the hiker
by GXXCRAFTS
The Hiker, a Forge mod for 1.20.1, adds a horror-themed boss, a hostile biome and a set of eerie items and blocks to the game.
What it does
The mod introduces a boss named Hiker along with a new biome where hikers appear. Each hiker comes in four variants, normal, glitched, corrupted and creepy, so the same enemy type shows several looks and behaviors across the world. The content is aimed at players who want a darker, harder adventure, and the author describes the mod as scary and challenging.
Bloody terrain blocks, including bloody grass, dirt, podzol, stone and deepslate, along with dead stone, bloody glass, glitched ore and blood ore, make up the building side of the mod. Crafted items cover red and black diamonds, a blood item, raw bloodstone, a shotgun with bullets, a ski gun, and blood, glitched and corrupted swords and pickaxes. The Hiker's Forest, a glitched forest, and red, blue and green camps add places to explore.
The Hiker requires nothing beyond Forge. Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. The license is All rights reserved, and the mod is not open source. Files are published for 1.20.1, and the latest Forge file is 1.2.8, dated 2024-07-12.
Key features
Hiker boss and biome
A boss named Hiker and a biome where hikers spawn give the world a dedicated horror encounter.
Four hiker variants
Hikers come as normal, glitched, corrupted or creepy versions, each with its own appearance.
Bloody terrain and ores
Bloody grass, dirt, podzol, stone and deepslate, plus dead stone and glitched ore, change the look of the underground and surface.
Weapons and tools
Shotgun, ski gun, iron and blood weapons, glitched swords and corrupted pickaxes add combat and mining options.
Camps and forests
Red, blue and green camps and the glitched Hiker's Forest are placed in the world as landmarks to find.
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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
Who it’s for: Players who want a scary, hard game with glitch-style content, and server owners running horror-themed packs. The mod pairs well with ambient sounds, dynamic lights and a horror-style shader pack, according to the author.
How it compares
Pocket Dimension is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that is client and server and is not open source. The GLITCH is also a Forge mod for 1.20.1, with the same environment and All rights reserved license. Blood Craft covers Forge and NeoForge for 1.18.2 – 1.21.4 and is client and server, under All rights reserved and not open source, so it reaches more loaders and game versions than The Hiker.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the hiker | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2024-07-12 |
| Pocket Dimension | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-02-01 |
| The GLITCH | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-31 |
| Blood Craft | Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-08-16 |
Questions
Does The Hiker need any other mod?
Must the server have The Hiker installed?
Which game versions does The Hiker support?
In the catalog
the hiker 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 hiker, a scary mod that adds a new boss named the hiker, it also add a new biome, the hikers forest. it over all just makes the game more fun, scary, hard, and challenging!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/the-hiker-forge
- Owner
- GXXCRAFTS
- Published
- 2024-07-05
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-07-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15