Within Dawn

Once night falls, unsettling noises drift through the forests and shapes stand motionless at the edge of the fog. Several types of entities each have their own events and hunting methods, and some of them can spawn together. The mod is built around paranoia, so the player is never sure which entity is watching from beyond the fog.

Most of the entities are drawn to the player's field of view, where they make eerie sounds as they approach. Players are advised to ignore certain entities, since that is often the only way to survive them. Other entities only stop hunting if the player waits or runs. The mod is meant to be played with dark shaders and a low brightness setting around 40%, and with headphones. A blinking effect can make some entities disappear, triggered by pressing the B key.

Within Dawn is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later and is not open source. A server running it needs every connecting player to have it too. Its files target 1.20.1 only and are published for Forge.