DammitZeus
by ZenithKnight
DammitZeus lets lightning strikes change nearby mobs and blocks, and each effect can be switched on or off with a gamerule.
What it does
When lightning hits, the mod can convert villagers into witches, pigs into zombified piglins, and mooshrooms into their opposite color variant. Guardians can become elder guardians too, but that setting is off by default. Each conversion has its own gamerule, so a server owner chooses which ones apply to the world.
Struck creepers become charged, entities caught in a strike take damage, and nearby blocks can catch fire. Slimes grow into an oversized form when the lightningGrowsSlimes rule is enabled, which is also off by default. The effects run only on the server, so players join without installing anything.
The mod is published for Fabric only, across three release versions: 1.21.1, 1.21.4 and 1.21.10, with 1.0.4 for 1.21.10 as the latest file dated 2025-11-19. It was first released on 2025-08-17. The code is not open source and the mod is licensed as All rights reserved, though public source code links exist.
Key features
Lightning converts mobs
Villagers become witches, pigs become zombified piglins, and mooshrooms swap between red and brown when struck.
Guardian conversion
A gamerule turns guardians into elder guardians when lightning hits them, and it is disabled by default.
Charged creepers
Creepers hit by lightning become charged, which increases the blast of their explosion.
Fire and damage
Strikes damage entities in range and set nearby blocks on fire, and each part can be turned off separately.
Slime growth
An optional rule lets struck slimes grow to an epic size, and it stays off unless the server owner enables it.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Storm events on a server
Server owners can decide which lightning effects fit their world, from harmless mob changes to full fire and damage.
Who it’s for: Server owners who want storms to change the world, and players on those servers who want to see the results of lightning strikes.
Questions
Does DammitZeus need to be installed on the client?
Which loader does DammitZeus support?
Which game versions have files for DammitZeus?
More from ZenithKnight
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/dammitzeus
- Owner
- ZenithKnight
- Published
- 2025-08-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-11-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15