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Variants&Ventures Mod for Minecraft 1.20.1, 26.3

Adds multiple new mob variants seamlessly integrated into your Minecraft world.

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About the Variants&Ventures mod

Variants&Ventures adds multiple new mob variants seamlessly integrated into your Minecraft world.

Each mob variant spawns naturally in relevant biomes. You may also encounter their spawners in dungeons and trial chamber structures, adding an extra layer of challenge and exploration.

You can check wiki for a detailed overview of implemented mobs and features.

Variants&Ventures — screenshot 3

Gelid (Frozen Zombie)

Gelid is a new zombie variant that inflicts freezing when it attacks. You can find the gelid in cold biomes.

Other features related to the gelid:

  • Possibility of Gelid monster spawners in the Dungeons under cold biomes
  • Possibility of Gelid trial spawners in the Trial Chambers
Variants&Ventures — screenshot 4

Thicket (Jungle Zombie)

Thicket is a new zombie variant that inflicts poison when it attacks. You can find the thicket in the jungle biomes.

Other features related to the thicket:

  • Possibility of Thicket monster spawners in the Dungeons under jungle biomes
  • Possibility of Thicket trial spawners in the Trial Chambers

Verdant (Jungle Skeleton)

Verdant is a new skeleton variant that fires poison-tipped arrows. You can find the verdant in the jungle biomes.

Other features related to the verdant:

  • Possibility of Verdant monster spawners in the Dungeons under jungle biomes
  • Possibility of Verdant trial spawners in the Trial Chambers

Murk (Sunken Skeleton)

Murk is a new skeleton variant that lives underwater. You can find the murk in the warm ocean biomes.

Other features related to the murk:

  • Can be sheared for live and/or dead corals
  • Possibility of Murk trial spawners in the Trial Chambers

🗿 Other features

  • Improved Stray spawning logic
  • Possibility of Stray monster spawners
  • Improved Husk spawning logic
  • Possibility of Husk monster spawners
  • Improved Bogged spawning logic
  • Possibility of Bogged monster spawners

⚙️ Compatibility

Variants&Ventures is designed to be fully compatible with all mods, and should work out of the box with everything. For example mobs will spawn in modded biomes and will be affected by Fresh Animations.

Mod is fully configurable, every feature in the mod can be freely enabled or disabled via the config file or the in game config.

💬 Community

You can join our community at the discord server to chat, share your creations, ask any question or to simply be updated about the latest development of the mod and notified when the new release is out. Also don't hesitate to report any crash or bug via GitHub issues.

👋 Support

I will continue developing my mods as a hobby because I truly enjoy it. If you'd like to support me, you can do so on Patreon or Ko-fi. Your support is greatly appreciated.

📜 License

The mod is licensed with CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

Please feel free to explore my code for examples of how I've tackled and solved various challenges while developing this mod. You're welcome to incorporate code snippets into your own projects. Also feel free to use this mod in any modpack (although credit/link back to this page will be greatly appreciated).

How to install Variants&Ventures

With Millida Launcher

  1. Install Millida Launcher

    The launcher is free: download it at millida.net/launcher and sign in with any nickname.

  2. Click “Install” on this page

    The launcher opens and installs the mod for Minecraft 1.20–26.3 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge or Quilt automatically.

  3. Launch the game

    A profile with it appears in the launcher: click “Play”.

Manually

  1. Install Fabric, Forge, NeoForge or Quilt

    The loader must match the game version of the mod file, for example Minecraft 26.3. After installing it, a separate profile appears in your launcher.

  2. Download the file for your version

    In the version list above, pick the file variantsandventures-neoforge-1.0.28+mc26.3.jar (1.1 MB) for your game version and loader.

  3. Put it in the mods folder

    The folder is inside .minecraft (Windows: %appdata%\.minecraft\mods). If it does not exist, create it.

  4. Launch the loader profile

    Open “Mods” in the main menu: Variants&Ventures should be in the list.

Versions

With dependencies

MinecraftLoaderFileDateActions
1.20.1ForgeVariants&Ventures 1.0.281.2 MB 7
26.3NeoForgeVariants&Ventures 1.0.281.1 MB 3
26.3Fabric, QuiltVariants&Ventures 1.0.281.1 MB 49

FAQ

Which Minecraft versions does Variants&Ventures work on?

There are files for 26.3, 1.20.1, 1.20. The newest is 26.3.

Is Variants&Ventures for Forge or Fabric?

There are files for Fabric: 26.3, for Forge: 1.20–1.20.1, for NeoForge: 26.3 and for Quilt: 26.3.

Does Variants&Ventures need other mods?

The author lists no required dependencies: the Fabric, Forge, NeoForge or Quilt loader is enough.

How do I download Variants&Ventures?

With Millida Launcher: it installs Variants&Ventures into a modpack by itself, for the right game version and loader. The launcher is free.

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