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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.

ForgeNeoForgeClient and serverAll rights reserved1.20.1 – 1.21.1

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

  1. Friendly entities

    Four friendly entities, one neutral entity and a few that turn aggressive on occasion make up most of the cast.

  2. Entity chat and free items

    Players can talk to one entity, and another gives free items when it spawns.

  3. Minor random events

    About nine small random events happen in the world, adding light surprises during play.

  4. Daily block message

    Interacting with a specific block once per day shows a message from one random entity.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.1Not available1.0.0
1.20.11.0.1Not available
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

GeckolibA 3D animation library for entities, blocks, items, armor, and more!
Required

How it compares

Full comparison

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.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
StarlessForge and NeoForge1.20.1 – 1.21.1Client and server2026-09-18
The Half FaceForge1.20.1Client and server2026-03-09
Random Entity NamesForge1.20.1Server-side only2025-05-11

Questions

Does Starless need Geckolib?

Yes. Geckolib is a required dependency, and the latest version of it must be installed alongside Starless.

Do both the server and players need Starless?

Yes. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod.

Which versions does Starless support?

Files exist for 1.20.1 on Forge and for 1.21.1 on NeoForge, with the latest Forge file at 1.0.1 and the latest NeoForge file at 1.0.0.

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.
RedPalm, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
RedPalm
Published
2026-04-12
Updated on Modrinth
2026-09-18
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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