Hide [not a dweller]
by TheOman
Hide [not a dweller] is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that adds a hide-and-seek minigame, with a watching shade that players must find.
What it does
The mod adds a hide-and-seek game in which one player hides and the others seek. A 10-second countdown runs at the start so the hider has time to prepare. Seekers then search for the hider during a 30-second timer, and the round is repeated three times, with the difficulty rising a little in the third round.
A player who stays hidden for 60 seconds after being seen wins a reward, and a player who is found three times receives a different reward. The mod also includes a watching shade entity that can play alongside the player, and a set of commands for starting and managing rounds. Geckolib is required, so it must be installed next to Hide [not a dweller].
The mod is Forge only, published for 1.20.1 with the latest file 1.0.6 from 2025-05-15, and it runs on client and server. It is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
Key features
Hide and seek rounds
One player hides while the others seek, with a fixed countdown before each round begins.
Three-round format
Each game is played over three rounds, and the third round is a little more difficult than the first two.
Watching shade entity
A shade entity can watch the player and take part in the game as an enemy presence.
Commands for rounds
Commands let players start and control hide-and-seek rounds without setting up each game by hand.
Gallery
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
Use cases
Group game nights
A group of players can use the hide-and-seek rounds as a short game inside a survival world or on a server.
Who it’s for: Players who want a hide-and-seek game added to Minecraft, and server owners who want a shared round-based minigame for their players.
How it compares
Gun Dweller is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, which is not open source here. Dweller dweller is also a Forge mod for 1.20.1, and it is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source either. Hide [not a dweller] is on the same loader and version and shares the client and server environment with both.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hide [not a dweller] | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-05-15 |
| Gun Dweller | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-28 |
| Dweller dweller | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-07-30 |
Questions
Does Hide [not a dweller] need Geckolib?
Does the server need the mod?
How many rounds does a game last?
In the catalog
Hide [not a dweller] 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
(THIS IS NOT A COPY OF The Watching Shade!) Play or die... Win it and you won't get hurt... It will play with you... Be careful
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/hide_or_die
- Owner
- TheOman
- Published
- 2025-03-22
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-05-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15