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Chimera Lab

Sample mob DNA, inject genes, grow living chimeras - or turn into any mob yourself.

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Latest stable file chimera_lab-neoforge-1.21.1-1.1.1.jar
Game version 1.21.1
Loader NeoForge

Chimera Lab chimera_lab-neoforge-1.21.1-1.1.1.jar targets 1.21.1 with NeoForge. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. No extra mods listed for this file.

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About this project

What does Chimera Lab add?

Chimera Lab

**Sample DNA. Splice genes. Grow living chimeras – or become a mob yourself.**

Chimera Lab turns Minecraft into a genetics lab. Take DNA from any creature, decode its genes, inject them into
yourself, splice a blaze, a sheep and a llama into one creature – or inject enderman DNA and become an enderman for
three minutes.

How it works

  1. **Sample**: right-click a creature with the Sampling Syringe. Each DNA sample holds 3–5 genes.
  2. **Decode**: the Genome Sequencer turns samples into Gene Cartridges. The Gene Bank stores your collection.
  3. **Enhance yourself**: brew gene serums and gain Night Vision, Gills, Climbing, Teleportation, Sonic Boom, Dragon
    Wings and 18 more genes. Many of them show on your body.
  4. **Splice**: the Gene Editor combines 2–3 samples into a chimera serum. Mutations can happen.
  5. **Grow**: feed the embryo in the Incubator Tank. Place the capsule on the ground and your chimera hatches.

Become a mob

Syringe in one hand, mob DNA sample in the other, hold right-click: your skin turns into the mob's skin, and your
head, body, arms and legs slowly reshape – until you are the real mob.

  • Works with **every vanilla mob**, each with its own strengths **and** weaknesses.
  • As an enderman you teleport and carry blocks, but rain hurts. As a creeper you blow yourself up but fear cats. As a
    spider you climb walls, as a blaze you fly and shoot fireballs, as a warden you sweep everything away with a sonic
    boom.
  • Hitbox, eye height and size adapt. Abilities are on the **R** key.
  • Other mobs react: zombies leave zombies alone, wolves hunt sheep, villagers run from illagers.

Chimeras

  • **Real bodies**: built from the actual vanilla model parts of their parents, with their real textures. A cow head on
    a spider body works, and so do 77 other vanilla mobs.
  • **Inherited abilities**: blaze and ghast fireballs, wither skulls, dragon breath, the guardian laser, evoker fangs,
    wind charges and llama spit. Sheep chimeras can be sheared, cow chimeras milked, and strider chimeras walk on lava.
  • **Pets and mounts**: tame them, saddle them, fire their abilities while riding – and fly on winged chimeras.
  • **Water chimeras** live in your Aquarium Tank and produce sea products.
  • **Breeding**: breed across generations, track the family tree, discover 7 mutations and level your chimeras up to
    level 10.

Adventure

  • **Secret labs** underground and **sunken labs** on the ocean floor, with traps, logbooks, loot and bosses.
  • **Lab outbreaks** and **mutated wildlife** bring random events to your world.
  • The **Lab Guide** explains everything: 10 chapters with real recipes and a page with a rotating 3D model for every
    mob you can turn into.

Multiplayer

  • **Research Journal**: research together, with a Pokédex of every cross you discover.
  • **Breeding Arena**: tournaments in race, fight and beauty with a server ranking.
  • **Gene Exchange Terminal**: trade genes safely with friends.
  • **Geneticist**: a villager profession that trades lab goods.

Compatibility

  • **Optional**: JEI, REI, Jade and The One Probe.
  • **Other mods**: mobs from other mods get genes and a transformation automatically.
  • **Data packs**: genes, abilities and transformations can be changed with data packs.

Requirements

  • Minecraft **1.21.1**, NeoForge **21.1.200+**
  • Install on the **server and every client**.

Every block and item texture, GUI and sound is made for this mod. Mob models and textures are taken from your own Minecraft installation.

Disclaimer this made Mod was madewith AI

Project description from CurseForge.

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