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Variants&Ventures

by faboslav · for Minecraft

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

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About Variants&Ventures

From Modrinth

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


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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.



Gelid (Frozen Zombie)

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

Gelid

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



Thicket (Jungle Zombie)

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

Thicket

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.

Verdant

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.

Murk

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.

Read the full description on Modrinth →

Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 27 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.

Loaders

Runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Variants&Ventures 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, Forge, NeoForge, Quilt
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
forge-1.0.29+mc1.20.1, released 2026-10-31

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
NeoForge1.21.11 to 26.3 (6 versions)26.3
Forge1.20 to 1.20.1 (2 versions)1.20.1

From 10 recorded builds of Variants&Ventures.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
forge-1.0.29+mc1.20.12026-10-311.20 to 1.20.1 (2 versions)Forge
neoforge-1.0.29+mc26.32026-10-3126.3NeoForge
neoforge-1.0.29+mc26.22026-10-3126.2NeoForge
neoforge-1.0.29+mc26.1.22026-10-3126.1 to 26.1.2 (3 versions)NeoForge
neoforge-1.0.29+mc1.21.112026-10-311.21.11NeoForge
forge-1.0.28+mc1.20.12026-09-261.20 to 1.20.1 (2 versions)Forge

Dependencies

  • Required: modrinth project G1hIVOrD (modrinth, not in our catalogue)
  • Optional: modrinth project 1eAoo2KR (modrinth, not in our catalogue)

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

Run Variants&Ventures 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 Variants&Ventures as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
FabricForgeNeoForgeQuilt
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
26.3 and 26 earlier

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-11-01Open ↗
  • ✓Authorfaboslav, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseLicenseRef-CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0Free

Variants&Ventures, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Variants&Ventures?

Modrinth lists Variants&Ventures as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.

Is it free?

Yes. Variants&Ventures is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is LicenseRef-CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0.

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 Variants&Ventures on a Minecraft server.

Deploy in about a minute from $4.99 a month, then add Variants&Ventures in one click.