
San's Archaeology Expansion
An expansion to the archaeology system. It also adds more things for the sniffer to sniff up, as well as pawn shops.
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San's Archaeology Expansion!
General Info
This is a relatively small expansion mod about archaeology.
It does not have the purpose of changing the game in any large way (at least as of now) and currently is only intended to expand on a few subjects (and it will never be as enormous as AC&A). It also adds NEW banner patterns!!
Structures
The mod also adds a bunch of structures, and more are to come! Sand piles, crashed bee hives and more! All of these structures have something in then, whether it's suspicious blocks or chests or similar.
Vanilla Changes
The mod changes a bunch of vanilla loot tables, currently mainly suspicious blocks.
Reasons To Download
There are multiple reasons to download this mod, it expands vanilla systems and adds building blocks. It also adds a new way to get emeralds from trading with villagers. Specifically, it adds the pawnbroker villager. With whom you can trade some of your finds. Though most additions are only for decorative purposes.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.8
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as sans_archaeology_expansion-1.0.0-neoforge-1.21.8.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 84 KB
- Download link checked 24 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.