Starless
by RedPalm
Starless lets players meet a small cast of friendly, neutral and hostile entities in a horror-leaning setting, and it fills a gap for mods that add creatures with few friendly ones.
What it does
The mod adds seven entities that players can interact with. Four are friendly, one is neutral, one is neutral or hostile, one is hostile, and one is a craftable creature from after the Ender Dragon. Most interactions are helpful rather than harmful, and the mod leans toward assistance instead of threat. One entity can hand out free items when it spawns, and about nine minor random events can occur in the world. Chatting with one entity is also possible, and interacting with a particular block once per day gives a message from a random entity.
The post-Ender Dragon content includes one weapon and one food item. Entities from the mod spawn only in the Overworld. Non-hostile entities spawn during the day, and the author recommends staying on the surface through the first full day cycle of about 20 minutes, because two specific friendly entities only appear then. Missing that window is not a problem. Time skips and sleeping do not interfere with the spawn and event system, so the mod can run alongside a horror mod without conflict.
Starless requires Geckolib, and the latest version of it. The mod is published for Forge and NeoForge, for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1. Both the server and every player need it, and the code and assets are all rights reserved. The author has said that updates and bug fixes cannot be promised.
Key features
Friendly entities
Four friendly entities, one neutral entity and a few that turn aggressive on occasion make up most of the cast.
Entity chat and free items
Players can talk to one entity, and another gives free items when it spawns.
Minor random events
About nine small random events happen in the world, adding light surprises during play.
Daily block message
Interacting with a specific block once per day shows a message from one random entity.
Gallery
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 Half Face is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 with the same client and server environment, released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Random Entity Names is a server-side only Forge mod for 1.20.1, released under the MIT License, so players can join without installing it. Starless runs on client and server, and is all rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starless | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-18 |
| The Half Face | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-09 |
| Random Entity Names | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2025-05-11 |
Questions
Does Starless need Geckolib?
Do both the server and players need Starless?
Which versions does Starless support?
In the catalog
Starless is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,426 Cursed mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
As for now, I am currently done with the mod. I can't promise any updates and bugfixes. !! If you encounter bugs, please either create issue on Github or report them in our Discord in #bug-reports.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/starless
- Owner
- RedPalm
- Published
- 2026-04-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
