Peasy Mode
by PistonBit
Peasy Mode is a server-side Fabric and Quilt mod that puts hostile mobs into a hybrid of Peaceful and the standard difficulty settings, so the world stays calm without losing its spawns.
What it does
On the difficulty level the mod targets, hostile mobs are pacified: they keep targeting the player, so they approach and react, but their attacks are limited. Mobs can still damage the player in some cases, for example by colliding with jumping slimes or with mobs that have thorns, such as guardians. Zombies still attack villagers, and wardens still apply darkness effects.
The mod exists because Peaceful difficulty also removes hostile mob loot, which many players find too restrictive. Peasy Mode keeps the difficulty's loot and mob spawning, and adds the pacified behavior on top. The author notes that zombie reinforcements on Normal and Hard continued attacking the player after switching difficulty in an earlier build, and that cycling the difficulty was fixed again in a later build.
The mod is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and it is open source. It is published for Fabric and Quilt across 16 release versions, 1.20 – 1.21.8. Players can report issues through the GitHub repository linked in the sidebar. No required dependency is listed for Fabric and Quilt.
Key features
Pacified hostile mobs
Hostile mobs keep targeting the player on the targeted difficulty but deal limited damage, so fights stay minor.
Natural spawning kept
Mobs still spawn naturally, so loot and mob encounters remain part of the world.
Known exceptions
Collisions with jumping slimes or thorn mobs, villager attacks by zombies and warden darkness effects still apply.
Difficulty switching fixes
The author fixed zombie reinforcements continuing to attack after a difficulty change, and fixed cycling difficulty again.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x9 of 9 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners and players who want hostile mobs to be less dangerous while keeping spawns and loot from the standard difficulty.
How it compares
Peaceful Monsters is a client and server mod for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, covering 1.20.1 – 1.21.4, and it is not open source. No Peaceful Despawn is server-side only, for Fabric and only 1.21.8, under a custom license. Zombie Villager Control is server-side only, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, and targets Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1. Peasy Mode runs on the server alone under the same GPL license as Zombie Villager Control.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peasy Mode | Fabric and Quilt | 1.20 – 1.21.8 | Server-side only | 2024-06-01 |
| Peaceful Monsters | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-05-04 |
| No Peaceful Despawn | Fabric | 1.21.8 | Server-side only | 2025-08-06 |
| Zombie Villager Control | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2025-03-01 |
Questions
Does Peasy Mode need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does Peasy Mode support?
Do mobs still spawn with Peasy Mode active?
In the catalog
Peasy Mode is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 17,695 mods support Minecraft 1.21.8.
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What the author says
Originally got this idea from ilmango (see his peaceful series). Peaceful difficulty without hostile mob loot is too difficult, so this mod changes Easy difficulty to be a hybrid peaceful-easy difficulty, or "peasy mode". Keeps mobs from targeting you in Easy difficulty but still allows them to spawn naturally.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/peasy-mode
- Owner
- PistonBit
- Published
- 2024-05-06
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-06-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15