How do I install Fossils & Archeology Plus?

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. Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Fossils & Archeology Plus work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20.1. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Fossils & Archeology Plus

by grannythetoelord · on Modrinth

Using Fabulously Optimized as a base with Fossils & Archeology Revival as its centerpiece, this modpack brings a vanilla+ experience to 1.20.1!

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Hatch, care and display your pre-historic creatures with Fossils & Archeology, and enhance your builds with Create and various of its addons.

Explore an enhanced world with Geolithic, Biomes O' Plenty and other vanilla-esk inclusions. Base game structures are improved with Yung's structure mods, and a small amount of new strutures can be found alongside them! Alongside this, backports for later offical updates are also included.

Enjoy a sprinkling of vanilla style mods, such as new ores that fit the early game for a dash of variety. Wood varients for chests, barrels, crafting tables and more - with compatibility for the offerings in Biomes O' Plenty!

Keep other dimentions interesting with BetterEnd and BetterNether also packed with compatibilities with other mods found in the pack such as Farmer's Delight.

Essentials included for easy multiplayer with friends.

Fossils & Archeology Plus is built upon this version Fabulously Optimized: https://modrinth.com/modpack/fabulously-optimized/version/5.4.1

There is currently an issue in which falling leaves (Spring to Life Backport) appear grey for some modded leaf blocks, currently looking for a fix.

Quick facts

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.

Verified by MCModsHub

Downloads as Fossils & Archeology Plus 1.0.2.mrpack
Download size: 1.8 MB
Download link checked 29 Aug 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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