Fake Features
by edshearing
Fake Features adds decoy blocks, mobs and villagers that look ordinary but behave as traps when a player touches or breaks them.
What it does
Most of the content is built around deception. Fake trees, logs, grass patches, stone, sand, ores and deepslate look like their vanilla counterparts, yet breaking or interacting with them can summon zombies, silverfish, bats, skeletons or creepers, set fire, or drain experience. Fake redstone and lapis ore drop items that clog the inventory or take away XP over time, and fake diamond ore drops dangerous imitation diamonds.
The mod also adds a fake pig that attacks when struck, a fake creeper that follows players across a wide range and can explode repeatedly, a fake villager that turns into a hostile villager on right click, and a hostile villager that throws potions, attacks with emeralds and breaks blocks. It is intended for pranks between friends in survival and adventure play, and it runs on Forge for 1.20.1 only, on both client and server, so the server and every player need it. The license is All rights reserved, so the code is not open source.
Key features
Trap blocks
Fake logs, trees, grass, stone, sand, ores and deepslate look like vanilla blocks but trigger effects when broken.
Decoy mobs
A fake pig, a fake creeper and a fake villager each behave differently from their vanilla versions.
Hostile villager
The hostile villager attacks with emeralds, throws potions and breaks blocks, and avoids iron golems.
Item and XP drain
Fake redstone and lapis ore slowly push items into the inventory or take away experience over time.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who run adventure or survival worlds on Forge 1.20.1 and want surprise traps and hostile decoys, usually on multiplayer servers where friends play together.
How it compares
Fake Mobs is a Forge 1.20.1 mod under the MIT License that is installed on both sides. Sneaky Blocks is a Forge 1.20.1 mod under All rights reserved, also run on client and server. Fake TNT is released under the MIT License, but it targets Forge 1.12 – 1.12.2 only, so it does not cover this version.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fake Features | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-03-26 |
| Fake Mobs | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-07-29 |
| Sneaky Blocks | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-08-13 |
| Fake TNT | Forge | 1.12 – 1.12.2 | Client and server | 2025-10-17 |
Questions
Does Fake Features need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft versions does Fake Features support?
Does Fake Features have a permissive license?
In the catalog
Fake Features is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,478 Adventure mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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Blocks - Fake logs which explode when broken - Fake grass which summons a random amount of zombies when broken - Fake stone which spawns silverfish when broken (worse than infested stone) - Fake sand which lights you on fire - Quicksand - Fake diamond ore which drops dangerous fake diamonds - Fake deepslate which…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fake-features
- Owner
- edshearing
- Published
- 2024-11-03
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-03-26
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15