Loud Horns
by Maxsteelbro
Loud Horns adds sound horns, including a Clown Horn, an Air Horn and a Loud Horn, that players use to make noise that other players and nearby mobs can hear.
What it does
Each horn produces a sound that carries through the world. Players can use them to annoy friends, and nearby mobs react to the noise by targeting the player from up to 12 blocks away for the standard horns and up to 24 blocks away for the loud air blast. A horn is three blocks tall in the sound it makes, which gives it a function as a world signal and a way to communicate across a base or a server.
The horns are built around sound effects meant to be heard across a world. The mod includes a server-side configuration file, so server owners can adjust how the horns behave on their own world. It runs on the client and the server, so both need Loud Horns to make the horns work for everyone. Builds exist for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across five release versions, 1.19.4 – 1.21.8, and the code is released under the MIT License, though the project is not open source.
Key features
Clown Horn
A horn with its own sound, used for noise and pranks between players.
Air Horn
A loud air blast sound that mobs can hear from 24 blocks away.
Loud Horn
A horn that targets mobs within 12 blocks and carries farther than a regular noise.
Server-side config
A configuration file on the server controls how the horns behave, so owners can tune them.
Communication signal
The sound travels through the world, giving players a way to signal one another across distance.
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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
Pranks between friends
Players can make a horn sound near a friend to annoy them during play.
Signaling on multiplayer servers
Server owners can set the horn behavior in the config and use the sounds as a signal across a base.
Who it’s for: Players on Fabric, Forge or NeoForge who want noise-making horns in survival or multiplayer worlds, and server owners who want to control how those horns behave.
How it compares
Placeable Goat Horns is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.19.2 – 1.21.1, built as a client and server mod under a custom license, and it is not open source. Global Horns is a Fabric server-side mod for 1.20 – 1.20.2, released under the MIT License and open source, so players join without installing it. Copper Horn Lives runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.19 – 1.21.8, and the server is required while the client is optional.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loud Horns | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.4 – 1.21.8 | Client and server | 2025-12-19 |
| Placeable Goat Horns | Forge and NeoForge | 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2024-07-21 |
| Global Horns | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.20.2 | Server-side only | 2023-10-26 |
| Copper Horn Lives | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.19 – 1.21.8 | Server required, client optional | 2025-07-25 |
Questions
Does Loud Horns need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Loud Horns support?
Can server owners change how the horns behave?
In the catalog
Loud Horns is one of 5,392 Social mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,084 Social mods for Fabric. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
Makes the sound!!, its mostly useful to annoy your friends, but also makes mobs target you from 12 blocks away. Makes a loud air blast sound effect that we all know and recognize, but also makes mobs target you from 24 blocks away.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/loud-horns
- Owner
- Maxsteelbro
- Published
- 2024-05-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-12-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15