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.
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
Herd panic
Attacking an animal startles nearby animals of the same species within a radius that the server can set.
Horse panic and dismounting
Nearby lightning makes horses run, and each rider has a configurable chance of being dismounted.
Fox food theft
Foxes take one food item from a player whose hunger bar is low while the food is held nearby.
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.
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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.
Questions
Does More Than Realistic need to be installed on the server?
Can the realistic features be turned off?
Which Minecraft versions does More Than Realistic support?
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.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/more-than-realistic
- Owner
- GeniusofAB
- Published
- 2026-06-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
