Prehistoric Adventures
Prehistoric Adventures adds prehistoric creatures that roam the world, several of which players can tame with specific foods.
What it does
The mod brings dinosaurs and other ancient animals into the overworld, among them tyrannosaurus, deinotherium, megaloceros and dunkleosteus, and a few marine and insect species such as meganeura. Some creatures fight alongside pillager squads, so raids can include them as well as the usual illagers.
Several creatures can be tamed by feeding them a chosen food: protorosaurus meat, dimetrodon meat, sea grass, bamboo, potatoes, carrots, beetroots or golden carrots, depending on the animal. Tamed creatures can be ridden, and their drops include meat, leather, bones and tusks. Some drops are used to upgrade iron equipment, and killing drowned can yield smithing templates.
The mod is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 but is not open source. It is published for Forge only and runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files cover Minecraft 1.20.1 alone, with 1.0.2 as the latest file.
Key features
Prehistoric creatures
Dinosaurs and ancient animals spawn naturally across the overworld, so exploration reveals creatures beyond vanilla mobs.
Taming with food
Each tameable creature accepts a specific food, such as sea grass, bamboo or golden carrots, and can then be ridden.
Creature drops
Creatures leave meat, bones, leather, tusks and horns, and some of these drops are used to upgrade iron armor and weapons.
Raid participation
Pillager squads include dinosaurs such as tyrannosaurus, so raids bring prehistoric mobs into the fight.
Combat behavior
Some creatures deal extra damage to arthropods, and certain animals increase their damage when their health is low.
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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.
How it compares
Prehistoric Universe is server-side only and under All rights reserved, so players can join without installing it. Prehistoric seacreatures and Prehistoric World By SpicySushiGamingYT both run on client and server and are under All rights reserved, with a focus on different creature sets. Tameable Beasts is open source under the MIT License, published for Forge and NeoForge across 1.20 – 1.20.1, and changes taming for many vanilla animals.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prehistoric Adventures | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-12-06 |
| Prehistoric Universe | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2025-08-13 |
| Prehistoric seacreatures | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-06 |
| Prehistoric World By SpicySushiGamingYT | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-09-11 |
| Tameable Beasts | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-01-02 |
Questions
Does Prehistoric Adventures need to be installed on the server?
Which foods tame the creatures?
Which Minecraft version does the mod support?
In the catalog
Prehistoric Adventures is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,337 Food mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
so, this is mod on dinosaurus. This mod adds prehistoric creatures that roam the world around. all creatures: aqua - pillager arandaspis archosaurus: tameable with protorosaurus meat. When low health, stands on his hind legs, increasing damage. battle dunkleosteus: aqua - pillager squad included battle tyrannosaurus…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/prehistoric-adventures
- Owner
- timutkaguretc3000000000
- Published
- 2025-08-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-12-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15