Insects: Recrafted

This mod is a complete overhaul of the old "Insects" project and adds various insects to Minecraft, making the game world more lively and diverse.

About the Modification

Insects: Recrafted is the official remake of the previous version of the mod, which was completely redesigned from scratch to improve quality and functionality. Most insects serve to create atmosphere, but some have unique features that make the game more interesting.

Important: The mod works only on Forge and will not be ported to Fabric.

Insects and Their Features

Ant

Designed by wowthie

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 3
• Attack: 0
• Drops: Insect leg
• Special features: None
• Spawning: Any biome with grass

Fire Ant

Designed by wowthie

• Behavior: Neutral
• Health: 3
• Attack: 1
• Drops: Insect leg
• Special features: Attacks when damaged, sets on fire for 2 seconds, immune to fire damage
• Spawning: Badlands, Meadows, and Stony Peaks

Honey Ant

Designed by wowthie

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 3
• Attack: 0
• Drops: Honey drop
• Special features: None
• Spawning: Birch forests

Cockroach

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 15
• Attack: 0
• Drops: Insect leg
• Special features: Shy, runs away from players
• Spawning: Plains, Flower forests, Sunflower plains, Windswept biomes, Meadows, and Stony Peaks

Dragonfly

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 3
• Attack: 0
• Drops: Insect leg
• Special features: Flies aimlessly, like bats
• Spawning: Swamps, Rivers, and Beaches

Firefly

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 3
• Attack: 0
• Drops: Glowstone dust
• Special features: Flies aimlessly, glows in the dark
• Spawning: Any dark places

Fly

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 3
• Attack: 0
• Drops: Insect leg
• Special features: Flies aimlessly, appears from maggots when fed rotten flesh
• Spawning: Any biome with grass

Green Fly

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 3
• Attack: 0
• Drops: Insect leg
• Special features: Flies aimlessly
• Spawning: Savannas

Ladybug

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 3
• Attack: 0
• Drops: Insect leg
• Special features: None
• Spawning: Taigas

Maggot

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 3
• Attack: 0
• Drops: Slime ball
• Special features: Turns into a fly when fed rotten flesh
• Spawning: Appears when zombies die (0-3 pieces)

Moth

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 3
• Attack: 0
• Drops: Insect leg
• Special features: Flies aimlessly, appears from silk worms when fed rotten flesh
• Spawning: Any dark places

Snail

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 6
• Attack: 0
• Drops: Slime ball (not in shell) / Snail shell (in shell)
• Special features: Hides in shell when attacked, shell is used for resistance potions
• Spawning: Any places with grass

Worm

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 3
• Attack: 0
• Drops: Dead worm (food)
• Special features: Used for taming beetles
• Spawning: Dark places with light level 0-6

Centipede

• Behavior: Hostile
• Health: 6
• Attack: 2
• Drops: Insect leg
• Special features: Inflicts Poison II for 3 seconds
• Spawning: Biomes with grass at night or in dark places

Praying Mantis

Model by Mr_Mantis_YT

• Behavior: Neutral
• Health: 5
• Attack: 2
• Drops: Insect leg
• Special features: Attacks when damaged, hunts small insects, gets special texture when renamed to "Mr_Mantis_YT"
• Spawning: Plains, Dark forests, and Jungles

Orchid Mantis

Model by Mr_Mantis_YT

• Behavior: Neutral
• Health: 5
• Attack: 2
• Drops: Insect leg
• Special features: Attacks when damaged, hunts small insects
• Spawning: Meadows, Flower forests, Cherry Groves, and Sunflower plains

Rain Bug

• Behavior: Hostile
• Health: 5
• Attack: 1
• Drops: Rain Bug Plate
• Special features: Plate is used to create poison immunity potions
• Spawning: Deserts and badlands at night

Butterfly

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 3
• Attack: 0
• Drops: None
• Special features: Flies aimlessly, caught with butterfly catcher, comes in different colors
• Spawning:
  • Blue: Plains, Meadows, Forests, and Dark forests
  • Pink: Flower forests, Cherry Groves, and Meadows
  • Yellow: Sunflower plains and Birch forests
  • Green: Jungles and Dark forests

Earwig

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 4
• Attack: 0
• Drops: Insect leg
• Special features: None
• Spawning: Windswept biomes

Turtle Ant

Designed by wowthie

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 5
• Attack: 0
• Drops: Insect leg
• Special features: None
• Spawning: 10% chance when breaking ant nests

Beetle

• Behavior: Neutral
• Health: 12
• Attack: 2
• Drops: Insect leg
• Special features: Attacks back, tamed with dead worms, protects player
• Spawning: Savannas

Stick Bug

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 4
• Attack: 0
• Drops: Stick and insect leg
• Special features: Drops "Get Stickbugged" music disc when used with music disc, note block, or jukebox (once per stick bug)
• Spawning: Forests, Birches, Dark forests, and Taigas

Scorpion

• Behavior: Hostile
• Health: 15
• Attack: 3
• Drops: Scorpion sting
• Special features: Inflicts Poison II for 3 seconds, sting poisons enemies and is used to create poisonous sword
• Spawning: Deserts and badlands at night

Mosquito

• Behavior: Hostile
• Health: 3
• Attack: 1
• Drops: Mosquito gland and insect leg
• Special features: Attacks while flying, inflicts Poison I for 3 seconds
• Spawning: Biomes with grass at night or in dark places

Pill Bug

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 3
• Attack: 0
• Drops: Wheat seeds and insect leg
• Special features: Rolls up when attacked, returns to normal after 9 seconds
• Spawning: Plains, Birch forests, Taigas, and Forests

Bed Bug

• Behavior: Hostile
• Health: 5
• Attack: 2
• Drops: Insect leg
• Special features: None
• Spawning: 7% chance when breaking a bed

Silk Worm

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 3
• Attack: 0
• Drops: String
• Special features: Immobile, turns into moth when fed rotten flesh
• Spawning: Birches, Dark forests, and Jungles

Water Strider

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 4
• Attack: 0
• Drops: Insect leg
• Special features: Floats on water, does not move on its own
• Spawning: Rivers

Whip Spider

• Behavior: Hostile
• Health: 15
• Attack: 3
• Drops: Spider eye
• Special features: Attack with slight knockback
• Spawning: Jungles and Dark forests

Slug

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 4
• Attack: 0
• Drops: Slime ball
• Special features: Turns into snail when used with snail shell
• Spawning: Any places with grass

Antarctic Midge

• Behavior: Peaceful
• Health: 4
• Attack: 0
• Drops: Insect leg
• Special features: None
• Spawning: Freezing biomes