The broken knight
by DecodedX
The Broken Knight adds a Forge boss encounter in the Nether, where players summon an ancient warrior at a crying obsidian altar in a ruined arena.
What it does
The mod adds a new Nether boss fight. The Burned Knight is an ancient warrior consumed by flame, guarded inside a handcrafted ruined arena with pillars. Players explore the arena, perform a summoning ritual with circling blue flames, and then battle the knight through a cinematic two-phase fight. The second phase changes the battlefield and brings new abilities, and the boss uses custom AI attacks and animations rather than the behavior of standard bosses.
The encounter is built around survival progression. Defeating the Burned Knight yields the Charred Crest, a new progression item intended to fit into the pace of survival play and to be used in larger modpacks. The mod works with the Charred Crest Boss Checklist, and it lists Cataclysm compatibility. It is released under the MIT License, is not open source, and is published for Forge across six release versions, with the environment set to client and server.
Key features
Summoning ritual
The Burned Knight is called at a crying obsidian altar through a summon phase with circling blue flames.
Two-phase boss battle
A cinematic fight whose second phase unleashes new abilities and transforms the arena.
Custom boss behavior
The knight uses custom AI attacks, unique mechanics, transition and death animations, and ambient audio.
Charred Crest reward
Defeating the boss grants the Charred Crest, a new progression item for survival play.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Nether exploration
Players searching the Nether can find the ruined arena and fight the knight as a late challenge.
Boss checklists
Servers that track bosses can integrate the encounter through the Boss Checklist compatibility.
Who it’s for: Survival players and server owners who want a single custom boss in the Nether, with a progression item as the reward for defeating it. The mod adds one encounter rather than a broad set of content.
How it compares
TKVM Enemies: Dark Knight is a Forge mod with client and server environment, released under All rights reserved and not open source. Nether Plus is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 only, also client and server, under All rights reserved and not open source. Knights And Castles spans Forge and NeoForge, uses a custom license, and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The broken knight | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-07-14 |
| TKVM Enemies: Dark Knight | Forge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-08-20 |
| Nether Plus | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-01-19 |
| Knights And Castles | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2025-08-23 |
Questions
Does The Broken Knight need to be installed on both sides?
Which loader does The Broken Knight use?
Does the Charred Crest work with Boss Checklist?
In the catalog
The broken knight is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,058 World generation mods for Forge. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
Face the Burned Knight, an ancient warrior consumed by flame. Broken Resort Boss is a Forge mod that adds a fully custom boss encounter to Minecraft. Explore the world, discover the Burned Knight's ruined arena, perform the summoning ritual, and battle through a cinematic two-phase fight.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/the-broken-knight
- Owner
- DecodedX
- Published
- 2026-07-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15