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Prehistoric Nature

by Aecht_Rob · for Minecraft

Prehistoric Nature is a scientifically-accurate mod bringing to life the entire history of planet earth: hundreds of prehistoric animals, plants and other life. We also offer a range of dimension mods to travel to the past periods (search them up).

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About Prehistoric Nature

From Modrinth

Prehistoric Nature is a scientifically-accurate mod bringing to life the entire history of planet earth: hundreds of prehistoric animals, plants and other life. We also offer a range of dimension mods to travel to the past periods (search them up).

This mod adds the whole of prehistoric natural history to Minecraft, from the very beginning through the age of dinosaurs to the ice age, along with game-play to revive or capture prehistoric life. Hundreds and hundreds of accurate prehistoric creatures and plants are included, and you can download separate dimension mods to explore beautiful, fully worked-out multi-biomed dimensions, each representing different periods of earth's prehistory in huge depth and detail. We build all content after in-depth research using the latest scientific publications and our modding team includes paleontological professionals to ensure that concepts, models, textures and behaviours are as accurate as possible.

When in the game itself, you should use the Palaeopedia item, which is the guidebook to the game and which contains everything you need to know. The Palaeopedia itself can be clicked onto prehistoric life to collect information about it and doing so will unlock more information in the entry for it in the book. The Palaeopedia can also be clicked onto nests to see who owns them. To open the Palaeopedia itself, use shift+click.

We give extsneive help on our Discord channel for you - join us. There is also a fan-made Wiki here, which does need more work but should have the basics for you: https://prehistoricnature.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page

The dimension mods are here:

Precambrian: https://modrinth.com/mod/prehistoric-nature-precambrian-dimension
Cambrian: https://modrinth.com/mod/prehistoric-nature-cambrian-dimension
Ordovician: https://modrinth.com/mod/prehistoric-nature-ordovician-dimension
Silurian: https://modrinth.com/mod/prehistoric-nature-silurian-dimension
Devonian: https://modrinth.com/mod/prehistoric-nature-devonian-dimension
Carboniferous: https://modrinth.com/mod/prehistoric-nature-carboniferous-dimension
Permian: https://modrinth.com/mod/prehistoric-nature-permian-dimension
Triassic: https://modrinth.com/mod/prehistoric-nature-triassic-dimension
Jurassic: https://modrinth.com/mod/prehistoric-nature-jurassic-dimension
Early Cretaceous: coming soon
Late Cretaceous: coming soon
Paleogene: coming soon
Neogene: coming soon
Pleistocene: coming soon

Prehistoric Nature requires the following mods to run:

Llibrary (not on Modrinth at time of writing): https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/llibrary
Patchouli: https://modrinth.com/mod/patchouli

Word tagsdinosaurs dinosaur dino dinos fossils fossil paleontology palaeontology history worldgen biome biomes dimension dimensions plant plants palaeobotany paleobotany prehistoric nature flora fauna nature natural revival science adventure 1.12.2 forge dna spore spores seed seeds egg eggs nest nests bench benches bridge bridges tree trees glass ore ores

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Built for Minecraft 1.12.2.

Loaders

Runs on Forge.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Prehistoric Nature 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
Forge
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
63.02, released 2025-12-31

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Forge1.12.21.12.2

From 5 recorded builds of Prehistoric Nature.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
63.022025-12-311.12.2Forge
63.012025-12-111.12.2Forge
63.02025-12-041.12.2Forge
62.012025-03-241.12.2Forge
62.02025-03-211.12.2Forge

Dependencies

  • Required: modrinth project nU0bVIaL (modrinth, not in our catalogue)

Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.

Run Prehistoric Nature 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 catalog
Listed on Modrinth as “Mods”

Creatures & NPCs

Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Modrinth lists Prehistoric Nature as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
Forge
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
1.12.2

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorAecht_Rob, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseLicenseRef-All-Rights-ReservedFree

Prehistoric Nature, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Prehistoric Nature?

Modrinth lists Prehistoric Nature as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Forge.

Is it free?

Yes. Prehistoric Nature is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is LicenseRef-All-Rights-Reserved.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

Use “Add to a server” on this page, or open NxLabs from your dashboard. We install it, restart your server and switch it on.

NxLabs

Run Prehistoric Nature on a Minecraft server.

Deploy in about a minute from $4.99 a month, then add Prehistoric Nature in one click.