About Variants&Ventures
From ModrinthAdds multiple new mob variants seamlessly integrated into your Minecraft world.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Highlights
From source dataGame 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
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| NeoForge | 1.21.11 to 26.3 (6 versions) | 26.3 |
| Forge | 1.20 to 1.20.1 (2 versions) | 1.20.1 |
From 10 recorded builds of Variants&Ventures.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| forge-1.0.29+mc1.20.1 | 2026-10-31 | 1.20 to 1.20.1 (2 versions) | Forge |
| neoforge-1.0.29+mc26.3 | 2026-10-31 | 26.3 | NeoForge |
| neoforge-1.0.29+mc26.2 | 2026-10-31 | 26.2 | NeoForge |
| neoforge-1.0.29+mc26.1.2 | 2026-10-31 | 26.1 to 26.1.2 (3 versions) | NeoForge |
| neoforge-1.0.29+mc1.21.11 | 2026-10-31 | 1.21.11 | NeoForge |
| forge-1.0.28+mc1.20.1 | 2026-09-26 | 1.20 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 catalogCreatures & NPCs
Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth 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












