Ancient Temples

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Ancient Temples adds several cool new temples and game mechanics.

 

 

The Temples/Structures it adds include:
 

  • The Desert Temple:  A large sandstone pyramid in the desert, housing the remains of an ancient Pharaoh, with a boss battle or two. Awaken and defeat the Ancient Sandstorm to earn the Ankh, a multi-use totem.
  • The Trial Temple: An ancient sandstone temple housing a variety of battles. Defeat them all to earn the Sun Sceptre, a powerful weapon that, when enchanted deals huge amounts of damage while in sunlight.
  • The Jungle Temple: A Mayan pyramid, the grave of ancient warriors. Defeat the Stone Guardian to steal his head!
  • The Ender Temple: A tall temple devoted to the Ender Lord, A four-armed, Sword Wielding Enderman who can summon Ender Phantoms when hit.
  • The Nether Temple: Hatch the Phoenix egg with a Fire Charge to fight the boss battle! Apparently there's some Netherite in the temple as well...
  • The Aetherial Library: A huge floating library, guarded by an overzealous Copper Robot Librarian, Dewey.

 

 

There are a three main new resources:

  1. Desert Gold: Desert Gold is what totems are made out of, and is known for its magical, life-giving capabilities. It can be used in a variety of recipes, even in its own special tool set, which is obtained by upgrading ordinary gold equipment with the Desert Gold Smithing Template. Desert Gold is found in the desert (big surprise!), in structures like the Ancient Desert Pyramid.

    desert golddesert gold upgrade

  2. Ruby: The mystical eye of the Sandstorm, the Ruby can be mined underground. It can be paired with Desert Gold for a variety of cool new items.

    ruby

  3. Necrosteel: The mystical metal that Spawners are made of. Necrosteel is used to craft the Spawner and the Soul Forge. The Soul Forge is used in turn to craft Spawner Cores, allowing you to change Spawners in survival mode. Necrosteel can be crafted in the Soul Furnace, by combining Netherite, Lapis Lazuli, and Echo Shards, or it can be found in Marble Temples. 

    necrosteel

There are also a few other important items:

  • Souls: Kill Soul Spirits in the Nether Temple to harvest their souls, allowing you to use the Soul Forge and Furnace.

    soul

  • Marble: Found throughout the world, it has a normal and a green variant. Great for building Temples.

    marblegreen marble

  • Sandstone Bricks: Don't know why they didn't already exist, but they are a key part of desert temples.
  • Scarab Elytra: Not what you think they are - they can be crafted into a Scarab Cloak, allowing you to cancel fall damage by shifting, at the cost of durability. The elytra themselves come from scarabs, who are found in the Desert Trial Temple.

    scarab elytra

  • Ancient Vial: Used to capture the mythical - Can store XP, Lightning and Souls. Stand in a Lightning Bolt with it in your main hand to capture some.

    ancient vial

 


 

the mobs

The Mobs in the Mod

 

Here's a short guide to the main crafting mechanics in the mod:

 

soul smelting

To create Necrosteel, Place an Echo Shard, a Netherite Ingot, and a Lapis Lazuli in the three top slots, along with a Soul in the bottom slot to create Necrosteel. It can then be used to create the Soul Forge and Monster Spawner in the Crafting Table.

soul forging

Place Souls in the outer four slots, with a Mob Material (eg. Blaze Rod, Rotten Flesh, or Scarab Elytra) to craft a Spawner Core. Spawner Cores can then be used to activate a Spawner with the desired Mob.

binding

Use an Enchanted Scroll in the First Slot with a Piece of Enchantable Equipment in the Second Slot to Enchant the item, Free of XP Charge. However, only Unenchanted items can be enchanted, so enchant wisely.

 

 

Thanks to Iceshard, who built the desert temple and part of the jungle temple, and to Jenki, who made the Music Disc "Ancient Temple" soundtrack.

 

title gif

 

The Pharoh's Room

jungle temple

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desert templeJungle Temple

If there's any bugs, please tell me as soon as possible.

And of course, a bit more new content is just around the corner. (Maybe even a port?) ;-)

Please leave an upvote, and feel free to join my discord server!

Note: Requires Geckolib, JEI compatible.

Geckolib is required! Find it at https://modrinth.com/mod/geckolibDiscord's Logo : r/PixelArt

Minecraft mod files
ancient_temples-1.0.0-forge-1.20.1_0.jar - Ancient Temples - Version 1 (a bit buggy) Uploaded on: 12/09/2024 - 22:56   File size: 3.28 MB
ancient_temples-1.0.1-forge-1.20.1.jar - Fixed EnderLord Texture, Redesigned and Fixed Jungle Temple Uploaded on: 02/12/2025 - 11:14   File size: 3.32 MB
ancient_temples-2.0.0-forge-1.20.1.jar - Adds Nether Temple and Phoenix, Marble and Marble Temple, and the Trial Temple. Also resolves a variety of bugs. Uploaded on: 09/03/2025 - 11:18   File size: 8.36 MB
ancient_temples-2.1.0-forge-1.20.1.jar - Implemented the Aetherial Library, patched some bugs Uploaded on: 09/06/2025 - 03:31   File size: 8.42 MB
ancient_temples-2.1.1-forge-1.20.1.jar - Fixed bugs, implemented soul furnace and fixed lightning bolts Uploaded on: 09/09/2025 - 11:44   File size: 8.43 MB
Changelog

Fixed EnderLord Texture, Redesigned and Fixed Jungle Temple, Added in Trial Temple, Nether Temple, Marble Temple, Aetherial Library, Added Ruby, ncrosteel and a variety of items/blocks, added in the Spawner system

You can find it as a plugin for Blockbench (https://www.blockbench.net). It is called "Minecraft Title Generator", I believe. To make the entire logo, I used Blockbench's screenshot tool (ctrl+p) to capture my mobs and structures, then edited it all together as a poster.
Hope that helps!