Wan's Ancient Beasts
by WanMine
Players who reach Minecraft's prehistoric beasts can tame, feed and fight them in Wan's Ancient Beasts, which adds prehistoric mobs to Forge and NeoForge.
What it does
The mod adds creatures from prehistory that behave differently from vanilla mobs. Most are neutral: they stay passive until attacked, and some sit down and loaf from time to time. Holding a provoking food item makes a creature attack, and feeding one makes it over-aggressive for a single hit. Sweet Berries make taming easier, and a beast can be ridden in the same way as a horse, though taming takes longer. Falling off a beast results in one retaliatory attack. Raiders are natural enemies of these creatures and are attacked on sight. Dropped eggs can bring a lost species back to life.
The mod depends on Geckolib, which must be installed alongside it. Wan's Ancient Beasts runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for Forge and NeoForge, for 1.20.1 as the latest file, and the mod's own range covers 1.20 – 1.21.1. The code is covered by All rights reserved, so the mod is not open source.
Key features
Neutral prehistoric mobs
Creatures stay passive until attacked, with a few that sit down and loaf now and then.
Provoking food
Holding a certain food provokes an attack, and feeding one makes a beast over-aggressive with double damage for one hit.
Taming and riding
Beasts can be tamed like horses, with Sweet Berries shortening the process, and ridden after taming.
Raider hunting
Beasts attack Raiders on sight, so they act as defenders in raided areas.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Immortalers Delight is open source under the MIT License and runs on client and server for Forge and NeoForge, with files for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1. Unusual Prehistory 2 also runs on client and server for Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, but it is under a custom license and is not open source. Sniffer Overhaul uses the All rights reserved license, so it is not open source either, and covers the same loaders and versions.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wan's Ancient Beasts | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-17 |
| Immortalers Delight | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-02 |
| Unusual Prehistory 2 | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-25 |
| Sniffer Overhaul | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-01 |
Questions
Does Wan's Ancient Beasts need Geckolib?
Do servers need the mod installed?
Which loaders does the mod support?
In the catalog
Wan's Ancient Beasts is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/wab
- Owner
- WanMine
- Published
- 2024-09-24
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15