CARL MOD

Content

A mod that adds Carl from the DejojoTheAwsome channel as both a pet and a squeaky lil' plush-like block.^I

Functionality

Carl doesn't really have much of a proper use aside from being cute - and let's be honest, that's plenty enough to expect from him.

Mob Interactions

He can be emptied from his bucket like most other "Mob in a Bucket" items, similar to Salmon or Cod.

Item & Block Interactions

But, oh no! Your friend has perished and dropped a plush form of himself. Well, from here, there's two things to do with him - either annoy your friends by right-clicking the cutie by placing him down on the ground, or use the previously mentioned Smithing Template in combination with both the Carl item and a Water Bucket within a Smithing Table to return him into his bucket.

The Smithing Template used in this process can be duplicated similar to other Smithing Templates, using 7 gold ingots and a snow block in the centre alongside the base template at the top-centre slot.

Easter Eggs

Sneak + Right-clicking on the placed Carl block will change the size of his helmet.

There are various easter eggs for Carl, specifically in regards to naming schemes! All of the names for each respective Carl variant is NOT case-sensitive, meaning lowercase and uppercase should work for each letter/character in the name.

Certain variants can be granted with the use of multiple different names, i.e., both barebones and bare_bones work just the same! For these cases, in the gallery below, the names are separated through commas.

Not named

helmetless

barbones, bare_bones

braincell, braincells

cardboard

create

copycat, copycats

garnished

dejojo, dejojotheawsome

awsome, carltheawsome

adorable, deaudie, audrey

breeze

dragon, ender_dragon, jean

egg

steel_spacesuit, steel_space_suit

netherite_spacesuit, netherite_space_suit

calorite_spacesuit, calorite_space_suit

mekanism, mekanized

bok_choy, bok_choyo

hooty, hootsifer

untitled_duck, alt_duck

god, angel, biblically_accurate, biblically_accurate_carl

Brief History

The original appearance of Carl is from DejojoTheAwsome's Create: Above and Beyond series, where in the finale episode he would reach space travel alongside 6 ducks.^II Why did he take 6 ducks with him to space? Well, during a livestream of the series, a channel moderator by the name of Inaala_Nailo had donated 60 dollars (USD) total to save 6 ducks that would've otherwise been used to create Eternal Stellas.^{III, VI} At the time, this wasn't very significant in the Carl lore, but would serve as the foundation of Carl's return in a later series - Create: Arcane Engineering.

And so, on Episode 15 of Create: Arcane Engineering, he discovered the 6 ducks within a meteorite.^V The specific name "Carl" may seem like an odd choice, but the first actual mention of Carl is in this episode, quote:

We nearly consumed Carl's flesh as a sacrifice to our own lives.^VI

- The Space Ducks

Fun little detail that may or may not have been intentional, Carl was the first one to be picked up by Dejojo after agreeing to help the 6 ducks out.^VII

In Create: Arcane Engineering's finale episode, Dejojo would take Carl with him onto the next modpack to leave the remaining 5 ducks, unnamed to this day, to go overseas and do their own thing.^VIII

He Rises?

December 22, 2023 - the request was made on that night, and so therefore I delivered. Carl the Space Duck to be ported to a newer version of Minecraft, later revealed to be played with in the Create: Mekanized series.

He Rises!

Well, he hasn't risen just yet, but he has sent down a message encased within the shell of a meteorite within episode 6 of Dejojo's Create: Mekanized series.^IX While the message is written in the fictional language of Quackese, the translated version of it reveals that Carl is trapped on the planet Glacio.^X

Reaching the Create: Mekanized finale, episode 13, Dejojo works towards creating a Creative Fluid Tank in order to surprise Carl on Glacio, as it's one of the final goals left to accomplish. Once the Creative Fluid Tank, final tier of Rocket, and the Dragon Egg have been acquired - he launches to Glacio to find Carl, where he has crash landed and is waiting for him.^XI

This is actually the first time where the Carl mod is used in a DejojoTheAwsome setting!

The Modern Day

Moving past this point, a lot of Carl-related activities are separated from the main content of Dejojo's channel. However, the mod still receives many updates and has gathered a large amount of easter egg textures for Carl to wear. While not particularly canon to Carl lore, I like to think that these easter egg skins are simply different versions of Carl from different universes - the Carlverse, if you will.

Misc Stuff

There exists a fictitious language in Carl lore called Quackese. There exists no official translation between Quackese and English, so we'll just have to take Dejojo's word that he is fluent in the language.^XII

Carl likes to feed on Dragons and Dragon Eggs.^{XIII, XIV}

Carl was, originally, only going to be a block that could be placed down.

The sneak + right-click functionality only came to be after Dejojo saw how Carl looked with a helmet that allowed for the beak to stay within the confines of said helmet.

When initially setting up the CurseForge page, a project under the ID of "carl" already existed, so the official Carl The Space Duck mod had to be created under the ID of "carl-duck-mod".