How do I install Marvelous Menagerie: Paradoxical?

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 Marvelous Menagerie: Paradoxical work with?

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

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Marvelous Menagerie: Paradoxical

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20. File opened and checked on 5 Oct 2026; downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by VoidArkana · on CurseForge

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The author built this one for Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.

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About Marvelous Menagerie: Paradoxical

Marvelous Menagerie: Paradoxical is a conjoined remake of Marvelous Menagerie and Odd Organisms, the old Unusual Prehistory addons, now turned into a singular stand-alone mod!

This mod adds new mobs to the world of Minecraft that can be obtained through brand new innovative prehistoric creature "revival" system using rifts in time and space to bring these creatures back from the depths of time! But not everything is smooth sailing, as there are naturally occuring rifts that conjure abominations from within; Do you dare challenge these mighty foes to build the prehistoric park of your dreams?

Getting Started

Craft a Paleontology Toolkit and the Paleonomicon! Uncover fossils without breaking them within the time limit in a brand new minigame and defeat mighty foes emerging from natural Time Fractures to obtain the resources necessary to build an altar and summon creatures! Once you have summoned at least two of them it will be easier to build the park of your dreams, as you can begin to repopulate these marvelous creatures!

Quick facts

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.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as marvelous_menagerie-0.4.1-BETA.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 8.3 MB
Download link checked 2 Oct 2026 — working

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

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