Anatidaephobia
by Zcoper
Anatidaephobia adds a fictional fear of ducks to Minecraft, with passive ducks that stalk players and quack when they appear nearby.
What it does
Passive ducks appear in the Overworld close to players at random, with no fixed spot. An untamed duck panics and runs away when a player comes within 10 blocks, and at low health it will attack. Ducks always stalk the nearest player from a distance, and now and then a quack message appears in the action bar, announcing that a duck is watching. Players right-click a duck with bread to tame it.
Once tamed, a duck follows its owner and grants Dolphin's Grace while swimming nearby. Ducks drop duck meat that can be cooked and eaten. Ducks come in three standard color variants plus a rare variant wearing sunglasses. A config file is included.
The mod is built with MCreator and requires Geckolib. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. Files are published for Forge only, for 1.19.2, 1.19.4 and 1.20.1, with 1.0.0 for 1.20.1 as the latest file. It is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Stalking ducks
Ducks keep their distance from a player and follow the nearest one, creating an unsettling presence in the world.
Taming with bread
Untamed ducks flee when approached, and a player can tame one by right-clicking it with bread.
Dolphin's Grace from tamed ducks
A tamed duck follows its owner and grants Dolphin's Grace while the player swims nearby.
Rare sunglasses variant
Ducks appear in three standard colors, and a rare variant wears sunglasses.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Horror-themed survival
Players who want a comedic creeping threat in an otherwise ordinary world can let ducks stalk them.
Who it’s for: Players who enjoy joke mods and light horror, and server owners who want an odd passive mob with a quack message. Players need Geckolib installed beside the mod.
How it compares
Duck By YKSAMI1 is also a Forge duck mod for 1.20.1, but it is closed source under All rights reserved. Crocoducks again is open source under the MIT License and covers Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1. Brokenfile is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 with the same client and server environment and All rights reserved license.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anatidaephobia | Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-21 |
| Duck By YKSAMI1 | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-11-28 |
| Crocoducks again | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-07-26 |
| Brokenfile | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-05-15 |
Questions
Does Anatidaephobia need Geckolib?
Does the server need the mod?
Which Minecraft versions does Anatidaephobia support?
How does a player tame a duck?
In the catalog
Anatidaephobia is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Anatidaephobia is a joke mod based on the fictitious fear that a duck might be watching you. Ducks will stalk players from a distance. Sometimes their arrival is announced by a quack or a message. There are three normal color variants and a very rare sunglasses duck. Ducks will flee when approached, but they can also…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/anatidaephobia
- Owner
- Zcoper
- Published
- 2026-05-21
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-21
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15