Building Mining Mobs
by Blockafeller
Building Mining Mobs changes how hostile mobs in Fabric worlds pursue players, letting them break and place blocks to reach a target.
What it does
Certain monsters, mainly the bipedal ones, can break blocks in their way and place blocks to get closer to the player. Creepers can blow up strategic obstructions between themselves and a target. Zombies can pick up and place blocks as they approach. The mod also introduces a custom targeting system: mobs can spot a player up to 200 blocks away, can see through glass after a few seconds of eyesight, and hear a target within 40 blocks unless the player is crouching.
The behaviors are adjustable. Config toggles control whether mobs break blocks, whether zombies place blocks, whether creepers explode obstructions, and whether raiders, skeletons and witches break blocks. A Baritone cost command is included, since the mod is powered by a custom Mobitone version of Baritone. Players join a server running the mod without installing anything, while the server needs the Fabric files and the mod placed in the mods folder. Files are published for Fabric only, for 1.21.8 and 1.21.10, under the Apache License 2.0.
Key features
Block breaking by mobs
Certain monsters break blocks that stand in their path, which changes how fights and defenses play out.
Block placement by zombies
Zombies can place blocks to close distance on a player, instead of only walking the terrain.
Custom targeting
Mobs track a target through a custom mechanism that covers long sight lines, glass and hearing range.
Configurable behavior
Toggles let server owners turn block breaking and placing on or off for each mob type.
Bloodmoon events
A small chance of a bloodmoon night adds extra hostile mobs on top of the usual spawns.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does a player need to install Building Mining Mobs to join a server?
Which Minecraft versions does Building Mining Mobs support?
Can server owners turn off block breaking by mobs?
What the author says
Feel free to test out the mod, and play the server to your hearts content! Certain monsters (the bipedal ones) can now break blocks to get to you. Creepers will blow up next to strategic obstructions between you and them if they can’t reach you themselves. Also, their hiss is removed. Zombies, which can pick up…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/building-mining-mobs
- Owner
- Blockafeller
- Published
- 2025-05-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-12-03
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
