Bugaton
by Chickenisch
Bugaton is a NeoForge mobs mod that adds a single creature, the Nightmare, along with a set of items and effects that accompany it.
What it does
Nightmares are small, fragile creatures with four legs that burst toward a player with very fast scuttering and deal a moderate amount of attack damage. They can be tamed or pacified by interacting with one while holding phantom membrane, which is the only spawning method the mod describes. Once pacified, a Nightmare can be picked up with a bucket and its color changed with collars.
Pacified Nightmares can occasionally become overgrown, shown by smoke particles. Overgrowth can be bottled into a Felldom Bottle, which can be drunk or reused, or sheared off a Nightmare to produce a physical food item that heals, with healing increasing as the Nightmare's potency rises. Eating the food inflicts Felldom on the player. Bugaton is open source under the MIT License, is published for NeoForge only, and runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files cover 1.21.1 alone.
Key features
Nightmare creature
A small, fast four-legged mob that attacks in bursts and can be tamed or pacified through an interaction with phantom membrane.
Nightmare overgrowth
Pacified Nightmares can become overgrown, and the overgrowth raises the Nightmare's potency past its usual limit.
Felldom Bottle and food
Overgrowth can be bottled as a reusable Felldom Bottle or sheared into food that heals and inflicts Felldom when eaten.
Bucket and color options
Pacified Nightmares can be picked up with buckets and recolored with collars, which lets players keep several in one base.
Advancements and tooltips
Most of the mod's information is shown through advancements and item tooltips rather than a separate guide.
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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.
How it compares
Yarndin Is Here is a NeoForge mod for 1.21.1 with the same client and server environment, under the MIT License and not open source, so it differs from Bugaton mainly in its focus. Pacified Wildlife is server-side only, released under All rights reserved and not open source, so players can join without installing it. Pacified Mobs covers Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 and is open source under the MIT License, a wider version range than Bugaton's single version.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bugaton | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-31 |
| Yarndin Is Here | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-23 |
| Pacified Wildlife | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-03-26 |
| Pacified Mobs | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-09-30 |
Questions
Does Bugaton need to be installed on the server?
Which loader and version does Bugaton support?
How does a player get a Nightmare?
Where does the Felldom Bottle come from?
In the catalog
Bugaton is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,974 Mobs mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
An everyday content mod focusing on adding whatever wacky and dazzling creatures i attempt to implement. Do these benefit Minecraft as a whole? No way! Majority of information on features is available via advancements or tooltips. Nightmare! Nightmare! Nightmare! Nightmares are fast little freaks that burst from…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/bugaton
- Owner
- Chickenisch
- Published
- 2026-07-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-31
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15