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Ancient Structures

Adds handcrafted structures from ancient civilizations (Mayan, Roman, Japanese, Germanic) with custom loot, mobs, and secrets

FabricNeoForgeForge
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FabricNeoForgeForge
Downloads on Modrinth
95.8K
Followers on Modrinth
148
versions
34
Updated
October 27, 2026Oct 27
Published
in 2025
Mayan temple · swipe

At a glance

Runs on Fabric, NeoForge and Forge
For Minecraft 26.1.2, 26.3 …
Needed in the game and on the server
Latest version — 0.0.16 from October 27, 2026
Requires Armor of the Ages, Dawn of Time and YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL)
License GPL-3.0-only — free
Where it's needed
In gamerequiredOn serverrequired

Needed both in the game and on the server

Game versions1.21.11, 26.1.2, 26.3 …

🏛️ Ancient Structures

Ancient Structures is a full-featured Minecraft mod that adds cultural, handcrafted structures from ancient civilizations directly into your world.
It serves as a bridge within the Dawn of Time ecosystem, showcasing the architectural potential of Dawn of Time blocks and the animated armor models from Armor of the Ages through immersive world generation.

This first version includes around 20 unique structures spread across four civilizations: Mayan, Roman, Japanese, and German.
Each building is designed to enrich survival gameplay, with a focus on worldbuilding, atmosphere, and challenge. Players will encounter lone temples, sacred ruins, abandoned villages, and military sites. Each hiding custom loot, secret passages, mini-bosses, and animated mobs wearing culturally themed equipment.

The mod requires the following dependencies to work :

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The Ancient Structures serie

The experience can be extended via the other structure mods from the Dawn of Time team. These packs are focused on a single culture to allow you to discover even more about architecture. Each pack is unique and reflects the team member style!

Edo Japan Chinese

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Credits

  • TheGoldenWorld – creator of the original datapack and all core structures
  • Jackie – contributed to several buildings and created the custom mobs
  • Poulpinou – developed the code to transform the datapack into a fully functional mod
  • Lekter – credited for the design of the windmill
  • Superchache39 - I learned with his videos to make datapacks
  • ChatGPT has been used to wrap up this page in markdown & it helped me to create features in the mod
  • Retro Diffusion has been used to generate the logo of this page
  • Minecraft Title Generator from Ewan Howell has been used for the banner

FAQ

How to install Ancient Structures?

Install Fabric for your Minecraft version, download Ancient Structures for the same version and loader, put the file into the mods folder and launch the game with the loader profile.

Which Minecraft versions does Ancient Structures support?

Ancient Structures has builds for Minecraft 1.21.1, 1.21.11, 26.1.2, 26.3 ….

Is Ancient Structures needed on the server?

Needed in the game and on the server

License and source
GNU General Public License v3.0 onlyfree to use and share; changes to the mod itself must be published under the same license
Original — Modrinth↗Files unchanged, verified with SHA-512Is this your mod? For rights holders

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