Antlers of Hunger

Once a player joins a world, the Wendigo wakes up shortly after and roams on its own, making its presence known through distant screeches and roars. It moves through the woods, watches from far away and feeds on animals while trying to satisfy an endless hunger. It behaves like an intelligent stalker and goes through several behaviours before it attacks, so a player may catch glimpses long before any fight begins.

When the creature gets close, it turns aggressive and charges into combat. Its blows cannot be blocked by a shield or armor, and it can destroy blocks, so escape is hard and the player is often forced to fight back. A Hunting Knife is needed to defeat it, and a Flare can briefly blind the Wendigo, opening a window for a few hits before it resumes its rampage. The mod is also available in two skins: a vibrant version suited to snowy biomes and a darker brown one closer to the film.

The mod is open source only in the sense that it is not; the files are under All rights reserved. It is published for Forge on 1.19.2 and 1.20.1, and it runs on the client alone, so servers do not need it. The creature is designed as the only threat in a horror modpack, and the author leaves some encounters undescribed so that players meet them unprepared.