Players do a lot of digging in Minecraft. But despite all that digging, you never encounter fossils, bones, or other artifacts underground. If you started excavating hillsides in the real world, you would probably encounter some tools or bones eventually. So why don’t you find anything in Minecraft?
Well, that’s a problem that one team of modders seeks to solve. The Fossil/Archaeology mod for Minecraft adds special types of blocks to your Minecraft world. Those blocks include:
-Fossils: Fossils closely resemble stone blocks, although they do look slightly different. They are also harder than stone. When breaking a fossil block apart, players will find bio-fossils, relics, bones, skulls, broken swords, and scarab gems (although scarab gems are incredibly rare).
-Permafrost and iced-stones: Along with fossil blocks, players will encounter permafrost and iced-stones underground. These stones also contain organic matter from ancient times and can be broken down (or brought into direct sunlight) to allow players to see what’s inside.
-Skulls and Skull Lanterns: Many years ago, an ancient civilization lived in your Minecraft world. Today, skulls are all that remain of that civilization. You’ll find skulls while digging underground. And although they look like authentic skulls when you first dig them up, these blocks will light up like Jack O Lanterns when you place a torch inside of them. You can also change skulls into bone meal.
-Analyzer: Ready to figure out what kind of fossils you dug up? You’ll need the Analyzer to do that. The Analyzer identifies the bio-fossils and relics you picked up when breaking apart fossil blocks. The Analyzer also restores relics into stoneboards, which can contain a message from the ancient civilization. Cool!
-Cultivate: Sometimes, when you’re breaking apart fossil blocks and putting the pieces through your Analyzer, you will encounter DNA. DNA is a very special thing to find in fossils because it allows you to use the Cultivate tool to turn this DNA into living creatures. We’ll talk about the types of living creatures you can make in a moment. But if something goes wrong with the Cultivate tool, you can expect to deal with a “monster outbreak.”
-Archaeology Workbench: This workbench makes the broken items and weapons you find underground usable. If you find a broken sword, for example, then the workbench will turn that sword into usable equipment. The process isn’t instant, and it can take quite a bit of time for the workbench to successfully recreate a sword.
New mobs
This mod adds over a dozen types of dinosaurs and ancient creatures into the game, making it far more than a simple archaeology mod. Those new creatures include:
-Tyrannosaurus Rex
-Velociraptor
-Triceratops
-Saber-toothed Cat
-Mammoth
-Anu (a ZombiePigman Emperor)
This mod is exceptionally deep. It’s not strictly a creature mod, nor is it just an archeology or ancient weapons mod. Instead, it adds an entirely new dynamic into the Minecraft world. If you want your underground digging efforts to be rewarded with fossils and other cool materials, then the Fossil/Archaeology mod is well worth a download.
How to install the Fossil/Archaeology Mod for Minecraft 1.6.4/1.7.2/1.7.4/1.7.5
Step 1) Download and install Minecraft Forge
Step 2) Download the mod’s folder (mod_Fossil.zip) from this forum thread
Step 3) Unzip the folder and drag it into the .minecraft/mods folder
Step 4) Check to make sure mods/mod_Fossil folder has class files directly inside and do not keep mod_Fossil.zip inside the mods folder
Step 5) Start playing and enjoy!
Unfortunately the mod seemed to have been removed from dropbox. Can anyone help? Flammarilva are you able to put it up somewhere? Looks like a great mod, would really like to play it.
It seems i cannot do it with Magic Laucher! Why?
how do you download it
I GOT CRASH BY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
r you sure it for 1.5.1?
when i play it, i cant get any dna from the analusers D:
is this a bug?
Well it could be a bug but it could also be your luck.
*analyzer*
The link for download seems to point to a version for 1.3.2, not 1.5.1. Is there a mod for 1.5.1 still available?
where to find the mod fossil zip
how do you get these mod
DOWNLOAD
Wait a minute…what download? or are you saying that there is no download? If you are then exactly…where is the download.
i cant find the download button help
where is the download
If you click “from this forum thread”, you will be directed to the download.
where is the download button
ya idk where this so called thread is
If you click “from this forum thread”, you will be directed to the download.
If you click “from this forum thread”, you will be directed to the download.
download link please?
If you click “from this forum thread”, you will be directed to the download. Happy Modding!
where is the download button
If you click “from this forum thread”, you will be directed to the download.
This won’t work for 1.7.2
Poop. Where Is the freaking download. Shitty webside. Where is the download!? Where!!!!!!!!!
where is the download button
There is no download button that’s the problem.
Oh realy? O.k then where actualy IS the THREAD?
Where’s the DOWNLOAD?!
Just crap
ARE YOU GUY DUMB IT SAYS DOWNLOAD IT FROM THE MINECRAFT FOURM
click this forum thread that the download IDOT
when you hover your mouse over it it will highlight red and then click that’s the download
fuck kabeldeutschland this are motherfuckers
fuck u bitches sniztches i fuck u
where is the download?
where is THE DOWNLOAD BUTTON JERKS?!?!?
i cant find it can someone help
Theres no download button
why the fuck is there no download button
No data recieved?
Fuuuck you Admin
of this page
In the update they should put it to where dinosoats like trexs roam around and can attack and stuff like that sand u can tame it and ride it like a horse and it can’t be hostil and fights of other trexs and it’s fast that would be awesome