Pale Monarch
Pale Monarch adds a boss fight to the game, and the boss drops a strong axe for the player who defeats him.
What it does
The mod is built around a single new boss. Defeating him is meant as a serious challenge rather than a quick encounter, and his drop is an axe that becomes available to the player who kills him. The boss is built on the Geckolib animation library, which must be installed alongside Pale Monarch on Forge or NeoForge, for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1. Both the server and every player need the mod, because the boss and its axe are part of the shared game.
Key features
A new boss fight
A new boss joins the game as a demanding encounter intended to test players who are ready for a tougher fight.
Boss drop: an axe
Killing the boss yields an axe, a reward that rewards persistence in the encounter.
Geckolib-based animations
The boss uses animations supplied through Geckolib, so that library must be installed on the same side as this mod.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
The 1.21.4 BackPort is a server-side only option under the MIT License, covering 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge. The Pale Garden is a Forge-only, client and server mod under the MIT License, limited to 1.20.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pale Monarch | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-08 |
| 1.21.4 BackPort | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2025-08-28 |
| The Pale Garden | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-09-29 |
Questions
Does Pale Monarch need Geckolib?
Do players and servers both need the mod?
In the catalog
Pale Monarch is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
This mod is about a powerful new boss, Which can be a great challenge. When you kill him, you can get his powerful axe. To summon him, you must find a Monarch Idol, usually traded by wandering traders. Then you have to right click the Monarch Idol to summon him.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/pale-monarch-boss-mod
- Owner
- NukeTheWhales
- Published
- 2025-10-13
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15