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📦 What is Mo’ Creatures: Nostalgia Edition?

Mo’ Creatures: Nostalgia Edition is a faithful revival of Dr. Zhark’s original vision — meticulously rebuilt to match the beloved classic experience. Originating from the Mo’ Creatures Extended project for Minecraft 1.12.2, this edition now supports both Minecraft 1.16.5 and upcoming support for 1.20.1.

🐉 The Wyvern Dimension

Reimagined due to extensive changes in Minecraft’s engine since 1.12.2, the Wyvern Dimension has been carefully reconstructed, featuring new nests, updated portal logic, and refined biome generation.

🌟 True to the Original

With meticulous attention to detail, Mo’ Creatures: Nostalgia Edition remains exceptionally faithful, with:

  • Original mob behaviors and interactions preserved.
  • Accurate taming and breeding mechanics.
  • Precise dimension teleportation mechanics.
  • Optimized performance and multiplayer synchronization.

🔍 How is this different from Awakened & Reforged?

Unlike other revivals that utilize tools like MCreator, Nostalgia Edition is built directly from the original Mo’ Creatures source code, preserving:

  • Authentic taming and AI mechanics.
  • Original gameplay and dimension experiences.
  • Enhanced stability and compatibility.

This isn't merely a reimagining — it's a precise and loving restoration.

✅ Supported Versions

Current development priorities:

  • 1.16.5 Forge (stable release completed)
  • 1.20.1 Forge (stable release completed)

Following stable Forge releases, Fabric support is planned.

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# 🐾 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


## 🐛 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](https://mocreatures.fandom.com/wiki/Shark#Behavior)
  • 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


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

  • 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 - 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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


### 🐉 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

  • 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:

  • 🐎 Tameable mobs, custom AI, and entity logic

  • 🐉 Full **Wyvern Dimension** support (biomes, portal structure, teleportation)

  • 🌊 Aquatic AI and animation behavior

  • 🧪 Custom **particles**, taming systems, armor/tooltips, and more

## 🐞 Known Issues (Beta 1)

  • 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 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.

  • Horse Guide Book**
Broken

  • Particles**
Work to an extent, don't match mob colors

  • Multiplayer**
Haven't yet tested if it's working or not.

  • Language localization still incomplete.

  • 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

  • ✅ Everything from **DrZhark's Mo' Creatures** and **Mo' Creatures: Extended** included.
  • 🌌 **Wyvern Dimension** reworked for 1.16.5 with new nests and portal logic.
  • 📘 Added a **Horse Breeding Guide Book** (found in the Misc creative tab).
  • 🐈 Added **Kitty variants**, whip behavior for Manticores, and Ancient Silver Armor.
  • 🔥 Fire mobs are now fire-immune.
  • 🦈 Fixed Shark crashes and underwater AI for aquatic creatures.
  • 🍖 MoC mobs now drop correct meat types.
  • 🧠 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_

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