Target Hunt
by reGAMEza
Target Hunt is a minigame for groups of friends in which one random player becomes the target while the others hunt them down.
What it does
When a round starts, the game picks one player at random as the target and assigns the rest as hunters. Hunters try to kill the target, and whoever is the last to be the target earns a large score. A hunter who kills the target takes the role of the new target, so the round keeps moving. The mode is short and built for a small group, with a configurable player limit.
Scoring rewards each side differently: a surviving player gains a point, a hunter who kills another hunter... a kill of the target is worth 30 points, and a kill of a hunter 3 points, while a teammate kill costs 15. Dying from natural causes costs 100 points. The target receives better fighting gear and faster tools, but cannot run away from the hunters, and hunters carry a tracker compass that makes the target glow.
The mod runs on the server, so the server and every player need it. Clients may also install it, but the server requires it and players can join without it. It is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with builds for 1.21.5 – 1.21.10, and is released under the MIT License, though it is not open source.
Key features
Random target selection
Each round picks one player at random as the target, while everyone else takes the hunter role.
Points for kills and survival
Surviving a round, killing the target or a hunter, and last remaining as the target all earn points, while teammate kills and natural deaths subtract them.
Target gear
The target receives better fighting gear and faster tools, but cannot run away from the hunters.
Hunter tracker compass
Hunters are equipped with a compass that tracks the target, and the target glows so the hunters can see them.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want a short competitive round with friends, and server owners who want a minigame that runs with no extra client installs.
How it compares
Tracker Compass is a mod with a related compass feature, published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.21.11, and it is server required with a client optional environment. Manhunt is a Fabric-only server-side mod for 1.21 – 1.21.11 under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, and it is open source. Loot Hunt is a Fabric mod for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 that is client and server, under the MIT License and open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target Hunt | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 1.21.10 | Server required, client optional | 2026-01-02 |
| Tracker Compass | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-01-24 |
| Manhunt | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-01-21 |
| Loot Hunt | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-05-06 |
Questions
Does Target Hunt need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Target Hunt support?
Can Target Hunt run on the newest versions?
In the catalog
Target Hunt is one of 2,135 Minigame mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,454 Minigame mods for Fabric. 15,569 mods support Minecraft 1.21.10.
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What the author says
This is a game that someone random will be chosen as the Target and the other players will be Hunters. Hunters try to kill the target, the hunter who kills the target becomes the target himself. the target has better fighting gear but hunters are faster and have faster tools so that the target can't run away easily…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/target-hunt
- Owner
- reGAMEza
- Published
- 2025-12-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15