Mysterious Contractor
by NeedToDev
Mysterious Contractor is a Forge adventure mod that adds a quest-giving entity players meet only occasionally, offering tasks with rewards.
What it does
The Mysterious Contractor is an entity that appears now and then, and he tends to find the player rather than the other way around. When he shows up he offers a task, and the difficulty of each task is matched to the player. Easier quests ask for something like thirteen zombies or twelve spiders, while harder ones send the player after the most dangerous creatures, such as ravagers and other well-equipped mobs. The bigger the challenge, the bigger the reward.
Progress on a quest is lost if the player dies. The mod is intended for multiplayer, since its toughest quest line relies on the ability to kill other players, and it changes some things in singleplayer as well. It needs Forge and runs on client and server, so the server and every player install it. The code is under the Apache License 2.0, but the project is not open source.
Key features
Occasional quest giver
The Mysterious Contractor appears at irregular intervals and offers a new task each time he does.
Quests scaled to difficulty
Simple tasks ask for small kill counts, while harder tasks target the most dangerous creatures in the game.
Rewards for harder tasks
The more demanding a quest is, the greater the reward it pays out for completing it.
Quest reset on death
Dying resets the progress of the active quest, so risky tasks carry real consequences.
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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
Multiplayer challenges
Server groups can use the mod for competitive quests where players can also be targets.
Who it’s for: Players who want occasional quests with varied difficulty in a Forge world, and server owners who want a task system that runs for every player on the server.
How it compares
TheQuestForge is also a Forge adventure mod for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6, licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and it is open source. Player From Another Server is a Forge mod for 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 under the Apache License 2.0, and it is not open source. First Kill Rewards covers Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21.11 and needs only the server, with clients optional. Mysterious Contractor is limited to Forge and 1.20.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mysterious Contractor | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-05-14 |
| TheQuestForge | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-06-08 |
| Player From Another Server | Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-06-21 |
| First Kill Rewards | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-01-01 |
Questions
Does Mysterious Contractor need to be installed on the server?
Which loader does Mysterious Contractor support?
Do quest rewards remain if a player dies?
In the catalog
Mysterious Contractor is one of 19,031 Adventure mods on ModsFinder, and one of 10,478 Adventure mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Welcome to the Mysterious Contractor! This mod adds the Mysterious Contractor, an entity that is technically not an entity, but it's there trust me! The Mysterious Contractor occasionally provides you with a little task, which you can choose to do at any time, if you do it will provide you with a reward that fits…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/mysterious-contractor
- Owner
- NeedToDev
- Published
- 2023-11-16
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-05-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15