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Cardinal Discovery

Cardinal Discovery is a discovery and exploration based modpack that utilizes new biomes, items, mobs, ores, and structures to enhance how the game feels while still keeping true to vanilla aspects of the game.

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Quick answer

Which Cardinal Discovery release matches Forge?

Updated 3 months ago
Best match for your filters CDM8 - Forge - 5.5.0
Game version 1.20.1
Loader Forge 1.20.1-47.2.0

CDM8 - Forge - 5.5.0 is a complete pack release for 1.20.1 with Forge 1.20.1-47.2.0. Install it as its own launcher instance. If the creator publishes a separate server file, make sure it names this exact pack release. 72 mods in this pack file.

Pack setup

How should I set up Cardinal Discovery for players and a server?

Use CDM8 - Forge - 5.5.0 as the pack version. Install the pack as its own launcher instance. The creator’s listing does not name a separate server file, so check the release notes before setting up a dedicated server. Do not upload the ordinary client folder blindly.

Client instance Install CDM8 - Forge - 5.5.0
Dedicated server setup Match CDM8 - Forge - 5.5.0
Pack loader Forge 1.20.1-47.2.0

A pack is a matched client and server setup, not one mod with an install-side label. Keep its release, loader, manifest and overrides together.

Referenced mods 72
Client only 13
Server only 15
Not labelled 44

These numbers come from the pack file you chose. “Not labelled” means we don’t know which side it belongs on—not that it is safe everywhere. The file count is not a RAM estimate.

What are the server requirements for Cardinal Discovery?

CDM8 - Forge - 5.5.0 on Forge. The pack contents and setup notes below stay tied to that release.

72 mods in this pack file

The selected pack release is CDM8 - Forge - 5.5.0. That file is for Minecraft 1.20.1 with Forge 1.20.1-47.2.0. It contains 72 mod projects. The creator’s listing does not name a separate server file. Check their notes before using one, and do not upload an ordinary client folder or rebuild the pack mod by mod. A file count cannot tell us the right RAM, CPU or storage; size the server for the players and world you actually run.

About this project

What kind of pack is Cardinal Discovery?

Cardinal Discovery is a discovery and exploration based modpack that utilizes new biomes, items, mobs, ores, and structures to enhance how the game feels while still keeping true to vanilla aspects of the game. Some of the main features of Cardinal discovery are revamped structures like temples and villages, it also adds procedural castle dungeons for you to explore and fight through, and finally it's main feature is new and improved terrain and cave generation using Hydrological and Ecosphereical on the Forge version and Biomes O' Plenty on the Fabric Version! Currently no testing for Cardinal Discovery has been done on a multiplayer server so use at your own Risk.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Swaix

Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/swaix

Support Server: https://discord.gg/FwC2c6u3Jt

Mods:

  • JEI
  • JER
  • Clumps
  • Journey Map
  • Better Advancements
  • Xaeros Minimap
  • Xaeros World Map
  • Entity Culling
  • NEA
  • Towns And Towers
  • Castle Dungeons
  • Immediately Fast
  • Elytra Slot
  • Yung API
  • Yung Better Ocean Monument
  • Yung Better Dungeon
  • Yung Better Mineshaft
  • Yung Better Stronghold
  • Yung Better End Island
  • Yung Better Nether Fortress
  • Yung Bridges
  • Yung Better Witch Hut
  • Yung Better Jungle Temple
  • Yung Better Desert Temple
  • Yung Extras
  • Yung Menu Tweaks
  • Geophilic - Replaced With Hydrological and Ecosphereical on the Forge version only
  • Medieval Paintings - Dark Paintings on Fabric
  • Medieval Buildings
  • Medieval Buildings [End Edition]
  • Friends & Foes - Outvoted and Forgotten Mobs on Fabric
  • Everything Is Copper - Copper Equipment on Fabric
  • Villagers Drop Emeralds on Death
  • Illagers Wear Armor - Not on Fabric
  • Fisherman's Trap - Improved Fishing on Fabric
  • Big Fish - Exline's Fishing on Fabric
  • Mouse Tweaks
  • GeckoLib
  • Controlling
  • AppleSkin
  • Waystones
  • Nature's Compass
  • Ore Excavation - Not on Fabric
  • Large Ore Deposits - Regional Ore Veins on Fabric
  • Immersive Ores
  • Oculus - Iris Shaders on Fabric
  • Rubidium Extras - Iris Shaders on Fabric
  • Farmer's Delight
  • Ocean's Delight
  • Ender's Delight - Not on Fabric
  • ModernFix
  • FerriteCore
  • Corpse - Bodies! Bodies! on Fabric - https://legacy.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/corpse
  • Carry On
  • Sophisticated Backpacks - Useful Backpacks on Fabric
  • Trash Cans
  • No Auto Jump - Not on Fabric
  • Automatic Tool Swap - Not on Fabric
  • Immersive Paintings
  • Weather, Storms & Tornadoes - Immersive Weathering on Fabric
  • New Ores and Armors - Not on Fabric

Resource Packs(Included):

Shaders(Included):

  • Complementary Reimagined
  • Complementary Unbound
  • Kappa Shader

Project description from Modrinth.

Mods in CDM8 - Forge - 5.5.0

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appleskin-forge-mc1.20.1-2.5.1.jar SHA-1 81919356f84eab14258db98924b66c3c38e372b1 · Modrinth version XdXDExVF · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
architectury-9.2.14-forge.jar SHA-1 a52918a500ff421180a1cbd1a0cabee712134ec4 · Modrinth version 1MKTLiiG · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
bigfish-1.20.1-1.1.1.jar SHA-1 ff2acfedf6841a2f82e397f94050ddde27f29cb2 · Modrinth version WUQ6u3Gd · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
carryon-forge-1.20.1-2.1.2.7.jar SHA-1 9999714ca3dd2f2401f0396ca44f3b27c3784c4f · Modrinth version edGQD16r · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
castle_dungeons-4.0.0-1.20-forge.jar SHA-1 ea43f4b081b478af183b2a98559e5cba2367acdc · Modrinth version WpZpgvMd · Project link unavailable Server only
cloth-config-11.1.136-forge.jar SHA-1 c65d07748acc57ceb45d53b3964368b84f34d54f · Modrinth version t8TXrZvZ · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
collective-1.20.1-8.22.jar SHA-1 14928c245ac6966bf9316be5233a8aead943e6d4 · Modrinth version VaV1h0dI · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
coroutil-forge-1.20.1-1.3.7.jar SHA-1 7f5f0b62a638b6053c95919cbe8c2bea2e0c93d0 · Modrinth version 6rPDKAT8 · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
cristellib-1.1.6-forge.jar SHA-1 524ecf0f93f28be2f5db21d87dd81bdbc1a450e1 · Modrinth version DOsSK4NK · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
curios-forge-5.14.1+1.20.1.jar SHA-1 452175b95ad3db6ff58bb8968f6bf7a9d1e0f480 · Modrinth version IPQlZkz1 · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
daycounter-1.jar SHA-1 33a514ce3ed7def939dbf8390421dc4821b664a0 · Modrinth version ZGQ2w8IM · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
dynamic-fps-3.11.4+minecraft-1.20.0-forge.jar SHA-1 43b3e0766a9e7a30651cc01756476657b865b7a2 · Modrinth version EjdIWWqG · Project link unavailable Client only
ecosphericalexpansion-1.20.x-2.4.6.jar SHA-1 24c4d658826853049a076cbc8a2d9e9f3e1744e5 · Modrinth version 5lXIJiba · Project link unavailable Server only
elytraslot-forge-6.4.4+1.20.1.jar SHA-1 f11443ef3371fa790eb33cba1a517638a3afcb07 · Modrinth version k6lA080t · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
embeddium-0.3.31+mc1.20.1.jar SHA-1 bb2fa8f3e493af16af9160d049f96c614a1faf2f · Modrinth version UTbfe5d1 · Project link unavailable Client only
endersdelight-forge-1.20.1-1.1.3.jar SHA-1 c318ed189e2e39a7770c61618a2f221ceef99359 · Modrinth version DCBTCmop · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
entityculling-forge-1.10.2-mc1.20.1.jar SHA-1 67380b3468d18c137628be9434d51c39fd06d7b4 · Modrinth version qIt6NbdE · Project link unavailable Client only
fabric-api-0.92.8+1.20.1.jar SHA-1 a563c74897cb0391cb754c7b16971f747d270ff1 · Modrinth version aLxYjsiv · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
fabricskyboxes-0.7.3+mc1.20.1.jar SHA-1 31a13b9ca0a500b4caad993ec42e1199142d86d1 · Modrinth version cezLH6eB · Project link unavailable Client only
FarmersDelight-1.20.1-1.3.2.jar SHA-1 397763ae36dc2e0f526e0338c875850437580157 · Modrinth version CsjS7EkP · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
ferritecore-6.0.1-forge.jar SHA-1 417fb6ce8f52abf40bd9d0390371790f9576f8ba · Modrinth version DG5Fn9Sz · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
fishermens_trap-2.1.4.jar SHA-1 f3a4cf1ff9f320c85900f8acf0f17629ed795dc6 · Modrinth version 1zultZuQ · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
Fishing Upgrades & More 1.0.7.jar SHA-1 3083ebecc389cd2c0e8d7a0239d42b65efcf70a7 · Modrinth version 3lSN01Mx · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
forge-medievalend-1.0.1.jar SHA-1 11e2b53ec5c85ee01fe689ea9ebd695ee0ceb299 · Modrinth version GtiP8x44 · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
friendsandfoes-forge-mc1.20.1-3.0.9.jar SHA-1 f8c84d824c433e7e6e9f44ae6d4885925a08087f · Modrinth version ihFi4QrR · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
Hearths v1.0.5.mod.jar SHA-1 7d1d4be3c3033b7df902b51915f37f53d60718b5 · Modrinth version tu78cSah · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
hydrological-1.20.1-0.15.1.jar SHA-1 50f998cf1ecdabee47ba397f5802511d49d13f0d · Modrinth version poXKrisO · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
illagersweararmor-1.20.1-1.3.5.jar SHA-1 222a5032867a0ab48eccd44e8beabaf9b4bb1bd4 · Modrinth version TGFN39mu · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
ImmediatelyFast-Forge-1.5.4+1.20.4.jar SHA-1 e2e60485a0c3efa72f1948c952b095150e3ba4fc · Modrinth version OomXW3xp · Project link unavailable Client only
immersive_paintings-0.6.13+1.20.1-forge.jar SHA-1 3f2a668f2235a6a908fde545d140013456b5412f · Modrinth version DYpJU8lA · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
immersiveores-1.20.1-0.9.jar SHA-1 cce0cad80dcdcd9d8838a1838d777769f75643d4 · Modrinth version lrG5yzAx · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
jei-1.20.1-forge-15.20.0.130.jar SHA-1 1c51bf6df51ffbb1c5efe23780a7a3d053421f34 · Modrinth version RTFeXsvE · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
journeymap-1.20.1-5.10.3-forge.jar SHA-1 fdd97a782bdc6d0e28a851a9715abb190df47aa6 · Modrinth version r7FWVNCs · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
loadingbackgrounds-2.0.0-forge-1.20.X.jar SHA-1 533c3b8ebf9e5e79182819ea0a3a4717820af2c9 · Modrinth version 7RXvBR6t · Project link unavailable Client only
medieval_buildings-1.20.1-1.1.3-forge.jar SHA-1 e9beed6998e6805acbbdd0fd10f4e873dde6a269 · Modrinth version lZ65XLzB · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
medieval_paintings-1.20-7.0.jar SHA-1 1d470358bc0e13a0f40caef6b528ce7efa28a520 · Modrinth version jC3Fxiw0 · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
memoryleakfix-forge-1.17+-1.1.5.jar SHA-1 9f60142dd94631800386a16a4ad70ad9e84cd78a · Modrinth version 3w0IxNtk · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
modernfix-forge-5.27.40+mc1.20.1.jar SHA-1 d1bb6bac6255b657a6c4b3bfb25135806e2eed3e · Modrinth version 27NYZ7LL · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
MouseTweaks-forge-mc1.20.1-2.25.1.jar SHA-1 d751153e722a4e014691c83f39f5b07c6ec5333c · Modrinth version 7JVXOe3K · Project link unavailable Client only
NaturesCompass-1.20.1-1.12.0-forge.jar SHA-1 a8589de59cdd8fed9c29610e624063a2990e422b · Modrinth version eRSDvCjN · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
nethersdelight-1.20.1-4.0.jar SHA-1 c6da9c681bf2ec1d7b3e96db739c2b1113f6b838 · Modrinth version MTDQhZd2 · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
notenoughanimations-forge-1.12.3-mc1.20.1.jar SHA-1 95ee4f40cd30147ec1cd7f598f4635aa3f76bd2d · Modrinth version lY76IcIZ · Project link unavailable Client only
oceansdelight-1.0.2-1.20.jar SHA-1 32af985453bde77bfa56d59cdfb11cab5662c8e1 · Modrinth version 9jLLNENb · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
oculus-mc1.20.1-1.8.0.jar SHA-1 984f774e71790deaec674c7587bd24e0711871b2 · Modrinth version iQ1SwGc3 · Project link unavailable Client only
oreexcavation-1.13.170.jar SHA-1 25b6bdf7d05f5a8b1f166e0c700180d44e242cee · Modrinth version Rh4rH5QS · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
sb - 1.0.5 - (release) - forge - 1.20.1.jar SHA-1 702be435bd2efcd086332f366d1beab57db09ec9 · Modrinth version oAsBAvls · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
skinlayers3d-forge-1.11.1-mc1.20.1.jar SHA-1 b64ccb25ebe4cb7b09d1dd4561dbc519d5f02382 · Modrinth version egmtcJdf · Project link unavailable Client only
supermartijn642configlib-1.1.8-forge-mc1.20.jar SHA-1 f80f9eed728966adcfbcc848633e789645057281 · Modrinth version ZKor79dR · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
supermartijn642corelib-1.1.21-forge-mc1.20.1.jar SHA-1 8a403876730a7186165e109f7f5292d31c6c3f4c · Modrinth version 2vPGeoPe · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
textrues_embeddium_options-0.1.5+mc1.20.1.jar SHA-1 f35d0566e43cde0c4ffba9ecf893209b2b96b0c8 · Modrinth version r66v9j9a · Project link unavailable Client only
ToolSwap-1.20.1-5.0.6.jar SHA-1 2badd6f6f5a25ec64bf0c5489efedba575723f7e · Modrinth version d9CQIJX3 · Project link unavailable Client only
Towns-and-Towers-1.12-Fabric+Forge.jar SHA-1 5a28ec56457cf1bf154e993cf73dba0428a7921b · Modrinth version 7ZwnSrVW · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
trashcans-1.0.18b-forge-mc1.20.jar SHA-1 4bc991b861a981921d06b731368239ce6ea571d3 · Modrinth version Q0Ym1HHm · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
villagebellrecipe-1.20.1-3.6.jar SHA-1 e9efc2348776917797329f57b14f9a0c2e742478 · Modrinth version lbLLqkCm · Project link unavailable Server only
villagerdrops-forge-1.20.1-v1.3.0.jar SHA-1 a3b9e01352d82ba966e651b1259eee7f02afa78a · Modrinth version kuh2PqVf · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
villagernames-1.20.1-8.4.jar SHA-1 f89ea99c4a5ac840588623a32bd963aa572eacfc · Modrinth version KN6i4wCe · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
VillagersPlus_3.1_(FORGE)_for_1.20.1.jar SHA-1 062d0d77120a1d76605657ce4ec1ec364851a112 · Modrinth version Oc5T4c7q · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
villagesandpillages-forge-mc1.20.1-1.0.2.jar SHA-1 f80991a44ece347f0be2724c63159b6e46ae8393 · Modrinth version 6vHMXtim · Project link unavailable Server only
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YungsApi-1.20-Forge-4.0.6.jar SHA-1 af584b690f5646c6032002b58abc4591beed3833 · Modrinth version PJOYAmAs · Project link unavailable Side not labelled
YungsBetterDesertTemples-1.20-Forge-3.0.3.jar SHA-1 31b386b2dbaa4933e0a10ccdfb25f56da16931a6 · Modrinth version lRK2ZA9U · Project link unavailable Server only
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YungsBetterEndIsland-1.20-Forge-2.0.6.jar SHA-1 4e7bf109981593061b8100bc8bf23e1c9bbcbb76 · Modrinth version Izqhg3Va · Project link unavailable Server only
YungsBetterJungleTemples-1.20-Forge-2.0.5.jar SHA-1 0b3c8556983895fea980247bb4d437ca535e7259 · Modrinth version CXQc6EnZ · Project link unavailable Server only
YungsBetterMineshafts-1.20-Forge-4.0.4.jar SHA-1 e2cbc574807a994bb9610184eb4bbfe29a6c0774 · Modrinth version kVO57zxB · Project link unavailable Server only
YungsBetterNetherFortresses-1.20-Forge-2.0.6.jar SHA-1 889cd16a93764d1d6af2e2dda5bbc286a2683e7a · Modrinth version 2nUEz0zq · Project link unavailable Server only
YungsBetterOceanMonuments-1.20-Forge-3.0.4.jar SHA-1 d8e74ed19903752a97ed0e1d2b1a8bf378bc252f · Modrinth version SN4iZ7wf · Project link unavailable Server only
YungsBetterStrongholds-1.20-Forge-4.0.3.jar SHA-1 3730238c56edca4bb5b2238e1314aec572ced385 · Modrinth version rwiShgsc · Project link unavailable Server only
YungsBetterWitchHuts-1.20-Forge-3.0.3.jar SHA-1 71fee574f920c6b05004f100ba07e9b8d5844169 · Modrinth version mwlYB7rq · Project link unavailable Server only
YungsBridges-1.20-Forge-4.0.3.jar SHA-1 88467fe87b95e6cf7a432822033cf74dd8586254 · Modrinth version KgO1gfM2 · Project link unavailable Server only
YungsExtras-1.20-Forge-4.0.3.jar SHA-1 4b2e632353a95c16a080c2e64c426480a139fbd6 · Modrinth version h4m8J7w8 · Project link unavailable Server only
YungsMenuTweaks-1.20.1-Forge-1.0.2.jar SHA-1 b43a0bc054d3974076d36b5cfec6aeab968d24a6 · Modrinth version 3FmFt8jI · Project link unavailable Client only

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