Cardinal Discovery is a discovery and exploration based modpack that utilizes new biomes, items, mobs, ores, and structures to enhance how the game feels while still keeping true to vanilla aspects of the game. Some of the main features of Cardinal discovery are revamped structures like temples and villages, it also adds procedural castle dungeons for you to explore and fight through, and finally it's main feature is new and improved terrain and cave generation using Hydrological and Ecosphereical on the Forge version and Biomes O' Plenty on the Fabric Version! Currently no testing for Cardinal Discovery has been done on a multiplayer server so use at your own Risk.
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Mods:
- JEI
- JER
- Clumps
- Journey Map
- Better Advancements
- Xaeros Minimap
- Xaeros World Map
- Entity Culling
- NEA
- Towns And Towers
- Castle Dungeons
- Immediately Fast
- Elytra Slot
- Yung API
- Yung Better Ocean Monument
- Yung Better Dungeon
- Yung Better Mineshaft
- Yung Better Stronghold
- Yung Better End Island
- Yung Better Nether Fortress
- Yung Bridges
- Yung Better Witch Hut
- Yung Better Jungle Temple
- Yung Better Desert Temple
- Yung Extras
- Yung Menu Tweaks
- Geophilic - Replaced With Hydrological and Ecosphereical on the Forge version only
- Medieval Paintings - Dark Paintings on Fabric
- Medieval Buildings
- Medieval Buildings [End Edition]
- Friends & Foes - Outvoted and Forgotten Mobs on Fabric
- Everything Is Copper - Copper Equipment on Fabric
- Villagers Drop Emeralds on Death
- Illagers Wear Armor - Not on Fabric
- Fisherman's Trap - Improved Fishing on Fabric
- Big Fish - Exline's Fishing on Fabric
- Mouse Tweaks
- GeckoLib
- Controlling
- AppleSkin
- Waystones
- Nature's Compass
- Ore Excavation - Not on Fabric
- Large Ore Deposits - Regional Ore Veins on Fabric
- Immersive Ores
- Oculus - Iris Shaders on Fabric
- Rubidium Extras - Iris Shaders on Fabric
- Farmer's Delight
- Ocean's Delight
- Ender's Delight - Not on Fabric
- ModernFix
- FerriteCore
- Corpse - Bodies! Bodies! on Fabric - https://legacy.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/corpse
- Carry On
- Sophisticated Backpacks - Useful Backpacks on Fabric
- Trash Cans
- No Auto Jump - Not on Fabric
- Automatic Tool Swap - Not on Fabric
- Immersive Paintings
- Weather, Storms & Tornadoes - Immersive Weathering on Fabric
- New Ores and Armors - Not on Fabric
Resource Packs(Included):
- Fresh Animations
- Fresh Animations Extensions - https://legacy.curseforge.com/minecraft/texture-packs/fresh-animations-extensions
- Repurposed Structures - Friends and Foes Combat Update
- Fresh Waystones Texture
Shaders(Included):
- Complementary Reimagined
- Complementary Unbound
- Kappa Shader
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- 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.
- Downloads as CDM8 - Forge - 5.5.0 5.5.0.mrpack
- Download size: 5.3 MB
- Download link checked 28 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.