Exploding Mobs
by chimpanz_e
Exploding Mobs makes certain mobs detonate like creepers once a player comes close enough, with the Ender Dragon behaving differently.
What it does
Mobs that gain the explosive behavior start a five-second countdown when a player gets within five blocks of them, and detonate when it ends. Staying too close to such a mob also triggers the explosion. The mod changes how the Ender Dragon behaves, making it explode every five seconds while it is active, which sets it apart from the regular mobs.
Key features
Creeper-style mobs
Selected mobs explode in the same way a creeper does, adding a new threat to ordinary encounters.
Proximity countdown
A mob that gets within five blocks of a player begins a five-second fuse before it explodes.
Ender Dragon changes
The Ender Dragon explodes every five seconds while it stays active, instead of behaving as it does in vanilla.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Everything's Exploding! is a Fabric mod for 1.21.11 with server-side only installation under the All rights reserved license, and it is not open source. Scary Creepers is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only and covers 1.19.4 – 1.20.4, so it targets an older range than this mod.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exploding Mobs | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-03-19 |
| Everything's Exploding! | Fabric | 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-02-08 |
| Scary Creepers | Fabric | 1.19.4 – 1.20.4 | Server-side only | 2024-04-10 |
Questions
Does Exploding Mobs need to be installed on the client?
Which loader and version does Exploding Mobs use?
In the catalog
Exploding Mobs is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
If you get within 5 blocks of a mob with the AI tag, it will start a 5-second countdown. Stay too close, and it explodes. The Ender Dragon is different it explodes every 5 seconds constantly.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/exploding-mobs-chimpanz_e
- Owner
- chimpanz_e
- Published
- 2026-03-19
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15