John Awakened
John Awakened brings back a remake of the classic John mod for 1.20.1, with new additions alongside the familiar creatures.
What it does
The mod keeps the classic features of the original John mod and adds new content on top of them, including four new items, a new painting and a new way to summon Mega John. Three mobs are in the mod, and the author notes that more creatures are planned for future updates.
Mega John does not spawn naturally in the world. To summon him, a player has to collect four Immortality gems, four netherrack and one Totem of Undying, then combine them in order. Each Immortality gem comes from the Immortality Gem Shards that the original Johns drop, and three shards are placed in a crafting table to produce a gem. Using the Cursed Totem with the totem in the hand prepares the battle, and Mega John appears after a short wait.
The mod requires Geckolib. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The files target Forge only, for Minecraft 1.20.1, and are released under All rights reserved, so the code is not open source.
Key features
Three original Johns
Baby John, John and Mega John are the mod's three original mobs, and the remake keeps their classic behaviour.
Immortality gems and shards
Original Johns drop Immortality Gem Shards, and three shards combine at a crafting table into an Immortality gem.
Mega John summon ritual
Mega John is summoned with four Immortality gems, four netherrack and a Totem of Undying, combined in a set order.
Immortal Blade and new items
The Immortal Blade is crafted after Mega John is killed and yields an Unbreakable Rod, and four new items are added alongside a new painting.
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
How it compares
Forsaken Mod also runs on Forge for 1.20.1 with client and server environment and All rights reserved, and is not open source. Foes! targets Forge 1.20.1 as well but is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Awakened | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-09-27 |
| Forsaken Mod | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-09-12 |
| Foes! | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-22 |
Questions
Does John Awakened need Geckolib?
Does the server need John Awakened installed?
How is Mega John summoned?
In the catalog
John Awakened 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 remake of the original John mod retains all the classic features that were in the classic John mod, along with some new additions. You can find all three original Johns. More content planned for future updates. Contains the 3 original johns, Baby John, John, and Mega John. More creatures are planned... Adds 4…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/john-awakened
- Owner
- Abstract_Studios
- Published
- 2024-09-27
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-09-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15