Dead drone
by HayeSPC
Dead Drone adds an airborne hostile drone that hunts players in Fabric worlds for 1.21.1.
What it does
Once the mod is active, a drone appears about 50 blocks above players after a 10-minute countdown, and the chat announces it beforehand. The drone cannot be damaged head-on, so the usual response is to find cover and hide. Once locked on, the drone follows its target with bespoke animations and a steady flight tone, then detonates when it comes close to a block beside the player, similar to a creeper, and disappears.
The mod requires Fabric API and Geckolib, and it runs on the client and the server, so both need it. It is published for Fabric and 1.21.1 only, and it is released under the MIT License. The code is not open source.
Key features
Timed drone spawn
A drone appears 50 blocks above players ten minutes after the countdown starts, with a chat warning first.
Tracking and explosion
The drone follows its target with custom animations and a continuous flight sound, then explodes on contact like a creeper.
Head-on invulnerability
The drone cannot be damaged from the front, so players have to hide behind cover rather than fight it.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Questions
Does Dead Drone need Geckolib?
In the catalog
Dead drone is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Bring airborne danger to Minecraft with the Deadly Drone mod! Every 10 minutes, an invulnerable drone spawns 50 blocks above players with a chat warning. It tracks its target using custom animations and a continuous flight sound, exploding like a Creeper and vanishing upon hitting any block or player. Since it cannot…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/dead-drone
- Owner
- HayeSPC
- Published
- 2026-08-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-20
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15