Pelagic Prehistory

The Pelagic Prehistory mod enriches the Minecraft world with twelve completely new creatures. Most of them are ancient ocean inhabitants that can be revived by finding fossils on the seabed. In addition to animals, the mod adds new building blocks, ancient plants, and unique wood types.

Ancient and Modern Creatures

Extinct species: pliosaurus, plesiosaurus, dunkleosteus, bawitius, shonisaurus, cladoselache, prognathodon, lepidotes, irritator, henodus.

Modern species: cuttlefish, dugong.

Plants and marine life: ginkgo tree, charnia, sea sponge.

The Process of Reviving Ancient Creatures

Finding Fossils

Fossils can be found exclusively on the bottom of ocean biomes. They are hidden in ancient sediment - a new building material. These same deposits contain a special variety of coal ore that yields twice as much coal when mined.

Creating Equipment

Working with fossils requires two devices: an analyzer and an infuser. Their crafting recipes are available through JEI.

Analyzer - converts found fossils into DNA vials.

Infuser - use the vials along with necessary components (the list appears when hovering with Shift held) to grow creatures.

The obtained plants, eggs, or offspring can be released into water, where they will grow into adults. If a creature dies, it turns into an item that can be reused.

Important: the mod requires the latest version of Geckolib Forge to work.