The Ancient Dawn - Prehistoric Journey
ModpackA prehistoric adventure with quests, dinosaurs, overhauled world gen, and more.
Mod grades
How grades workModpacks get no grade of their own, so we show the grades of its mods. Of its 347 graded mods, 243 are graded A or B, 80 C and 24 D to F. Its last update came out 9 months ago, for Minecraft 1.20.1. See the mods
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About
The Ancient Dawn is a prehistoric-themed RPG and adventure modpack that uses quests to guide players through an age of ancient wildlife. Its worlds feature hundreds of prehistoric creatures, including dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus and Brachiosaurus, alongside other ancient beasts and smaller creatures. The pack overhauls world generation with themed biomes, towering trees, high mountains, deep oceans and caverns, prehistoric caves, and unique structures to explore. Scientific mechanics let players study and interact with ancient creatures, with additional systems for taming, slaying, and reviving prehistoric wildlife. The adventure also includes new bosses and monsters, as well as changing wind and weather, including tornadoes and meteor showers. Quest progression includes an introductory chapter and an Ancient Exhibits chapter for collectors.
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Content of this pack
The mods of its newest release (Minecraft 1.20.1 · Forge, 7 Feb 2026). Each check result is for the latest files of that mod, which may not be the version in this pack.
Cloth Config APIMod · 569.3M downloadsAPassed
Mouse TweaksMod · 548.3M downloadsAPassed
AppleSkinMod · 519.2M downloadsAPassed
GeckolibMod · 500.6M downloadsAPassed
BookshelfMod · 473M downloadsAPassed
Architectury APIMod · 460M downloadsAPassed
ControllingMod · 441.6M downloadsAPassed
Entity CullingMod · 425.1M downloadsAPassed
ClumpsMod · 420.4M downloadsAPassed
Xaero's MinimapMod · 377.5M downloadsBPassed
WaystonesMod · 354M downloadsAPassed
Jade 🔍Mod · 354M downloadsAPassed
Curios APIMod · 350M downloadsAPassed
CollectiveMod · 342.5M downloadsAPassed
PatchouliMod · 341.3M downloadsAPassed
PlaceboMod · 340.7M downloadsAPassed
Enchantment DescriptionsMod · 337.5M downloadsAPassed
Moonlight LibMod · 336.8M downloadsAPassed
ModernFixMod · 334.2M downloadsAPassed
Nature's CompassMod · 332.6M downloadsAPassed
Xaero's World MapMod · 330.9M downloadsBPassed
ImmediatelyFastMod · 329.5M downloadsAPassed
BalmMod · 329M downloadsAPassed
FancyMenuMod · 299.4M downloadsAPassed
KonkreteMod · 295.2M downloadsAPassed1 file not listed: no matching project found.
Changes since the previous release
Compared with the release of 15 Oct 2025 for the same platform, Minecraft version and loader. We do not compare the versions of the mods yet.
- Added
Raw's Visual keybinder
Structure Layout Optimizer
Bookling Gear
Flerovium
AsyncParticles
Better World Loading ([Neo]Forge)
Moog's Structure Lib (moogs_structures)
Inventory Particles
MossyLib
FastWorkbench
FastFurnace
Dynamic FPS
3D Skin Layers
Radium
BadOptimizations- Removed
Rainbows
Better Pickaxe Trims
FPS Reducer
Farsight [Forge/Neo]
Memory Usage Screen
Death Knell
Better Fps - Render Distance
Large Meals (An Add-on for Farmer's Delight)
Fastload
Canary
Bocchium
FTB Quests OptimizerCurseForge project 930207
Locator
Structure Credits
[Let's Do Addon] Compat- Share graded A or B
- up 2 points
Details
- Creator
- Apotheotic_Studios
- License
- Not known
- Downloads
- 371K
- Created
- 25 Jan 2025
- Official page
- CurseForge
Security
No harmful code found in the projects we checked
We checked 348 of its 351 projects and the files in the pack itself, without running them.
Why we show this: a modpack installs the files of its mods, and each mod runs on your computer like any program. Our checks look for known signs of harm. They cannot prove that a file is harmless. In the grade: a modpack has no grade of its own, and each mod's result counts in that mod's grade.
How we checked
- Its projects351 projects
- Not checked yet3 projects
- Files in the pack itself1,511 settings files, 24 resource, shader or data packs, 14 programs, 467 other files, no mod jars.
Privacy
13 mods send something about you
We read the code of 321 of its 324 mods, without running it.
Why we show this: a modpack runs the code of its mods, and 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
- Go online onlyTheir code contacts a web address, for example to check for updates. We found nothing it sends about you.21 mods
- Send nothingTheir code contacts no web address.287 mods
- Not read yetWe have not read their code yet.3 mods
AI
AI used in 10 of the 266 mods we checked
We found an AI tool in them, or their authors declared AI content.
58 mods are not checked yet.
No sign so far that AI was used to make the pack itself
We looked for AI tools in its texts and found none.
We have not read its files and images yet.
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 found2 of 40 changelogs read
- Its filesFiles that AI coding tools leave behind (like AGENTS.md), and the texts inside the files you download.Not read yet
- Images in its filesHidden data in the images of the files you download, where AI image tools write their name and settings.Not read yet
Compatibility
See all 45 filesPoint at or tap a version to see its loaders.