Defend Your Base
by Scrall
Defend Your Base turns ordinary survival into a base defense game, where waves of attacking mobs arrive during raids and a player builds and repels them.
What it does
Raids begin after a set number of game days and bring hordes of enemies that storm the shelter. Players survive by defending their buildings, and the outcome changes experience: a successful defense grants experience, while a failed one takes some away. The mod is built for players who want survival to carry a strategic, territorial focus rather than quiet building and exploration.
Each raid draws from a themed pool of mobs, including insect invaders, undead hordes, machine forces and a dark-magic group, and the configuration sets spawn distances, the number of raids and the experience rewards for each wave. The author shares a sample configuration, so server owners can start from a tested layout and adjust it.
Defend Your Base runs on Forge for 1.20.1 only, and needs the Client and server environment, so both the server and every player must install it. The latest file is 1.2.0 for 1.20.1, published 2025-04-26, and the mod is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Timed raid waves
Raids start after a set number of game days and send hordes that attack the player's buildings.
Experience for defense
Surviving a raid with buildings intact grants experience, and a failed defense removes some.
Themed mob groups
Insect, undead, machine and dark-magic groups each have their own mob lists and wave sizes.
Configurable raids
Spawn distances, raid counts and reward values are set in the configuration file, with a sample provided.
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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.
Use cases
Survival servers
A server can run raids on a schedule so that players must hold their bases against repeated attacks.
Strategic single-player
A single player can plan base layouts around the waves that will reach them.
Who it’s for: Survival players and server owners who want raids and experience tied to base defense, and who are comfortable adjusting a configuration file.
How it compares
Zombie Waves is server-side only and published for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6, under All rights reserved, so players can join without installing it. Born In Configuration is server-side only, open source under the MIT License and covers 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 on Forge and NeoForge. Defend Your Base needs both sides and is limited to 1.20.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defend Your Base | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-04-26 |
| Zombie Waves | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Server-side only | 2026-07-09 |
| Born In Configuration | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-10-07 |
Questions
Does Defend Your Base need to be installed on the server?
Which loader and version does Defend Your Base support?
How are raids configured?
In the catalog
Defend Your Base is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Defend Your Base is a dynamic Minecraft mod that turns ordinary survival into a real strategic battle for your territory! You will not only have to build and explore, but also repel waves of attacking mobs trying to destroy your quiet life! Every few game days, a raid begins, during which hordes of enemies storm your…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/defend-your-base
- Owner
- Scrall
- Published
- 2025-03-24
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-04-26
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15