How do I install Fossilized Spawns?

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 Fossilized Spawns work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20.1, 1.18.2. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Fossilized Spawns

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.18–1.20. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by CrocThatLikesDinosaurs · on CurseForge

Which Minecraft do you have?

Every version of the game needs its own build. Pick yours, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game. This mod is built for Forge only.

Minecraft 1.20.1Newest
Minecraft 1.18.2

⬇ Download for 1.20.1 ⬇ Download for 1.18.2

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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Note: Please use the original mod's INTENDED EXPERIENCE before using this mod (creating dinosaurs via revival process), as this is what the developers intended rather than natural spawning. note that this mod's spawns are not scientifically accurate and should not be used informatively.

Credit to the Fossils and Archaeology team for creating such an incredible mod!

Disclaimer: DO NOT ASK THE ORIGINAL FOSSILS AND ARCHAEOLOGY DEVELOPERS FOR ISSUES REGARDING THIS ADDON, they are not the people to ask for this type of issue!

This mod is a fairly basic addon to Fossils and Archaeology, specifically the 1.18.2 and 1.20.1 version, the mod's main premise is it allows prehistoric animals in Fossils and Archaeology to spawn naturally in the Minecraft world, unlike the base mod, where you must revive them via fossils. This mod is for those who do not want to go through such a tedious process, and simply want to explore their world and discover dinosaurs in that fashion.

Creatures spawn based on blocks, rather than biomes, meaning in theory, so long as any of these blocks are present, even in a modded biome, the creatures will spawn in said biomes.

Creatures DO NOT continuously spawn, and spawn based on terrain generation rather than actual mob spawning, meaning creatures will not spawn in pre-existing world chunks, however, they will spawn without issue in new chunks or new worlds.

Some mods that go excellently with this one:

William wyther's overhauled overworld

Terralith

Tectonic

Original mod: Fossils and Archeology: Revival - Minecraft Mods - CurseForge

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.1, 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 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 nomoreneanderthals.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 787 KB
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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