The Hush

The Hush is an entity that lives in dark places. It observes the player from the edges of vision, retreats when the player looks at it, and strikes when the player's guard is lowered. Over time it learns the player's habits, so walking the same path on every trip makes the route predictable to it. Players can keep it away by staying near light, placing torches along tunnels and retreating behind wooden doors.

Deep underground, the mod adds acoustic echoes: stone breaking, footsteps running down a dark shaft and the player's own actions are sounded back, which can reveal a nearby presence. Crafted Ward Candles mark out a warded area around a home that the darkness will not enter. The mod needs Geckolib on Forge, and Simple Voice Chat is optional for proximity voice, where whispering over a microphone in dark caves draws the entity's attention to the player's position. Client and server both need the mod, and the code is under All rights reserved, so it is not open source. Files exist for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6, with 1.2.1 for 1.20.6 as the latest one.