Mawabestiary
by Mawatisdor
Mawabestiary adds new hostile mobs, weapons and a summonable ally to Minecraft Java Edition on Forge and NeoForge, for 1.20.1 – 1.20.4.
What it does
The mod spawns new monsters in several biomes. Spored Zombies roam temperate plains and forests, Top Half Zombicators pursue players after death, Necrophagous Iron Brawlers appear in deserts and mesas, Snow Riders stalk snowy plains on undead polar bears, and giant skeletons guard soul sand valleys in the Nether. Each has its own attack pattern, and a poisoned cloud, a sword that hurts its wielder and a heavy-damage weapon give the new fights more risk.
Defeating a mob can drop a Slave Gem. Using the gem summons a temporary ghost ally that fights on the player's side for a limited time. The mod is meant to add a small challenge to a world, with rarer and more dangerous enemies and new weapons to fight them with.
Mawabestiary is released under the MIT License, but the code is not open source. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. Files are published for Forge and NeoForge, with the latest builds, 0.5 on Forge and 0.3 on NeoForge, both marked beta and dated 2024-06-28. Game versions covered are 1.20.1, 1.20.2 and 1.20.4.
Key features
New hostile mobs
Several new monsters with distinct behavior, placed in plains, forests, deserts, mesas, snowy plains and soul sand valleys.
Risky weapons
Swords and weapons with trade-offs, such as a blade that can hurt the player who wields it and a sword that inflicts poison.
Slave Gem summons
Defeated enemies can drop a gem that summons a temporary ghost ally to help in a fight.
Nether and biome spawns
Mobs are tied to specific biomes, so exploring different regions brings different enemies.
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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
Adding difficulty to a survival world
Players who find vanilla fights too mild can add the new monsters and weapons to raise the challenge in their own world.
Who it’s for: Players who want more dangerous monsters, new weapons and a summonable ally in an existing survival world. Server owners can install it so every player meets the same enemies.
Questions
Which loaders does Mawabestiary support?
Is the Slave Gem reusable?
In the catalog
Mawabestiary is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,478 Adventure mods for Forge. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
Add some little challenge in your world and fight new monsters, these are rarer but more dangerous and get new weapons to fight better!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/mawabestiary
- Owner
- Mawatisdor
- Published
- 2024-04-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-06-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15