Renewable Elder Guardians
by derexXD
Renewable Elder Guardians changes how Elder Guardians drop sponge, so players can gather it again instead of finding it once in a monument.
What it does
The mod ports a vanilla-friendly plugin approach to Elder Guardians, letting them yield sponge that regenerates over time while keeping the game balanced. A nautilus shell held in either hand can transform an Elder Guardian, with a transformation process meant to feel more immersive, similar to the zombie villager cure. Renewable Elder Guardians runs on NeoForge and is server-side only, so players join without installing it. Files are published for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 under the MIT License, and the code is not open source.
Key features
Renewable sponge
Elder Guardians yield sponge that regenerates, so the material can be collected again without a new monument.
Nautilus shell transformation
Holding a nautilus shell in either hand transforms an Elder Guardian, according to the author's design notes.
Vanilla-friendly design
The changes are built as a plugin port that keeps the vanilla balance of Elder Guardians intact.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x11 of 11 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Renewable Elder Guardians need to be installed on the client?
Which game versions does Renewable Elder Guardians support?
In the catalog
Renewable Elder Guardians is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,974 Mobs mods for NeoForge. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Sponge is now renewable! And so are elder guardians!! Developed by DerexXD, inspired by a reddit thread.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/renewable-elder-guardians
- Owner
- derexXD
- Published
- 2026-02-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-02-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15