🐾 Mo' Creatures: Nostalgia Edition — v1.20.1-1.0.0 (Stable Release)
The first official stable release for Minecraft Forge 1.20.1 is here!
After multiple beta builds, this version focuses on stability, visual fixes, and long-requested config improvements — including full C2ME support and restored features from classic versions.
✅ Highlights & Additions
- 🧠 C2ME support via Sinytra Connector — improves performance on large modpacks and servers
- 🧬 Re-implemented the spawn multiplier system for finer control over spawn rates
- 💡 Added
lightLevelconfig support inMoCreatures.json - 🏷️ Added proper tags to blocks (ores, leaves, etc.)
- 🐴 Added Original Horse Breeding toggle
- Uses legacy breeding delay (~10 minutes) instead of the buffed speeds (~15 seconds)
🐛 Bug Fixes & Improvements
🦴 Mobs & AI
- Fixed invisible hitbox issues on several mobs (no more phantom collision boxes)
- Fixed Shark AI (stuck behavior, targeting)
- 🐬 Includes config to enable dolphin attacks, as seen here
- Fixed mob transparency rendering:
- Wings on insects
- Ghost mobs
- Wraiths
- etc
🐎 Mounts & Riding
- Fixed player floating while riding ostriches
- Fixed horse taming logic when using saddles
- Fixed mob descent keybind not appearing in controls (for flying mobs)
🐣 Breeding & Drops
- Fixed egg stealing interactions
- Fixed Ancient Ore loot drops
🐉 Wyvern
- Fixed spawning & despawning
- Wyvern lair optimizations
🐱 Models & Animation
- Fixed Kitty model bugs (kittens spawning underground, broken poses)
- Fixed Werewolf model animation when attacking
⚠️ Known Issues
- Language localization is still incomplete
- Tameable Horses
- Legs sometimes animate like ghosts or flying state, when neither are applicable
- Ghost horse legs don't enter float state unless over air/water
- Biome spawn balancing may still require community feedback for fine-tuning
- Report any other issues via #bug-reports in our Discord Server!
📘 Config Documentation
- 💾 Main config:
MoCreatures.json
This is the most complete and stable version to date — perfect for servers, modpacks, and long-term worlds!
🧪 Mo' Creatures: Nostalgia Edition — v1.20.1-1.0.0 (Beta 3 - Hybrid Fix)
A quick follow-up to Beta 3, this build fixes compatibility with Forge+Bukkit hybrid servers (e.g., Magma, Mohist, etc.).
✅ Compatibility Fix
- Fixed a crash and startup failure when running on Forge/Bukkit hybrid servers.
All other features and fixes from Beta 3 are unchanged.
⚠️ Known Issues
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Tameable Horses Legs sometimes animate like ghosts or flying state, when neither are applicable Ghost horse legs don't enter float state unless over air/water
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Wyvern Dimension Teleportation back to the Overworld is not restricted to the portal
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Language localization Still incomplete
Note: If you encounter issues not listed here, please report them in #bug-reports in our Discord Server.
🧪 Mo' Creatures: Nostalgia Edition — v1.20.1-1.0.0 (Beta 3 - SpawnFix)
A follow-up hotfix to Beta 3 that resolves a critical issue in the new spawn system.
✅ Spawn System Fix
- Fixed a bug that capped the number of Mo' Creatures mobs allowed to spawn in a given biome.
- This was unintentionally blocking mobs like Wyverns and Filch Lizards from appearing in the Wyvern Lair and other biomes.
- Spawn caps now dynamically adjust based on the number of entries defined per biome.
All other content and fixes from Beta 3 remain unchanged.
⚠️ Known Issues
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Tameable Horses
Legs sometimes animate like ghosts or flying state, when neither are applicable
Ghost horse legs don't enter float state unless over air/water -
Wyvern Dimension
Teleportation back to the Overworld is not restricted to the portal -
Language localization
Still incomplete
Note: If you encounter issues not listed here, please report them in #bug-reports in our Discord Server.
🧪 Mo' Creatures: Nostalgia Edition — v1.20.1-1.0.0 (Beta 3)
A big cleanup and stability update! Beta 3 fixes a long list of taming, aging, and amulet bugs — alongside proper multiplayer support and the return of some long-lost features.
✅ New Features & Restorations
- 🦃 Turkey breeding now requires both parents to be tamed
- 🧳 Mo’ Creatures mob chest inventories now show proper container names
- 💬 Reintroduced MoCreatures commands from 1.12.2
🐛 Bug Fixes
🧠 Aging & Amulets
- Fixed kitten aging (was using vanilla logic)
- Fixed ghost variant amulets (regular amulets no longer revert ghosts to living state)
- Fixed white winged tiger age resetting when transforming into ghost
- Fixed snake and komodo dragon aging when hatched
- Fixed age desync when storing/retrieving from amulets
🦁 Taming & AI
- Fixed bird sounds and taming
- Fixed elephant taming
- Fixed lion mane visuals (tentatively resolved)
🐦 Animation & Rendering
- Fixed neck rotation logic — no more broken heads on birds and turkeys
- Fixed baby turkeys rendering invisible
- Fixed jellyfish speeds being incorrect
🎯 Entity Behavior
- Fixed broken mob chests
- Fixed Big Golem build stage, block throwing, and block logic
- Fixed Mini Golem block throw offsets
- Fixed Zebra Music Disc and Cyanide-related crashes (all legacy music keys updated)
🌐 Multiplayer Support
- Fixed a dedicated server crash — multiplayer should now boot and run correctly in Forge 1.20.1 environments.
⚠️ Known Issues
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Tameable Horses
Legs sometimes animate like ghosts or flying state, when neither are applicable
Ghost horse legs don't enter float state unless over air/water -
Wyvern Dimension
Teleportation back to the Overworld is not restricted to the portal -
Language localization
Still incomplete
Note: If you encounter issues not listed here, please report them in #bug-reports in our Discord Server.
🧪 Mo' Creatures: Nostalgia Edition — v1.20.1-1.0.0 (Beta 2 - Freeze Fix)
A follow-up to Beta 2, this build resolves a critical issue that could cause server worlds to freeze or hang indefinitely. If you experienced hard locks during mob spawning or dimension generation, this build is recommended.
✅ Patch Summary
🧊 Server Freeze Fix
- Fixed a bug where server worlds would freeze due to misconfigured spawn logic.
- Caused by a trying to access unloaded structure chunks.
- Thanks to community testers for helping trace this issue.
All other features from Beta 2 remain unchanged.
⚠️ Known Issues
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Big Golem
Block shooting (incorrect blocks held, granite is defaulted? Shoots nothing) -
Mini Golem
Minor block-positioning offsets — should be a quick fix -
Tameable Horses
Legs sometimes animate like ghosts or flying state, when neither are applicable
Ghost horse legs don't enter float state unless over air/water -
Wyvern Dimension
Teleportation back to the Overworld is not restricted to the portal -
Multiplayer
Not fully tested yet — further stability testing pending -
Language localization
Still incomplete
Note: If you encounter issues not listed here, please report them in #bug-reports in our Discord Server.
📘 Spawn Config Documentation
This version introduces a new JSON-based configuration system for controlling mob spawning.
See the guide here:
📄 https://github.com/multision/mocreatures-1.20.1/blob/main/SPAWN_CONFIG_README.md
🧪 Mo' Creatures: Nostalgia Edition — v1.20.1-1.0.0 (Beta 2)
A major update to the 1.20.1 beta — focusing on spawn fixes, aquatic AI, and config rewrites.
✅ New Features & Improvements
🧬 Mob Spawning Overhaul (w/ help from AlexMobs)
- Spawning now uses biome tags for more accurate placement.
- Mo' Creatures mobs now respect dimension rules — no more sky-falling Wraiths or Werewolves in the End.
- Aquatic mobs are now the only mobs that spawn in water — goat families have been safely returned to land.
- 🦈 Shark spawning has been corrected.
⚙️ Configuration System Rewrite
- The old
MoCreatures.cfgsystem is being phased out. - Replaced with
MoCreatures.json, mimicking a datapack-style config system. - Documentation provided here.
🐉 Wyvern Persistence
- Wyverns now (finally) stay in their lair across chunk reloads.
- Further testing planned to confirm edge cases.
🐛 Bug Fixes
🐬 Dolphin Movement (Taming + Riding)
- Fixed a critical bug where dolphins were immobile.
- Caused by deprecated method calls from 1.16.5.
- Required a full rewrite of taming and ride behavior.
- Erratic motion still needs tweaking, but functionality is restored.
🧠 Aquatic Mob Memory Leak
- A bad pathfinder was causing mobs to drift endlessly and leak memory.
- This was due to broken swimming AI in 1.20.1.
🎣 Fishnet Storage / Amulet Issues
- Certain mobs could not be stored due to bad casts left over from the initial 1.20.1 port.
- Fixed for fishnets and relevant amulets.
🦃 Turkey Model
- Turkey model had disconnected parts and animation glitches.
- Fixed by properly reattaching model part hierarchy for 1.20.1.
📖 Horse Guide Book
- Now working correctly — available in the Misc creative tab.
⚠️ Known Issues
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Big Golem
Block shooting (incorrect blocks held, granite is defaulted? Shoots nothing) -
Mini Golem
Minor block-positioning offsets — should be a quick fix -
Tameable Horses
Legs sometimes animate like ghosts or flying state, when neither are applicable
Ghost horse legs don't enter float state unless over air/water -
Wyvern Dimension
Teleportation back to the Overworld is not restricted to the portal -
Multiplayer
Not fully tested yet — further stability testing pending -
Language localization
Still incomplete
Note: If you encounter issues not listed here, please report them in #bug-reports in our Discord Server
🧪 Mo' Creatures: Nostalgia Edition — v1.20.1-1.0.0 (Beta 1)
The first public beta release of Mo' Creatures: Nostalgia Edition for Minecraft Forge 1.20.1!
This version marks the start of the modern port — bringing everything from the 1.16.5 release forward while beginning the long process of polish, testing, and stabilization.
✅ Ported from 1.16.5
The entire core feature set of Mo' Creatures: Nostalgia Edition 1.16.5 is now ported and running in 1.20.1, including:
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🐎 Tameable mobs, custom AI, and entity logic
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🐉 Full Wyvern Dimension support (biomes, portal structure, teleportation)
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🌊 Aquatic AI and animation behavior
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🧪 Custom particles, taming systems, armor/tooltips, and more
🐞 Known Issues (Beta 1)
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Big Golem Block shooting (incorrect blocks held, granite is defaulted? shoots nothing)
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Mini Golem Minor block-positioning offsets—should be a quick fix
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Tameable Horses Legs sometimes animate like ghosts or a flying state, when neither are applicable
Ghost horses legs don't go to the floating state unless on air/water
- Wyvern Dimension: Teleportation back to the Overworld is not restricted to the portal.
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Horse Guide Book Broken
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Particles Work to an extent, don't match mob colors
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Multiplayer Haven't yet tested if it's working or not.
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Language localization still incomplete.
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Other issues? Please report them in #bug-reports on Discord.
🐾 Mo' Creatures: Nostalgia Edition — v1.16.5-1.0.0.1
✅ Improvements
- Wyverns now drop the correct egg.
⚠️ Known Issues
- Wyvern Dimension: Teleportation back to the Overworld is not restricted to the portal.
- Shark tail texture glitches still occur.
- Language localization still incomplete.
- Other issues? Please report them in #bug-reports on Discord.
🐾 Mo' Creatures: Nostalgia Edition — v1.16.5-1.0.0 (Full Release)
The first official stable release of Mo' Creatures: Nostalgia Edition for Minecraft Forge 1.16.5! This version wraps up the beta cycle with full LAN/server support, performance fixes, and entity logic improvements.
✅ New Features & Improvements
🪨 Golem System Overhaul
- Golem blocks (used by Mini Golems) now render and sync correctly in multiplayer.
- Fixed a logic bug where Golems would only accept stone — now all intended blocks are recognized.
- Transformation speed restored — Golems no longer take forever to build themselves.
- Adjusted block entity rendering logic to match Forge 1.16.5 standards.
⚙️ MoC Config System
- Entity spawning behavior is now fully configurable.
- Supports biome type filtering, weight/frequency customization, and mob toggling.
./config/MoCreatures/MoCreatures.cfg&MoCSettings.cfg
🌐 Multiplayer Support
- ✅ Client-only code now handled properly.
- Supports LAN worlds, dedicated servers, and Essential mod hosting.
- Fixed invisible block entities by registering them properly on the network.
📦 Summary of Beta 2–7 Improvements
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✅ Everything from DrZhark's Mo' Creatures and Mo' Creatures: Extended included.
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🌌 Wyvern Dimension reworked for 1.16.5 with new nests and portal logic.
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📘 Added a Horse Breeding Guide Book (found in the Misc creative tab).
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🐈 Added Kitty variants, whip behavior for Manticores, and Ancient Silver Armor.
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🔥 Fire mobs are now fire-immune.
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🦈 Fixed Shark crashes and underwater AI for aquatic creatures.
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🍖 MoC mobs now drop correct meat types.
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🧠 AI improvements:
- Tamed mobs no longer hunt players.
- Better sitting/following logic.
- Mobs retaliate correctly when attacked.
⚠️ Known Issues
- Wyvern Dimension: Teleportation back to the Overworld is not restricted to the portal.
- Shark tail texture glitches still occur.
- Language localization still incomplete.
- Other issues? Please report them in #bug-reports on Discord.
Mo' Creatures: Nostalgia Edition 1.16.5-1.0.0 (Beta 7 - Server Support)
What is included:
Bug fixes and improvements:
• Client-only code handled differently, bringing support for LAN Worlds, Physical Servers, and the Essential mod.
Known issues:
• Any other issues, please report to #bug-reports
Mo' Creatures: Nostalgia Edition 1.16.5-1.0.0 (beta 6)
What is included:
Bug fixes and improvements:
• Sharks no longer crash the game
• Slightly tweaked shark renderer (texture issue still occurs near tail)
• FutureMC Integrations now refer to vanilla
• Manticore's now function properly in pet amulet
• Light gray kitty bed recipe fixed.
• Smoking & Campfire recipes now working
Known issues:
• Any other issues, please report to #bug-reports
Mo' Creatures: Nostalgia Edition 1.16.5-1.0.0 (beta 5)
What is included:
Bug fixes and improvements:
• MoC mobs now drop the correct meat
• Polish neutral targeting (catch up to MoC: Extended)
• MoC mobs now fight back when attacked by other mobs (catch up to MoC: Extended)
• Updating sitting when whipped inside BigCat (catch up to MoC: Extended)
• Stop entity motion on whip usage (catch up to MoC: Extended)
• Mobs using EntityAIHunt should not initiate Player hunting behavior once they are tamed. (catch up to MoC: Extended)
• Add 1/60 chance to follow owner for mobs that implement EntityAIFollowOwnerPlayer (catch up to MoC: Extended)
• Sitting mobs should not follow their parents. (catch up to MoC: Extended)
• Underp insects (catch up to MoC: Extended)
• Tweak Snake spawns (catch up to MoC: Extended)
• Fix tamed shark hunt AI (catch up to MoC: Extended)
Known issues:
• Any other issues, please report to #bug-reports
What is included:
HOTFIX:
• Hatching a tamed wyvern no longer results in game crashing.
Bug fixes and improvements:
• Removed boulders from Wyvern Dimension, will add new structures soon. Working on deprecating NBT files.
• Fire mobs no longer take damage from fire
• Fixed Aquatic mobs outside of water
• Bugfix for Kitty - Medallion no longer drops when stored in amulet (catch up to MoC: Extended)
• Added new kitty variants (catch up to MoC: Extended)
• Added whip usage to manticore (catch up to MoC: Extended)
• Added Ancient Silver Armor (catch up to MoC: Extended)
• Added Villager trades (catch up to MoC: Extended)
• Updated armor textures, fixing broken textures (catch up to MoC: Extended)
Known issues:
• Any other issues, please report to #bug-reports
What is included:
Bug fixes and improvements:
• Wyvern AI rewritten, should apply more natural flight and landing sequences.
• All used particles patched for 1.16.5
• Horse breeding buffed from 5-7 minutes to 15 seconds
• Fixed egg drops/spawns (Manticores, Komodo Dragons, Snakes, Fishes)
• Fixed pet scorpions not releasing from pet amulet
Known issues:
• Boulder structure sometimes floats a little off land
• Teleportation back to the overworld isn't restricted to the portal.
• Any other issues, please report to #bug-reports
First public release of Mo' Creatures: Nostalgia Edition!
What is included: • Everything from DrZhark's Mo' Creatures & Mo' Creatures Extended • Wyvern Dimension had a slight overhaul, as 1.16.5 changed dimensions completely. • Wyvern nests now implemented • Introduced Horse breeding guide book, based off the Wiki. Found in Misc creative tab.
Known issues: • Flying mobs are a little funny with their AI, will be fixed ASAP. • Boulder structure sometimes floats a little off land • Wyvern portal sometimes won't spawn. This is due to some mods barely messing with seed generation, forcing a tree in its place. • Teleportation back to the overworld isn't restricted to the portal. • Any other issues, please report to "#bug-reports" in our Discord server