Molehunt
by anhgelus
Molehunt is a Fabric minigame in which one group of players hunts for the moles hidden among them before the timer runs out.
What it does
Molehunt turns a Minecraft world into a social deduction round. Players start as innocents or moles, and the mod ends the game once the timer expires or the innocents are all dead. Moles can see the names of the other moles, so they can coordinate, while everyone else has to work out who is hiding among them.
To make the round fit a shared world, the mod changes several defaults: player nametags are disabled, player list and chat messages sent with commands such as msg, tell and w are blocked, and death advancement messages are turned off. Every player is given the same skin. A world border is set at the start and shrinks slowly over the entire game, while the Nether and End portals are disabled.
Almost everything in the round is configurable, and most values can be changed through gamerules that the mod adds to the gamerule command, each named with the molehunt: prefix. The author describes further options in an online wiki. Molehunt is published for Fabric and runs on client and server, so the server and every player need the mod. The mod is released under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only, and its source code is open.
Key features
Hidden moles
Moles are assigned at the start, and only they can see each other's names, which keeps the rest of the group guessing.
Timed rounds
The round ends when the timer runs out, so the innocents have a fixed window to identify the moles.
Shrinking world border
The border starts at a set size and shrinks slowly over the whole game, narrowing where players can go.
Gamerule configuration
Most values are exposed as gamerules under the molehunt: prefix, so server owners can change settings with the gamerule command.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Server social games
A server owner can start a round with a single command, and the players in it take turns trying to unmask the moles.
Custom rule sets
Gamerules let a host tune timing, portals and messages before a round begins, adjusting the game to the group.
Who it’s for: Groups of players who want a social deduction round on a Fabric server, and server owners who want to host it with adjustable rules.
Questions
Does Molehunt need to be installed on both sides?
Which loader and versions does Molehunt support?
How are the game settings changed?
In the catalog
Molehunt is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,454 Minigame mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Molehunt is a Minecraft mod creating the game with the same name in this cubic game. Install the mod on the server and on all clients.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/molehunt-mod
- Owner
- anhgelus
- Published
- 2024-08-21
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
