The Night Guard
The Night Guard is a Forge horror mod for 1.20.1 that adds a human-looking monster called the Night Watcher, who roams at night with his wolves.
What it does
Players meet the Night Watcher after dark, a figure who still looks human but seems off, and the wolves that accompany him. Something is wrong with him, and the player has to work out what. Structures placed through the world give the player places to explore while trying to understand the guard's condition. Players can talk to him in chat, which reveals parts of his backstory.
The mod requires Geckolib, which must be installed alongside it on the server and on each player's client. The Night Guard runs on client and server, so both sides need it. Files are published for Forge only, for 1.20.1, and the latest build is 0.0.1 under the alpha channel. It is released under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Night Watcher
A human-looking monster that roams the world at night, accompanied by wolves.
Chat dialogue
Players can talk to the Night Watcher in chat, which reveals parts of the lore about him.
Explorable structures
Structures in the world give players places to search while looking into the guard's condition.
Gallery
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
The Watcher Of The Night is a server-side only Forge mod for 1.20.1 under All rights reserved, so players can join without installing anything. ITSOVER.JAR is a Forge client and server mod for 1.20.1, also under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Night Guard | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-11-09 |
| The Watcher Of The Night | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2024-11-10 |
| ITSOVER.JAR | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-10 |
Questions
Does The Night Guard need Geckolib?
In the catalog
The Night Guard 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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This new horror mod adds a new monster but still human that is called "The Night Watcher" that roams around at night with wolves to help him, but something is off about him and his dogs can you figure out what's wrong with him? Or you will never find out the truth about his craziness... this mod also adds lots of…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/the-night-guard
- Owner
- TheBabySwampMonster
- Published
- 2025-11-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-11-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15