The Forgotten
by Tasuposed
With The Forgotten installed, a player alone underground will start to notice footsteps behind blocks, distant figures and chat messages nobody typed, as a horror mod built on tension.
What it does
The mod tracks how isolated the player is and raises a tension level that drives how often events occur. Dark, underground and far-from-others positions push the level up, and higher tension means events fire more often. Events are mostly subtle: distant sounds, footsteps behind blocks breaking nearby, positional ambient audio in caves, and small environmental anomalies such as a vertical air seam, an offset patch of ground or short bedrock pillars that roll back after a few minutes. Apparitions, humanoid figures that appear far away or copy other players, vanish when stared at and sometimes drop notes with coordinates to hidden pits.
The pits lead to a Corridor Dimension of endless cobblestone hallways with almost zero visibility. Leaving it requires pressing three trial buttons spread through the corridors while dealing with aggressive entities; completing the trial ends the mod's effects permanently. Nearly every behavior can be configured, and solo players are challenged more than groups. The Forgotten requires Cloth Config API Forge, runs on client and server, and is published for Forge only, for 1.20.1 with 2.2.7 as the latest file. It is not open source and is released under All rights reserved.
Key features
Tension-driven events
A tension value follows the player's isolation, so events grow more frequent as the player stays alone in dark places.
Subtle scares
Distant sounds, figures standing far away and small terrain changes replace sudden jumpscares.
Apparitions and notes
Humanoid figures vanish when watched, and some drop notes with coordinates to hidden pits.
Corridor Dimension exit
Hidden pits lead to a dimension of cobblestone hallways, where three trial buttons must be pressed to escape.
Configurable frequency
Each feature can be switched off or tuned, changing how often the horror events happen.
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
Horror sounds is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 under the MIT License, is not open source and runs on client and server, with its own sound-focused approach. Nocturnia is also a Forge mod for 1.20.1 with client and server environment, released under All rights reserved and not open source. ITSOVER.JAR is a Forge mod for 1.20.1, also client and server, not open source and under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Forgotten | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-10-02 |
| Horror sounds | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-17 |
| Nocturnia | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-08-13 |
| ITSOVER.JAR | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-10 |
Questions
Does The Forgotten need Cloth Config API Forge?
Does the server need The Forgotten?
Can the horror events be made milder?
In the catalog
The Forgotten is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,426 Cursed mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
The Forgotten is a horror mod that focuses on subtlety instead of jumpscares. It uses small environmental changes, distant sounds, and figures you'll see standing in the distance watching you. The horror builds slowly over time. The mod tracks tension for each player based on where you are and if you're alone. Being…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/the-forgotten
- Owner
- Tasuposed
- Published
- 2025-10-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-02
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
