About BTWR: Core
From ModrinthThe core mod for the Better Than Wolves:Remastered! Modpack.
If you were looking for the actual modpack check here.
✨ Key Features and Additions:
🧟 Creeper & Mob Mechanics
+ Creeper Shearing: Neutralize creepers with shears to acquire unique drops. Supports vanilla and custom creepers. + Knockback Rules: Only attacks with weapons/sprinting attacks (club, sword, bow, crossbow, trident) apply knockback by default. + Baby Zombie Spawning Control: Option to disable baby zombies entirely.
🍲 Food & Crafting
+ Expanded Food Selection: New meals like Hearty Stew, Chowder, Chicken Soup, Omelettes, Kebab, and more. + Diamond Plate & Armor Recipes: Optional recipes for crafting diamond armor using Diamond Plates. + Cut & Tanned Leather: Multiple leather types with corresponding recipes.
🛡️ Gameplay & Survival Tweaks
+ Creeper Explosion Adjustments: Explosions now calculate from the creeper’s eyes, giving more predictable outcomes.
🌳 World & Environment Enhancements
+ Mob Spawn Control on Wood: Prevent mobs from spawning on wooden blocks. + Spawn Capacity Tweaks: Optional increase in monster spawn capacity per chunk.
💻 Developer API & Configuration
+ Custom Textures for Sheared Creepers: Mods can provide sheared variants for compatibility with creeper shearing. + Configurable Options: Full integration with Mod Menu for intuitive singleplayer and client-side configuration screens.
🖼️ Logo License: The logo used for this mod is a modified version of the original BTW Logo and is licensed under the CC-BY 4.0 License.
🙏 Acknowledgment
This mod ports functionality from the legendary Better Than Wolves mod, originally created by FlowerChild and maintained by the CE Team.
Learn more about the original mod: Better Than Wolves Official Site
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 4 Minecraft versions, the newest being 1.21.1.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
BTWR: Core on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Fabric
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 0.5 (beta), released 2026-09-11
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric | 1.21.1 | 1.21.1 |
From 5 recorded builds of BTWR: Core.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 beta | 2026-09-11 | 1.21.1 | Fabric |
| 0.4.1 beta | 2026-05-11 | 1.21.1 | Fabric |
| 0.4 beta | 2026-05-06 | 1.21.1 | Fabric |
| 0.33.5 alpha | 2026-03-07 | 1.21.1 | Fabric |
| 0.33.4 alpha | 2026-01-19 | 1.21.1 | Fabric |
Run BTWR: Core on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogGameplay & overhauls
New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists BTWR: Core as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- Fabric
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 1.21.1 and 3 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓Authorivangeevo, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseCC-BY-4.0Free
