Wan's Ancient Beasts

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Are you ready to meet all the beasts of Minecraft's ancient past? Like the Sniffer, they are all creatures from prehistory and each one brings with it amazing new features!

Version 1.4.3 (29/08/2026) - Hotfix #5

• Fixed five unobtainable Advancements.
• All tameable beasts can now be told to sit and stay.
• Added a key to open your beasts' inventory, while keeping the Charger, Surfer and Snatcher abilities.
• Fixed the 1.20.1 duplicate keybind issue.
• Major fixes and improvements for the Snatcher: barrel inventory, breeding, collar dyeing, raiding behaviour, shoulder backpack and more.
• Fixed and improved Surfer taming, waking, behaviour and colours.
• Fixed Charger breeding and saddle/ride behaviour.
• Fixed several beasts, structures and world generation issues.
• Fixed Suspicious Ice and Suspicious Red Sand uncovering behaviour.
• Fixed Hang Glider third-person animation and added missing enchantment descriptions.
• 1.21.1 is now fully supported and includes everything from 1.4.0 on, in addition to the changes above.

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Version 1.4.2 (14/06/2026) - Hotfix #4

New Crusher feature: uncraft recipes for tools
Added new Brush and Chisel enchantments
Walker now breaks leaves when ridden
New advancements
A LOT of bug fixing

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Version 1.4.0 (16/01/2026) - The Good, the bad & the Ugly Update

NEW ANCIENT CREATURES:

1) Charger

• It’s a neutral Mob that can be brought back to life with its eggs
• From time to time they will sit down and loaf
• They are natural enemies of Raiders and they will attack them on sight
• It will attack the player if the player attacks it first, or if the player is holding a beetroot
• If fed a beetroot it will become over aggressive towards anyone and it will attack on sight (dealing double damage), though this aggressiveness ends as soon as it hits its target
• It can be tamed like a horse, but it is much harder to tame; whenever you fall from it, it will attack you once. To make taming easier, you can feed it sweet berries
• Once tamed, you can equip a saddle and ride it
• Abilities: Press “C” for a headbutt attack; press “Spacebar” for a charge attack (double damage and knockback, moves in a straight line, requires recharge)
• Can be bred with glow berries

2) Raider

• It’s a Hostile Mob that can be brought back to life with its eggs
• Highly aggressive predators that attack every mob (similar to the Eater)
• They are scared by the Eater, but the Eater doesn’t attack them
• Can be made neutral by giving them Ancient Meat; once neutral, they only attack if provoked
• They are pack hunters: if you attack one, the whole pack will strike back
• Natural enemies of Chargers
• Looting Mechanic: When it kills a mob, it drops more loot (base Looting I). This can be increased up to level 4 by feeding it the new Pitcher Plant
• When attacking with its head, it has a chance to drop one of its horns
• Can be bred with any type of meat
• Found as Illager troops in their own structures and during Raids

3) Snatcher

• It’s a Neutral Mob that can be brought back to life with its eggs
• Small and fast, able to climb surfaces thanks to its hooked claws
• From time to time it will steal food or items from player inventories and chests
• To retrieve stolen items, hit the mob once; if not hit in time, it will devour the item and it will be lost forever
• Taming: Make it steal its favorite food, the “Nasty Stew”, from your inventory
• Once tamed, it can be equipped with a Barrel
• Abilities: Press “C” while looking at it to make it climb on your shoulder; press “C” again to throw it. If thrown near a chest or barrel, it will steal the loot and bring it back to the owner

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NEW MOBS:

1) Tamer

• A new Illager variant found during Raids and in the new Raider structures
• Usually found riding a Raider troop and equipped with a sword

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NEW ITEMS:

1) Charger Armor

• Found in dungeons (commonly in Charger structures)
• Can be dyed and works exactly like golden horse armor

2) Raider Horns

Dropped by Raiders and can be crafted into three variants:

• The Fearsome Horn: (Crafted with Eater Teeth) Gives the "Fear" effect to every mob in a 20-block radius for 5 seconds. (10s cooldown)
• The Shrieking Horn: (Crafted with Echo Shards) Emanates a potent blast dealing great damage in a 20-block radius. (10s cooldown)
• The Spectral Horn: (Crafted with Phantom Membrane) Instantly kills all Phantoms and Vexes in a 20-block radius. (10s cooldown)

3) Nasty Stew

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NEW SNIFFER PLANTS:

The Sniffer can now find several new seeds:

1) Rafflesia

• A decorative flower that works like a Spore Blossom but on the ground

2) Sundew

• A decorative plant that attracts flies (similar to a firefly bush)

3) Equisetum

• A new decorative prehistoric plant

4) Moonflower

• Decorative flower that behaves like Pink Petals (can be placed on earth-like blocks)

5) Ginkgo Trees

• New saplings that grow into 1x1 or 2x2 trees. Includes a full Ginkgo Wood Set (planks, doors, etc.)

6) Olden Moss

• A new variant of moss

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NEW BLOCKS & MECHANICS:

1) Paleo Table

• Crafted using 4 planks and 2 pottery sherds
• Used to duplicate pottery sherds and transform beast eggs into decorative blocks
• Acts as the job site block for the Paleontologist profession

2) Paleontologist (Villager Profession)

• Created using the Paleo Table. Can be leveled up to unlock new trades

3) Wandering Paleontologist

• Found exclusively in Dig Sites with unique trades (rework of former Paleontologist

4) New banner patterns for shield

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NEW STRUCTURES:

1) The Ruined Castle

• Can be found in Plains biomes

2) The Training Outpost

• Can be found in Plains biomes

3) The Primal Log

Can be found in Old Growth biomes

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Version 1.3.2 (22/09/2025) - Hotfix #3

1.21.1 support

Toxlacanth remodel

New Advancements

New languages

Bug fixing

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Version 1.3.0 (10/08/2025) - Surf Update

NEW ANCIENT CREATURE

Surfer

Eggs found in the Dead Coral

It’s a peaceful Mob

It can be fed any type of coral and if fed a big quantity of the same type (from 32 to 64) as a baby, it will change colour depending on the type of coral; if fed with mutiple colours (in that range of 32 to 64) it will not change colour

Can both travel in water and on land, though on land it will be significantly slower

When on land it will relax basking in the sun: if you go near it too fast it will get scared and it will try to run away, while if you crouch it will remain still; if you approach it nicely and slow you will be able to interact with it and attempt taming it

To tame it you'll have to feed it Coral fan (the type of coral depends on the colour of the Surfer, if it has its base color then any type of coral is good) while it's relaxed

Once tamed it can be equipped with a saddle and you'll be able to ride it; it can travel slowly on land, and fast in and under water (slightly faster than a boat)

The Surfer is able to store big quantities of oxygen and if you press c while riding it, it will be able to restore your oxygen up to 3 times

If you press space bar near the surface while in the water it will jump out and will cover a great distance (it takes 10 second to recharge)

It can be bred with sea pickles

It can be also equipped with the “Surfer Armor”: this will add a layer of protection but will reduce its speed (now beign as fast as a boat)

NEW ITEM

Surfer Armor

It can be crafted with Turtle scutes

It works exactly like dog armor and will tank any damage, consuming its durability instead

Cannot be dyed

Can be Repared (like-dog armor) with turtle scute

NEW STRUCTURE

Dead Coral

Can be found in the Stony Shore biome

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Version 1.2.1 (13/06/2025) - Hotfix #2

New translations added: Italian, Polish, Russian and Chinese

New Advancements

Fixed Paleontologist trades

Fixed Walker health problem

Bug fixing

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Version 1.2.0 (02/05/2025) - Paleo Update

NEW MOBS:

Paleontologist

Peaceful Mob that belongs to the Villager Group

It rarely spawns in every structure of the mod

It spawns more commonly in Dig Site

It can trade with you for items found in the mod

NEW BLOCKS

1) Crusher Spikes

Crusher spikes can now be placed both on the ground and on the bottom of blocks like drip stones

They are highly deadly so look out for any possible traps

2) Quicksand

A new block that is pretty similar to powder snow and that you should avoid while looking for fossils

3) Fossils

A new decoration block found only in dig sites and as a trade with the paleontologist

NEW STRUCTURES

1) The Dig Site

Can be found in every biome

It has lots of Suspicious Sand, Gravel, Red Sand or Ice depending on the biome that allows you to find all the ancient beasts' eggs (including the Sniffer)

2) New variants of: Mesa Temple, Ice Spike Castle and Desert Ruins

Enjoy new variants of the classic WAB structures with some nice twists

NEW ENCHANTEMENTS: ANCIENT CLUB

1) Blood Thirst

Makes you deal more damage under any potion effect

Not compatible with Life Steal

2) Life Steal

Makes You absorb half a heart for every hit you deal to your enemy

Not Compatible with Blood Thirst

3) Hunter's Mark

Deals More damage to Animals and Ancient Beats

NEW FEATURES

1) Hang Glider Dyeable Customization

Put a dye and an Hang Glider in the crafting table and you'll be able to change colour to the feathers

2) Duplicate Pottery Sherds

Put a sherd with a brick in a crafting table and you’ll get 2 sherds of the one you put in the crafting

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Version 1.1.5 (12/03/2025) - Hotfix

Removed Sherds API dependency

New advancements

General rebalance of all ancient mobs (+ Sniffer)

Now Chisel is used to excavate suspicious ice instead of Brush. Right-click on the block several times, and after quite a while it will drop the loot.

Remodel and upgrade of the Ancient club:

• as much damage as an Iron sword

• as fast as an Axe

• now the more you hit your target the more damage it will deal every time (1hp x addition hit)

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Version 1.1.0 (22/12/2024) - Flyers Update

NEW ANCIENT CREATURES:

1) Glider

Egg found in the Abandoned Village

Passive mob

Can be tamed with pufferfish

Once tamed you can make it sit

When playing music on a jukebox it will start dancing

While dancing it can lose some feathers

It can be bred with Salmon

2) Soarer

Egg found in the Frozen Nest

Neutral Mob: it will attack the player if the player attacks it first

It will attack Toxlacanth on sight

Can be tamed with Raw Toxlacanth

Once tamed it will also be able to attack targets

Once tamed you can put a saddle on it and ride it

With this creature you’ll be able to fly for long distances in early game, but its stamina is not infinite and sometimes it will have to restore it by go to the ground

It can be bred with pufferfish

NEW MOBS:

1) Toxlacanth

Very rare mob that can be found in:

• Waterlogged Caves
• Warm Oceans
• Swamps
• Mangrove Swamps

It can be bucketed

Its not part of the fishing lootable

If hit without killing it will spawn a little cloud that can cause Nausea, Poison and Weakness

Once slayed it will drop itself

NEW ITEMS

1) Glider’s Feather

This item is dropped by the Glider while dancing

It can be used in substitution of regular feathers when crafting arrows

It can be used to craft a new item the Hang Glider

2) Hang Glider

Can be used as a primitive elytra

It allows the player to freely glide instead of falling to its doom

It loses durability every time you glide

It can be enchanted with: Unbreaking, Mending

Unlike elytra you cannot use rocket to go faster or go upwards

3) Raw Toxlacanth

It can be cooked or eaten Raw

It can be used to tame the Soarer

If eaten Raw it will cause Nausea, Poison and Weakness

4) Cooked Toxlacanth

It can be eaten

It gives as much saturation as the ancient meat

But it still has a terrible taste, so it will cause Nausea

NEW BLOCKS

1) Straw Block

Can be crafted with Wheat and Sticks

Can be crafted into stairs and slabs

Can be Found in Frozen Nests

Can be used to craft the Nest

2) Frozen Straw Block

Can be found in Frozen Nests

3) Nest

Can be Crafted with straw Blocks

It can be used to speed up the hatching of egg, making it 3x faster than normal

If you place chicken eggs in it they will not hatch and it will function as a decorative block

NEW STRUCTURES

1) The Abandoned Village

Can be found in Jungle biomes

It has lots of Suspicious Gravel that allows you to find:

• Glider Eggs
• Fall Pottery Sherd

2) The Frozen Nests

Can be found in Mountains

It has lots of Suspicious Gravel that allows you to find:

• Soarer Eggs
• Beak Pottery Sherd

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Version 1.0.0 (27/09/2024) - Beta version

NEW ANCIENT CREATURES:

1) Eater

Egg found in Mesa Temple

Neutral mob: attacks only if you are too close to it or you are near a baby

It scares every mob (except the Wither Boss and the Ender Dragon)

Its bites breaks the shields

When aggred it’ll roars and that will give you the “Fear” effect for a few seconds (a new effect that will make you no longer control your character)

If you give it some “ancient meat” there’s the chance it’ll give the “alpha” effect for 2:30 minutes (a new effect that increases your attacks by half heart for each kill)

If it kill an entity there’s a chance that it’ll drop an “Eater Tooth” (a new item that can be used to craft a new weapon, the “Ancient Club”)

It hunts every animal and pillagers

Cannot be tamed

Can be bred with every type of meat

2) Walker

Egg found in Ice Spike Castle

Passive mob

Can be tamed only when is baby with spore blossoms

Once tamed 4 players can ride it at the same time

Once tamed can be equipped with chests (it has 49 slots of storage)

Can walk over fences and walls

Can be heal with azalea leaves

Can be bred with spore blossoms

3) Crusher

Egg found in Desert Ruins

Neutral mob: attacks only if you attack it first

It’s immune to projectyles

You can steal one of its spike with a chisel but it makes the Crusher angry

Cannot be tamed

Can be bred with hanging roots

NEW ITEMS

1) Ancient Klub

New weapon strong as an iron axe but fast as a normal sword

2) Reinforced Shield

It can be crafted upgrading a shield in the smithing table with a Crusher's Spike and the Upgrade trim. This shield will deal damage to everything that use a melee attack type (like a shield it negates projectiles)

NEW STRUCTURES

1) Mesa Temple

2) Ice Spike Castle

3) Desert Ruins

Dependencies: Geckolib

https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/geckolib

Translations (@Discord username):

Italiano: Angelinho

Polish: pikszo_28839

Russian: cbinmozarta

Ukranian: tosen_0

Chinese: ext_ramen

The WAB mod is currently still in development and we hope to add more content very soon!