Sanity: Descent Into Madness
Sanity: Descent Into Madness adds a sanity meter to Forge worlds, where falling mental health brings visual distortions and attacks from inner entities.
What it does
Sanity is a second survival vital next to health. As it drops, the player sees and hears things that are not there, the view grows muddy and blurry, and the mind clouds, until inner entities begin attacking. Certain mobs also react to the player's unstable condition.
A garland crafted from small flowers is the first aid for the meter and helps the player hold sanity for longer, although water makes it wither much faster. The mod can be tuned through a configuration file, and it supports settings that differ by dimension. Geckolib is required, and Project LOTM also requires this mod.
The code is open source under the MIT License, and the mod is published for Forge across 15 release versions, 1.16 – 1.20.1, with 1.1.0 for 1.19.2 as the latest file. Because it runs on client and server, both the server and every player need it.
Key features
Sanity meter
A vital that tracks mental health alongside health and hunger, with consequences that can end the run.
Inner entities
Low sanity summons creations of the player's own mind that attack while the screen distorts.
Flower garland
A craftable accessory from small flowers that slows the loss of sanity.
Mob reactions
Some mobs change their behavior toward a player whose sanity is unstable.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.20.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.19.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.16.x6 of 6 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Required by 1 mod
Use cases
Survival with mental strain
Players who want a harsher survival pace can treat sanity as a second resource to manage through a run.
Who it’s for: Players and server owners who want a survival mechanic inspired by Don't Starve, with a configuration file to tune its strength.
How it compares
Sanity: Renewed is open source under the MIT License and spans Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1, so it covers more loaders and versions than this Forge-only mod. Sanity: Prequel is also open source, under the Apache License 2.0, but targets only 1.12.2 on Forge. Disease of Madness is Forge-only for 1.20.1, released under All rights reserved, and it works on either side, and neither side needs it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanity: Descent Into Madness | Forge | 1.16 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2023-07-09 |
| Sanity: Renewed | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-24 |
| Sanity: Prequel | Forge | 1.12.2 | Client and server | 2026-09-05 |
| Disease of Madness | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client or server, optional | 2024-05-19 |
Questions
Does Sanity: Descent Into Madness need Geckolib?
Does the server need the mod?
How are settings changed after an update?
In the catalog
Sanity: Descent Into Madness is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,426 Cursed mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
A Minecraft mod that brings the sanity mechanic from Don't Starve into Minecraft. When updating, make sure to delete the config file so it's recreated and new config changes are applied. You would have to backup your own changes though.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/sanity-descent-into-madness
- Owner
- croissantnova
- Published
- 2023-06-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-07-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15