Symbiote Biomass Library

Symbiotes Unleashed — Assets Library

The official visual resource library for Symbiotes Unleashed!

Symbiotes Unleashed Assets is a dedicated Forge library mod containing the textures, models, animations, and visual resources required by Symbiotes Unleashed.

This library separates the mod’s visual assets from its gameplay systems, allowing the main mod to receive smaller, more efficient updates without requiring players to repeatedly download the entire collection of textures and models.

What’s Included?

Custom Symbiote Models

• Unique 3D Blockbench models for symbiote variants

• Detailed Living Armor appearances

• Custom symbiote entities and visual effects

Transformation Resources

• Pixel-by-pixel Living Armor transformation textures

• Transformation and detransformation visual stages

• Unique textures for different symbiote phenotypes

Tentacle and Biomass Textures

• Variant-specific tentacle textures

• High-resolution biomass details

• Normal and specular maps

• Environmental adaptation textures and transitions

Additional Resources

• Custom sounds and visual effects

• Item and block textures

• Custom shaders and other rendering assets

Why Is This a Separate Mod?

Symbiotes Unleashed contains thousands of visual resources. Keeping all these assets inside the main mod significantly increases its download size.

By separating them into this library, we can:

• Keep the main Symbiotes Unleashed mod significantly smaller.

• Release gameplay and bug-fix updates without repackaging unchanged visual resources.

• Manage and update custom models and textures independently.

• Maintain the original visual quality of every symbiote.

Note: This separation reduces the size of the main mod, but does not automatically reduce the combined installation size or memory usage.

Installation

Minecraft: 1.20.1

Mod Loader: Forge 47.4.10

Java: 17

1. Install Minecraft Forge 1.20.1.

2. Download Symbiotes Unleashed and this Assets Library.

3. Place both JAR files into your Minecraft mods folder.

4. Launch Minecraft with the required dependencies installed.

Important Information

This library is not a standalone gameplay mod.

It is a required dependency for compatible versions of Symbiotes Unleashed.

Without the asset library, Symbiotes Unleashed may be unable to load or display its custom models, textures, and visual effects correctly.

Both mods must be compatible versions and installed together.

Compatibility

Designed for Minecraft Java Edition 1.20.1 — Forge 47.4.10.

The library preserves the original Symbiotes Unleashed resource identifiers for compatibility with the main mod’s rendering and animation systems.

Developed for Symbiotes Unleashed — bringing living symbiote armor, transformations, and custom creatures to Minecraft.