Starved World
Starved World changes mob spawning and wolf behavior, so passive mobs become scarcer and hostile mobs more common on a 1.20.1 Fabric world.
What it does
Some mob drops are reduced and passive mob spawns are lowered, while hostile mobs appear more often. Wolves receive new AI behavior, so they turn hostile toward almost every player and mob. Iron golems are changed to attack untamed wolves, which is meant to protect villages. The mod needs Fabric API and runs on the client and the server, so both need it. Files are published for Fabric 1.20.1 only, with the latest file 1.0.1 for 1.20.1 dated 2026-05-10. The mod is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Fewer passive mobs
Passive mob spawns are lowered, so animals are harder to find in a world with this mod.
Hostile wolves
Wolves have new AI and act aggressive toward most players and mobs, including tamed wolves in some cases.
Iron golem village guards
Iron golems attack untamed wolves, so villages are defended from wolf packs.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
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Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Bossmode is a Fabric server-side mod for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6, released under the MIT License and open source. Werewolves is a Fabric server-side mod for 1.20.1 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and is open source. Both change hostile behavior without touching passive spawns.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starved World | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-10 |
| Bossmode | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Server-side only | 2026-09-07 |
| Werewolves | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2025-06-22 |
Questions
Does Starved World need Fabric API?
In the catalog
Starved World is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
With this mod installed, the passive mob count is lowered dramatically, and the hostile mobs are increaded substancially, along with some wolf ai changes, making them pretty much universally angry, but still tameable, along with iron golems now attacking untamed wolves to protect villages, and wolves now having a…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/starved-world
- Owner
- Shadowbryant0
- Published
- 2026-01-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-05-10
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15