Kelpie
by Darkhax
Kelpie, a Forge adventure mod for 1.12.2, adds a water-dwelling creature drawn from Scottish folklore that lures riders into deep water.
What it does
Kelpie adds a mob that looks like a vanilla horse and spawns in rivers, beaches, oceans and other water. A rider who tries to mount one is pulled toward deep water, where the creature teleports itself away and leaves both of them unable to dismount. When no land is nearby, the pair slowly take starvation damage until both die, and the only way to break free is to kill the Kelpie.
The mod draws its inspiration from the original folklore and adds a human-variation form of the mob. Once the creature is revealed, its rendering changes, and players receive a warning message the first time they encounter one. Waila does not reveal the mob's true identity, and every part of the mod can be adjusted through its configuration. Kelpie requires Bookshelf to run. Files are published for Forge only, for 1.12.2, and the code is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only.
Key features
Disguised water mob
The Kelpie spawns looking like a vanilla horse, so it can be mistaken for a normal mount near water.
Deep water trap
A rider who mounts the creature is carried into deep water, and neither of them can dismount there.
Human variations
A human-looking form of the mob is included alongside the horse appearance.
Configurable options
Behaviour, spawning and the warning message can be changed through the configuration files.
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
Survival exploration
Players travelling along rivers or coasts meet the creature and must decide whether to mount a horse they find in the water.
Server adventure content
Server owners can tune the mob through its settings to suit their own community.
Who it’s for: Players of Forge 1.12.2 who want a folklore-based hazard in water biomes, and server owners who want a configurable mob for an adventure setting.
Questions
Does Kelpie need Bookshelf?
Does Kelpie have to be installed on the server?
Can the Kelpie be configured?
In the catalog
Kelpie is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,478 Adventure mods for Forge. 2,920 mods support Minecraft 1.12.2.
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What the author says
The Kelpie added by this mod draws inspiration from the original lore. They look exactly like the vanilla minecraft horse, and spawn in rivers, beaches, oceans and any other water biome. If you try to ride one, you will be unable to dismount from it, and it will attempt to teleport you and itself to a deep spot of…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/kelpie
- Owner
- Darkhax
- Published
- 2023-06-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-06-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15