🐉 Antique Beasts

Venture into a world shaped by mythologies and ancient folklore, where legendary creatures roam the land and forgotten civilizations leave their mark.
Antique Beasts invites players to hunt vicious monsters, tame fantastical beings, and carve their own legend through combat, exploration, and progression.

The mod introduces a wide range of mobs, weapons, armor, mechanics, structures, and animations, all designed to make Minecraft feel more alive, immersive, and challenging.

Several creatures and structures draw inspiration from Skyrim and Age of Mythology, reimagined to fit naturally into the Minecraft universe.

📦 Required Mods

Forge / Neoforge

The following mods are required:

• Sinytra Connector
• Forgified Fabric API
• Azurelib Armor
• Geckolib

Fabric

The following mods are required:

• Fabric API
• Azurelib Armor
• Geckolib

⭐ Key Features

- Configurable patrol system
Patrols can spawn every 1 to 60 minutes, move toward random locations, and attack players as a group. This system can be fully disabled.

- Raid mechanics
Slay 20 Draugrs while holding a crafted Thuriasz Rune to trigger a three-wave invasion. Survive the raid to earn a valuable treasure chest.

- Nether-aware difficulty scaling
Raids become more dangerous once the player has visited the Nether.

- Improved AI and combat behavior
Mythological creatures feature smarter decision-making, combat synergy, and immersive behaviors.

- Better Combat compatibility
Fully compatible with the Better Combat mod.

🛠️ Configuration Options

antiquebeasts_config.json

• Toggle patrol spawning
• Adjust patrol spawn delay (1–60 minutes)

antiquebeasts_spawn_rate_config.json

• Control individual natural spawn rates for each creature (0–10)

antiquebeasts_bonus_health_config.json

• Add bonus health to mobs (0–100 = up to +50 hearts)

antiquebeasts_armor_value_config.json

• Configure armor values for boots, leggings, chestplate, and helmet

🧟‍♂️ Mobs

Greek Mythology

• Elite Hoplite
• Champion Hoplite
• Hero Hoplite
• Hades Chosen
• Hades Shade
• Chimera
• Cyclops
• Frost Cyclops
• Pegasus

Norse Mythology

• Throwing Axeman
• Hersir
• Huskarl
• Einherjar
• Valkyrie

Egyptian Mythology

• Axeman
• Camelry
• Elephant Rider
• Wadjet
• Mummy
• Servant
• Egyptian Caravan

Draugrs

• Draugr
• Draugr Scourge
• Draugr Wight
• Draugr Archer
• Skeleton Warrior

Dwemer Automatons

(Take more damage from blunt weapons and less from sharp ones)

• Dwemer Centurion
• Dwemer Spider
• Dwemer Spider Guardian

Other Creatures

• Harpy

Bosses

• Mummified Pharaoh
• Draugr Overlord

🏰 Structures

Overworld

• Drakkar (cold-water vessel)
• Trireme (warm-water vessel)
• Greek Temple (large dungeon with high-tier loot)
• Hoplite Barrack (contains a map to the Greek Temple)
• Outdoor Cyclops Cave (leads to the Hoplite Barrack)
• Norse Military Camp
• Norse Farmer Camp (easier variant)
• Ruined Temple (guarded by a Chimera)
• Egyptian Pyramid (boss dungeon with secrets and traps)
• Draugr Crypt (large underground dungeon featuring the Draugr Overlord)
• Dwemer Tower (leads to Dwemer Ruins)
• Dwemer Ruins (Blackreach, Raldbthar, and basic layouts)

Nether

• Hades Shrine

💬 Notes & Credits

• This mod is actively developed and considered a work in progress
• Feedback and ideas are welcome
• Join the community on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/y8uC2NepkB
• Includes LibGui for versions earlier than 1.2.13
• Special thanks to @akari for assistance with models and textures
• Some Dwemer structures are based on builds by
  fonta59 – Skyrim in Minecraft, used with permission

🐉 Antique Beasts

Venture into the world of mythologies and folklore, encounter and slay a multitude of vicious beasts, tame fantastical creatures and become a legend of your own story.

Antique Beasts introduces a wide range of mobs, weapons, armour, mechanics, structures and animations, designed to make Minecraft feel more alive, immersive and challenging.

Some mobs and structures are inspired by Skyrim and Age of Mythology.

⚠️ REQUIRED MODS

🔨 Forge users:

You must install:

• Sinytra Connector
• Forgified Fabric API
• Azurelib Armor
• Geckolib

🧵 Fabric users:

You must install:

• Fabric API
• Azurelib Armor
• Geckolib

🧩 Key Features

• 🛡️ Configurable patrols: spawn every 1–60 minutes, move toward a random location, and group-attack the player if approached (can be disabled).
• ⚔️ Raid system: kill 20 Draugrs while holding a crafted Thuriasz Rune to trigger a 3-wave invasion. If successful, earn a valuable treasure chest.
• 🔥 Nether-aware scaling: raids become harder if the player has visited the Nether.
• 🧠 AI upgrades, combat synergy, and immersive behaviour for mythological creatures.
• ✅ Fully compatible with Better Combat.

🛠️ Configuration Options

📁 antiquebeasts_config.json

• "patrolSpawning": true → toggle patrols
• "patrolSpawnDelay": 20 → interval in minutes (1–60)

📁 antiquebeasts_spawn_rate_config.json

• Control each mob’s natural spawn rate individually (0–10)

📁 antiquebeasts_bonus_health_config.json

• Add up to +50 hearts per unit (0–100 = +0 to +50 HP)

📁 antiquebeasts_armor_value_config.json

• Set individual values for [boots, leggings, chestplate, helmet]

🧟‍♂️ Mobs

Greeks

• Elite Hoplite
• Champion Hoplite
• Hero Hoplite
• Hades Chosen
• Hades Shade
• Chimera
• Cyclops
• Frost Cyclops
• Pegasus

Norse

• Throwing Axeman
• Hersir
• Huskarl
• Einherjar
• Valkyrie

Egyptians

• Axeman
• Camelry
• Elephant Rider
• Wadjet
• Mummy
• Servant
• Egyptian Caravan

Draugrs

• Draugr
• Draugr Scourge
• Draugr Wight
• Draugr Archer
• Skeleton Warrior

Dwemer Automatons

(Take more damage from blunt weapons, less from sharp ones)

• Dwemer Centurion
• Dwemer Spider
• Dwemer Spider Guardian

Others

• Harpy

Bosses

• Mummified Pharaon
• Draugr Overlord

🏰 Structures

🌍 Overworld

• Drakkar (cold water boat)
• Trireme (warm water boat)
• Greek Temple (massive dungeon with loot)
• Hoplite Barrack (contains a map to Greek Temple)
• Outdoor Cyclops Cave (contains a map to Hoplite Barrack)
• Norse Military Camp
• Norse Farmer Camp (easier)
• Ruined Temple (guarded by Chimera)
• Egyptian Pyramid (boss dungeon with Mummy & secrets)
• Draugr Crypt (large underground dungeon with Draugr Overlord)
• Dwemer Tower (leads to Dwemer Ruin)
• Dwemer Ruin (Blackreach / Raldbthar / basic layouts)

🔥 Nether

• Hades Shrine

💬 Notes & Credits

• 🧪 This mod is a work in progress — feedback and ideas are welcome!
• 💬 Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/y8uC2NepkB
• 🧰 Includes LibGui for versions < 1.2.13
• 🙏 Special thanks to @akari for help with models and textures.
• 🏛️ Some Dwemer structures are based on builds by fonta59 (Skyrim in Minecraft), with permission.