The Ancient Towns
Underground Villages/Towns to explore
Screenshots
About this Mod
The Ancient Towns ⛏️
Is mining for resources getting a little bit repetitive? Prepare to uncover the forgotten depths!
▶️ ABOUT
Ancient Towns completely overhauls your underground exploration by introducing massive, abandoned settlements hidden deep within the caves. Designed to feel like a natural extension of the vanilla game, these sprawling ruins offer a thrilling and rewarding experience for anyone brave enough to step into the darkness and explore what was left behind.
Instead of simple, repetitive dungeons, this mod utilizes a highly complex procedural generation system featuring over 180 unique, individually crafted architectural pieces. This guarantees that every single settlement you stumble upon will have a completely different layout, full of crumbling corridors, ruined plazas, and hidden secrets. Currently, the mod features two massive type of abandoned underground town, but more unique town styles and structural variants will be added in future updates.
The risk of exploring these dark depths is well worth it. Scattered throughout the debris and forgotten structures, you will find chests containing vanilla-balanced loot. These rewards are carefully placed to enhance your survival and mining progression without breaking the game's economy, encouraging you to thoroughly investigate every dark corner of these ancient structures.
▶️ HOW TO FIND A TOWN
These structures are enormous, so they generate deep underground and are somewhat rare to prevent cluttering the cave systems. You can also use the command:
- /locate structure the_ancients:deepslate_town
- /locate structure the_ancients:dripstone_town
▶️ HELP
If you experience any generation bugs, crash issues, or just need support, please let me know here
▶️ ADDITIONAL INFO
Remember that only two town types are currently available, but the mod will continue to expand. You are free to use this project in your modpacks as you wish, I will appreciate it if you give credits ❤
▶️ GALLERY
Deepslate Town
Dripstone Town
Available Versions
How to Install The Ancient Towns on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set datapack Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the datapack loader and matching Minecraft version (26.1.2).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "The Ancient Towns". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
26.1.2, 26.1.1, 26.1 (+3 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
The Ancient Towns server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong datapack version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (26.1.2). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is The Ancient Towns compatible with datapack and fabric and forge and neoforge and quilt?
The Ancient Towns officially supports datapack, fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt for Minecraft 26.1.2, 26.1.1, 26.1. Note: Forge and Fabric mods are NOT cross-compatible – pick one loader and stick with it. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with The Ancient Towns – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if The Ancient Towns consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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