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Custom Murder Mystery

by XiaoColorful

Custom Murder Mystery lets a server run customizable murder mystery rounds, with roles, timed events and loot that players can set up themselves.

ForgeNeoForgeServer required, client optionalGNU General Public License v3.0 or laterOpen source1.20.1 – 26.3

What it does

Custom Murder Mystery is a minigame mod for Forge and NeoForge that adds a murder mystery game to a Minecraft server. Server owners configure the rounds through reusable zones, loot tables and event hooks, and the mod reports role and kill events as they happen. Reuse Zone entries refresh inventories and assign roles automatically, and Reuse Loot can hand murderers and detectives modded items such as SlashBlade and TaCZ weapons.

The mod depends on Custom BattleRoyale, which must be installed next to it. It exposes a MurderMystery API with commands for looking up current game information and changing a player's role or team, and it can switch between Custom BattleRoyale game processes. The server must run the mod, while players may join without it. Files are published for Forge and NeoForge across 13 release versions, 1.20.1 – 26.3, and the code is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.

Key features

  1. Customizable rounds

    Murder mystery matches can be set up with their own roles, rules and settings on the server.

  2. Reusable loot setup

    Loot configs can give murderers and detectives modded items from other mods.

  3. Event hooks and countdowns

    Role, kill and delayed-kill events fire through hooks, and countdown events can be scheduled during a round.

  4. Team item tags

    Team item tags filter which items each team can pick up during a round.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

No stable releases
Every published file is a beta or alpha build.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
26.3Not available0.5.5
26.2Not available0.5.5
26.1.2Not available0.5.5
26.1.1Not available0.5.5
26.1Not available0.5.5
1.21.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.11Not available0.5.5
1.21.10Not available0.5.5
1.21.6Not available0.5.5
1.21.4Not available0.5.5
1.21.10.5.50.5.5
1.20.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.20.40.5.50.5.5
1.20.20.5.50.5.5
1.20.10.5.5Not available
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

Custom BattleRoyalePlay customizable battleroyale in Minecraft
Required

Use cases

Server minigame nights

Server owners can run murder mystery rounds on a schedule, reusing the same zones and loot setup each time.

Modded gameplay

Loot tables can include weapons from other mods, so a round can use gear from the modpack.

Who it’s for: Server owners who run minigames and want to build custom murder mystery rounds. Players join without the mod if the server runs it.

How it compares

Full comparison

A Murder Mystery is a Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt mod for 1.21.11 under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, not open source, and it works on the server alone, with clients free to skip it. Disassembly_Required needs both sides, is not open source, and covers 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 on Forge and NeoForge, so every player needs it. Death Note is under the MIT License, not open source, with files for 1.20.2 – 26.3 on all four loaders, and the server runs it while players may leave it out.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Custom Murder MysteryForge and NeoForge1.20.1 – 26.3Server required, client optional2026-04-21
A Murder MysteryFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21.11Server required, client optional2025-12-30
Disassembly_Required (murder drones)Forge and NeoForge1.20.1 – 1.21.1Client and server2025-02-24
Death NoteFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.20.2 – 26.3Server required, client optional2026-09-16

Questions

Does Custom Murder Mystery need Custom BattleRoyale?

Yes. Custom BattleRoyale is a required dependency and must be installed alongside Custom Murder Mystery.

Does every player need the mod installed?

No. Only the server has to run the mod, so players can join without installing it.

Which loader should a 1.21.1 server use?

The latest 1.21.1 file is published for Forge, beta channel, version 0.5.5, released 2026-04-21.

In the catalog

Custom Murder Mystery is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 886 Minigame mods for Forge. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.

Minigame mods2,135Forge modsMods for 26.38,071

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What the author says

This mod functions as a gameplay extension for Custom BattleRoyale, Register MurderMystery GameProcessManager to switch to Murder Mystery game logic. This mod needs to be installed on both the server and the client.
XiaoColorful, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
XiaoColorful
Published
2026-04-19
Updated on Modrinth
2026-04-21
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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