burst of block particles and bolts away in a 13-second…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ore-lizards
- Owner
- birdsprime
- Published
- 2026-09-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15