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Better Cave Dweller

by 8bitmika

With Better Cave Dweller installed, the cave dweller mob gets a scarier look and new animations on Fabric and Forge.

FabricForgeClient and serverMIT License1.18.2 – 1.20.1

What it does

The mod changes the existing cave dweller monster rather than adding a new creature. It combines several community projects that alter its appearance, its sounds and its behavior, so a player meets a version of the mob that differs from vanilla in those respects. It is built on Geckolib, which must be installed alongside it for the animations to load.

Files are published for Fabric and Forge and cover the range above, with 2.1-fabric for 1.20.1 as the latest Fabric build and 2.0-forge for 1.20.1 as the latest Forge build, both dated 2024-09-15. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The code is under the MIT License, but the project is not open source.

Key features

  1. Scarier cave dweller model

    The mob receives a reworked look intended to make it more frightening in dark caves.

  2. Improved animations

    Animations for the cave dweller are replaced, so its movement looks different from the vanilla mob.

  3. Enhanced cave noise

    A sound addition from another project adds more unsettling ambient noise to caves where the mob lives.

  4. Cave dweller sound overhaul

    A bundled resource pack changes the mob's sounds, and it can be enabled separately from the mod.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.20.12.1-fabric2.0-forge
1.20Not available1.9-forge
1.19.41.8-fabric1.7-forge
1.19.3Not available1.5-forge
1.19.2Not available1.3-forge
1.18.2Not available1.1-forge
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

GeckolibA 3D animation library for entities, blocks, items, armor, and more!
Required

Use cases

Horror-focused survival

Players who want caves to feel more threatening can use the mod in a survival world with the altered mob.

Shared servers

Because both sides need the mod, a server owner installs it once and every player joining the server meets the same changed mob.

Who it’s for: Players who want the vanilla cave dweller to be more frightening, and server owners who run Fabric or Forge servers and want every player to see the same version of the mob.

Questions

Does Better Cave Dweller need Geckolib?

Yes. Geckolib is a required dependency and should arrive with the mod. If it does not, it must be added manually at the version matching the loader.

Do servers need Better Cave Dweller?

Yes. The server and every player need the mod installed.

Which loader should be chosen?

Fabric and Forge builds are both published. The Fabric build is 2.1-fabric and the Forge build is 2.0-forge, both for 1.20.1.

In the catalog

Better Cave Dweller is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.

Mobs mods11,058Fabric modsMods for 1.20.134,764

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What the author says

(GeckoLib should be downloaded instantly when downloading this mod, if that's not the case please notify me and download GeckoLib using the link above) If there are any issues like Minecraft saying you need a newer version of GeckoLib or the forge loader you will just need to create a profile using the required forge…
8bitmika, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
8bitmika
Published
2024-09-15
Updated on Modrinth
2024-09-15
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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