PrimalCore
ModA tougher survival start with primitive tools and dangerous creatures.
Why gradeE
How grades workStrengths
Points lost
- No release in 7.3 years−26 points
- Newest file is for 1.12.2, older than the versions mods are made for now−9 points
- No source code link−7 points
- Some modpacks removed it−2 points
All 11 criteria
Maintenance
27 points lost0 / 27Last releaseHow long ago the newest file came out, or an existing file was marked as working on a new Minecraft version.7.3 years ago (3 Jul 2019) 0 / 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. About 9 years behind popular modding versions. Latest Minecraft: 26.3. Abandoned: no release for 7.3 years; no file for a popular modding version.0 / 9Regular releasesIn how many of the last 24 months a new file came out. Full points at 8 months.No release in the last 24 months 0 / 6Stability
2 points lost13 / 15Removed 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.30 of the 184 modpacks with two or more versions removed it in a later one (16%) See the 30 modpacks8 / 10Quick fixesHow often a release needed a quick fix: a new release within 3 days to fix a problem in it.Not measured yet.Known 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
7 points lost0 / 7Source codeWhether the project page links to its source code, so anyone can read what it does.No link on the project page 0 / 7Place to report problemsWhether the project page links to a place where players can report problems: an issue tracker.Does not apply. CurseForge links are not in our data.Popularity
Full points4 / 4DownloadsDownloads on Modrinth and CurseForge. Full points from 5 million.7,053,077 4 / 4Track record
8 points lost0 / 8AgeHow long the project has existed. It counts less when no new file came out recently.9.6 years, 8 releases 0 / 8Security
PassedFile checksThis check adds no points. It can only take points away.Our checks found nothing harmful in all 3 latest files. See Security
16.9 of the 61 points that apply = 28 out of 100. The points above are rounded to whole numbers.
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About
PrimalCore is a configurable survival mod that reshapes early-game progression around primitive technology and a more demanding world. Instead of starting with wooden and stone tools, players gather plant fiber, sticks, and flint, then flake stone against a hard surface to make their first tools; flaking can fail or consume material, and a flint hatchet is needed to harvest wood. Woodworking becomes a sequence of hands-on steps: strip bark with a work blade, split the stripped log with an axe, and use the resulting pieces to make log stacks for charcoal production. Primitive processing stations add distinct crafting and cooking routines: querns grind ingredients such as corn seeds or bones, cauldrons handle heated fluid and item recipes, drying racks can spoil food depending on their surroundings, and fuel-fired hibachis cook food over time. The mod adds a Nether ecosystem with plants such as Cineris cilium, whose mature growth pushes items and entities in a direction, and Corphyry, a tube-worm-like stalk that can be made into planks; Nether Earth can also be heated with lava or magma to grow Nether crops. Nether wildlife includes Ovis Atre, territorial sheep that provide wool, meat, milk, and other products but can attack as a group, while sharks threaten players in deep oceans and untamable wolves hunt in wilderness packs. New food and resource options include cultivable corn for eating or grinding into flour, bog iron found in clay or mud, and iron sand called satetsu found in sandy areas near water. Other practical additions include baited fish traps that can collect different items depending on biome, barrels for storing fluids, and shelves and crates for storing items. Survival changes can make routine actions riskier: exposed torches go out, attempting to break an unharvestable block by hand can injure the player, and crafted versions of many added stone types prevent ordinary mob spawning. The mod’s major features can be configured or disabled, letting players adjust its survival changes and world additions to suit their setup.
Written from CurseForge . How we write it
In-game changes
It has no file for a recent Minecraft version. This is about its files for Minecraft 1.10.2 to 1.12.2.
Adds 1,032 items, 1 mob, 6 other entities, 204 recipes, 19 loot tables and 46 sounds.
Counted from the names and data files in the mod, so the list may not be complete.
Keeps all of vanilla Minecraft's textures, models and sounds.
Often used with it
See all 30Details
- License
- Not known
- Downloads
- 7.1M
- Created
- 29 Jul 2016
- Official page
- CurseForge
Security
No harmful code found
It has no file for a recent Minecraft version. This is about its files for Minecraft 1.10.2 to 1.12.2.
We checked its files and read their code, without running it.
What it can do on your computer
- Connects to the internet
- It has code that can go online, for example to check for updates, load skins or send crash reports. It contacts 1 web address. See Privacy
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.3 latest files: the newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. None is for a recent Minecraft version, so the answer above is about all of them. 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
- Looked for, not foundWe looked for these in the file and did not find them.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 1.10.2 to 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 all 3 files, for Minecraft 1.10.2 to 1.12.2. See each file in Releases
AI
No sign so far that AI was used to make it
We looked for AI tools in its description, files, images and sounds and found none.
We have not read its changelogs 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.Not on Modrinth.
- Description and changelogsThe description, project page and newest changelogs: sentences saying an AI tool was used, and text pasted from an AI chat.Nothing found in the descriptionChangelogs not read yet
- 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 found1,224 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 82 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 file1,008 code files read
Compatibility
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Related projects
Projects that need PrimalCore to work.
Modpacks using this project
Find modpacks with it232 modpacks include PrimalCore in at least one of their versions. Here are the 30 most downloaded.
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Exoria160K downloadslast version with it 20 Jul 2018
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Primal Skies59K downloadslast version with it 31 Dec 2018
Material Energy^Ex 50K downloadslast version with it 7 Oct 2016
Homestead48K downloadslast version with it 13 Jul 2017
One Hundred Years After the Apocalypse45K downloadslast version with it 10 Sep 2020Often in the same modpacks
Mods that modpacks often add together with PrimalCore. Share: how many of the modpacks with PrimalCore also have that mod.
BetterFpsCModin 70% of the modpacks with PrimalCore
Inventory Tweaks [1.12 only]-Modin 69% of the modpacks with PrimalCore
ChiselCModin 67% of the modpacks with PrimalCore
Pams HarvestCraftDModin 60% of the modpacks with PrimalCore
Immersive EngineeringCModin 56% of the modpacks with PrimalCore
FoamFixCModin 51% of the modpacks with PrimalCore
Dynamic SurroundingsAModin 51% of the modpacks with PrimalCore
Tinkers' Tool LevelingDModin 44% of the modpacks with PrimalCore
CoFH WorldDModin 44% of the modpacks with PrimalCore
BiblioCraftDModin 44% of the modpacks with PrimalCoreLatest 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.