No More Arachnophobia
by Denizoz
Spiders and cave spiders in the game are swapped for cute, non-spider creatures when No More Arachnophobia is installed on the client.
What it does
The mod changes how spiders look and sound, without touching how they behave. Regular spiders are drawn as slightly larger slimes, cave spiders as small slimes, and the spider sounds for ambient noise, hurt, death and steps are replaced with vanilla cat meows. The entities keep their game logic, so the creatures still spawn, attack and drop items as before.
Only the client needs the mod, so players can join a server that does not have it installed and see the altered creatures locally. Servers do not need to install it. The mod is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and its files cover game versions 1.20.1 – 26.2, with 1.2.0-26.2 as the latest build.
Key features
Slime-styled spiders
Regular spiders are rendered as slightly larger slimes, so the visible model no longer looks like a spider.
Small slime cave spiders
Cave spiders are rendered as small slimes, keeping their size distinct from regular spiders.
Cat meow sounds
Sounds for spider ambient, hurt, death and footstep events are swapped for the cat meows that vanilla Minecraft already ships.
Visual-only changes
Behavior, hitboxes, spawning, drops and combat are left untouched, so only the appearance and sounds change.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Playing with spider-averse friends
Players who dislike spiders can keep playing the game while the creatures look and sound like slimes and cats.
Joining servers without a mod
A player can join a server that runs no client-side changes, since only the local game shows the altered creatures.
Who it’s for: Players who find spiders or cave spiders unpleasant to look at or hear, and who want the gameplay left as it is. Server owners do not need to take any action.
How it compares
Cave Spider Spawn is server-side only and is published under All rights reserved, with files for 1.19.2 – 26.3 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. Tamable Spiders is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later and needs both the client and the server, with files for 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 on Forge and NeoForge. No More Arachnophobia works on the client alone, unlike either of these.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No More Arachnophobia | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client-side only | 2026-07-25 |
| Cave Spider Spawn | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.19.2 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-02 |
| Tamable Spiders | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2026-07-29 |
Questions
Does No More Arachnophobia need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does No More Arachnophobia support?
Do the spiders still attack and drop items with the mod installed?
In the catalog
No More Arachnophobia is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
More from Denizoz
Similar mods
What the author says
No More Arachnophobia is a client-side Fabric mod that makes Minecraft spiders much less spider-like. The mod only changes visuals and sounds on your client. It does not change spider behavior, hitboxes, AI, spawning, drops, combat, or server-side gameplay.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/no-more-arachnophobia
- Owner
- Denizoz
- Published
- 2026-06-21
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15