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Marvelous Menagerie (DISCONTINUED)

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20. File opened and checked on 8 Oct 2026; downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by VoidArkana · on CurseForge

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This mod ships a separate file for every mod loader and every version of the game. Pick both, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game.

Mod loader

Minecraft version

⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · Forge⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · NeoForge
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YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE NEW MARVELOUS MENAGERIE: PARADOXICAL HERE!

THIS MOD HAS NOW BEEN OFFICIALLY DISCONTINUED AND WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY MORE UPDATES IN ITS CURRENT FORM AS AN ADDON.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER.



Marvelous Menagerie is an addon for the Unusual Prehistory mod, adding some creatures and plants I think would be neat.

Right now the mod adds 12 creatures, 3 decorative animals, one plant, one mushroom with a woodset and one new tree with its complete woodset, along with foods and tools based from some of the creatures in the mod!

For additional info about these creatures, plants and what they add check the in-game encyclopedia or join either my Discord server or Unusual Prehistory's discord server.

 

Warning!

Interacting with Hallucigenia might make flashing colors pop up, if you'd like to avoid this go to the mod's config!

 

The Creatures:

 Dodo

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Elephant Bird

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Thylacine

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Steller's Sea Cow

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Anomalocaris
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Sacabambaspis

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Trilobite (curly, trident, moon, spiky, itty and fat.)


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Ophthalmosaurus
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Josephoartigasia

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Pikaia
Pikaia, the earliest discovered chordate

 

Arandaspis

 

Hallucigenia
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Added support for Dye Depot and Enchantment Descriptions.

Requires Geckolib and Unusual Prehistory.

Not compatible with shaders when riding Josephoartigasia and Ophthalmosaurus!!!

3rd person view breaks for some people when riding Josephoartigasia and Ophthalmosaurus if Alex's Caves is present.

 

Secrets:

  • Naming a Thylacine "metropolitan" will give it an alternate skin, based off of this illustration by Sheather888 of what a domesticated Thylacine could have looked like.

  •  Naming a Dodo "nugget" will give it a special skin

  • Naming a Trilobite "lgbt", "trans", "agender", "ace", "aro", "bi", "gay", "lesbian", "enby", "aroace", "genderfluid" or "pan" will give it that pride flag's respective colors.

  • Naming a Pikaia "pikachu" will make its colors resemble those of the iconic Pokemon mascot



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Quick facts

Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.

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