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[Origin]: Woodmuncher
A small datapack that adds a new aquatic Origin to make friends with the Merling, the Woodmuncher. It's based off of beavers and can eat and phase through…
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When playing the Origins mod as a Merling, ever got a bit lonely? No other people living in the water with you? Well, this aims to fix that! Enter:
WOODMUNCHER
Semiaquatic rodents, often found either building with wood or eating it.
IMPACT: 🟢⚫⚫
(=) Dam and Lodge:
You can only sleep when near lots of water and under a ceiling at a maximum of 2 blocks above the ground and can slowly and exhaustingly phase through natural tree matter if near water (toggleable). You have longer breath underwater if near enough logs.
(=) Iron Incisor:
You can eat unstripped logs and turn them into stripped logs when doing so, but you can't eat any meat and food sources besides logs and dried kelp are much less filling.
(+) Semiaquatic:
You can break blocks normally underwater, can see better underwater and swim faster underwater.
(+) Strength:
You have access to an additional 9 slots of inventory.
(=) Short Stature:
You're 1 and a half blocks tall but only have 7 hearts.
This origin is designed to encourage and help with building in water with lots of logs. If you like a more sedentary playstyle, water and building, this is is for you!
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.18, 1.18.1, 1.18.2
- 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 — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
- Downloads as WhyDoBeaversBeave.zip
- Download size: 143 KB
- Download link checked 30 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.