{"id":72417,"date":"2026-06-04T05:36:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T02:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/fossils-mod\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T05:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T02:36:33","slug":"fossils-mod","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/fossils-mod\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Reptiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>## Ancient Reptiles Mod by RTNasenbaer<br \/>\n### Some random info<br \/>\nThis mod was created by me to just check out the Fabric API and to learn Kotlin.<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t really have any major coding experience and for this mod i&#8217;m following a tutorial series by Modding by Kaupenjoe<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<br \/>\n### Mod Description<br \/>\nAncient Reptiles currently adds some reptile and kind of archeology related stuff.<br \/>\nThere are some new&#8230;<\/p>\n<details open>\n<summary>Items<\/summary>\n<ul>\n<li>Ancient Scales\n<ul>\n<li>one of the mods resources needed for crafting mod items<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>can be found in enclosed fossils<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Scales\n<ul>\n<li>one of the mods resources needed for crafting mod items<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>will be obtainable by killing a later added mob<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Claws\n<ul>\n<li>one of the mods resources needed for crafting mod items<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>can as well be found while mining<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n<details open>\n<summary>Blocks<\/summary>\n<ul>\n<li>Enclosed Fossils (both stone and deepslate)\n<ul>\n<li>is like a new ore that drops both ancient scales and claws<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>is found in between y level 48 and -48<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ancient Scales Block\n<ul>\n<li>works like a diamond block.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>just for easier storing more of these ancient scales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Scales Block\n<ul>\n<li>works like a diamond block.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>just for easier storing more of these scales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n<details open>\n<summary>Tools &#038; Armor<\/summary>\n<ul>\n<li>Fossil Tools\n<ul>\n<li>can be crafted using both ancient scales and claws at the same time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>is a little better than netherite tools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fossil Armor\n<ul>\n<li>can be crafted using both ancient scales and claws at the same time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>is a little bit better than netherite<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<br \/>\n### Why download this mod<br \/>\n &#8211; Who doesn&#8217;t like some cool reptiles?<br \/>\n &#8211; I try to stay vanilla looking while also adding new stuff to the game<br \/>\n &#8211; but i sadly can&#8217;t guarantee that i will maintain this project for long<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<br \/>\n### Critical information<br \/>\n &#8211; Expect it to not be perfect as I&#8217;m still a young developer with little experience<br \/>\n &#8211; You need to have Fabric Api installed as well as the Kotlin Language Mod for Fabric<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>adds some fossils from which you can create tools and armor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":72418,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"fossils-mod","_minecraft_project_id":"dZzqfl98","_minecraft_author":"RTNasenbaer","_minecraft_license":"MIT","_minecraft_downloads":302,"_minecraft_follows":1,"_minecraft_client_side":"required","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"fossils-mod.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":309443,"_minecraft_version_count":5,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-15T18:04:12.785895Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2023-11-14T00:54:58.779847Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2023-11-11T16:57:48.105678Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/fossils-mod","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":72418,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-04T02:36:34+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"f2289a81de6d78521c100acbff0fb733","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[87,88,97],"mod_loader":[99],"minecraft_version":[60],"class_list":["post-72417","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-adventure","mod_category-equipment","mod_category-fabric","mod_loader-fabric","minecraft_version-1-20-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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