Darwin 4
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20. File opened and checked on 28 Sep 2026; downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
⬇ Download on CurseForgeThe author built this one for Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.
Explore an alien planet Darwin IV from an iconic book The Expedition by Wayne Douglas Barlowe. This mod adds a unique alien planet dimension with unique creatures and loot. Get ready to delve into a challenging and intriquing new world.
This mod is currently unfinished! So only a half-baked beta is аvailable.
Mod adds a new dimension, to which you can travel through a special portal that can be rarely found in the overworld. It can be activated by using a Yuma Technology item that you can craft by using a netherstar, 3 iron ignots and a redstone block.
New dimension called Darwin IV, contains 6 new unique biomes and 16 new mobs and 3 inuque soundtracks composed by PesterJest and Heath!
current biomes are:
- Amoebic sea
- Deep Amoebic sea
- Pocket forest
- Saline valley
- Prairie
- Litoral zone
list of mobs:
- Emperor sea strider
- Sea strider nymph
- Disk flyer
- Dark disk flyer
- Stripewing
- Amoebite
- Amoebound
- Prairie ram
- Jetdarter
- Skewer
- Symbiont flyer
- Sackback
- Beach quill
- Spinosa
- Shorehopper
- Pillslug
All of the mobs are well animated and modeled with unique drops.
The mod adds a variety of life quality enhancing blocks and items.
please consider that this mod is still in early development, so not all content is added or polished! critiques and help will be more than welcome!
- 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 CurseForge — 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 darwiniv-1.0.0-forge-1.20.1 beta ver.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 27.3 MB
- Download link checked 27 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.