Phantom Bomber
by gifti3003
Phantom Bomber turns the night into a survival challenge by adding Phantoms that drop timed TNT on players below.
What it does
Phantoms spawn automatically at sunset, and two of them drop bombs on players during the night. Each bomb is a timed TNT charge, so a player has to stay alert and keep moving to avoid the blast. The night ends at morning, and the attacks start again the next night, which turns survival into a recurring test of the player's reflexes.
The mod is server-side only, so players join a server running it without installing anything. It works in singleplayer, and a server owner can add it to a shared world to challenge everyone on the server. The package is lightweight and only needs to be placed in the mods folder of the server, with Forge as the loader. Phantom Bomber is built for Forge 1.20.4 only, and the code is released under the MIT License. The mod is not open source.
Key features
Nightly bomber attacks
Two bomb-dropping Phantoms appear each night around sunset and attack players with timed TNT.
Tactical movement
Timed explosives reward players who stay alert and keep moving instead of standing still.
Automatic spawning
Phantoms spawn on their own at sunset, so no command or item is needed to start the threat.
Lightweight addition
The mod is small enough that it adds little load to a server running Forge 1.20.4.
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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
Night survival challenge
Players who want a harder night can use the bomber attacks to turn each sunset into a fight for survival.
Server events
Server owners can add the mod to create a shared challenge that every player on the server faces.
Who it’s for: Survival players and server owners who want Phantoms to be a real threat at night. Players who join a server running the mod need nothing installed on their own computers.
How it compares
Highly Explosive is server-side only under All rights reserved, with files for Forge and NeoForge across 1.20.1 – 1.20.4. Better Zombie has its own Forge files for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 under All rights reserved. Phantoms? Less Annoying! is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under the MIT License, so it targets a different version than Phantom Bomber.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phantom Bomber | Forge | 1.20.4 | Server-side only | 2026-05-29 |
| Highly Explosive | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 | Server-side only | 2024-03-13 |
| Better Zombie | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-08-20 |
| Phantoms? Less Annoying! | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-08-02 |
Questions
Does Phantom Bomber need to be installed on the client?
Which loader and version does Phantom Bomber support?
Can the mod be used in singleplayer?
In the catalog
Phantom Bomber is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
With PhantomBomber, the night becomes a high-stakes survival mission. Nightly Attacks: Phantoms spawn automatically at sunset to test your skills.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/phantom-bomber
- Owner
- gifti3003
- Published
- 2026-05-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-29
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15