This is the foundational mod for the Better Than Wolves: Remastered! (BTWR) modpack.
It overhauls and expands core Minecraft systems in the spirit of the original Better Than Wolves, while adding new mechanics, items, and challenges for a deeper survival experience.
✨ Key Features and Additions:
🧟 Creeper & Mob Mechanics
- Creeper Shearing: Neutralize creepers with shears to acquire unique drops. Supports vanilla and custom creepers.
- Knockback Rules: Only attacks with weapons/sprinting attacks (club, sword, bow, crossbow, trident) apply knockback by default.
- Baby Zombie Spawning Control: Option to disable baby zombies entirely.
🍲 Food & Crafting
- Expanded Food Selection: New meals like Hearty Stew, Chowder, Chicken Soup, Omelettes, Kebab, and more.
- Diamond Plate & Armor Recipes: Optional recipes for crafting diamond armor using Diamond Plates.
- Cut & Tanned Leather: Multiple leather types with corresponding recipes.
🛡️ Gameplay & Survival Tweaks
- Creeper Explosion Adjustments: Explosions now calculate from the creeper’s eyes, giving more predictable outcomes.
🌳 World & Environment Enhancements
- Mob Spawn Control on Wood: Prevent mobs from spawning on wooden blocks.
- Spawn Capacity Tweaks: Optional increase in monster spawn capacity per chunk.
💻 Developer API & Configuration
- Custom Textures for Sheared Creepers: Mods can provide sheared variants for compatibility with creeper shearing.
- Configurable Options: Full integration with Mod Menu for intuitive singleplayer and client-side configuration screens.
🧩 Side Mods Released:
- 🌲 Sturdy Trees
- 🏔️ Tough Environment
- ⚔️ Mobs Always Drop
- 🏃♂️ Im 'movens
- 💧 Hardcore Fluid Overhaul
- 🌑 In The Gloom
- ⛏️ Bind
- ⚙️ Better With Time: HC Tweaks
- 🐄 Animageddon
- 🌱 Vegehenna
- 🔥 Self-Sustainable
- 🛌 Nomad's Rest
- 🧱 Piston Packing
🖼️ Logo License:
The logo used for this mod is a modified version of the original BTW Logo and is licensed under the CC-BY 4.0 License.
🙏 Acknowledgment:
This mod is a substantial adaptation and ports features from the original Better Than Wolves, created by FlowerChild and currently maintained by the CE Team. Learn more about the original mod here.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 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 Modrinth — 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as btwr-core-0.4.1-1.21.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 1.1 MB
- Download link checked 27 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.