PaleoPaintings
PaleoPaintings adds twelve original paintings inspired by dinosaurs and the prehistoric age, for players who want to decorate a base with prehistoric scenes.
What it does
The paintings are art pieces in a blocky Minecraft style, showing prehistoric creatures and landscapes. They are artistic interpretations rather than scientific reconstructions, so the designs reflect the creator's vision and not a scientific consensus. A player can place them in cozy cabins, museums or dinosaur-themed bases.
The paintings integrate with vanilla paintings: they are placed with the vanilla painting item and appear in the creative menu. Files are published as one universal JAR for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, and the mod runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Builds cover 1.21 – 26.2 across 16 release versions, and the latest file is universal-1.0.0 for 26.2, published 2026-07-28.
The mod is released under All rights reserved and is not open source. Its data pack is loaded automatically, so the paintings need no extra setup once the JAR is installed. Snapshot builds are not part of this listing.
Key features
Twelve original paintings
The mod adds twelve new paintings themed on dinosaurs and the prehistoric age, in a Minecraft art style.
Vanilla painting placement
New paintings are placed with the vanilla painting item, so they fit into existing painting-based builds.
Creative menu entries
The paintings appear in the creative menu, so builders can pick them without searching the world.
Museum and themed rooms
Each painting brings a prehistoric scene into a room, suited to museums and themed builds.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Dinosaur museum
Hanging the paintings in a museum build gives each exhibit room a prehistoric scene.
Cozy cabin decoration
A few paintings on the walls of a cabin add a themed touch to a survival base.
Who it’s for: Builders who decorate survival bases, adventure maps or museums with themed artwork, on Fabric, Forge or NeoForge servers and clients.
How it compares
Illager Paintings and Piglin Paintings both run on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 26.2, with a client and server environment and an All rights reserved license. Advanced Paintings works on 1.18.2 – 26.2, and either side can run it, and neither needs it. Nemo's Paintings is open source under the MIT License and covers 1.21 – 26.3.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PaleoPaintings | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.21 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-28 |
| Illager Paintings | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-13 |
| Piglin Paintings | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-22 |
| Advanced Paintings | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 26.2 | Client or server, optional | 2026-08-19 |
| Nemo's Paintings | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.21 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-16 |
Questions
Which loaders does PaleoPaintings support?
Does PaleoPaintings work on older versions?
In the catalog
PaleoPaintings is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Bring a piece of prehistory into your Minecraft world with the PaleoPaintings mod! This mod adds 12 new and original paintings inspired by the age of dinosaurs! Whether you're building a cozy cabin, an epic museum, or a dinosaur themed base, PaleoPaintings gives you a fresh way to decorate your world and celebrate…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/paleopaintings
- Owner
- BuiltWithTexels
- Published
- 2026-07-27
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15