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Upgraded Mobs

by badooga

With Upgraded Mobs installed on a server, zombies, drowned, elder guardians, evokers, piglin brutes, pillagers and witches gain new attacks and abilities.

FabricForgeNeoForgeQuiltServer required, client optionalCreative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.01.17 – 1.21.11

What it does

The datapack raises follow range and movement speed for every mob, so monsters spot players from farther away and chase them more closely. Zombies, including drowned, husks and zombie villagers, can break doors on any difficulty, and they periodically dash at a nearby player with a bite that deals extra damage and can be blocked, though it wears through a shield quickly.

Elder guardians gain 300 HP, periodically weaken a random player with weakness, slowness or blindness, and summon short-lived mini-guardians when none are nearby. Below half health they turn invisible. Evokers become mini-bosses, and an admin function controls whether raid evokers drop loot instead of a totem. Server owners install it, and players can join with or without it. Published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and as a data pack, across 27 release versions, 1.17 – 1.21.11.

Key features

  1. Zombie door breaking

    All zombies break doors regardless of the difficulty setting, which opens shelters that were previously safe.

  2. Zombie dash and bite

    Zombies periodically dash at a nearby player and follow with a bite that deals extra damage and can be blocked.

  3. Elder guardian boss fights

    Elder guardians have 300 HP and spread debuffs, summon mini-guardians and turn invisible below half health.

  4. Evoker raid loot option

    An admin function changes raid evoker drops to golden apples, enchanted books, lapis lazuli and a Sentry armor trim.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.x10 of 10 versions with builds
1.21.111.5.1+modNot available1.5.1+mod1.5.1+mod
1.21.101.5.1+modNot available1.5.1+mod1.5.1+mod
1.21.91.5.1+modNot available1.5.1+mod1.5.1+mod
1.21.81.5.0+modNot available1.5.0+mod1.5.0+mod
1.21.71.5.0+modNot available1.5.0+mod1.5.0+mod
1.21.61.5.0+modNot available1.5.0+mod1.5.0+mod
1.21.51.5.0+modNot available1.5.0+mod1.5.0+mod
1.21.41.5.0+modNot available1.5.0+mod1.5.0+mod
1.21.11.4.0+mod1.4.0+mod1.4.0+mod1.4.0+mod
1.211.4.0+mod1.4.0+mod1.4.0+mod1.4.0+mod
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.20.61.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod
1.20.51.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod
1.20.41.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod
1.20.31.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod
1.20.21.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod
1.20.11.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod
1.201.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod1.3.4+mod
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

How it compares

Full comparison

Elderly Guardians is server-side only, open source under the MIT License and published for 1.20.1 – 1.21.4, so players join without installing it. Bossbar Expansion is server required with client optional, covers 1.19 – 1.21.8, and is not open source. No Elder Guardian is also server required with client optional, covers 1.13 – 1.21.11, and is not open source.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Upgraded MobsFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.17 – 1.21.11Server required, client optional2026-03-18
Elderly GuardiansFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.20.1 – 1.21.4Server-side only2025-04-28
Bossbar ExpansionFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.19 – 1.21.8Server required, client optional2025-07-21
No Elder Guardian ❌Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.13 – 1.21.11Server required, client optional2025-11-27

Questions

Does Upgraded Mobs need to be installed on the client?

No. Only the server has to run the datapack; players may leave it out and join without it.

Can the changes be removed later?

Yes, the datapack can be removed from a world without issues, but HP, follow range and speed buffs already applied to mobs stay.

Does Upgraded Mobs conflict with other datapacks?

Datapacks that give mobs custom AI, such as Incendium, keep their own behavior, but this pack's dash and jump mechanics also apply, which can clash.

In the catalog

Upgraded Mobs is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.

Mobs mods11,058Fabric modsMods for 1.21.1119,862

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What the author says

Have you ever felt that after a while, Minecraft gets too easy? Have you ever wished that you could make it more challenging without the glass cannon nature of the hard difficulty? Have you ever found fighting mobs boring and monotonous due to their simplistic nature? If the answer to any of those questions is yes…
badooga, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
badooga
Published
2023-07-16
Updated on Modrinth
2026-03-18
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

AdventureGame mechanicsMobs
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