The Galvan Initiative
The Galvan Initiative is an addon to the Alien Evolution mod which adds in more content to Upgrade, giving you more options to what you can…
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The Galvan Initiative
Content
This pack adds new forms to the Galvanic Mechamorph in Alien Evolution, giving him more of a use in your worlds, both practical and tactical.
Upgrade Templates
To obtain an Upgrade Template you first need to use a Galvan template as the smithing table form.
Abilities
Furnace
Ability 1: Fire Breath
Ability 2: Fire Shot
Ability 3: Smelt / Fuel (Mainhand Item)
Ability 3 [CROUCH]: Smoke Bomb
Piston
Ability 1: Piston Leap
Ability 1 [DEFENSE MODE]: Piston Pushback
Ability 2: Defence Mode
Ability 3: Piston Bounce
Anvil
Ability 1: Anvil Smash
Ability 2: Leap
Ability 3: Laser eye
Stonecutter
Ability 1: Shoot Saws
Ability 2: Burrow
Ability 3: Climb
Smithing Table
Ability 1: Defense
Ability 2: Smithing Template Upgrade
WIP Features
We are planning on adding: dispenser and Note block
- 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.
- Ships as galvan-1.1.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 869 KB
- Download link checked 30 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.