The Hordes
by Smileycorp
Nightly monster hordes assault a player's base in waves, and a zombie bite can spread an infection that turns players and horses into zombies.
What it does
On configurable nights, hordes of monsters attack a base in waves between midnight and morning. The mobs that appear and the times they spawn can be set in the config. Horses and players can catch an infection after a zombie hits them; the infection turns them into zombies after five minutes or kills them outright. A player who dies from it leaves a zombie copy of themselves carrying their items, or a drowned copy when underwater. A golden apple cures the infection by default, and the cure item can be changed to any consumable, though a cured infection cannot be reversed back to a zombie.
The mod is a Forge and NeoForge mod with files for 1.12.2, 1.16.5, 1.18, 1.18.2, 1.19.1, 1.19.2, 1.19.3, 1.19.4, 1.20, 1.20.1, 1.21 and 1.21.1 across twelve release versions, covering 1.12.2 – 1.21.1. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. Atlas Lib and Oceanic Expanse are required, and Game Stages and Just Enough Items (JEI) are optional. The mod is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only. It is required by ZVIAM and zombiesbetter.
Key features
Scheduled monster hordes
Waves of monsters attack a base during configured nights, from midnight until morning.
Zombie infection
Hits from zombies can infect players and horses, leading to death or conversion after five minutes.
Zombie player copies
A player who dies from infection spawns a zombie version of themselves holding all their items.
Villager infection
An optional setting extends the infection to villagers, and their zombie forms cannot be cured.
Custom zombie variants
Zombified forms of other mods' mobs can be added through the config, with custom textures supported for similar mobs.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.21.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.20.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.19.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.18.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.16.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.12.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 2
Optional 2
Required by 2 mods
How it compares
Undead Nights - Zombie Horde Nights / Hordes is a Fabric, Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.18.2 – 26.3, under All rights reserved and not open source. Mebahel's Zombie Horde covers 1.19.2 – 1.21.3 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, under All rights reserved and not open source. Zombie Invasion is server required with client optional for 1.21 – 1.21.4, under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, which is not open source. The Hordes requires both sides, while these alternatives differ in loaders, version range and license.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hordes | Forge and NeoForge | 1.12.2 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-09-09 |
| Undead Nights - Zombie Horde Nights / Hordes | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.18.2 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-30 |
| Mebahel's Zombie Horde | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.19.2 – 1.21.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-05 |
| Zombie Invasion | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21 – 1.21.4 | Server required, client optional | 2025-03-18 |
Questions
Does The Hordes need Atlas Lib?
Does the server need The Hordes?
Which loaders does The Hordes support from 1.21?
In the catalog
The Hordes is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
This mod will only support Neoforge instead of forge in 1.21 + On a configurable nights hordes of monsters will attack your base in waves from midnight until morning, with the encounterable mobs and times of day also being configurable.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/the-hordes
- Owner
- Smileycorp
- Published
- 2023-01-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15