Wan's Ancient Beasts Mod für Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.21.1

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Are you ready to meet all the beasts of Minecraft's ancient past? Like the Sniffer, they are all creatures from prehistory and each one brings with it amazing new features!

Version 1.4.3 (29/08/2026) - Hotfix #5

• Fixed five unobtainable Advancements.
• All tameable beasts can now be told to sit and stay.
• Added a key to open your beasts' inventory, while keeping the Charger, Surfer and Snatcher abilities.
• Fixed the 1.20.1 duplicate keybind issue.
• Major fixes and improvements for the Snatcher: barrel inventory, breeding, collar dyeing, raiding behaviour, shoulder backpack and more.
• Fixed and improved Surfer taming, waking, behaviour and colours.
• Fixed Charger breeding and saddle/ride behaviour.
• Fixed several beasts, structures and world generation issues.
• Fixed Suspicious Ice and Suspicious Red Sand uncovering behaviour.
• Fixed Hang Glider third-person animation and added missing enchantment descriptions.
• 1.21.1 is now fully supported and includes everything from 1.4.0 on, in addition to the changes above.

Version 1.4.2 (14/06/2026) - Hotfix #4

New Crusher feature: uncraft recipes for tools Added new Brush and Chisel enchantments Walker now breaks leaves when ridden New advancements A LOT of bug fixing

Version 1.4.0 (16/01/2026) - The Good, the bad & the Ugly Update

NEW ANCIENT CREATURES:

1) Charger

• It’s a neutral Mob that can be brought back to life with its eggs
• From time to time they will sit down and loaf
• They are natural enemies of Raiders and they will attack them on sight
• It will attack the player if the player attacks it first, or if the player is holding a beetroot
• If fed a beetroot it will become over aggressive towards anyone and it will attack on sight (dealing double damage), though this aggressiveness ends as soon as it hits its target
• It can be tamed like a horse, but it is much harder to tame; whenever you fall from it, it will attack you once. To make taming easier, you can feed it sweet berries
• Once tamed, you can equip a saddle and ride it
• Abilities: Press “C” for a headbutt attack; press “Spacebar” for a charge attack (double damage and knockback, moves in a straight line, requires recharge)
• Can be bred with glow berries

2) Raider

• It’s a Hostile Mob that can be brought back to life with its eggs
• Highly aggressive predators that attack every mob (similar to the Eater)
• They are scared by the Eater, but the Eater doesn’t attack them
• Can be made neutral by giving them Ancient Meat; once neutral, they only attack if provoked
• They are pack hunters: if you attack one, the whole pack will strike back
• Natural enemies of Chargers
• Looting Mechanic: When it kills a mob, it drops more loot (base Looting I). This can be increased up to level 4 by feeding it the new Pitcher Plant
• When attacking with its head, it has a chance to drop one of its horns
• Can be bred with any type of meat
• Found as Illager troops in their own structures and during Raids

3) Snatcher

• It’s a Neutral Mob that can be brought back to life with its eggs
• Small and fast, able to climb surfaces thanks to its hooked claws
• From time to time it will steal food or items from player inventories and chests
• To retrieve stolen items, hit the mob once; if not hit in time, it will devour the item and it will be lost forever
• Taming: Make it steal its favorite food, the “Nasty Stew”, from your inventory
• Once tamed, it can be equipped with a Barrel
• Abilities: Press “C” while looking at it to make it climb on your shoulder; press “C” again to throw it. If thrown near a chest or barrel, it will steal the loot and bring it back to the owner

NEW MOBS:

1) Tamer

• A new Illager variant found during Raids and in the new Raider structures
• Usually found riding a Raider troop and equipped with a sword

NEW ITEMS:

1) Charger Armor

• Found in dungeons (commonly in Charger structures)
• Can be dyed and works exactly like golden horse armor

2) Raider Horns

Dropped by Raiders and can be crafted into three variants:

• The Fearsome Horn: (Crafted with Eater Teeth) Gives the "Fear" effect to every mob in a 20-block radius for 5 seconds. (10s cooldown)
• The Shrieking Horn: (Crafted with Echo Shards) Emanates a potent blast dealing great damage in a 20-block radius. (10s cooldown)
• The Spectral Horn: (Crafted with Phantom Membrane) Instantly kills all Phantoms and Vexes in a 20-block radius. (10s cooldown)

3) Nasty Stew

NEW SNIFFER PLANTS:

The Sniffer can now find several new seeds:

1) Rafflesia

• A decorative flower that works like a Spore Blossom but on the ground

2) Sundew

• A decorative plant that attracts flies (similar to a firefly bush)

3) Equisetum

• A new decorative prehistoric plant

4) Moonflower

• Decorative flower that behaves like Pink Petals (can be placed on earth-like blocks)

5) Ginkgo Trees

• New saplings that grow into 1x1 or 2x2 trees. Includes a full Ginkgo Wood Set (planks, doors, etc.)

6) Olden Moss

• A new variant of moss

NEW BLOCKS & MECHANICS:

1) Paleo Table

• Crafted using 4 planks and 2 pottery sherds
• Used to duplicate pottery sherds and transform beast eggs into decorative blocks
• Acts as the job site block for the Paleontologist profession

2) Paleontologist (Villager Profession)

• Created using the Paleo Table. Can be leveled up to unlock new trades

3) Wandering Paleontologist

• Found exclusively in Dig Sites with unique trades (rework of former Paleontologist

4) New banner patterns for shield

NEW STRUCTURES:

1) The Ruined Castle

• Can be found in Plains biomes

2) The Training Outpost

• Can be found in Plains biomes

3) The Primal Log

Can be found in Old Growth biomes

Version 1.3.2 (22/09/2025) - Hotfix #3

1.21.1 support

Toxlacanth remodel

New Advancements

New languages

Bug fixing

Version 1.3.0 (10/08/2025) - Surf Update

NEW ANCIENT CREATURE

Surfer

Eggs found in the Dead Coral

It’s a peaceful Mob

It can be fed any type of coral and if fed a big quantity of the same type (from 32 to 64) as a baby, it will change colour depending on the type of coral; if fed with mutiple colours (in that range of 32 to 64) it will not change colour

Can both travel in water and on land, though on land it will be significantly slower

When on land it will relax basking in the sun: if you go near it too fast it will get scared and it will try to run away, while if you crouch it will remain still; if you approach it nicely and slow you will be able to interact with it and attempt taming it

To tame it you'll have to feed it Coral fan (the type of coral depends on the colour of the Surfer, if it has its base color then any type of coral is good) while it's relaxed

Once tamed it can be equipped with a saddle and you'll be able to ride it; it can travel slowly on land, and fast in and under water (slightly faster than a boat)

The Surfer is able to store big quantities of oxygen and if you press c while riding it, it will be able to restore your oxygen up to 3 times

If you press space bar near the surface while in the water it will jump out and will cover a great distance (it takes 10 second to recharge)

It can be bred with sea pickles

It can be also equipped with the “Surfer Armor”: this will add a layer of protection but will reduce its speed (now beign as fast as a boat)

NEW ITEM

Surfer Armor

It can be crafted with Turtle scutes

It works exactly like dog armor and will tank any damage, consuming its durability instead

Cannot be dyed

Can be Repared (like-dog armor) with turtle scute

NEW STRUCTURE

Dead Coral

Can be found in the Stony Shore biome

Version 1.2.1 (13/06/2025) - Hotfix #2

New translations added: Italian, Polish, Russian and Chinese

New Advancements

Fixed Paleontologist trades

Fixed Walker health problem

Bug fixing

Version 1.2.0 (02/05/2025) - Paleo Update