Less Annoying Phantoms
Less Annoying Phantoms changes how phantoms hit players, so their attacks are less frustrating without removing them from the night.
What it does
Phantoms keep their place in the game, but a few of their combat behaviors are altered. The mod changes the knockback they deal and the way they vanish after a hit, and it adjusts the damage they do, so each encounter follows different rules from vanilla. The author describes the aim as keeping phantoms balanced while making them easier to handle.
The mod needs to be on the server, and players may add it as well. Files are published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and the current builds target 1.21.4 and 1.21.5 in a single release. The code is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only, so the mod is not open source.
Key features
Adjusted phantom knockback
Phantoms still push players back when they hit, but the knockback is changed from the vanilla behavior.
Altered hit behavior
Phantoms vanish after a hit in a modified way, and the damage they deal is rebalanced to match.
Weakness effect on hit
A phantom hit can apply the weakness status effect to the player, which the author added as a unique change.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Night-time survival
Players who build in a survival world and keep being interrupted by phantoms can use the mod to make those attacks less disruptive.
Who it’s for: Survival players and server owners who want phantoms to stay in the game but cause less disruption. Players who join a server running the mod do not need it installed, since only the server needs it.
How it compares
Phantoms Be Gone is a Fabric and Forge option for 1.21 – 26.3 that can be run on either side, released under All rights reserved. Phantom Prevention is a NeoForge mod for 1.21 – 1.21.11 that runs on the server only, also under All rights reserved. Less Annoying Phantoms works on NeoForge too, but it changes phantom behavior instead of removing phantoms from the game.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less Annoying Phantoms | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.4 – 1.21.5 | Server required, client optional | 2025-03-27 |
| Phantoms Be Gone | Fabric and Forge | 1.21 – 26.3 | Client or server, optional | 2026-10-10 |
| Phantom Prevention | NeoForge | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-01-13 |
Questions
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In the catalog
Less Annoying Phantoms is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 15,307 mods support Minecraft 1.21.5.
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What the author says
Phantoms are a very cool idea for a mob. However, their coolness is often overwritten by how annoying they are, and their uncapitalized potential. I tried to keep the phantoms balanced while making them easier to deal with and less annoying, and more like the hallucinatory creatures they are meant to be.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/less-annoying-phantoms
- Owner
- Snicker-Nee-Yo
- Published
- 2025-03-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-03-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15