Ancestral by Birchfolks

This is an ancient place. In these forgotten halls lie treasures unclaimed, and knowledge no living mind recalls. Somewhere in the dark, dormant guardians have been standing for millennia, loyal to their vanished masters still, waiting for a reckless adventurer to wake them up.

Ancestral is a Fabric vanilla-style mod that aims to expand underground exploration with remnants of lost civilizations, waiting to be rediscovered. It adds new mobs, structures, weapons and tools, as well as many building and decorative blocks.

Currently Ancestral supports the following languages: English | Russian

Since the translations may not be 100% accurate and we aim to add more languages, we look for community help. If you want to translate the mod into your language, feel free to contact us on Discord.

Slumbering Sanctuary

Once a dwelling of the ones who came before, now left in the care of its sentinels. Generates in 4 variations.

Relic Ruin

Weathered remains overtaken by the mountains, now claimed by bandits who understand gems far better than history.

Valley Ruin

One does not simply wander into the Nether. Whatever built these ruins reached further than anyone imagined.

Bandit Camp

Not every threat in these lands is old. Some of it is simply hungry, armed, and close by.

Underground Chamber

A hasty, half-abandoned underground camp. Miners, explorers, or looters never came back for their things.

Ancient City

New ruins and decorations added to the forgotten city.

Petrified Stumps

All that remains of trees that once grew in the dark, turned to stone alongside whatever grew inside them to still be worth digging for.

Basalt & Deepslate

Ancient Decorations

Petrified Wood & Paleshelf

Deep Dark

Soul & Ashen

Redstone

Armor Trims, Banner Patterns, Pottery Sherds

Among other things, Ancestral adds new music produced by Neorgothic, a bunch of advancements to help players explore the mod, as well as new enchantments for both new and vanilla weapons and tools.