About Prehistoric Nature
From ModrinthPrehistoric 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 tags
dinosaurs 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 oresHighlights
From source dataGame 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
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Forge | 1.12.2 | 1.12.2 |
From 5 recorded builds of Prehistoric Nature.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63.02 | 2025-12-31 | 1.12.2 | Forge |
| 63.01 | 2025-12-11 | 1.12.2 | Forge |
| 63.0 | 2025-12-04 | 1.12.2 | Forge |
| 62.01 | 2025-03-24 | 1.12.2 | Forge |
| 62.0 | 2025-03-21 | 1.12.2 | Forge |
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 catalogCreatures & NPCs
Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth 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











