Wildex Bestiary

Wildex adds an in-game bestiary that documents creatures in your world as you encounter them.

Mobs are discovered naturally through gameplay by fighting them or observing them with a Spyglass. Once discovered, their information becomes available inside a dedicated book-style UI. No external wiki lookups, no spoilers, no background world scanning.

Wildex works with vanilla and modded mobs alike and is built to fit cleanly into large modpacks.

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Features

Discovery by:

• Killing mobs
• Observing mobs with a Spyglass
• Take a photo of a mob (if Exposure Mod is installed)
• Receiving a Bestiary entry from another player (Multiplayer)
• Analyzing items in the analyzer block

Discovery tracking per player, per world

Technical / non-relevant entities excluded automatically

Bestiary UI includes:

• Searchable mob list
• 3D Model Preview
• Stats and attributes
• Loot/XP ranges based on real drops
• Spawn biomes/structures and dimensions
• Additional mob information (weakness, breeding, taming)

Completion reward:

• Discover all trackable mobs to unlock Spyglass Pulse
• Temporarily highlights nearby mobs through walls

Multiplayer / server behavior:

• Progress stored server-side
• Multiplayer-safe, player-specific progression
• Request-based syncing with minimal network overhead

Extensive configuration options via config files

Compatibility:

• Works with modded mobs and dimensions
• Safely reads modded loot tables
• Does not modify entity behavior or spawning

Blocks:

Pedestal - Can hold a Wildex and displays a hologram of all detected mobs. Decorative and multiplayer safe. A redstone signal disables the hologram.

Analyzer - Can analyze an item when activated by a redstone signal. If the item is a loot drop from an undiscovered mob, the entry in Wildex will be unlocked.

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Integrations (1.21.1)

Wildex supports optional integration with:

• KubeJS
• FTB Quests
• Exposure
• Cobblemon
• Accessorify

Setup details and examples are available in the GitHub README.

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Credits

• Thanks to NeuroPalooza for the kubejs/ftbQuests integration feature suggestion.
• Thanks to HockeyZman2000 for the sharing feature suggestion.
• Thanks to vinylwitch for the Exposure integration suggestion.
• Thanks to amon for the new Wildex textures/artwork. (amon_m on discord)
• Thanks to VaporeonScripts for the report and testing feedback.

The core idea for this mod was inspired by Araxer’s Bestiary Mod. I built my own version because I needed a bestiary for NeoForge 1.21.1