Who's There?: Ghost Players
by Sombrius
Who's There?: Ghost Players puts uneasy player-like entities into caves, where they wander, make noises and sometimes appear at a distance.
What it does
The mod adds entities with random player names that spawn in caves and walk around the player during long searches for diamonds. Most of the time they stay out of reach, which makes deep underground work feel less quiet. A top variant, named White Eyes, is a Ghost Player that stalks the player through caves rather than keeping its distance.
The entities are built to look like other players at a distance, with their names hidden. They stand still when the player looks back, and they also appear in the corner of the screen for a moment before disappearing. Players who expect a bug or a rendering glitch will need to check the cave around them.
Files are published for Forge and NeoForge across five game versions, 1.19.2 – 1.21.1, with 1.4.1 as the latest Forge file for 1.20.1 and the latest NeoForge file for 1.21.1. Servers that run it need every player to install it too. The mod is open source under the MIT License, and its source code and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Cave spawns
Ghost Player entities spawn in caves, usually deep underground where players spend long periods searching.
Player-like appearance
Entities carry random names and look like other players from a distance, with their names hidden until close.
White Eyes variant
A top variant named White Eyes follows the player through caves rather than staying out of reach.
Stillness and glimpses
Entities stand completely still when the player looks back, and brief glimpses in the screen corner disappear quickly.
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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 an unsettling presence in caves during survival play. Server owners who run a shared world can add the mod so every player meets the same entities.
Questions
Does Who's There?: Ghost Players need to be installed on the server?
Which loaders does Who's There?: Ghost Players support?
Is Who's There?: Ghost Players open source?
In the catalog
Who's There?: Ghost Players 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
You are in a cave, a very deep cave. You have been mining for many hours in search of diamonds. It's getting late, you are tired. Suddenly you see a white square in the corner of your screen and it disappears as quickly as it appeared. You swear it looked like the name of another player, but you brush it off as a…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/whos-there-ghost-players
- Owner
- Sombrius
- Published
- 2024-08-25
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-18
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15