Prehistoric Nature
ModDiscover prehistoric animals and plants from Earth's history.
Why gradeC
How grades workStrengths
Points lost
- No release in 10 months−15 points
- Releases in only 2 of the last 24 months−4 points
- No public issue tracker−3 points
- Under 5 million downloads−1 point
All 11 criteria
Maintenance
13 points lost14 / 27Last releaseHow long ago the newest file came out, or an existing file was marked as working on a new Minecraft version.10 months ago (31 Dec 2025) 3 / 12Supports popular versionsWhether the project has a file for a Minecraft version that 15% or more of the popular mods updated in the last 6 months also support. A version many modpacks use, like 1.20.1 or 1.21.1, also counts after a release in the last 12 months.1.12.2 on Forge. A version many modpacks still use. Latest Minecraft: 26.3. 9 / 9Regular releasesIn how many of the last 24 months a new file came out. Full points at 8 months.Releases in 2 of the last 24 months 2 / 6Stability
Full points22 / 22Removed from modpacksHow many modpacks removed it in a later version of the pack. We can only see this in modpacks with two or more versions. A pack that swaps it for another edition of the same project, or that is rebuilt from scratch, does not count.10 of the 99 modpacks with two or more versions removed it in a later one (10%) 10 / 10Quick fixesHow often a release needed a quick fix: a new release within 3 days to fix a problem in it.No quick fix in 2 years 7 / 7Known conflictsHow many projects say they do not work with it, compared with how widely it is used. Packs, small projects, forks, ports, add-ons, alternatives and old versions do not count.None 5 / 5Transparency
3 points lost7 / 10Source codeWhether the project page links to its source code, so anyone can read what it does.GitHub · AechtRob/PrehistoricFlora 7 / 7Place to report problemsWhether the project page links to a place where players can report problems: an issue tracker.No link to report problems 0 / 3Popularity
1 point lost3 / 4DownloadsDownloads on Modrinth and CurseForge. Full points from 5 million.761,121 3 / 4Track record
6 points lost2 / 8AgeHow long the project has existed. It counts less when no new file came out recently.6.3 years, 138 releases 2 / 8Security
PassedFile checksThis check adds no points. It can only take points away.Our checks found nothing harmful in the latest file. See Security
48 of the 71 points that apply = 68 out of 100.
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About
Prehistoric Nature brings Earth’s prehistoric natural history to Minecraft, adding more than a thousand scientifically researched plants and animals, from early life through the dinosaur ages to the Ice Age. Its creatures inhabit land and aquatic biomes, with behaviors such as Brachiosaurus reaching for leaves, marine reptiles swimming, pterosaurs flying, and predators hunting other animals. Players can revive or capture prehistoric life, while the Palaeopedia serves as an in-game guide: use it on creatures to collect information and expand their entries, or on nests to identify their owners. Separate dimension add-ons provide detailed, multi-biome environments for periods including the Precambrian, Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, and Jurassic. The mod also supports configurable revival-system integrations that can bring mobs and blocks from other mods into its revival gameplay.
Written from Modrinth and CurseForge . How we write it
In-game changes
It has no file for a recent Minecraft version. This is about its files for Minecraft 1.12.2.
Adds 2,894 blocks, 2,717 items, 1,595 entities, 1 enchantment, at least 2,055 advancements, at least 1,896 loot tables and 1,078 sounds.
Counted from the names and data files in the mod, so the list may not be complete.
Replaces 1 of vanilla Minecraft's models.
Often used with it
See all 20Details
- Creators
- Aecht_Rob and Seafoam_Fuyuni
- License
- All rights reserved
- Downloads
- 761K
- Created
- 29 Jun 2020
- Official pages
- Modrinth , CurseForge
- Links
- Source code , Discord
Security
No harmful code found
It has no file for a recent Minecraft version. This is about its files for Minecraft 1.12.2.
We checked its files and read their code, without running it.
Why we show this: a mod runs on your computer like any program, so harmful code in it can take your accounts or files. Our checks look for known signs of harm. They cannot prove that a file is harmless. In the grade: malware means no grade, and a Warning in a latest file for a recent Minecraft version lowers it.
How we checked
- FilesWe download the files from Modrinth or CurseForge and look at what is inside them and what their code can do, without running them. Fixed rules tell what is harmful.1 latest file. It is not for a recent Minecraft version, so the answer above is about it. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks. See each file in Releases
- Their codeWe turn the code of the files back into readable code and follow what it does, without running it. This shows what it downloads, what it sends and where your login goes.Read without running it
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth, where the author declares that the project reads or edits things on your system outside the game. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when this applies.Nothing declared about your system outside the game.
- Looked for, not foundWe looked for these in the file and did not find them.The internet, folders outside the game, other programs, updating itself, the webcam or microphone, an AI service.
Privacy
We found nothing it sends
It has no file for a recent Minecraft version. This is about its files for Minecraft 1.12.2.
We read its code without running it: it contacts no web address while you play.
Why we show this: a mod can send things about you over the internet, like your player name or your login. Contacting an address to check for updates or download files sends nothing about you. Not in the grade: sending data can be normal for what a mod does.
How we checked
- Files readWe read the code without running it. We list each web address the code contacts while you play, and what it sends. Code that is never used is left out.The code of its one file, for Minecraft 1.12.2. See each file in Releases
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth, where the author declares crash reports, usage data and advertisements. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when a project collects data on its users or shows advertisements.Nothing declared about crash reports, usage data or advertisements.
AI
No sign so far that AI was used to make it
We looked for AI tools in its texts, files, images and sounds and found none.
We have not read its code history yet.
No sign of AI in the game
We found no AI service, AI library or AI model file in its code.
Why we show this: some players and servers avoid projects made with AI, and AI in the game can send what you write to an online service. Not in the grade: using AI does not tell whether a project works well or is kept up to date.
How we checked
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when a substantial part of the code is AI output, when an asset is mainly AI output, or when the project or its page relies on generative AI.No AI content or AI features declared.
- Code historyThe public code on GitHub: who made each change, credit lines such as "Co-authored-by", and its files.Not read yet
- Description and changelogsThe description, project page and newest changelogs: sentences saying an AI tool was used, and text pasted from an AI chat.Nothing found17 of 40 changelogs read
- Its filesFiles that AI coding tools leave behind (like AGENTS.md), and the texts inside the files you download.Nothing found
- Images in its filesHidden data in the images of the files you download, where AI image tools write their name and settings.Nothing found14,260 images read
- Sounds in its filesThe tags of the sound files in the files you download, where some AI music tools write their name.Nothing found40 of 3,266 sounds read
- Code of the modThe code and files of the mod, read without running it: addresses of AI services, AI libraries, AI model files and a place for your own AI key.No AI service, AI library or AI model file3,000 code files read
Compatibility
See all 138 filesPoint at or tap a version to see its loaders.
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Projects that need Prehistoric Nature to work.
Prehistoric Nature Precambrian DimensionDMod380K downloads
Prehistoric Nature Carboniferous DimensionDMod376K downloads
Prehistoric Nature Triassic DimensionDMod374K downloads
Prehistoric Nature Ordovician DimensionDMod373K downloads
Prehistoric Nature Devonian DimensionDMod370K downloads
Prehistoric Nature Cambrian DimensionDMod368K downloads
Prehistoric Nature Silurian DimensionDMod366K downloads
Prehistoric Nature Permian DimensionDMod364K downloads
Prehistoric Nature FossilsDMod329K downloads
Prehistoric Nature Jurassic DimensionDMod254K downloadsModpacks using this project
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Fewer modpacks put it in their new versions than a year ago: 2 a month now, 4 a year agoThe average of the last 6 months, compared with the same 6 months a year before. We say it only when the change is large..
144 modpacks include Prehistoric Nature in at least one of their versions. Here are the 30 most downloaded.
Jurassic World Rebirth450K downloadslast version with it 21 Nov 2023
Jurassic World Reborn II438K downloadslast version with it 9 Aug 2025
Rhinocraft62K downloadslast version with it 20 Feb 2023
Compitum Magia44K downloadslast version with it 8 Aug 2021
FunDinoModpack40K downloadslast version with it 30 Jan 2025
Jurassic World Reborn 2 LITE38K downloadslast version with it 23 Oct 2024
Jurassic Park Reborn21K downloadslast version with it 3 Nov 2021
Prehistoric Nature integrated with Fossils and Archeology20K downloadslast version with it 2 Apr 2025
Purely Prehistoric Nature13K downloadslast version with it 31 Dec 2025
jurassic word reborn remake8.2K downloadslast version with it 8 Jul 2025Often in the same modpacks
Mods that modpacks often add together with Prehistoric Nature. Share: how many of the modpacks with Prehistoric Nature also have that mod.
Fossils and Archeology: RevivalAModin 80% of the modpacks with Prehistoric Nature
ChiselCModin 63% of the modpacks with Prehistoric Nature
Pams HarvestCraftDModin 59% of the modpacks with Prehistoric Nature
BetterFpsCModin 46% of the modpacks with Prehistoric Nature
BiblioCraftDModin 44% of the modpacks with Prehistoric Nature
Inventory Tweaks [1.12 only]-Modin 44% of the modpacks with Prehistoric Nature
Roughly Enough IDsBModin 43% of the modpacks with Prehistoric Nature
FoamFixCModin 38% of the modpacks with Prehistoric Nature
Dynamic SurroundingsAModin 38% of the modpacks with Prehistoric Nature
YUNG's Better CavesAModin 38% of the modpacks with Prehistoric NatureLatest files
The newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. None is for a recent Minecraft version. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks.