antibat
by RIvance
antibat stops bats from naturally spawning in the world, so players and server owners no longer see them in their worlds.
What it does
Bats normally appear naturally in dark areas of a world, and antibat removes that spawning, so bats no longer show up. The mod only disables natural bat spawning and leaves other mobs and existing world content alone. It runs on the server alone, so players join without installing anything. Files are published for Fabric and Forge, both for 1.19.2, with the latest build dated 2023-06-09.
Key features
Disables natural bat spawning
Stops bats from spawning naturally in the world, which removes the bats players would otherwise meet in dark caves and underground areas.
Leaves other mobs unchanged
Only bat spawning is affected, so other natural spawns, spawner output and command-based mob spawns keep working as before.
Works on existing worlds
The change applies to a world that already has bats, so players do not need to start a new save to stop them from appearing.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
No More Bats Plus is a Forge-only server-side mod for 1.20.1, released under the MIT License and not open source. Better Bats is also Forge-only and server-side only, covering 1.19 – 1.19.2 under the MIT License and not open source. No Bats runs on Fabric, is open source under the MIT License and covers 1.20 – 1.21.5.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| antibat | Fabric and Forge | 1.19.2 | Server-side only | 2023-06-09 |
| No More Bats Plus | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2024-05-06 |
| Better Bats | Forge | 1.19 – 1.19.2 | Server-side only | 2024-01-19 |
| No Bats | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.21.5 | Server-side only | 2025-05-27 |
Questions
Does antibat need to be installed on the client?
In the catalog
antibat is one of 3,545 Optimization mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,575 Optimization mods for Fabric. 12,559 mods support Minecraft 1.19.2.
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What the author says
Get rid of those annoying and useless bats! This mod only disable bats from naturally spawning. It does not remove them from the world if they are already there. It also does not prevent them from being spawned by mob spawner, spawning eggs and commands. So don't worry if your command blocks and data packs works…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/antibat
- Owner
- RIvance
- Published
- 2023-06-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-06-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15