PhantomsBegone
by YoshiAlfie
Under PhantomsBegone, phantoms stop spawning, and drowned and bats take over as the places where players collect membranes.
What it does
Phantoms stop spawning in worlds where the mod is installed. In vanilla, membranes come only from phantoms, which can be hard to reach for players who avoid sleeping at night. This mod routes membrane drops to other mobs: drowned drop membranes at the same rate that phantoms would, and bats always drop one membrane when they die.
The changes touch only the membrane source and the phantom spawn. Elytra can still be repaired with membranes, and Slow Falling potions remain obtainable through their usual recipe. The mod is a small addition to vanilla rather than a rework of mob behavior, so the rest of the mob list stays as it is.
PhantomsBegone runs on the Fabric and NeoForge loaders, for 1.21 – 26.2. It needs both the server and every player to have it installed, and it is released under the MIT License. Builds are published for 16 release versions, with 1.0 for 26.2 as the latest file on both loaders.
Key features
Phantom spawning removed
Phantoms no longer appear in the world, so players are not woken by them during the night.
Membrane drops from drowned
Drowned drop phantom membranes at the same rate that phantoms would, giving a second membrane source.
Membrane drops from bats
Bats always drop one membrane when they die, which makes a steady supply possible without phantoms.
Vanilla recipes still work
Elytra repair and Slow Falling potions keep their vanilla behavior, so no recipe needs changing.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Membrane-hungry survival
Players who need membranes for elytra repair can gather them from drowned and bats instead of farming phantoms.
Phantom-free servers
Server owners who do not want phantoms to disturb sleep can run the mod so players never meet them.
Who it’s for: Players who want membranes without phantoms, and server owners who prefer a light vanilla change to a full mob overhaul.
Questions
Does PhantomsBegone need to be on the client?
Which loaders does PhantomsBegone support?
Are phantoms removed completely?
In the catalog
PhantomsBegone 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.
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What the author says
A small vanilla+ mod that removes phantom spawning and gives drowned and bats a chance to drop Membranes.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/phantomsbegone
- Owner
- YoshiAlfie
- Published
- 2026-07-15
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15