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More Than Realistic

by GeniusofAB

More Than Realistic makes Minecraft mobs, weather and blocks react more like their real-world counterparts, with each change switchable in an in-game configuration menu.

ForgeClient and serverAll rights reserved1.20.1 – 1.20.4

What it does

Attacking an animal makes nearby animals of the same species panic within a configurable radius. Horses can also run when lightning strikes nearby, and a configurable share of riders get thrown off when that happens. Attacking an Iron Golem sends villagers within the local village radius fleeing toward nearby houses.

Snow layers and snow blocks melt gradually when placed near hot blocks such as lava, fire, active furnaces and lit campfires, within a radius the server can adjust. Lightning that strikes sand or red sand can turn those blocks into glass around the strike point, and a lightning rod has a 0.001% chance to break when struck. Standing on an active stonecutter causes a small amount of continuous damage. Foxes steal one food item from a player whose hunger bar is below three units while the food is held nearby.

The mod is client and server, so the server and every player need it. Files are published for Forge only, for 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.3 and 1.20.4, with 1.0.0 for 1.20.4 as the latest file. It is not open source and is released under All rights reserved.

Key features

  1. Herd panic

    Attacking an animal startles nearby animals of the same species within a radius that the server can set.

  2. Horse panic and dismounting

    Nearby lightning makes horses run, and each rider has a configurable chance of being dismounted.

  3. Fox food theft

    Foxes take one food item from a player whose hunger bar is low while the food is held nearby.

  4. Lightning glass and rod breakage

    Lightning can turn sand and red sand into glass at the strike point, and lightning rods can break when struck.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.20.41.0.0
1.20.31.0.0
1.20.21.0.0
1.20.11.0.0
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Questions

Does More Than Realistic need to be installed on the server?

Yes. The server and every player need the mod installed.

Can the realistic features be turned off?

Yes. Each feature is toggled in the in-game configuration menu, which is reachable from the pause screen.

Which Minecraft versions does More Than Realistic support?

Forge files exist for 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.3 and 1.20.4, and the latest file is 1.0.0 for 1.20.4.

In the catalog

More Than Realistic is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,316 Game mechanics mods for Forge. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.

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What the author says

A modification that introduces minor realistic adjustments to mob behavior, weather phenomena, and block interactions. All features can be toggled or customized via the in-game configuration menu accessible from the pause screen.
GeniusofAB, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
GeniusofAB
Published
2026-06-15
Updated on Modrinth
2026-06-15
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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