Highlights
- Don't let forgotten mods fade away - bring back the classics for a revived Minecraft experience!
- Embrace your inner explorer or magician with mods that offer new dimensions and magical possibilities.
- From dinosaurs to space exploration, there's a mod for everyone - expand your Minecraft universe today!
If you've been in the Minecraft modding community for a decade or more, there are plenty of mods that just haven't gotten their time in the sun yet. The mods that have either faded into the background or been abandoned deserve a resurgence in the newest version of Minecraft. Some of these mods have newer versions, but some of these mods would thrive again with the same upgrades, too!
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Ever wanted to cast spells, visit new dimensions, or go to the moon in Minecraft? There are so many mods out there for you to choose from! Unfortunately, the version of Minecraft isn't always consistent across the board. It's hard to hold a modding community responsible for updating so often, but we can hope for updates to our favorites.
Budschie's Morph Mod
Latest Updated Version: 1.18.2
If you want to live your best life as a bird or blend in with the local villager population, the Morph magic mod is for you! You can collect its soul on the ground whenever you kill a mob, like with experience orbs. You can then play as the mob, although the practicality of this kind of gameplay varies from mob to mob.
If you're playing in survival mode, but miss the freedom of flight from creative mode, you can fly in the form of every flying mob in the game up to 1.18.2. Not to mention, whichever mob you choose, you get the benefits of that mob, like fire immunity from a blaze's soul!
Galacticraft Legacy
Latest Updated Version: 1.12.2
This tech mod is for everyone who chose astronaut as their childhood career goal and stuck with it; the version might be significantly older, but the concept is timeless. You can craft a spaceship and fuel it to travel into space and to the moon (which is its own realm, like the Nether or Overworld), and like the real moon, it's barren and rocky.
The good news is, you can build on the moon! Just make sure to bring enough blocks, or you might end up running out of fuel for a bit. Galacticraft also has other planets available to explore and build on, so you can become the Overworld's greatest space explorer.
Fossils and Archaeology
Latest Updated Version: 1.12.2
Who doesn't love dinosaurs? Even though "Fossils and Archaeology" suggests past dinosaurs, you can resurrect them using DNA from discovered bones. Just make sure not to let them break free from their enclosure; we've all seen how that ends.
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You can dig up fossils, find ancient relics and ruins, and even fight a new villain, Anu, so finding the fossils to gather dinosaur DNA isn't too hard, they should appear in a strip mine like any other ore. Your dinosaurs can be tamed and bred just like most farm mobs, too, so it's the best-case scenario for explorers and anyone who's looking to raise a herd of their favorite dinosaurs.
Draconic Evolution
Latest Updated Version: 1.18.2
This is an entire tech mod gameplay upgrade in itself, with new armor, weapons, and tools to make your life easier, and not only does the gear look extremely cool, but it adds a whole new ore block: Draconium Ore. This ore, mostly found in The End, can be used to craft and power every piece of armor, tools, and machinery, and is even used in the rituals this mod introduces.
There's always excitement around cool new gear, so it's a shame this mod has gone somewhat underground in the past few years. Just think of all the possibilities for rituals and machines in the newest version of Minecraft!
Astral Sorcery
Latest Updated Version: 1.16.5
Download the 1.16.5 version of Astral Sorcery here
The stars and constellations are your best friends in this magic mod, and you can use their power to make yourself stronger. The alignment of the constellations and the natural Minecraft time cycle can be used to power your rituals and other upgrades, cryptically described in your Astral Tome, which is used to craft and keep track of all of your materials.
The main focus of this mod is the alignment of starlight to craft pieces of power rituals to protect yourself from monsters more effectively. The version doesn't seem to be set for an update any time soon, but the amount of rituals that could be done with newer materials would be exciting to experiment with.
The Betweenlands
Latest Updated Version: 1.12.2
The addition of new dimensions is always exciting to explore, and one of the most notable modded dimensions is the Betweenlands. You can choose to start your game entirely in the Betweenlands and build your way out from there, or build a portal there from the Overworld spawn.
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Either way, endless content awaits you, especially when it comes to an entirely new Minecraft world experience; this mod is so expansive and beloved, that it's a surprise it's been all but forgotten about by the developers. With countless exploration, combat, and farming possibilities, you could get lost in the Betweenlands for hours!
Thaumcraft
Latest Updated Version: 1.12.2
This magic mod has everything, from skill trees to new discoverable content to the Thaumonomicon, which holds all the knowledge you'll need to advance in your Minecraft magic practice. You'll have enough new content to keep you busy for a long time, especially with the new plants, trees, and ores that this mod lets you work with.
You can practice Golemancy, Alchemy, and Artificing, as well as plenty of other miscellaneous magic, just be sure to clean up your area after you generate lots of Flux energy, or you might corrupt the surrounding land. This mod has been discontinued, but there have been talks of someone picking up the port for the mod, so maybe the community will go to bat for it soon.
Forestry
Latest Updated Version: 1.12.2
This tech mod was everything to those of us who loved new trees being added to the game with new versions. There's beekeeping, so you can breed and raise bees and harvest honey from them, and your wood harvesting farms are about to get a huge upgrade, since in Forestry there are 35 different trees, and the crafting recipes that come from them give your buildings many new looks.
These trees also yield six new types of fruit, which you can eat like any other food, and you can store the saplings and fruit in crates specific to their item type. You can also store all of these new items in a Forester's Backpack, which can have up to 45 slots.
Mystcraft
Latest Updated Version: 1.12.2
This is such a beloved, nostalgic mod for so many, and it'd be criminal not to include it, but the latest listed version, 1.16.5, is incomplete, so all the nostalgia lies in previous versions. With Mystcraft, you can create your own custom dimensions and write them from the ground up; there are 247 unique pages for crafting custom biomes in your new dimensions, and symbol portfolios to help you organize them.
There are so many possibilities for creation, especially when you discover each page has its connections to an existing Overworld biome or material, like Acacia Wood and Glowstone blocks. You get to choose everything you include.
Lord of the Rings Mod Legacy
Latest Updated Version: 1.7.10
This mod is one of the most famous fantasy mods in the Minecraft community, yet it doesn't have a fully updated version anymore. However, if you're able to load 1.7.10, this mod is so expansive it might give your computer a headache, but it's so worth it.
You can craft a Ring Portal to travel to the Middle-Earth dimension, where you'll spawn in the center of the Shire and be able to travel to every corner of Middle-Earth (even the dangerous ones), befriending the friendly people you come across to gain favor with their factions. With so much content to explore, and so many new mobs and buildings, you'll never be bored!
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