Reworked Phantoms
by EnderBoy9217
Reworked Phantoms changes when and where Phantoms spawn in Minecraft Java Edition, so they become a steady threat at height rather than a rare nuisance.
What it does
Vanilla Phantoms appear only after a player goes long stretches without sleeping, and they can take three in-game days to show up at all. Reworked Phantoms changes that schedule so Phantoms spawn near the top tenth of the world height, where a player building a sky base is most likely to meet them. Spawning is tuned to keep a constant threat overhead during the night, leaving enough of a buffer that a player can keep working on whatever they are doing. The respawn timer is set to 200 seconds, or over 3 minutes, and the spawn area is an exact 5x5 chunk region.
The mod is server required and client optional: the server has to run it, while players may add it or leave it out. It is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and is published for Fabric alone, with seven release versions covering 1.20 – 1.20.6. Installing it needs Fabric API, which the mod requires. The mod is compatible with world height extension mods, so players who travel further up can still find Phantoms.
Key features
Height-based spawning
Phantoms spawn in the upper part of the world, so they reach players who build high above the ground.
Night-long pressure
Phantoms are kept as a constant threat through the night, instead of appearing only after long periods without sleep.
Fixed respawn timing
Respawns use a timer of about 200 seconds and a 5x5 chunk spawn area, so the rate of arrival is predictable.
Sky base targeting
Phantoms attack otherwise mob-free sky bases, giving a player who wants to fight them a repeatable place to do so.
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 1
How it compares
No More Phantoms is a Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt option for 1.18 – 1.21.8, released under the Apache License 2.0 and not open source. Panda Nerf Phantoms is Fabric-only and server-side only, for 1.21 – 26.3, and is released under CC0 1.0 Universal. Phantom Spawning is Fabric-only and server-side only, for 1.14 – 26.3, and is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reworked Phantoms | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.20.6 | Server required, client optional | 2025-07-08 |
| No More Phantoms | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.18 – 1.21.8 | Server required, client optional | 2025-07-24 |
| Panda Nerf Phantoms | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-04 |
| Phantom Spawning | Fabric | 1.14 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-22 |
Questions
Does Reworked Phantoms need Fabric API?
Does Reworked Phantoms have to be installed on the client?
Does Reworked Phantoms work with taller worlds?
In the catalog
Reworked Phantoms is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
By default Minecraft's Phantoms are nothing but an annoyance. If you enjoy the game for too long without sleeping, you are constantly harassed by these flying nuisances. However, if you ever wish to kill them for their membranes, you have to wait 3 whole in-game days just to see one. They used to always appear when…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/enders-reworked-phantoms
- Owner
- EnderBoy9217
- Published
- 2025-07-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-07-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15