How do I install Polar's Exploration Additions?

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 CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Polar's Exploration Additions work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.21.8, 1.21.4, 1.21.1, among others. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Polar's Exploration Additions

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by Polar_341 · on CurseForge

Which build do you need?

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

Mod loader NeoForge3 builds
Mod loader Forge1 build

Minecraft version

Minecraft 1.21.8Newest
Minecraft 1.21.4
Minecraft 1.21.1

Minecraft 1.20.1Newest

⬇ Download for 1.21.8 · NeoForge ⬇ Download for 1.21.4 · NeoForge ⬇ Download for 1.21.1 · NeoForge ⬇ Download for 1.20.1 · Forge

I don't know my version or loader

Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.

No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.

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Polar's exploration additions is a mod that adds features that make the Minecraft world more interesting to explore, while also providing fun challenges and interesting sights. Some vanilla plus features are also included, such as extra stone and wood blocks for building, modified loot tables, and extra potion variants.

New Stone Variants New Wood Variants Loot Tables

Other main changes include 8 new biomes, 27 new structures, 10 new mobs, a boss, a revamped End dimension, unique weapons, and plenty of other building blocks and items that fill in the vanilla gaps.

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.8, 1.21.4, 1.21.1
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.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as polars_exploration_additions-1.2.0-forge-1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 17.6 MB
Download link checked 28 Sept 2026 — working

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

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