Better Creaking
Better Creaking changes how the creaking mob fights in Minecraft, with stronger attacks, a petrification meter and the option to turn these changes off.
What it does
Creaking becomes harder to handle with buffs to its speed and damage, and hitting it repeatedly builds up petrification. A fully petrified creaking is immobilized for a short time and gives the attacker blindness. A meter above the hotbar shows how far the petrification has progressed, so a player can see when the mob is about to freeze.
The changes are tuned for night in the Pale Garden biome, where creakings appear. Server owners can switch the feature off with commands, and it is enabled by default. A datapack included with the mod also addresses two separate issues in the base game. The server needs the mod, while players may add it for the meter but do not have to.
Key features
Stronger creaking
Creaking gets increased speed and damage, changing the fight from the base game's underpowered mob.
Petrification
Repeated hits make a creaking more petrified until it becomes immobilized for a short time.
Blindness on petrify
A petrified creaking inflicts blindness on the player who petrified it.
Petrification meter
A meter above the hotbar shows how far the creaking's petrification has progressed.
Toggleable changes
Commands turn the feature off on a server, and the changes are enabled by default.
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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.
Use cases
Night fights in Pale Gardens
Creakings in the Pale Garden biome at night become a stronger threat, with the petrification meter showing when one is about to freeze.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want creakings to be a real threat, and players who fight them in the Pale Garden at night.
How it compares
Creaking Control requires a server install, is released under All rights reserved for 1.21.4 and is not open source. Quiet Pale Gardens targets 1.21.11 and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license, which is not open source. Paler Garden covers 1.21 – 1.21.4 and is also All rights reserved. Better Creaking uses the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only, and it is not open source either.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Creaking | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.4 – 1.21.5 | Server required, client optional | 2025-05-22 |
| Creaking Control | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.4 | Server required, client optional | 2024-12-07 |
| Quiet Pale Gardens | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2025-12-12 |
| Paler Garden | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.4 | Server required, client optional | 2025-10-01 |
Questions
Does Better Creaking need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders are supported?
Can the changes be turned off?
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What the author says
The Creaking is a very underpowered mob that is also completely avoidable in the base game. This datapack seeks to fix these 2 issues
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/better-creaking
- Owner
- Snicker-Nee-Yo
- Published
- 2025-03-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-05-22
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15