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Unearthed Journey

by EPOCH_Studio · for Minecraft

A mod about Cenozoic Era.

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About Unearthed Journey

From Modrinth

A mod about Cenozoic Era.

Unearthed Journey is a mod that adds 3 dimensions of Cenozoic content to the game! Including over 30+ highly detailed animals, 4 new woodsets, 2 new ores, and a highly detailed and challenging bossfight.

Each dimension is split up into Formations. Formations act as biomes, and are realistic depictions of the life that once existed in them. This means that the plants, animals, and structures in each biome are true to their prehistoric counterparts, giving players a uniquely realistic prehistoric experience!

Guide Below are several guides for the mod! Including information on time travel, and some other features.

Time Travel To begin, the player must locate the temple to methuselah. The temple can only be found in jungle biomes, and is often located thousands of blocks from spawn. Although not a requirement, the Nature's Compass mod is highly recommended to make locating the structure easy.

Once inside, the player will find several chambers with dangerous monsters and mid-game loot. These chambers end in a lower boss chamber, which is where players can find...

Methuselah The gatekeeper to time traversal, Methuselah is a difficult boss fight even for experienced players. It is recommended to gear up with diamond armor and weapons, including a good ranged weapon to take it out. Upon death, Methuselah drops its eye, a necessary item for what comes next.

Forgotten Portals Forgotten portals can be found all across the overworld. They contain some hidden loot, as well as the blocks necessary for time travel. Each portal has random portal corners, which determine the dimension that the portal leads to. Portal corners can be found in these portals, and in loot chests in the temple. The player must ensure all four corners correspond to the dimension they wish to travel to, and that the sides of the portal are completed with archstone pillars. Using the Eye of Methuselah, the player can then activate the portal and step into the past.

Other Guides Using JEI is highly recommended while playing Uneathed Journey. There are many interesting new items and blocks with recipes that can only be found in JEI, but there are some blocks with uses not explained by JEI, and will instead be explained here...

Peat Found in the Paleogene and Neogene dimensions, peat is an abundant new fuel source, but some work is required to make it useful. Mining peat yields Peat much in the same way that clay does. These peat items can be crafted back into blocks for decoration, or into a Peat Pie. Placing the peat pie on the ground starts a timer that lasts for twenty minutes. After twenty minutes, it becomes a visibly different Dried Peat Pie. This can then be mined and used as a very efficient fuel for furnaces, smokers, and blast furnaces.

Lead Lead is a new ore found in all three cenozoic dimensions. It is largely decorational, with a uniquely blast-proof property in all of its building blocks.

Manganese Steel Raw manganese can now be found rarely in the Pleistocene dimension only. It can be turned into an ingot by smelting a Manganese Steel Blend, crafted with raw iron, manganese, and silicate (obtained from chert, a common white stone found in the Pleistocene and Neogene). Manganese steel can then be crafted into an armor set that protects the wearer from cold damage; and a satchel that acts as an in-inventory back pack. It can also be crafted into a Rock Pick, which mines obsidian and archstone efficiently.

Platypodium Seed Pods Obtained commonly from platypodium leaves found in the Neogene dimension, seed pods can be placed on any ground block to spawn a small version of Platypodium elegans. These are an easy and mess-free way of farming legume logs, as leaves in Unearthed Journey do not break naturally.

Pouches Crafted with a pelt, (a common drop from small mammals), and either grass or seeds, pouches can be used to either tame or breed herbivorous animals. Currently, several animals are breedable, which are up to you to discover, while one is tameable...

Leptictidium Currently the only tame in the mod, leptictidium is quite the useful critter. Found in the Messel Pit formation of the Paleogene dimension, these small trunk-nosed creatures are easily suaded by a seed pouch. Once tamed, they can be bred with seed pouches, and made to sit with a right-click. When shift-right-clicked, leptictidium will play a digging animation, unearthing several useful, or useless items. This ability will then go on cooldown for two minutes.

This mod was made with Mcreator.

GECKOLIB 3.1.40 + is required to run this mod!

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Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Built for Minecraft 1.20.1.

Loaders

Runs on Forge.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Unearthed Journey 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
Optional 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
2.2.3, released 2025-09-06

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Forge1.20.11.20.1

From 5 recorded builds of Unearthed Journey.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
2.2.32025-09-061.20.1Forge
2.2.22025-09-051.20.1Forge
2.2.12025-09-041.20.1Forge
2.22025-08-241.20.1Forge
2.12025-03-231.20.1Forge

Run Unearthed Journey 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”

Gameplay & overhauls

New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.

Works on a server

From source side support

Modrinth lists server-side support for Unearthed Journey as optional: it can run on a server, but isn’t required there.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
Forge
Runs on
Serveroptional on the server
Game versions
1.20.1

Verified at the source

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

Unearthed Journey, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Unearthed Journey?

Modrinth lists server-side support for Unearthed Journey as optional: it can run on a server, but isn’t required there.

Which loaders does it support?

Forge.

Is it free?

Yes. Unearthed Journey 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.

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