A Strange World We Live In

The mod changes how hostile mobs behave. Zombies sometimes look for the nearest animal and ride it when they are hit, Endermen occasionally antagonize a player, Creepers may get excited and explode before reaching a player, and Iron Golems can bully a player by jumping up and hitting from up to three blocks away. Skeletons attempt to dodge incoming shots, though they are poor at it, and they use crossbows in a way that mirrors how the mod's own idea of bows works. Monsters can also hear a nearly silent audio cue from the player, with a configurable chance and distance for investigating it.

Almost every chance, speed and distance is set through a config file or commands. The Configuration section of the author text describes a command that toggles actions. The mod is built for players who want a stranger, more lively world, and for server owners who want to tune mob behavior without editing code. Additional behaviors are planned for future releases.

The mod is a server-side requirement. Servers must run it, while clients may leave it out. It targets Forge for 1.20.1, with version 1.0.0 as the latest file, released under the MIT License and not open source.