Death Sound Nether
by Cukkoo
When a tamed pet dies, Death Sound Nether lets its ghostly voice drift back through the Nether and the wider world, recorded as a memory tied to how it died.
What it does
Each death is stored with the entity type and the cause, such as an explosion, fire, a fall or drowning, and the cause decides which sounds replay later. The five most recent deaths are kept, and the oldest memory fades when a sixth is added. While a player is in the Nether, ghostly sounds play about every one to three minutes, drawn from the remembered pets. Half of the time the sound is the pet's own voice, and the rest of the time it is an ambient sound.
Key features
Pet death memories
Each tamed pet death is recorded with its entity type and cause, so the sounds match how the pet fell.
Nether ambient sounds
Ghostly voices play at random intervals while the player is in the Nether, drawn from the remembered pets.
Cause-based sounds
Explosions, fire, falls, crunches and drownings each produce their own echo, such as a crackle or a splash.
Limited memory
Only the five most recent pet deaths are kept, and the oldest one fades away when a new death is recorded.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Atmosphere in long Nether trips
Players who spend time in the Nether hear the echoes of lost companions, which fits a dark, survival-focused play style.
Mod packs with pets
Server owners who run wolves, cats, horses or parrots can add the sounds without changing the pets themselves.
Who it’s for: Server owners running survival or horror-themed servers, and players who keep tamed animals and want the Nether to reflect their losses.
How it compares
Pet Shop is a Fabric and Forge mod for 1.20.1 under All rights reserved, with a client and server environment and no open source code. Death Sound Nether is open source under the MIT License and needs only the server. Smart Pet AI is also open source under the MIT License, but it is a Fabric-only client and server mod for 1.20.1 and changes pet behavior rather than adding sounds. Horror sounds is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under the MIT License, also client and server.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death Sound Nether | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 | Server-side only | 2026-06-23 |
| Pet Shop | Fabric and Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-02-01 |
| Smart Pet AI | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-19 |
| Horror sounds | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-17 |
Questions
Does Death Sound Nether need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does Death Sound Nether support?
In the catalog
Death Sound Nether is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
Death Sound Nether brings your fallen tamed pets back as ghostly echoes in the Nether. When your wolf, cat, horse, or other tamed companion dies, their memory haunts you. Every time you enter the Nether, you'll hear them — sometimes their living voice (a howl, a meow, a neigh), sometimes the sound of how they died…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/death-sound-nether
- Owner
- Cukkoo
- Published
- 2026-06-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-23
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15